Best Film Performances By Year
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Most number 1s: Al Pacino=4
Leonardo DiCaprio=3
Dustin Hoffman=3
Laurence Olivier=3
Most Appearances: Robert De Niro=13
Leonardo DiCaprio=12
Al Pacino=10
Dustin Hoffman=7
Most Films by Year: Casablanca=7
The Best Years of Our Lives=6
Hamlet=6
Citizen Kane=5
The Godfather Part II=5
Most Appearances In One Year: Jim Carrey:1994
Amy Adams & Isabelle Huppert: 2016
Kate Winslet: 2008
Nick Nolte: 1998
Daniel Day-Lewis: 1993
Richard Dreyfuss: 1977
Marlon Brando: 1953
Most number 1s: Al Pacino=4
Leonardo DiCaprio=3
Dustin Hoffman=3
Laurence Olivier=3
Most Appearances: Robert De Niro=13
Leonardo DiCaprio=12
Al Pacino=10
Dustin Hoffman=7
Most Films by Year: Casablanca=7
The Best Years of Our Lives=6
Hamlet=6
Citizen Kane=5
The Godfather Part II=5
Most Appearances In One Year: Jim Carrey:1994
Amy Adams & Isabelle Huppert: 2016
Kate Winslet: 2008
Nick Nolte: 1998
Daniel Day-Lewis: 1993
Richard Dreyfuss: 1977
Marlon Brando: 1953
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Danielle Deadwyler was born on 3 May 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Station Eleven (2021), The Harder They Fall (2021) and Till (2022).2022
1. Danielle Deadwyler for 'Till'
2. Brendan Fraser for 'The Whale'
3. Mia Goth for 'Pearl'
4. Austin Butler for 'Elvis'
5. Michelle Williams for 'The Fabelmans'
6. Paul Dano for 'The Fabelmans'
7. Cate Blanchett for 'Tár'
8. Hong Chau for 'The Whale'
9. David Howard Thornton for 'Terrifier 2'
10. Carey Mulligan for 'She Said'
HMs: Colin Farrell-'The Banshees of Inisherin' | Zoe Kazan-'She Said' | Gabriel LaBelle-'The Fabelmans' | Joséphine Sanz-'Petite Maman' | Michelle Yeoh-'Everything Everywhere All At Once'- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Jessica Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in a middle-class household in a Northern California suburb. Her mother, Jerri Chastain, is a vegan chef whose family is originally from Kansas, and her stepfather is a fireman. She discovered dance at the age of nine and was in a dance troupe by age thirteen. She began performing in Shakespearean productions all over the Bay area.
An actor in a production of "Romeo & Juliet" encouraged her to audition for Juilliard as a drama major. She became a member of "Crew 32" with the help of a scholarship from one of the school's famous alumni, Robin Williams.
In her last year at Juilliard, she was offered a holding deal with TV writer/producer John Wells and she eventually worked in three of his TV shows. Jessica continues to do theatre, having played in "The Cherry Orchard", "Rodney's Wife", "Salome" and "Othello". She spends her time between New York and Los Angeles, working in theater, film and TV.
