query: who won the academy award for best actor in 1939

pos: 12th Academy Awards noteworthy achievements regardless of creed, race or color". Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Academy Award and in expressing her gratitude promised to be "a credit to my race" before bursting into tears. De Havilland was among those to make their way to McDaniel's table to offer congratulations, though it was reported de Havilland then fled to the kitchen, where she burst into tears. The press reported an irritated Irene Mayer Selznick followed her, and told her to return to their table and stop making a fool of herself. Robert Donat, the winner for "Best Actor",

neg: Laurence Olivier on stage and screen In 1939 he appeared as Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights" in a role that saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The following year he was again nominated for the same award for his portrayal of Maxim de Winter in "Rebecca". In 1944 he produced, directed and appeared as Henry V of England in "Henry V". There were Oscar nominations for the film, including Best Picture and Best Actor, but it won none and the film instead won a "Special Award". He won the Best Actor award for the 1948 film "Hamlet", which became the first non-American film

neg: Thomas Mitchell (actor) individuals to have won each of these awards. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1939's "Stagecoach". In 1952, he won the Best Actor Emmy (Comedy Actor category), and the following year a Tony Award for best performance by an actor, for the musical "Hazel Flagg" (based on the Carole Lombard film "Nothing Sacred"). He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for his work in television at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard, and a second star for his work in motion pictures at 1651 Vine Street. Thomas Mitchell (actor) Thomas John Mitchell (July 11, 1892

neg: Tom Hanks during his career. He won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "Philadelphia" (1993), as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for "Forrest Gump" (1994). In 1995, Hanks became one of only two actors who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years, with Spencer Tracy being the other. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). In 2014, he

neg: 52nd British Academy Film Awards 52nd British Academy Film Awards The 52nd BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 11 April 1999, honoured the best in film for 1998. Shakespeare in Love won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture) and Best Editing. "Elizabeth" was voted Best British Film. Both Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett won awards for their portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I. Geoffrey Rush won the award for Best Supporting Actor. Italian actor Roberto Benigni won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in "La vita è bella

neg: Saturn Award for Best Actor Indiana Jones) and Robert Downey, Jr. (three of which for playing Iron Man) being tied for third with six nominations. Arnold Schwarzenegger also holds the record for most nominations without a victory. Anthony Hopkins and Martin Landau are the only actors to have won the Saturn Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award for the same role; however, Landau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and not Best Actor. Hamill is the only actor to have won the award several times for the same role, doing so three times. "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning actor on the

neg: Bruce Dern in the science-fiction film Silent Running. He played a psychotic Goodyear Blimp pilot who launches a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl in "Black Sunday". Dern was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Coming Home". In 1983, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival for "That Championship Season". In 2013, Dern won the Best Actor Award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Alexander Payne's "Nebraska", and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Dern was married to Marie Dawn Pierce from 1957 to 1959. He

neg: The Pianist (2002 film) (Roman Polanski), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood), and Best Actor (Adrien Brody), and was nominated for four other awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2003, and seven French Césars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Brody. It was included in BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century. In September 1939, Władysław Szpilman, a Polish-Jewish pianist, is playing live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. Hoping for a quick

neg: George Clooney Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Also, he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, and the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the political drama "The Ides of March". In 2013, Clooney won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing "Argo". He is the only person in Academy Award history to be nominated for Oscars

neg: 52nd British Academy Film Awards "' "Elizabeth" - "Jenny Shircore" "' "Elizabeth" - "David Hirschfelder" 52nd British Academy Film Awards The 52nd BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 11 April 1999, honoured the best in film for 1998. Shakespeare in Love won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture) and Best Editing. "Elizabeth" was voted Best British Film. Both Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett won awards for their portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I. Geoffrey Rush won the award for Best Supporting Actor. Italian actor Roberto Benigni won the award for Best

neg: AACTA International Award for Best Actor the following table, the winner is marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. †- indicates performance that won The Academy Award for Best Actor ‡- indicates performance that was nominated for The Academy Award for Best Actor. AACTA International Award for Best Actor The AACTA International Award for Best Actor is an award that is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for a performance by a male actor in a film made outside Australia. It was first handed out by the Academy

neg: Sean Connery 16 other people, including the lawyers who helped with the house sale. Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Untouchables".

