Showing posts with label Best Actor Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best Actor Award. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Al Pacino - American film and stage actor and director

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Al Pacino is American film and stage actor and director. He is mainly famed for playing mobsters including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Tony Montana in Scarface, though he has also appeared some times on the other side of the law as a police officer, detective and a lawyer. His role as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 after getting seven previous Oscar nominations.

He complete his feature film debut in the 1969 film Me, Natalie in a minor supporting role, before playing the foremost role in the 1971 drama The Panic in Needle Park. Pacino made his major breakthrough when he was known the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather in 1972, which get him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor was for Dick Tracy and Glengarry Glen Ross. Oscar nominations for Best Actor include The Godfather Part II, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, the court room drama. And Justice for All and smell of a Woman.

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Birth Name

Alfredo James Pacino

Date Of Birth

April 25, 1940

Place Of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Occupation

Actor, director, screenwriter, producer

Partner

Jan Tarrant, Beverly D'Angelo

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Johnny Depp - Actor

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John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is one of the American actor and musician known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow. Depp rose to prominence in a direct role on the television series 21 Jump Street and quickly became regarded as a teen idol. Uncomfortable with this career direction, he twisted his focus to film roles. He firstly came to film prominence as the titular character of Edward Scissorhands, and later found box office success in roles such as Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow, Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

He has collaborate with director and close friend Tim Burton in seven films, the most current of which are Alice in Wonderland and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Depp has garner acclaim for his portrayals of real life figures such as Edward D. Wood, Jr., in Ed Wood, Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco and George Jung in Blow (2001). Films feature Depp have gross over $2.6 billion at the United States box office and over $6 billion worldwide. selected for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times, Screen Actors Guild Awards four times and Golden Globe Awards eight times, Depp won the Best Actor Awards from the Golden Globes.

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Birth Date

June 9, 1963

Birth Place

Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.

Birth Name

John Christopher Depp II

Occupation

Actor, screenwriter, director,

producer, musician

Spouse

Lori Anne Allison

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