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His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.6 Stars "Fatal Attraction" - Level of Difficulty - 4.4 Stars. Golden Globes: 0 Actress - The Fault in Our Stars, Veep, Awkward. :). Role Transformation - 5 StarsAwards & Nominations: Oscars: 1 Overall Versatility - 4.3 Stars Golden Globe Nominations: 4 (2 for Directing)Greatest Performances: "Ransom" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Overall Versatility - 4.8 Stars (192) 24hr. Golden Globe Nominations: 12Greatest Performances:"Educated Rita" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. An only child Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.6 Stars "True Detective" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars Geoffrey Roy Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. One of Hollywood's preeminent male stars of all time, James Cagney was also an accomplished dancer and easily played light comedy. Golden Globe Nominations: 6Greatest Performances: "Man on the Moon" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars Golden Globes: 1 Golden Globes: 2 He was born on October 18, 1927 in Wise, Virginia, to Helena Agnes (Slemp) and George Dewey Scott. BAFTA Awards: 0 Golden Globe Nominations: 8Greatest Performances: "Forrest Gump" - Level of Difficulty - 5 Stars Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through Acting Abilities: David Garrickin Richard IIIon stage. BAFTA Awards: 0 BAFTA Awards: 2 Golden Globe Nominations: 7Greatest Performances: "Lincoln" - Level of Difficulty - 5 Stars New actors just getting started in episodics will often focus their attention on getting booked in independent online webseries. BAFTA Nominations: 2 BAFTA Nominations: 0 BAFTA Nominations: 2 Overall Versatility - 4.8 Stars Role Transformation - 5 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 1 An actor with over fifty years of experience in theatre, film, and television, Michael Douglas branched out into independent feature production in 1975 with the Academy Award-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). WebActor | Chinatown Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. His elder brother was Arthur S. Newman Jr., named for Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.8 Stars Oscar Nominations: 1 Role Transformation - 4.7 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 0 "Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. Golden Globe Nominations: 1Greatest Performances: "True Grit" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars BAFTA Nominations: 2 Role Transformation - 4.9 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 2 Role Transformation - 4.9 StarsAwards & Nominations: Oscars: 2 He is also the star and creator of the web series Wade Kinsella in Hart of Dixie 7. "Wonder Boys" - Level of Difficulty - 4.5 Stars Oscar Nominations: 5 BAFTA Nominations: 9 Golden Globe Nominations: 0Greatest Performances: "City Lights" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars BAFTA Awards: 1 Golden Globes: 0 BAFTA Awards: 1 Oscar Nominations: 1 Oscar Nominations: 4 (3 for Directing) BAFTA Nominations: 3 "Love with the Proper Stranger" - Level of Difficulty - 4.2 Stars. BAFTA Awards: 0 Jack Nicholson Actor | Chinatown Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-1990s as one of the most watchable and charismatic character actors to come along in years. The fifth of nine children, he was born William James Murray in Wilmette, Illinois, to Lucille (Collins), a mailroom clerk, and Edward Joseph Murray II, who sold lumber. "21 Grams" - Level of Difficulty - 4.9 Stars Oscar Nominations: 1 Overall Versatility - 4.7 Stars BAFTA Awards: 2 "Mutiny on the Bounty" - Level of Difficulty - 4.2 Stars Golden Globe Nominations: 3Greatest Performances: "Beginners" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars BAFTA Nominations: 1 Golden Globes: 0 "Lust for Life" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars The actor pattern is a computational model for concurrent or distributed systems in which a large number of these actors can execute simultaneously and independently of each other. Golden Globe Nominations: 0Greatest Performances: "Casablanca" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Golden Globes: 5 Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars Golden Globes: 0 Overall Versatility - 4.3 Stars Golden Globes: 1 "The Great Dictator" - Level of Difficulty - 4.9 Stars. Oscar Nominations: 3 "The Talented Mr. Ripley" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. Overall Versatility - 4.4 Stars "Stalag 17" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Oscar Nominations: 1 Oscar Nominations: 1 (For Acting) Overall Versatility - 4.7 Stars Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. 150 Famous Male Actors. "Django Unchained" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars Golden Globe Nominations: 4Greatest Performances: "Pulp Fiction" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars Role Transformation - 4.9 StarsAwards & Nominations: Oscars: 1 Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. "Sexy Beast" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Overall Versatility - 4.4 Stars The family lived in different countries Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.9 Stars BAFTA Awards: 2 BAFTA Awards: 1 BAFTA Awards: 0 Golden Globes: 2 (Writing) When an actor receives a message, it can change its internal state, and send messages to other (possibly new) actors. Role Transformation - 4.7 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 0 Emily Peachey. Role Transformation - 4.8 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 0 - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars He was born in Affton, Missouri to Virginia Roos (Loosmore), a waitress and saleswoman & Leslie Francis Goodman, a postal worker who died when he was a small child. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. Golden Globes: 0 - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars. BAFTA Nominations: 2 BAFTA Nominations: 7 Actors communicate with each other using messages. Overall Versatility - 5 Stars "Actress" redirects here. Oscar Nominations: 4 Actors communicate with each other using messages. Golden Globe Nominations: 6Greatest Performances: "The Godfather" - Level of Difficulty - 5 Stars In 1965, Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 5 Stars His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. "Gods and Monsters" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars His maternal grandparents were Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 5 Stars "Doubt" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars Born to Alice Cooper and Charles Cooper. "Harry Potter Series" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars, Actor | "Mystic River" - Level of Difficulty - 5 Stars. Oscar Nominations: 3 At the age of eight, his mother died, and his father, an executive at Buick, raised him. BAFTA Awards: 0 Role Transformation - 5 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 1 "Dead Poets Society" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars With passing years, he matured into a star character actor who exemplified not only integrity and strength, but an ideal of the common man fighting against social injustice and oppression. The actors on this list are ranked according to their lifetime success (awards & nominations), along with their acting skills, versatility and role transformation. "Some Like It Hot" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars. Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (pseudonym Cecil Day-Lewis), Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. "Dog Day Afternoon" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 29, 1964. "All the President's Men" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars. - Level of Difficulty - 4.9 Stars "The Subject Wad Roses" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. Role Transformation - 5 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 3 Al Pacino Actor | Serpico Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies. Golden Globe Nominations: 13 (1 for Acting)Greatest Performances:"Annie Hall" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars "The Truman Show" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars Alec Guinness was an English actor. Golden Globes: 2 He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. 40 Andy Griffith Known for his southern drawl and charm, Andy Griffith made his mark on Hollywood with the 1960s hit series The Andy Griffith Show, now one of the most revered shows in history. Oscar Nominations: 10 Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham), Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.8 Stars Jack Nicholson Actor | Chinatown Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. His paternal grandfather was Irish, Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.8 Stars "The Big Lebowski" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars. Robards was raised mostly in Los Angeles. Role Transformation - 4.9 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 2 BAFTA Awards: 0 "Elmer Gantry" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. 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Overall Versatility - 4.4 Stars Oscar Nominations: 4 Deep Roy. The two-time Golden Globe-winner rose to fame as a cast member of the Fox sketch comedy In Living Color (1990) but leading roles in Ace Ventura: Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.8 Stars Actress - The Fault in Our Stars, Veep, Awkward. "The Sand Pebbles" - Level of Difficulty - 4.5 Stars BAFTA Awards: 0 21,807 150 200 Most Famous People of All Time. "The Murder on the orient Express" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. WebJack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. 2. 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