Jason Robards

Jason Robards (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American stage, film, and television actor. making him one of 24 Triple Crown of Acting winners. He was also a United States Navy decorated combat veteran of World War II. He worked with Eugene O'Neill and regularly performed in his works throughout his career. Robards was cast both in common-man roles and as well-known historical figures. He was a winner of the Tony Award, two Academy Awards, and an Emmy Award. He was also a United States Navy combat veteran of World War II.

Robards was born in Chicago, the son of Hope Maxine (née Glanville) Robards (1895–1992) and Jason Robards Sr. (1892–1963),[2] an actor who regularly appeared on the stage and in such early films as The Gamblers (1929). Robards was of German, English, Welsh, Irish, and Swedish descent.[3][4]

Powerful and highly respected American actor Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Hope Maxine (Glanville) and stage and film star Jason Robards Sr. He had Swedish, English, Welsh, German, and Irish ancestry. Robards was raised mostly in Los Angeles. A star athlete at Hollywood High School, he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, where he saw combat as a radioman (though he is not listed in official rolls of Navy Cross winners, despite the claims some -- not he -- have made. Neither was he at Pearl Harbor during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack, his ship being at sea at the time.) Returning to civilian life, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and struggled as a small-part actor in local New York theatre, TV and radio before shooting to fame on the New York stage in Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" as Hickey. He followed that with another masterful O'Neill portrayal, as the alcoholic Jamie Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" on Broadway. He entered feature films in The Journey (1959) and rose rapidly to even greater fame as a film star. Robards won consecutive Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977), in each case playing real-life people. He continued to work on the stage, winning continued acclaim in such O'Neill works as "Moon For the Misbegotten" and "Hughie." Robards died of lung cancer in 2000.

The family moved to New York City when Jason Jr. was still a toddler, and then moved to Los Angeles when he was six years old. Later interviews with Robards suggested that the trauma of his parents' divorce, which occurred during his grade-school years, greatly affected his personality and world view.

As a youth, Robards also witnessed first-hand the decline of his father's acting career. The elder Robards had enjoyed considerable success during the era of silent films, but he fell out of favor after the advent of "talkies" (sound film), leaving the younger Robards soured on the Hollywood film industry.

The teenage Robards excelled in athletics, running a 4:18-mile during his junior year at Hollywood High School in Los Angeles. Although his prowess in sports attracted interest from several universities, Robards decided to enlist in the United States Navy upon his graduation in 1940.

Following the completion of recruit training and radio school, Robards was assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Northampton in 1941 as a radioman 3rd class. On December 7, 1941, Northampton was at sea in the Pacific Ocean about 100 miles (160 km) off Hawaii. Contrary to some stories, he did not see the devastation of the Japanese attack on Hawaii until Northampton returned to Pearl Harbor two days later.[5] Northampton was later directed into the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II's Pacific theater, where she participated in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

During the Battle of Tassafaronga in the waters north of Guadalcanal on the night of November 30, 1942, Northampton was sunk by hits from two Japanese torpedoes. Robards found himself treading water until near daybreak, when he was rescued by an American destroyer. For her service in the war, Northampton was awarded six battle stars.

Two years later, in November 1944, Robards was radioman aboard the light cruiser USS Nashville, the flagship for the invasion of Mindoro in the northern Philippines. On December 13, she was struck by a kamikaze aircraft off Negros Island in the Philippines. The aircraft hit one of the port five-inch gun mounts, while the plane's two bombs set the midsection of the ship ablaze. With this damage and 223 casualties, Nashville was forced to return to Pearl Harbor and then to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, for repairs.

Robards served honorably during the war, but was not a recipient of the U.S. Navy Cross for bravery,[6] contrary to what has been reported in numerous sources. The inaccurate story derives from a 1979 column by Hy Gardner.[7]

Aboard Nashville, Robards first found a copy of Eugene O'Neill's play Strange Interlude in the ship's library.[8][9] Also while in the Navy, he first started thinking seriously about becoming an actor. He had emceed for a Navy band in Pearl Harbor, got a few laughs, and decided he liked it. His father suggested he enroll in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) in New York City, from which he graduated in 1948.[8][10]

Robards left the Navy in 1946 as a Petty officer first class. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal of the Navy, the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

