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Ron Howard
Known for: DirectingRonald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of The Twilight Zone. Howard 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.
Filmography 92
The Andy Griffith Show
as Opie Taylor 
Arrested Development
as Narrator 
Whalefall
Producer 
Felicity
Producer 
A Beautiful Mind
+4
Director, Producer 
Angels & Demons
+7
Director, Producer 
The Beanie Bubble
Producer 
The Dark Tower
+4
Producer 
Eden
Director, Story 
The Da Vinci Code
+5
Director, Producer 
Thirteen Lives
+2
Director, Producer 
Inferno
+4
Director, Producer 
Rush
+6
Director, Producer 
Solo: A Star Wars Story
+2
Director 
Cinderella Man
Director, Producer 
In the Heart of the Sea
+4
Director, Producer 
Parenthood
+1
Director, Story 
Jim Henson Idea Man
Director 
From the Earth to the Moon
Creator, Producer 
Backdraft
+1
Director 
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
+10
Director, Producer 
Apollo 13
+1
Director 
Mars
Creator 
Breakthrough
Creator 
Far and Away
+2
Director, Story 
Splash
+1
Director 
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self 
Curious George
+5
Producer 
The Missing
+5
Director, Producer 
Ransom
Director 
Willow
+1
Director 
Pavarotti
Director, Producer 
Changeling
+1
Producer 
American Graffiti
+2
as Steve Bolander 
The Dilemma
+1
Director, Producer 
Frost/Nixon
+4
Director, Producer 
The Good Lie
+2
Producer 
Night Shift
+3
Director 
tick, tick... BOOM!
Producer 
Osmosis Jones
+4
as Tom Colonic (voice) 
Restless
+2
Producer 
Cocoon
Director 
The Shootist
+2
as Gillom Rogers 
Hillbilly Elegy
Director, Producer 
The Alamo
+4
Producer 
Parenthood
Producer 
The Chamber
+2
Producer 
Inside Deep Throat
Producer 
The Paper
Director 
Inventing the Abbotts
+4
Producer 
The Spikes Gang
+3
as Les 
The Music Man
+2
as Winthrop Paroo 
Music by John Williams
as Self - Filmmaker 
Corman's World
as Self - Filmmaker 
EDtv
Director, Producer 
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Director, Producer 
Dads
as Self 
Gung Ho
+4
Director 
We Feed People
Director, Producer 
The Journey
as Billy Rhinelander 
Katy Perry: Part of Me
+3
Producer 
More American Graffiti
+1
as Steve Bolander 
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
as Self 
Radioman
as Self 
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
+1
as Eddie Corbett 
Beyond the Mat
+1
Producer 
Grand Theft Auto
as Sam Freeman 
Tell Them Who You Are
as Self 
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self 
Fire on the Mountain
as Lee Mackie 
Being Frank
+1
Producer 
Made in America
Director, Producer 
Act of Love
as Leon Cybulkowski 
Five Minutes to Live
+3
as Bobby Wilson 
Untitled How the Grinch Stole Christmas Sequel
Director, Producer 
Eat My Dust
as Hoover Niebold 
The Wild Country
+2
as Virgil Tanner 
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
+4
as Self (archive footage) 
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage) 
Rebuilding Paradise
+3
Director, Producer 
I'm a Fool
+1
as Andy
as Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage) 
Bitter Harvest
as Ned De Vries 
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
as Self 