Beatty, << BAY tee, >> Warren (1937-…), is an American motion-picture actor, producer, and director. Beatty gained international recognition in his debut performance as a handsome, troubled youth in Splendor in the Grass (1961). The first movie he produced was Bonnie and Clyde (1967). He also starred in the film, which told the story of two Midwestern outlaws during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. A key film of the 1960’s, it began a cycle of violent movies that dominated the American cinema until the mid-1970’s.
Beatty’s first directing experience came when he co-directed the comedy-fantasy Heaven Can Wait (1978), in which he also starred. He won an Academy Award for best director for Reds (1981), a film about American journalist John Reed . Beatty produced, directed, and starred in Dick Tracy (1990). He directed and starred in Bulworth (1998). He also played leading roles in All Fall Down (1962), Lilith (1964), Mickey One (1965), McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Shampoo (1975), and Bugsy (1991). Beatty wrote, directed, and starred in Rules Don’t Apply (2016), in which he portrayed the eccentric American filmmaker, pilot, and aircraft designer Howard Hughes.
Henry Warren Beaty was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 30, 1937. His older sister is the actress Shirley MacLaine . Beatty has been married to the American actress Annette Bening since 1992.
