Ron Howard

BIOGRAPHY

Ron Howard is an American filmmaker and actor, who began his career as a child artist with the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. He also popularized the character Opie Taylor in the sitcom Happy Days, which ran for eight seasons. Howard has directed several successful movies such as Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Frost/Nixon (2008), and Rush (2011). He won the Academy Award for Best Director for A Beautiful Mind.