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Oscar for Best Actor
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Prior to the 49th Academy Awards...
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| 2008 | Mickey Rourke |
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Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke, Jr. (born September 16, 1952) is an American actor and screenwriter who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama, and thriller films.
Trained as a boxer in his early years, Rourke had a short stint as a...
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The Wrestler | ||
| 2008 | Sean Penn |
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Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American film actor and director, also known for being a political activist. He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River and Milk, as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award...
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Milk | ||
| 2008 | Frank Langella |
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Frank A. Langella, Jr. (born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor. His Tonys include two for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Edward Albee's Seascape (1975), and Ivan Turgenev's Fortune's Fool (2002), and for Best Leading Actor in a...
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Frost/Nixon | ||
| 2008 | Richard Jenkins |
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Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American stage, film, and television actor. After beginning his career in theatre, Jenkins made his television debut in 1974 and has since appeared in supporting roles in several film and television...
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The Visitor | ||
| 2008 | Brad Pitt |
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Brad Pitt is an American actor and among the most famous celebrities in the world today. William Bradley Pitt or “Brad” Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He became famous after landing major roles in...
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | ||
| 2007 | Johnny Depp |
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John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in...
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | ||
| 2007 | George Clooney |
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George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Clooney has balanced his performances in big-budget blockbusters with work as a producer and director behind commercially riskier projects, as...
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Michael Clayton | ||
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis |
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Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor with British and Irish citizenship. He is known as one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only four films since 1997, with as many as five...
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There Will Be Blood | ||
| 2007 | Tommy Lee Jones |
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Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and director.
His film roles include federal marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals, the villain "Two-Face" in Batman Forever, the mysterious Agent K in the Men in Black...
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In the Valley of Elah | ||
| 2007 | Viggo Mortensen |
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Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer, and painter.
His film roles include Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Frank T. Hopkins in Hidalgo, David Shaw...
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Eastern Promises | ||
| 2006 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
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Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer whose career rose with his role in the television sit-com Growing Pains. His critically acclaimed breakthrough film performance came in This Boy's Life, and...
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Blood Diamond | ||
| 2006 | Ryan Gosling |
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Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is known for his roles in The Notebook and The Believer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding...
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Half Nelson | ||
| 2006 | Peter O'Toole |
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Peter Seamus O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an actor of stage and screen who achieved stardom in 1962 playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia. He went on to become a highly-honored film and stage actor. He has been nominated for eight Academy...
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Venus | ||
| 2006 | Will Smith |
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Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. Newsweek has called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been...
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The Pursuit of Happyness | ||
| 2006 | Forest Whitaker |
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Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director. Whitaker won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland. Whitaker has also won a Golden Globe...
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The Last King of Scotland | ||
| 2005 | Heath Ledger |
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Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. His...
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Brokeback Mountain | ||
| 2005 | Joaquin Phoenix |
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Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (pronounced /hwɑːˈkiːn ˈfiːnɪks/; born October 28, 1974), formerly credited as Leaf Phoenix, is a film actor, musician, and occasional rapper. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he lived for the first 4 years of his...
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Walk the Line | ||
| 2005 | David Strathairn |
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David Russell Strathairn (born January 26, 1949) is an American actor.
Strathairn was born in San Francisco, California, the son of a physician. He has Scottish ancestry through his paternal grandfather, Thomas Scott Strathairn (a native of Crieff,...
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Good Night, and Good Luck. | ||
| 2005 | Terrence Howard |
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Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor, singer, and rapper. Having appeared in film and on television since the late 1980s, Howard had his first major role in the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus, which subsequently led to a...
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Hustle & Flow | ||
| 2005 | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
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Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an American stage and film actor and director.
Hoffman began acting in television in 1991, and the following year began appearing in films. His work in a diverse range of supporting films roles brought...
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Capote | ||
| 2004 | Johnny Depp |
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John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in...
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Finding Neverland | ||
| 2004 | Don Cheadle |
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Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an American actor, film producer, philanthropist, and author. Cheadle rose to prominence for his supporting roles in the Steven Soderbergh-directed films Out of Sight, Traffic, and Ocean's...
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Hotel Rwanda | ||
| 2004 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
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Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer whose career rose with his role in the television sit-com Growing Pains. His critically acclaimed breakthrough film performance came in This Boy's Life, and...
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The Aviator | ||
| 2004 | Clint Eastwood |
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Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He has received five Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and five People's Choice Awards—including...
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Million Dollar Baby | ||
| 2004 | Jamie Foxx |
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Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and singer. For his work in the film Ray, Foxx won the Academy Award and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA...
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Ray | ||
| 2003 | Johnny Depp |
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John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | ||
| 2003 | Ben Kingsley |
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Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has won four major motion picture acting awards, receiving Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards throughout his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas...
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House of Sand and Fog | ||
| 2003 | Jude Law |
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David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor, film producer and director.
He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989. After starring in films directed by Andrew...
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Cold Mountain | ||
| 2003 | Sean Penn |
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Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American film actor and director, also known for being a political activist. He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River and Milk, as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award...
