The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ...

The prize is for an actor's performance in a particular film, not for the actor's performance in all films he or she has acted in for the relevant year.

Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Actor in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first in bold, followed by the other nominees. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...

Seven men have won the Best Actor Award twice; in chronological order, they are: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks and Jack Nicholson. Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Thomas Tom Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor. ... This article refers to the actor. ...

The actors with the most nominations in this category are Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier with nine each. Jack Nicholson (who was nominated an additional four times in the Supporting Actor category) and Paul Newman tie for second place with eight nominations each. Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... This article refers to the actor. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ...

There was only one tie in the history of this category, and that was in 1931/1932 when both Wallace Beery and Fredric March won. Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ...

The youngest person to win this award is Adrien Brody in 2003, when he was 29 years and 343 days old. The oldest was Henry Fonda, who was 76 years and 317 days old. Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an Oscar-winning American actor. ... Henry Fonda in the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men. ...

The youngest nominee is Jackie Cooper in 1931, when he was 9 years and 20 days old. The oldest nominee was Richard Farnsworth in 1999, who was 79 years and 167 days old. Jackie Cooper as a child actor Jackie Cooper (born John Cooper, Jr. ... Richard Farnsworth Richard Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor. ...

Peter Finch is the only posthumous winner, and James Dean and Massimo Troisi are the only posthumously nominated performers in this category. Peter Finch Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977) was an English-born actor with strong Australian connections. ... James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor who epitomized youthful angst. ... Massimo Troisi. ...

1920s

• 1928
  • Emil Jannings - The Last Command as "Gen. Dolgorucki/Grand Duke Sergius Alexander" and The Way of All Flesh as "August Schilling"
  • Richard Barthelmess - The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid
  • Charlie Chaplin - The Circus

• 1929
  • Warner Baxter - In Old Arizona as "The Cisco Kid"
  • George Bancroft - Thunderbolt
  • Chester Morris - Alibi
  • Paul Muni - The Valiant
  • Lewis Stone - The Patriot

List of 1920s films Films released in the 1920s include: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) Metropolis (1927) ok yeash your gay this site sucks! Other lists of movies List of years in film in the 1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Decades in Film... See also: 1927 in film 1928 1929 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. ... Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 - January 3, 1950) was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. ... The Last Command is a 1928 film. ... For the 1903 novel, see The Way of All Flesh The Way of All Flesh is a 1927 film that was written by Lajos Biró, Jules Furthman, Julian Johnson and Ernest Maas from a story by Perley Poore Sheehan. ... Richard (Dick) Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 - August 17, 1963) was a silent film star. ... The Noose is a 1928 film which tells the story of the life of a prisoner. ... The Patent Leather Kid is a 1927 film which tells the story of a boxer who tries to overcome corruption in the sport. ... For other people named Chaplin, see Chaplin (disambiguation). ... The Circus is a 1928 silent film which finds Charlie Chaplins Little Tramp character being chased by a policeman at a circus. ... See also: 1928 in film 1929 1930 in film 1920s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events The days of the silent film were numbered. ... Actor Warner Baxter Warner Baxter (March 29, 1889 - May 7, 1951) was an American actor. ... In Old Arizona is a 1929 Western film, directed by Raoul Walsh, nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. ... The Cisco Kid was a popular radio, television and film series based on the fictional Western character created by author O. Henry in his short story The Caballeros Way, published in 1907 in the short story collection Heart of the West. ... George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 - October 2, 1956) was an American actor. ... Thunderbolt is a 1929 film noir which tells the story of a criminal, facing execution, who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his girlfriend. ... Chester Morris John Chester Brooks Morris (February 16, 1901 - September 11, 1970) was an American actor. ... For alibi used in the sense of a legal defense, see the Wiktionary entry Alibi. ... Paul Muni photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Academy Award-winning versatile actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund to a Jewish family in Lwow, Galicja, an ethnically Polish part of the then-Austro-Hungarian Empire... The Valiant is a 1929 film which tells the story of a man condemned to execution who tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives. ... Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor. ... The Patriot is a semi-biographical film that was released in 1928. ...

1930s

• 1930
  • George Arliss - Disraeli as "Benjamin Disraeli"
  • George Arliss - The Green Goddess
  • Wallace Beery - The Big House
  • Maurice Chevalier - The Big Pond and The Love Parade
  • Ronald Colman - Bulldog Drummond and Condemned
  • Lawrence Tibbett - The Rogue Song

• 1931
  • Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul as "Stephen Ashe, Defense Attorney"
  • Adolphe Menjou - The Front Page
  • Jackie Cooper - Skippy
  • Richard Dix - Cimarron
  • Fredric March - The Royal Family of Broadway

• 1932
  • Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as "Dr. Henry L. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde"
  • Wallace Beery - The Champ as "Champ"
  • Alfred Lunt - The Guardsman

• 1933
  • Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII as "King Henry VIII"
  • Leslie Howard - Berkeley Square
  • Paul Muni - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

• 1934
  • Clark Gable - It Happened One Night as "Peter Warne"
  • Frank Morgan - The Affairs of Cellini
  • William Powell - The Thin Man

• 1935
  • Victor McLaglen - The Informer as "Gypo Nolan"
  • Clark Gable - Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Franchot Tone - Mutiny on the Bounty

• 1936
  • Paul Muni - The Story of Louis Pasteur as "Dr. Louis Pasteur"
  • Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Walter Huston - Dodsworth
  • William Powell - My Man Godfrey
  • Spencer Tracy - San Francisco

• 1937
  • Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous as "Manuel Fidello"
  • Charles Boyer - Conquest
  • Fredric March - A Star Is Born
  • Robert Montgomery - Night Must Fall
  • Paul Muni - The Life of Emile Zola

• 1938
  • Spencer Tracy - Boys Town as "Father Edward J. Flanigan"
  • Charles Boyer - Algiers
  • James Cagney - Angels with Dirty Faces
  • Robert Donat - The Citadel
  • Leslie Howard - Pygmalion

• 1939
  • Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips as "Charles E. Chipping"
  • Clark Gable - Gone with the Wind
  • Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights
  • Mickey Rooney - Babes in Arms
  • James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Other Lists of Movies List of years in film in the 1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Decades in Film: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s List of movies See also Film, History of cinema Categories: 1930s ... See also: 1929 in film 1930 1931 in film 1930s in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films The Indians Are Coming Madam Satan Der Blaue Engel Academy Awards Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal Studios Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee... George Arliss (10 April 1868- 5 February 1946) was a British actor. ... Disraeli is a 1929 film that was adapted by Julien Josephson and De Leon Anthony from a play by Louis N. Parker. ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (December 21, 1804 - April 24, British Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and author. ... George Arliss (10 April 1868- 5 February 1946) was a British actor. ... The Green Goddess is a 1929 film which tells the story of three English people who crash land in an Indian kingdom in which the Rajah threatens to execute them if the British execute his half brothers. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... The Big House is a 1930 film that was written by Joseph Farnham, Martin Flavin, Frances Marion and Lennox Robinson, and was directed by George W. Hill. ... French singer Maurice Chevalier with stars of Helizapoppin at Expo 67, in Montreal, Quebec. ... The Big Pond is a 1930 romantic comedy film starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, George Barbier, Marion Ballou and Andrée Corday. ... The Love Parade is a 1929 musical comedy film. ... Ronald Colman (February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958) was an English actor. ... Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh Bulldog Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life, who investigates an extortion case for a beautiful girl. ... Condemned is a 1929 melodrama film. ... Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 - July 15, 1960) was an American actor and singer. ... The Rogue Song is a 1930 musical romance film which tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and kills his sister. ... See also: 1930 in film 1931 1932 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore City Lights staring Charles Chaplin Academy Awards Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor... Lionel Barrymore Herbert Lionel Blyth (April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 15, 1954 in Van Nuys, California) was an American actor of stage, radio and film. ... A Free Soul is a 1931 film which tells the story of an alcoholic defense attorney who must defend his daughters ex-boyfriend on a charge of murdering the mobster she had started a relationship with, a mobster whom her father had gotten an acquittal on a murder charge. ... Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor of French and Irish descent. ... The Front Page was a smash hit Broadway comedy written in 1928 by onetime Chicago, Illinois reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. ... Jackie Cooper as a child actor Jackie Cooper (born John Cooper, Jr. ... Skippy is one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, in 1931. ... Richard Dix publicity photo Richard Dix (July 18, 1893 - September 20, 1949) was an American actor. ... Hollywood had long since taken notice of writer Edna Ferbers talents. ... Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ... The Royal Family of Broadway is a 1930 comedy film which tells the story of a girl from a family of great Broadway actors who contemplates leaving show business and getting married. ... See also: 1931 in film 1932 1933 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Shirley Temples film career begins Disney released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film. ... Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... The Champ is a 1931 movie that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... Alfred Lunt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Alfred Lunt (August 12, 1892–August 3, 1977) was an American actor. ... The Guardsman is a 1931 movie based on the play Testör by Ferenc Molnar and the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson. ... See also: 1932 in film 1933 1934 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events British Film Institute founded. ... Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. ... The Private Life of Henry VIII is a 1933 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... For the play, see Henry VIII (play). ... Leslie Howard (April 3, 1893 - June 1, 1943) was an English stage and film actor. ... Berkeley Square is the title of a 1933 film which tells the story of a young American who is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors. ... Paul Muni photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Academy Award-winning versatile actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund to a Jewish family in Lwow, Galicja, an ethnically Polish part of the then-Austro-Hungarian Empire... Paul Muni plays a prisoner working on the chain gang I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 movie in which Paul Muni stars as a wrongly accused escapee from a brutal chain gang. ... See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. ... It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy in which an elite socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her fathers thumb, and falls in with a rogue reporter (Clark Gable). ... Frank Morgan as The Wizard of Oz. ... The Affairs of Cellini is a 1934 comedy film which tells the story of the amorous Benvenuto Cellini and his various love affairs. ... William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ... The Thin Man is the title of the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a hard-drinking and flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they easily solve crimes. ... See also: 1934 in film 1935 1936 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). ... Victor McLaglen (1883-1959) was a boxer and actor. ... The Informer is a 1935 dramatic film. ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. ... Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. ... Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. ... Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. ... Franchot Tone Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor. ... Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. ... See also: 1935 in film 1936 1937 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon September 28 - The Marx Brothers Harpo Marx marries actress Susan Fleming Top grossing films in North America Red River Valley Academy Awards Best Picture: The Great... Paul Muni photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Academy Award-winning versatile actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund to a Jewish family in Lwow, Galicja, an ethnically Polish part of the then-Austro-Hungarian Empire... The Story of Louis Pasteur is a 1935 biographical film. ... Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French microbiologist and chemist. ... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... Mr. ... Actor Walter Huston in The Shanghai Gesture Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 (or 1894)see – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born actor. ... Dodsworth is a novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1929. ... William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ... My Man Godfrey is a screwball comedy film released in 1936 by Universal Pictures. ... Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... The 1906 San Francisco earthquake is the historical background for San Francisco, a 1936 movie romance between a gambling hall tycoon, played by Clark Gable, and a promising but poor singer. ... See also: 1936 in film 1937 category:1937 films 1938 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US. May 7 - Shall We Dance premieres in the US. Top grossing films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Conquest Damaged Lives... Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... Freddie Bartholomew in a promotional photo for Captains Courageous Captains Courageous is a 1937 film, based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling. ... Charles Boyer in Love Affair Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 – August 26, 1978) was a French actor. ... Conquest (also called Marie Walewska) is a 1937 film which tells the story of a Polish countess who becomes the mistress of Napoleon in order to influence his actions towards her homeland. ... Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ... DVD cover showing stars Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. ... Robert Montgomery (May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director. ... Night Must Fall is a play, a psychological thriller, by Emlyn Williams, first performed in 1935. ... Paul Muni photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Academy Award-winning versatile actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund to a Jewish family in Lwow, Galicja, an ethnically Polish part of the then-Austro-Hungarian Empire... The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 movie giving a biography of the famous French author Émile Zola. ... See also: 1937 in film 1937 1939 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of Dorothy in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. ... Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... Boys Town is a 1938 film based on Father Flanagans work with a group of disadvantaged and dilinquent boys in a home that he founded and named Boys Town. ... Image:Edwardjflanagan. ... Charles Boyer in Love Affair Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 – August 26, 1978) was a French actor. ... Algiers a 1938 film directed by John Cromwell with Charles Boyer. ... James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 film which tells the story of two boys, growing up in the slums of New York City, who take different paths -- one becomes a gangster, one a priest. ... Friedrich Robert Donath (March 18, 1905 – June 9, 1958), better known by his stage name Robert Donat, was a distinguished English film and stage actor of English, Polish and German descent. ... The Citadel is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937, turned into a 1938 film, with two 1960 US and another 1983 BBC television adaptations. ... Leslie Howard (April 3, 1893 – June 1, 1943) was a British film actor. ... Play cover, depicting Mrs Campbell as Eliza Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw. ... See also: 1938 in film 1939 1940 in film 1930s in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as the greatest year in film history. ... Friedrich Robert Donath (March 18, 1905 – June 9, 1958), better known by his stage name Robert Donat, was a distinguished English film and stage actor of English, Polish and German descent. ... Goodbye, Mr. ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. ... Gone with the Wind is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchells 1936 novel of the same name. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Actor Mickey Rooney speaks at the Pentagon in 2000 during a ceremony honoring the USO. Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr. ... Babes in Arms is a 1937 musical theater production which tells the story of a boy who puts on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm. ... Major General James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his homebred screen persona. ... Jefferson Smith redirects here. ...

