"series ""Gravity Falls"". In the 2014 drama film ""Whiplash"", Simmons played Terence Fletcher, an intensely demanding conductor at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory of Music, who bullies and cajoles his student, Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller). The wide acclaim for Simmons's performance included an Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actor. ""Rolling Stone"" said ""Beat the drums for an Oscar for Simmons."" Richard Roeper of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" said ""Simmons delivers one of the most memorable performances of the year."" ""Entertainment Weekly"" summed up the reaction by saying Simmons's performance ""has been universally praised"" and that he was ""a leading contender for"
"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"
"Tenzin in ""The Legend of Korra"" (2012–2014), Stanford Pines in ""Gravity Falls"" (2015–2016), Kai in ""Kung Fu Panda 3"" (2016) and Mayor Lionheart in ""Zootopia"" (2016). He reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel animated series and video games. He has also appeared in a series of commercials for Farmers Insurance and voices the Yellow M&M. Simmons's performance in ""Whiplash"" (2014) received widespread critical acclaim and earned him more than thirty accolades, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Simmons was born on January 9, 1955, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a suburb"
"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"
"Simmons and Michael Keaton were attached to roles however both left due to scheduling difficulties. On July 23, 2015, Brie Larson was cast in the film to play the female lead. On August 5, 2015, it was announced that Corey Hawkins was cast in the film to play a supporting role. On August 6, 2015, ""Deadline Hollywood"" reported that the studio was in early talks with Samuel L. Jackson to replace the role which Simmons vacated, while John C. Reilly was being eyed for Keaton's role, but not offered it yet. Tom Wilkinson was also offered a role in the"
"surprise of many, including Chazelle. Although the Writers Guild of America categorized the screenplay as original, AMPAS classed it as an adaptation of the 2013 short version. At the 87th Academy Awards, J. K. Simmons received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance, Tom Cross won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing. In December 2015, the score received a Grammy nomination, and the film was nominated for the NME Award for Best Film. Whiplash (2014 film) Whiplash is a 2014"
"2015, produced by Broad Green Pictures. The film stars Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, JK Simmons, and Amy Smart. Hong resides in the Hollywood Hills with his close friend, Adam Levine, front man for the Grammy Award-winning pop music group, Maroon 5. During an interview with Howard Stern, actor Jake Gyllenhaal referred to Hong as his best friend, claiming he and singer Adam Levine remain close because they ""share a best friend"". Hong is involved in the non-profit organizations Kiva.org, Won By One to Jamaica, and The Linden Center, a group home facility for emotionally disturbed children in Los Angeles, California."
"as Jack Simmons in the third season of ""The Cut"". The following year, he guest starred as a waiter named Tom in the ""Sadie J"" episode ""Cherylistic"". In 2012, he had a small role in the drama film ""Not Fade Away"" as a young Mick Jagger. He landed his first notable role in 2014, as Christian Ozera in the satirical horror film ""Vampire Academy"", based on the novel by Richelle Mead. In February 2015, he became known for his appearance in Taylor Swift's music video for her single ""Style"", which was directed by Kyle Newman. On 20 April 2015, it"
"CW's television drama film ""Blink"". In 2013, he made a cameo appearance in the music video for Drake's single ""Hold On, We're Going Home"". That same year, Simmons joined the comedy film ""Frank and Cindy"" as GJ Erchternkamp, alongside Rene Russo and Oliver Platt. In 2014, he starred as Jack London in the Discovery Channel miniseries ""Klondike"", the channel's first scripted series, which detailed the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s. In 2015, he co-starred as Jeff Jansen in the thriller film ""The Stanford Prison Experiment"", and in 2016, had the lead role in Kevin Pollak's comedy-drama ""The Late Bloomer""."