In 2011, she had a prolific year in film. She was nominated for and won a number of awards, including a 2012 Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for The Help (2011).2021
1. Jessica Chastain for 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye'
2. Kristen Stewart for 'Spencer'
3. Will Smith for 'King Richard'
4. Justin Timberlake for 'Palmer'
5. Tim Blake Nelson for 'Old Henry'
6. Alana Haim for 'Licorice Pizza'
7. Cooper Hoffman for 'Licorice Pizza'
8. Honour Swinton-Byrne for 'The Souvenir Part II'
9. Alan Kim for 'Minari'
10. Youn Yuh-Jung for 'Minari'
HMs: Benedict Cumberbatch-’Power of the Dog’ | Leslie Odom Jr.-'One Night In Miami...' | Tessa Thompson-'Passing'
Actor of the year: Adam Driver- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on Up (2014), and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017). He also had choice parts in The Express (2008), Draft Day (2014), and Message from the King (2016). Born in Anderson, South Carolina, he attended Howard University and studied at the Oxford Mid-Summer Program for acting, before moving to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue his craft on the big screen. He died in 2020, after a four year bout with colon cancer, during which time he had starred in several of the biggest movies ever made.2020
1. Chadwick Boseman for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'
2. Anthony Hopkins for ‘The Father’
3. Sidney Flanagan for 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always'
4. Talia Ryder for 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always'
5. Frances McDormand for ‘Nomadland’
6. Olivia Colman for 'The Father'
7. Sarah Paulson for 'Run'
8. Viola Davis for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'
9. Delroy Lindo for 'Da 5 Bloods'
10. Elisabeth Moss for 'The Invisible Man'
HMs: Brian Dennehy-'Driveways' | Kris Hitchen-‘Sorry We Missed You’ | Debbie Honeywood-'Sorry We Missed You' | Lucas Jaye-'Driveways' | Carey Mulligan-'Promising Young Woman' | Gary Oldman-‘Mank’- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut as Blue in the live action animated film The Smurfs 2 (2013). His breakout performance was in the dark drama Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim. In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016), and in 2017, he co-starred with Jaeden Martell, playing brothers, in the drama The Book of Henry (2017), with Naomi Watts as their mother.
He has also starred as children in jeopardy in the horror films Before I Wake (2016), Shut In (2016), and the bigger-budget The Predator (2018), played in the drama Burn Your Maps (2016) with Vera Farmiga, and headlined the blockbuster novel adaptation Wonder (2017), as Auggie Pullman.Decade 2010s
1. Jacob Tremblay for 'Room'
2. Brie Larson for 'Room'
3. Casey Affleck for 'Manchester By the Sea'
4. Gary Oldman for ‘Darkest Hour’
5. Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘Lincoln’
6. Channing Tatum for 'Foxcatcher'
7. Julianne Moore for ‘Still Alice’
8. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Wolf of Wall Street'
9. J.K. Simmons for ‘Whiplash’
10. James Franco for 'The Disaster Artist'- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Steve Coogan was born on 14 October 1965 in Middleton, Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Philomena (2013), Alan Partridge (2013) and 24 Hour Party People (2002). He was previously married to Caroline Hickman.2019
1. Steve Coogan for 'Stan & Ollie'
2. John C. Reilly for 'Stan & Ollie'
3. Joaquin Phoenix for 'Joker'
4. Willem Dafoe for 'The Lighthouse'
5. Adam Driver for 'Marriage Story'
6. Robert De Niro for ‘The Irishman’
7. Saoirse Ronan for 'Little Women'
8. Nicole Kidman for 'Destroyer'
9. Scarlett Johansson for 'Marriage Story'
10. Robert Pattinson for 'The Lighthouse'
HMs: Awkwafina-‘The Farewell’ | Ana de Armas-'Knives Out' | Leonardo DiCaprio-'Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood' | Taron Egerton-'Rocketman' | Tom Hanks-'A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood' | Al Pacino-'The Irishman' | Joe Pesci-'The Irishman' | Brad Pitt-'Ad Astra' | Adam Sandler-'Uncut Gems'
Actor of the Year: Keanu Reeves
Actress of the Year: Scarlett Johansson- David Howard Thornton was born on November 30th, 1979 in Huntsville, Alabama. He is an actor known for work in stage, film, and voice over. He is best known for his roles as Grandpa Who in the 1st- 5th national tours of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical", the voice of Shizoku and others in the video game "Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom", The Joker in the YouTube series "Nightwing Escalation", and Art the Clown in the film "Terrifier".2018
1. David Howard Thornton for 'Terrifier'
2. Sairose Ronan for 'Mary Queen of Scots'
3. Melissa McCathy for 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'
4. Willem Dafoe for 'At Eternity's Gate'
5. Brady Janreau for 'The Rider'
6. Emma Stone for 'The Favourite'
7. Elise Fisher for 'Eighth Grade'
8. Mahershala Ali for 'Green Book'
9. Rami Malek for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
10. Charlize Theron for 'Tully'
HMs: Bradley Cooper-'A Star Is Born' | Lady Gaga-'A Star Is Born' | Richard E. Grant-'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' | William Hurt-'The Miracle Season' | Ethan Hawke-'First Reformed' | Joaquin Phoenix-'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot' | John Washington-'Blackkklansman'
Actor of the Year: Josh Brolin - Actor
- Producer
- Director
Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Drexl in True Romance (1993), George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017), among many others. For much of his career, he was best-known for playing over-the-top antagonists, such as terrorist Egor Korshunov in the 1997 blockbuster Air Force One (1997), though he has reached a new audience with heroic roles in the Harry Potter and Dark Knight franchises. He is also a filmmaker, musician, and author.
