
Peter Fonda
Known for Acting · 166 credits
- Born
- 1940-02-23
- Died
- 2019-08-16
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Peter Henry Fonda
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
TV Shows (40)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest

Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest

The Blacklist
2013
as Geoff Perl

Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Jesse Billings

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

ER
1994
as Pierce Tanner

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self (uncredited) / Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee / Presenter

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Wagon Train
1957
as Orly French

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Californication
2007
as Himself

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Verge Likens

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest

Naked City
1958
as Joey Selken

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

The Defenders
1961
as Gary Foster

The Oscars
1953
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self

12 O'Clock High
1964
as Lt. Andy Lathrop

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994

Heut' abend
1980
as Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest

Arrest and Trial
1963
as Alex Bakalyan

Fridays
1980
as Self

The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (archive footage)

The New Breed
1961
as Ronnie Bryson

Ride with Norman Reedus
2016
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self

HARDtalk
1997

Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. Will Allenby

Channing
1963
as Everett Partridge

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
as Self

The Gathering
2007
as Thomas Carrier

Supernova
2005
as Dr. Austin Shepard
Movies (126)

Ghost Rider
2007
as Mephistopheles / Mephisto

3:10 to Yuma
2007
as Byron McElroy

Wild Hogs
2007
as Damien Blade

The Cannonball Run
1981
as Chief Biker

Easy Rider
1969
as Wyatt

Escape from L.A.
1996
as Pipeline

The Last Full Measure
2020
as Jimmy Burr

Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Peter Fonda

Fighting Mad
1976
as Tom Hunter

Futureworld
1976
as Chuck Browning

The Ultimate Life
2013
as Jacob Early

The Ballad of Lefty Brown
2017
as Edward Johnson

The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Borderland
as Medicine Man

Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self - Host

Thomas and the Magic Railroad
2000
as Grandpa Burnett Stone

The Limey
1999
as Terry Valentine

Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actor

The Runner
2015
as Rayne Pryce

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
as The Roman

Spasms
1983
as Dr. Tom Brasilian

The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
as Reverend Harrington

As Cool as I Am
2013
as Gerald

Spirits of the Dead
1968
as Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein")

The Laramie Project
2002
as Doctor Cantway

The Last Movie
1971
as Young Sheriff

The Passion of Ayn Rand
1999
as Frank O'Connor

The Trouble with Bliss
2011
as Seymour Bliss

Wanda Nevada
1979
as Beaudray Demerille

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
1974
as Larry

Boundaries
2018
as Joey

Grace of My Heart
1996
as Guru Dave (voice)

The Wild Angels
1966
as Heavenly Blues

Nadja
1995
as Dracula / Dr. Van Helsing

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
as Grandfather

Don't Look Back
1996
as Mouse

The Harvest
2015
as Grandfather

Split Image
1982
as Kirklander

Lilith
1964
as Stephen Evshevsky

A Thief Of Time
2004
as Harrison Houk

Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider
2007
as Self

The Trip
1967
as Paul Groves

Becoming John Ford
2007
as Self

Hawken's Breed
1987
as Hawken

Deadfall
1993
as Pete

Jesse James: Lawman
2015
as Mayor

Race with the Devil
1975
as Roger

You Can't Say No
2018
as Buck Murphy

Sunset Strip
2012
as Self

Ulee's Gold
1997
as Ulee Jackson

The Tempest
1998
as Gideon Prosper

Copperhead
2013
as Avery

Back When We Were Grownups
2004
as Dr. Will Allenby

High-Ballin'
1978
as Rane

Tammy and the Doctor
1963
as Dr. Mark Cheswick

The Victors
1963
as Weaver

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999
as Self

South Beach
1993
as Jake

Fatal Mission
1990
as Ken Andrews

South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
as Shoshonee Bill

Certain Honorable Men
1968
as Robbie Conroy
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self

Second Skin
2000
as Merv Gutman

The Maldonado Miracle
2003
as Father Russell

Certain Fury
1985
as Rodney

Smitty
2012
as Jack

The Hired Hand
1971
as Harry Collings

Independent's Day
1998
as Self - Interviewee

Open Season
1974
as Ken

Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Marley Grudge (uncredited)

Supernova
2005
as Dr. Austin Shepard

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016
as Self

Love and a .45
1994
as Vergil Cheatham

House of Bodies
2013
as Henry Lee Bishop

The Hostage Tower
1980
as Mike Graham

Killer Force
1976
as Bradley

The Rose Garden
1989
as Herbert

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994
as Marcantony Appfel

Outlaw Blues
1977
as Bobby Ogden

Bodies, Rest & Motion
1993
as Motorcycle Rider

Skate God
as Skylar

The New Cinema
1968
as Self
Desert Dreamers
2006
as Narrator (voice)

Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008
as Edward Dennison

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
as Self

Molly and Gina
1994
as Larry Stanton

Mercenary Fighters
1988
as Virelli

American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James
2010
as Marshal Kane

Born to Be Wild
1995
as Himself

At Sundance
1995
as Self

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
as Self

Dance of the Dwarfs
1983
as Harry Bediker

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
as August West

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self

Harodim
2012
as Solomon Fell

Painted Hero
1997
as Ray the Cook

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
as Self

Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
as Self

The Young Lovers
1964
as Eddie Slocum

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
as Self

Two People
1973
as Evan Bonner

92 in the Shade
1975
as Tom Skelton

Off The Boulevard
2011
Signatures of the Soul
1984
as Presenter

Harley-Davidson: The Spirit of America
2005
as Self

The Return of the Smothers Brothers
as Self

Cobrador: In God We Trust
2007
as Mr. X

Time of Indifference
1991
as Leo

A Reason to Live
1985
as Gus Stewart

Born to the Wind
1999
as Narrator

Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012
as Self

Peppermint-Peace
1983
as Mr. Frieden

Wooly Boys
2001
as A.J. "Stoney" Stoneman

Family Express
1991
as Nick

It's All Right, My Friend
1983
as Gonzy Traumerai
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
as Self

Fonda on Fonda
1992
as Self

Japan
2008
as Alfred

Not So Easy
1973
as Himself
About Peter Fonda
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, Mini… With 166 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Peter Fonda has appeared in 126 films and 40 TV shows.
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- Ghost Rider (2007) — as Mephistopheles / Mephisto
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007) — as Byron McElroy
- Wild Hogs (2007) — as Damien Blade
- The Cannonball Run (1981) — as Chief Biker
- Easy Rider (1969) — as Wyatt
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