Almost unrecognisable with a prosthetic nose, who plays John E. du Pont in 'Foxcatcher'?
John du Pont at age 72 on December 9, 2010. He was the only member of the Forbes 400 richest Americans ever to be convicted of murder. Du Pont is the subject of the Academy Award nominated film "Foxcatcher," in which he is portrayed by Steve Carell, who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance. John du Pont was born on November 22, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of four children of William du Pont, Jr. and Jean Liseter Austin (1897–1988). He grew up at Liseter Hall, a mansion built in 1922 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, by his maternal grandfather on more
John du Pont estimated US$200 million in 1986, about $ in current dollars. His will bequeathed 80 percent of his estate to Bulgarian wrestler Valentin Yordanov, an Olympic champion who had trained at Foxcatcher, and Yordanov's relatives. In June 2011, du Pont's niece Beverly A. du Pont Gauggel and nephew William H. du Pont filed a petition to challenge the will in Media, Pennsylvania, asserting that du Pont was not "of sound mind" when he made his will. The petition claims that during that period, John du Pont asserted alternately that he was Jesus Christ, the Dalai Lama, and a Russian tsar. That