"Stephen Fry for the tenth time in the award's history. The ceremony opened with a number ""Stevie"" by a British rock band Kasabian. ""Boyhood"" won three of its five nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Richard Linklater, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Patricia Arquette. Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor in a Leading Role for ""The Theory of Everything"", Julianne Moore won Best Actress in a Leading Role for ""Still Alice"", and J. K. Simmons won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for ""Whiplash"". ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"" won five of its eleven nominations, the most of"
"Michael Jai White Michael Jai White (born November 10, 1967) is an American actor and martial artist. He is the first black person to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film ""Spawn"". White appeared as Marcus Williams in the Tyler Perry films ""Why Did I Get Married?"" and ""Why Did I Get Married Too?"", and starred as the character on the TBS/OWN comedy-drama television series ""Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse"". White portrayed Jax Briggs in """". He portrayed boxer Mike Tyson in the 1995"
"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"
"March 26, 2015. The film grossed $49 million on a production budget of $3.3 million. The film received widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise for Simmons's performance and Chazelle's screenplay. At the 87th Academy Awards, ""Whiplash"" won Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Supporting Actor for Simmons, and was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. Andrew Neiman is a first-year jazz student at the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory in New York City. He has been playing drums from a young age, and he aspires to become a world-class drummer like Buddy Rich. Famed conductor Terence Fletcher"
"guitarist and fan of the fictional band Sex Bob-omb. In 2011, he was cast in a supporting role for the Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum led comedy ""21 Jump Street"" (2012). The film opened at South by Southwest on March 12, and was released theatrically on March 16, 2012. Also in 2012, Simmons co-starred as the closeted quarterback Brad Hayes, alongside Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller, in the teen drama ""The Perks of Being a Wallflower"". The film is an adaptation of the Stephen Chbosky novel of the same name. In February 2013, he was cast in The"
"alongside his older sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal. He subsequently appeared in another indie film, ""The Good Girl"" (2002) and the climate fiction-disaster film ""The Day After Tomorrow"" (2004), portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic climate event. In 2005, Gyllenhaal portrayed Anthony ""Swoff"" Swofford in ""Jarhead"", Harold Dobbs in ""Proof"", and Jack Twist in Ang Lee's ""Brokeback Mountain."" For his performance in ""Brokeback Mountain,"" he received critical acclaim and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, the"
"Jean Simmons Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was an English actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's ""well-spoken young starlets"", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and after the Second World War, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards. Simmons was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ""Hamlet"" (1948), and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for ""Guys and Dolls"" (1955). Other notable film appearances included ""Young Bess"" (1953), ""The Robe"" (1953), ""Elmer Gantry"" (1960), ""Spartacus"" (1960), and the"
"Jason Bourne in the ""Bourne"" franchise (2002–2016) and as a con man in the ""Ocean's"" trilogy (2001–2007). For his supporting role as the rugby player Francois Pienaar in ""Invictus"" (2009) and his leading role as an astronaut stranded on Mars in ""The Martian"" (2015), Damon received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor, respectively. The latter also won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Damon has received Emmy Award nominations for his portrayal of Scott Thorson in the biopic ""Behind the Candelabra"" (2013) and for producing the reality series ""Project Greenlight"". He also received an"
"the ""Time Out Film Guide"", Geoff Andrew called the film a ""sensitive but rather dull adaption of Russell Banks' novel [...] the narrative's too unfocused and low-key really to engage the heart or mind."" James Coburn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Nick Nolte was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a"
"Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Gyllenhaal received further recognition for roles in ""Zodiac"" (2007), ""Brothers"" (2009), """" (2010), ""Love & Other Drugs"" (2010), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, ""Source Code"" (2011), ""End of Watch"" (2012), ""Prisoners"" and ""Enemy"" (both 2013), ""Nightcrawler"" (2014), ""Southpaw"" (2015), and ""Nocturnal Animals"" (2016), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For ""Nightcrawler"", his performance was widely acclaimed and received rave"
"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"
"role, however, went to John Boyega. Plemons had a starring role in the Boston-set mob film ""Black Mass"", starring Johnny Depp, which opened in theaters in September 2015. Also that year, he appeared in the Stephen Frears film about Lance Armstrong, ""The Program"", and the Steven Spielberg film ""Bridge of Spies"". In late 2015, Plemons co-starred in the second season of the TV show ""Fargo"" (which is loosely based on the film of the same name). He portrayed Ed Blumquist, a butcher and the husband of Peggy Blumquist (Kirsten Dunst). For his performance, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy"
"the film's backers, Peter Dennett, was worried about the lack of established stars in the lead roles. However, he supported Hanson's casting decisions, and the director had the confidence also to recruit Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger and Danny DeVito. The film grossed $126 million worldwide and was critically acclaimed, holding a 99% rating at Rotten Tomatoes and an aggregated score of 90 out of 100 on Metacritic. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning two: Basinger for Best Supporting Actress and Hanson and Helgeland for Best Adapted Screenplay. ""Titanic"" won in the other categories. In 2015, the United States"