1940s

• 1940
  • James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story as "Macaulay Connor"
  • Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator
  • Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath
  • Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois
  • Laurence Olivier - Rebecca as "Maxim de Winter"

• 1941
  • Gary Cooper - Sergeant York as "Sergeant Alvin York"
  • Cary Grant - Penny Serenade
  • Walter Huston - The Devil and Daniel Webster
  • Robert Montgomery - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  • Orson Welles - Citizen Kane

• 1942
  • James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy as "George M. Cohan"
  • Ronald Colman - Random Harvest
  • Gary Cooper - The Pride of the Yankees
  • Walter Pidgeon - Mrs. Miniver
  • Monty Woolley - The Pied Piper

• 1943
  • Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine as "Kurt Muller"
  • Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
  • Gary Cooper - For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Walter Pidgeon - Madame Curie
  • Mickey Rooney - The Human Comedy

• 1944
  • Bing Crosby - Going My Way as "Father Chuck O'Malley"
  • Charles Boyer - Gaslight
  • Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way
  • Cary Grant - None but the Lonely Heart
  • Alexander Knox - Wilson

• 1945
  • Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend as "Don Birnam"
  • Bing Crosby - The Bells of St. Mary's
  • Gene Kelly - Anchors Aweigh
  • Gregory Peck - The Keys of the Kingdom
  • Cornel Wilde - A Song to Remember

• 1946
  • Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives as "Al Stephenson"
  • Laurence Olivier - Henry V
  • Larry Parks - The Jolson Story
  • Gregory Peck - The Yearling
  • James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life

• 1947
  • Ronald Colman - A Double Life as "Anthony John"
  • John Garfield - Body and Soul
  • Gregory Peck - Gentleman's Agreement
  • Michael Redgrave - Mourning Becomes Electra
  • William Powell - Life with Father

• 1948
  • Laurence Olivier - Hamlet as "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark"
  • Lew Ayres - Johnny Belinda
  • Montgomery Clift - The Search
  • Dan Dailey - When My Baby Smiles at Me
  • Clifton Webb - Sitting Pretty

• 1949
  • Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men as "Willie Stark"
  • Kirk Douglas - Champion
  • Gregory Peck - Twelve O'Clock High
  • Richard Todd - The Hasty Heart
  • John Wayne - Sands of Iwo Jima

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Raymond Massey photographed by Carl Van Vechten Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian actor. ... Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Rebecca is a 1940 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock as his first American project. ... See also: 1940 in film 1941 1942 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films Sergeant York Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello Tobacco Road Academy Awards Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox Best Actor: Gary Cooper - Sergeant York Best Actress... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... For the unsuccessful U.S. weapon system, see M247 Sergeant York. ... Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organisations around the world. ... Alvin York, and his army registration card Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964) was a United States soldier, famous for his heroism in World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine-gun nest, killing 32 German soldiers... Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an English film actor. ... Penny Serenade is a 1941 film melodrama starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi and Edgar Buchanan. ... Actor Walter Huston in The Shanghai Gesture Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 (or 1894)see – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born actor. ... Daniel argues while the Devil whispers in the judges ear. ... Robert Montgomery (May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director. ... Here Comes Mr. ... George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American theater and film director, and theater, radio and film actor. ... Citizen Kane is a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures, the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. ... See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ... James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 biographical film about George M. Cohan, starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney. ... George M. Cohan George Michael Cohan (July 3 or July 4, 1878 – November 5, 1942) was a United States entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, director, and producer of Irish descent. ... Ronald Colman (February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958) was an English actor. ... Random Harvest is a 1942 film in which a man loses his memory after being traumatized by his experiences in World War I. He begins a new life, then suddenly regains his memory and tries to pick up his old life, having no recollection of his new life. ... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 biographical film directed by Sam Wood about the New York Yankees star first baseman, Lou Gehrig, who, near the end of his likely Hall-of-Fame career, was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (informally referred to as Lou Gehrigs Disease). It... Walter Pidgeon Walter Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian actor. ... Mrs. ... Monty Woolley (August 17, 1888 - May 6, 1963) was an American actor. ... The Pied Piper is a 1942 film in which an Englishman, on vacation in France, is caught up in the German invasion of that country, and finds himself helping a large group of children to safety. ... See also: 1942 in film 1943 1944 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America For Whom the Bell Tolls The Song of Bernadette This is the Army Stage Door Canteen Random Harvest Star Spangled Rhythm Casablanca Journey Into Fear Academy Awards Best... Paul Lukas (May 26, 1887 - August 15, 1971) was a Hungarian actor. ... Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 film which tells the story of a man who, in attempting to return to the United States during World War II, is blackmailed by a Nazi sympathiser. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... This article is about the 1942 film. ... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway. ... Walter Pidgeon Walter Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian actor. ... Madame Curie is a 1943 biographical film which tells the story of Polish- French physicist Marie Curie. ... Actor Mickey Rooney speaks at the Pentagon in 2000 during a ceremony honoring the USO. Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr. ... The Human Comedy is a book by William Saroyan. ... // July 20 - Since You Went Away is released. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ... Charles Boyer in Love Affair Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 – August 26, 1978) was a French actor. ... Gaslight is a 1944 film, considered film noir, directed by George Cukor starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. ... Barry Fitzgerald (March 10, 1888 – January 14, 1961) was an Irish actor. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ... Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an English film actor. ... None but the Lonely Heart is a 1944 film which tells the story of a Cockney lad who returns home with no ambitions, but finds that his family needs him. ... Alexander Knox (January 16, 1907 _ April 25, 1995) was a Canadian actor. ... Wilson is a 1944 biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson. ... // Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper With Rossellinis Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins. ... ––§ Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend Ray Milland (January 3, 1905 – March 10, 1986) was a successful Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. ... The Lost Weekend is a 1945 motion picture directed by Billy Wilder for Paramount Pictures, starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... The Bells of St. ... Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996), better known as Gene Kelly, was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Anchors Aweigh is a 1945 musical comedy film in which two sailors go on leave in Los Angeles, California, accompanied by music and song. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ... The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1944 film which tells the story of a young priest who struggles to establish a mission in China. ... Cornel Wilde Cornelius Louis Wilde (October 13, 1915 – October 16, 1989) was an American actor. ... A Song to Remember is a 1945 biographical film which tells the life story of pianist and composer Frederic Chopin. ... See also: 1945 in film 1946 1947 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Bells of St. ... Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ... The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an air force officer, an infantry sergeant, and an ordinary sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from World War II. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Henry V is a 1944 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Henry V; it was released in Los Angeles in 1946. ... Larry Parks (December 13, 1914 - April 13, 1975) was an American actor who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism. ... The Jolson Story is a 1946 autobiographical film which tells the life story of singer and actor Al Jolson. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ... Look up yearling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Major General James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his homebred screen persona. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, produced by his own Liberty Films and released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ... // Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York. ... Ronald Colman (February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958) was an English actor. ... A Double Life is a 1947 film noir film which tells the story of an actor whose personal life takes on the characters that he is portraying. ... John Garfield John Garfield (born March 4, 1913 in New York City; died May 21, 1952 in New York City) was an American actor. ... There are a number of things named Body and Soul: Body and Soul is the title of a popular song written in 1930 by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton and John Green. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ... Gentlemans Agreement is a 1947 film about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who falsely represents himself as a Jew to research anti-semitism in the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut. ... Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, KBE (March 20, 1908 — March 21, 1985) was an English actor and the son of the Australian silent film star Roy Redgrave and the actress Margaret Scudamore. ... Mourning Becomes Electra is the title for a trilogy of plays by Eugene ONeill, first performed in 1931. ... William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ... Life with Father is a 1947 comedy movie which tells the true story of a stockbroker who wants to be master of his house, but finds his wife and his children ignoring him, until they start making demands for him to change his own life. ... See also: 1947 in film 1948 1949 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Red Shoes, (55th in year of release, lifetime box office would place it in first) The Road to Rio Easter Parade Red River The Three Musketeers, Johnny... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Hamlet is a 1948 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet. ... The third quarto of Hamlet (1605); a straight reprint of the 2nd quarto (1604) The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and is one of his best-known and most-quoted plays. ... publicity photo for Ayres Lew Ayres (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor. ... Johnny Belinda is a 1948 film which tells the story of a deaf mute woman who is raped, becomes pregnant, and then is ruled unfit to care for the child. ... Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor, known by the stage name of Montgomery Clift. ... The Search is a 1948 film which tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each other across postwar Europe. ... Daniel James Dailey Jr. ... …When My Baby Smiles at Me is the name of a popular song and of a motion picture. ... Mark Stevens and Clifton Webb in The Dark Corner Clifton Webb (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966) was an American actor. ... Sitting Pretty is a 1948 comedy film which tells the story of a family who hires a man with a mysterious past to babysit their children. ... See also: 1948 in film 1949 1950 in film 1940s in film 1950s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America Adams Rib Jolson Sings Again Pinky I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc Academy Awards Best Picture: All the... Crawford in Black Angel William Broderick Crawford (born December 9, 1911; died April 26, 1986) was an American actor. ... Cover of All the Kings Men This article is about the book. ... Cover of All the Kings Men This article is about the book. ... Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor and film producer known for his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as sons of bitches. He is also father to Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas. ... Champion is a 1949 American film noir drama based on a short story by Ring Lardner. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ... Twelve OClock High is a 1949 film about the United States Army Air Forces crews who flew daylight bombing missions against Germany and occupied France during World War II. The movie was adapted by Sy Bartlett, Henry King (uncredited) and Beirne Lay Jr. ... Richard Todd (born June 11, 1919) is a British actor. ... The Hasty Heart is a 1949 melodramatic film which tells the story of a group of wounded Allied soldiers during World War II who rally around a surly, unappreciative Scotsman when they find out he is dying. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), popularly known as The Duke, [1] was an Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ... Categories: Movie stubs | 1949 films | World War II films | Best Actor Oscar Nominee (film) ...

