"a fundraising event. The chapter was warmly received by those in attendance. ""My Left Foot"", the Academy Award-winning film version of his autobiography, was directed by Jim Sheridan in 1989, with a screenplay by Shane Connaughton. Daniel Day-Lewis starred as Christy while Brenda Fricker played Brown's mother. My Left Foot (book) My Left Foot is the 1954 autobiography of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy on 5 June 1932 in Dublin, Ireland. As one of 13 surviving children, Brown went on to be an author, painter and poet. Brown begins his book by telling the reader about his"
"Pandit has given her voice to the song penned by Prof. Jayant Dhupkar and composed by National Film Awards winner Isaac Thomas Kottukapally. ""My Left Foot"" (1989) is a drama film directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. It tells the true story of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot. Christy Brown grew up in a poor, working-class family, and became a writer and artist. It won the Academy Award for Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Brenda Fricker). It was also nominated for Best"
"when he allows himself to become emotionally involved with a woman. During the eight-month shoot, he learned Czech, and first began to refuse to break character on or off the set for the entire shooting schedule. During this period, Day-Lewis and other young British actors of the time, such as Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tim Roth, and Bruce Payne, were dubbed the ""Brit Pack"". Day-Lewis progressed his personal version of method acting in 1989 with his performance as Christy Brown in Jim Sheridan's ""My Left Foot"". It won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA"
"the Best Actor Oscar for ""Save the Tiger"" (1973), becoming the first actor to achieve this rare double (the only other actors to have done so are Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Spacey, and Denzel Washington). He was also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the controversial film ""Missing"" in 1982, and for his roles in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), ""The Apartment"" (1960), ""Days of Wine and Roses"" (1962), ""The China Syndrome"" (1979), for which he was also awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, and ""Tribute"" (1980). He won another"
"It is a partly fictional biography, adapted by Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan from the book ""My Left Foot"" by Brown. The film was well received by critics and audiences, with Day-Lewis' performance being widely acclaimed. Day-Lewis won the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, while Brenda Fricker won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was additionally nominated for three other Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay for Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan, Best Director for Sheridan and the Academy Award for Best Picture. An Irish and British co-production, the British Film Institute ranked ""My"
"make no apology for courteously asking an entirely legitimate question about a subject you had spoken of before and which has generated more headlines than anything you've done in the last 20 years."" Richard Dreyfuss Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in popular films during the 1970s through 1990s, including ""American Graffiti"", ""Jaws"", ""Stand by Me"", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", ""Down and Out in Beverly Hills"", ""The Goodbye Girl"", ""Stakeout"", ""Always"", ""What About Bob?"" and ""Mr. Holland's Opus"". Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor"
"is the only Triple Crown winner to win three Oscars. American actress Shirley Booth (1898–1992) completed the triple crown in 1962. She was a 4-time Emmy (2), 3-time Tony (3), and 1-time Oscar (1) nominee, for a total of eight TC nominations. Booth won six awards. American actor Melvyn Douglas (1901–1981) completed the triple crown in 1968. He was a 3-time Oscar (2), 2-time Emmy (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of six TC nominations. Douglas won four awards. British actor Paul Scofield (1922–2008) completed the triple crown in 1969. He was a 2-time Oscar (1), 1-time"
"is married and has two children. He lives in London much of the time. Shane Connaughton Shane Connaughton (born 4 April 1941 in Kingscourt County Cavan ) is an Irish writer and actor, probably best known as co-writer of the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for ""My Left Foot"". He also co-wrote the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning 1980 short film ""The Dollar Bottom"" and 1992 film ""The Playboys"", as well as other screenplays and plays. He won the Hennessy Award in 1985. Connaughton is the author of the books ""A Border Station"" (1989), ""The Run of the Country"" (1991), and ""Big"
"on the official list of nominees. Going into the awards ceremony, ""The Godfather"" was seen as the favorite to take home the most awards. From the nominations that ""The Godfather"" had remaining, it only won three of the Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture. Brando, who had also not attended the Golden Globes ceremony two months earlier, boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony and refused to accept the Oscar, becoming the second actor to refuse a Best Actor award after George C. Scott in 1970. Brando sent American Indian Rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather in his place, to"
"Richard Dreyfuss Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in popular films during the 1970s through 1990s, including ""American Graffiti"", ""Jaws"", ""Stand by Me"", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", ""Down and Out in Beverly Hills"", ""The Goodbye Girl"", ""Stakeout"", ""Always"", ""What About Bob?"" and ""Mr. Holland's Opus"". Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1978 for ""The Goodbye Girl"", and was nominated in 1995 for ""Mr. Holland's Opus"". He has also won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and was nominated in 2002 for Screen"