Recipient of 22nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contribution to arts and culture, presented by President Bill Clinton in Washington, DC, Dec. 5, 1999. He won an Emmy in 1988 for Inherit the Wind (1988). Was a Civil War buff in real life. He played President U.S. Grant in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), and was the voice of Gen. Grant in the PBS mini-series The Civil War (1990). Preferred working in the theater, and said once that he performed in Hollywood films so that he could "grab the money and go back to Broadway as fast as I can." In 1972, he was in a horrifying accident on a winding California road. He drove his car into the side of a mountain and nearly died. His acute drinking problem contributed to the accident. He slowly recovered after extensive surgery and facial reconstruction. On April 22, 2002, the first Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre was awarded to Christopher Plummer by the Roundabout Theatre. Jennifer Jason Leigh added the Jason to her stage name in tribute to Robards, a long-time family friend. She said, "I like the way it sounds between Jennifer and Leigh.". In one of his last roles, in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia (1999), he portrayed a man dying from lung cancer to excellent effect. One year later he himself died from the same disease. Attended Hollywood High School in Hollywood, CA, and played on the football, baseball, basketball, and track teams, at one time entertaining the idea of becoming a professional athlete. Avoided films until age 37 because he felt his acting father, Jason Robards Sr., had sold out and tarnished his own reputation by "going Hollywood". First lead role was in the 1953 off-Broadway production of "American Gothic" directed by José Quintero. Father of Jason Robards III, Sarah Louise Robards (born September 20,1951) and David Robards with his first wife, Eleanor Pitman. Father of Sam Robards with his third wife Lauren Bacall and father of Shannon Robards and Jake Robards with his fourth wife Lois O'Connor. Received all of his Oscar nominations for playing real-life people: Benjamin C. Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), Dashiell Hammett in Julia (1977), and Howard Hughes in Melvin and Howard (1980). In 1988, he became the 11th performer to win the Triple Crown of acting: Oscar, Tony, Emmy. Two Oscars: Best Supporting Actor, All the President's Men (1976), and Best Supporting Actor, Julia (1977). Tony: Best Actor, Play, "The Disenchanted" (1959). Emmy: Best Actor, Miniseries/Special: Inherit the Wind (1988). Won Broadway's 1959 Tony Award as best actor (dramatic) for The Disenchanted. He was nominated seven other times: as best supporting or featured actor (dramatic) in 1957 for Long Day's Journey into Night; as best actor (dramatic) in 1960 for Toys in the Attic, in 1964 for After The Fall, in 1965 for Hughie, in 1972 for The Country Girl and in 1974 for A Moon for the Misbegotten; and as best actor (play) in 1978 for A Touch of the Poet. With eight nominations, he holds the record for being the actor nominated the most times for the Tony Award, although he only won once. Was the first winner of a Best Actor Obie Award, which recognize achievement in the off-Broadway theater, for playing Hickey in the revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh during the 1955-1956 season. He tied for the best actor award with George Voskovec, who was cited for Uncle Vanya. He and Leonardo DiCaprio both received Oscar-nominations for portraying Howard Hughes. Robards was nominated for Melvin and Howard (1980) and DiCaprio for The Aviator (2004). As of 2015, he is the only actor to win consecutive best supporting actor Oscars (for All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977)). Played Hickey in three different productions of Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh -- off-Broadway in 1955, on television in 1960, and on Broadway in 1955.

Also played Hickey in production of Iceman Cometh 1985/86 in NYC (Lunt-Fontane) and LA (James Doolittle Theater).

He is more closely associated with the works of Eugene O'Neill than any other actor.

He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1997 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC.

Shares the role of Howard Hughes with Leonardo DiCaprio. In the television series (Parenthood (1990)) based on Parenthood (1989), DiCaprio took over the role that Joaquin Phoenix had played in the film--opposite Robards as his grandfather.

He won an Oscar for playing Benjamin Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), making him one of 17 actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2015). The other sixteen actors and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Sergeant York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980), Sissy Spacek for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Jeremy Irons for playing Claus Von Bullow in Reversal of Fortune (1990) (1990), Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995), Geoffrey Rush for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001), Helen Mirren for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), Sandra Bullock for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009), Melissa Leo for playing Alice Eklund-Ward in The Fighter (2010), Christian Bale for playing Dickie Eklund in The Fighter (2010), Meryl Streep for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011) and most recently Eddie Redmayne for playing Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014).