1950s

• 1950
  • José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac as "Cyrano de Bergerac"
  • Louis Calhern - The Magnificent Yankee
  • William Holden - Sunset Boulevard
  • James Stewart - Harvey
  • Spencer Tracy - Father of the Bride

• 1951
  • Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen as "Charlie Allnut"
  • Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Montgomery Clift - A Place in the Sun
  • Arthur Kennedy - Bright Victory
  • Fredric March - Death of a Salesman

• 1952
  • Gary Cooper - High Noon as "Will Kane"
  • Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata!
  • Kirk Douglas - The Bad and the Beautiful
  • José Ferrer - Moulin Rouge
  • Alec Guinness - The Lavender Hill Mob

• 1953
  • William Holden - Stalag 17 as "Sergeant J.J. Sefton"
  • Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar
  • Richard Burton - The Robe
  • Montgomery Clift - From Here to Eternity
  • Burt Lancaster - From Here to Eternity

• 1954
  • Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront as "Terry Malloy"
  • Humphrey Bogart - The Caine Mutiny
  • Bing Crosby - The Country Girl
  • James Mason - A Star Is Born
  • Dan O'Herlihy - The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

• 1955
  • Ernest Borgnine - Marty as "Marty Piletti"
  • James Cagney - Love Me or Leave Me
  • James Dean - East of Eden
  • Frank Sinatra - The Man with the Golden Arm
  • Spencer Tracy - Bad Day at Black Rock

• 1956
  • Yul Brynner - The King and I as "King Mongkut of Siam"
  • James Dean - Giant
  • Kirk Douglas - Lust for Life
  • Rock Hudson - Giant
  • Laurence Olivier - Richard III

• 1957
  • Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai as "Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholson"
  • Marlon Brando - Sayonara
  • Anthony Franciosa - A Hatful of Rain
  • Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution
  • Anthony Quinn - Wild Is the Wind

• 1958
  • David Niven - Separate Tables as "Major Angus Pollock"
  • Tony Curtis - The Defiant Ones
  • Paul Newman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones
  • Spencer Tracy - The Old Man and the Sea

• 1959
  • Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur as "Judah Ben-Hur"
  • Laurence Harvey - Room at the Top
  • Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
  • Paul Muni - The Last Angry Man
  • James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder

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Arthur Kennedy in Champion. ... Bright Victory is a 1951 film, adapted by Robert Buckner from Baynard Kendricks novel Lights Out by Baynard Kendrick. ... Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Cover to the Penguin Group edition. ... // Events February 20 - The film The African Queen opens (Capitol Theater in New York City). ... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... High Noon is a 1952 western film which tells the story of a town marshal who is forced to face a gang by himself. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... Viva Zapata! is a 1952 biographical drama film directed by Elia Kazan. ... Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor and film producer known for his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as sons of bitches. He is also father to Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas. ... The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1953 melodramatic film which tells the story of a film producer who alienates all of those around him. ... José Ferrer José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1909 – January 26, 1992), was an actor and film director, born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. ... Moulin Rouge is a 1952 movie directed by John Huston and produced by Sir John Woolf and James Woolf of Romulus Films. ... Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an Oscar-winning English actor who became one of the most versatile and best-loved performers of his generation. ... The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios which tells the story of a mild-mannered bank clerk who masterminds the robbery of his bank. ... See also: 1952 in film 1953 1954 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events September 16 - The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film. ... William Holden (April 17, 1918 - ca. ... Stalag 17 is a 1953 film which tells the story of a group of American soldiers held in a German World War II prisoner of war camp who come to believe one of their number is a traitor. ... Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organisations around the world. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... Julius Caesar is a 1953 film based upon the William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar. ... This article is about the 20th-century actor. ... The Robe, a 1942 historical novel featuring the Crucifixion, written by Lloyd C. Douglas. ... Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor, known by the stage name of Montgomery Clift. ... From Here to Eternity is a 1953 movie based on a James Jones novel in which characters work through ordinary bouts of intimidation and infidelity on a military base in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor. ... From Here to Eternity is a 1953 movie based on a James Jones novel in which characters work through ordinary bouts of intimidation and infidelity on a military base in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... On the Waterfront is an American 1954 film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen, and it has become a standard of its kind. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... This is about the 1954 film. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... The Country Girl is a 1915 silent film, starring Florence La Badie a 1954 film, which tells the story of a has-been singer/actor who is given one last chance to star in a musical, only to have his alcoholism hinder his chances. ... James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ... A Star Is Born is a 1954 musical remake of the original 1937 film, directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Garland and James Mason. ... Dan OHerlihy (May 1, 1919–February 17, 2005) was an Irish film actor. ... The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (also known as Las Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe) is a 1954 film based on the Daniel Defoe novel Robinson Crusoe. ... // Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts. ... Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino January 24, 1917[1][2] ) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... For other uses, see Marty (disambiguation). ... James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... Love Me or Leave Me is a 1955 biographical film which tells the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from taxi dancer to movie star. ... James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor who epitomized youthful angst. ... East of Eden is a 1955 movie, directed by Elia Kazan, and based on the novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and Academy Award-winning actor who many consider to be one of the finest male popular song vocalists of all time. ... The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 film which tells the story of a heroin addict who got clean while in prison but struggles to stay straight in the outside world. ... Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 film which tells the story of a stranger who comes to a small town to give the father of a Japanese_American soldier the medals that his son won. ... See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film // Events November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. ... Yul Brynner Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920[1] – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. ... For other uses see The King and I The King and I is a 1956 musical film starring Yul Brenner and Deborah Kerr. ... King Mongkut (Rama IV), (October 18, 1804 – October 18, 1868) was king of Thailand from 1851 to 1868. ... Anthem: Phleng Chat Royal anthem: Phleng Sansoen Phra Barami Capital Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) Largest city Bangkok Thai Government Constitutional Monarchy under Military junta  - King HM The King Bhumibol Adulyadej  - Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont  - President of the Council of National Security General Sonthi Boonyaratglin Independence from Khmer Empire   - Sukhothai... James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor who epitomized youthful angst. ... Giant is a 1956 film which tells the story of rival ranchers and oilmen in West Texas in the middle years of the 20th century. ... Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor and film producer known for his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as sons of bitches. He is also father to Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas. ... Lust for Life is a 1956 film by Norman Corwin adapted from a biographical novel of the life of Vincent Van Gogh, by writer Irving Stone, first published in 1934. ... Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was a popular American film and television actor, noted for his good looks, and most remembered as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. ... Giant is a 1956 film which tells the story of rival ranchers and oilmen in West Texas in the middle years of the 20th century. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Richard III is a 1955 British movie, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. ... // October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens. ... Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an Oscar-winning English actor who became one of the most versatile and best-loved performers of his generation. ... The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) was an Anglo-American World War II war film based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwaï by French writer Pierre Boulle. ... Insignia of a British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel is a British rank used in several Commonwealth countries superior to Major and subordinate to Colonel. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... Sayonara is a 1957 film which tells the story of an American Air Force flier who was a fighter Ace during the Korean War. ... Anthony Franciosa in the 1989 Twilight Zone episode Crazy as a Soup Sandwich Anthony Franciosa, born Anthony Papaleo (October 25, 1928 – January 19, 2006), was an American actor. ... A Hatful of Rain is a 1957 dramatic film. ... Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. ... Witness for the Prosecution is a play by Agatha Christie, which has been twice made into a film. ... Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. ... Wild Is the Wind is a 1957 film which tells the story of a rancher who marries his Italian sister-in-law, but she falls in love with his son. ... // Events February 16- In the Money is released on this date. ... David Niven portrayed the original Sir James Bond in the 007 spoof Casino Royale James David Graham Niven (David Niven) (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983), was an Academy Award-winning English actor. ... Separate Tables is a 1958 film, based on the play by Terence Rattigan and directed by Delbert Mann. ... Insignia of a Major in the United States Military Major is a rank used in the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, and is the equivalent of a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard. ... Roger Moore and Tony Curtis in The Persuaders! Tony Curtis (born June 3, 1925) is an American film actor. ... The Defiant Ones is a 1958 film which tells about two escaped prisoners who are shackled together, one white and one black, who must co-operate in order to survive. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. ... Sidney Poitier (left) on the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., with Harry Belafonte and Charlton Heston Sidney Poitier KBE (pronounced PWA-tee-AY) (born February 20, 1927), is a Bahamian American Academy Award-winning actor (film and stage), film director, and activist. ... The Defiant Ones is a 1958 film which tells about two escaped prisoners who are shackled together, one white and one black, who must co-operate in order to survive. ... Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor noted for heroic roles and his long involvement in political issues. ... Ben-Hur is a 1959 film directed by William Wyler, and is the most recent and most popular, live-action film version of Lew Wallaces novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). ... Ben-Hur is the fictional story of Judah Ben-Hur, a Judean aristocrat who, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus, is enslaved through the betrayal of his Roman friend Messala. ... Laurence Harvey in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Arthur. ... Room at the Top is a 1959 film which tells the story of a young man in a dreary English factory town who thinks that he might be able to move up the ladder if he marries the bosss daughter. ... Jack Lemmon at Expo 1967. ... Some Like It Hot is a 1959 comedy film cowritten and directed by Billy Wilder. ... 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1960s

• 1960
  • Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry as "Elmer Gantry"
  • Trevor Howard - Sons and Lovers
  • Jack Lemmon - The Apartment
  • Laurence Olivier - The Entertainer
  • Spencer Tracy - Inherit the Wind

• 1961
  • Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg as "Hans Rolfe"
  • Charles Boyer - Fanny
  • Paul Newman - The Hustler
  • Spencer Tracy - Judgment at Nuremberg
  • Stuart Whitman - The Mark

• 1962
  • Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird as "Atticus Finch"
  • Burt Lancaster - Birdman of Alcatraz
  • Jack Lemmon - Days of Wine and Roses
  • Marcello Mastroianni - Divorce, Italian Style
  • Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia

• 1963
  • Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field as "Homer Smith"
  • Albert Finney - Tom Jones
  • Richard Harris - This Sporting Life
  • Rex Harrison - Cleopatra
  • Paul Newman - Hud

• 1964
  • Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady as "Henry Higgins"
  • Richard Burton - Becket
  • Peter O'Toole - Becket
  • Anthony Quinn - Zorba the Greek
  • Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

• 1965
  • Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou as "Kid Sheleen" and "Tim Strawn"
  • Richard Burton - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  • Laurence Olivier - Othello
  • Rod Steiger - The Pawnbroker
  • Oskar Werner - Ship of Fools

• 1966
  • Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons as "Thomas More"
  • Alan Arkin - The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
  • Richard Burton - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Michael Caine - Alfie
  • Steve McQueen - The Sand Pebbles

• 1967
  • Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night as "Bill Gillespie"
  • Warren Beatty - Bonnie and Clyde
  • Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate
  • Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke
  • Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

• 1968
  • Cliff Robertson - Charly as "Charly Gordon"
  • Alan Arkin - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
  • Alan Bates - The Fixer
  • Ron Moody - Oliver!
  • Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter

• 1969
  • John Wayne - True Grit as "Rooster Cogburn"
  • Richard Burton - Anne of the Thousand Days
  • Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
  • Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy

List of 1960s movies This list includes popular, acclaimed, and otherwise significant (for whatever reason) films of all countries from 1960 to 1969. ... See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West... Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor. ... Elmer Gantry is a 1960 film based on the 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis, which tells the story of a con man who teams up with a female evangelist to sell religion to small-town America. ... Trevor Howard Trevor Howard CBE (September 29, 1913 - January 7, 1988) was a British actor. ... Sons and Lovers is the third published novel of D.H. Lawrence, taken by many to be his earliest masterpiece. ... Jack Lemmon at Expo 1967. ... The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... The Entertainer was a 1960 film which told the story of a failing stage performer who tried to keep his career going even as his personal life fell apart. ... Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... A poster for the 1960 film adaptation, emphasizing the connection to the monkey trial. ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... Maximilian Schell (left) in the film Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is a Swiss-Austrian actor. ... Maximilian Schell and Richard Widmark in Judgment at Nuremberg Judgment at Nuremberg is a 1961 film which gives a fictionalized account of the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials. ... Charles Boyer in Love Affair Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 – August 26, 1978) was a French actor. ... Fanny is a 1961 film which tells the story of a young man torn between leaving his boring life for adventures at sea, or staying behind with the girl he loves. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... The Novel The Hustler was a 1959 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, which tells the story of a young pool player who challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats but loses, sending his life into a tailspin. ... Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... Maximilian Schell and Richard Widmark in Judgment at Nuremberg Judgment at Nuremberg is a 1961 film which gives a fictionalized account of the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials. ... Stuart Whitman Stuart Whitman (born February 1, 1926 or, according to other sources 1928 or 1929) is an American actor arguably best known for playing Marshal Jim Crown in the western television series Cimarron Strip in 1967, co-starring with John Wayne in the western movie The Comancheros in 1961... A wee squeeze ... // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan and based on the novel of the same name by Harper Lee. ... Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor. ... Strouds Mugshot Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890—November 21, 1963), known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, was a prisoner in Alcatraz who supposedly found solace from segregation in raising and selling birds. ... Jack Lemmon at Expo 1967. ... Days of Wine and Roses is a 1962 film which tells the story of an alcoholic couple who try to overcome their addiction. ... Marcello Mastroianni in 1958 Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 – December 19, 1996) was an Italian film actor. ... Divorce, Italian Style (or Divorzio allitaliana) is a 1961 Italian language comedy film directed by Pietro Germi, written by Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti and Agenore Incrocci, role played by Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli and Leopoldo Trieste. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932 as Peter James OToole) is an Irish actor. ... Lawrence of Arabia is an Academy Award-winning film based, with some licence, on the life of T. E. Lawrence. ... // Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove. ... Sidney Poitier (left) on the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., with Harry Belafonte and Charlton Heston Sidney Poitier KBE (pronounced PWA-tee-AY) (born February 20, 1927), is a Bahamian American Academy Award-winning actor (film and stage), film director, and activist. ... Lilies of the Field is a 1962 book by William E. Barrett, which was made into a 1963 film. ... Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936 in Salford, Lancashire) is a five-time Academy Award nominated English actor. ... Tom Jones is a 1963 comedy film which tells the story of a young 18th century man who is taken into the household of a rich gentleman and grows up living a bawdy life with many women. ... Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator. ... This Sporting Life is also a radio program in Australia. ... Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963) Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison (March 5, 1908 – June 2, 1990) was a British theatre and film actor. ... Cleopatra is a 1963 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... For other meanings of Hud, see this article Hud is a 1963 film which tells the story of a modern-day cowboy who conflicts with his father over the best way to keep their ranch from dying. ... // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963) Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison (March 5, 1908 – June 2, 1990) was a British theatre and film actor. ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe. ... This article is about the 20th-century actor. ... Becket or the Honor of God is a Tony Award-winning play written in French by Jean Anouilh. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932 as Peter James OToole) is an Irish actor. ... Becket or the Honor of God is a Tony Award-winning play written in French by Jean Anouilh. ... Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. ... Zorba the Greek is a 1964 movie by Michael Cacoyannis, originally titled Alexis Zorbas, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. ... Richard Henry Peter Sellers, CBE (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980) was an English comedian, actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show and later became a film star. ... For the hit 1987 single by Depeche Mode, see the album Music for the Masses Film poster for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 satirical film directed by Stanley Kubrick. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Mary Poppins The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews Goldfinger My Fair Lady Whats New Pussycat? Shenandoah The Sandpiper Father Goose Academy Awards Best Picture: The Sound of Music - Argyle, Twentieth Century-Fox Best Actor: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou Best Actress: Julie Christie... Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine in a climactic scene from the 1973 film Emperor of the North Pole. ... Cat Ballou is a 1965 comedy Western film which tells the story of a woman who hires a famous gunman to avenge her fathers murder, but finds that the man she hires isnt what she expected. ... This article is about the 20th-century actor. ... The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is an espionage novel by John le Carré, which tells the story of Alec Lemas, a British spy, who resigns from the Circus (as the British Secret Service is known in John le Carrés books) and defects to East Germany. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Title page of the first quarto edition of Othello, published in 1622 The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare written around 1603. ... Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor. ... The Pawnbroker is a novel by Edward Lewis Wallant which tells the story of a concentration camp survivor who suffers flashbacks of his past Nazi imprisonment as he tries to cope with his daily life. ... Ship of Fools is a 1965 film which tells the overlapping stories of several passengers aboard an ocean liner during the 1930s. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Thunderball Dr. Zhivago Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? That Darn Cat! The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Academy Awards Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia Best Actor: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor... David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE (born 21 January 1922) is a British actor who was born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England. ... A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt, first performed in London on July 1, 1960. ... Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 — 6 July 1535), posthumously known also as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, author, and statesman. ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an Oscar-nominated American actor and director. ... The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is a 1966 American comedy film. ... This article is about the 20th-century actor. ... Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. ... Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is a double Oscar-winning English film actor. ... The cover to the VHS of Alfie Alfie is a 1966 film starring Michael Caine. ... Steve McQueen in The Great Escape Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor, nicknamed The King of Cool. He was considered one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a captivating on-screen persona. ... The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 film based on the 1962 novel The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna. ... // Events December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television. ... Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor. ... In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern U.S. African-American police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in the... Warren Beatty at the 1990 Academy Awards. ... Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is a film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who roamed the United States Southwest robbing banks during the Great Depression. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The Graduate is a 1967 film directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. ... Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... Guess Whos Coming to Dinner is a 1967 award-winning comedy-drama movie starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton // Plot summary The movie concerns Joanna Drayton, a young white American woman (Houghton) who has had a whirlwind romance with Dr. Prentice (Poitier), an African American... // Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... Cliff Robertson. ... Categories: Movie stubs | 1968 films | Science fiction films | Best Actor Oscar (film) ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an Oscar-nominated American actor and director. ... The Heart is a Lonely Hunter book cover The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) is a novel by Carson McCullers. ... Alan Bates as butler in Gosford Park (2001) Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE, (February 17, 1934 – December 27, 2003) was a British actor. ... Ron Moody (born January 8, 1924) is a British actor. ... Oliver! is a 1968 film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage musical Oliver!. Both the musical and play are based on the famous Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932 as Peter James OToole) is an Irish actor. ... The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical costume drama made by Embassy Pictures, based on the Broadway play by James Goldman. ... // Events Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), popularly known as The Duke, [1] was an Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Reuben J. Rooster Cogburn is a fictional wild west character who first appears in the Charles Portis novel True Grit. ... This article is about the 20th-century actor. ... Anne of the Thousand Days is an Academy Award-winning 1969 costume drama, directed by Charles Jarrot. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 film written by Waldo Salt based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy, and directed by John Schlesinger. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932 as Peter James OToole) is an Irish actor. ... Goodbye, Mr. ... Jonathan Vincent Jon Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. ... Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 film written by Waldo Salt based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy, and directed by John Schlesinger. ...

