Stockwell, Robert Dean

1936 - Robert Dean Stockwell, born on the 5th of March in North Hollywood, California. He is an Oscar-nominated American film and television actor.

1943 - He began his acting career at age seven.

1947 - One of his notable child roles, at the age of 11, was as the son of Gregory Peck in Gentleman's Agreement.

1952 - He left Hollywood when he was about 16 and traveled across the country, working at odd jobs. He returned to acting when he hit New York.

1959 - Eliciting raves as one of the college-boy killers in the Broadway production of Compulsion, which won him and his costars an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

1960 - He solidified his reputation with a mature, sensitive performance as a troubled youth in Sons and Lovers.

1962 - Received a second Cannes ensemble award for his role as Eugene O'Neill's alter ego in Long Day's Journey Into Night.

1971 -1976 - He took occasional parts in the likes of The Last Movie and Tracks, both with his friend Dennis Hopper.

1984 - He made a spectacular comeback with sizable supporting roles in Dune, and Paris, Texas.

1986 - Blue Velvet, a flamboyant and memorable performance.

1987 - 1988 - Gardens of Stone, and a stunning cameo as Howard Hughes in Tucker: The Man and His Dream. This culminated in an Oscar nomination for his droll comic turn as a mob boss in Married to the Mob.

1989 - 1993 - A cast as the holographic observer Al on the TV series Quantum Leap. He also appeared in Limit Up and in an amusing role as a desperate screenwriter's agent in Robert Altman's The Player.