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Ernest Borgnine

Born on January 24, 1917 in Hamden, CT

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 ... Read Full Biography

Year	Award	Category	Movie	Result
2007	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	A Grandpa for Christmas	Nominated
1988	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Spike of Bensonhurst	Nominated
1955	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Best Actor	Marty	Won
1955	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Best Foreign Actor	Marty	Won
1955	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	Marty	Won

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Remembering Ernest Borgnine: His Ten Must-See Movies
by Gary Susman
Ernest Borgnine, who died Sunday at 95, is remembered mostly for his tough-guy roles, but he could be surprisingly tender as well, as he proved with h...

Ernest Borgnine Dies At 95
by Alex Suskind
The AP is reporting that actor Ernest Borgnine has died of renal failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was 95. Borgnine was best known for his...

How 'The Dirty Dozen' Created The Modern Action Movie
by Gary Susman
When New York Times critic Bosley Crowther reviewed "The Dirty Dozen" upon its release (45 years ago this week, on June 15, 1967), he blasted the Worl...