Who won the Best Supporting Actor 'Oscar' for his role in 'An Officer And A Gentleman'?
"An Officer and a Gentleman An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American romantic drama film starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, and Louis Gossett Jr., who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film, making him the first African American to do so. It tells the story of Zack Mayo (Gere), a United States Navy Aviation Officer Candidate who is beginning his training at Aviation Officer Candidate School. While Zack meets his first true girlfriend during his training, a young ""townie"" named Paula (Winger), he also comes into conflict with the hard-driving Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant"
"in the 1982 film ""An Officer and a Gentleman"" won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was the first African-American male to win an Oscar in a supporting role, the second black male to win for acting, and the third African-American actor to win overall. In 1986, Gossett starred in another role as a military man (Colonel Chappy Sinclair) in the film ""Iron Eagle"". It was followed by three sequels. Gossett is the voice of the Vortigaunts in the video game ""Half-Life 2"" and is the Free Jaffa Leader Gerak in Season 9 of the sci-fi television"
"and would be nominated for a record seventeen times in the following decades. Louis Gossett Jr. became the first African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the tough and principled drill sergeant Emil Foley in ""An Officer and a Gentleman"". This marked the first of 28 consecutive years where a Barbara Walters interview special aired before the ceremony. Walters had previously aired an interview special in 1981 and, in subsequent years, her special aired prior to the Academy's formal broadcast of celebrities walking the red carpet. It was also the only time George C. Scott attended"
"Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting 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 supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Walter Brennan was the first winner of this award for his role in ""Come and Get It"". Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded plaques instead of"
"winner in this category for his role as Officer Jason Dixon in ""Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"". In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year. The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actor awards: The following individuals received three or more Best Supporting Actor nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) is an award presented annually"
"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"
"Sylvester Stallone in the Best Supporting Actor category, while it was the great winner at the recent Black Reel Awards, where it earned a total of five awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Coogler), and Best Actor (for Michael B. Jordan). A number of celebrities including Will Smith, Best Original Song nominee Antony Hegarty, Jussie Smollett, and Spike Lee declared they would boycott this year's Academy Awards ceremony, some of them attending Ryan Coogler's charity event ""Justice for Flint"" instead. Coogler however supported the nominated Sylvester Stallone to stand up for the film, attending the Academy Awards ceremony. The"
"Actor in a Supporting Role for ""Traffic"", and Julie Walters won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ""Billy Elliot"". Jamie Bell – ""Billy Elliot"" Julia Roberts – ""Erin Brockovich"" Gladiator Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Ang Lee – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"" Gladiator Gladiator Billy Elliot Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas"" – Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"" – Tan Dun Gladiator ""Traffic"" – Stephen Gaghan ""Almost Famous"" – Cameron Crowe Almost Famous Benicio del Toro –"
"Visual Effects, Best Makeup, and Best Film Editing. Heath Ledger was the first posthumous winner of the Best Supporting Actor award, and only the second posthumous acting winner ever (Peter Finch posthumously won the Best Actor award for his performance in the 1976 film ""Network""). In addition, Ledger's win marked the first win in any of the major Oscar categories (producing, directing, acting, or writing) for a superhero-based film. Notably, Richard King's win in the Sound Editing category blocked a complete awards sweep of the evening by the eventual Best Picture winner, ""Slumdog Millionaire"". Although it did not receive a"
"Supporting Role (Tommy Lee Jones), Best Director (Oliver Stone), Best Original Score (John Williams), Best Sound (Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker and Tod A. Maitland), Best Cinematography (Robert Richardson), Best Film Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay (Stone and Zachary Sklar). It won two awards, for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. Stone was nominated for an award for Outstanding Directing by the Directors Guild of America but did not win. He also won a Golden Globe for Best Director and in his acceptance speech, he said, ""A terrible lie was told to us 28 years ago. I hope that this film"
"November 12, 2014, he was bestowed the honor of Freedom of the City by the City of London. In August 2017, he was named the 54th recipient of the SAG Life Achievement award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in ""Street Smart"" (1987), ""Driving Miss Daisy"" (1989), ""The Shawshank Redemption"" (1994), and ""Invictus"" (2009). He has also won a Golden"
"under the title Best Supporting Actor – Television Series before changing to its current title in 1980. Since its inception, the award has been given to 45 actors. Alexander Skarsgård is the current recipient of the award for his portrayal of Perry Wright on ""Big Little Lies"". Ed Asner has won the most awards in this category, winning three times. Sean Hayes and Jeremy Piven have each been nominated for the award on six occasions, the most within the category. Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees: Golden Globe Award"
