Celebrate the star’s birthday with a look back.

Warren Beatty Through the Years

Warren Beatty celebrates his 79th birthday Wednesday.

In honor of Beatty’s big day, see the star through the years, ahead.

Warren Beatty Through the Years

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Warren Beatty in Venice in 1956

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Warren Beatty in 1959

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Warren Beatty in 1961

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Warren Beatty With Natalie Wood in 1961

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Warren Beatty in a Portrait for the Film All Fall Down in 1962

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Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 1962

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Warren Beatty in 1962

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Warren Beatty in 1965

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Warren Beatty in a Portrait for Kaleidoscope in 1966

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Warren Beatty on March 26, 1969

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Warren Beatty in the Late 1960s

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Warren Beatty in a Scene From McCabe & Mrs Miller in 1971

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Warren Beatty in New York City on February 19, 1972

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Warren Beatty in Shampoo in 1975

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Warren Beatty at Palm Restaurant in 1979

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Warren Beatty at the 54th Academy Awards on March 29, 1982

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Warren Beatty in Ishtar in 1987

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Warren Beatty in 1990

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Warren Beatty and Annette Bening in Bugsy in 1991

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Warren Beatty at the 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 18, 1992

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Warren Beatty and Annette Bening at the 24th Annual American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award Salute to Clint Eastwood on February 29, 1996

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Warren Beatty at Mann’s Chinese Theatre on May 21, 1998

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Warren Beatty in California on October 6, 2001

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Warren Beatty at the 39th Annual Publicists Awards on March 20, 2002

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Warren Beatty and Annette Bening at the 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 5, 2005

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Warren Beatty at the 64th Golden Globe Awards on January 15, 2007

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Warren Beatty and His Sister Shirley MacLaine at the 36th AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute to Warren Beatty on June 12, 2008

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January 30, 2011

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Warren Beatty and Annette Bening in Beverly Hills on March 5, 2013

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February 7, 2014

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