neg: Alan Arkin and "Little Miss Sunshine", for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar; and "Argo". His portrayal of Dr. Oatman, a scared and emotionally conflicted psychiatrist treating John Cusack's hit man character Martin Q. Blank in "Grosse Point Blank" was also well received. His role in "Little Miss Sunshine", as Grandfather Edwin, who was foul-mouthed and had a taste for snorting heroin, won him the BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. On receiving his Academy Award on February 25, 2007, Arkin said, "More than anything,

neg: Willy Loman Hoffman (1985, Golden Globe and Emmy awards), Warren Mitchell (1996) and Dennehy (2000, Golden Globe and SAG awards and Emmy nomination). Fredric March won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama at the 9th Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor at the 24th Academy Awards and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Foreign) at the 6th British Academy Film Awards. Brian Dennehy won Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play at the 53rd Tony Awards in 1999, while Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for the same

neg: Being There Ashby and a stellar Peter Sellers performance." Sellers won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his performance. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor as well at the 52nd Academy Awards, but lost to Dustin Hoffman for "Kramer vs. Kramer". Melvyn Douglas won his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. The credits at the film's end roll over an outtake, known as the "Rafael outtake." Sellers was later displeased that the outtake ran because

neg: Anthony Hopkins as Robert Ford in the HBO sci-fi series "Westworld". Hopkins played Autobot ally Sir Edmund Burton in "", which was released in June 2017. Perhaps Hopkins' most famous role is as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991, with Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, who also won for Best Actress. The film won Best Picture, Best Director and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Hopkins also picked up his first BAFTA for Best Actor. Hopkins reprised his role as Lecter twice; in

neg: Vladimir Menshov Vladimir Menshov Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov (; born 17 September 1939 in Baku) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Although his output as an actor outnumbers his output as a director, he is best known for the five films he directed, the most famous of which is the 1979 melodrama "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Actress Vera Alentova, who starred in the film, is the mother of Vladimir Menshov's daughter Yuliya Menshova.

neg: 47th British Academy Film Awards 47th British Academy Film Awards The 47th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1994, honoured the best films of 1993. Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List won the award for Best Film (and later won the Academy Award for Best Picture). "Shadowlands" was voted Best British Film of 1993. "Schindler's List" also won the awards for Best Director (Spielberg), Supporting Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Score and Editing. Anthony Hopkins won the award for Best Actor ("Shadowlands") and Holly Hunter was voted Best Actress for her role in "The Piano". "The Age of

neg: Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway backdrop of a full-length feature film called Runaway Train. The film was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, & stars Jon Voight, who was nominated for an Academy Award & won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Eric Roberts, who was nominated for an Academy Award & Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Rebecca DeMornay, John P. Ryan, Kyle T. Heffner, Kenneth McMillan & Edward Bunker who also co-wrote the script. It was filmed on the B.A.&P. Railway & at the Roundhouse at Anaconda in March 1985. The film was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture

neg: The Big House (1930 film) a hit and his performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, he became the world's highest-paid actor within two years. Marion won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. Douglas Shearer also won the first Academy Award for Sound. The film was nominated for Best Picture. "The Big House" was one of the first prison films ever made and was tremendously influential on the genre. Kent (Robert Montgomery), a drunk driver who carelessly kills a man, is sentenced to ten years for manslaughter. In an overcrowded prison designed for 1800 and actually holding

neg: 53rd British Academy Film Awards 53rd British Academy Film Awards The 53rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 9 April 2000, honoured the best in film for 1999. Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey; had won the Academy Award) and Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing and Film Music. Jude Law ("The Talented Mr. Ripley") and Maggie Smith ("Tea with Mussolini") won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Pedro Almodóvar, director of "Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother)", won

neg: The Player (film) Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Director (the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical). Tolkin was nominated for a Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and he received an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Geraldine Peroni's editing was nominated for both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award. Tim Robbins also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Comedy or Musical and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, "Entertainment Weekly"s 25th anniversary year, it named "The Player" in its list of the

neg: AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor won The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ‡- indicates performance that was nominated for The Academy Award for Best supporting Actor AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor The AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is presented at the annual AACTA International Awards, which rewards achievements in feature films, regardless of the country the film was made. The winners and nominees are determined

neg: Darkest Hour (film) Oldman his first Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. At the 90th Academy Awards the film earned six nominations, including Best Picture, and won for Best Actor and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. At the 71st British Academy Film Awards it received nine nominations including Best Film and Outstanding British Film. In May 1940, the opposition Labour Party in Parliament demands

neg: Tom Cruise which won the Academy Award for Best Film and Cruise the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cruise portrayed real-life paralyzed Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic in 1989's "Born on the Fourth of July", which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actor, a nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Cruise's first Best Actor Academy Award nomination. Cruise's next films were "Days of Thunder" (1990) and "Far

neg: Sean Connery Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Untouchables". His film career also includes such films as "Marnie", "The Name of

