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Name: Orson Welles
Full/Alt. name: George Orson Welles
Date of Birth: Thursday May 6 1915
Born: Kenosha, Wisconsin (USA)
Nationality: American
Partial Biography: Orson Welles' pioneering, influential cinema was imaginative, ambitious and technically daring. His baroque cinematic style created a dense moral universe in which every action had tangled--and usually…Full Orson Welles Biography…

Citizen Kane (2009) U (Contains infrequent mild violence)Played "Charles Foster Kane", Director, Producer, screenplay
The Third Man (2006) PGPlayed "Harry Lime"
McLibel (2006) Played "Aleksei Bresnavitch"
Compulsion (2003) Played "Jonathan Wilk"
The Trial (Le proces) (2000) Played "Hastler", Director, screenplay
Touch of Evil (1999) 12A (for some violence and drug content)Played "Hank Quinlan", Director, screenplay
Butterfly (1981) (1981) Played "Judge Ranch"
The Muppet Movie (1979) Played "Lord Lew"
F for Fake (Verites et mensonges) (1974) Actor/Actress, Director, Writer
The Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi) (1970) Played "Senator"

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (1993) Best Documentary - "It's All True"
Directors Guild of America D W Griffith Award (1984)
Grammy (1981) Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording (Album) - "Donovan's Brain"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Career Achievement Award (1978)
Grammy (1978) Best Spoken Word Recording (Album) - "Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)"