Gary Leonard Oldman was born on March 21, 1958 in New Cross, London, England, to Kathleen (Cheriton), a homemaker, and Leonard Bertram Oldman, a welder. He won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College, in Sidcup, Kent, where he received a B.A. in theatre arts in 1979. He subsequently studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of plays throughout the early '80s, including "The Pope's Wedding," for which he received Time Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985-1986 and the British Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor for 1985. Before fame, he was employed as a worker in assembly lines and as a porter in an operating theater. He also had jobs selling shoes and beheading pigs while supporting his early acting career.
His film debut was Remembrance (1982), though his most-memorable early role came when he played Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in the biopic Sid and Nancy (1986) picking up the Evening Standard Film Award as Best Newcomer. He then received a Best Actor nomination from BAFTA for his portrayal of '60s playwright Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987).
In the 1990s, Oldman brought to life a series of iconic real-world and fictional villains including Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991), the title character in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Drexl Spivey in True Romance (1993), Stansfield in Léon: The Professional (1994), Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Fifth Element (1997) and Ivan Korshunov in Air Force One (1997). That decade also saw Oldman portraying Ludwig van Beethoven in biopic Immortal Beloved (1994).
Oldman played the coveted role of Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), giving him a key part in one of the highest-grossing franchises ever. He reprised that role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Oldman also took on the iconic role of Detective James Gordon in writer-director Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005), a role he played again in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Prominent film critic Mark Kermode, in reviewing The Dark Knight, wrote, "the best performance in the film, by a mile, is Gary Oldman's ... it would be lovely to see him get a[n Academy Award] nomination because actually, he's the guy who gets kind of overlooked in all of this."
Oldman co-starred with Jim Carrey in the 2009 version of A Christmas Carol in which Oldman played three roles. He had a starring role in David Goyer's supernatural thriller The Unborn, released in 2009. In 2010, Oldman co-starred with Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli. He also played a lead role in Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood. Oldman voiced the role of villain Lord Shen and was nominated for an Annie Award for his performance in Kung Fu Panda 2.
In 2011, Oldman portrayed master spy George Smiley in the adaptation of John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and the role scored Oldman his first Academy Award nomination. In 2014, he played one of the lead humans in the science fiction action film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) alongside Jason Clarke and Keri Russell. Also in 2014, Oldman starred alongside Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson in the remake of RoboCop (2014), as Norton, the scientist who creates RoboCop.
Aside from acting, Oldman tried his hand at writing and directing for Nil by Mouth (1997). The movie opened the Cannes Film Festival in 1997, and won Kathy Burke a Best Actress prize at the festival.
Oldman has three children, Alfie, with first wife, actress Lesley Manville, and Gulliver and Charlie with his third wife, Donya Fiorentino. In 2017, he married writer and art curator Gisele Schmidt.
