Ken Howard
Biography
Ken Howard was an American actor who began on Broadway in 1968 in Promises, Promises and then played Thomas Jefferson in 1776, repeating the part in the 1972 film. He won a Tony Award in 1970 for Child's Play. On television he played Ken Reeves in The White Shadow, a basketball coach at a Los Angeles high school, and he earned a Daytime Emmy for the CBS special The Body Human: Facts for Boys. His movie roles included Such Good Friends (1971), The Net (1995), Michael Clayton (2007), Rambo (2008), Grey Gardens (2009), A.C.O.D. (2013), The Judge (2014), and The Wedding Ringer (2015). He received an Emmy for Grey Gardens. He was elected to lead the Screen Actors Guild and later headed the merged SAG-AFTRA, and he wrote a 2003 book on speaking to audiences. He died in 2016.
71years old at death
- Born El Centro
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Kenneth Joseph Howard (birth name)Also credited as Kenneth Joseph Howard, Jr.
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 44 years1971 to 2015
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A first
Ken Howard served as the final president of the Screen Actors Guild. After the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists voted to merge in 2012, he became the first president of the combined SAG-AFTRA union.
Early training
Howard left the Yale School of Drama to make his Broadway debut before finishing his master's degree, which he finally earned in 1999.
Behind the camera
Howard wrote Act Natural: How to Speak to Any Audience, a 2003 book that came from the drama courses he taught at Harvard University.
A change of course
As a 17-year-old, Howard was the only white starter on his high school varsity basketball team, which earned him the nickname The White Shadow from the Long Island press in 1961.
Ken Howard movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Irwin Winkler directed two of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Irwin Winkler
Box office
What Ken Howard's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$567 million
9 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$113M20.0% of the total
- 2$111M19.5% of the total
- 3$93M16.4% of the total
- 4$84M14.9% of the total
- 5$83M14.6% of the total
- 6$80M14.1% of the total
- 7$2.8M0.5% of the total
- 8$176K0.0% of the total
$75,143from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 1969 to 2009, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Grey Gardens | Won |
| Tony Awards | |||
| 1970 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 1969 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
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Official profiles and reference pages.