Birthday: January 24, 1917
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 occasionally he was given the opportunity to play leads, and when he did, proved himself a powerful performer. Born Ermes Effron Borgnino in ...more- 2007
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
- A Grandpa for Christmas
- nom
- 1988
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best Supporting Actor
- Spike of Bensonhurst
- nom
- 1955
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Foreign Actor
- Marty
- win
- 1955
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Marty
- win
- 1955
- New York Film Critics Circle
- Best Actor
- Marty
- win
- 2008
- Strange Wilderness
- Milas
- 2007
- A Grandpa for Christmas
- Bert O'Riley
- 2006
- Frozen Stupid
- Frank Norgard
- 2004
- Renegade
- Rolling star
- 2004
- The Trail To Hope Rose
- Eugene
- 2000
- Hoover
- Executive Producer














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