The Avengers2012
As Security Guard
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Harry Dean Stanton
Born
Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Dillinger (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Alien (1979), Escape from New York (1981), Christine (1983), Repo Man (1984), One Magic Christmas (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), The Straight Story (1999), The Green Mile (1999), The Man Who Cried (2000), Alpha Dog (2006), and Inland Empire (2006). He had rare lead roles in Paris, Texas (1984) and in Lucky (2017).
Filmography (152)
The Green Mile1999
As Toot-Toot
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Godfather Part II1974
As F.B.I. Man #1
TMDb 8.6 / 10
Alien1979
As Brett
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Rango2011
As Balthazar (voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998
As Judge
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Last Stand2013
As Mr. Parson
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Paris, Texas1984
As Travis
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Anger Management2003
As Blind Man (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Escape from New York1981
As Harold 'Brain' Helman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992
As Carl Rodd
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Cool Hand Luke1967
As Tramp
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Down Periscope1996
As Lt. Howard
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Inland Empire2006
As Freddie Howard
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Wild at Heart1990
As Johnnie Farragut
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Seven Psychopaths2012
As Man in Hat
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Christine1983
As Rudolph Junkins
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Straight Story1999
As Lyle
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Animal2001
As Hunter (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Red Dawn1984
As Mr. Eckert
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Alpha Dog2006
As Cosmo Gadabeeti
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Pledge2001
As Floyd Cage
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Kelly's Heroes1970
As Pvt. Willard
TMDb 7.4 / 10
You, Me and Dupree2006
As Curly (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Fire Down Below1997
As Cotton Harry
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Repo Man1984
As Bud
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Civil Action1998
As Land Watcher (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Pretty in Pink1986
As Jack Walsh
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Last Temptation of Christ1988
As Paulus
TMDb 7.2 / 10
How the West Was Won1962
As Gant Henchman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Straight Time1978
As Jerry Schue
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Man Who Cried2000
As Felix Perlman
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Wrong Man1956
As Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973
As Luke
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Man Trouble1992
As Redmond Layls
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Twister1989
As Cleveland
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Big Bounce2004
As Bob Rogers, Sr.
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Private Benjamin1980
As Sgt. Jim Ballard
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dillinger1973
As Homer Van Meter
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Mighty1998
As Grim
TMDb 7.2 / 10
This Must Be the Place2011
As Robert Plath
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Care Bears Movie1985
As Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
One from the Heart1982
As Moe
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Farewell, My Lovely1975
As Billy Rolfe
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lucky2017
As Lucky
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Young Doctors in Love1982
As Dr. Oliver Ludwig
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Zandy's Bride1974
As Songer
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Wendell Baker Story2005
As Skip Summers
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Being Michael Madsen2007
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Fortune1975
As Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Two-Lane Blacktop1971
As Oklahoma Hitchhiker
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Day of the Evil Gun1968
As Sergeant Parker
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Alien Autopsy2006
As Harvey
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Missouri Breaks1976
As Calvin
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The French as Seen by…1988
As (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1960
As Slave Catcher
TMDb 5.9 / 10
A Time for Killing1967
As Sgt. Dan Way
TMDb 4.8 / 10
One Magic Christmas1985
As Gideon
TMDb 5.9 / 10
She's So Lovely1997
As Tony 'Shorty' Russo
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Mr. North1988
As Henry Simmons
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Pork Chop Hill1959
As BAR Soldier (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Death Watch1980
As Vincent Ferriman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Proud Rebel1958
As Jeb Burleigh
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dream a Little Dream1989
As Ike Baker
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night1988
As Self - Audience Member
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Against the Wall1994
As Hal
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Slam Dance1987
As Det. Benjamin Smiley
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Rose1979
As Billy Ray
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Never Talk to Strangers1995
As Max Cheski
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Open Road2009
As Amon
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Fourth War1990
As Gen. Hackworth
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Fishtail2014
As Narrator
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Sonny2002
As Henry
TMDb 5.2 / 10
UFOria1984
As Brother Bud Sanders
TMDb 5.5 / 10
One Hundred and One Nights1995
As Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Wise Blood1979
As Asa Hawks
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins1975
As Billy Winston
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Jayhawkers!1959
As Deputy Smallwood
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Ride in the Whirlwind1966
As Blind Dick
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Cockfighter1974
As Jack Burke
TMDb 6.1 / 10
9 Full Moons2013
As Dimitri
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Blue Tiger1994
As Smith
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Fool for Love1985
As Old Man
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Lynch 22007
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Cruise Control1992
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Sand2000
As Leo
TMDb 3.4 / 10
92 in the Shade1975
As Carter
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Bukowski: Born Into This2003
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers1979
As C.W. Douglas
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Good Life2007
As Gus
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Athena2010
As Bill
The Man from the Diners' Club1963
As Beatnik (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Playback1996
As Ernie Fontenot
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project2007
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Chrystal2004
As Pa Da
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Ginostra2003
As Del Piero
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Char·ac·ter2012
As Self
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark1999
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Oldest Living Graduate1980
As Mike
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand1979
As Pokey Tindle
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones1966
As Jelly
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Stars & Bars1988
As Loomis Gage
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Renaldo and Clara1978
As Lafkezio
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Rancho Deluxe1975
As Curt
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Escape to Sonoita
Escape to Sonoita1960
As Lemon
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Warren Oates: Across the Border1993
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dig!2004
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Win, Place or Steal1975
As Jack
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Walking the Mile2014
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
I Want to Live1983
As Emmett Perkins
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Short Films of David Lynch2002
As Self
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Rebel Rousers1970
As Randolph Halverson
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Revolt at Fort Laramie1957
As Rinty
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ballad of the Nightingale1999
As Jean-Paul
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice2019
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Mini-Skirt Mob1968
As Spook
TMDb 4.8 / 10
A Dog's Best Friend1959
As Roy Janney
TMDb 6.2 / 10
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective2022
As Self
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Sinatra! Eternity2025
As Sherif Lloyd
Tomahawk Trail1957
As Pvt. Miller
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Lanton Mills1969
As Lanton
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Cowboy and the Frenchman1988
As Slim
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Frank and Ava2018
As Sheriff Lloyd
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Bear1984
As Coach Thomas
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Ransom of Red Chief1975
As Sam
The Intruders1970
As Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Black Marble1980
As Philo Skinner
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Beast Within: Making Alien2003
As Self
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Where the Lilies Bloom1974
As Kiser Pease
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction2013
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Cry for Me, Billy1972
As Luke Todd
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Wim Wenders, Desperado2020
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride2006
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
On Holiday2010
As Josh the Roommate's Dad
TMDb 2.7 / 10
Cisco Pike1972
As Jesse Dupre
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Midnight Blue1997
As Eric
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Carlos Spills the Beans2014
As Rhino
Return to 'Escape from New York'
Return to 'Escape from New York'2003
As Himself
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Payoff1991
As Hook
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond1975
As President Warren G. Harding
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle1987
As Rip Van Winkle
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland2011
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders1990
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hunter Goes to Hollywood2003
As Himself
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'1990
As Self
The Hostage1967
As Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Monster Maker1989
As Chancey Bellow
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sick of it All2017
As Harry The News Reporter
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Harry Zen Stanton2006
As Himself
Hostages1992
As Frank Reed
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hero's Island1962
As Dixey Gates
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb