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Antonio
05-27-2002, 11:14 PM
BEST ACTOR DURING EVERY YEAR FROM 1934-2001
2001: Tom Wilkinson in IN THE BEDROOM
2000: Michael Douglas in WONDER BOYS
1999: Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY
1998: Edward Norton in AMERICAN HISTORY X
1997: Peter Fonda in ULEE’S GOLD
1996: Woody Harrelson in THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT
1995: Sean Penn in DEAD MAN WALKING
1994: John Travolta in PULP FICTION
1993: Laurence Fishburne in WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
1992: Jack Lemmon in GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
1991: Val Kilmer in THE DOORS
1990: Al Pacino in THE GODFATHER, PART III
1989: Tom Cruise in BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
1988: Jeremy Irons in DEAD RINGERS
1987: Christian Bale in EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1986: Bob Hoskins in MONA LISA
1985: Jon Voight in RUNAWAY TRAIN
1984: Jeff Bridges in STARMAN
1983: Al Pacino in SCARFACE
1982: Dustin Hoffman in TOOTSIE
1981: Treat Williams in PRINCE OF THE CITY
1980: Robert DeNiro in RAGING BULL
1979: Dustin Hoffman in KRAMER VS. KRAMER
1978: Warren Beatty in HEAVEN CAN WAIT
1977: John Travolta in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
1976: Robert DeNiro in TAXI DRIVER
1975: Jack Nicholson in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
1974: Albert Finney in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
1973: Al Pacino in SERPICO
1972: Marlon Brando in THE GODFATHER
1971: Gene Hackman in THE FRENCH CONNECTION
1970: George C. Scott in PATTON
1969: Dustin Hoffman in MIDNIGHT COWBOY
1968: Boris Karloff in TARGETS
1967: Rod Steiger in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
1966: Rock Hudson in SECONDS
1965: Richard Burton in THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
1964: Peter Sellers in DR. STRANGELOVE
1963: Paul Newman in HUD
1962: Gregory Peck in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
1961: Paul Newman in THE HUSTLER
1960: Jack Lemmon in THE APARTMENT
1959: Dean Martin in RIO BRAVO
1958: James Stewart in VERTIGO
1957: Burt Lancaster in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
1956: James Dean in GIANT
1955: Robert Mitchum in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
1954: Marlon Brando in ON THE WATERFRONT
1953: William Holden in STALAG 17
1952: Burt Lancaster in COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
1951: Marlon Brando in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1950: William Holden in SUNSET BOULEVARD
1949: Bobby Driscoll in THE WINDOW
1948: Ralph Richardson in THE FALLEN IDOL
1947: Rex Harrison in THE GHOST & MRS. MUIR
1946: James Mason in ODD MAN OUT
1945: Ray Milland in THE LOST WEEKEND
1944: Cary Grant in NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART
1943: Humphrey Bogart in CASABLANCA
1942: Alan Ladd in THE GLASS KEY and THIS GUN FOR HIRE
1941: Cary Grant in PENNY SERENADE
1940: Henry Fonda in THE GRAPES OF WRATH
1939: Charles Laughton in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
1938: Spencer Tracy in BOYS TOWN
1937: Spencer Tracy in CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
1936: Gary Cooper in MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
1935: Boris Karloff in THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
1934: Clark Gable in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

Brando, Pacino and Hoffman are tied with three Best Actor titles a piece.


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arto_j
05-28-2002, 04:06 AM
Antonio, check your 1976...
2001: Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind
2000: Geoffrey Rush in Quills
1999: Kevin Spacey in American Beauty
1998: Edward Norton in American History X
1997: Robert Duvall in The Apostle
1996: William H. Macy in Fargo
1995: John Travolta in Get Shorty
1994: Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
1993: Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List
1992: Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven
1991: Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
1990: James Caan in Misery
1989: Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally
1988: William Hurt in A Cry in the Dark
1987: Michael Douglas in Wall Street
1986: Dennis Hopper in Hoosiers
1985: Harrison Ford in Witness
1984: Jeff Bridges in Starman
1983: Albert Finney in The Dresser
1982: Ben Kingsley in Gandhi
1981: Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980: Robert DeNiro in Raging Bull
1979: Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now
1978: John Travolta in Grease
1977: Alec Guinness in Star Wars
1976: Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver
1975: Jack Nicholson in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
1974: Jack Nicholson in Chinatown
1973: Jack Lemmon in Save the Tiger
1971: Gene Hackman in French Connection
1970: George C. Scott in Patton

That's it for now...



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notchreturns
05-28-2002, 04:23 PM
My favorites...