neg: Cinema of Chile Was Chile's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009, won the Golden Tulip - Best Film at the Istanbul International Film Festival. Won two of its three nominations at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for the Best Actor and for the FEISAL Award. Won Best Actor at the Cinemanila International Film Festival Won two prizes at the Havana Film Festival, Best Actor and the Grand Coral - First Prize. Received a Special Mention in the Ibero-American Competition of the Miami Film Festival. Won a KNF Award at

neg: 53rd British Academy Film Awards "Tea with Mussolini" (Los lobos de Washington) ""'The Matrix" Winners Losers (minimum two nominations) 53rd British Academy Film Awards The 53rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 9 April 2000, honoured the best in film for 1999. Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey; had won the Academy Award) and Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing and Film Music. Jude Law ("The Talented Mr. Ripley") and Maggie Smith ("Tea with Mussolini") won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and

neg: The Cardinal his work. "The Cardinal" was the 18th highest-grossing film of the year. It grossed $11,170,588 in the United States, earning $5.46 million in domestic rentals. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama, marking the third time, following "East of Eden" (1955) and "Spartacus" (1960), and the last time () a film won that category without later being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.Preminger was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director; John Huston was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor

neg: Nay Toe Nay Toe Nay Toe ( ; born Nay Lin Aung on 9 September 1981) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor and a comedian with the Burmese traditional dance troupe Htawara Hninzi. He is well known for his role as 'Tar Tar'in the 2017 film Tar Tar Gyi.He won his first Academy Award for best actor with the 2009 film " Moe Nya Einmet Myu" and won second academy award for best leading actor in 2015 in "Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal (နက္ခတ်မှားတဲ့ တိုက်ပွဲ).He won his third academy award in"Tar Tay Gyi" in 2018." Nay Toe was

neg: Wuthering Heights (1939 film) Wuthering Heights (1939 film) Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American drama romance film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the novel, "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only sixteen of the novel's thirty-four chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The novel was adapted for the screen by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht and John Huston. The film won the 1939 New York Film Critics Award for Best Film. It earned nominations for eight Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and Best Actor in what many consider Hollywood's greatest single year. The

neg: The Usual Suspects Best Original Screenplay and Spacey won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 68th Academy Awards. In his acceptance speech Spacey said, "Well, whoever Keyser Söze is, I can tell you he's gonna get gloriously drunk tonight." The film was nominated as the best film at the 1996 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA awards). McQuarrie won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and John Ottman won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. The film was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards — Best Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro, Best Screenplay for Christopher McQuarrie and Best Cinematography

neg: Watch on the Rhine quiet loyalty and restrained heroism do not furnish many outlets for histrionic show, and Miss Davis is artist enough not to throw any extra bits of it to prove she is one of the stars." The film won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Paul Lukas won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (the first time the award was presented), and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor. Lucile Watson was

neg: Max von Sydow Sisters" (1986). In 1985, he was a member of the jury at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the Danish film "Pelle the Conqueror" (1987), which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Von Sydow has since won the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor Award for his title role in "Father" (1989), the Best Director Award for his only directorial foray, "Katinka" (', 1988), based on a novel by Herman Bang, and the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for "The

neg: Paul Hogan Paul Hogan Paul Hogan, (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian comedian, actor and television presenter. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance as outback adventurer Michael "Crocodile" Dundee in "Crocodile Dundee" (1986), the first in the "Crocodile Dundee" film series. Paul Hogan was born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia. He moved to Granville in Western Sydney at a young age and worked as a rigger on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Hogan's first public appearance was

neg: The Best Years of Our Lives Best Years of Our Lives" received nine Academy Awards. Fredric March won his second Best Actor award (also having won in 1932 for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"). Despite his Oscar-nominated performance, Harold Russell was not a professional actor. As the Academy Board of Governors considered him a long shot to win, they gave him an honorary award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance." When Russell in fact won Best Supporting Actor, there was an enthusiastic response. He is the only actor to have received two Academy Awards for the same performance. In 1992,

neg: Timothée Chalamet Award for Breakthrough Actor, and received nominations for a Golden Globe, SAG Award, BAFTA Award and Academy Award, all for Best Actor. He is the third-youngest person in history to be nominated at the Oscars in the Best Actor category, and the youngest since 1939. In his second film of 2017, Chalamet played Daniel, a gawky teenager who gets swept up in the drug-dealing business over the course of a summer, in Elijah Bynum's directorial debut, "Hot Summer Nights". It received a limited theatrical release in July 2018 and generated mixed reviews from critics, though Chalamet's performance was often highlighted.

