Acting credits
235
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Charlton Heston
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.7
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Movies: 183Series: 52Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 10017
IMDb ID: nm0000032
Known for: Acting
Born: October 4, 1923
Died: April 5, 2008
Age: 84
Place of birth: Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1941 - 2025
Years active: 85
Average TMDB rating: 6.59
Wikidata: Q80739
Also known as
찰톤 헤스톤 • John Charles Carter • چارلتون هستون
Other jobs
Director (3)
Biography
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor, renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter in Illinois, he discovered his passion for acting in school, studied drama at Northwestern University, and began his career on stage and in live television before transitioning to film. He first gained major attention in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star with his performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben‑Hur in Ben‑Hur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of big‑budget films, including El Cid, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes, and The Omega Man, establishing himself as one of the most recognizable leading men of mid‑20th‑century cinema. Beyond acting, he was active in public life, supporting civil rights in the 1960s and later becoming a prominent conservative voice and president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. He retired from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002 and died on April 5, 2008, in Beverly Hills, California, leaving behind a legacy as both a cinematic icon and a polarizing political figure.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Charlton Heston.
Airports
2025 Movie
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020 Movie
Todos los nombres de Sara
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Hail Satan?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019 Movie
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
2019 Movie
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
as Self (archive footage)
2016 Movie
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
as Self
2016 Movie
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
2015 Movie
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014 Movie
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014 Movie
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
2013 Movie
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Movie
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Movie
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2010 Movie
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010 Movie
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009 Movie
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host / Moses
2008 Movie
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self (archive footage)
2007 Movie
De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
2006 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Charlton Heston.
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2013 Series
The Weber Show
as Charlton Heston • 1 eps
2000 Series
Camino de Santiago
as Professor Marcelo Rinaldi • 3 eps
1999 Series
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 10 eps
1998 Series
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 65 eps
1998 Series
MADtv
as Self • 1 eps
1995 Series
Eco-Challenge
17 eps
1995 Series
The Outer Limits
as Chief Justice Haden Wainwright • 2 eps
1995 Series
Friends
as Charlton Heston • 1 eps
1994 Series
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1993 Series
seaQuest DSV
as Abalon • 1 eps
1993 Series
Noel's House Party
as Star guest • 1 eps
1991 Series
Korea: The Unknown War
as General Douglas MacArthur (voice) • 6 eps
1988 Series
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
The Colbys
as Jason Colby • 49 eps
1985 Series
Chiefs
as Hugh Holmes • 3 eps
1983 Series
Wogan
as Self • 2 eps
1982 Series
Dynasty
as Jason Colby • 5 eps
1981 Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 2 eps
1975 Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
Dinah!
as Self • 2 eps
1974 Series
Spécial cinéma
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series