Peter Fonda

Movie Actor

Peter Fonda was born in New York City, New York, United States on February 23rd, 1940 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 79, Peter Fonda biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
February 23, 1940
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, United States
Death Date
Aug 16, 2019 (age 79)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Networth
$40 Million
Profession
Film Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter
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Education
University of Nebraska Omaha
Peter Fonda Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Susan Jane Brewer, ​ ​(m. 1961; div. 1974)​, Portia Rebecca Crockett, ​ ​(m. 1975; div. 2011)​, Margaret DeVogelaere, ​ ​(m. 2011)​
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2, including Bridget
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Henry Fonda (father), Frances Ford Seymour (mother)
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Jane Fonda (sister), Troy Garity (nephew)
Peter Fonda Life

Peter Henry Fonda (February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019), an American actor, producer, and screenwriter.

He was Henry Fonda's younger brother, Jane Fonda, and the father of Bridget Fonda.

He was a member of the 1960s counterculture, and 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).

He received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama in the latter category.

For The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999), Fonda received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Miniseries, or Television Film.

Early life

Fonda was born in New York City on February 23, 1940, the only son of actor Henry Fonda (1905–1982) and his partner Frances Ford Seymour (1908–1950); his older sister, Jane Fonda, was born 1937. Frances de Villers Brokaw (1931-2008), their mother's first child, had a half-sister. When Peter, her youngest child, was ten, they died in a mental hospital. He didn't know the circumstances or location of his death until he was 15 years old.

He mistakenly shot himself in the abdomen and nearly died on his eleventh birthday. He went to Nainital, India's highest station, and stayed for a few months to recover. He referred to this event while taking LSD with John Lennon and George Harrison years later. "I know what it feels like to be dead," the narrator said. "She Said She Said" was inspired by The Beatles' song "She Said She Said."

Peter attended the Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts, and was a member of the Class of 1954. He then matriculated in Westminster School, a Connecticut boarding school in Simsbury, Connecticut, where he graduated in 1958.

Fonda started acting in Omaha, Nebraska, his father's hometown. Fonda joined the Omaha Community Playhouse while attending the University of Nebraska-Omaha, after being recruited by Marlon Brando's mother.

Personal life

Fonda was married three times, first marrying Susan Brewer in 1961; they now have two children, Bridget and Justin. After 13 years of marriage, they divorced in 1974. In 1975, Fonda married Portia Rebecca Crockett, his second wife. The marriage lasted 36 years before they divorced in 2011. In 2011, Fonda married Margaret DeVogelaere, his third wife. Fonda's marriage lasted eight years before he died in 2019.

Fonda and Tim Robbins produced The Big Fix, a documentary that investigated BP's involvement in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its effects on the Gulf of Mexico. Fonda said at a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival that he had written to President Barack Obama about the leak and branded him a "fucking traitor" for allowing "foreign boots on our soil, alerting our troops—in this case, the Coast Guard—what they can and cannot do, and telling us, the people of the United States, what we could or could not do."

Fonda took to Twitter in June 2018 to condemn President Donald Trump's enforcement of US immigration law by Jeff Sessions for isoing children from their parents at the Mexican border, saying, "We should remove Barron Trump from his arms and put him in a cage with pedophils." Americans should also request the names of US Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents in order to protest outside of their homes and their children's schools. Based on a study from the Trump family, the Secret Service opened an investigation. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said he disagreed with Fonda's statement about Barron Trump was a violation of federal criminal law. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Huckabee's niece, was also the object of Fonda's tweets, in which he said, "Maybe we should take her (Sanders') children away."

Fonda launched Fonda's Twitter attack on United States Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, calling her a "vulgar" name and urging Nielsen to be "put in a cage and poked by passersby."

Fonda said he deleted his tweet attacking Barron Trump, saying he "immediately regretted it and sincerely apologized to the family for the pain I referred to." Fonda's tweets culminated in a call for a boycott of his new film, Boundaries, and other Sony programs. On June 22, 2018, Sony Pictures released Boundaries as planned, but later reported that Fonda's remarks "are abhorrent, irresponsible, and risky, and we condemn them completely."