In 2018 he won an Oscar for best actor for his work on Darkest Hour (2017).2017
1. Gary Oldman for 'Darkest Hour'
2. James Franco for 'The Disaster Artist'
3. Ensemble for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'
4. Saoirse Ronan for 'Lady Bird'
5. Allison Janney for 'I Tonya'
6. Sally Hawkins for 'Shape of Water'
7. Meryl Streep for 'The Post'
8. Tom Hanks for 'The Post'
9. Jessica Chastain for ‘Molly’s Game’
10. McKenna Grace for ‘Gifted’
HMs: Daniel Day-Lewis-'Phantom Thread' | Judi Dench- 'Victoria & Abdul' | Laurie Metcalfe-'Lady Bird' | Margot Robbie-'I, Tonya' | | Jacob Tremblay-'Wonder'
Actor of the Year: Gary Oldman
Actress of the Year: McKenna Grace
Film with most: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Casey Affleck is a renowned American actor, filmmaker, and producer recognized for his captivating performances and commitment to independent cinema. With an Academy Award under his belt and a reputation as a powerful leading man, Casey Affleck has established himself as one of the most compelling and versatile actors in contemporary cinema. Throughout his career, he has consistently delivered performances of exceptional depth and nuance in a wide range of film genres.
Affleck's breakout role came in Andrew Dominik's critically acclaimed character drama, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (2007). His performance as Robert Ford, a young man consumed by a complex cocktail of admiration and resentment for the notorious outlaw Jesse James (portrayed by Brad Pitt), earned him widespread recognition, including Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
He solidified his critical acclaim with a starring role in his brother Ben Affleck's directorial debut, "Gone, Baby, Gone" (2007). This gripping neo-noir followed two Boston-based private detectives searching for an abducted young girl. Affleck's performance, showcasing both vulnerability and determination, further cemented his reputation as a rising dramatic force.
The following decade saw Affleck continue to diversify his roles, venturing outside the realm of independent drama to blockbuster productions. He was seen in Christopher Nolan's ambitious sci-fi epic "Interstellar" (2014) alongside an ensemble cast including Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. Affleck also appeared in Scott Cooper's gritty crime thriller, "Out of the Furnace" (2013), where he shared the screen with Christian Bale.
His versatility continued to shine with his performance in the independent film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" (2013), showcasing a quieter, more brooding side to his acting talents. That same year, Affleck turned his attention to production, establishing The Affleck/Middleton Project with John Powers Middleton as a platform to develop and produce a diverse array of film and television projects.
Affleck's directorial work came to fruition with the release of the mockumentary "I'm Still Here" (2010), which he directed, wrote, and produced, featuring Joaquin Phoenix in a performance art piece that blurred the lines between fiction and reality. This experimental project demonstrated Affleck's willingness to challenge conventional storytelling formats.
In 2016, Affleck returned to the spotlight with his career-defining performance in Kenneth Lonergan's profoundly moving drama, "Manchester by the Sea." His portrayal of Lee Chandler, a grief-stricken man coping with immense loss, earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. This raw and unforgettable performance cemented Affleck's status as one of the industry's finest dramatic actors.
2016 also saw Affleck star in several other notable films, including the action thriller "Triple 9" (2016) and Disney's historical drama, "The Finest Hours." He further expanded his range with roles in independent films like David Lowery's "A Ghost Story" (2017), a meditative exploration of loss and the passage of time.
Affleck has continued to take on challenging projects that have pushed his boundaries as an actor. Most recently, he starred opposite Elisabeth Moss in the psychological thriller "Light of My Life" (2019), which he also wrote and directed.
His upcoming projects include a pivotal role in Christopher Nolan's highly-anticipated "Oppenheimer" (2023), where he portrays theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer himself. Affleck is also slated to star in "Slingshot" (2024), a science fiction thriller set in space.
