Ron Howard biography
Ron Howard is an American film director, producer, and actor, born on 1 March 1954 in Duncan.
Ron Howard's screen career began in 1956 with Frontier Woman, playing Bit Part.
Ron Howard has appeared in 79 films and 96 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Avedon (2026), Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (2025), Music by John Williams (2024).
Ron Howard is best known for Frost/Nixon, Cinderella Man, A Beautiful Mind, Unsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots.
Honours include Academy Award for Best Director, National Medal of Arts and Daytime Emmy Award.
Coming up next: Alone at Dawn (2027).
- Born
- 1 March 1954 (age 72)
- Birthplace
- Duncan
- Work
- Film producer, Film director, Voice actor, Television director, Television actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1959 to present
- Known for
- Frost/Nixon, Cinderella Man, A Beautiful Mind, Unsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Director
- National Medal of Arts
- Daytime Emmy Award
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Saturn Award for Best Director
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing , Feature Film
Ron Howard filmography
80 films and 96 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Alone at Dawn | Upcoming | ||
| 2026 | Avedon | |||
| 2025 | Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything | |||
| 2024 | Music by John Williams | |||
| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | |||
| 2024 | Eden | |||
| 2022 | We Feed People | |||
| 2022 | Thirteen Lives | |||
| 2022 | Scream | Principal Himbry (Stab) | Uncredited , image appearance | |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi | |||
| 2021 | Paper & Glue | |||
| 2021 | Julia | |||
| 2020 | Rebuilding Paradise | |||
| 2020 | Hillbilly Elegy | |||
| 2020 | Breakthrough: Virus Fighters | |||
| 2019 | Pavarotti | |||
| 2019 | Dads | |||
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | |||
| 2016 | Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie | English | ||
| 2016 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | |||
| 2016 | Inferno | |||
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | |||
| 2014 | Champs | English | ||
| 2013 | Rush | |||
| 2013 | Made in America |
Show all 80 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | |||
| 2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | English | ||
| 2011 | When You Find Me | |||
| 2011 | The Dilemma | |||
| 2011 | The Death and Return of Superman | Max's Son | ||
| 2011 | From Up on Poppy Hill | Philosophy Club's president | Voice role | |
| 2010 | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | English | ||
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | |||
| 2007 | In the Shadow of the Moon | |||
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | |||
| 2005 | Inside Deep Throat | |||
| 2005 | Cinderella Man | |||
| 2004 | Tell Them Who You Are | |||
| 2003 | The Missing | |||
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | |||
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones | Tom Colonic | Voice role | |
| 2000 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | English | ||
| 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | English | ||
| 2000 | The Independent | English | ||
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | |||
| 1999 | EDtv | |||
| 1999 | Beyond the Mat | |||
| 1998 | One Vision | |||
| 1996 | Ransom | |||
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | |||
| 1994 | The Paper | |||
| 1992 | The Magical World of Chuck Jones | |||
| 1992 | Far and Away | |||
| 1991 | Backdraft | |||
| 1989 | Parenthood | |||
| 1988 | Willow | |||
| 1986 | Gung Ho | |||
| 1985 | Cocoon | |||
| 1984 | Splash | |||
| 1982 | Night Shift | |||
| 1979 | More American Graffiti | Steve Bolander | ||
| 1977 | Grand Theft Auto | |||
| 1976 | Eat My Dust! | Hoover Niebold | ||
| 1976 | The Shootist | Gillom Rogers | ||
| 1976 | The First Nudie Musical | Auditioning actor | Uncredited | |
| 1974 | The Spikes Gang | Les Richter | ||
| 1973 | American Graffiti | Steve Bolander | ||
| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Johnny | ||
| 1970 | The Wild Country | Virgil Tanner | ||
| 1969 | Old Paint | Credited as Ronny Howard | ||
| 1969 | Land of the Giants | Jodar | ||
| 1969 | Deed of Daring-Do | Credited as Ronny Howard | ||
| 1969 | Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore and Death | Credited as Ronny Howard | ||
| 1965 | Village of the Giants | Genius | ||
| 1963 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Eddie | Credited as Ronny Howard | |
| 1962 | The Music Man | Winthrop Paroo | Credited as Ronny Howard | |
| 1961 | Five Minutes to Live | Bobby | Credited as Ronnie Howard | |
| 1959 | The Journey | Billy Rhinelander | Credited as Ronny Howard | |
| 1956 | Frontier Woman | Bit Part | Uncredited |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pets | |||
| 2024 | The Truth About Jim | Documentary series | ||
| 2024 | I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders | Documentary series | ||
| 2023 | The Super Models | Documentary series | ||
| 2023 | The Slumber Party | TV movie | ||
| 2023 | Bossy Bear | |||
| 2022 | Willow | |||
| 2022 | Under the Banner of Heaven | |||
| 2022 | The Tiny Chef Show | |||