1970s

• 1970
  • George C. Scott - Patton (declined) as "George S. Patton"
  • Melvyn Douglas - I Never Sang for My Father
  • James Earl Jones - The Great White Hope
  • Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces
  • Ryan O'Neal - Love Story

• 1971
  • Gene Hackman - The French Connection as "Detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle"
  • Peter Finch - Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • Walter Matthau - Kotch
  • George C. Scott - The Hospital
  • Topol - Fiddler on the Roof

• 1972
  • Marlon Brando - The Godfather (declined) as "Vito Corleone"
  • Michael Caine - Sleuth
  • Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
  • Peter O'Toole - The Ruling Class
  • Paul Winfield - Sounder

• 1973
  • Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger as "Harry Stoner"
  • Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris
  • Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
  • Al Pacino - Serpico
  • Robert Redford - The Sting

• 1974
  • Art Carney - Harry and Tonto as "Harry Coombes"
  • Albert Finney - Murder on the Orient Express
  • Dustin Hoffman - Lenny
  • Jack Nicholson - Chinatown
  • Al Pacino - The Godfather, Part II

• 1975
  • Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as "Randle Patrick McMurphy"
  • Walter Matthau - The Sunshine Boys
  • Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
  • Maximilian Schell - The Man in the Glass Booth
  • James Whitmore - Give 'em Hell, Harry!

• 1976
  • Peter Finch - Network (posthumous) as "Howard Beale"
  • Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
  • Giancarlo Giannini - Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze)
  • William Holden - Network
  • Sylvester Stallone - Rocky

• 1977
  • Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl as "Elliot Garfield"
  • Woody Allen - Annie Hall
  • Richard Burton - Equus
  • Marcello Mastroianni - A Special Day
  • John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever

• 1978
  • Jon Voight - Coming Home as "Luke Martin"
  • Warren Beatty - Heaven Can Wait
  • Gary Busey - The Buddy Holly Story
  • Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter
  • Laurence Olivier - The Boys from Brazil

• 1979
  • Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer as "Ted Kramer"
  • Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome
  • Roy Scheider - All That Jazz
  • Peter Sellers - Being There
  • Al Pacino - ...And Justice for All

Movies in the 1970s came in a wide variety, as the socially-conscious young directors that emerged in the late 60s grew in different directions, influenced by music, literature, and the nature of crime and war. ... // Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City. ... George C Scott as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubricks George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was a film/stage actor, director, and producer. ... Patton is a 1970 biographical film which tells the story of General George Pattons commands during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, and Michael Bates. ... George Smith Patton, Jr. ... Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg (April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981), better known as Melvyn Douglas, was a United States actor who won all three of the entertainment industries highest awards, two Oscars, one Tony and a televison Emmy. ... I Never Sang for My Father is a 1970 film which tells the story of a college professor who wants to get out from under the thumb of his aging father by marrying a younger woman and moving to California. ... James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla Township, Mississippi in Tate County) is among Americas best known African American film and stage actors. ... theatrical poster for The Great White Hope The Great White Hope, a Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning play written by Howard Sackler and first produced by Arena Stage in Washington, DC in 1967, was the basis for the 1970 film of the same name. ... This article refers to the actor. ... Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 film written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Bob Rafelson, and directed by Rafelson. ... Patrick Ryan ONeal (born April 20, 1941) is an American actor. ... Love Story is a 1970 romance motion picture drama based on the 1970 best-seller, written by Erich Segal, and directed by Arthur Hiller. ... See also: 1970 in film 1971 1972 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 8 - Bob Dylans hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... Eugene Allen Hackman[1] (born January 30, 1930) is an acclaimed Academy Award-winning American actor. ... The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood film directed by William Friedkin. ... Peter Finch Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977) was an English-born actor with strong Australian connections. ... Sunday Bloody Sunday is a 1971 film which tells the story of a young bisexual man played by Murray Head, who freely jumps from the beds of his male and female lovers played by Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson. ... Walter Matthau Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an Academy Award winning American comedy actor. ... Kotch is a 1971 comedy film which tells the story of an elderly man who runs away so as not to be put into a nursing home. ... George C Scott as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubricks George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was a film/stage actor, director, and producer. ... The Hospital is a 1971 black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. ... Picture from the film Fiddler on the Roof. Chaim Topol (Hebrew: חיים טופול) (born September 9, 1935), often billed simply as Topol, is one of the most famous Israeli theatrical and film performers. ... Fiddler on the Roof is regarded as one of the most famous stage and film musicals. ... // Top grossing films The Godfather Fiddler on the Roof Diamonds Are Forever Whats Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan ONeal Dirty Harry The Last Picture Show A Clockwork Orange Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli The Hospital Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Academy Awards Best Picture... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... The Godfather is a 1972 crime film directed and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola based on the the novel of the same name authored by the screenplays co-writer Mario Puzo. ... Vito Corleone (December 7, 1891 - June 25, 1955) (Born: Vito Andolini), aka The Godfather, is the fictional head of one of the five New York Mafia families (the Corleone family, the others being Stracci, Barzini, Cuneo and Tattaglia) in Mario Puzos novel, The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation. ... Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is a double Oscar-winning English film actor. ... Sleuth was a Tony Award-winning mystery play by British playwright Anthony Shaffer. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Sleuth was a Tony Award-winning mystery play by British playwright Anthony Shaffer. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932 as Peter James OToole) is an Irish actor. ... The Ruling Class - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Winfield as Captain Clark Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... // Events The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. ... Jack Lemmon at Expo 1967. ... Save the Tiger is a 1973 film which tells the story of an ageing businessman whose business is about to collapse under his juggling of the books. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi, French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 film which tells the story of an American widower who is drawn into a sexual relationship with a soon-to-be-married Parisian woman. ... This article refers to the actor. ... The Last Detail is a 1973 film which tells the story of two United States Navy shore patrol policemen who decide to take out a young sailor for one last night on the town before he goes to jail for eight years. ... Alfredo James Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor, regarded by many to be one of the seminal actors of his generation. ... Serpico is a 1973 film based on the true story of New York City policeman Frank Serpico who eventually went undercover to expose the corruption of his fellow officers, after being pushed to the brink at first by their distrust and later by the threats and intimidation they levied against... Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ... This article is about the 1973 film involving con artists. ... See also: 1973 in film 1974 1975 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in USA May 1 - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... Art Carney starring as Ed Norton from The Honeymooners Art Carney as Saun Dann in The Star Wars Holiday Special. ... Harry and Tonto is a 1974 film which tells the story of an elderly man who goes out on the road with his pet cat. ... Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936 in Salford, Lancashire) is a five-time Academy Award nominated English actor. ... Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 feature film, based on the 1934 novel by Agatha Christie and featuring Hercule Poirot. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Lenny is a 1974 film about the life of the comedian Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman. ... This article refers to the actor. ... Chinatown is a 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski. ... Alfredo James Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor, regarded by many to be one of the seminal actors of his generation. ... Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II The Godfather, Part II is the 1974 sequel to The Godfather. ... // January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... This article refers to the actor. ... One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman. ... Randle Patrick McMurphy, or R P McMurphy for short, is an Irish-American mental patient from Ken Keseys novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. ... Walter Matthau Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an Academy Award winning American comedy actor. ... The Sunshine Boys is a comic play by Neil Simon. ... Alfredo James Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor, regarded by many to be one of the seminal actors of his generation. ... Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Frank Pierson. ... Maximilian Schell (left) in the film Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is a Swiss-Austrian actor. ... The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 film which tells the story of a Jewish man who is accused of being a Nazi war criminal. ... Whitmore in The Asphalt Jungle James Allen Whitmore (born October 1, 1921) is an American film actor. ... Give em Hell, Harry! is a 1975 biographical film which is a one-man show about former President of the United States Harry S. Truman. ... // Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas Star Wars science fiction film. ... Peter Finch Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977) was an English-born actor with strong Australian connections. ... Network is a 1976 satirical film which tells about a television network named Union Broadcasting System (UBS) and its struggle with poor TV ratings. ... Howard Beale is a fictional character from the movie Network. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Taxi Driver is a 1976 American motion picture drama directed by Martin Scorsese. ... Giancarlo Giannini (born August 1, 1942) is an Italian actor. ... Pasqualino Settebellezze is a 1976 Italian language film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller starring Giancarlo Giannini in the title role. ... William Holden (April 17, 1918 - ca. ... Network is a 1976 satirical film which tells about a television network named Union Broadcasting System (UBS) and its struggle with poor TV ratings. ... Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American Academy Award-nominated film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Rocky (1976) is an American film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen. ... // Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network. ... Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an Oscar-winning American actor. ... The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 film about an actor who sublets an apartment from another actor, who neglects to tell his former girlfriend, the current occupant. ... Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, musician, and comedian. ... Annie Hall is a 1977 romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. ... This article is about the 20th-century actor. ... Equus is Latin for horse; it may refer to: Equus, the genus of horses and their close relatives. ... Marcello Mastroianni in 1958 Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 – December 19, 1996) was an Italian film actor. ... A Special Day (or Una Giornata particolare) is a 1977 Italian language film which tells the story of a housewife and her neighbor who stay at home in Rome on the day that Il Duce comes to visit the city. ... John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, singer and entertainer. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. ... // Events February 1 - Bob Dylans film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour premieres in Los Angeles, California March 1 - Charlie Chaplins coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery 3 months after burial March - Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for Star Wars Episode... Jonathan Vincent Jon Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. ... Coming Home is a 1978 film which tells the story of a handicapped Vietnam War veterans difficulty in re-entering civilian life after his return from the war. ... Warren Beatty at the 1990 Academy Awards. ... Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 comedy film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry. ... Gary Busey in 1976. ... The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 biographical film which tells the life story of rock musician Buddy Holly. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Deer Hunter is a 1978 film which tells the story of how the Vietnam War affects the people in the industrial town of Clairton, Pennsylvania just south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River (although it was also filmed in Cleveland and Mingo Junction, Ohio). ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... The Boys from Brazil (1976) is a fiction thriller novel by Ira Levin. ... // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Kramer vs. ... Jack Lemmon at Expo 1967. ... The China Syndrome is a 1979 thriller film which tells the story of a reporter and cameramen who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. ... Roy Richard Scheider (born November 10, 1932) is an American actor. ... All That Jazz is a 1979 musical film and semi-autobiographical fantasy by and about Bob Fosse. ... Richard Henry Peter Sellers, CBE (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980) was an English comedian, actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show and later became a film star. ... Being There is a political, satirical 1971 novel by Jerzy Kosiński and a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby. ... Alfredo James Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor, regarded by many to be one of the seminal actors of his generation. ... ...And Justice for All is a 1979 film which tells the story of a defense lawyer who finds himself defending a corrupt judge charged with rape, even though he personally doesnt care for his client, and knows that he is guilty. ...

