Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal was born on Oct 03, 1925 in USA. Gore Vidal's big-screen debut came with The Catered Affair directed by Richard Brooks in 1956. Gore Vidal is known for Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol, Ethan Hawke stars as Vincent and Uma Thurman as Irene. Gore Vidal has got 2 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Gore Vidal achieved is Deauville Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Gore Vidal plays is Shrink which will be released on Aug 06, 2009.

Gore Vidal was born Eugene Louis Vidal in 1925 in West Point, New York, to Nina (Gore) and West Point aeronautics instructor and aviation pioneer Eugene Luther Vidal. The Vidals endured a rocky marriage divorcing ten years after Gore's birth. Young Gore spent much of his childhood with his blind grandfather, Senator T.P. Gore of Oklahoma. Vidal would later become the confidant of Jacqueline Kennedy when Jacques mother married his former step father, Hugh D. Auchincloss. After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1943, Gore joined the US Army Reserves. Some of his Army experiences inspired his first novel, Williwaw, which was published when he was just 19. He dedicated the novel to J.T., a deceased prep-school friend. Subsequent novels would prominently feature gay male characters, and Gore found soon found his books had staying power on bestseller lists. In 1960, he unsuccessfully ran for Congress, backed by celebrity supporters like Paul Newman & Vidal's ex-fiancé Joanne Woodward. Another unsuccessful foray into politics would occur in 1982 when he ran for governor of California. In addition to being an accomplished writer, he is also a novice actor. His biggest roles to date have been in Bienvenue à Gattaca (1997), Bob Roberts (1992), and Avec les félicitations du jury (1994).