Peter Fonda

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Biography

Peter Henry Fonda (February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019) was an American actor. He was the son of Henry Fonda, younger brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda. Fonda was a part of the counterculture of the 1960s.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Easy Rider (1969), and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ulee's Gold (1997). For the latter, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Fonda also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999).

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Known For

Ghost Rider

Mephistopheles / Mephisto

3:10 to Yuma

Byron McElroy

The Blacklist

Geoff Perl

Wild Hogs

Damien Blade

Easy Rider

Wyatt

Hawaii Five-0

Jesse Billings

Escape from L.A.

Pipeline

Californication

Himself

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Henry Fonda for President MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty MOVIE	Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020	The Last Full Measure MOVIE	Jimmy Burr
2019	The Movies That Made Us TV	Self (archive footage)
2019	Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 MOVIE	Narrator
2018	Boundaries MOVIE	Joey
2018	You Can't Say No MOVIE	Buck Murphy
2017	The Ballad of Lefty Brown MOVIE	Edward Johnson
2017	The Most Hated Woman in America MOVIE	Reverend Harrington
2016	Ride with Norman Reedus TV	Self
2016	Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond MOVIE	Self
2015	The Runner MOVIE	Rayne Pryce
2015	Jesse James: Lawman MOVIE	Mayor
2015	The Harvest MOVIE	Grandfather
2013	The Blacklist TV	Geoff Perl
2013	The Ultimate Life MOVIE	Jacob Early
2013	Copperhead MOVIE	Avery
2013	As Cool as I Am MOVIE	Gerald
2013	House of Bodies MOVIE	Henry Lee Bishop
2012	Harodim MOVIE	Solomon Fell
2012	Magical Mystery Tour Revisited MOVIE	Self
2012	Smitty MOVIE	Jack
2012	Sunset Strip MOVIE	Self
2011	Corman's World MOVIE	Self - Actor
2011	The Trouble with Bliss MOVIE	Seymour Bliss
2011	The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll MOVIE	August West
2011	On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America TV	Self
2011	Off The Boulevard MOVIE	Self
2010	Hawaii Five-0 TV	Jesse Billings
2010	American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James MOVIE	Marshal Kane
2009	The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day MOVIE	The Roman
2009	No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos MOVIE	Self
2008	Journey to the Center of the Earth MOVIE	Edward Dennison
2008	Japan MOVIE	Alfred
2007	Cobrador: In God We Trust MOVIE	Mr. X
2007	The Gathering TV	Thomas Carrier
2007	3:10 to Yuma MOVIE	Byron McElroy
2007	Californication TV	Himself
2007	Wild Hogs MOVIE	Damien Blade
2007	Ghost Rider MOVIE	Mephistopheles / Mephisto
2007	Becoming John Ford MOVIE	Self
2006	Desert Dreamers MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2005	Supernova MOVIE	Dr. Austin Shepard
2005	Supernova TV	Dr. Austin Shepard
2005	Harley-Davidson: The Spirit of America MOVIE	Self
2004	Back When We Were Grownups MOVIE	Dr. Will Allenby
2004	The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things MOVIE	Grandfather
2004	Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild MOVIE	Self
2004	A Thief Of Time MOVIE	Harrison Houk
2004	John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies MOVIE	Self
2004	Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me! MOVIE	Himself
2003	Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood MOVIE	Self
2003	The Maldonado Miracle MOVIE	Father Russell
2003	Return of the "Hired Hand" MOVIE	Himself
2002	The Laramie Project MOVIE	Doctor Cantway
2001	Wooly Boys MOVIE	A.J. "Stoney" Stoneman
2000	Second Skin MOVIE	Merv Gutman
2000	Welcome to Hollywood MOVIE	Peter Fonda
2000	Thomas and the Magic Railroad MOVIE	Grandpa Burnett Stone
2000	South of Heaven, West of Hell MOVIE	Shoshonee Bill
1999	Born to the Wind MOVIE	Narrator
1999	The Limey MOVIE	Terry Valentine
1999	Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage MOVIE	Self
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TV	Self - Guest