2001: Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
2000: Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys
1999: Tom Cruise in Magnolia
1998: Edward Norton in American History X
1997: Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Get's
1996: William H. Macy in Fargo
1995: Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking
1994: Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
1993: Robin Williams in Mrs.Doubtfire
1992: Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross
1991: Anthony Hopkins in Silence Of The Lambs
1990: Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
1989: Tom Cruise in Born On The Fourth Of July
1988: Tom Hanks in Big
1987: Michael Douglas in Wall Street
1986: Willem Dafoe in Platoon
1985: Christopher Llyod in Back To The Future
1984: Bill Murray in Ghostbusters
1983: Al Pacino in Scarface
1982: Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie
1981: Harrison Ford in Raider's Of The Lost Ark
1980: Robert Deniro in Raging Bull

I'll update later.

QUENTIN
05-29-2002, 12:16 AM
2001: Tom Wilkinson in IN THE BEDROOM
2000: Michael Douglas in WONDER BOYS
1999: Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY
1998: Edward Norton in AMERICAN HISTORY X
1997: Aaron Eckhart in IN THE COMPANY MEN
1996: Woody Harrelson in THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT
1995: Nicolas Cage in LEAVING LAS VEGAS
1994: Sean Nelson in FRESH
1993: Al Pacino in CARLITO'S WAY
1992: Denzel Washington in MALCOLM X
1991: River Phoenix in MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
1990: Jeremy Irons in REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
1989: Matt Dillon in DRUGSTORE COWBOY
1988: Willem Dafoe in LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
1987: Crispin Glover in RIVER'S EDGE
1986: Gary Oldman in SID & NANCY
1985: Phillip Baker Hall in SECRET HONOR
1984: F. Murray Abraham in AMADEUS
1983: Al Pacino in SCARFACE
1982: Paul Newman in THE VERDICT
1981: Treat Williams in PRINCE OF THE CITY
1980: Robert DeNiro in RAGING BULL
1979: Peter Sellers in BEING THERE
1978: Richard Pryor in BLUE COLLAR
1977: Woody Allen in ANNIE HALL
1976: Robert DeNiro in TAXI DRIVER
1975: Al Pacino in DOG DAY AFTERNOON
1974: Dustin Hoffman in LENNY
1973: Marlon Brando in LAST TANGO IN PARIS
1972: Klaus Kinski in AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD
1971: Malcolm McDowell in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
1970: Jack Nicholson in FIVE EASY PIECES
1969: William Holden in THE WILD BUNCH
1968: Boris Karloff in TARGETS
1967: Alain Delon in LE SAMOURAI
1966: Rock Hudson in SECONDS
1965: Jean Paul Belmondo in PIERROT LE FOU
1964: Peter Sellers in DR. STRANGELOVE
1963: Steve McQueen in THE GREAT ESCAPE
1962: Peter O'Toole in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
1961: Paul Newman in THE HUSTLER
1960: Jack Lemmon in THE APARTMENT
1959: Jean Pierre Leaud in THE 400 BLOWS
1958: James Stewart in VERTIGO
1957: Victor Sjostrom in WILD STRAWBERRIES & Alec Guiness in BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (tie)
1956: James Dean in GIANT
1955: Robert Mitchum in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
1954: Marlon Brando in ON THE WATERFRONT
1953: William Holden in STALAG 17
1952: John Wayne in THE QUIET MAN
1951: Marlon Brando in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1950: William Holden in SUNSET BOULEVARD
1949: Toshiro Mifune in NORA INU
1948: Humphrey Bogart in THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
1947: Robert Mithcum in OUT OF THE PAST
1946: James Mason in ODD MAN OUT
1945: Ray Milland in THE LOST WEEKEND
1944: Fred MacMurray in DOUBLE INDEMNITY
1943: Henry Fonda in THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
1942: Humphrey Bogart in CASABLANCA
1941: Orson Welles in CITIZEN KANE
1940: Henry Fonda in THE GRAPES OF WRATH
1939: James Stewart in MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
1938: James Cagney in ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
1937: Erich Von Stroheim in LE GRANDE ILLUSION
1936: Gary Cooper in MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
1935: Boris Karloff in THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
1934: Clark Gable in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1933: Otto Wernicke in THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE
1932: Paul Muni in I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG & SCARFACE
1931: Charlie Chaplin in CITY LIGHTS
1930: Peter Lorre in M
1929: Andre Roanne in DAS TEIGENBUCH EINER VERLORENEN
1928: James Murray in THE CROWD
1927: George O'Brien in SUNRISE
1926: Emil Jannings in FAUST
1925: Charlie Chaplin in THE GOLD RUSH
1924: Buster Keaton in SHERLOCK JR.
1923: Lon Chaney in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
1922: Max Schrek in NOSFERATU


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Antonio
05-29-2002, 01:10 PM
QUENTIN, nice to see that we still agree on a lot, especially Hudson, Karloff and Holden. Many of your choices were my runners-up.