Ron Howard

If we’re to talk about longevity in show business, Ron Howard’s career is on a different scale. He started acting at a young age, starting with the 1959 film The Journey. The following year, the then-child star reached prominence after landing the role of Opie Taylor in the 1960 sitcom called The Andy Griffith Show. He basically grew into the public eye, for he stayed there until it ended in 1968. Aside from appearing on television, he also lent his acting skills on the big screen, particularly in American Graffiti.

In 1977, he made his directorial debut with a low-budget film called Grand Theft Auto. Since then, he spent most of his time directing, and by 2001, he was hired to be the director of A Beautiful Mind. It is commercially successful and also gave Howard the Academy Award for Best Director. Some of the hit films he had directing credits are The Da Vinci Code, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.