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Peter Fonda Career

Career

Fonda performed at the Cecilwood Theatre in 1960, upon his return to New York. He found work on Broadway and became interested in Blood, Sweat, and Stanley Poole, a James and William Goldman scripted in 1961, which ran for 84 performances. Fonda's first appearance on television shows such as Naked City, The New Breed, Wagon Train, and The Defenders began as a guest.

In Tammy and the Doctor (1963), Fonda's first film came when producer Ross Hunter was looking for a new male actor to captivate Sandra Dee. In what was a minor hit, he was cast in the role. He continued this with a support role in The Victors (1963), a grim look at American soldiers in World War II directed by Carl Foreman. Fonda's performance earned him the Golden Globe Award for the most promising newcomer.

Fonda continued to work in television, with guest appearances in Channing, Arrest, and Prison, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and 12 O'Clock High. In PT-109, he also tested for the role of John F. Kennedy. Fonda's Robert Rossen was enthralled by his role in Lilith (1964), which will be Rossen's last film, alongside Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, and Gene Hackman. Fonda's success had been well reviewed. Rossen signed him to a seven-film contract, shortly after his death, a Bang the Drum Slowly adaptation was planned to begin. Fonda performed in The Young Lovers (1964), about an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, and Sam Goldwyn Jr.'s sole directorial effort.

Fonda was not a traditional "leading man" in Hollywood by the mid-1960s. Fonda had a "solid reputation as a dropout," according to a Playboy magazine. He had grown his hair long and took LSD regularly, alienating the "establishment" film market, causing him to drift outwardly nonconformist. Acting work became out of reach. Fonda visited The Beatles in their rented house in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, in 1965, thanks to his friendships with members of The Byrds. "I know what it's like to be dead," Fonda's John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and Fonda were under LSD's influence, Lennon heard Fonda say, "I know what it's like to be dead." "She Said She Said" was Lennon's song, which was included on their 1966 album, Revolver, used the word in the lyrics.

Fonda was arrested in the 1966 Sunset Strip riot, which the police eventually ended violently. Buffalo Springfield screamed over the department's handling of the incident on their song "For What It Is Worth." Fonda performed some and then performed "November Night," a 45-rpm single by Gram Parsons for the Chisa label, backed by Donovan's "Catch the Wind" and "Catch the Wind" in 1967.

Fonda's first counterculture film appearance was as a biker in Roger Corman's B film The Wild Angels (1966). Fonda started out to help George Chakiris, but Chakiris took the lead when Chakiris announced that he could not ride a motorcycle. Fonda sang of a deceased Angel's funeral service in the film. Psychic TV's 1988 LP album Jack the TAB was included in this sample. It was later sampled in the Primal Scream album "Loaded" (1991) and other rock songs. The film, which was screened at the Venice Film Festival, introduced the biker movie style, and established Peter Fonda as a film name. Fonda created High Noon: The Clock Strikes Noon (2000), which was also shot in December 1965. It was based on Gary Cooper's film High Noon (1952), with Fonda playing Cooper in the Cooper role. However, it was not a series.

Fonda appeared in Corman's film The Trip (1967), a look at the pleasures and "consequences" of eating LSD, which was written by Jack Nicholson. Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, and Dennis Hopper were among his co-stars. The film was a hit. Fonda then travelled to France to appear in the portmanteau horror film Spirits of the Dead (1968). Jane is co-starring his sister Jane, and Roger Vadim, her then-husband, was on her show. He appeared in Certain Honorable Men (1968), a film co-written by Rod Serling, on American television.

Fonda produced, co-wrote, and starred in E Rider (1969), directed by Dennis Hopper. Easy Rider is a bicycle rider traveling through the southern and southern United States, where they encounter intolerance and violence. Fonda portrayed "Wyatt," a charismatic, laconic man whose motorcycle jacket bore a large American flag across the back. Dennis Hopper appeared on "Billy" as the snobbling "Billy" was played. Jack Nicholson played George Hanson, an alcoholic civil rights advocate who rides along with them. Fonda co-wrote the screenplay with Terry Southern and Hopper.

