Biography
Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of The Twilight Zone. He gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. During this time, he also appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1962), a critical and commercial success. He was credited as Ronny Howard in his film and television appearances from 1959 to 1973.
Howard was cast in one of the lead roles in the coming-of-age film American Graffiti (1973), which received widespread acclaim and became one of the most profitable films in history. The following year, Howard became a household name for playing Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days, a role he would play from 1974 through 1984. Howard continued appearing in films during this time, such as the western film The Shootist (1976) and the comedy film Grand Theft Auto (1977), which also marked his directorial debut.
In 1984, Howard left Happy Days to focus on directing, producing and occasionally writing variety films and television series. His films include the science-fiction/fantasy Cocoon (1985), the fantasy Willow (1988), the thriller Backdraft (1991), the historical docudrama Apollo 13 (1995), the Christmas comedy How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind (2001), the biographical sports drama Cinderella Man (2005), the thriller The Da Vinci Code (2006), the historical drama Frost/Nixon (2008), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and the documentary Pavarotti (2019). For A Beautiful Mind, Howard won the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture. He was nominated again for the same awards for Frost/Nixon.
In 2003, Howard was awarded the National Medal of Arts. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries.
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Filmography
all 290
Movies 178
TV Shows 112
Producer 99
self 76
Director 35
Voice 2
Creator 1
Narrator 1
The Shrinking of Treehorn (2024)
Frida (2024)
The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)
The Truth About Jim (2024)
Choir (2024)
Carlos (2023)
The Super Models (2023)
The Slumber Party (2023)
The Beanie Bubble (2023)
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 (2023)
100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons (2023)
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman (2023)
Tetris (2023)
Bossy Bear (2023)
Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA (2023)
Willow: Behind the Magic (2023)
Judy Blume Forever (2023)
Taiwan Crime Stories (2023)
Willow (2022)
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (2022)
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022)
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022)
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (2022)
Personality Crisis: One Night Only (2022)
1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever! (2022)
The Tiny Chef Show (2022)
Wedding Season (2022)
Light & Magic (2022)
Thirteen Lives (2022)
Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet (2022)
Leave No Trace (2022)
Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)
We Feed People (2022)
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (2022)
Lucy and Desi (2022)
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (2021)
Paper & Glue (2021)
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
Julia (2021)
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol (2021)
Gossip (2021)
Who Are You, Charlie Brown? (2021)
The Day Sports Stood Still (2021)
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (2021)
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema (2021)
On Pointe (2020)
The Astronauts (2020)
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
House of Many Sorrows (2020)
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020)
Reunited Apart (2020)
D. Wade: Life Unexpected (2020)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (2020)
Rebuilding Paradise (2020)
68 Whiskey (2020)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Dads (2019)
Being Frank (2019)
Pavarotti (2019)
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 (2019)
Backdraft 2 (2019)
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
IMDb Me (2018)
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (2017)
Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017)
The Dark Tower (2017)
Genius (2017)
Mars (2016)
Inferno (2016)
This Is Us (2016)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
Chelsea (2016)
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016)
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Breakthrough (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Prophet's Prey (2015)
The Odd Couple (2015)
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
The Good Lie (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
A Dream of Flying (2013)
Made in America (2013)
Out of the Blue (2013)
Rush (2013)
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest (2013)
The Arrested Development Documentary Project (2013)
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking (2013)
Radioman (2012)
Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
Corman's World (2011)
America in Primetime (2011)
Restless (2011)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
The Dilemma (2011)
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life (2011)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (2011)
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010)
Presidential Reunion (2010)
Parenthood (2010)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
Angels & Demons (2009)
Changeling (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Cannes: All Access (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Curious George (2006)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Curious George (2006)
The Colbert Report (2005)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005)
George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005)
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
The Alamo (2004)
Making a 'Splash' (2004)
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 (2004)
The Missing (2003)
Arrested Development (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002)
Inside a Beautiful Mind (2002)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Osmosis Jones (2001)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On (2001)
The Beast (2001)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
The Independent (2000)
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
Wonderland (2000)
Beyond the Mat (1999)
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999)
Where Are They Now? (1999)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999)
Edtv (1999)
The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman (1999)
The PJs (1999)
Mulholland Dr. (1999)
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Felicity (1998)
Sports Night (1998)
The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998)
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Hiller and Diller (1997)
The View (1997)
Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997)
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
The PJ's (1997)
Ransom (1996)
The Chamber (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996)
MADtv (1995)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
The Paper (1994)
Frasier (1993)
The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Far and Away (1992)
Happy Days Reunion Special (1992)
Backdraft (1991)
Parenthood (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
First Works (1989)
Parenthood (1989)
The 'Burbs (1989)
Clean and Sober (1988)
Vibes (1988)
Willow (1988)
Willow: The Making of an Adventure (1988)
No Man's Land (1987)
Return to Mayberry (1986)
Gung Ho (1986)
The Lone Star Kid (1986)
Into Thin Air (1985)
Cocoon (1985)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
Splash (1984)
When Your Lover Leaves (1983)
Night Shift (1982)
Through the Magic Pyramid (1981)
Skyward Christmas (1981)
Fire on the Mountain (1981)
Bitter Harvest (1981)
Skyward (1980)
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980)
Act of Love (1980)
More American Graffiti (1979)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979)
Cotton Candy (1978)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978)
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
I'm a Fool (1977)
A Special: Olivia Newton-John (1976)
Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
The Captain and Tennille (1976)
The Shootist (1976)
Eat My Dust (1976)
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Donny & Marie (1976)
The First Nudie Musical (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Huckleberry Finn (1975)
Locusts (1974)
The Spikes Gang (1974)
The Migrants (1974)
Happy Days (1974)
Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)
American Graffiti (1973)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
M*A*S*H (1972)
The Waltons (1972)
The Smith Family (1971)
The Wild Country (1970)
The Headmaster (1970)
Smoke (1970)
Love, American Style (1969)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
Deed of Daring-Do (1969)
Old Paint (1969)
Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore, and Death... (1969)
Lancer (1968)
Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
Land of the Giants (1968)
A Boy Called Nuthin’ (1967)
Gentle Ben (1967)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
The Monroes (1966)
Village of the Giants (1965)
The F.B.I. (1965)
The Big Valley (1965)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Great Adventure (1963)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
The Music Man (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Five Minutes to Live (1961)
The New Breed (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Route 66 (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Insight (1960)
Pete and Gladys (1960)
Dennis the Menace (1959)
Five Fingers (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Johnny Ringo (1959)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
The Journey (1959)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Lassie (1954)
The Danny Thomas Show (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
The Sound of Philadelphia
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
The Gringo Hunters
Eden
Whalefall
Omnibus - George Lucas - Flying Solo
Spy vs. Spy
Splash
Seveneves
Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell
Untitled John Williams Documentary
Curious George
Beyond Belief with David Blaine
The Fixer
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1954-03-01 (70 years old)
Birth NameRonald William Howard
Birth PlaceDuncan, United States of America
Height
ChildrenBryce Dallas Howard, Paige Howard
FatherRance Howard
MotherJean Speegle Howard
SiblingsClint Howard
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesEncino, United States of America
Also Known AsRonny Howard, Ronald William Howard, Ronnie Howard, Рон Ховард, رون هاوارد, รอน ฮาวเวิร์ด, ロン・ハワード, 론 하워드, 朗·侯活, Ronald William "Ron" Howard, Ρον Χάουαρντ
AwardsDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, National Medal of Arts, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Saturn Award for Best Director, Daytime Emmy Award, Directors Guild of America Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture
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