
Gore Vidal
Known for department: Writing
Birthday: 1925-10-03 – 2012-07-31
Place of birth: West Point, New York, USA
Biography
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Beyond literature, Vidal was heavily involved in politics. He unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate (for California). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gore Vidal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Gattaca
1997Director Josef
Bob Roberts
1992Senator Brickley Paiste
Thinking XXX
2004Self
Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
2008Self
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
2003Self
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006Self
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959Audience Member at Operation (uncredited)
Shadow Conspiracy
1997Page
Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No
1984Self
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008Self
Norman Mailer: The American
2012Self
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993Self - Author
Global Haywire
2006Self
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
2013Self
Igby Goes Down
2002First School Headmaster (uncredited)
Standing Army
2010Self
Revisiting Brideshead
2005Self
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
1981Self - Writer
The Celluloid Closet
1996Self