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Orson Welles

Actor · Writer

1915Born, Kenosha

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George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Noted for his innovative dramatic productions as well as his distinctive voice and personality, Welles is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the twentieth century, especially for his significant and influential early work—despite his notoriously contentious relationship with Hollywood. His distinctive directorial style featured layered, nonlinear narrative forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera angles, sound techniques borrowed…

Known for

The Transformers: The MovieUnicron (voice)

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2026War of the WorldsnarratorMovie

2025WeirdWorldTroy2000 (Archive footage)Movie

2025Human Nature in Eleven PartsNarrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)Movie

2025The Scorpion and the FrogNarrator (archive footage)Movie

2024The Battle of Grovers MillRadio Host (voice) (archival footage)Movie

2023From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at MidnightFalstaffMovie

2023Looking Back Before You LeapGeneral Zaroff (voice)Movie

2021My Guest is Orson WellesMovie

2019Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"(archive footage)Movie

2018The Other Side of the WindJournalist (uncredited)Movie

2017The Magic History of CinemaMovie

2016Embers & DustProfessor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)Movie

2013Too Much JohnsonKeystone Kop (uncredited)Movie

2012Magic Mirror MazeMovie

2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)Movie

2010JucyElephant Lamp (archive sound)Movie

2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffGenghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)Movie

2009Hollywood sul TevereMovie

2009Lucifer et moi(archive footage 1982)Movie

2007The DeepRuss BrewerMovie

2005Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill(Self)Movie

2005The WellMovie

2005Orson Welles UncutMovie

2004The Hitch HikerRonald AdamsMovie

2002The Movie Movie (An Excerpt)(archive footage)Movie

2001NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3NarratorMovie

2000Moby DickCaptain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)Movie

1999One Man BandPresenter / VariousMovie

1999According to Occam's RazorMovie

1999Hi-FiMovie

1993Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson WellesMovie

1988On the tracks of a filmmakerOrson WellesMovie

1987Someone to LoveDanny's FriendMovie

1986The Transformers: The MovieUnicron (voice)Movie

1985Scene of the Crime4 episodesShow

1985MoonlightingOrson Welles · 1 episodeShow

1985The DreamersMarcus KleekMovie

1984Almonds and RaisinsNarratorMovie

1984The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working SailNarratorMovie

1984Where Is Parsifal?KlingsorMovie

1983The WitchingMr. CatoMovie

1983Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?Magician (uncredited)Movie

1983The Psychic ConnectionNarratorMovie

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