James Stewart profile
Actor profile

James Stewart

20th May 1908 Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve. Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Shenandoah, Rear Window, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He is the most represented leading actor on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and AFI's 10 Top 10 lists. He is also the most represented leading actor on the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list presented by Entertainment Weekly. As of 2007, ten of his films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Stewart left his mark on a wide range of film genres, including westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies. He worked for a number of renowned directors later in his career, most notably Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Anthony Mann. He won many of the industry's highest honors and earned Lifetime Achievement awards from every major film organization. He died at age 89, leaving behind a legacy of classic performances, and is considered one of the finest actors of the "Golden Age of Hollywood". He was named the third Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

173 Movies 36 TV Shows 209 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Rat Pack poster
Rat Pack 11th January 2022 as Self (archive footage)
Harvey poster
Harvey 22nd March 1972 as Elwood P. Dowd
X-15 poster
X-15 22nd December 1961 as Himself / Narrator (voice)
Vertigo poster
Vertigo 9th May 1958 as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Harvey poster
Harvey 4th December 1950 as Elwood P. Dowd
Malaya poster
Malaya 27th December 1949 as John Royer
Rope poster
Rope 1st February 1948 as Rupert Cadell
Pot o' Gold poster
Pot o' Gold 3rd April 1941 as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
Speed poster
Speed 8th May 1936 as Terry Martin
Laugh-In poster
Laugh-In 5th September 1977 as Guest Performer
Hawkins poster
Hawkins 13th March 1973 as Billy Jim Hawkins