Ned Beatty Biography

Fast Facts

• Received a music scholarship to Transylvania University in Lexington
• Worked in regional theater in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Texas, and at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC, before making his Broadway debut in 1968 in The Great White Hope
• Memorable roles include his 1972 film debut Deliverance, playing a rape victim, and his brief, but Oscar-nominated, role in 1976's Network
• Made his TV debut on The Waltons in 1973
• Has been so versatile (and in demand) throughout his career that Daily Variety once called him "the busiest man in Hollywood
• " Released his first CD, In the Beginning Was the Word, in 2006
• Received the Master of Cinema award at the 2006 Riverrun International Film Festival
• Has suffered from bipolar disorder since he was in his 20s
• Father of eight children