neg: Christoph Waltz receiving awards for Best Supporting Actor from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 67th Golden Globe Awards and the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2010. The following month, he won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is the only actor to have won an Academy Award for playing a character in a Tarantino film. Tarantino acknowledged the importance of Waltz to his film by stating: "I think that Landa is

neg: Waxahachie, Texas Robert Duvall, who won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film. The 1984 film "Places in the Heart" starring Sally Field was also filmed in Waxahachie. Unlike "Mercies", it was filmed deliberately in the town square and utilized the Victorian and plantation homes still intact in the area. Field won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1985 for her role in the film. The 1985 film "The Trip to Bountiful" starring Geraldine Page was also filmed in Waxahachie. Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1986 for her role in "Bountiful".

neg: 57th Academy Awards 57th Academy Awards The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Jack Lemmon presided over the ceremonies. The big winner at the ceremony was Miloš Forman's "Amadeus", which had received 11 nominations and won 8 awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for F. Murray Abraham. As of the 90th Academy Awards, "Amadeus" is the most recent film to receive two lead actor nominations. The winner of Best Supporting Actor was also significant. Haing S. Ngor, a Cambodian surgeon who survived the horrors of the Khmer Rouge, won the award for his

neg: Terence Stamp first film "Billy Budd" (1962), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer. Stamp won recognition for the film "The Collector" (1965); which is commemorated in Cannes Film Festival. For "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (1994), Stamp won a Seattle International Film Festival for Best Actor and was nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role, an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For "The

neg: Mark Ruffalo for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie (as a producer) and he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a TV Movie. The same year, he portrayed Dave Schultz in "Foxcatcher", for which he was nominated for awards, including a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2015, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for "Infinitely Polar Bear" and also received BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for his role in the drama "Spotlight". Ruffalo was born in

neg: Anil Kapoor (1986), "Mr. India" (1987), "Ghar Ho To Aisa" (1990), "Awaargi" (1990), "Benaam Badsha" (1991), and "Virasat" (1997), for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor; "Taal" (1999), for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award; "Pukar" (2000), which earned him a National Film Award for Best Actor; "No Entry" (2005) and "Dil Dhadakne Do" (2015) for which he won his third Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Kapoor's first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle's Academy Award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance

neg: 48th British Academy Film Awards 48th British Academy Film Awards The 48th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1995, honoured the best films of 1994. Mike Newell's Four Weddings and a Funeral won the award for Best Film. It also won the awards for Best Director (Mike Newell), Actor (Hugh Grant) and Supporting Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas). "Pulp Fiction" won the awards for Best Supporting Actor (Samuel L. Jackson) and Original Screenplay. Susan Sarandon won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her role in "The Client". "' Hugh Grant – "Four Weddings and a Funeral" "'

neg: John Marley In 1968, Marley won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his work in "Faces". In 1970, he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in "Love Story" but lost to John Mills, who won for "Ryan's Daughter". He was also nominated for a 1971 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting role in Any Motion Picture for his work in "Love Story". John Marley John Marley (born Mortimer Marlieb, October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984) was an American actor

neg: Bertrand Blier Bertrand Blier Bertrand Blier (born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer. His 1978 film "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. He is the son of famous French actor Bernard Blier. His 1996 film "Mon Homme" was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. His 2005 film "How Much Do You Love Me?" was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver George for Best Director. A defence of Blier's work until 2000 was written by Sue Harris, Queen

neg: Jamie Foxx She replaced DJ October Gonzalez from the first season of the show. Jamie Foxx Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, and comedian. For his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film "Ray", he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film

neg: Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, and comedian. For his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film "Ray", he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film "Collateral". Since spring 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive

neg: Life Is Beautiful (soundtrack) Life Is Beautiful (soundtrack) Life Is Beautiful is the original soundtrack album, on the Virgin Records America label, of the 1997 Academy Award-winning film "Life Is Beautiful" (original title: La vita è bella), starring Roberto Benigni (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as "Guido Orefice" in this film), Nicoletta Braschi and Giustino Durano. The original score was composed by Nicola Piovani, with the exception of a classical piece which figures prominently: the "Barcarolle" by Jacques Offenbach. The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score and was nominated for a Grammy Award: "Best

neg: The Revenant (2015 film) won for the third time in a row the award for Best Cinematography and DiCaprio won his first award for Best Actor. Hardy lost the award for Best Supporting Actor to Mark Rylance for "Bridge of Spies", and the film itself lost Best Picture to "Spotlight". At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards it won three awards: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor – Drama. It also had a nomination for Best Original Score. On January 14, 2016, the film received 12 Academy Award nominations (more than any other film at the ceremony), including Best Picture and

