Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (born February 17, 1925) is 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!, while studying at Denison University, performing as Mark
Twain. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his
portrayal of Twain. Throughout his career, he won five Primetime Emmy
Awards.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 has 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. Until
Robert Duvall was nominated for an Academy Award in 2015, Holbrook was
the oldest actor to receive a Best Supporting Actor nomination. In
2009, Holbrook received critical acclaim for his performance as
recently retired farmer Abner Meecham in the independent film That
Evening Sun.In his later career, Holbrook appeared as Francis Preston
Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), provided his voice as
Mayday in the Disney animated film Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) and as
Whizzer in Blackway (2015).
actor, television director and writer. He first received critical
acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed, Mark Twain
Tonight!, while studying at Denison University, performing as Mark
Twain. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his
portrayal of Twain. Throughout his career, he won five Primetime Emmy
Awards.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 has 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. Until
Robert Duvall was nominated for an Academy Award in 2015, Holbrook was
the oldest actor to receive a Best Supporting Actor nomination. In
2009, Holbrook received critical acclaim for his performance as
recently retired farmer Abner Meecham in the independent film That
Evening Sun.In his later career, Holbrook appeared as Francis Preston
Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), provided his voice as
Mayday in the Disney animated film Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) and as
Whizzer in Blackway (2015).
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