In 1978 he became the second actor to receive an Oscar, Emmy and Tony nomination in the same calendar year (for Julia (1977), Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977) and "A Touch of the Poet," respectively).

Was a trustee at Fairfield University in Connecticut.

He was nominated for a 1976 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist in a play, Hughie, at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Has portrayed President Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (1992), The Perfect Tribute (1991) and Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964), President Ulysess S. Grant in The Civil War (1990) and The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), President

Franklin D. Roosevelt in F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980) and fictional President Richard Monckton (A Richard Nixon-type) in Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977).

Served as a radioman aboard the U.S.S. Northampton, which was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the Battle of Tassafaronga.

He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.

His and Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar nominations for playing Howard Hughes makes them only the second pair to both lose. Robards lost to Timothy Hutton, while DiCaprio lost to Jamie Foxx. Prior to that, only Fredric March and James Mason both lost Oscars for playing Norman Maine in the 1937 and 1954 versions of "A Star is Born".

Subsequently, the only pair of actors to both lose an Oscar for playing the same part were Anthony Hopkins and Frank Langella for playing Richard Nixon. Previously, Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro both won for playing Vito Corleone. José Ferrer won while Gérard Depardieu was only nominated for playing Cyrano de Bergerac; and John Wayne won while Jeff Bridges was only nominated for playing Rooster Cogburn. Richard Burton and Robert Shaw also lost Oscars for playing Henry VIII, but Charles Laughton won the award for the role.

Is one of 9 actors to have won the Triple Crown of Acting (an Oscar, Emmy and Tony); the others in chronological order are Thomas Mitchell, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Scofield, Jack Albertson, Jeremy Irons, Al Pacino, Geoffrey Rush and Christopher Plummer.

His maternal grandmother was Swedish. His other roots were English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and German.

He was cast as the lead in Fitzcarraldo (1982) but had to drop out after filming started, because of ill-health.

Footage of him in the part can be seen in Burden of Dreams (1982) and My Best Fiend (1999).

Broadway and NYC-Hollywood television actor Jack Dodson (b.1931-d.1994, age 63) and Jason Robards (b.1922-d.2000, age78) were extremely close friends. Their friendship began when they were cast in a Broadway production. They became bar mates after their curtain (call) dropped each night, when they would join together in their favorite after theater local Broadway bar. When Jason Robards was cast in a play, he would arrange for Jack to be cast, as well, so that he would have a good drinking buddy and bar mate! Jack Dodson's amiable humorous spirit and show-biz antidotes always entertained. Jason Robards and Jack Dodson had a mutual respect for each other's professional abilities and talents. Their character traits made each a man's man and a damned good best friend! The pair were a comedy performance when seated together at the pub's main bar, or at a restaurant table. When asked by the bar's host if they minded being seated at a back table adjacent the kitchen service room door, Jack's response, "that's O.K., we make the same noise sitting there as we would sitting in the middle or at this joint's front door!" and they DID!.

He was awarded the 1986 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Lead Performance for "The Iceman Cometh" in the University of California (Los Angeles) Center for the Arts and Theatre group production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

He was awarded the 1986 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "The Iceman Cometh," in Mark Taper Forum production at the James A. Doolittle Theatre at the University of California in Los Angeles, California.

Starred in three Oscar Best Picture nominees: A Thousand Clowns (1965), All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977). All three movies won for Best Supporting Actor, with Jason Robards himself winning back-to-back for the latter two.

Alumnus of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1948.

Born on exactly the same date as Blake Edwards (of "Pink Panther" fame).

Robards moved to New York City and began working on radio and stage. His first role was the 1947 short film Follow That Music. His big break was landing the starring role in José Quintero's 1956 off Broadway theatre revival production and the later 1960 television film of O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, portraying the philosophical salesman Hickey; he won an Obie Award for his stage performance. He later portrayed Hickey again in another 1985 Broadway revival also staged by Quintero. Robards created the role of Jamie Tyrone in the original Broadway production of O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Long Day's Journey into Night, which was also directed by Quintero; Robards appeared in the lead role of James Tyrone Sr., in a 1988 production of the same play. Other O'Neill plays directed by Quintero and featuring Robards included Hughie (1964), A Touch of the Poet (1977), and A Moon for the Misbegotten (1973). He repeated his role in Long Day's Journey into Night in the 1962 film and televised his performances in A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975) and Hughie (1984).

