Morning Man Classic: Warren Beatty!

Oscar-winning director and Hollywood legend Warren Beatty turns 88 today and it’s a perfect time to celebrate his accomplishments – and his extreme handsomeness!

His film performances have been quite memorable but not as plentiful as his fans would have hoped. After a long absence, he finally returned to the screen in 2016 in Rules Don’t Apply, his first film since 2001’s Town & Country. It will likely have been his final screen appearance.

Before he settled down with wife Annette Bening, his Bugsy and Love Affair co-star, in the early 90s and raising their four kids, Beatty scored a series of professional triumphs. They included winning the Academy Award for directing Reds and starring in (and often writing, producing and directing) such films as Bonnie and Clyde, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait, Bugsy, Bulworth and Dick Tracy. His first big film role came way back in 1961 when he starred opposite Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass. He also starred in the political thriller The Parallax View, the dramas All Fall Down, Lilith, Mickey One, and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.

While his film resume is impressive, his love life even more so. He was involved with Miss Wood for a time and also engaged to Joan Collins, had an affair with a married Leslie Caron, enjoyed a long relationship with Julie Christie, and was later seriously involved with Reds co-star Diane Keaton. He also dated Madonna shortly before falling in love with Bening who would become his first only wife.

If he seems comfortable around strong and successful women, it could be because his sister is the equally famous Shirley MacLaine.

Imagine that dinner table while growing up!

Beatty and Bening are the parents of four children including a transgender son, Stephen Ira.