Peter Fonda

Personal context

Summary

Peter Fonda was an actor, writer, and filmmaker best known for Easy Rider, a counterculture road film he co-wrote and starred in, and Ulee’s Gold. His work often featured outsiders and themes of rebellion and personal freedom. In 2011, he criticized Barack Obama over the Deepwater Horizon spill while promoting the environmental documentary The Big Fix, which he co-produced. In 2018, he posted an anti-Trump tweet about the president’s son and later apologized; no public statements on DEI or identity advocacy are on record.