Ned Beatty Ned Beatty Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is a retired American actor. He has appeared in more than 160 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; he also won a Drama Desk Award. These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and television series, such as "Network" (1976), "Friendly Fire" (1979), "Hear My Song" (1991), and "Toy Story 3" (2010). He has had great commercial success in roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in "Deliverance" (1972), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese
Ned Beatty series "Roseanne" (1989–94). Entering the 1990s, Beatty got his third nomination for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special category for "Last Train Home" (1990). A year later, he appeared in the British film "Hear My Song" (1991), in which he portrayed tenor Josef Locke, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture. In 1990, Beatty worked again with Linda Blair in "Repossessed" (1990), a spoof of "The Exorcist". He appeared in the Marvel Comics superhero adventure "Captain America" (1990). He portrayed the father of