Casey Affleck's talent for embodying complex, flawed characters with profound authenticity has made him one of the most sought-after actors in the industry. With his captivating performances, dedication to his craft, and his discerning eye for unique storytelling projects, the future remains bright for this remarkable actor.2016
1. Casey Affleck for 'Manchester By the Sea'
2. Denzel Washington for 'Fences'
3. Mahershala Ali for 'Moonlight'
4. Natalie Portman for 'Jackie'
5. James McAvoy for 'Split'
6. Andrew Garfield for 'Hacksaw Ridge'
7. Viola Davis for 'Fences'
8. Oakes Fegley for 'Pete's Dragon'
9. Amy Adams for 'Arrival' and 'Nocturnal Animals'
10. Isabelle Huppert for 'Elle' and 'Things To Come'
HMs: Jeff Bridges-'Hell Or High Water' | Sandra Hüller-'Toni Erdmann' | Dev Patel-'Lion' | Peter Simonischek-'Toni Erdmann' | Hailee Steinfeld-'The Edge of Seventeen' | Michelle Williams-'Manchester By the Sea'
Actor of the Year: Andrew Garfield
Actress of the Year: Amy Adams, Isabelle Huppert
Surprise of the Year: Ben Affleck's little brother- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut as Blue in the live action animated film The Smurfs 2 (2013). His breakout performance was in the dark drama Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim. In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016), and in 2017, he co-starred with Jaeden Martell, playing brothers, in the drama The Book of Henry (2017), with Naomi Watts as their mother.
He has also starred as children in jeopardy in the horror films Before I Wake (2016), Shut In (2016), and the bigger-budget The Predator (2018), played in the drama Burn Your Maps (2016) with Vera Farmiga, and headlined the blockbuster novel adaptation Wonder (2017), as Auggie Pullman.2015
1. Jacob Tremblay for 'Room'
2. Brie Larson for 'Room'
3. Cate Blanchet for 'Carol'
4. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'The Revenant'
4. Saoirse Ronan for 'Brooklyn'
5. Paul Dano for 'Love & Mercy'
7. Rooney Mara for 'Carol'
8. Mark Ruffalo for 'Spotlight'
9. Matt Damon for 'The Martian'
10. Rachel McAdams for 'Spotlight'
HMs: Joan Allen-'Room' | Christian Bale-'The Big Short' | John Cusack-'Love & Mercy' | Tom Hardy-'The Revenant' | Michael Keaton-'Spotlight' | Leiv Schrieber-'Spotlight' | Amy Shumer-'Trainwreck' | Sylvester Stallone-'Creed'
Surprise of the Year: the leads in 'Room'
Film with most: Spotlight- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Channing Tatum was born in a small town, Cullman, Alabama, 50 miles north of Birmingham. He is the son of Kay (Faust), an airline worker, and Glenn Matthew Tatum, who worked in construction. Growing up, he was full of energy and somewhat troublesome, so his parents decided to enroll him in different sports such as track and field, baseball, soccer, and football to keep him out of trouble. In the ninth grade he was sent to Catholic school. It was there that he discovered his passion for football and his hopes became centered on earning an athletic college scholarship. Channing's goal was finally met, and in his senior year in high school, he was recruited and earned a full athletic college scholarship to a school in West Virginia.
Tatum is also skilled in Kung Fu and in Gor-Chor Kung Fu, a form of martial arts, in which he has earned belts. Channing later left college and, in the meantime, worked as a construction worker, a stripper, a mortgage broker and salesman. He has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Nautica, Gap, Aeropostale, Emporio Armani, and has been featured in television commercials for American Eagle, Pepsi, and some very popular Mountain Dew commercials.
