Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook
Holbrook in Our Town (1977)
Born	Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (1925-02-17) February 17, 1925 (age 92) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Education	Culver Academies
Alma mater	Denison University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–present
Spouse(s)	Ruby Holbrook (m. 1945; div. 1965), Carol Eve Rossen (m. 1966; div. 1979), Dixie Carter (m. 1984; her death 2010)
Children	3
Awards	See Awards and nominations

Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook Jr. (born February 17, 1925) is an American film and stage actor. Holbrook first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed while in college, performing as Mark Twain.

He made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's The Group (1966). He later gained international fame for his performance as Deep Throat in the 1976 film All the President's Men. He was known for his role as Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 miniseries Lincoln. He has also appeared in such other films as Julia (1977), The Fog (1980), Creepshow (1982), The Firm (1993), Hercules (1997), and Men of Honor (2000).

Holbrook's role as Ron Franz in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007) earned him both Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Until Robert Duvall was nominated for an Academy Award in 2015, Holbrook was the oldest actor to receive an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. In 2009, Holbrook received critical acclaim for his performance as recently retired farmer, Abner Meecham, in the independent film That Evening Sun.

In his later career, Holbrook appeared as Francis Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), provided his voice as Mayday in the Disney animated film Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) and as Whizzer in Blackway (2016).