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Jason Robards

American actor (1922–2000)

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Jason Robards was an American actor who had a long career in theater and film from the 1950s through the 1990s. He is remembered as one of the most respected performers of his generation, known for his work in both classical and contemporary roles.

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Born: 1922-07-26
Died: 2000-12-26
Works: 7

Top works

The Christmas Wife
A thousand clowns
Long day's journey into night
A moon for the misbegotten
The disenchanted

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Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He is one of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.

Known for

Arthur Miller: Writer — Self (archive footage)2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone — Ben Bradlee (archive footage)2016
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 — Joe's Father (video "One")2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film — Self2006
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade — Self (archive footage)2004

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Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he gained a reputation as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards received numerous accolades and is one of 24 performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting having earned competitive wins for two Academy Awards, a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In addition to these plaudits, Robards was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Laurel Award and a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979, earned the National Medal of Arts in 1997, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999.

Robards started his career in theatre, making his Broadway debut playing James Tyrone Jr. in the 1956 revival of the Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Journey into Night earning a Theatre World Award. He earned the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in the Budd Schulberg play The Disenchanted (1959). His other Tony-nominated roles were in Long Day's Journey into Night (1956). Toys in the Attic (1960), After the Fall (1964), Hughie (1965), The Country Girl (1972), A Moon for the Misbegotten (1973), and A Touch of the Poet (1978).