Acting credits
156
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Hal Holbrook
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.9
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Movies: 112Series: 45Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 11066
IMDb ID: nm0001358
Known for: Acting
Born: February 17, 1925
Died: January 23, 2021
Age: 95
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2018
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q314801
Also known as
Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook • Harold Rowe Holbrook
Other jobs
Director (1)Other (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and writer. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed, Mark Twain Tonight!, performing as Mark Twain, while studying at Denison University. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain. He would continue to perform his signature role for over 60 years, only retiring the show in 2017 due to his failing health. Throughout his career, he also won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in film. Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's The Group (1966). He later gained international fame for his performance as Deep Throat in the 1976 film All the President's Men. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 miniseries Lincoln and 1985 miniseries North and South. He also appeared in such films as Julia (1977), The Fog (1980), Creepshow (1982), Wall Street (1987), The Firm (1993), Hercules (1997), and Men of Honor (2000). Holbrook's role as Ron Franz in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007) earned him both Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2009, Holbrook received critical acclaim for his performance as recently retired farmer Abner Meecham in the independent film That Evening Sun. He also portrayed Francis Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012). In 2003, Holbrook was honored with the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Hal Holbrook.
Interpreting Twain
as Self
2018 Movie
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
2017 Movie
5.3
Blackway
as Whizzer
2015 Movie
6.2
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Mayday (voice)
2014 Movie
7.0
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
as Self
2014 Movie
5.9
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
2013 Movie
6.0
Savannah
as Judge Harden
2013 Movie
6.9
Lincoln
as Preston Blair
2012 Movie
6.3
Promised Land
as Frank Yates
2012 Movie
6.9
Water for Elephants
as Old Jacob
2011 Movie
5.5
Good Day for It
as Hec
2011 Movie
5.6
Flying Lessons
as Harry Pleasant
2010 Movie
6.6
That Evening Sun
as Abner Meecham
2009 Movie
5.8
Killshot
as Papa
2008 Movie
5.8
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008 Movie
4.5
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008 Movie
7.0
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
as Self
2008 Movie
8.0
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
as Self
2008 Movie
7.8
Into the Wild
as Ronald "Ron" Franz
2007 Movie
5.2
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Other
2006 Movie
6.0
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006 Movie
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006 Movie
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
as Narrator
2003 Movie
The Designing Women Reunion
2003 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Hal Holbrook.
7.6
Rectify
as Rutherford Gaines • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.1
Monday Mornings
as Dr. Arvin Wayne • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Leonard Patterson • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.4
The Event
as James Dempsey • 9 eps
2010 Series
8.4
Sons of Anarchy
as Nate Madock • 5 eps
2008 Series
8.2
Bones
as Red Hudmore • 1 eps
2005 Series
The Seventh Day
as Host • 11 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Lewis Clatch • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Mickey Stokes • 1 eps
2003 Series
5.3
Hope & Faith
as Edward Shanowski • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.9
Good Morning, Miami
as Jim Templeton • 2 eps
2002 Series
Mark Twain
as self • 2 eps
2002 Series
Founding Fathers
as Benjamin Franklin (voice) • 4 eps
2000 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Albie Duncan • 2 eps
1999 Series
8.2
Family Law
as Judge Richard Lloyd • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.7
The Sopranos
as John Schwinn • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.2
Becker
as Mr. Humphries • 1 eps
1998 Series
5.1
The Third Twin
as Pete • 2 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
as Narrator (voice) • 2 eps
1997 Series
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Justice Oliver Harbison • 2 eps
1995 Series
7.8
ER
as Walter Perkins • 2 eps
1994 Series
5.6
Evening Shade
as Evan Evans • 100 eps
1990 Series
0.5
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
as Jonas Coe • 4 eps
1988 Series
6.6
American Experience
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1988 Series