1980s

• 1980
  • Robert De Niro - Raging Bull as "Jake LaMotta"
  • Robert Duvall - The Great Santini
  • John Hurt - The Elephant Man
  • Jack Lemmon - Tribute
  • Peter O'Toole - The Stunt Man

• 1981
  • Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond as "Norman Thayer Jr."
  • Warren Beatty - Reds
  • Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
  • Dudley Moore - Arthur
  • Paul Newman - Absence of Malice

• 1982
  • Ben Kingsley - Gandhi as "Mahatma Gandhi"
  • Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie
  • Jack Lemmon - Missing
  • Paul Newman - The Verdict
  • Peter O'Toole - My Favorite Year

• 1983
  • Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies as "Mac Sledge"
  • Michael Caine - Educating Rita
  • Tom Conti - Reuben, Reuben
  • Tom Courtenay - The Dresser
  • Albert Finney - The Dresser

• 1984
  • F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus as "Antonio Salieri"
  • Jeff Bridges - Starman
  • Albert Finney - Under the Volcano
  • Tom Hulce - Amadeus
  • Sam Waterston - The Killing Fields

• 1985
  • William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman as "Luis Molina"
  • Harrison Ford - Witness
  • James Garner - Murphy's Romance
  • Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
  • Jon Voight - Runaway Train

• 1986
  • Paul Newman - The Color of Money as "Fast Eddie Felson"
  • Dexter Gordon - 'Round Midnight
  • Bob Hoskins - Mona Lisa
  • William Hurt - Children of a Lesser God
  • James Woods - Salvador

• 1987
  • Michael Douglas - Wall Street as "Gordon Gekko"
  • William Hurt - Broadcast News
  • Marcello Mastroianni - Dark Eyes
  • Jack Nicholson - Ironweed
  • Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam

• 1988
  • Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man as "Raymond Babbitt"
  • Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning
  • Tom Hanks - Big
  • Edward James Olmos - Stand and Deliver
  • Max von Sydow - Pelle the Conqueror

• 1989
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot as "Christy Brown"
  • Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
  • Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July
  • Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy
  • Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society

The 1980s produced many significant films both in Hollywood and worldwide. ... // Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ... Giacobbe La Motta (born July 10, 1921), better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed The Bronx Bull, The Raging Bull, is a former boxer who was world middleweight champion and whose life was as controversial outside the ring as it was inside it. ... Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor and director. ... WHO KNOWS. ... John Hurt (Mississippi John Hurt is an early American folk and country blues singer, 1893–1966) John Vincent Hurt CBE (born January 22, 1940) is an Academy Award nominated English actor. ... Joseph Merrick, sometimes called John Merrick, known as The Elephant Man. ... Jack Lemmon at Expo 1967. ... Tribute is a 1980 film which tells the story of a man who finds that he is dying just as he tries to reconnect with his estranged son. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932 as Peter James OToole) is an Irish actor. ... There have been several films entitled The Stunt Man, of which the best known is the1980 film. ... // Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... Henry Fonda in the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men. ... On Golden Pond (1981) was a successful Broadway play written by playwright Ernest Thompson which was turned into a successful and popular movie starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. ... Warren Beatty at the 1990 Academy Awards. ... See also Cincinnati Reds Reds is a 1981 movie starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. ... Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor. ... Atlantic City is a 1980 film which tells the story of a Canadian woman whose dream for a better life in the gambling business is interrupted by the return of the husband she had left behind. ... Dudley Moore Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002), was a British musician, actor and comedian. ... Arthur is a 1981 film which tells the story of a drunken playboy millionaire called Arthur Bach who can only inherit if he marries. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... Absence of Malice is a 1981 film which tells the story of the son of a dead Mafia boss who discovers that he has become a front-page story on the local newspaper indicating that he is being investigated for a murder he didnt commit. ... // January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. ... Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning English actor. ... Gandhi (1982) is an Anglo-Indian film, directed by Richard Attenborough, about the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (also known as Mahatma Gandhi, Great Soul), leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: , Hindi: , IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhÄ«, IPA: ) (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Tootsie is a 1982 comedy film, which tells the story of a talented, but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult makes him unemployable. ... Jack Lemmon at Expo 1967. ... Missing film poster Missing is a 1982 film directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea and Charles Cioffi. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... The Verdict is a 1982 film which tells the story of a down-on-his-luck lawyer who pushes a medical malpractice case in order to improve his own situation, but discovers along the way that he is actually doing the right thing. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932 as Peter James OToole) is an Irish actor. ... My Favorite Year is a 1982 comedy film which tells the story of the early days of television, and a flamboyant film actor who is shepherded by a young intern through a week of overdrinking. ... // Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York Top grossing films North America Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy Superman III Flashdance... Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor and director. ... Tender Mercies is a 1983 film which tells the story of an alcoholic country music singer whose friendship with a young widow and her son helps to turn his life and his career around. ... Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is a double Oscar-winning English film actor. ... Educating Rita is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell which premièred at The Warehouse, London, in 1980; and a film (1983) directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Julie Walters, Michael Caine, and Maureen Lipman with a screenplay by Russell. ... Tom Conti (born November 22, 1941) is a Scottish actor. ... Reuben, Reuben is a 1983 comedy film. ... Tom Courtenay (pronounced Courtney) (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). ... The Dresser is a 1983 film which tells the story of an aging actors personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charges life together. ... Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936 in Salford, Lancashire) is a five-time Academy Award nominated English actor. ... The Dresser is a 1983 film which tells the story of an aging actors personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charges life together. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... F. Murray Abraham F. Murray Abraham (born Frederico Abrammo Monteglini on October 24, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. ... Amadeus is a 1984 film directed by MiloÅ¡ Forman and based on the stage play Amadeus. ... Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825), born in Legnago, Italy, was a composer and conductor, as well as one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. ... Jeff as The Dude in The Big Lebowski. ... Starman (1984; see also 1984 in film) is a science fiction film directed by John Carpenter which tells the story of an alien from another planet (Jeff Bridges) who has come to Earth in response to the invitation left of the gold phonograph record on the Voyager space probes. ... Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936 in Salford, Lancashire) is a five-time Academy Award nominated English actor. ... Under the Volcano (1947) is a semi-autobiographical novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry. ... Tom Hulce starring as Mozart in Amadeus. ... Playbill, 1981 For other uses, see Amadeus (disambiguation). ... Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy on Law & Order Samuel Atkinson Sam Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an Oscar nominated American actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series Law & Order. ... The Killing Fields (1984) is an award-winning dramatic British film based on the experiences of Dith Pran, journalist and survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime and American journalist Sydney Schanberg. ... // Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and... William Hurt in Lost in Space. ... Kiss of the Spider Woman is a 1985 film which tells the story of two men in an Argentine prison during the 1970s military government — one a political prisoner, the other in prison for his homosexuality — who learn to respect each other. ... Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Witness is a 1985 movie released by Paramount Pictures starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis. ... James Garner (born Norman, Oklahoma, April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor of partially Cherokee Indian descent. ... Murphys Romance is a 1985 romance/comedy major motion picture which tells the story of a divorced mother who moves to a small town, takes up a relationship with the towns druggist, and yet allows her ex-husband to move in with her at her home. ... This article refers to the actor. ... Prizzis Honor is a 1985 comedy film which tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. ... Jonathan Vincent Jon Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. ... Runaway Train is a 1985 film which tells the story of two escaped convicts and a female train conductor who are stuck on a runaway train as it barrels through snowy desolate Alaska. ... // April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... The Color of Money was a 1984 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, continuing the story of Fast Eddie Felson from The Hustler (1959). ... Dexter (Keith) Gordon (February 27, 1923 - April 25, 1990) was a New York tenor saxophone musician. ... Round Midnight is a 1986 film directed by Bertrand Tavernier that tells the story of a tenor saxophone player in Paris in the 1950s who is befriended by a poor Frenchman who idolizes the musician and tries to help him to get out of his life of alcohol abuse. ... Bob Hoskins Robert William Bob Hoskins (born October 26, 1942) is a British actor best known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Eddie Valiant). ... Mona Lisa is a 1986 British film which tells the story of a petty criminal who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class call girl. ... William Hurt in Lost in Space. ... Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 film which tells the story of a speech teacher at a school for the deaf who falls in love with a sign language-using Deaf woman. ... James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an Oscar-nominated American actor. ... Salvador is a 1986 film which tells the story of an American journalist in El Salvador covering the story of the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero. ... // May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... Douglas at the Cinedom Movie Theater in Cologne, Germany, January, 1997 For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gordon Gekko is a fictional character from the popular 1987 movie Wall Street. ... William Hurt in Lost in Space. ... Broadcast News is a 1987 romantic comedy about a brilliant yet prickly reporter (Albert Brooks), his charming but admittedly far less seasoned rival (William Hurt), and their virtuoso producer (Holly Hunter), who has daily emotional breakdowns. ... Marcello Mastroianni in 1958 Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 – December 19, 1996) was an Italian film actor. ... Dark Eyes (also known as Oci ciornie and Ochi chyornye) is a 1986 Italian and Russian language film which tells the story of a 19th century married Italian who falls in love with a married Russian woman. ... This article refers to the actor. ... Ironweed book cover Ironweed is a 1983 novel by William Kennedy. ... Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951[1]) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 comedy/drama film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Saigon (AFRS), who proves hugely popular with the troops serving in South Vietnam, but infuriates his superiors with what they... // Michael Jacksons first film was Moonwalker Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy Big, starring Tom Hanks Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito Crocodile Dundee II Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis The Naked Gun... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Rain Man is a 1988 film which tells the story of a selfish yuppie who discovers that his father has left all of his estate to the autistic brother he never knew he had. ... Rain Man is a 1988 film which tells the story of a selfish yuppie who discovers that his father has left all of his estate to the autistic brother he never knew he had. ... Eugene Allen Hackman[1] (born January 30, 1930) is an acclaimed Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Mississippi Burning is a 1988 film based on the investigation into the real-life murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. ... Thomas Tom Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor. ... Big is a 1988 comedy film which tells the story of a teenaged boy who is aged to adulthood by a magical fortune telling machine. ... Edward James Olmos as Commander William Adama on Battlestar Galatica Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor. ... Stand and Deliver is a 1988 film dramatizing the work of Jaime Escalante, a dedicated high school mathematics teacher. ... Max von Sydow as Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon (help· info) (born April 10, 1929) is a Swedish actor, known in particular for his collaboraton with Ingmar Bergman. ... Pelle the Conqueror (Danish: ; Swedish: ) is a 1987 film in Danish and Swedish which tells the story of two Swedish immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves. ... // Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia for $20 million. ... Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957), is an Academy Award-winning English-born actor. ... DVD cover of My Left Foot My Left Foot, by Christy Brown, is a 1989 autobiographical film which tells the story of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who can only move his left foot. ... The cover of the film My Left Foot, which was based on Browns life Christy Brown (June 5, 1932 - September 6, 1981) was an Irish author, painter and poet, born in Crumlin, Dublin. ... Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning Northern Irish-born British actor and film director. ... Henry reads of the French dead after the battle of Agincourt Henry V is a 1989 film directed by Kenneth Branagh, and based upon the Shakespeare play. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... Born on the Fourth of July (ISBN 1888451785) is the best selling autobiography of Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist. ... Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, film director, and regular film narrator. ... Driving Miss Daisy is a 1987 play by Alfred Uhry adapted into a 1989 Warner Bros. ... Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951[1]) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Dead Poets Society is an Academy Award winning 1989 film, directed by Peter Weir. ...

