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For his performance as George Valentin in The Artist (2011)
Nominees:
▪ Demián Bichir - A Better Life as Carlos Galindo
▪ George Clooney - The Descendants as Matt King
▪ Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
▪ Brad Pitt - Moneyball as Billy Beane
8.2
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For his performance as King George VI in The King's Speech (2010)
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Nominees:
▪ Javier Bardem - Biutiful as Uxbal
▪ Jeff Bridges - True Grit as Rooster Cogburn
▪ Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network as Jesse Eisenberg
▪ James Franco - 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
Raquel's rating:
8.1
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For his performance as Bad Blake in Crazy Heart (2009)
Nominees:
▪ George Clooney - Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
▪ Colin Firth - A Single Man as George Falconer
▪ Morgan Freeman - Invictus as Nelson Mandela
▪ Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker as Sgt. William James
7.5
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For his performance as Harvey Milk in Milk (2008)
Nominees:
▪ Richard Jenkins - The Visitor as Walter Vale
▪ Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
▪ Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button
▪ Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson
For his performance as Jimmy Markum in Mystic River (2003)
Nominees:
▪ Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as 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
Total number of nominations: 5
Raquel's rating:
8.6
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For his performance as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007)
Nominees:
▪ George Clooney - Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton
▪ Johnny Depp -
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Sweeney Todd▪ Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah as Hank Deerfield
▪ Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises as Nikolai Luzhin
For his performance as Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989)
Nominees:
▪ Kenneth Branagh - Henry V as Henry V
▪ Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July as Ron Kovic
▪ Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
▪ Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society as John Keating
Total number of nominations: 4
Raquel's rating:
7.9
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For his performance as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Nominees:
▪ Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond as Danny Archer
▪ Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson as Danny Danne
▪ Peter O'Toole - Venus as Maurice
▪ Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner
7.8
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For his performance as Truman Capote in Capote (2005)
Nominees:
▪ 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
7.4
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For his performance as Ray Charles in Ray (2004)
Nominees:
▪ 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
7.8
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For his performance as Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist (2002)
Nominees:
▪ Nicolas Cage - Adaptation. as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
▪ Michael Caine
- The Quiet American as Thomas Fowler▪ Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York as William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting
▪ Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt as Warren R. Schmidt
Was the youngest actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, at the age of 29
8.3
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For his performance as Alonzo Harris in Training Day (2001)
Nominees:
▪ Russell Crowe
- A Beautiful Mind as John Nash▪ Sean Penn - I Am Sam as Sam Dawson
▪ Will Smith - Ali as Muhammad Ali
▪ Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom as Matt Fowler
Total number of nominations: 3
Also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Glory (1989)
7.9
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For his performance as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator (2000)
Nominees:
▪ 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
Total number of nominations: 3
8.1
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For his performance as Lester Burnham in American Beauty (1999)
Nominees:
▪ Russell Crowe
- The Insider as 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
Also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects (1994)
Raquel's rating:
7.8
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For his performance as Guido Orefice in Life is Beautiful (1998)
Nominees:
▪ Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan as Captain John Miller
▪ Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters as James Whale
▪ Nick Nolte - Affliction as Wade Whitehouse
▪ Edward Norton - American History X as Derek Vinyard
8.6
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For his performance as Melvin Udall in As Good as It Gets (1997)
