"of ""Long and the Short and the Tall"" to Laurence Harvey. ""It broke my heart,"" he said later. O'Toole's major break came in November 1960 when he was chosen to play T. E. Lawrence in Sir David Lean's $12 million epic ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962), after Marlon Brando proved unavailable and Albert Finney turned down the role. His performance was ranked number one in ""Premiere"" magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. The role introduced him to US audiences and earned him the first of his eight nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor. T. E."
"the offer of a CBE in 1980 and a knighthood in 2000. He has criticised the honours system for ""perpetuating snobbery"". He has five Oscar nominations but has never won. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor four times, for ""Tom Jones"" (1963), ""Murder on the Orient Express"" (1974), ""The Dresser"" (1983), and ""Under the Volcano"" (1984); and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ""Erin Brockovich"" (2000). Julia Roberts mentioned Albert Finney in her Oscar acceptance speech for Best Actress in ""Erin Brockovich"", thanking him and sharing the Oscar with"
"of the story, set in modern times, was played for comedy, with Poirot investigating the murders while evading the attempts by Hastings (Robert Morley) and the police to get him out of England and back to Belgium. Albert Finney played Poirot in 1974 in the cinematic version of ""Murder on the Orient Express"". As of today, Finney is the only actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for playing Poirot, though he did not win. Peter Ustinov played Poirot six times, starting with ""Death on the Nile"" (1978). He reprised the role in ""Evil Under the Sun"" (1982) and ""Appointment"
"(1964), ""The Lion in Winter"" (1968), ""Goodbye, Mr. Chips"" (1969), ""The Ruling Class"" (1972), ""The Stunt Man"" (1980), ""My Favorite Year"" (1982), and ""Venus"" (2006) – and holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations for acting without a win. In 2002, O'Toole was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements. He was additionally the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one British Academy Film Award and one Primetime Emmy Award. O'Toole was born in 1932. Some sources give his birthplace as Connemara, County Galway, Ireland, while others cite St James University Hospital, Leeds, England. O'Toole claimed"
"where the tape had deteriorated with kinescope footage. Astaire won the Emmy for Best Single Performance by an Actor, but the choice had a controversial backlash because many believed that his dancing in the special was not the type of ""acting"" for which the award was designed. At one point Astaire offered to return the award, but the Television Academy refused to consider it. Astaire played Julian Osborne, a non-dancing character, in the 1959 movie ""On the Beach"" and was nominated for a Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor award for his performance, losing to Stephen Boyd in ""Ben-Hur"". Astaire appeared"
"to the rafters. The film was only nominated in the Best Film and Best Editing categories, not even its star, Ronald Colman getting an Oscar nod. She sought to play O-Lan in the 1937 film ""The Good Earth"" but lost out to Luise Rainer, who won an Academy Award for her performance. She also lost the role of Pilar in ""For Whom the Bell Tolls"" to Greek actress Katina Paxinou, who went on to win an Oscar for best supporting actress. Her follow-up to ""A Tale of Two Cities"" was the lead in a B movie shoot-'em-up, ""Queen of the"
"Albert Finney Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is a retired English actor. Beginning in theatre, Finney achieved especial success as a Shakespearean actor before switching to film. He achieved prominence in film during the early 1960s, debuting with ""The Entertainer"", directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in plays. He became a leading Free Cinema figure at the same time as maintaining a successful career in theatre, film and television. He is known for his roles in ""Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"" (1960), ""Tom Jones"" (1963), ""Two for the Road"" (1967), ""Scrooge"" (1970), ""Annie"" (1982), ""The Dresser"""
"casting the lead role of Edward, several actors were considered; Fox was insistent on having Burton meet with Tom Cruise. ""He certainly wasn't my ideal, but I talked to him"", Burton remembered. ""He was interesting, but I think it worked out for the best. A lot of questions came up"". Cruise asked for a ""happier"" ending. Tom Hanks and Gary Oldman turned down the part, Hanks in favor of critical and commercial flop ""The Bonfire of the Vanities"". Oldman declined as he did not understand the story, but said of the finished film: ""Literally two minutes in, I went, 'Yeah,"