Robards also appeared onstage in a revival of O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! (1988) directed by Arvin Brown, as well as Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic (1960), Arthur Miller's After the Fall (1964), Clifford Odets's The Country Girl (1972), and Harold Pinter's No Man's Land (1994).

He made his film debut in the two-reel comedy Follow That Music (1947), but after his Broadway success, he was invited to make his feature debut in The Journey (1959). He became a familiar face to movie audiences throughout the 1960s, notably for his performances in A Thousand Clowns (1965) repeating his stage performance, Hour of the Gun as Doc Holliday (1967), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).

He appeared on television anthology series, including two segments in the mid-1950s of CBS's Appointment with Adventure.

An actor doesn't change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of the play.

I've always played disintegrated characters.

Once you're on [stage], nobody can say, "Cut it". You're out there on your own, and there's always that thrill of a real live audience.

All I know is, I don't do a lot of analysis. I know those words have to move me. I rely on the author. I don't want actors reasoning with me about "motivation" and all that bull. All I want 'em to do is learn the goddamn lines and don't bump into each other.

The theatre has kept me alive, and it's allowed me to work at my craft.

[about Arthur Miller's semi-autobiographical play "After the Fall"] They should have called it "After the Money"! Sometimes you do junk just to keep alive. You know it's junk when you go in. You just hope you will do the best you can, and that the film will be entertaining. Many times, it isn't, but you just do those things to pay the bills.

I would much rather be on the stage. I do films, but I've really been on stage most of my life. It's not only more of an emotional experience, but it's also a communication. It's the satisfaction of saying something about the human condition through the author, with the actors acting as the instrument, and then hearing the audience response.

Robards played three presidents in each films. He played Abraham Lincoln in the television film The Perfect Tribute (1991) and supplied the voice for two television documentaries, first for "The Presidency: A Splendid Misery" in 1964, and then again in the title role of the 1992 documentary miniseries Lincoln. He also played the role of Ulysses S. Grant in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) and supplied the Union General's voice in the PBS miniseries The Civil War (1990). He also played Franklin D. Roosevelt in FDR: The Final Years (1980). Robards also played in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, a depiction of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 that led the United States into World War II.

Robards appeared in two dramatizations based on the Watergate scandal. In 1976, he portrayed Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee in the film All the President's Men, based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. The next year, he played fictional president Richard Monckton (based on Richard Nixon) in the 1977 television miniseries Washington: Behind Closed Doors, based on John Ehrlichman's roman à clef The Company. In 1983, Robards starred in the television movie The Day After where he played Dr. Russell Oakes.

Robards appeared in the documentary Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio and played a cancer patient in the 1999 film Magnolia.

Robards received eight Tony Award nominations,[11] – more than any other male actor as of March 2017. He won the Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his work in The Disenchanted, (1959); this was also his only stage appearance with his father.

He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in consecutive years: for All the President's Men (1976), portraying Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, and for Julia (1977), portraying writer Dashiell Hammett.[12] He was also nominated for another Academy Award for his role as Howard Hughes in Melvin and Howard (1980).

Robards received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role in the television film Inherit the Wind (1988).[13]

In 1997, Robards received the U.S. National Medal of Arts, the highest honor conferred to an individual artist on behalf of the people. Recipients are selected by the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts and the medal is awarded by the President of the United States.

In 1999, he was among the recipients at the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.[14]

In 2000, Robards received the first Monte Cristo Award, presented by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and named after O'Neill's home. Subsequent recipients have included Edward Albee, Kevin Spacey, Wendy Wasserstein, and Christopher Plummer.

Robards narrated the public radio documentary, Schizophrenia: Voices of an Illness, produced by Lichtenstein Creative Media, which was awarded a 1994 George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. According to Time, Robards offered to narrate the schizophrenia program, saying that his first wife had been institutionalized for that illness.[15]

Robards is in the American Theater Hall of Fame, inducted in 1979.[16][17]

He became famous playing works of American playwright Eugene O'Neill and regularly performed in O'Neill's works throughout his career. Robards was cast both in common-man roles and as well-known historical figures.

