Ron Howard
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
187
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-03-01 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
Ron Howard
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.
Known For
The Simpsons
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
Frasier
The View
The View
Bonanza
Real Time with Bill Maher
This Is Us
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
The Colbert Report
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Twilight Zone
Great Performances
Top Gear
M*A*S*H
Dr. Kildare
The Andy Griffith Show
The Red Skelton Show
Only Murders in the Building
Arrested Development
The Fugitive
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Waltons
The F.B.I.
Lassie
Happy Days
Happy Days
The Studio
The Big Valley
Love, American Style
Gunsmoke
The Oscars
Off Camera with Sam Jones
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Daniel Boone
People's Choice Awards
Chelsea
The Bob Hope Show
Land of the Giants
Route 66
Laverne & Shirley
Dinah!
A Beautiful Mind
Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace
Kulturplatz
Where Are They Now?
100 Years of Warner Bros.
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Johnny Ringo
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Great Adventure
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mayberry R.F.D.
Judd for the Defense
Radioman
Lancer
Donny & Marie
The Odd Couple
Reunited Apart
The Danny Thomas Show
LIGHT & MAGIC
LIGHT & MAGIC
LIGHT & MAGIC
LIGHT & MAGIC
Smoke
The Spikes Gang
Battle of the Network Stars
The Danny Kaye Show
Welcome to Hollywood
I Spy
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
American Graffiti
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The New Breed
Osmosis Jones
Cannes: All Access
The Captain and Tennille
Corman's World
The Wild Country
I'm a Fool
Locusts
How To with John Wilson
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Monroes
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
Pete and Gladys
Eat My Dust
John Candy: I Like Me
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
The Shootist
Enterprise or Love: The Story of Far and Away
A Boy Called Nuthin’
Inside a Beautiful Mind
Night Shift
The Music Man
The Headmaster
MADtv
Dads
Five Fingers
Willow: Behind the Magic
E! True Hollywood Story
The Smith Family
Music by John Williams
Kasdan on Kasdan
Inside the Actors Studio
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
More American Graffiti
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
The Journey
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Television: The First Fifty Years
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
Making a 'Splash'
Frank Capra's American Dream
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Grand Theft Auto
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Bitter Harvest
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Tell Them Who You Are
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
First Works
The Independent
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Village of the Giants
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Act of Love
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Return to Mayberry
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Five Minutes to Live
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Fuck Coin
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
Huckleberry Finn
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
The Migrants
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Fire on the Mountain
The First Nudie Musical
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Channel 99
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
A Special: Olivia Newton-John
Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film
Hollywood on Hollywood
