Possessing his father's piercing blue eyes, Peter Fonda also inherited his old man's talent, but not the... (Learn more)
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Peter Fonda’s Milestones
| At age 17, went to live with his Aunt Harriet (Henry Fonda's sister) in Omaha where he finished high school | |
| At age six, broke his neck at boarding school while attempting to swing on a rope from a barn | |
| 1951 | Survived a near-fatal gunshot wound while horsing around with an antique .22 pistol nine months after his mother's suicide |
| 1960 | First stage lead in "The Golden Fleece" at the Omaha Community Playhouse; the same theater where his father first stated acting |
| 1961 | Broadway acting debut, "Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole" |
| 1962 | Made TV debut in an episode of "Naked City" (ABC) |
| 1963 | Feature acting debut, "Tammy and the Doctor" |
| 1964 | Played a young man who commits suicide in Robert Rossen's "Lilith" |
| 1966 | First film with Roger Corman, "The Wild Angels" |
| 1967 | Re-teamed with Corman for "The Trip"; written by Jack Nicholson and starred Dennis Hopper |
| 1968 | Only film with sister Jane, Roger Vadim's "Metzengerstein" segment of "Spirits of the Dead" |
| 1969 | First film as producer and co-screenwriter, "Easy Rider"; directed by and co-starring Hopper; shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay |
| 1971 | Directorial debut, "The Hired Hand"; starred Warren Oates and produced by William Hayward (son of Henry Fonda's first wife Margaret Sullavan) |
| 1971 | Re-teamed with Hopper for "The Last Movie" |
| 1973 | Directed second film, "Idaho Transfer"; produced by William Hayward |
| 1974 | Played a race driver in "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" |
| 1975 | Starred in two movies with Oates, "Race with the Devil" and "92 in the Shade" |
| 1976 | Directed by Jonathan Demme in "Fighting Mad"; produced by Corman |
| 1976 | Starred in Richard T. Heffron's "Futureworld" |
| 1977 | Re-teamed with Heffron on "Outlaw Blues" |
| 1979 | Directed and co-starred with father in "Wanda Nevada"; last directing project to date and only film acted with his father |
| 1980 | TV-movie debut, "The Hostage Tower" (CBS) |
| 1985 | Played father to Rick Schroder in "A Reason to Live" (NBC) |
| 1990 | Contributed to screenplay and starred in "Fatal Mission" |
| 1993 | Had cameo role as a motorcycle rider in "Bodies, Rest and Motion"; starred daughter Bridget |
| 1993 | Hosted "Harley Davidson - The American Motorcycle" (TBS) |
| 1994 | Played duel roles of Van Helsing and Dracula in Michael Almereyda's "Nadja" |
| 1997 | Played a beekeeper raising his grandchildren in "Ulee's Gold"; earned an Academy Award nomination |
| 1998 | Played Gideon Prosper in NBC's Civil War era take on Shakespeare's "The Tempest" |
| 1999 | Delivered a slick turn as a corrupt record executive in "The Limey" |
| 1999 | Portrayed the novelist's husband in the Showtime drama, "The Passion of Ayn Rand"; earned an Emmy nomination |
| 2000 | Portrayed Grandpa Burnett Stone in Britt Allcroft's live-action adaption, "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" |
| 2003 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 2007 | Co-starred with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in James Mangold's western, "3:10 to Yuma" |
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