Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda as Terry Valentine, a powerful but questionable record executive in The Limey - 10/99

Biography

Born 02/23/1939

Possessing his father's piercing blue eyes, Peter Fonda also inherited his old man's talent, but not the same level of drive and commitment that passed on to older sister Jane. Still, the stubbornness and tenacity that enabled the black sheep of the Fonda acting dynasty to fashion an iconic career...
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Awards

  • In 1999, received Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
  • In 1998, received Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • In 1997, received New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

Highlights

  • In 2007, Co-starred with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in James Mangold's western, "3:10 to Yuma"
  • In 2003, Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • In 2000, Portrayed Grandpa Burnett Stone in Britt Allcroft's live-action adaption, "Thomas and the Magic Railroad"

Family & Companions

  • Susan Brewer: wife (Married from 1961-1972; stepdaughter of Noah Dietrich, once right-hand man to Howard Hughes)
  • Henry Fonda: father (Born in 1905 and died in 1982; best known for his roles in "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940) and "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968); also directed by and starred alongside son in "Wanda Nevada" (1979))
  • Frances Seymour Brokaw: mother (Committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor on her 42nd birthday (Oct. 14, 1950) when Peter was 11)

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