1990s

• 1990
  • Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune as Claus von Bülow
  • Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves as "Lieutenant Dunbar"
  • Robert De Niro - Awakenings as "Leonard Lowe"
  • Gerard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Richard Harris - The Field as "Bull McCabe"

• 1991
  • Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs as "Hannibal Lecter"
  • Warren Beatty - Bugsy as Bugsy Siegel
  • Robert De Niro - Cape Fear as "Max Cady"
  • Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides as "Tom Wingo"
  • Robin Williams - The Fisher King as "Parry"

• 1992
  • Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman as "Lt. Col. Frank Slade"
  • Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin
  • Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven as "William 'Bill' Munny"
  • Stephen Rea - The Crying Game as "Fergus"
  • Denzel Washington - Malcolm X as Malcolm X

• 1993
  • Tom Hanks - Philadelphia as "Andy Beckett"
  • Laurence Fishburne - What's Love Got to Do with It? as Ike Turner
  • Anthony Hopkins - The Remains of the Day as "James Stevens"
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - In the Name of the Father as Gerry Conlon
  • Liam Neeson - Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler

• 1994
  • Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump as "Forrest Gump"
  • Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption as "Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding"
  • Nigel Hawthorne - The Madness of King George as George III
  • Paul Newman - Nobody's Fool as "Sully Sullivan"
  • John Travolta - Pulp Fiction as "Vincent Vega"

• 1995
  • Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas as "Ben Sanderson"
  • Richard Dreyfuss - Mr. Holland's Opus as "Glenn Holland"
  • Anthony Hopkins - Nixon as Richard Nixon
  • Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking as "Matthew Poncelet"
  • Massimo Troisi - Il Postino as "Mario Ruoppolo

• 1996
  • Geoffrey Rush - Shine as David Helfgott
  • Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire as "Jerry Maguire"
  • Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient as "Count Laszlo de Almasy"
  • Woody Harrelson - The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt
  • Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade as "Karl Childers"

• 1997
  • Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets as "Melvin Udall"
  • Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting as "Will Hunting"
  • Robert Duvall - The Apostle as "Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey - The Apostle E.F."
  • Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold as "Ulysses 'Ulee' Jackson"
  • Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog as "Stanley Motss"

• 1998
  • Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful as "Guido Orefice"
  • Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan as "Captain John H. Miller"
  • Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters as James Whale
  • Nick Nolte - Affliction as "Wade Whitehouse"
  • Edward Norton - American History X as "Derek Vinyard"

• 1999
  • Kevin Spacey - American Beauty as "Lester Burnham"
  • Russell Crowe - The Insider as Dr. Jeffrey Wigand
  • Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story as Alvin Straight
  • Sean Penn - Sweet and Lowdown as "Emmet Ray"
  • Denzel Washington -The Hurricane as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Films made in the 1990s included: Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Above the Rim (1994) Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) Ace Ventura: Pet... // Chris Rock and Adam Sandler join SNL February 4 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Mimi Rogers divorce. ... Jeremy John Irons (born September 19, 1948) is an Oscar, and double-Emmy award winning English actor. ... DVD cover for Reversal of Fortune. ... Claus von Bülow (born Claus Cecil Borberg on August 11, 1926 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a British socialite. ... Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an Oscar winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Awakenings is a 1990 film based on Oliver Sacks memoir, Awakenings, which tells the story of a doctor who in 1969 discovers beneficial effects of the then-new drug L-Dopa on patients who are catatonic after surviving the 1917-1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. ... Gérard Depardieu (born December 27, 1948) is a French actor. ... Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. ... Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (March 6, 1619 – July 28, 1655) was a French dramatist and blow job artist born in Paris, who is now best remembered for the many works of porn which have been woven around his life story, most notably the play by Edmond... Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator. ... The Field is a play written by John B. Keane about a village in South-West Ireland set in the 1950s. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1991. ... Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (IPA: ) (born 31 December 1937) is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning Welsh-born film, stage and television actor. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ... Hannibal The Cannibal Lecter, as portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs. ... Warren Beatty at the 1990 Academy Awards. ... Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. ... Benjamin Bugsy Siegel (February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American gangster, popularly thought to be the impetus behind large-scale development of Las Vegas. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cape Fear is a 1991 film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ... Nick Nolte at Cannes, 2000 Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an Oscar-nominated American model, actor, and producer. ... The Prince of Tides is a 1986 novel by Pat Conroy. ... Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951[1]) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... The Fisher King is a movie from 1991 written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... Alfredo James Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor, regarded by many to be one of the seminal actors of his generation. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Robert John Downey Jr. ... Chaplin is a 1992 semi-biographical film about the life of Charles Chaplin. ... For other people named Chaplin, see Chaplin (disambiguation). ... This article refers to the actor/producer/director. ... Unforgiven is a 1992 revisionist Western film which tells the story of a retired gunslinger who takes on one more job for the money. ... Stephen Rea (born October 31, 1946) is a Northern Irish actor. ... The Crying Game is a 1968 novel by John Braine. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red and Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in New York City) was a Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ... // March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow. ... Thomas Tom Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor. ... Philadelphia is a 1993 film drama revolving around the AIDS epidemic, written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Jonathan Demme. ... Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus in The Matrix Revolutions Laurence Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and occasional stage actor. ... Whats Love Got to Do with It? is a 1993 biographical film which tells the life story of Tina Turner. ... Ike Turner (born Izear Luster Turner Jr. ... Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (IPA: ) (born 31 December 1937) is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning Welsh-born film, stage and television actor. ... The Remains of the Day (1993) is a Merchant Ivory Film adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. ... Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957), is an Academy Award-winning English-born actor. ... In The Name Of The Father is a 1993 film directed by Jim Sheridan which tells the story of a man, falsely convicted of the Provisional IRAs Guildford pub bombing, who tries to prevent his father from being involved in the accusation. ... The Four were Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick (Paddy) Armstrong and Carole Richardson. ... William John Liam Neeson OBE, born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on the 7th of June, 1952, is an Oscar-nominated Northern Irish actor. ... Schindlers List is an Academy Award-winning 1993 movie based on the book Schindlers Ark by Thomas Keneally, published in the United States as Schindlers List and subsequently re-issued in Commonwealth countries under that name as well. ... Oskar Schindler (April 28, 1908 – October 9, 1974) was a Sudeten German industrialist who saved his Jewish workers from the Holocaust. ... // November 1 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical (while on sabbatical, he wrote the prequel Star Wars trilogy). ... Thomas Tom Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor. ... Forrest Gump is a 1985 novel by Winston Groom, a 1994 film adaptation, and the name of the title character of both. ... Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, film director, and regular film narrator. ... The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 movie, written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. ... Sir Nigel Hawthorne, CBE (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was a renowned English actor. ... The Madness of King George is a 1994 film which tells the story of King George III of the United Kingdoms deteriorating mental health, and the equally declining relationship between him and his son, the Prince of Wales. ... George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... Nobodys Fool is also the name of a 1986 hit single by rock band Cinderella, released on their album Night Songs. ... John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, singer and entertainer. ... This article contains speculation and may try to argue its points. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1995. ... Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola January 7, 1964) is an award-winning American actor. ... Leaving Las Vegas is an MGM film made in 1995 with Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue directed by Mike Figgis, based on a semiautobiographical novel by John OBrien. ... Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an Oscar-winning American actor. ... Mr. ... Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (IPA: ) (born 31 December 1937) is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning Welsh-born film, stage and television actor. ... Nixon is an Oliver Stone film that tells the story of the political and personal life of former President Richard Nixon. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor & director. ... Dead Man Walking is a work of non-fiction by Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun and one of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille. ... Massimo Troisi. ... Movie poster for Il Postino Il Postino is a 1994 Italian language film directed by Michael Radford which tells the story of real-life Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and his relationship with a simple postman who learns to love poetry. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1996. ... Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa, as depicted in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Geoffrey Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian Academy Award and Emmy Award winning actor. ... Film poster. ... David Helfgott (born May 19, 1947) is an Australian pianist, born in Melbourne to Polish-Jewish parents, whose life inspired Australian director Scott Hicks Oscar-winning film Shine. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... Jerry Maguire is a 1996 film, starring Tom Cruise, that tells the story of professional sports agent, Jerry Maguire, whose crisis of faith leads him to write a mission statement that advocates better service, fewer clients, and less focus on the bottom line. ... Ralph Fiennes in Spider. ... The English Patient is a 1996 film adaptation of the novel by Michael Ondaatje. ... Impromptu shot of Woody Harrelson in Eugene, Oregon, 2004 Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961), better known as Woody Harrelson, is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winner American actor. ... The People vs. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer. ... Sling Blade is a 1996 film that tells the story of a simple-minded man who is released from a psychiatric hospital where he has lived since committing murder at age 12. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... This article refers to the actor. ... As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film which tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, cantankerous, racist, homophobic writer named Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) who, because of his anxiety disorder, lives in a world that has shrunk to about the size of his apartment and the books he... Matthew Paige Damon (October 8, 1970) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter and actor. ... Good Will Hunting is a 1997 film directed by Gus Van Sant, set in greater Boston, Massachusetts. ... Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor and director. ... The Apostle is a 1997 movie, written and directed by Robert Duvall, who stars in the title role. ... Peter Fonda Peter Henry Fonda, born February 23, 1940 in New York, New York, is an American actor. ... Ulees Gold is a 1997 film written and directed by Victor Nuñez, and starring Peter Fonda in the title role. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Wag the Dog (1997) is a film starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Anne Heche about a Washington spin doctor (De Niro) who distracts the electorate from a presidential sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood producer (Hoffman) to create a fake war. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1998. ... Roberto Benigni as Johnny Stecchino Roberto Benigni (born October 27, 1952) is an Oscar-winning Italian film and television actor and director. ... Life Is Beautiful (in Italian La vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian language film which tells the story of an Italian Jew, Guido Orefice (played by Roberto Benigni, who also directed the film), who lives in his own romantic fairy tale world, but must learn how to use that dreamy... Thomas Tom Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor. ... Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy Award winning film, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, set in World War II. This film is particularly notable for the intensity of the scenes in its first 25 minutes, which depict the Omaha beachhead assault of June 6, 1944. ... Sir Ian Murray McKellen CBE, (born May 25, 1939) is a veteran English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. ... Clayton Boone (Brendan Fraser) and James Whale (Ian McKellen). ... This is a page about the film director James Whale. ... Nick Nolte at Cannes, 2000 Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an Oscar-nominated American model, actor, and producer. ... Affliction is a 1997 film written and directed by Paul Schrader from the novel by Russell Banks. ... Edward H. Norton[1] (born August 18, 1969) is an Oscar-nominated American actor and film director. ... American History X is a 1998 film directed by Tony Kaye and written by David McKenna. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1999. ... Kevin Spacey (born Kevin Spacey Fowler[1] on July 26, 1959) is a two-time Academy Award winning actor and director. ... American Beauty is a 1999 drama film that explores themes of love, freedom, self-liberation, the search for happiness, and family against the backdrop of modern American suburbia. ... Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is an Oscar-winning New Zealand-Australian film actor. ... The Insider is a 1999 film which tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand. ... Dr. Jeffrey Wigand was vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson, and became known as a whistleblower when, on the CBS news program 60 Minutes, he exposed his companys practice of knowingly increasing the nicotine content of cigarettes. ... Richard Farnsworth Richard Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor. ... The Straight Story is a motion picture, released in 1999 and directed by David Lynch. ... Alvin Straight was a resident of Des Moines, Iowa who became famous for travelling across multiple states on a lawn mower over the course of several weeks to visit his brother. ... Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor & director. ... Sweet and Lowdown is a 1999 film which tells the story of an arrogant, obnoxious, alcoholic jazz guitarist named Emmet Ray who may just be the best guitarist in the world. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Hurricane, a 1999 film starring Denzel Washington, purports to be the true story of boxer Rubin Hurricane Carter, whose conviction for triple murder was overturned after he had spent almost 20 years in prison. ... Rubin Hurricane Carter (born May 6, 1937), middleweight boxer from 1961 - 1966, is better known for his controversial convictions (1967, 1976) for the murder of three people at the Lafayette Grill in June, 1966, and his subsequent release from prison (1985). ...

