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Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Birthday: 1922-07-26 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story

as    Earl Partridge (Magnolia archive footage)

2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

as    Joe's Father (video "One")

2000
Magnolia

as    Earl Partridge

2000
1999
My Best Fiend

as    Self (archive footage)

1998
The Real Macaw

as    Grandpa Girdis

1998
Heartwood

as    Logan Reeser

1997
A Thousand Acres

as    Larry Cook

1997
Truman

as    Narrator (voice)

1995
My Antonia

as    Josea Burden

1995
Journey

as    Marcus

1995
The Great American West

as    Narrator (voice)

1994
Philadelphia

as    Charles Wheeler

1994
The Enemy Within

as    General R. Pendleton Lloyd

1994
The Paper

as    Graham Keighley

1994
Little Big League

as    Thomas Heywood

1993
Roots of Roe

as    Anthony Comstock (voice)

1993
The Trial

as    Doctor Huld

1993
Heidi

as    Grandfather

1993
1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn

as    The King

1992
Deceptions

as    Clay (voice)

1992
Storyville

as    Clifford Fowler

1992
When It Was a Game 2

as    Passage Narrator (voice)

1992
Lincoln

as    President Abraham Lincoln (voice)

1992
1991
An Inconvenient Woman

as    Jules Mendelson