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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
Director, Producer 
The Beanie Bubble
Producer 
Angels & Demons
Director, Producer 
The Dark Tower
Producer 
Eden
Director, Story 
The Da Vinci Code
Director, Producer 
Thirteen Lives
Director, Producer 
Rush
Director, Producer 
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Director 
Cinderella Man
Director, Producer 
In the Heart of the Sea
Director, Producer 
Jim Henson Idea Man
Director 
From the Earth to the Moon
Creator, Producer 
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Director, Producer 
Apollo 13
Director 
Inferno
Director, Producer 
Mars
Creator 
Parenthood
Director, Story 
Breakthrough
Creator 
Backdraft
Director 
Far and Away
Director, Story 
Splash
Director 
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self 
Curious George
Producer 
The Missing
Director, Producer 
Ransom
Director 
Pavarotti
Director, Producer 
American Graffiti
as Steve Bolander 
Willow
Director 
The Dilemma
Director, Producer 
Frost/Nixon
Director, Producer 
The Good Lie
Producer 
Changeling
Producer 
Cocoon
Director 
Night Shift
Director 
tick, tick... BOOM!
Producer 
Osmosis Jones
as Tom Colonic (voice) 
The Shootist
as Gillom Rogers 
Hillbilly Elegy
Director, Producer 
The Alamo
Producer 
Parenthood
Producer 
The Chamber
Producer 
Inside Deep Throat
Producer 
The Paper
Director 
Inventing the Abbotts
Producer 
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Eddie Corbett 
The Spikes Gang
as Les 
The Music Man
as Winthrop Paroo 
Music by John Williams
as Self - Filmmaker 
Corman's World
as Self - Filmmaker 
EDtv
Director, Producer 
Restless
Producer 
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Director, Producer 
Dads
as Self 
Gung Ho
Director 
We Feed People
Director, Producer 
The Journey
as Billy Rhinelander 
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Producer 
More American Graffiti
as Steve Bolander 
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
as Self 
Radioman
as Self 
Beyond the Mat
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
Producer 
Made in America
Director, Producer 
Act of Love
as Leon Cybulkowski 
Five Minutes to Live
as Bobby Wilson 
Untitled How the Grinch Stole Christmas Sequel
Director, Producer 
Eat My Dust
as Hoover Niebold 
The Wild Country
as Virgil Tanner 
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage) 
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage) 
Rebuilding Paradise
Director, Producer 
I'm a Fool
as Andy
as Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage) 
Bitter Harvest
as Ned De Vries 
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
as Self 