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Mystic River | ||
| 2003 | Bill Murray |
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William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, and went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films including...
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Lost in Translation | ||
| 2002 | Nicolas Cage |
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Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an American actor.
Cage pursued acting as a career, making his debut on television in 1981. Cage has been featured in numerous "bad boy" roles, and has won numerous awards, beginning in...
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Adaptation | ||
| 2002 | Michael Caine |
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Sir Michael Caine, CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.; 14 March 1933) is an English film actor. Caine has appeared in more than 100 films, and is one of only two actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award for acting (leading or...
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The Quiet American | ||
| 2002 | Daniel Day-Lewis |
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Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor with British and Irish citizenship. He is known as one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only four films since 1997, with as many as five...
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Gangs of New York | ||
| 2002 | Jack Nicholson |
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John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director and producer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters.
Nicholson has been nominated for Academy Awards twelve times. He won the...
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About Schmidt | ||
| 2002 | Adrien Brody |
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Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and subsequent acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). He is notable as the youngest actor ever to receive an Academy Award for Best...
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The Pianist | ||
| 2001 | Tom Wilkinson |
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Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Wilkinson OBE (born 12 December 1948) is an English actor.
Wilkinson was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Wilkinson, Sr., a farmer. At the age of four, he moved with his family to Canada, where they lived for...
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In the Bedroom | ||
| 2001 | Will Smith |
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Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. Newsweek has called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been...
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Ali | ||
| 2001 | Sean Penn |
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Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American film actor and director, also known for being a political activist. He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River and Milk, as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award...
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I Am Sam | ||
| 2001 | Russell Crowe |
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Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an Australian actor and musician. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, he began appearing in...
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A Beautiful Mind | ||
| 2001 | Denzel Washington |
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Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such...
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Training Day | ||
| 2000 | Ed Harris |
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Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, writer and director, known for his performances in Appaloosa, Creepshow, The Rock, The Right Stuff, Enemy at the Gates, The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross, Apollo 13, Pollock, A...
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Pollock | ||
| 2000 | Tom Hanks |
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Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles,...
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Cast Away | ||
| 2000 | Javier Bardem |
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Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish actor. He had garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne tremula, Boca a boca, Los Lunes al sol and Mar adentro.
Bardem has been awarded an Academy Award, a...
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Before Night Falls | ||
| 2000 | Geoffrey Rush |
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Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He moved to Melbourne in the early 1990s via Brisbane and Sydney and currently lives in the suburb of Camberwell, Victoria. He is one of 20 (as of June 2009) people to have won the "Triple...
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Quills | ||
| 2000 | Russell Crowe |
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Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an Australian actor and musician. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, he began appearing in...
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Gladiator | ||
| 1999 | Russell Crowe |
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Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an Australian actor and musician. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, he began appearing in...
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The Insider | ||
| 1999 | Richard Farnsworth |
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Richard W. Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. His film career began in 1937, however he achieved his greatest success for his performances in The Grey Fox (1982) and The Straight Story (1999), for...
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The Straight Story | ||
| 1999 | Sean Penn |
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Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American film actor and director, also known for being a political activist. He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River and Milk, as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award...
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Sweet and Lowdown | ||
| 1999 | Denzel Washington |
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Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such...
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The Hurricane | ||
| 1999 | Kevin Spacey |
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Kevin Spacey (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He...
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American Beauty | ||
| 1998 | Ian McKellen |
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Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939), is an English actor of stage and screen. He has received a Tony Award and two Academy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and...
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Gods and Monsters | ||
| 1998 | Nick Nolte |
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Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor, film producer and former model.
Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Helen (née King), a department store buyer, and Franklin A. Nolte, a farmer's son who worked in...
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Affliction | ||
| 1998 | Edward Norton |
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Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American film actor, screenwriter and director. In 1996, his supporting role in the courtroom drama Primal Fear garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. A year...
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American History X | ||
| 1998 | Tom Hanks |
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Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles,...
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Saving Private Ryan | ||
| 1998 | Roberto Benigni |
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Roberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director of film, theatre and television. Benigni won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Life Is Beautiful....
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Life Is Beautiful | ||
| 1997 | Matt Damon |
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Matt Damon was born in October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He´s an actor, screenwriter and Winner of the Academy Award for his well known performance in "Good Will Hunting" in 1997, a movie in which he starred and co-wrote...
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Good Will Hunting | ||
| 1997 | Robert Duvall |
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Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
He began his career appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into small to...
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The Apostle | ||
| 1997 | Peter Fonda |
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Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, the brother of Jane Fonda, and the father of Bridget and Justin Fonda (by first wife Susan Brewer, stepdaughter of Noah Dietrich). Fonda is an icon of the...
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Ulee's Gold | ||
| 1997 | Dustin Hoffman |
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Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor who has had an active career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He first drew critical praise for the 1966 Off-Broadway play Eh? for which he won a Theatre World Award and a...
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Wag the Dog | ||
| 1997 | Jack Nicholson |
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John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director and producer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters.
Nicholson has been nominated for Academy Awards twelve times. He won the...
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As Good as It Gets | ||