"Tarantino opted not to use the idea. Kevin Costner was in negotiations to join as Ace Woody, a Mandingo trainer and Candie's right-hand man, but Costner dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Kurt Russell was cast instead but also later left the role. When Kurt Russell dropped out, the role of Ace Woody was not recast; instead, the character was merged with Walton Goggins's character, Billy Crash. Jonah Hill was offered the role of Scotty Harmony, a gambler who loses to Candie in a poker game, but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with ""The Watch."" Sacha Baron Cohen"
"turned down the option, in order to work on his own gangster film ""Once Upon a Time in America"". Peter Bogdanovich was then approached but he also declined the offer because he was not interested in the mafia. In addition, Peter Yates, Richard Brooks, Arthur Penn, Costa-Gavras, and Otto Preminger were all offered the position and declined. Evans' chief assistant Peter Bart suggested Francis Ford Coppola, as a director of Italian ancestry who would work for a low sum and budget after the poor reception of his latest film ""The Rain People"". Coppola initially turned down the job because he"
"(in which he also appeared) with Albert Finney. Both Courtenay and Finney received nominations for Best Actor in the 1984 Academy Awards for their roles, losing to Robert Duvall. He played the father of Derek Bentley (Christopher Eccleston) in the 1991 film ""Let Him Have It"". And for an actor known to be cast in good or great films, he surprisingly co-starred in what's been considered one of the worst movies ever, the infamous ""Leonard Part 6"" starring Bill Cosby. Courtenay's television and radio appearances have been relatively few, but have included ""She Stoops to Conquer"" in 1971 on BBC"
"Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play (Paul Rogers). The play was adapted as a 1983 film of the same title, with a screenplay by Harwood. The film was directed by Peter Yates and produced by Yates with Ronald Harwood; and starred Albert Finney as ""Sir"" and Tom Courtenay as Norman, with Zena Walker as ""Her Ladyship"", Eileen Atkins as Madge and Edward Fox as Oxenby. Finney and Courtenay were both nominated for Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards and Golden Globe Awards for their performances, with Courtenay winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama in"
"bestow the award whether he wanted it or not. He told ""Charlie Rose"" in January 2007 that his children admonished him, saying that it was the highest honour one could receive in the filmmaking industry. O'Toole agreed to appear at the ceremony and receive his Honorary Oscar. It was presented to him by Meryl Streep, who has the most Oscar nominations of any actor or actress (19). He joked with Robert Osborne, during an interview at Turner Classic Movie's film festival that he's the ""Biggest Loser of All Time"", due to his lack of an Academy Award, after many nominations."
"films directed by Parker to appear at the festival, the other being ""Pink Floyd – The Wall"" (1982), which was shown out of competition. At the 41st Golden Globe Awards, the film received two nominations for Best Actor – Drama (Finney) and Best Actress – Drama (Keaton). At the 36th British Academy Film Awards, Finney received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor, but lost to Ben Kingsley, who won for ""Gandhi"" (1982). Shoot the Moon Shoot the Moon is a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan Parker, and written by Bo Goldman. It stars Albert Finney, Diane Keaton,"
"Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama in a tie with Robert Duvall in ""Tender Mercies."" The plot is based on Harwood's experiences as dresser to English Shakespearean actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit, who is the model for the character ""Sir"". The film opens with a performance of ""Othello"" at a regional theatre in Britain during World War II. In the title role is an aging, once-famous Shakespearean actor identified to us only as ""Sir"" (Albert Finney). He is of the old, bombastic school of British acting, full of grand gestures and fine oratory. As the curtain comes down"
"it down due to concerns about playing a porn star. Phoenix later collaborated with Anderson in the films ""The Master"" and ""Inherent Vice"". Bill Murray, Harvey Keitel, Warren Beatty, Albert Brooks and Sydney Pollack declined or were passed up on the role of Jack Horner, which went to Burt Reynolds. After starring in ""Hard Eight"", Samuel L. Jackson declined the role of Buck Swope, which went to Don Cheadle. Anderson initially did not consider Heather Graham for the role of Rollergirl, because he had never seen her do nudity in a film. However, Graham's agent called Anderson asking if she"