Channing can be seen on the big screen as a featured actor in Coach Carter (2005), in which he plays a high school basketball player. He was also in the very popular TV series CSI: Miami (2002) where he played the role of Bob Davenport.2014
1. Channing Tatum for 'Foxcatcher'
2. J.K. Simmons for 'Whiplash'
3. Julianne Moore for 'Still Alice'
4. Robert Duvall for 'The Judge'
5. Eddie Redmayne for 'The Theory of Everything'
6. David Oyelowo for 'Selma'
7. Benedict Cumberbatch for 'The Imitation Game'
8. Steve Carrell for 'Foxcatcher'
9. Reese Witherspoon for 'Wild'
10. Mark Ruffalo for 'Foxcatcher'
HMs: Haluk Bilginer-'Winter Sleep' | Bradley Cooper-'American Sniper' | Michael Keaton-'Birdman' | Matthew McConaughey-'Interstellar' | Mike Smith-'Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It' | Meryl Streep-'Into The Woods' | Miles Teller-'Whiplash'
Actor/Surprise of the Year: Channing Tatum
Film with most: Foxcatcher- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s, as the hunky lead actor in movies such as Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997), to then become a leading man in Hollywood blockbusters, made by internationally renowned directors such as Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Irmelin DiCaprio (née Indenbirken) and former comic book artist George DiCaprio. His father is of Italian and German descent, and his mother, who is German-born, is of German, Ukrainian and Russian ancestry. His middle name, "Wilhelm", was his maternal grandfather's first name. Leonardo's father had achieved minor status as an artist and distributor of cult comic book titles, and was even depicted in several issues of American Splendor, the cult semi-autobiographical comic book series by the late 'Harvey Pekar', a friend of George's. Leonardo's performance skills became obvious to his parents early on, and after signing him up with a talent agent who wanted Leonardo to perform under the stage name "Lenny Williams", DiCaprio began appearing on a number of television commercials and educational programs.
DiCaprio began attracting the attention of producers, who cast him in small roles in a number of television series, such as Roseanne (1988) and The New Lassie (1989), but it wasn't until 1991 that DiCaprio made his film debut in Critters 3 (1991), a low-budget horror movie. While Critters 3 (1991) did little to help showcase DiCaprio's acting abilities, it did help him develop his show-reel, and attract the attention of the people behind the hit sitcom Growing Pains (1985), in which Leonardo was cast in the "Cousin Oliver" role of a young homeless boy who moves in with the Seavers. While DiCaprio's stint on Growing Pains (1985) was very short, as the sitcom was axed the year after he joined, it helped bring DiCaprio into the public's attention and, after the sitcom ended, DiCaprio began auditioning for roles in which he would get the chance to prove his acting chops.
Leonardo took up a diverse range of roles in the early 1990s, including a mentally challenged youth in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), a young gunslinger in The Quick and the Dead (1995) and a drug addict in one of his most challenging roles to date, Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries (1995), a role which the late River Phoenix originally expressed interest in. While these diverse roles helped establish Leonardo's reputation as an actor, it wasn't until his role as Romeo Montague in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) that Leonardo became a household name, a true movie star. The following year, DiCaprio starred in another movie about doomed lovers, Titanic (1997), which went on to beat all box office records held before then, as, at the time, Titanic (1997) became the highest grossing movie of all time, and cemented DiCaprio's reputation as a teen heartthrob. Following his work on Titanic (1997), DiCaprio kept a low profile for a number of years, with roles in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) and the low-budget The Beach (2000) being some of his few notable roles during this period.
In 2002, he burst back into screens throughout the world with leading roles in Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Gangs of New York (2002), his first of many collaborations with director Martin Scorsese. With a current salary of $20 million a movie, DiCaprio is now one of the biggest movie stars in the world. However, he has not limited his professional career to just acting in movies, as DiCaprio is a committed environmentalist, who is actively involved in many environmental causes, and his commitment to this issue led to his involvement in The 11th Hour, a documentary movie about the state of the natural environment. As someone who has gone from small roles in television commercials to one of the most respected actors in the world, DiCaprio has had one of the most diverse careers in cinema. DiCaprio continued to defy conventions about the types of roles he would accept, and with his career now seeing him leading all-star casts in action thrillers such as The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010) and Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010), DiCaprio continues to wow audiences by refusing to conform to any cliché about actors.
