Susan Sarandon

Susan Abigail Sarandon (née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actress and progressive political activist. She has received an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards. Known for her social and political activism, Sarandon was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006 She began her acting career in the film Joe (1970), before appearing in the soap opera A World Apart (1970–1971). In 1974, she co-starred in Billy Wilder‘s The Front Page, with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau; and the following year, she starred as Janet Weiss in Jim Sharman‘s The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn, Little Nell, Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood, Meat Loaf, and Charles Gray.

Sarandon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Atlantic City (1980), Ridley Scott‘s Thelma & Louise (1991), with Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, and Brad Pitt; George Miller‘s Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), with Nick Nolte and Peter Ustinov; and Joel Schumacher‘s The Client (1994), with Tommy Lee Jones; before winning for Tim Robbins’ Dead Man Walking (1995), with Sean Penn. She has also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Client, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for Dead Man Walking.

Her other films include: George Roy Hill‘s The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), with Robert Redford, Margot Kidder, Bo Svenson, and Edward Herrmann; Pretty Baby (1978), with Brooke Shields and Kieth Carradine; Tony Scott‘s The Hunger (1983), with Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie; Miller’s The Witches of Eastwick (1987), with Jack Nicholson, Cher, and Michelle Pfeiffer; Ron Shelton’s Bull Durham (1988), with Kevin Costner, Trey Wilson, and Robert Wuhl; White Palace (1990), with James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Steven Hill, Jeremy Piven, and Renee Taylor; Little Women (1994), with Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado, Samantha Mathis, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Christian Bale, Eric Stoltz, and Mary Wickes; Safe Passage (1994), with Nick Stahl, Sam Shepard, Sean Astin, and Jason London; Twilight (1998), with Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon, and Stockard Channing; and Stepmom (1998), with Julia Roberts and Ed Harris.

Later film roles include Chazz Palminteri‘s Noel (2004), with Penélope Cruz, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, Daniel Sunjata, and an uncredited Robin Williams;In the Valley of Elah (2007), with Jones and Charlize Theron; Enchanted (2007), with Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, and James Marsden; The Wachowskis‘ Speed Racer (2008), with Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Matthew Fox, Roger Allam, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain, and Richard Roundtree; Peter Jackson‘s The Lovely Bones (2009), Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, and Saoirse Ronan; Cloud Atlas (2012), with Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, David Gyasi, and Hugh Grant; The Big Wedding (2013), with Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, and Robin Williams; Tammy (2014), with Melissa McCarthy, Allison Janney, Gary Cole, Mark Duplass, Dan Aykroyd, Bates, and Sandra Oh; The Meddler (2015), with Rose Byrne and J.K. Simmons; and A Bad Moms Christmas (2017), with Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christine Baranski, and Cheryl Hines.

Sarandon made her Broadway debut in the play An Evening with Richard Nixon (1972) and went on to receive Drama Desk Award nominations for the Off-Broadway plays A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking (1979) and Extremities (1982). She returned to Broadway in the 2009 revival of Exit the King.

On television, Sarandon is a six-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, including for her guest roles on the sitcoms Friends (2001) and Malcolm in the Middle (2002), as well as supporting role in the film You Don’t Know Jack (2010), with Al Pacino. She was also nominated for her leading roles as Doris Duke and Bette Davis in the film Bernard and Doris (2008), with Ralph Fiennes; and the miniseries Feud (2017), respectively.