Nominees:
▪ 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 Ulee Jackson
▪ Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss
For his performance as R.P. McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Nominees:
▪ Walter Matthau
- The Sunshine Boys as Willy Clark▪ Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon as Sonny Wortzik
▪ Maximilian Schell - The Man in the Glass Booth as Arthur Goldman
▪ James Whitmore - Give 'em Hell, Harry! as Harry Truman
Total number of nominations: 7
Also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment (1983)
Raquel's rating:
7.7
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For his performance as David Helfgott in Shine (1996)
Nominees:
▪ Tom Cruise
- Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire▪ Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient as Count Laszlo de Almásy
▪ Woody Harrelson - The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt
▪ Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade as Karl Childers
Total number of nominations: 2
7.1
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For his performance as Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Nominees:
▪ 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 (posthumous nomination)
Total number of nominations: 2
Raquel's rating:
8
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For his performance as Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)
Nominees:
▪ 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
For his performance as Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia (1993)
Nominees:
▪ 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
Total number of nominations: 5
Raquel's rating:
8.7
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For his performance as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman (1992)
Nominees:
▪ 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
Total number of nominations: 5
Raquel's rating:
8.6
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For his performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of Lambs (1991)
Nominees:
▪ 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
Total number of nominations: 3
Raquel's rating:
8.1
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For his performance as Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Nominees:
▪ Kevin Costner
- Dances with Wolves as Lt. John J. Dunbar▪ Robert De Niro - Awakenings as Leonard Lowe
▪ Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano De Bergerac
▪ Richard Harris - The Field as 'Bull' McCabe
8.1
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For his performance as Raymond Babbitt in Rain Man (1988)
Nominees:
▪ Gene Hackman
- Mississippi Burning as Agent Rupert Anderson▪ Tom Hanks - Big as Josh Baskin
▪ Edward James Olmos - Stand and Deliver as Jaime Escalante
▪ Max von Sydow - Pelle the Conqueror as Lassefar
For his performance as Ted Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Nominees:
▪ Jack Lemmon
- The China Syndrome as Jack Godell▪ Al Pacino - …And Justice for All as Arthur Kirkland
▪ Roy Scheider - All That Jazz as Joe Gideon
▪ Peter Sellers - Being There as Chance
Total number of nominations: 6
Raquel's rating:
7.7
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For his performance as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987)
Nominees:
▪ William Hurt
- Broadcast News as Tom Grunick▪ Marcello Mastroianni - Dark Eyes as Romano
▪ Jack Nicholson - Ironweed as Francis Phelan
▪ Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer
Raquel's rating:
8.7
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For his performance as Fast Eddie Felson in The Color of Money (1986)
Nominees:
▪ Dexter Gordon
- Round Midnight as Dale Turner▪ Bob Hoskins - Mona Lisa as George
▪ William Hurt - Children of a Lesser God as James Leeds
▪ James Woods - Salvador as Richard Boyle
Total number of nominations: 8
Also received an Honorary Oscar (1986)
7
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For his performance as Luis Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Nominees:
▪ Harrison Ford
- Witness as Det. Capt. John Book▪ James Garner - Murphy's Romance as Murphy Jones
▪ Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor as Charley Partanna
▪ Jon Voight - Runaway Train as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
Total number of nominations: 3
7.3
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For his performance as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1984)
Nominees:
▪ Jeff Bridges
- Starman as Starman▪ Albert Finney - Under the Volcano as Geoffrey Firmin
▪ Tom Hulce - Amadeus as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
▪ Sam Waterston - The Killing Fields as Sydney Schanberg
8
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For his performance as Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies (1983)
Nominees:
▪ Michael Caine
- Educating Rita as Dr. Frank Bryant▪ Tom Conti - Reuben, Reuben as Gowan McGland
▪ Tom Courtenay - The Dresser as Norman
▪ Albert Finney - The Dresser as Sir
Total number of nominations: 3
8.1