neg: Joaquin Phoenix becoming one of the highest earning films of 2000, with a worldwide box office gross of $457 million and received universal critical praise. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture. For his performance, which the critic Lisa Schwarzbaum described as "deliciously creepy perversity", Phoenix was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and received his first nomination for the Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor. He

neg: Affliction (1997 film) the "Time Out Film Guide", Geoff Andrew called the film a "sensitive but rather dull adaption of Russell Banks' novel [...] the narrative's too unfocused and low-key really to engage the heart or mind." James Coburn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Nick Nolte was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a

neg: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Walter Brennan was the first winner of this award for his role in "Come and Get It". Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded plaques instead of

neg: Lilies of the Field (1963 film) the first African-American to win a Best Actor award and the second African-American to win any Oscar (the first was Hattie McDaniel who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Gone with the Wind"). Poitier also won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lilia Skala), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. The film was also nominated in 1965 for the United Nations Award at the BAFTA Awards. Also, the film

neg: Peter Fonda Peter Fonda Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, younger brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda (by first wife, Susan Brewer, stepdaughter of Noah Dietrich). Fonda was a part of the counterculture of the 1960s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Easy Rider" (1969), and the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Ulee's Gold" (1997). For the latter, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Fonda also won the Golden Globe Award

neg: Nick Nolte He has two children, Brawley (b. 1986) (who has had a few acting roles himself) and Sophie (b. 2007) with his wife Clytie Lane. Nolte received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, November 20, 2017. Nick Nolte Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor, producer, author, and former model. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film "The Prince of Tides". He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for "Affliction" (1998) and

neg: Academy Award for Best Actor or more Best Actor nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in "The Last Command" and "The Way of All Flesh". Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected

neg: Anthony Hopkins College of Music & Drama in 1957, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre. In 1968, he achieved renown, playing Richard the Lionheart in the Academy Award-winning film "The Lion in Winter". In the mid 1970s, Richard Attenborough, who would direct five Hopkins films, called him "the greatest actor of his generation." Hopkins is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs," for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, its

neg: Colin Firth Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising, young British actors, it was not until his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride

neg: Colin Firth 2017. Firth added, "I will always be extremely British (you only have to look at or listen to me)." Interviews Further reading Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the "Brit Pack" of

neg: John Ford filmography working for other studios, starting with "Arrowsmith" for Samuel Goldwyn. In 1934, he began a lengthy association with producer Merian C. Cooper at RKO Radio Pictures. The following year he directed "The Informer", which brought him his first Academy Award for Best Director and the Best Actor Award for its star, Victor McLaglen. In 1939, Ford began to make a series of outstanding films starting with "Stagecoach", which made John Wayne a major star and brought an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor to Thomas Mitchell. It was also the first time Ford filmed in Monument Valley. That same year

neg: Jack Nicholson You Know" in 2010, but does not consider himself to be retired. He has also directed three films, including "The Two Jakes" (1990), the sequel to "Chinatown". Nicholson's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Nicholson has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice - one for the drama "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), and the other for the romantic comedy "As Good as It Gets" (1997). He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy-drama "Terms of Endearment" (1983). Nicholson is one of three

neg: Richard III (1955 film) previous work, "Richard III" was only nominated for a single Academy Award: Academy Award for Best Actor. It was Olivier's fifth nomination in the category, though the award was won by Yul Brynner for his performance in "The King and I". "Richard III" was the second film to have won both Best Film awards at the BAFTAS. It dominated that year's awards ceremony, winning, in addition to the two Best Film awards, the award for Best British Actor. It was also the first winner of the newly created Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film, which had been split

neg: Dallas Buyers Club numerous accolades. Most praised the performances of McConaughey and Leto, who received the Academy Award for Best Actor and for Best Supporting Actor, respectively, at the 86th Academy Awards, making this the first film since "Mystic River" (2003), and only the fifth movie ever, to win both awards. The film also won the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and garnered nominations for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing. In July 1985, Dallas electrician and rodeo cowboy Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) is diagnosed with AIDS and given 30 days to live. He initially refuses to accept the diagnosis

neg: Last Friends Supporting Actress" while Ryo Nishikido won "Best Supporting Actor." Masami Nagasawa tied in fourth place for "Best Actress" while Eita also came fourth in the "Best Supporting Actor" category. In the 57th Television Drama Academy Awards, Last Friends won as Best Drama. Masami Nagasawa won the 3rd Best Actress award. Juri Ueno won as Best Supporting Actress, while Ryo Nishikido won the Best Supporting Actor award. Both Ueno and Nishikido won with straight sets from the fans, journalists and critics. Eita was the runner up in the Best Supporting Actor category. Last Friends was also awarded the Best Script, Best

