Birthday: January 24, 1917

With a receding hairline, broad, jowly face, caterpillar eyebrows, bulgy eyes, and an incongruent but charming gap-toothed grin, versatile veteran actor Ernest Borgnine's resemblance to a pug dog pretty much relegated him to character roles, but occasionally he was given the opportunity to play leads, and when he did, proved himself a powerful performer. Born Ermes Effron Borgnino in ...more
  • 1955
  • British Academy Awards
  • Best Foreign Actor
  • Marty
  • win
  • 1955
  • Golden Globe
  • Best Actor - Drama
  • Marty
  • win
  • 1955
  • New York Film Critics Circle
  • Best Actor
  • Marty
  • win
  • 2000
  • Hoover
  • Executive Producer


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