Fonda attempted to obtain funding from Roger Corman and American International Pictures (AIP), with whom he had made The Wild Angels and The Trip, but they were hesitant to fund a film directed by Hopper. Columbia Pictures made them money, but they weren't able to get money from Columbia Pictures. The cross-country road trip was shot mainly on location by Hopper, who was depicted almost entirely on location. Fonda had received $360,000, largely because Roger Corman knew that it was the money he needed to make the Wild Angels. Robbie Robertson, a guitarist and composer, was so moved by an advance screening that he went to Fonda and begged him to write a complete score, despite the fact that the film was almost due for wide release. Fonda refused the request, instead using Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild," Bob Dylan's "I'm Only Bleeding) and Robertson's "The Weight" sung by The Byrds, among other things.

The film was released in the United States with a worldwide success. Jack Nicholson was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award. The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay had been given to Fonda, Hopper, and Southern. The film's grossing totals exceeded $40 million.

Both Hopper and Fonda were looking for film projects after the success of Easy Rider. Fonda co-starred alongside singer Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and Papas in the film The Last Movie (1971), which Hopper directed (1971). Fonda produced and appeared in the Western film The Hired Hand (1971), directed and starring Fonda. Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, and Beat Generation poet Michael McClure were among the cast members in a cast that also featured Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, and Beat Generation poet Michael McClure. On its first day, the film received mixed reviews and was unsuccessful financially, but many years later, in 2001, a completely restored version was shown at various film festivals and was re-released by the Sundance Channel on DVD in two separate editions the same year. Fonda later produced the science fiction film Idaho Transfer (1973). He did not appear in the film, and there were mixed reactions about the film's limited availability. He co-starred with Lindsay Wagner in Two People (also 1973) for director Robert Wise, in which he portrayed a Vietnam War deserter.

Fonda appeared in the film Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), a film about two NASCAR hopefuls who decide to fund their jump into big-time auto racing. That year, the film was a box-office hit. Fonda's 1971 release of a series of action films: Open Season (1974), with William Holden; Race with the Devil (1975), a sequel to Westworld (1976), financed by AIP; Fighting Mad (1976), directed by Jonathan Demme.

Fonda played a musician opposite Susan Saint James in 1977, which made it a drama. Fonda returned to acting with the troubled film Wanda Nevada (1979), in which the 39-year-old Fonda appeared as the "love" interest of the then 13-year-old Brooke Shields' then 13-year-old Brooke Shields' then 13-year-old Fonda. Henry Fonda's father made a brief appearance, but it was the only film in which they appeared together that they appeared together.

Fonda was top billed in The Hostage Tower (1980), a television film based on a story by Alistair MacLean. Fonda appeared in The Cannonball Run (1981), as the "chief biker" in the film's tongue-in-cheek nod to his earlier motorcycle films, and it was a big box office hit with a large ensemble cast. In Split Image (1982), a film in which James Woods, Karen Allen, and Brian Dennehy appeared, he also played a charismatic cult leader. Despite the strong cast and positive reviews, the film was unable to find an audience.

Fonda appeared in a number of films in the 1980s, including Daijbu (1983), a Japanese documentary film shot in Japan; Daij (1989), a German horror film shot in 1978; a Western (1989), with Liv Ullmann; A Reason to Live (1989) and The Rose Garden (1989).

Fonda contributed to Enemy (1990), in which he appeared. He was the lead in Family Express (1991) and South Beach (1993), but he slipped into supporting roles in several "independence" films: Deadfall (1993), starring his daughter Bridget; Molly & Gina (1994), directed by Christopher Coppola; Nadja (1994), produced by David Lynch. He had a good supporting role in Escape from Los Angeles (1996), John Carpenter, and was in Don't Look Back (1996). In the Heat of the Night, he appeared as a guest on In the Heat of the Night.

Fonda's Gold (1997), despite years of mixed success, received high-profile critical esteem and widespread praise for his role in Ulee's Gold (1997). He portrayed himself as a taciturn North Florida beekeeper and Vietnam war who is battling to save his son and granddaughter from a life of drug use. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role. In Painted Hero (1997), he was the lead. Fonda appeared in the TV movie The Tempest, which was based in part on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Fonda, John Glover, Harold Perrineau, and Katherine Heigl were all starring Jack Bender, John Glover, John Perrineau, and Katherine Heigl.

