The Oscar-nominated actor is best known for starring roles in the Star Wars film The Phantom Menace, Schindler's List, Taken and Michael Collins.
The Oscar-nominated actor is best known for his starring roles in the Star Wars film The Phantom Menace, Schindler's List and Michael Collins.
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So for example, Morgan Freeman gets box office credit for Million Dollar Baby, for which he won the best supporting actor Oscar, but not for his supporting role in The Dark Knight.
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Crowe went on to win the best actor Oscar for his role as Maximus.
Later that evening, at the 42nd Academy Awards, John Wayne won the Best Actor Oscar for True Grit.
British-Irish citizen Daniel Day-Lewis - who at the weekend became the first man to win the best actor Oscar three times - was fifth.
He also admitted his regret at missing out on the best actor Oscar in 1999 for Gods and Monsters to Roberto Benigni's performance in Life is Beautiful.
Rupert Everett won the best actor prize for his portrayal of Oscar Wilde in the revival of The Judas Kiss, which has recently transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre following its run at Hampstead Theatre and on tour.
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The pair have both won Academy Awards before - Dame Helen nabbed a best actress Oscar in 2007 for The Queen, while Sir Anthony won best actor for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs in 1992.
In 2010 he won the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in another Tarantino movie, Inglourious Basterds.
But, as her long-time friend Virginia Zamboni told me, her favorite film was The Blue Veil (1951), which earned her another Best Actor Oscar nomination for a total of four also including The Yearling (1946).
Oscar favourites Daniel Day Lewis and Jessica Chastain won the best actor and actress prizes respectively.
But this year the Oscar for best picture (and perhaps for best actor) may go to a movie that has no dialogue.
The County Wicklow resident could soon make history by becoming the first man to win three Best Actor Oscar awards by picking one up for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln.
The film has six other Oscar nominations, including best picture and best actor for star Adrien Brody.
Suddenly actor Jamie Foxx, still buoyant from his best-actor Oscar for Ray months ago, ambles through the gates.
Several named producers, including actor Don Cheadle, were deemed ineligible for the Best Picture Oscar.
He won the Best Actor award at Cannes this year and he is being hotly tipped for another Oscar nod.
It will definitely be on the list of Oscar nominees for Best Picture, and Bradley Cooper will surely get a nod for Best Actor.
The best actor race sees Curious Incident's Luke Treadaway up against Rupert Everett's Oscar Wilde in The Judas Kiss, Mark Rylance for Twelfth Night, Macbeth's James McAvoy and Rafe Spall for Constellations.
If he wins this time, the 82-year-old will become the oldest ever actor to receive an Oscar, surpassing Jessica Tandy who was 80 when she was named best actress for Driving Miss Daisy.
The same was not true in film categories when compared with last year when Colin Firth won best actor in a drama for The King's Speech - a precursor to his Oscar success.
Christoph Waltz won his second Oscar for best supporting actor in a Quentin Tarantino film, this time for playing a German bounty hunter in the slave revenge story Django Unchained.
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