Robards was of German, English, Welsh, Irish, and Swedish descent.

Robards had six children from his four marriages: actor Jason Robards III and two others with his first wife, Eleanor Pittman; actor Sam Robards with his third wife, actress Lauren Bacall, whom he married in 1961. Robards and Bacall divorced in 1969, in part due to his alcoholism.[18] Robards had two more children with his fourth wife (widow), Lois O'Connor.

In 1972, he was seriously injured in an automobile accident when he drove his car into the side of a mountain on a winding California road, requiring extensive surgery and facial reconstruction. The accident may have been related to his longtime struggle with alcoholism.[8][9] Robards overcame his addiction and went on to publicly campaign for alcoholism awareness.[19][20] Robards was an American Civil War buff and scholar, an interest which informed his portrayal of the voice of Ulysses S. Grant in The Civil War series by filmmaker Ken Burns.

Robards was a resident of the Southport section of Fairfield, Connecticut.[21] He died of lung cancer in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on December 26, 2000. His remains were buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery.

The Jason Robards Award was created by the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City in his honor and his relationship with the theatre.

ג'ייסון רוברדס ג'ייסון רוברדס ג'ייסון רוברדס, 1975 תאריך לידה: 26 ביולי 1922 מקום לידה: שיקגו, אילינוי, ארצות הברית תאריך פטירה: 26 בדצמבר 2000 מקום פטירה: ברידג'פורט, קונטיקט, ארצות הברית פרסים: שני פרסי אוסקר בקטגוריית פרס אוסקר לשחקן המשנה הטוב ביותר, פרס אמי, פרס טוני דמות ידועה: בן בראדלי (הופעה ב"כל אנשי הנשיא"), דשייל האמט (הופעה ב"ג'וליה") ג'ייסון נלסון רוברדס, הבן (באנגלית: Jason Nelson Robards, Jr; ‏26 ביולי 1922- 26 בדצמבר 2000), היה שחקן קולנוע ותיאטרון אמריקאי. זכה בשני פרסי אוסקר בקטגוריית פרס אוסקר לשחקן המשנה הטוב ביותר, בפרס האמי ובפרס הטוני. תוכן עניינים [%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%94] 1 ביוגרפיה ושירות צבאי 2 תיאטרון 3 קריירה קולנועית 4 חיים אישיים 5 פילמוגרפיה נבחרת 6 קישורים חיצוניים ביוגרפיה ושירות צבאי[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה]

רוברדס נולד בשיקגו, בנם של הופ מקסין ושחקן התיאטרון והראינוע ג'ייסון רוברדס האב. כשהיה פעוט משפחתו עברה להתגורר בניו יורק ולאחר מכן עברה ללוס אנג'לס כאשר היה בן שש. הוריו התגרשו כאשר היה תלמיד בית ספר. בנערותו הצטיין באתלטיקה בה עסק כשלמד ב"תיכון הוליווד", למרות שקיבל מספר הצעות למלגה במוסדות הלימוד הגבוהים בארצות הברית בחר רוברדס להתגייס לחיל הים האמריקני. בצי הצטרף רוברדס לסיירת כבדה "USS Northampton", במהלך המתקפה על פרל הארבור היה רוברדס על אוניית המלחמה במרחק 100 מייל מהוואי. רוברדס צפה בהרס העצום שנגרם לצי בעת מתקפת הפתע היפנית רק יומיים לאחר מכן כשספינתו עגנה בנמל. לאחר מכן ספינתו של רוברדס השתתפה בקרב גוודלקנל וב"קרב על איי סנטה קרוז". בליל "הקרב על טאסאפרונגה" בנובמבר 1942 נפגעה ספינתו של רוברדס מפגיעה ישירה של טילי טורפדו יפניים, רוברדס מצא עצמו בתוך שניות בתוך המים, הוא ניצל על ידי משחתת אמריקאית. שנתיים לאחר מכן שהוא עדיין נלחם בחזית האוקיינוס השקט עבר רוברדס עימות צבאי נוסף הפעם עם ספינת "USS Nashville" שהייתה בדרך לפלישה על איי מינדורו שבצפון הפיליפינים, מתקפת קמיקזה פתאומית פגעה בגוף האונייה וגרמה לאבידות של למעלה מ-200 מלחים. רוברדס שנלחם בקרב הקשה קיבל את מדליית "צלב הצי". רוברדס חשב לראשונה לעסוק בתחום המשחק בעת שירותו הצבאי על אוניית המלחמה, הוא הנחה מופעי בידור על אוניית פרל הארבור ולאחר שקיבל קרדיט מחבריו התאהב במקצוע והחליט לפתח אותו, לאחר שחזר מהמלחמה אביו המליץ לו ללכת ללמוד באקדמיה האמריקאית ללימודי דרמה שבניו יורק. תיאטרון[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה]