He appeared in The Passion of Ayn Rand (1998), and later appeared in the crime film The Limey (1999) as Terry Valentine, an aging rock music producer who mistakenly murders his younger sister. Steven Soderbergh produced the film.

Fonda's career in the 2000s included parts of South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000), Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2004), The Laramie Project (2001), A The Lavatory (2004), A Treasury Is Decadence (2004), When We Were Grownups (2004), El cobrador (2006), With God We Trust (2006).

Fonda was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2002.

In 2004, he appeared in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, one of the best-selling video games of all time.

Fonda said that riding motorcycles helped him to concentrate in a 2007 interview, adding that riding motorcycles helped him to honed him to concentrate.

Fonda made a comeback to big screen in 3:10 to Yuma (2007), a recreation of the 1957 Western, with bounty hunter Byron McElroy. He appeared with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. Critics also gave the film two Academy Award nominations and a glowing review. Damien Blade, the father of Jack and the biker gang Del Fuegos, appeared in the final scenes of the biker comedy Wild Hogs as Damien Blade, the founding of the biker group Del Fuegos, was also portrayed by Ray Liotta. Mephistopheles, one of two main villains in the film Ghost Rider (also 2007), was also portrayed by Fonda. Despite wanting to play the role in the sequel, Ciarán Hinds was substituted.

He appeared in Journey to the Earth (2008), Japan (2008), and The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (1999) as "The Roman," the main villain in The Boondock Saints II (also 2009). Fonda appeared on the television series Californication.

Fonda's later appearances include American Bandits (2010); As Cool as I Am (2013); The Uninhibited Life (2013); Stephen Cove (2010); and Boundaries (2014); Jesse James (2005); The Burning of Bodies (2014); The Runner (2015); House of Bodies (2013); The Greatest Woman in America (2015); Man in England (2004); You Can't Say No (2018); The Runner (2014); William Hart (2012); The Book of Bliss (2015); The Real Life (2013); He was an executive producer of the documentary The Big Fix (2012).

Peter Fonda's last appearance in the Vietnam War film The Last Complete Measure, whose producer Todd Robinson, has confessed that he was able to see the film in its entirety before his death and became emotional after viewing it.

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At $935,000, a 115-year-old Harley-Davidson becomes the most expensive bike ever sold at auction

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 15, 2023
On January 28, 1998, a rare 1908 Harley-Davidson (pictured left) became the most expensive motorcycle ever sold at auction in Las Vegas. After paying auction fees at the Mecum Auction, the Strap Tank motorcycle was auctioned for $935,000, and the first Harley-Davidson model one will ever find, since the prototypes that preceded it are long gone.' The 115-year-old Strap Tank motorcycle, named after its oil and fuel tanks, which are attached to the frame with nickel straps, is believed to be one of only 12 models still available. Harley-Davidson began manufacturing motorcycles in 1905 in a tiny wooden shed, then moved to a factory in 1906 and steadily increasing production to 450 motorcycles in 1908.

Bridget Fonda looks unrecognizable as she steps out for rare outing months after wearing SAME outfit

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
After appearing in a number of critically acclaimed films, including Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown and hit comedy film Singles, the former Hollywood starlet, 58, retired from acting in 2002. The actress was photographed in January for the first time in a dozen years, and now, she was photographed again during a rare LA outing wearing nearly identical clothing. Fonda wore comfortably in a pair of dark trousers and a black and white striped T-shirt as she did some shopping at a landscaping supply store, a drastic departure from her once glamorous image. Fonda was photographed earlier this year wearing the same top and similar pants when doing errands with her and husband Danny Elfman's 17-year-old son Oliver. The actress hadn't been photographed since 2009, over a decade ago, when she attended Tarantino's World War II film Inglorious Bastards' premiere. Fonda made her name for herself in the acting world in the 1980s and 1990s after snagging main roles in a number of box office hits, but she moved away from the spotlight to concentrate on her family in 2002.
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