10.0
10.0
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Wilcox Boy (archive footage)
Ron Howard
Also known as: Ronald William Howard
Nationality:United States
Education:University of Southern California, John Burroughs High School, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Desilu
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Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six-decade career, Howard has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in film and television. Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, acting in several television series before gaining 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. Howard was cast in one of the lead roles in the influential coming-of-age film American Graffiti (1973), and became a household name for playing Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days (1974–1980). He starred in the films The Spikes Gang (1974), The Shootist (1976), and Grand Theft Auto (1977), the latter being his directorial film debut. In 1980, Howard left Happy Days to focus on directing, producing, and sometimes writing a variety of films and television series. His films included the comedies Night Shift (1982), Splash (1984), and Cocoon (1985) as well as the fantasy Willow (1988), the thriller Backdraft (1991), and the newspaper comedy-drama film The Paper (1994). Howard went on to win the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind (2001) and was nominated again for the same awards for the historical drama Frost/Nixon (2008).
Notable Works
Frost/NixonCinderella ManA Beautiful MindUnsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots
Filmography (189 movies)
10.0
10.0
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
2011
as Self
9.0
9.0
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
2004
as Richie Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
8.4
8.4
Paper & Glue
2021
Executive Producer
8.3
8.3
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
Executive Producer
8.1
8.1
Music by John Williams
2024
Producer
8.0
8.0
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
2016
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
as Self
7.9
7.9
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
as Self
7.9
7.9
Thirteen Lives
2022
Director
7.9
7.9
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Producer
7.8
7.8
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998
as Self
7.8
7.8
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Director
7.7
7.7
Rush
2013
Director
7.7
7.7
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
as Self
7.7
7.7
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023
Executive Producer
7.7
7.7
Tetris
2023
Executive Producer
7.6
7.6
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Producer
7.6
7.6
Changeling
2008
Producer
7.6
7.6
Cinderella Man
2005
Producer
7.5
7.5
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
Director
7.5
7.5
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
2022
as Self
7.5
7.5
The Lost Children
2024
Executive Producer
7.4
7.4
Apollo 13
1995
Director
7.4
7.4
Judy Blume Forever
2023
Executive Producer
7.4
7.4
The Good Lie
2014
Producer
7.4
7.4
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
as Self
7.4
7.4
Prophet's Prey
2015
Executive Producer
7.3
7.3
Beyond the Mat
1999
Producer
7.3
7.3
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
2020
Producer
7.3
7.3
Frost/Nixon
2008
Producer
7.3
7.3
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
2022
Executive Producer
7.2
7.2
Pavarotti
2019
Producer
7.2
7.2
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
as Self
7.2
7.2
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
Producer
7.1
7.1
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
2013
Executive Producer
7.1
7.1
We Feed People
2022
Producer
7.1
7.1
Pets
2025
Executive Producer
7.1
7.1
The Music Man
1962
as Winthrop Paroo
7.1
7.1
Lucy and Desi
2022
Executive Producer
7.1
7.1
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Filmmaker
7.0
7.0
The Shootist
1976
as Gillom Rogers
7.0
7.0
American Graffiti
1973
as Steve Bolander
7.0
7.0
Willow
1988
Director
7.0
7.0
A Special: Olivia Newton-John
1976
7.0
7.0
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Fire on the Mountain
1981
as Lee Mackie
7.0
7.0
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Into Thin Air
1985
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Carlos
2023
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
2022
Executive Producer
6.9
6.9
Dads
2019
Producer
6.9
6.9
Skyward
1980
Executive Producer
6.9
6.9
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
2021
Executive Producer
6.9
6.9
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2020
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
as Self - Director
6.8
6.8
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
6.8
6.8
Far and Away
1992
Director
6.8
6.8
Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing
2026
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
The Slumber Party
2023
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Director
6.8
6.8
The 'Burbs
1989
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
Director
6.7
6.7
The Da Vinci Code
2006
Director
6.7
6.7
Angels & Demons
2009
Director
6.7
6.7
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
as Self
6.7
6.7
Hillbilly Elegy
2020
Producer
6.7
6.7
Frida
2024
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Eden
2025
Director
6.7
6.7
Ransom
1996
Director
6.7
6.7
Parenthood
1989
Director
6.7
6.7
Leave No Trace
2022
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Backdraft
1991
Director
6.6
6.6
The Spikes Gang