לאחר המלחמה עבר רוברדס לניו יורק ועבד בתחנת רדיו מקומית ומשם עבר לבימות התיאטרון. זכה להכרה ראשונה בזכות תפקידו במחזה "איש הקרח" מאת יוג'ין או'ניל, הופעה שהעניקה לו את פרס אובי. עבר בשנת 1985 להופיע על בימת ברודוויי, רשם הישג חסר תקדים כשהיה מועמד שמונה פעמים לפרס הטוני, יותר מכל שחקן תיאטרון אחר בהיסטוריה. ההצלחה הראשונה הייתה במחזה "מסע ארוך אל תוך הלילה", לאחר מכן במחזות: "צעצועים בעליית הגג" של ארתור מילר, "הוגי", "נערות המדינה", "ליל ירח לממזר" ו"נגיעה של משורר". הופעתו במחזה "מפוכח" ב-1959 הייתה זו שהעניקה לו את פרס הטוני היחיד שלו בקריירה. קריירה קולנועית[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה]

רוברדס הופיע בשנת 1959 בסרט "המסע" ובשנה שלאחר מכן בסרט הטלוויזיה של סידני לומט "איש הקרח". רוברדס עבד עם לומט גם בעיבוד נוסף למחזהו יוג'ין אוניל, "מסע ארוך אל תוך הלילה" וזכה בפרס השחקן הטוב ביותר של "פסטיבל קאן". בשנות ה-60 הופיע בסרטים: "איזדורה" המבוסס על חייה של הרקדנית איזדורה דנקן, "ענוג הוא הלילה", עיבוד קולנועי לספר של פרנסיס סקוט פיצג'רלד, "אלף ליצנים" קומדיה בה השתתף והיה מועמד לפרס גלובוס הזהב לשחקן הטוב ביותר בסרט קומי/מוזיקלי ו"גירושין בסטייל אמריקאי". גילם את ראש המאפיה אל קפונה בסרט פשע המבוסס על אירועי "טבח יום ולנטיין" ואת הפושע שייאן בסרט המערבון של סרג'יו ליאונה "היו זמנים במערב". רוברדס גילם את דמותו של אל"ם וולטר שורט שפיקח על כוחות הצבא הימיים של צבא ארצות הברית בדרמת המלחמה "טורה! טורה! טורה!" העוקבת אחר המהלכים הפוליטיים, הדיפלומטיים והצבאיים שהובילו למתקפת הפתע של חיל האוויר היפני על בסיס הצי של ארצות הברית פרל הארבור. הופיע במערבון של סם פקינפה "פט גארט ובילי הנער". זכה להערכה בשנת 1976 עבור משחקו בדרמה הפוליטית "כל אנשי הנשיא" המספרת את הרקע ל"פרשת ווטרגייט". בסרט גילם רוברדס את דמותו של עורך עיתון ה"וושינגטון פוסט" בן בראדלי שחושב שהפרשה הפוליטית שחשפו זוג העיתונאים קארל ברנסטיין (דאסטין הופמן) ובוב וודוורד (רוברט רדפורד) לא שווה כותרת ראשית. על הופעתו זכה רוברדס בפרס אוסקר לשחקן המשנה הטוב ביותר והיה מועמד לפרס גלובוס הזהב. ב-1977 הפך לשחקן הקולנוע הראשון והיחיד עד היום שזכה שנתיים רצופות בשני פרסי אוסקר בקטגוריית שחקן המשנה. את פרס האוסקר השני קיבל על הופעתו בדרמה הביוגרפית של פרד זינמן "ג'וליה" בה הופיע בתור דשייל האמט, סופר אמריקאי, אחד הבולטים שבמחברי ספרי הבלשים שמוצג בסרט גם בתור מאהבה של המחזאית ליליאן הלמן (ג'יין פונדה). זכה בפרס האמי בשנת 1988 על תפקידו בסרט הטלוויזיה "כנגד החוק". לאחר מכן הופיע רוברדס במערבון "בא פרש פראי וחופשי", בדרמה הקומית של ג'ונתן דמי "הווארד וג'ון" בה הופיע בתור הווארד יוז והיה מועמד בשלישית לפרס האוסקר וברביעית לפרס גלובוס הזהב, בקומדיה הריאלסטית של רון הווארד "הורים במשרה מלאה" ובדרמה "פילדלפיה" בו גילם את צ'ארלס ווילר ראש חברת פרקליטים שמחליט לפטר את אנדרו באקט (טום הנקס) בגלל שנדבק במחלת האיידס. הופעתו האחרונה של רוברטס הייתה בסרטו של פול תומאס אנדרסון "מנגוליה", מהחשובים ביותר שנעשו במהלך שנות ה-90. בסרט גילם רוברדס את ארל פארטרידג', מפיק טלוויזיה עשיר שגוסס ממחלת סרטן הריאה. קיבל בשנת 1999 את פרס מרכז קנדי על תרומתו רבת השנים לתרבות האמריקאית. חיים אישיים[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה]

