Henry Fonda: Academy Award-winning actor

Date of birth: May 16, 1905

Date of death: August 12, 1982 (Aged 77)

Full name: Henry Jaynes Fonda

Birthplace: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Height: 6’ 1½” (187 cm)

Weight: 185 lbs (84 kg)

Hair color: Gray (originally Dark Brown)

Eye color: Blue

Henry Jaynes Fonda was born on May 16, 1905, in Grand Island, Nebraska, and died on August 12, 1982. He became one of the defining actors of American cinema.

Fonda won the Academy Award for On Golden Pond and starred in 12 Angry Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Once Upon a Time in the West and Young Mr. Lincoln.

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Updated details

Biographical and career details were reviewed and the article text was updated on September 9, 2026. Historical measurements and past routine descriptions are identified as such.