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For his performance as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Gandhi (1982)
Nominees:
▪ Dustin Hoffman
- Tootsie as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels▪ Jack Lemmon - Missing as Ed Horman
▪ Paul Newman - The Verdict as Frank Galvin
▪ Peter O'Toole - My Favorite Year as Alan Swann
Total number of nominations: 2
8.7
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For his performance as Norman Thayer in On Golden Pond (1981)
Nominees:
▪ Warren Beatty
- Reds as John Reed▪ Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City as Lou Pascal
▪ Dudley Moore - Arthur as Arthur Bach
▪ Paul Newman - Absence of Malice as Michael Colin Gallaghe
Total number of nominations: 2
Was the oldest actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, at the age of 76
Also received an Honorary Oscar (1981)
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8.6
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For his performance as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980)
Nominees:
▪ Robert Duvall - The Great Santini
as Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meechum▪ John Hurt - The Elephant Man as John Merrick
▪ Jack Lemmon - Tribute as Scottie Templeton
▪ Peter O'Toole - The Stunt Man as Eli Cross
Total number of nominations: 5
Also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather II (1974)
Raquel's rating:
7.1
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For his performance as Luke Martin in Coming Home (1978)
Nominees:
▪ Warren Beatty
- Heaven Can Wait as Joe Pendleton▪ Gary Busey - The Buddy Holly Story as Buddy Holly
▪ Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter as Michael Vronsky
▪ Laurence Olivier - The Boys from Brazil as Ezra Lieberman
Total number of nominations: 3
7.2
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For his performance as Elliot Garfield in The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Nominees:
▪ Woody Allen
- Annie Hall as Alvy Singer▪ Richard Burton - Equus as Martin Dysart
▪ Marcello Mastroianni - A Special Day as Gabriele
▪ John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever as Tony Manero
Total number of nominations: 2
8
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For his performance as Howard Beale in Network (1976) (posthumous win)
Nominees:
▪ Robert De Niro
- Taxi Driver as Travis Bickle▪ Giancarlo Giannini - Seven Beauties as Pasqualino Frafuso
▪ William Holden - Network as Max Schumacher
▪ Sylvester Stallone - Rocky as Rocky Balboa
Total number of nominations: 2
7.5
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For his performance as Harry Coombes in Harry and Tonto (1974)
Nominees:
▪ Albert Finney
- Murder on the Orient Express as Hercule Poirot▪ Dustin Hoffman - Lenny as Lenny Bruce
▪ Jack Nicholson - Chinatown as Jake 'J.J.' Gittes
▪ Al Pacino - The Godfather Part II as Don Michael Corleone
8.7
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For his performance as Harry Stoner in Save the Tiger (1973)
Nominees:
▪ Marlon Brando
- Last Tango in Paris as Paul▪ Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail as SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky
▪ Al Pacino - Serpico as Frank Serpico
▪ Robert Redford - The Sting as Johnny Hooker
Total number of nominations: 7
Also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts (1955)
Raquel's rating:
8.6
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For his performance as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972)
(But he refused in protest for the treatment given to the American Indians by the film industry)
Nominees:
▪ Michael Caine
- Sleuth as Milo Tindle▪ Laurence Olivier - Sleuth as Andrew Wyke
▪ Peter O'Toole - The Ruling Class as Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney
▪ Paul Winfield - Sounder as Nathan Lee Morgan
For his performance as Terry Malloy in On The Waterfront (1954)
Nominees:
▪ Humphrey Bogart
- The Caine Mutiny as Philip Francis Queeg▪ Bing Crosby - The Country Girl as Frank Elgin
▪ James Mason - A Star Is Born as Norman Maine
▪ Dan O'Herlihy - Robinson Crusoe as Robinson Crusoe
Total number of nominations: 7
Raquel's rating:
8
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For his performance as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971)
Nominees:
▪ Peter Finch
- Sunday Bloody Sunday as Dr. Daniel Hirsh▪ Walter Matthau - Kotch as Joseph P. Kotcher
▪ George C. Scott - The Hospital as Dr. Herbert Bock
▪ Chaim Topol - Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye
Total number of nominations: 2
Also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Unforgiven (1992)
8.2
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For his performance as Gen. George S. Patton Jr. in Patton (1970) (declined)
Nominees:
▪ Melvyn Douglas
- I Never Sang for My Father as Tom Garrison▪ James Earl Jones - The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson
▪ Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces as Robert Eroica Dupea
▪ Ryan O'Neal - Love Story as Oliver Barrett IV
Total number of nominations: 2
7.8
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For his performance as Marshal Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn in True Grit (1969)
