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Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Birthday: 1925-10-03 | Place of Birth: West Point, New York, USA

Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925) is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and liberal political activist. Early in his career he wrote The City and the Pillar (1948), which outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality. He also ran for political office twice and served as a longtime political critic.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2015
Best of Enemies

as    Self

2013
Valentino's Ghost

as    Self

2013
Salinger

as    Self - Writer

2010
Standing Army

as    Self

2008
2005
Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

as    Narrator (Voice)

2005
Inside Deep Throat

as    Self

2005
Why We Fight

as    Self - Author, "Imperial America"

2003
1997
Gattaca

as    Director Josef

1996
The Celluloid Closet

as    Self

1994
With Honors

as    Prof. Pitkannan

1992
Bob Roberts

as    Senator Brickley Paiste

1989
Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid

as    Preacher (uncredited)

1972
Roma

as    Gore Vidal (uncredited)