1974
as Les
6.6
6.6
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
Cocoon
1985
Director
6.6
6.6
Being Frank
2019
Producer
6.6
6.6
The Paper
1994
Director
6.6
6.6
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
Director
6.5
6.5
Curious George
2006
Producer
6.5
6.5
Restless
2011
Producer
6.5
6.5
Osmosis Jones
2001
as Tom Colonic (voice)
6.5
6.5
Out of the Blue
2013
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
The Beanie Bubble
2023
Producer
6.4
6.4
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2019
as Self
6.4
6.4
Backdraft 2
2019
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
The Day Sports Stood Still
2021
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Inside Deep Throat
2005
Producer
6.3
6.3
The Missing
2003
Producer
6.3
6.3
Wedding Season
2022
Executive Producer
6.3
6.3
Clean and Sober
1988
Executive Producer
6.3
6.3
Inventing the Abbotts
1997
Producer
6.3
6.3
Splash
1984
Director
6.3
6.3
The Journey
1959
as Billy Rhinelander
6.2
6.2
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self
6.2
6.2
Return to Mayberry
1986
as Opie Taylor
6.1
6.1
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
2013
as Self
6.1
6.1
Rebuilding Paradise
2020
Producer
6.1
6.1
Presidential Reunion
2010
Director
6.1
6.1
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild
2020
Executive Producer
6.1
6.1
Inferno
2016
Director
6.1
6.1
Julia
2021
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
Gung Ho
1986
Director
6.0
6.0
Night Shift
1982
Director
6.0
6.0
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
2010
as Self
6.0
6.0
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
as Johnny
6.0
6.0
Huckleberry Finn
1978
as Huckleberry Finn
6.0
6.0
The Wild Country
1970
as Virgil Tanner
6.0
6.0
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self
6.0
6.0
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Chamber
1996
Producer
6.0
6.0
EDtv
1999
Director
5.9
5.9
No Man's Land
1987
Executive Producer
5.9
5.9
Tell Them Who You Are
2004
as Self
5.9
5.9
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
as Eddie Corbett
5.8
5.8
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
1996
as Self
5.8
5.8
The Dark Tower
2017
Producer
5.8
5.8
The Alamo
2004
Producer
5.7
5.7
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
2013
as Self
5.7
5.7
The Migrants
1974
as Lyle Barlow
5.7
5.7
Radioman
2012
as Self
5.7
5.7
Vibes
1988
Executive Producer
5.6
5.6
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
Producer
5.6
5.6
Eat My Dust
1976
as Hoover Niebold
5.5
5.5
Inside a Beautiful Mind
2002
as Self
5.5
5.5
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
as Self (archive footage)
5.5
5.5
The Lone Star Kid
1986
Executive Producer
5.4
5.4
The Independent
2000
as Ron Howard
5.4
5.4
Five Minutes to Live
1961
as Bobby Wilson
5.4
5.4
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017
as Self
5.4
5.4
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
2016
as Himself
5.3
5.3
The Dilemma
2011
Producer
5.2
5.2
Grand Theft Auto
1977
Director
5.1
5.1
More American Graffiti
1979
as Steve Bolander
5.0
5.0
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
as Self
5.0
5.0
A Boy Called Nuthin’
1967
as Richie 'Nuthin'' Caldwell
5.0
5.0
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
2022
as Self
5.0
5.0
Act of Love
1980
as Leon Cybulkowski
5.0
5.0
When Your Lover Leaves
1983
Executive Producer
4.8
4.8
Locusts
1974
as Donny Fletcher
4.6
4.6
Making a 'Splash'
2004
as Self - Director
4.5
4.5
Cotton Candy
1978
Director
4.2
4.2
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2022
Executive Producer
4.2
4.2
Made in America
2013
Director
4.1
4.1
Willow: Behind the Magic
2023
as Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022
4.0
4.0
I'm a Fool
1977
as Andy
3.7
3.7
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
2013
as Self - Director
3.7
3.7
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
3.5
3.5
Village of the Giants
1965
as Genius
3.0
3.0
Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore, and Death...
1969
Director
2.5
2.5
Through the Magic Pyramid
1981
Director
2.5
2.5
Old Paint
1969
Director
1.5
1.5
Deed of Daring-Do
1969
Director
1.0
1.0
Bitter Harvest
1981
as Ned De Vries
Channel 99
1988
Enterprise or Love: The Story of Far and Away
2024
as Self
Smoke
1970
as Chris (as Ronny Howard)
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
1979
as Self
First Works
1989
as Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
as Self
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996
as Herbert Biberman
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Richie Cunningham (archive footage)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
as Richie Cunningham (archive footage)
Fuck Coin
2021
as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
2023
as Self
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
as Self
Kasdan on Kasdan
2018
as Self
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self - Host
Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film
2008
as Self
The Sound of Philadelphia
TBA
Executive Producer
Spy vs. Spy
TBA
Producer
Curious George
TBA
Producer
The Shrinking of Treehorn
TBA
Director
Splash
TBA
Producer
Skyward Christmas
1981
Executive Producer
Whalefall
2026
Producer
The Fixer
TBA
Director
Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell
TBA
Producer
No Greater Gift
1985
Executive Producer
Silicon Follies
2001
Executive Producer
Untitled Firefighter Film
TBA
Producer
Alone at Dawn
TBA
Director
Big Dreams: The Little League World Series 2024
2025
Executive Producer
Dangerously Funny
TBA
Producer
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