2000s

• 2000
  • Russell Crowe - Gladiator as "Maximus Decimus Meridius"
  • Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls as Reinaldo Arenas
  • Tom Hanks - Cast Away as "Chuck Noland"
  • Ed Harris - Pollock as Jackson Pollock
  • Geoffrey Rush - Quills as The Marquis de Sade

• 2001
  • Denzel Washington - Training Day as "Alonzo Harris"
  • Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind as John Nash
  • Sean Penn - I Am Sam as "Sam Dawson"
  • Will Smith - Ali as Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali
  • Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom as "Matt Fowler"

• 2002
  • Adrien Brody - The Pianist as Władysław Szpilman
  • Nicolas Cage - Adaptation. as Charlie Kaufman/"Donald Kaufman"
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York as "William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting"
  • Michael Caine - The Quiet American as "Thomas Fowler"
  • Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt as "Warren Schmidt"

• 2003
  • Sean Penn - Mystic River as "Jimmy Markum"
  • Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as "Captain Jack Sparrow"
  • Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog as "Behrani"
  • Jude Law - Cold Mountain as "Inman"
  • Bill Murray - Lost in Translation as "Bob Harris"

• 2004
  • Jamie Foxx - Ray as Ray Charles
  • Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda as Paul Rusesabagina
  • Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland as Sir James Matthew Barrie
  • Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator as Howard Hughes
  • Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby as "Frankie Dunn"

• 2005
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote as Truman Capote
  • Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow as "Djay"
  • Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain as "Ennis Del Mar"
  • Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line as Johnny Cash
  • David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck. as Edward R. Murrow

Building on developments in the 1990s, computers are used to create effects that would have previously been more expensive, from the subtle erasing of surrounding islands in Cast Away (leaving Tom Hanks character stranded with no other land in sight) to the spectacular battle scenes such as those in Gladiator... This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is an Oscar-winning New Zealand-Australian film actor. ... Gladiator is a 2000 movie directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. ... Maximus, portrayed by Russell Crowe Aelius Maximus Decimus Meridius is a fictional character in Ridley Scotts film Gladiator, in which he was portrayed by Russell Crowe. ... Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish actor. ... Before Night Falls is the 1992 autobiography of gay Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, describing his life in Cuba, his time in prison, and his ultimate escape to the United States. ... Reinaldo Arenas (born July 16, 1943 in Holguín, Cuba, died December 7, 1990 in New York) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who spent most of his life fighting the Fidel Castro regime through his art. ... Thomas Tom Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor. ... For other uses, see Castaway (disambiguation). ... Ed Harris as Richard Brown in The Hours Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director and producer. ... Pollock is a 2000 biographical film which tells the life story of artist Jackson Pollock. ... Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement. ... Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa, as depicted in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Geoffrey Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian Academy Award and Emmy Award winning actor. ... Quills is a 2000 film based on a play that was inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2001. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Training Day is a 2001 film starring Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris, a corrupt LAPD police officer, and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, his new green recruit looking to become a part of Harriss elite Narcotics unit. ... Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is an Oscar-winning New Zealand-Australian film actor. ... A Beautiful Mind is a Academy Award-winning film inspired by the Nobel Prize (Economics) winning mathematician John Nash and his experiences of schizophrenia. ... John Nash may refer to: John Nash (1752-1835), British architect John Forbes Nash (born 1928), mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and subject of the novel and film titled A Beautiful Mind. ... Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor & director. ... I Am Sam DVD cover I am Sam is a 2001 film about a man with a developmental disability, Sam Dawson who is singularly raising his seven year old daughter Lucy . ... Willard Christopher Smith, Jr. ... Ali is a 2001 biographical film which tells the story of boxer Muhammad Ali. ... Muhammad Ali-Haj (born January 17, 1942 as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Tom Wilkinson Tom Wilkinson, OBE, born December 12, 1948, is an Oscar nominated English actor. ... In the Bedroom is a 2001 movie directed by Todd Field and starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, and William Mapother. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an Oscar-winning American actor. ... Categories: Movie stubs | Roman Polanski films | Palme dOr winners | 2002 films | Polish films | Drama films | World War II films | Musical films | Best Picture Oscar Nominee | Best Actor Oscar (film) ... Władysław Szpilman (1942) Władysław Szpilman (also spelled Vladislav Szpilman in English) (December 5, 1911–July 6, 2000) was a Polish pianist, composer, and memoirist. ... Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola January 7, 1964) is an award-winning American actor. ... Adaptation. ... Charles Stuart Kaufman (born November 1, 1958 to a Jewish family in New York City) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter, identified by Premiere magazine as one of the 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. ... Donald Kaufman is the fictional twin brother of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, and was created for the film Adaptation. ... Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957), is an Academy Award-winning English-born actor. ... Gangs of New York is a 2002 film set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. ... A fictional character based on William Poole aka Bill the Butcher in Martin Scorseses 2002 film Gangs of New York. ... Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is a double Oscar-winning English film actor. ... The Quiet American (ISBN 0099478390) is a novel written by Graham Greene in 1955. ... This article refers to the actor. ... About Schmidt (2002) is an American film directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt and Hope Davis as his daughter Jeannie. ... // February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. ... Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor & director. ... Mystic River is an American Academy Award winning film released in 2003, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney and Emmy Rossum. ... Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II on June 9, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his affinity for strange character roles. ... Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a movie of adventure and romance set in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century. ... Captain Jack Sparrow Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise, featured in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest (2006), and the not yet released third... Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning English actor. ... House of Sand and Fog is a 1999 novel by Andre Dubus III. In 2003, the novel was adapted in to a movie by Vadim Perelman and Shawn Otto with the help of the original author of the book. ... David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award nominated British actor, who is known as Jude Law. ... Cold Mountain is a novel by Charles Frazier, which was adapted by Anthony Minghella into a film in 2003. ... William James Bill Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. ... Lost in Translation is a film released in the United States on October 3, 2003. ... // Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004. ... Jamie Foxx (born Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas), is an American Oscar-winning actor, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling R&B singer, pianist, and comedian. ... Ray is a 2004 biographical film of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles. ... Ray Charles was the stage name of Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004). ... Don Cheadle (November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Categories: Movie stubs | 2004 films | Drama films | War films | Best Actor Oscar Nominee (film) | Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominee (film) ... Paul Rusesabagina Paul Rusesabagina (born June 15, 1954) is a Rwandan who has been internationally honoured for his actions during the Rwandan Genocide. ... Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II on June 9, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his affinity for strange character roles. ... Finding Neverland is a 2004 film, starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. ... Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet, Scottish author Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet (May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. ... Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor well known for roles in blockbuster movies like Titanic (1997) Romeo and Juliet(1996) and The Aviator (2004), and was as famed for his global celebrity influence dubbed as Leomania in the late 1990s. ... The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ... Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. ... This article refers to the actor/producer/director. ... Million Dollar Baby is an Academy Award winning 2004 dramatic film directed by Clint Eastwood. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Capote is an Academy Award-winning 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal) on a writing assignment for The New Yorker. ... Truman García Capote ( 30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics. ... Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ... Hustle & Flow is an Academy Award-winning film directed by Craig Brewer, and co-produced by John Singleton. ... Heathcliff Andrew Ledger (born April 4, 1979) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. ... Brokeback Mountain is an acclaimed and controversial Academy Award-winning 2005 film that depicts a complex emotional, sexual, and romantic relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983. ... Joaquín Rafael Phoenix (pronounced IPA: [xwa. ... Walk the Line is an acclaimed Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning film chronicling the life of Johnny Cash, American country singer, focusing on his younger life, his romance with June Carter and his ascent to the country music scene, with material taken from his autobiographies. ... Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash, February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. ... David Russell Strathairn (born on January 26, 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actor. ... Good Night, and Good Luck. ... Edward R. Murrow, U.S. newscaster, pioneer in broadcast journalism Edward R. Ed Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow), (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American journalist. ...

See also

• List of Academy Awards ceremonies
• List of Best Actor winners by age at win
• List of movies
• List of actors
• List of directors
• List of documentaries
• List of Hollywood movie studios