"eventually accepted the 1935 award three years later, at the 1938 ceremony. Nichols was nominated for three further Academy Awards during his career. George C. Scott became the second person to refuse his award (Best Actor in 1970 for ""Patton"") at the 43rd Academy Awards ceremony. Scott described it as a ""meat parade"", saying ""I don't want any part of it."" The third person to refuse the award was Marlon Brando, who refused his award (Best Actor for 1972's ""The Godfather"") citing the film industry's discrimination and mistreatment of Native Americans. At the 45th Academy Awards ceremony, Brando sent actress"
"previous work, ""Richard III"" was only nominated for a single Academy Award: Academy Award for Best Actor. It was Olivier's fifth nomination in the category, though the award was won by Yul Brynner for his performance in ""The King and I"". ""Richard III"" was the second film to have won both Best Film awards at the BAFTAS. It dominated that year's awards ceremony, winning, in addition to the two Best Film awards, the award for Best British Actor. It was also the first winner of the newly created Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film, which had been split"
"Jack Lemmon John Uhler ""Jack"" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. Lemmon was an eight-time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. He starred in over 60 films, such as ""Some Like It Hot"", ""The Apartment"", ""Mister Roberts"" (for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), ""Days of Wine and Roses"", ""The Great Race"", ""Irma la Douce"", ""The Odd Couple"" and its sequel ""The Odd Couple II"" (and other frequent collaborations with ""Odd Couple"" co-star Walter Matthau), ""Save the Tiger"" (for which he won the 1973 Academy Award"
"and film for most of the early 1980s, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company and playing Romeo in ""Romeo and Juliet"" and Flute in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", before appearing in the 1984 film ""The Bounty"". He starred in ""My Beautiful Laundrette"" (1985), his first critically acclaimed role, and gained further public notice with ""A Room with a View"" (1985). He then assumed leading man status with ""The Unbearable Lightness of Being"" (1988). One of the most acclaimed actors in film history, Day-Lewis has earned numerous awards, including three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances in ""My Left Foot"""
"male actors to win three Academy Awards. Nicholson is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s; the other is Michael Caine. He has won six Golden Globe Awards, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, at 57, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. He has had a number of high-profile relationships, most notably with Anjelica Huston and Rebecca Broussard, and was married to Sandra Knight from 1962 until their divorce"
"Brenda Fricker Brenda Fricker (born 17 February 1945) is an Irish actress of stage and screen. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television roles. In 1990, she became the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award, earning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ""My Left Foot"" (1989). As of 2014, she has tentatively retired from acting. Fricker was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her mother, ""Bina"" (née Murphy), was a teacher at Stratford College, and her father, Desmond Frederick Fricker, was an officer in the Department of Agriculture and a journalist for"
"Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor, film producer, and environmentalist. DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s. He next had recurring roles in various television series, such as the soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" and the sitcom ""Growing Pains"". He debuted in his film career by starring as Josh in ""Critters 3"" (1991). He starred in the film adaptation of the memoir ""This Boy's Life"" (1993), and received acclaim and his first Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in ""What's Eating Gilbert Grape"" (1993). He gained"
"are at the Wisconsin Historical Society and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division. Paddy Chayefsky Sidney Aaron ""Paddy"" Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay (the other three-time winners, Francis Ford Coppola, Charles Brackett, Woody Allen, and Billy Wilder, have all shared their awards with co-writers). He was considered one of the most renowned dramatists of the so-called Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style"
"Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Also, he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, and the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the political drama ""The Ides of March"". In 2013, Clooney won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing ""Argo"". He is the only person in Academy Award history to be nominated for Oscars"
"for Best Actor was first introduced in 1976 for the 1974 and 1975 years, to reward a lead performance by a male actor in film. The record for most awards is held by Robert Downey, Jr. and Mark Hamill with three wins, with Jeff Bridges and Harrison Ford as the only others to have won more than once, each winning twice. Tom Cruise is the most nominated actor in the category with ten nominations, with Arnold Schwarzenegger being second with seven (two of which for playing The Terminator) and Harrison Ford (all of them for playing either Han Solo or"
"Academy. Nicholson's acting career spans over sixty years. He has won three Academy Awards, and with twelve nominations, he is the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Among his most notable films are ""Easy Rider"" (1969), ""Five Easy Pieces"" (1970), ""The Last Detail"" (1973), ""Chinatown"" (1974), ""The Passenger"" (1975), ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975), ""The Shining"" (1980), ""Terms of Endearment"" (1983), ""Batman"" (1989), ""A Few Good Men"" (1992), ""As Good as It Gets"" (1997), ""About Schmidt"" (2002), ""Something's Gotta Give"" (2003), ""The Departed"" (2006), and ""The Bucket List"" (2007). Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April"