"Walter Cronkite and John Chancellor, but neither was open to the idea. Although not mentioned in Chayefsky's notes, George C. Scott, Glenn Ford and William Holden reportedly also turned down the opportunity to play Beale, with Holden instead playing Max Schumacher: for that role, Chayefsky had initially listed Walter Matthau and Gene Hackman. Ford was under consideration for this part as well, and was said to be one of two final contenders. Holden finally got the edge because of his recent box-office success with ""The Towering Inferno"". The movie's producers were wary that Finch, born in England and raised partly"
"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"
"McCann, at Dublin's Abbey Theatre. For films he played a man in love with his sister (played by Susannah York) in ""Country Dance"" (1970). O'Toole starred in a war film for director Peter Yates, ""Murphy's War"" (1971), appearing alongside Phillips. He was reunited with Burton in a film version of ""Under Milk Wood"" (1972) by Dylan Thomas, produced by himself and Buck. Elizabeth Taylor co-starred. The film was not a popular success. O'Toole received another Oscar nomination for his performance in ""The Ruling Class"" (1972), done for his own company. In 1972, he played both Miguel de Cervantes and his"
"Hunter"" and ""Convoy"". ""Death on the Nile"" was a more traditionally British film. Albert Finney played Hercule Poirot in ""Orient Express"" but was unable to reprise his role in the follow up. The producers felt if they could not get Finney they should go in a totally different direction and picked Peter Ustinov. ""Poirot is a character part if ever there was one,"" said producer Goodwin, ""and Peter is a top character actor."" As with ""Orient Express"", an all-star cast was used. This was Jane Birkin's first British movie in a decade. The film shot seven weeks on location in"
"print her picture with the caption 'Anna May again loses face for China' "". According to Wong, she was instead offered the part of Lotus, a deceitful song girl who helps to destroy the family and seduces the family's oldest son. Wong refused the role, telling MGM head of production Irving Thalberg, ""If you let me play O-lan, I will be very glad. But you're asking me – with Chinese blood – to do the only unsympathetic role in the picture featuring an all-American cast portraying Chinese characters."" The role Wong hoped for went to Luise Rainer, who won the"
"nomination. In 1996, he starred in Woody Allen's musical comedy ""Everyone Says I Love You"". He also starred as ""Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon 1900"" in ""The Legend of 1900"", and in the same year, he co-starred in the film ""Gridlock'd"". He made his directorial debut in 1999 with ""The War Zone"", a film version of Alexander Stuart's novel. In 2001, he portrayed General Thade in Tim Burton's ""Planet of the Apes"". Roth was the original choice for the role of Severus Snape in the ""Harry Potter"" film series, but he turned it down for ""Planet of the Apes"". He was"
"and Best Original Song (Pearl Jam's ""Man of the Hour""). At the 57th British Academy Film Awards, the film received seven nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, including Best Film, Best Direction (Tim Burton), Best Adapted Screenplay (John August), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Albert Finney), Best Production Design (Dennis Gassner), Best Visual Effects (Kevin Scott Mack, Seth Maury, Lindsay MacGowan, Paddy Eason) as well as Best Makeup and Hair (Jean Ann Black and Paul LeBlanc). Finney received another nomination for Best Actor at the 30th Saturn Awards, where the film was also nominated for"
"had always wanted to try being either a poet or an actor. O'Toole attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) from 1952 to 1954 on a scholarship after being rejected by the Abbey Theatre's drama school in Dublin by the director Ernest Blythe, because he couldn't speak the Irish language. At RADA, he was in the same class as Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Brian Bedford. O'Toole described this as ""the most remarkable class the academy ever had, though we weren't reckoned for much at the time. We were all considered dotty."" O'Toole began working in the theatre, gaining"
"ran for 1,097 performances. Nichols directed. He also did a TV movie ""Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall"" (1969). Scott portrayed George S. Patton in the 1970 film ""Patton"" and researched extensively for the role, studying films of the general and talking to those who knew him. Scott refused the Oscar nomination for ""Patton"", just as he had done for his 1962 nomination for """"The Hustler"""", but won the award anyway. In a letter to the Motion Picture Academy, he stated that he did not feel himself to be in competition with other actors. However, regarding this second rejection of the"