neg: Peter Capaldi Peter Capaldi Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in "Doctor Who" and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in "The Thick of It", for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role of Tucker in the feature film "In the Loop", Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. As a director, Capaldi won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA

neg: Alice Brady (1939). Brady was married to actor James Crane from 1919 to 1922, when they divorced. They co-starred in three silent films together: "His Bridal Night" (1919), "Sinners" (1920) and "A Dark Lantern" (1920). The couple had one child, Donald. Alice Brady died from cancer on October 28, 1939, five days before her 47th birthday. For her portrayal of Mrs. Molly O'Leary — a fictionalized version of Catherine O'Leary – in 1937's "In Old Chicago", Brady won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She had been nominated for the same award the year before as well, for her work in

neg: Traitor (TV drama) Mesurier and he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1972. Traitor (TV drama) Traitor is a BBC television drama written by Dennis Potter and directed by Alan Bridges, which featured in the "Play for Today" series on 14 October 1971. It stars John Le Mesurier as Adrian Harris, a character loosely based on Kim Philby. Le Mesurier's performance won him the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1972. Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the Soviet Union. Harris believes

neg: Nay Toe the lists of his works but it may not be the complete lists. Nay Toe Nay Toe ( ; born Nay Lin Aung on 9 September 1981) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor and a comedian with the Burmese traditional dance troupe Htawara Hninzi. He is well known for his role as 'Tar Tar'in the 2017 film Tar Tar Gyi.He won his first Academy Award for best actor with the 2009 film " Moe Nya Einmet Myu" and won second academy award for best leading actor in 2015 in "Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal (နက္ခတ်မှားတဲ့ တိုက်ပွဲ).He

neg: Bobby Darin willing to appear both arrogant and weak." In 1962, Darin won the Golden Globe Award for "New Star of the Year – Actor" for his role in "Come September". The following year he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama" (Best actor) in "Pressure Point". In 1963, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a shell-shocked soldier in "Captain Newman, M.D.". In October 1964, he appeared as a wounded ex-convict who is befriended by an orphan girl in "The John

neg: Melvin and Howard Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Jason Robards was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and was honored by the Boston critics. Bo Goldman won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay, and the Boston Society of Film Critics

neg: Ordinary People terms with their new family situation. "Ordinary People" garnered three big Oscars for 1980, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. The picture was Robert Redford's debut at directing, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director, and Alvin Sargent won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Timothy Hutton won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in his first film role (he had previously appeared on television). The film marked Mary Tyler Moore's career breakout from the personality of her other two famous roles as Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and Mary Richards

neg: The Fabulous Baker Boys Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Motion Picture. The film also won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound. Steve Kloves was presented with the Sutherland Trophy by the British Film Institute, and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award. Michael Ballhaus was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and won the LAFCA Award for Best Cinematography and the NSFC Award for Best Cinematography. Beau Bridges won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. William Steinkamp was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. The film is recognized by

neg: The Big Short (film) funny. Instead of having a sense of humor, he felt that his character should have been angry all of the time. Adam McKay and Charles Randolph won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. They also won an Empire Award for the Best Screenplay. Christian Bale won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy and the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor (Motion Picture). Hank Corwin won the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for

neg: Fredric March Fredric March Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as "one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and '40s." He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1931) and "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for "Years Ago" (1947) and "Long Day's Journey into Night" (1956). March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and

neg: Aaron Taylor-Johnson In 2016, he played Ray, a menacing Texan, in Tom Ford's thriller "Nocturnal Animals". For the role, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Johnson also became first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor winner since Richard Benjamin who did not receive an Academy Award nomination. For the role he also received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2017, he played an American soldier (alongside John Cena) in Doug Liman's thriller "The Wall", and in 2018 he will appear in "Outlaw King", an American-British historical

neg: Crash (2004 film) Bridges, Thandie Newton, Michael Peña, and Ryan Phillippe. Matt Dillon was particularly praised for his performance and received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Additionally, the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The film received six Academy Award nominations, and won three for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 78th Academy Awards. It was also nominated for nine BAFTA awards, and won two, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Thandie Newton. The

neg: Nigel Hawthorne Nigel Hawthorne Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He portrayed Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom "Yes Minister" and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, "Yes, Prime Minister". For this role, he won four BAFTA TV Awards for Best Light Entertainment Performance. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying King George III in "The Madness of King George" (1994). He later won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor, for