"or more Best Actor nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in ""The Last Command"" and ""The Way of All Flesh"". Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected"
"Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times: 4 wins 3 wins 2 wins The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times: 5 nominations 4 nominations 3 nominations 2 nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Actor ""'1970 Edward Woodward in ""Callan"" ""'1971 Keith Michell in ""The Six Wives of Henry VIII"" ""'1972 John Le Mesurier in ""Traitor"" ""'1973 Anthony Hopkins in ""War and Peace"" ""'1974 Frank Finlay in ""The Adventures of Don Quixote""; ""Candide""; ""The Death of Adolf Hitler"" ""'1975 Peter Barkworth in ""Crown Matrimonial"" ""'1976 John Hurt in ""The Naked Civil"
"Academy Award for Best Actor The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in ""The Last Command"" and ""The Way of All Flesh"". Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from"
"ever to win a Best Actor Oscar, until Anthony Hopkins win for his appearance in the 1991 film ""The Silence of the Lambs"", which is a little over 16 minutes. He was also a co-host of the 30th, 31st, and 46th Academy Awards ceremonies. After Niven had won the Academy Award, Goldwyn called with an invitation to his home. In Goldwyn's drawing room, Niven noticed a picture of himself in uniform which he had sent to Goldwyn from Britain during the Second World War. In happier times with Goldwyn, he had observed this same picture sitting on Goldwyn's piano. Now"
"and lymphatic diseases (LD), which affect an estimated 10 million people in the United States and over 100 million people worldwide. Guttenberg married model Denise Bixler on September 30, 1988. They separated in June 1991 and were divorced in 1992. He has lived with WCBS-TV reporter Emily Smith since 2014; the couple announced their engagement in December 2016. Steve Guttenberg Steven Robert Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958) is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. He starred in 1984's ""Police Academy"", and went on to perform in lead roles in Hollywood films of the 1980s, including ""Cocoon"", ""Three Men"
"Gary Oldman Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker who has performed in theatre, film, and television. Known for his versatility and expressive acting style, Oldman is regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation. Among other accolades, he has won an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, along with nominations for an Emmy Award and the Palme d'Or. In 2011, ""Empire"" readers voted him the recipient of the Empire Icon Award. Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979,"
"for Best Actor (the first for a male performer in a non-English-speaking role, and only the third overall acting Oscar for non-English-speaking roles). Famously, giddy with delight after ""Life Is Beautiful"" was announced as the Best Foreign Language Film, Benigni climbed over and then stood on the backs of the seats in front of him and applauded the audience before proceeding to the stage. After winning his Best Actor Oscar later in the evening, he said in his acceptance speech, ""This is a terrible mistake because I used up all my English!"" To close his speech, Benigni quoted the closing"
"Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936, 1938, and 1940, making him one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards. Brennan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, less than two miles from his family's home in Swampscott, Massachusetts. He was the second of three children born to Margaret Elizabeth (""née"" Flanagan; June 4, 1869 in Charlestown, Massachusetts – February 1, 1955 in Pasadena, California) and William John Brennan (September 2, 1868 in Malden, Massachusetts – August 17, 1936"
"""""The Dead"""", based on the short story by James Joyce and starring Huston's daughter, Anjelica Huston. The withdrawal of government funding effectively closed the studios in the early 1980s. For several years the lot fell into disrepair but the studio was reactivated by an initiative led by an Irish independent company, Tara Productions, in partnership with MTM Hollywood and the Irish National Enterprise Authority. Thereafter, the renamed MTM Ardmore Studios made its mark again on the global scene with the success of """"My Left Foot"""", directed by Jim Sheridan, which earned Oscars for Daniel Day-Lewis for his portrayal of the"
"Paddy Chayefsky Sidney Aaron ""Paddy"" Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay (the other three-time winners, Francis Ford Coppola, Charles Brackett, Woody Allen, and Billy Wilder, have all shared their awards with co-writers). He was considered one of the most renowned dramatists of the so-called Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, and he was regarded as the central figure in the ""kitchen sink realism"" movement"
"Agent"" (2003), ""Lassie"" (2005), """" (2014), ""Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"" (2017) and """" (2018). Dinklage won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in ""Game of Thrones"". He has also won three Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the same role. Dinklage has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor each year from 2013 to 2016. He has also been nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor three times, in 2012, 2016 and 2017. , Dinklage has won twelve awards from 58 nominations."
"and Laurence Olivier (1930s–1970s) have been nominated for an acting (lead or supporting) Academy Award in five different decades. With three Oscar wins, he also ties with Walter Brennan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ingrid Bergman, and Meryl Streep for the second-most Oscar wins in acting categories. Only Katharine Hepburn, with four Oscars, won more. In 2012, Nicholson co-presented the Academy Award for Best Picture with First Lady Michelle Obama. This ceremony marked the eighth time he has presented the Academy Award for Best Picture (1972, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1993, 2006, 2007, and 2012). Nicholson is an active and voting member of the"