Fred Ward

Fred Ward is an American model, actor, and producer. He was born as Freddie Joe Ward in San Diego City, California. He is a descendant from Scottish- Irish Cherokee. In his teens, he was recruited in the United States Air Force. He spent three years there. At the age of 21, he decided to choose acting as his career. He shifted to New York Click to look into! >> Read More... and went on to study acting at Herbert Berghof Studio. He funded for his education by doing odd jobs such as a custodian, short-order cook and as a lumberjack. He was also a boxer and had broken his nose four times. After his education at the studio, he moved to San Francisco and started working at an experimental theater. Since acting couldn’t support his livelihood, he took up the job of a construction rigger. In Europe and North Africa, he performed in mime, Masque theater, and cabarets.

Then, he moved to Rome where he dubbed Italian movies into English (spaghetti westerns into English). He next made his debut in two films of Roberto Rossellini. He came back to San Francisco and appeared in Angel City, and Inacoma (stage production by Sam Shepard). His other stage performances were The Glass Menagerie, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. His foremost appearance on the big screen was with the movie Hearts of the West, in which he played the role of a cowboy.

He landed a major role in the film Escape from Alcatraz by Don Siegel in 1979. He played the role of John Anglin, one of the main leads along with Clint Eastwood He is a legendary actor and considered to be the m >> Read More... , who played the role of Frank Morris. In Southern Comfort (1981), he played the character of National Guardsman. His next performances were seen in Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982), The Incredible Hulk (1979), Carny (1980), Cardiac Arrest (1980), Belle Starr (1980), Silkwood (1983), Uncommon Valor, and The Right Stuff(1983). He gained critical attention in Philip Kaufman’s, The Right Stuff for the portrayal of a doomed astronaut Gus Grissom. Subsequently, he worked in numerous TV shows and movies.

Some of them are Swing Shift as Archibald Biscuits Toue, American Playhouse as Mr. Crouch/ Royale Earle Thompson, UFOria as Sheldon Bart, Secret Admirer as Lou Fimple, The Hitchhiker, Big Business, Catchfire as Pauling, The Prince Click to look into! >> Read More... of Pennsylvania as Gary Marshetta, Miami Blues as Sgt. Hoke Moseley, The Player as Walter Stuckel, Two Small Bodies as Lt. Brann, Chain Reaction as FBI Agent Leon Ford, Gun as John Farragut, and The Chaos Factor as Max Camden. Other recent performances were in Road Trip Travelling, Roaming and having fun is always what >> Read More... , Summer Catch, Joe Dirt, Wild Iris, Sweet Home Alabama, The Last Ride, 10.5, Grey’s Anatomy, ER, Feast of Love, Exit Speed, Farewell, The Wild Stallion, United States of Tara, In Plain Sight, Leverage, 2 Guns, 30 Minutes or Less, True Detective, and many more. He was also the producer of Miami Blues in 1990.

Fred was formerly married to Silvia Ward, and the duo had a son Django Ward. After their divorce, Fred married Marie – France Boisselle in the year 1995. Marie filed for the divorce in August 2013, but the couple resolved their differences and reunited later that year. Fred Ward has won Special Volpi Cup, Golden Globe Award, and was nominated for Cable ACE Award and Video Premiere Award.