לרוברדס שישה ילדים מארבעת נישואיו, שניים מהם משמשים גם הם כשחקני קולנוע: ג'ייסון רוברדס השלישי מאשתו הראשונה אלינור פיטמן וסם רוברדס מאשתו השלישית שחקנית הקולנוע לורן באקול לה היה נשוי במשך שבע שנים. ב-1972 היה רוברדס מעורב בתאונת דרכים קשה באזור הררי פיתולי בקליפורניה, כתוצאה מהפגיעה הקטלנית נאלץ לעבור מספר רב של ניתוחים מקיפים וטיפולים קוסמטיים. הסיבה לתאונה הייתה ככל הנראה אלכוהוליזם שליווה אותו במרבית חייו. רוברדס נפטר ב-26 בדצמבר 2000 בברידג'פורט, קונטיקט ממחלת סרטן הריאה, גופתו נשרפה על פי בקשתו האחרונה. פילמוגרפיה נבחרת[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה]

המסע (1959) איש הקרח (19560) מסע ארוך אל תוך הלילה (1961) ענוג הוא הלילה (1962) אלף ליצנים (1965) יום רביעי כל שהוא (1966) יד גדולה לגברת קטנה (1966) שעתו של האקדח (1967) איזדורה (1968) סט. טבח יום ולנטיין (1968) היו זמנים במערב (1968) טיפשים (1970) יוליוס קיסר (1970) טורה! טורה! טורה! (1970) הבלדה של קייבל הודג' (1970) לג'וני יש אקדח (1971) המלחמה בין הגבר לאשה (1972) פט גארט ובילי הנער (1973) כל אנשי הנשיא (1976) ג'וליה (1977) בא פרש פראי וחופשי (1978) מלווין והווארד (1980) הרם את הטיטאניק (1980) קאבו בלאנקו (1980) האגדה על ריינג'ר בודד (1981) משהו מרושע בדרך (1983) מקס דוגן חוזר (1983) ריקוד מרובע (1987) אם במבחן (1988) אלוף האורות של ניו יורק (1988) קשת שחורה (1989) הורים במשרה מלאה (1989) איחוד (1980) חלום שהתגשם (1989) כסף קטן (1990) עדות מוקלטת (1992) פילדלפיה (1993) משפט (1993) הרפתקאותיו של הקלברי פין (1993) ליגה קטנה גדולה (1994) עיתון (1994) רסיסים של חיבה (1997) אוייה המדינה (1998) חמדת (1998) מנגוליה (1999) קישורים חיצוניים[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה]

ג'ייסון רוברדס, במסד הנתונים הקולנועיים IMDb (באנגלית)

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