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- NAME: Hal Holbrook
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor
- BIRTH DATE: February 17, 1925 (Age: 88)
- EDUCATION: Denison University, Culver Military Academy
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Cleveland, Ohio
- Originally: Harold Rowe Holbrook
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius
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A versatile stage, television and film actor, Hal Holbrook is an Emmy and Tony winner, and a longtime Mark Twain impersonator.
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Later Years
At an age when most actors show a desire to slow down or hardly work at all, Holbrook has continued his steady career. In the 2000s he made appearances on The West Wing and The Sopranos.
On the big screen, Holbrook made history in 2007 when the 82-year-old became the oldest actor ever nominated for an Academy Award, for his role in the Sean Penn directed, Into the Wild.
Holbrook, who has been married three times,
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