1990Winner
Best Performance
GoodFellas
Beau Starr
Actor
Queens, New York, USA
September 1, 1944
Biography
Beau Starr (September 1, 1944 – April 24, 2026) was an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. His younger brother Mike Starr was also a successful actor. A graduate of Hofstra University, where he played football, he later played professionally for the Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL. He is known for his film role as Sheriff Ben Meeker in the 1988 hit horror movie Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers; he reprised his role in the 1989 sequel Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as well as playing Henry Hill's Father in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. Many also remember him as Lt. Harding Welsh in Due South.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1994Nominee
Best Performance
Speed
1989Nominee
Best Performance
Born on the Fourth of July
Career Highlights
2005Highlight
Best Performance
Cinderella Man
1989Highlight
Best Performance
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
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GoodFellas
Speed
Born on the Fourth of July