Charlton Heston was an American actor and political activist.[3] As a Hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film The Ten Commandments, for which he received his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Drama.He also starred in The Greatest Show on Earth, Secret of the Incas, Touch of Evil with Orson Welles, The Big Country, Ben-Hur, for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor, El Cid, The Greatest Story Ever Told, and Planet of the Apes.