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- Chinese Name：伯特·兰卡斯特
- Gender：Male
- Height：185 cm
- Date of Birth：November 2, 1913
- Place of Birth：New York City, New York, USA
- Profession：Actor, Producer
- Introduce：Burt Lancaster was an American screen legend whose career spanned five decades and who became one of Hollywood’s most charismatic and physically commanding leading men. Beginning his working life as a circus acrobat and performer, Lancaster brought extraordinary athleticism and presence to the screen when he broke through in the film noir classic The Killers (1946). He quickly established himself in a string of tough, vivid roles in films such as I Walk Alone (1948), Brute Force (1947) and Criss Cross (1949). In the 1950s he co-founded the independent production company Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, which allowed him greater creative control and produced notable works including Marty and Trapeze. Lancaster combined star power with a willingness to take on morally complex characters, delivering one of his best-known performances in Sweet Smell of Success (1957). His portrayal of the charismatic evangelist in Elmer Gantry (1960) won him the Academy Award for Best Actor and cemented his status as a performer capable of both brute physicality and nuanced dramatic range. He earned further acclaim for roles in Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard (1963), and a late-career renaissance with Louis Malle’s Atlantic City (1980), which brought another Oscar nomination. Beyond his on-screen work, Lancaster was notable for championing independent production and for his collaborations with major directors across American and European cinema. Over his long career he combined a rugged, athletic screen persona with surprising emotional depth, helping to reshape the notion of the postwar leading man. Lancaster died in 1994, leaving a legacy as one of 20th-century cinema’s most memorable and influential actors.