neg: Monga (film) Asian Cinema Award Nominated: Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award Won: Telia Film Award Won: Best Leading Actor (Ethan Juan) Won: The Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year (Lee Lieh) Won: Best Sound Effects Nominated: Best Original Film Score (Sandee Chan) Nominated: Best Art Direction Nominated: The Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year (Doze Niu) Won: Best New Actor (Mark Chao) Nominated: Best New Actor (Mark Chao) The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist. Monga (film) Monga () is a 2010

neg: Gangster film 11 Academy Award nominations. It again won Best Picture. Coppola won Best Director and Robert DeNiro won best supporting actor for his portrayal of a young Vito Corleone. The lesson of the films' successes was not wasted on Hollywood. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the studios issued a steady flow of films about Italian American gangsters and the Mafia. Some of these were critically acclaimed. Scorsese's "Goodfellas" about Henry Hill's life and relationship with the Lucchese and Gambino crime families, was nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director and won the award for Best Supporting Actor

neg: Bradley Cooper front lines." Similar sentiments were expressed by "USA Today" Claudia Puig who asserted: "It's clearly Cooper's show. Substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas drawl, Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence, intensity and vulnerability." "American Sniper" earned $547 million worldwide to become Cooper's highest-grossing live-action film and the third highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. Cooper won an MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor; the film was nominated for Best Picture. With these nominations, Cooper became the tenth actor in history to receive an Academy Award nomination for acting in

neg: Leslie Howard Davis in the film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's book "Of Human Bondage" (1934) and later in the romantic comedy "It's Love I'm After" (1937) (also co-starring Olivia de Havilland). He played Professor Henry Higgins in the film version of George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion" (1938), with Wendy Hiller as Eliza, which earned Howard another Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Howard starred with Ingrid Bergman in "Intermezzo" (1939) and Norma Shearer in a film version of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" (1936). "Pygmalion" (1938) won a bevy of academy awards but went almost ignored in Britain. In 1939 as war

neg: Edmond O'Brien Edmond O'Brien Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 films from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing character parts. He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe for his supporting role in "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954), as well as a second Golden Globe and another Academy Award nomination for "Seven Days in May" (1964). His other notable films include "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939), "The Killers" (1946), "A Double Life" (1947), "White Heat" (1949), "D.O.A." (1949), "Julius Caesar" (1953), "1984"

neg: Burgess Meredith Burgess Meredith Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century". A life member of the Actors Studio by invitation, he won several Emmys, was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two Academy Awards. He established himself as a leading man in Hollywood with critically acclaimed performances as George Milton in "Of Mice and Men" (1939),

neg: The Cider House Rules (film) The Cider House Rules (film) The Cider House Rules is a 1999 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on John Irving's novel of the same name. The film had its world premiere at the 56th Venice Film Festival. The film tells of the coming-of-age of Homer Wells, who lives in a World War II-era Maine orphanage run by a doctor who performs illegal abortions. The film won two Academy Awards: Irving won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, while Michael Caine won his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. It

neg: The Fighter The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two. The film was nominated for six Golden Globe Awards: Best Picture (Drama), Best Actor (Drama) for Wahlberg, Best Supporting Actress for Leo and Adams, Best Supporting Actor for Bale, and a nomination for Best Director for Russell. The film received three Chicago Film Critics award nominations: Best Supporting Actor for Bale, and Best Supporting Actress nominations for Adams and Leo. Bale won a Satellite Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, and the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor. Leo

neg: The Sixth Sense movies". "The Sixth Sense" has received numerous awards and nominations, with Academy Award nomination categories ranging from those honoring the film itself (Best Picture), to its writing, editing, and direction (Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Original Screenplay), to its cast's performance (Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress). Especially lauded was the supporting role of actor Haley Joel Osment, whose nominations include an Academy Award, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Overall, "The Sixth Sense" was nominated for six Academy Awards and four British Academy Film Awards, but won none. The film received three

neg: Sean Penn the crime dramas "At Close Range" (1986), "State of Grace" (1990), and "Carlito's Way" (1993). He became known as a prominent leading actor with the drama "Dead Man Walking" (1995), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's comedy-drama "Sweet and Lowdown" (1999) and the drama "I Am Sam" (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for "Mystic River" and a second one in 2008 for "Milk". He has also won a Best Actor Award

neg: Daniel Day-Lewis the BAFTA Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. At the 70th Golden Globe Awards, on 14 January 2013, Day-Lewis won his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and at the 66th British Academy Film Awards on 10 February, he won his fourth BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. At the 85th Academy Awards, Day-Lewis became the first three-time recipient of the Best Actor Oscar for his role in "Lincoln". John Hartoch, Day-Lewis' acting teacher at Bristol Old Vic theatre school, said of his former pupil's achievement, Following his historic third Oscar win, there was much debate