"praise for his performance and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Peter Debruge, in his review for ""Variety"", said that the film ""demolishes the cliches of the musical-prodigy genre, investing the traditionally polite stages and rehearsal studios of a topnotch conservatory with all the psychological intensity of a battlefield or sports arena."" Todd McCarthy of ""The Hollywood Reporter"" praised the performances of Teller and Simmons, writing: ""Teller, who greatly impressed in last year's Sundance entry ""The Spectacular Now"", does so again in a performance that is more often simmering than volatile ... Simmons has the great good fortune"
"role in ""Racer and the Jailbird"". In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor The Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor (French: ) is an award presented annually by the . It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements. The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Jan Decleir receiving"
"received six. The year's winner of acting categories also marked as the closest span ever between the four winners, all of whom were under 40 when they won the award. Robert De Niro was 37 when awarded Best Actor, Sissy Spacek was 31 when awarded Best Actress, Timothy Hutton was 20 when awarded Best Supporting Actor, and Mary Steenburgen was 28 when awarded Best Supporting Actress. In addition, Hutton was the youngest ever Best Supporting Actor winner. His award was one of four that ""Ordinary People"" won, more than any other movie; the movie also won Best Picture, Best Director"
"and won four, including awards to Forman, Abraham, Shaffer, and Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Drama. Jeffrey Jones was nominated for Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Forman also received the Directors Guild of America Award for his work. At the end of the Oscar ceremony, Laurence Olivier came on stage to present the Oscar for Best Picture. As Olivier thanked the Academy for inviting him, he was already opening the envelope. Instead of announcing the nominees, he simply read, ""The winner for this is ""Amadeus""."" An AMPAS official quickly went onstage to confirm"
"Best Supporting Actor."" On January 11, 2015, Simmons won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on February 22, 2015. In January 2015, Simmons was cast in a leading role in the upcoming film """", though he and Michael Keaton later exited the film. Simmons performed a substantial number of voice-over roles alongside his live action work. Several of these have arisen from his J. Jonah Jameson character in Raimi's ""Spider-Man"" films, including voices of two newspaper editors in episodes of the eighteenth season of ""The Simpsons"". While"
"Supporting Actor (Abdi) and Best Director (Greengrass). It did not win in any of the categories. The film was also nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Direction (Greengrass), Best Actor (Hanks), Best Supporting Actor (Abdi), and Best Adapted Screenplay. Abdi won the film's only award for Best Supporting Actor. The film was also nominated for six Academy Awards; Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Abdi), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing. It did not win in any of the categories. Various American critics have named the film as one"
"during the awards ceremony on March 27, 1995. For only the second time in Oscar history, three of the four acting winners were previous winners. The 11th ceremony held in 1939 previously accomplished this feat. Best Actor winner Tom Hanks became the fifth performer to win consecutive acting Oscars and the second person to do so in the aforementioned category since Spencer Tracy won for his performances in ""Captains Courageous"" and ""Boys Town"". He also was the sixth person to win Best Actor twice. Best Supporting Actress winner Dianne Wiest became the first person to win two acting Oscars for"
"great actors, able to play high, low, crass, noble""; while Gene Siskel called him ""wonderful"" and one of his favourite actors. Peter Travers described Oldman as ""one of the best actors on the planet"". Prior to his first Academy Award nomination for ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"", Oldman was widely regarded as one of the greatest actors never nominated for the award; Leigh Singer of ""The Guardian"" called him ""arguably the best actor never Oscar-nominated."" Before winning for ""Darkest Hour"", he also carried the label of the greatest actor never to win the Oscar. In 2011, Oldman received a Tribute Award"
"Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in ""Street Smart"" (1987), ""Driving Miss Daisy"" (1989), ""The Shawshank Redemption"" (1994), and ""Invictus"" (2009). He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including ""Glory"" (1989), """" (1991), ""Seven"" (1995), ""Deep Impact"" (1998), ""The Sum of All Fears"" (2002), ""Bruce Almighty"" (2003), ""The Dark Knight"
"Movies' primetime lineup. Allowed to choose four movies to air, he selected ""Blackboard Jungle,"" ""Lifeboat,"" ""Touch of Evil"" and ""The Night of the Hunter."" Louis Gossett Jr. Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award winning role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film ""An Officer and a Gentleman"", and his role as Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries ""Roots"". Gossett has also starred in numerous other film productions including ""A Raisin in the Sun"", ""The Landlord"", ""Skin Game"", ""Travels with My Aunt"", ""The Laughing"
"Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Helen Thomson Nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Mitchell Butel Nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role - David Field Nominated Best Production Design - Nicholas McCallum Nominated Best Cinematography - Garry Phillips Nominated Best Original Music Score Nominated Best Screenplay, Original - Chris Nyst Nominated Best Editing - Ken Sallows Nominated Best Sound - John Schiefelbein, Antony Gray, Ian McLoughlin Nominated Best Costume Design - Jackline Sassine Won Best Actor - Male - David Wenham Nominated Best Film Nominated Best Director - Jonathan Teplitzky Nominated Best Screenplay - Original -"