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

Joe (1970) directed by John G. Avildsen
Lady Liberty (1972) – directed by Mario Monicelli – aka La mortadella – Italy/France
The Apprentice (1972) – directed by Larry Kent – aka Fleur bleue – Canada
F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘The Last of the Belles’ (1974) – directed by George Schaefer – TV movie
Lovin’ Molly (1974) – directed by Sidney Lumet
The Front Page (1974) – directed by Billy Wilder
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) – directed by George Roy Hill
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – directed by Jim Sharman
One Summer of Love (1976) – directed by Gilbert Cates – aka Dragonfly
Checkered Flag or Cash (1977) – directed by Alan Gibson
The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977) – directed by John Leone – also co-producer – aka The Goodbye Run and The Last of the Cowboys
The Other Side of Midnight (1977) – directed by Charles Jarrott
Pretty Baby (1978) – directed by Louis Malle
King of the Gypsies (1978) – directed by Frank Pierson
Something Short of Paradise (1979) – directed by David Helpern
Atlantic City (1980) – directed by Louis Malle
Loving Couples (1980) – directed by Jack Smight
Tempest (1982) – directed by Paul Mazursky
The Hunger (1983) – directed by Tony Scott
The Buddy System (1984) – directed by Glenn Jordan
Compromising Positions (1985) – directed by Frank Perry
Women of Valor (1986) – directed by Buzz Kulik – TV movie
The Witches of Eastwick (1987) – directed by George Miller
Bull Durham (1988) – directed by Ron Shelton
Sweet Hearts Dance (1988) – directed by Robert Greenwald
The January Man (1989) – directed by Pat O’Connor
A Dry White Season (1989) – directed by Euzhan Palcy
White Palace (1990) – directed by Luis Mandoki
Thelma & Louise (1991) – directed by Ridley Scott
Light Sleeper (1992) – directed by Paul Schrader
The Player (1992) – directed by Robert Altman – cameo as herself
Bob Roberts (1992) – directed by Tim Robbins
Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) – directed by George Miller
The Client (1994) – directed by Joel Schumacher
Little Women (1994)* – directed by Gillian Armstrong
Safe Passage (1994) – directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
School of Americas Assassins (1994) – directed by Robert Richter – narrator – documentary short
Dead Man Walking (1995) – directed by Tim Robbins
James and the Giant Peach (1995)* – directed by Henry Selick
Twilight (1998) – directed by Robert Benton
Illuminata (1998) – directed by John Turturro
For Love of Julian (1998) – directed by Meira Blaustein – narrator – documentary
Stepmom (1998) – directed by Chris Columbus
Earthly Possessions (1999) – directed by James Lapine – TV movie
Cradle Will Rock (1999) – directed by Tim Robbins
Anywhere But Here (1999) – directed by Wayne Wang
Joe Gould’s Secret (2000) – directed by Stanley Tucci
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)* – directed by Stig Bergqvist & Paul Demeyer
Cats & Dogs (2001) – directed by Lawrence Guterman
Igby Goes Down (2002) – directed by Burr Steers
The Banger Sisters (2002)* – directed by Bob Dolman
Moonlight Mile (2002) – directed by Brad Silberling
Ice Bound (2003) – directed by Roger Spottiswoode – TV movie
Noel (2004) – directed by Chazz Palminteri
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004) – directed by Vadim Jean – cameo as herself
Shall We Dance (2004) – directed by Peter Chelsom
Alfie (2004) – directed by Charles Shyer
The Exonerated (2005) – directed by Bob Balaban – TV movie
Elizabethtown (2005) – directed by Cameron Crowe
Romance & Cigarettes (2005) – directed by John Turturro
Sonnet 22 (2005) – directed by Simone Stock – short
Irresistible (2006) – directed by Ann Turner
Bernard and Doris (2006) – directed by Bob Balaban – TV movie
In the Valley of Elah (2007) – directed by Paul Haggis
Mr. Woodcock (2007) – directed by Craig Gillespie
Emotional Arithmetic (2007) – directed by Paolo Barzman
Enchanted (2007)* – directed by Kevin Lima
Speed Racer (2008)* – directed by The Wachowskis (as The Wachowski Brothers)
Middle of Nowhere (2008) – directed by John Stockwell
The Greatest (2009) – directed by Shana Feste
Leaves of Grass (2009) – directed by Tim Blake Nelson
Solitary Man (2009) – directed by Brian Koppelman & David Levien
The Lovely Bones (2009) – directed by Peter Jackson
You Don’t Know Jack (2010) – directed by Barry Levinson – TV movie
Peacock (2010) – directed by Michael Lander
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) – directed by Oliver Stone
Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011) – directed by Jay & Mark Duplass
The Miraculous Year (2011) – directed by Kathryn Bigelow – TV movie/Pilot
Robot & Frank (2012) – directed by Jake Schreier
Arbitrage (2012) – directed by Nicholas Jarecki
That’s My Boy (2012) – directed by Sean Anders
The Company You Keep (2012) – directed by Robert Redford
Cloud Atlas (2012) – directed by The Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer
Snitch (2013) – directed by Ric Roman Waugh
The Big Wedding (2013) – directed by Justin Zackham
The Last Robin Hood (2013) – directed by Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland
Ping Pong Summer (2014) – directed by Michael Tully
Tammy (2014) – directed by Ben Falcone
The Calling (2014) – directed by Jason Stone
April and the Extraordinary World (2015) – directed by Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci – English dub – aka Avril et le Monde truqué – France/Belgium
3 Generations (2015) – directed by Gaby Dellal
The Meddler (2015) – directed by Lorene Scafaria
Hell and Back (2015) – directed by Tom Gianas & Ross Shuman
Zoolander 2 (2016) – directed by Ben Stiller – uncredited cameo as herself
Spark: A Space Tale (2016) – directed by Aaron Woodley
Mothers and Daughters (2016) – directed by Paul Duddridge & Nigel Levy
Ace the Case (2016) – directed by Kevin Kaufman
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016) – directed by Dash Shaw
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) – directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2018) – directed by Xavier Dolan
Viper Club (2018) – directed by Maryam Keshavarz
Blackbird (2019) – directed by Roger Michell
VHYes (2019) – directed by Jack Henry Robbins
The Jesus Roles (2019) – directed by John Turturro
Love (2019) – directed by James Gallagher – short
Fearless (2020) – directed by Cory Edwards

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