1999	The Passion of Ayn Rand MOVIE	Frank O'Connor
1998	The Tempest MOVIE	Gideon Prosper
1998	Independent's Day MOVIE	Self - Interviewee
1997	Painted Hero MOVIE	Ray the Cook
1997	Ulee's Gold MOVIE	Ulee Jackson
1997	HARDtalk TV	Self
1997	Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero MOVIE	Self
1996	Grace of My Heart MOVIE	Guru Dave (voice)
1996	E! True Hollywood Story TV	Self
1996	Escape from L.A. MOVIE	Pipeline
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self - Guest
1996	Don't Look Back MOVIE	Mouse
1995	Born to Be Wild MOVIE	Himself
1995	Nadja MOVIE	Dracula / Dr. Van Helsing
1995	At Sundance MOVIE	Self
1994	Love and a .45 MOVIE	Vergil Cheatham
1994	ER TV	Pierce Tanner
1994	Molly and Gina MOVIE	Larry Stanton
1994	In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life MOVIE	Marcantony Appfel
1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast TV	Self
1993	Warren Oates: Across the Border MOVIE	Self
1993	Deadfall MOVIE	Pete
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Late Show with David Letterman TV	Self - Guest
1993	South Beach MOVIE	Jake
1993	Bodies, Rest & Motion MOVIE	Motorcycle Rider
1993	Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle MOVIE	Self
1992	Fonda on Fonda MOVIE	Self
1991	Family Express MOVIE	Nick
1991	Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper MOVIE	Self
1991	Time of Indifference MOVIE	Leo
1990	Fatal Mission MOVIE	Ken Andrews
1989	The Rose Garden MOVIE	Herbert
1988	Sound MOVIE	Roberto Lovari
1988	Mercenary Fighters MOVIE	Virelli
1987	Hollywood Uncensored MOVIE	Self - Host
1987	Hawken's Breed MOVIE	Hawken
1985	Certain Fury MOVIE	Rodney
1985	A Reason to Live MOVIE	Gus Stewart
1984	Signatures of the Soul MOVIE	Presenter
1983	Spasms MOVIE	Dr. Tom Brasilian
1983	Peppermint-Peace MOVIE	Mr. Frieden
1983	Dance of the Dwarfs MOVIE	Harry Bediker
1983	It's All Right, My Friend MOVIE	Gonzy Traumerai
1982	Split Image MOVIE	Kirklander
1981	The Cannonball Run MOVIE	Chief Biker
1981	Wetten, dass..? TV	Self
1980	The Hostage Tower MOVIE	Mike Graham
1980	Fridays TV	Self
1980	Heut' abend TV	Self
1979	Wanda Nevada MOVIE	Beaudray Demerille
1978	High-Ballin' MOVIE	Rane
1978	Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel MOVIE	Self
1977	Outlaw Blues MOVIE	Bobby Ogden
1977	Auf los geht's los TV	Self
1976	Futureworld MOVIE	Chuck Browning
1976	Fighting Mad MOVIE	Tom Hunter
1976	Killer Force MOVIE	Bradley
1975	92 in the Shade MOVIE	Tom Skelton
1975	Race with the Devil MOVIE	Roger
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche TV	Self
1974	Open Season MOVIE	Ken
1974	Dirty Mary Crazy Larry MOVIE	Larry
1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ... TV	Self
1973	Two People MOVIE	Evan Bonner
1973	Not So Easy MOVIE	Himself
1971	The Last Movie MOVIE	Young Sheriff
1971	The Hired Hand MOVIE	Harry Collings
1971	V.I.P. Schaukel TV	Self
1969	Easy Rider MOVIE	Wyatt
1968	Certain Honorable Men MOVIE	Robbie Conroy
1968	The Dick Cavett Show TV	Self - Guest
1968	Spirits of the Dead MOVIE	Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein")
1968	The Movie Orgy MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1968	The New Cinema MOVIE	Self
1967	The Trip MOVIE	Paul Groves
1966	The Wild Angels MOVIE	Heavenly Blues
1964	Carol for Another Christmas MOVIE	Marley Grudge (uncredited)
1964	The Young Lovers MOVIE	Eddie Slocum
1964	Lilith MOVIE	Stephen Evshevsky
1964	12 O'Clock High TV	Lt. Andy Lathrop
1963	The Victors MOVIE	Weaver
1963	Channing TV	Everett Partridge
1963	Arrest and Trial TV	Alex Bakalyan
1963	Tammy and the Doctor MOVIE	Dr. Mark Cheswick
1962	The Merv Griffin Show TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV	Verge Likens
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1961	The New Breed TV	Ronnie Bryson
1961	The Defenders TV	Gary Foster
1958	Naked City TV	Joey Selken
1957	Wagon Train TV	Orly French
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Dr. Will Allenby
1950	What's My Line? TV	Self - Mystery Guest
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self (uncredited)
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee / Presenter
	Skate God MOVIE	Skylar
	The Return of the Smothers Brothers MOVIE	Self

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