Nominees:
▪ Richard Burton
- Anne of the Thousand Days as King Henry VIII▪ Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy as Enrico Salvatore 'Ratso' Rizzo
▪ Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Arthur Chipping
▪ Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy as Joe Buck
Total number of nominations: 2
7
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For his performance as Charly Gordon in Charly (1968)
Nominees:
▪ Alan Arkin
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as John Singer▪ Alan Bates - The Fixer as Yakov Bok
▪ Ron Moody - Oliver! as Fagin
▪ Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter as Henry II
7.6
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For his performance as Police Chief Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Nominees:
▪ Warren Beatty
- Bonnie and Clyde as Clyde Barrow▪ Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate as Benjamin Braddock
▪ Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke as Luke Jackson
▪ Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Matt Drayton (posthumous nomination)
Total number of nominations: 2
7.6
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For his performance as Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Nominees:
▪ Alan Arkin
- The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming as Lt. Rozanov▪ Richard Burton - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as George
▪ Michael Caine - Alfie as Alfie Elkins
▪ Steve McQueen - The Sand Pebbles as Holman
8.3
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For his performance as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn in Cat Ballou (1965)
Nominees:
▪ Richard Burton
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold as Alec Leamas▪ Laurence Olivier - Othello as Othello
▪ Rod Steiger - The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman
▪ Oskar Werner - Ship of Fools as Willie Schumann
7.6
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For his performance as Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (1964)
Nominees:
▪ Richard Burton
- Becket as Thomas Becket▪ Peter O'Toole - Becket as King Henry II
▪ Anthony Quinn - Zorba the Greek as Alexis Zorba
▪ Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
Total number of nominations: 2
8.2
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For his performance as Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field (1963)
Nominees:
▪ Albert Finney
- Tom Jones as Tom Jones▪ Richard Harris - This Sporting Life as Frank Machin
▪ Rex Harrison - Cleopatra as Caesar
▪ Paul Newman - Hud as Hud Bannon
Total number of nominations: 2
Also received an Honorary Oscar for his body of work (2002)
8.6
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For his performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Nominees:
▪ Burt Lancaster
- Birdman of Alcatraz as Robert Stroud▪ Jack Lemmon - Days of Wine and Roses as Joe Clay
▪ Marcello Mastroianni - Divorce, Italian Style as Ferdinando Cefalù
▪ Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia as T. E. Lawrence
Total number of nominations: 5
Raquel's rating:
7.7
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For his performance as Hans Rolfe in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Nominees:
▪ Charles Boyer
- Fanny as Cesar▪ Paul Newman - The Hustler as Eddie Felson
▪ Spencer Tracy - Judgment at Nuremberg as Chief Judge Dan Haywood
▪ Stuart Whitman - The Mark as Jim Fuller
Total number of nominations: 2
8.4
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For his performance as Elmer Gantry in Elmer Gantry (1960)
Nominees:
▪ Trevor Howard
- Sons and Lovers as Walter Morel▪ Jack Lemmon - The Apartment as C. C. 'Bud' Baxter
▪ Laurence Olivier - The Entertainer as Archie Rice
▪ Spencer Tracy - Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond
Total number of nominations: 4
7.6
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For his performance as Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur (1959)
Nominees:
▪ Laurence Harvey
- Room at the Top as Joe Lampton▪ Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot as Jerry - 'Daphne'
▪ Paul Muni - The Last Angry Man as Dr. Sam Abelman
▪ James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder as Paul Biegler
8.1
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For his performance as Major Angus Pollock in Separate Tables (1958)
Nominees:
▪ Tony Curtis
- The Defiant Ones as John 'Joker' Jackson▪ Paul Newman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Brick Pollitt
▪ Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones as Noah Cullen
▪ Spencer Tracy - The Old Man and the Sea as The Old Man / Narrator
8.4
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For his performance as Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Nominees:
▪ Marlon Brando
- Sayonara as Maj. Lloyd 'Ace' Gruver - USAF▪ Anthony Franciosa - A Hatful of Rain as Polo Pope
▪ Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution as Sir Wilfrid Robarts, lawyer
▪ Anthony Quinn - Wild Is the Wind as Gino
Total number of nominations: 2
Also received an Honorary Oscar (1980)
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