Movies Gallery Warren Beatty Through the Years Celebrate the star's birthday with a look back. By Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman is a former digital features director at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2017. EW's editorial guidelines Published on March 30, 2016 12:30PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 31 Warren Beatty Through the Years Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images; Photoshot/Getty Images; Jason Kempin/Getty Images Warren Beatty celebrates his 79th birthday Wednesday. Born Henry Warren Beaty in Richmond, Virginia on March 30, 1937, the star made his on-screen debut in the 1950s and has been racking up dozens of film credits, as well as Oscar and Golden Globe awards, ever since. In honor of Beatty's big day, see the star through the years, ahead. 02 of 31 Warren Beatty in Venice in 1956 Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images 03 of 31 Warren Beatty in 1959 John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images 04 of 31 Warren Beatty in 1961 Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images 05 of 31 Warren Beatty With Natalie Wood in 1961 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 06 of 31 Warren Beatty in a Portrait for the Film All Fall Down in 1962 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images 07 of 31 Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 1962 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 08 of 31 Warren Beatty in 1962 Archive Photos/Getty Images 09 of 31 Warren Beatty in 1965 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 10 of 31 Warren Beatty in a Portrait for Kaleidoscope in 1966 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 11 of 31 Warren Beatty on March 26, 1969 Photoshot/Getty Images 12 of 31 Warren Beatty in the Late 1960s Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 13 of 31 Warren Beatty in a Scene From McCabe & Mrs Miller in 1971 Warner Brothers/Getty Images 14 of 31 Warren Beatty in New York City on February 19, 1972 Tom Wargacki/WireImage 15 of 31 Warren Beatty in Shampoo in 1975 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 16 of 31 Warren Beatty at Palm Restaurant in 1979 Tom Wargacki/WireImage 17 of 31 Warren Beatty at the 54th Academy Awards on March 29, 1982 Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 18 of 31 Warren Beatty in Ishtar in 1987 Art Zelin/Getty Images 19 of 31 Warren Beatty in 1990 Kypros/Getty Images 20 of 31 Warren Beatty and Annette Bening in Bugsy in 1991 TriStar Pictures/Getty Images 21 of 31 Warren Beatty at the 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 18, 1992 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 22 of 31 Warren Beatty and Annette Bening at the 24th Annual American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award Salute to Clint Eastwood on February 29, 1996 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 23 of 31 Warren Beatty at Mann's Chinese Theatre on May 21, 1998 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 24 of 31 Warren Beatty in California on October 6, 2001 L. Cohen/WireImage 25 of 31 Warren Beatty at the 39th Annual Publicists Awards on March 20, 2002 M. Caulfield/WireImage 26 of 31 Warren Beatty and Annette Bening at the 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 5, 2005 Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage 27 of 31 Warren Beatty at the 64th Golden Globe Awards on January 15, 2007 Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank 28 of 31 Warren Beatty and His Sister Shirley MacLaine at the 36th AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute to Warren Beatty on June 12, 2008 Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images 29 of 31 Warren Beatty and Annette Bening at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 30, 2011 Steve Granitz/WireImage 30 of 31 Warren Beatty and Annette Bening in Beverly Hills on March 5, 2013 Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images 31 of 31 Warren Beatty in Beverly Hills on February 7, 2014 Jason Kempin/Getty Images