"in the episode ""Cue Detective"" episode of the American television series ""The Simpsons"". The episode first aired on 4 October 2015. The film won Academy Awards for Best Special Effects (L. B. Abbott) and Best Song (Leslie Bricusse for ""Talk to the Animals""). It was nominated for Best Picture, Best Art Direction (Art Direction: Mario Chiari, Jack Martin Smith and Ed Graves; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss), Best Cinematography (Robert L. Surtees), Best Film Editing (Samuel E. Beetley) and (Marjorie Fowler), Best Original Music Score (Leslie Bricusse), Best Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment (Lionel Newman)"
"released on July 24, 2015, by The Weinstein Company. Mays has been cast as a series regular in FX’s drama pilot Snowfall, about the beginnings of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in the 80’s. Co-written by John Singleton and Eric Amadio and directed by Singleton, Snowfall is set against the infancy of the epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it. Mays will play Leon Simmons, Franklin’s (Damson Idris) best friend since childhood. Malcolm Mays started playing piano at age eleven and is the self-proclaimed writer of music heavily influenced by 90's R&B"
"London Film Critics Circle Awards 2014 The 35th London Film Critics' Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2014, were announced by the London Film Critics' Circle on 18 January 2015. Boyhood Leviathan Under the Skin Citizenfour Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" Julianne Moore – ""Still Alice"" J. K. Simmons – ""Whiplash"" Patricia Arquette – ""Boyhood"" Timothy Spall – ""Mr. Turner"" Rosamund Pike – ""Gone Girl"" and ""What We Did on Our Holiday"" Alex Lawther – ""The Imitation Game"" Richard Linklater – ""Boyhood"" Wes Anderson – ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"" Yann Demange – "" '71 "" ""Under the Skin"" –"
"office via an annual poll in the ""Motion Picture Herald"". Jean Simmons Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was an English actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's ""well-spoken young starlets"", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and after the Second World War, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards. Simmons was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ""Hamlet"" (1948), and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for ""Guys and Dolls"" (1955). Other notable film appearances included ""Young Bess"" (1953),"
"Mica Levi, score London Film Critics Circle Awards 2014 The 35th London Film Critics' Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2014, were announced by the London Film Critics' Circle on 18 January 2015. Boyhood Leviathan Under the Skin Citizenfour Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" Julianne Moore – ""Still Alice"" J. K. Simmons – ""Whiplash"" Patricia Arquette – ""Boyhood"" Timothy Spall – ""Mr. Turner"" Rosamund Pike – ""Gone Girl"" and ""What We Did on Our Holiday"" Alex Lawther – ""The Imitation Game"" Richard Linklater – ""Boyhood"" Wes Anderson – ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"" Yann Demange – "" '71 "" ""Under"
"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"
"Joe Gould in ""Cinderella Man"" (2005), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Chief Inspector Uhl in ""The Illusionist"" (2006), Karl Hertz in ""Shoot 'Em Up"" (2007), Nicholas ""Nick"" Claus in ""Fred Claus"" (2007), Tom Duffy in """" (2011), Theophilus Freeman in ""12 Years a Slave"" (2013), Ralph in ""Saving Mr. Banks"" (2013), Eugene Landy in ""Love & Mercy"" (2015), Dr. Lawrence Hayes in ""San Andreas"" (2015) and Jerry Heller in ""Straight Outta Compton"" (2015). He played the titular character in the HBO miniseries ""John Adams"" (2008), which earned him a Golden Globe Award,"
"various other stage productions before making the move to screen. In 2015, he appeared as the lead role, Sirus, in gangster comedy, ""Hackney's Finest"". The film was produced by the Oscar and BAFTA winning company, Framestore. He plays the role of Jake in upcoming thriller-drama feature, ""Hard Tide"", due for release in 2016. Wiseman also wrote and co-directed the film with Robert Osman. He told Variety Magazine ""As an actor I’ve always believed in creating your own work and [Hard Tide] doesn’t get any more D.I.Y. Robert Osman (the film’s co-director and writer) and I set about to make a"
"out who the bad guy is and getting him,"" said Selleck. ""It's not action for action's sake. It's much more complex than that. You really get a chance to know the characters."" The film marked the first feature acting role for rock star Gene Simmons (he had been in ""Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park""). Simmons had been interested in acting for a while, and had studied it since 1981. He turned down a TV series which wanted to exploit his KISS fame as well as parts in ""Flashdance"" and ""Dr Detroit"" because ""I wasn't interested in musicals or"
"the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. The following year, he starred in the psychological thriller film ""Nocturnal Animals"", alongside Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal. His performance as a detective investigating the violent incident garnered him critical acclaim, and was nominated for his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played Col. Richard Strickland in Guillermo del Toro's romantic fantasy film ""The Shape of Water"". The film had its world premiere at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. In 2018, he played the lead"
"his first Best Cinematography nomination for ""Zelig"". Joe I. Tompkins becomes the first African-American to be nominated in Best Costume Design. James L. Brooks won three Academy Awards this year, winning as producer, director and writer of Best Picture winner ""Terms of Endearment"". Of its other eight nominations (the movie led all nominees with 11), two were for Best Actress; Shirley MacLaine won over Debra Winger in that category. The movie won five Oscars, the fifth being Jack Nicholson's second career Oscar (he won for Best Supporting Actor). This ceremony ended with Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli leading the"