"Actress category. Best Actor winner Paul Newman was the fourth actor to have been nominated for portraying the same character in two different films, having previously earned a nomination for his role as ""Fast Eddie"" Felson in 1961's ""The Hustler"". By virtue of his victory in the Best Actor category, Newman and wife Joanne Woodward, who won Best Actress for her performance in 1957's ""The Three Faces of Eve"", became the second married couple to win acting Oscars. """" and ""Down and Out in America""s joint win in the Best Documentary Feature category marked the fourth occurrence of a tie"
"""An Officer and a Gentleman"", Hackford kept Lou Gossett Jr. in separate living quarters from the other actors so he could intimidate them more during his scenes as a drill instructor. Richard Gere originally balked at shooting the ending, which involves his character arriving at his lover's factory wearing his Navy dress whites and carrying her off from the factory floor. Gere thought the ending would not work because it was too sentimental, and Hackford was initially inclined to agree with Gere, until during a rehearsal when the extras playing the workers began to cheer and cry. But when Gere"
"Oscars, ""Spotlight"" was the first film since 1952's ""The Greatest Show on Earth"" to win Best Picture with only one other award. Alejandro G. Iñárritu became the third individual to win two consecutive Oscars for Best Director. By virtue of his previous nomination for his portrayal of the titular character in 1976's ""Rocky"", Best Supporting Actor nominee Sylvester Stallone was the sixth person to be nominated for playing the same role in two different films. At the age of 87, Ennio Morricone was believed to be the oldest competitive winner in Oscar history. Having previously won for ""Gravity"" and ""Birdman"","
"52nd Academy Awards The 52nd Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1980, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson who, in noting the long duration of the production, joked that President Jimmy Carter was working hard for their ""release"" from the ceremonies, a clear reference to the Iranian hostage crisis. Among the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were 8 year-old Justin Henry—the youngest Best Supporting Actor nominee ever—and 79-year-old Melvyn Douglas. This was the largest age difference between two competing actors in Oscar history until 2013. Their age difference was partially"
"category (score, substantially original). Best Sound Effects was introduced this year with ""It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"" winning the award. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. Sidney Poitier's performance in ""Lilies of the Field"" as Homer Smith earned him an award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. This marked the first time a Black male won a competitive Oscar (Poitier is Bahamian-American). This win came five years after his nomination for Best Actor in the 1958's ""The Defiant Ones"". Another African-American male would not"
"Louis Gossett Jr. Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award winning role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film ""An Officer and a Gentleman"", and his role as Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries ""Roots"". Gossett has also starred in numerous other film productions including ""A Raisin in the Sun"", ""The Landlord"", ""Skin Game"", ""Travels with My Aunt"", ""The Laughing Policeman"", ""The Deep"", ""Jaws 3-D"", Wolfgang Petersen's ""Enemy Mine"", the ""Iron Eagle"" series, ""Toy Soldiers"" and ""The Punisher"", in an acting career that spans"
"reactions. Loeb, who had been critical of Jack Nicholson's portrayal of the Joker in 1989's ""Batman"", expressed his excitement for Ledger's interpretation, saying the casting felt ""just about right. I eagerly anticipate more!"" Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker received critical acclaim, winning numerous posthumous awards for his performance, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a"
"order to continue working. As a result, Boulle, who did not speak English, was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; many years later, Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award. The film was widely praised, winning seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture) at the 30th Academy Awards. It used lush colour to bring out the British stiff upper lip of the colonel, played by Alec Guinness in an Oscar-winning performance. In 1997, the film was deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library"
"is what happened in that situation. So why are so many people dying in police custody? And why are they all black? And why are all the police killing them white? What is that? The police have always said, 'I feared for my safety.' Well, now we know. OK. You feared for your safety while a guy was running away from you, right?"" Morgan Freeman has been nominated for an Academy Award ""and"" the Golden Globe Award five different times, each time for the same film for each award. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on ""Million"
"Academy Awards, winning five : Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Hoffman), Best Supporting Actress (for Streep), and Best Adapted Screenplay. Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) is a workaholic advertising executive who has just been assigned a new and very important account. Ted arrives home and shares the good news with his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep) only to find that she is leaving him. Saying that she needs to find herself, she leaves Ted to raise their son Billy (Justin Henry) by himself. Ted and Billy initially resent one another as Ted no longer has time to carry his increased"