"""Under the Volcano"" (which he tied with F. Murray Abraham for ""Amadeus""), the National Board of Review Best Actor award for ""Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"", and the New York Film Critics' Circle Best Actor award for ""Tom Jones"". Finney has won two Screen Actors' Guild Awards, for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, for ""Erin Brockovich"", and as a member of the acting ensemble in the film ""Traffic"". He was also nominated for ""The Gathering Storm"", for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, but did not win. He won"
"role, but Olivier's agent refused the role claiming Olivier was sick; however, Olivier went on to star in ""Sleuth"" later that year. The studio mainly pushed for Ernest Borgnine to receive the part. Other considerations were George C. Scott, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn, and Orson Welles. After months of debate between Coppola and Paramount over Brando, the two finalists for the role were Borgnine and Brando, the latter of whom Paramount president Stanley Jaffe required to perform a screen test. Coppola did not want to offend Brando and stated that he needed to test equipment in order to set up"
"research methods, by Epps, included an attendance at several declassified Topgun classes at Miramar and gaining experience by being flown in an F-14. The first draft failed to impress Bruckheimer and Simpson, and is considered to be very different from the final product in numerous ways. Actor Matthew Modine turned down the role of LT Pete ""Maverick"" Mitchell (that went to Tom Cruise) because he felt the film's pro-military stance went against his politics. The producers wanted the assistance of the US Navy in production of the film. The Navy was influential in relation to script approval, which resulted in"
"friends including Donald Wolfit, Eli Wallach, Peter Glenville, Sir Tom Stoppard, and Dame Edith Evans. O'Toole was nominated eight times for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, but was never able to win a competitive Oscar. In 2002, the Academy honoured him with an Academy Honorary Award for his entire body of work and his lifelong contribution to film. O'Toole initially balked about accepting, and wrote the Academy a letter saying that he was ""still in the game"" and would like more time to ""win the lovely bugger outright"". The Academy informed him that they would"
"the lead role. He reprised his role as Sidney in Season 5 in several New York-based episodes of the series, as ""Funny Girl"" opens on Broadway. His favorite actor is the late Edward G. Robinson. Michael Lerner (actor) Michael Lerner (born June 22, 1941) is an American character actor in film, television and theater. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""Barton Fink"" (1991). Lerner has also played Arnold Rothstein in ""Eight Men Out"" (1988), Phil Gillman in ""Amos & Andrew"" (1993), Mayor Ebert in Roland Emmerich's ""Godzilla"" (1998), Mr. Greenway in"
"and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor, Best Film Editing, Nino Rota for Best Original Score, Coppola for Best Director, and Best Sound. Upon further review of Rota's love theme from ""The Godfather"", the Academy found that Rota had used a similar score in Eduardo De Filippo's 1958 comedy ""Fortunella"". This led to re-balloting, where members of the music branch chose from six films: ""The Godfather"" and the five films that had been on the shortlist for best original dramatic score but did not get nominated. John Addison's score for ""Sleuth"" won this new vote, and thus replaced Rota's score"
"Bill Murray turned down the film's lead role, which was eventually given to Robin Williams; his brother, Brian Doyle-Murray, ended up in the cast instead. John Cleese was also slated to star, but immediately dropped out before Peter O'Toole signed on to replace him. ""Ed Roboto"" is a pseudonym for Harry Shearer, who was asked to do a rewrite with Tom Leopold. Only two words of what they wrote ended up in the film (the title). Shearer later commented that he was ""so appalled by the movie"" that he removed his name from the credits. Adolph Caesar died of a"
"Oscars ceremony because he did not expect to win, and so was not present to collect the award in person, however, it was accepted on his behalf by the film's producer, Alan J. Pakula. Foote personally recommended actor Robert Duvall for the part of Boo Radley in ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" after meeting him during a 1957 production of ""The Midnight Caller"" at Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. The two would work together many more times in the future. Foote has described Duvall as ""our number one actor"". Foote's script for the 1983 film ""Tender Mercies"" had been rejected"