neg: George Clooney in his first-ever low-budget short film. The movie was released on DVD in November 2011. Throughout his career, Clooney has won two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Syriana" and one for Best Picture as one of the producers for "Argo", as well as a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. For his role in "The Descendants", he won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Satellite Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards: Best Lead Actor and Best Cast. On January 11, 2015, Clooney was awarded the Golden Globe

neg: Jerzy Kosiński as visionary despite the fact that no one actually understands what he is really saying. Many questions surround his mysterious origins, and filling in the blanks in his background proves impossible. The novel was made into a 1979 movie directed by Hal Ashby, and starring Peter Sellers, who was nominated for an Academy Award for the role, and Melvyn Douglas, who won the award for Best Supporting Actor. The screenplay was co-authored by award-winning screenwriter Robert C. Jones with Kosiński. The film won the 1981 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Film) Best Screenplay Award, as well as the

neg: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role since 1995. Legend: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actor in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film. From 1952 to 1967, there were two Best Actor awards: one for a British actor and another for a foreign actor. In 1968, the two prizes of British and Foreign actor were combined to create a single Best Actor award. Its current title, for Best Actor in a Leading Role,

neg: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actor in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film. From 1952 to 1967, there were two Best Actor awards: one for a British actor and another for a foreign actor. In 1968, the two prizes of British and Foreign actor were combined to create a single Best Actor award. Its current title, for Best Actor in a Leading Role, has been used

neg: Harry Carey (actor) Harry Carey (actor) Henry DeWitt Carey II (January 16, 1878 – September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars. One of his best known performances is as the President of the Senate in the drama film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was the father of Harry Carey Jr., who was also a prominent actor. Carey was born in the Bronx, New York, a son of Henry DeWitt Carey (a newspaper source gives the actor's name as "Harry DeWitt Carey

neg: Dev Patel Knight", though Patel did win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, which he shared with ten other cast members from "Slumdog Millionaire". On 8 January 2009, Patel won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer. He was also nominated for two London Critics Circle Film Awards, the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, the 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actor, and European Film Award for Best Actor. The film itself won four Golden Globes, including Best Drama Film, and eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Patel played Zuko

neg: Gérard Depardieu Gérard Depardieu Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. He is one of the most prolific character actors in film history, having completed more than 170 films since 1967. He has received acclaim for his performances in "The Last Metro" (1980), for which he won the César Award for Best Actor, in "Police" (1985), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, "Jean de Florette" (1986), and "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1990), winning the Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor, his second César Award for Best Actor, and his first Academy Award nomination

neg: Richard Dreyfuss directed by Steven Spielberg. He won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Actor at the 50th Academy Awards ceremony for his portrayal of a struggling actor in "The Goodbye Girl" (1977), becoming the youngest actor to do so (at the age of 30 years, 125 days old), besting Marlon Brando, who had won his first Oscar in 1955 at the age of 30 years 360 days old. This record stood for 25 years until it was broken in 2003 by Adrien Brody, who was three weeks shy of age 30 at the time of the 75th Academy Awards ceremony. Around

neg: Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actor The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in "The Last Command" and "The Way of All Flesh". Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from

neg: Peter Finch the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Finch was nominated for an Oscar for "Network" and went on to posthumously win the award, which was accepted by his widow, Eletha Finch. Although James Dean, Spencer Tracy and Massimo Troisi were also posthumously nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, Finch was the first actor to have won the award posthumously, as well as the first Australian actor to win a Best Actor award. He was the only posthumous winner of an Oscar in an acting category until fellow Australian Heath Ledger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009; there were many

neg: Russell Crowe and the Dead" in 1995. He went on to become a three-time Oscar nominee, winning the Academy Award as Best Actor in 2000 for "Gladiator". Crowe was awarded the (Australian) Centenary Medal in 2001 for "service to Australian society and Australian film production." Crowe received three consecutive best actor Oscar nominations, for "The Insider", "Gladiator" and "A Beautiful Mind". Crowe won the best actor award for "A Beautiful Mind" at the 2002 BAFTA award ceremony, as well as the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for the same performance. Although nominated for an Academy Award, he lost to Denzel

neg: Colin Firth "The King's Speech" fell on Colin's 50th birthday and was called the "best 50th birthday gift". On 16 January 2011, he won a Golden Globe for his performance in "The King's Speech" in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. The Screen Actors Guild recognised Firth with the award for Best Male Actor for "The King's Speech" on 30 January 2011. In February 2011, he won the best actor award at the 2011 BAFTA awards. He received an Academy Award for Best Actor in a motion picture for "The King's Speech" on 27