| 2022 | Light & Magic | Documentary series | ||
| 2021 | Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel | Documentary series | ||
| 2021 | Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer | Documentary series | ||
| 2020 | 68 Whiskey | |||
| 2017 | Genius | Pilot episode | ||
| 2016 | The Odd Couple | Stanley | Episode: "Taffy Days" | |
| 2016 | Mars | |||
| 2015 | Breakthrough | |||
| 2014 | Unsung Heroes | TV documentary | ||
| 2012 | The Great Escape | |||
| 2010 | Parenthood | |||
| 2006 | Curious George | |||
| 2003 | The Snobs | |||
| 2003 | Arrested Development | |||
| 2001 | The Beast | |||
| 2000 | Wonderland |
Show all 96 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Silicon Follies | TV movie | ||
| 1999 | The PJs | |||
| 1999 | Student Affairs | TV movie | ||
| 1999 | Mulholland Drive | TV movie | ||
| 1999 | Frasier | Stephen | Voice role, Episode: "Good Samaritan" | |
| 1998 | Sports Night | |||
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Miniseries | ||
| 1998 | Felicity | |||
| 1990 | Parenthood | |||
| 1988 | Poison | TV movie | ||
| 1987 | Take Five | TV movie | ||
| 1986 | The Lone-Star Kid | TV movie | ||
| 1986 | Return to Mayberry | Opie Taylor | TV movie | |
| 1985 | No Greater Gift | TV special | ||
| 1985 | Into Thin Air | TV movie | ||
| 1984 | Maximum Security | |||
| 1983 | When Your Lover Leaves | TV movie | ||
| 1983 | Little Shots | TV movie | ||
| 1981 | Bitter Harvest | Ned De Vries | TV movie | |
| 1981 | Through the Magic Pyramid | TV movie | ||
| 1981 | Skyward Christmas | TV movie | ||
| 1981 | Fire on the Mountain | Lee Mackie | TV movie | |
| 1980 | Act of Love | Leon Cybulkowski | TV movie | |
| 1980 | The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang | Richie Cunningham | Voice role, Episode: "King for a Day" | |
| 1980 | Skyward | TV movie | ||
| 1978 | Cotton Candy | TV movie | ||
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | Richie Cunningham | 2 episodes | |
| 1976 | I'm a Fool | Andy | TV movie | |
| 1975 | Huckleberry Finn | Huckleberry Finn | TV movie | |
| 1975 | Insight | Connie/Joe | 2 episodes | |
| 1974 | The Migrants | Lyle Barlow | TV movie | |
| 1974 | The Waltons | Seth Turner | Episode: "The Gift" | |
| 1974 | Locusts | Donny Fletcher | TV movie | |
| 1974 | Happy Days | Richard "Richie" Cunningham | Main role (Seasons 1-7); Guest role (season 11) | |
| 1973 | MASH | Private Walter Wendell Peterson | Episode: "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" | |
| 1972 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Cory Merlino | Episode: "Discovery at Fourteen" | |
| 1972 | Love, American Style | Richard "Richie" Cunningham | Episode: "Love and the Happy Days" | |
| 1972 | Bonanza | Ted Hoag | Episode: "The Initiation" | |
| 1971 | The Smith Family | Bob Smith | ||
| 1970 | Smoke | Chris | TV movie | |
| 1970 | Lassie | Gary | Episode: "Gary Here Comes Glory!" Part 1 & 2 | |
| 1970 | Headmaster | Tony Landis | Season 1 - Episode 6 | |
| 1969 | Judd for the Defense | Phil Beeton | Episode: "Between the Dark and the Daylight" | |
| 1969 | Gunsmoke | Jamie | Episode: "Charlie Noon" | |
| 1969 | Daniel Boone | Luke | Episode: "A Man Before His Time" | |
| 1968 | The F.B.I | Jess Orkin | Episode: "The Runaways" | |
| 1968 | The Archie Show | Archie Andrews | Early Pilot Cartoon | |
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D | Opie Taylor | Episode: "Andy and Helen Get Married" | |
| 1968 | Lancer | Turk Caudle/Willy | 2 episodes | |
| 1967 | The Monroes | Timothy Prescott | Episode: "Teaching the Tiger to Purr" | |
| 1967 | Gentle Ben | Jody Cutler | Episode: "Green-Eyed Bear" | |
| 1966 | I Spy | Alan Loden | Episode: "Little Boy Lost" | |
| 1966 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C | Opie Taylor | Episode: "Opie Joins the Marines" | |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Tommy | Episode: "Night of the Wolf" | |
| 1964 | The Great Adventure | Daniel Waterhouse | Episode: "Plague" | |
| 1964 | The Fugitive | Gus | Episode: "Cry Uncle" | |
| 1964 | Dr. Kildare | Jerry Prentice | Episode: "A Candle in the Window" | |
| 1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Barry Stewart | Episode: "Is Mr. Martian Coming Back?" | |
| 1962 | The New Breed | Tommy Simms | Episode: "So Dark the Night" | |
| 1962 | Route 66 | Chet Duncan | Episode: "Poor Little Kangaroo Rat" | |
| 1960 | The Danny Thomas Show | Opie Taylor | Episode: "Danny Meets Andy Griffith" | |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Opie Taylor | Series regular, 243 episodes Credited as Ronny Howard | |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | Tommy | Episode: "The Goat Story" | |
| 1960 | Cheyenne | Timmy | Episode: "Counterfeit Gun," uncredited | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Wilcox Boy | Episode: "Walking Distance" | |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Wim Wegless | Episode: "Child Lost" | |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Ricky Parrot | Episode: "The Accused" | |
| 1959 | Hennesey | Walker | Episode: "The Baby Sitter" | |
| 1959 | General Electric Theater | Barnaby Baxter/Randy | 2 episodes: | |
| 1959 | Five Fingers | , N/a | Episode: "Station Break" | |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace | Stewart | 6 episodes |