In 2012, he played a mustache twirling villain in Django Unchained (2012), and then tragic literary character Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (2013) and Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
DiCaprio is passionate about environmental and humanitarian causes, having donated $1,000,000 to earthquake relief efforts in 2010, the same year he contributed $1,000,000 to the Wildlife Conservation Society.2013
1. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
2. Jared Leto for 'Dallas Buyers Club'
3. Judi Dench for ‘Philomena’
4. Brie Larson for 'Short Term 12'
5. Matthew Mcconaughey for 'Dallas Buyers Club'
6. Chiwetel Ejiofor for '12 Years a Slave'
7. Charlotte Gainsbourg for 'Nymphomaniac'
8. Robert Redford for 'All Is Lost'
9. Cate Blanchett for 'Blue Jasmine'
10. Jessica Chastain for for 'Zero Dark Thirty'
HMs: Steve Coogan-'Philomena' | Leonardo DiCaprio-'The Great Gatsby' | Adèle Exarchopoulos-'Blue Is The Warmest Colour' | Oscar Isaac-'Inside Llewyn Davis' | Michael B. Jordan-'Fruitvale Station' | Joaquin Phoenix-'Her'
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress of the Year: Cate Blanchett & Charlotte Gainsbourg- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing Studios. His older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis, is a documentarian. His father was of Northern Irish and English descent, and his mother was Jewish (from a family from Latvia and Poland). Daniel was educated at Sevenoaks School in Kent, which he despised, and the more progressive Bedales in Petersfield, which he adored. He studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic School. Daniel made his film debut in Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), but then acted on stage with the Bristol Old Vic and Royal Shakespeare Companies and did not appear on screen again until 1982, when he landed his first adult role, a bit part in Gandhi (1982). He also appeared on British television that year in Frost in May (1982) and How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982). Notable theatrical performances include Another Country (1982-83), Dracula (1984) and The Futurists (1986).
His first major supporting role in a feature film was in The Bounty (1984), quickly followed by My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and A Room with a View (1985). The latter two films opened in New York on the same day, offering audiences and critics evidence of his remarkable range and establishing him as a major talent. The New York Film Critics named him Best Supporting Actor for those performances. In 1986, he appeared on stage in Richard Eyre's "The Futurists" and on television in Eyre's production of The Insurance Man (1986). He also had a small role in a British/French film, Nanou (1986). In 1987, he assumed leading-man status in Philip Kaufman's The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), followed by a comedic role in the unsuccessful Stars and Bars (1988). His brilliant performance as Christy Brown in Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot (1989) won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor.
He returned to the stage to work again with Eyre, as Hamlet at the National Theater, but was forced to leave the production close to the end of its run because of exhaustion, and has not appeared on stage since. He took a hiatus from film as well until 1992, when he starred in The Last of the Mohicans (1992), a film that met with mixed reviews but was a great success at the box office. He worked with American director Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence (1993), based on Edith Wharton's novel. Subsequently, he teamed again with Jim Sheridan to star in In the Name of the Father (1993), a critically acclaimed performance that earned him another Academy Award nomination. His next project was in the role of John Proctor in father-in-law Arthur Miller's play The Crucible (1996), directed by Nicholas Hytner. He worked with Scorsese again to star in Gangs of New York (2002), another critically acclaimed performance that earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Day-Lewis's wife, Rebecca Miller, offered him the lead role in her film The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005), in which he played a dying man with regrets over how his wife had evolved and over how he had brought up his teenage daughter. During filming, he arranged to live separate from his wife to achieve the "isolation" needed to focus on his own character's reality. The film received mixed reviews. In 2007, he starred in director Paul Thomas Anderson's loose adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!", titled There Will Be Blood (2007). Day-Lewis received the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, and a variety of film critics' circle awards for the role. In 2009, Day-Lewis starred in Rob Marshall's musical adaptation Nine (2009) as film director Guido Contini. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.2012
1. Daniel Day-Lewis for 'Lincoln'
2. Joaquin Phoenix for 'The Master'
3. Emmanuelle Riva for 'Amour'
4. Jean-Louis Trintignant for 'Amour'
5. Michael Shannon for 'The Iceman'
6. Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'The Master'
7. Christoph Waltz for 'Django Unchained'
8. Denzel Washington for 'Flight'
9. Bradley Cooper for 'Silver Linings Playbook'
10. Irrfan Khan for 'Life of Pi'
HMs: Ben Affleck-'Argo' | Javier Bardem-'Skyfall' | Judi Dench-'Skyfall'
Surprise of the Year: the leads in 'Amour'- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William Streep, Jr., a pharmaceutical executive. Her father was of German and Swiss-German descent, and her mother had English, Irish, and German ancestry.
Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She became interested in acting while a student at Vassar and upon graduation she enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. She gave an outstanding performance in her first film role, Julia (1977), and the next year she was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in The Deer Hunter (1978). She went on to win the Academy Award for her performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which she gave a heart-wrenching portrayal of an inmate mother in a Nazi death camp.
A perfectionist in her craft and meticulous and painstaking in her preparation for her roles, Meryl turned out a string of highly acclaimed performances over the next decade in great films like Silkwood (1983); Out of Africa (1985); Ironweed (1987); and A Cry in the Dark (1988). Her career declined slightly in the early 1990s as a result of her inability to find suitable parts, but she shot back to the top in 1995 with her performance as Clint Eastwood's married lover in The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and as the prodigal daughter in Marvin's Room (1996). In 1998 she made her first venture into the area of producing, and was the executive producer for the moving ...First Do No Harm (1997). A realist when she talks about her future years in film, she remarked that "...no matter what happens, my work will stand..."2011
1. Meryl Streep for 'The Iron Lady'
2. George Clooney for 'The Descendants'
3. Jeong-hie Yun for 'Poetry'
4. Melissa McCarthy for 'Bridesmaids'
5. Michelle Williams for 'My Week With Marilyn'
6. Peyman Moaadi for 'A Separation'
7. Leila Hatami for 'A Separation'
8. Mohamed Saïd Fellag for 'Monsieur Lazhar'
9. Kevin Spacey for ‘Horrible Bosses’
10. Brad Pitt for ‘Moneyball’
HMs: Gary Oldman-'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
Actor of the Year: Kevin Spacey- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's College) in Winchester, and worked on education for the Nigerian government. His grandparents were missionaries. His siblings Katie Firth and Jonathan Firth are also actors.
Firth's first acting experience came in infant's school when he played "Jack Frost" in a Christmas pantomime. Three of his four grandparents were Methodist missionaries and he spent his early childhood in Nigeria, returning to England at age five where he entered a comprehensive school in Winchester. He spent two years at the Drama Centre, then in Chalk Farm, where he was "discovered" whist playing "Hamlet" during his final term. His first professional role was as "Bennet" in the West End production of "Another Country". From this performance, he was chosen to play the character of "Judd" in the movie of the play. He went on to play a variety of character parts in both film and television. For his portrayal of "Robert Lawrence" in the 1989 TV production Tumbledown (1988), he received the Royal Television Society Best Actor award and also a BAFTA nomination. He also received a BAFTA nomination for "Mr. Darcy" in the 1995 TV version of Pride and Prejudice (1995). In 2011, he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his commanding leading role, playing British King George VI in The King's Speech (2010).2010
1. Colin Firth for 'The King's Speech'
2. Geoffrey Rush for ‘The King’s Speech’
3. Julianne Moore for 'The Kids Are All Right'
4. Annette Bening for 'The Kids Are All Right'
5. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Shutter Island'
6. Mark Ruffalo for 'The Kids Are All Right'
7. Rob Corddry for 'Hot Tub Time Machine'
8. James Franco for '127 Hours'
9. Michelle Williams for 'Blue Valentine'
10. Jennifer Lawrence for 'Winter's Bone'
HMs: Ricardo Darín-'Secret In Their Eyes' | Leonardo DiCaprio-'Inception' | Stephen Dorff-'Somewhere' | Elle Fanning-'Somewhere' | Ryan Gosling-'Blue Valentine' | Ewan MacGregor-'The Ghost Writer'
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress of the Year: Michelle Williams
Films with most: The Kids Are All Right- Producer
- Actress
- Costume Designer
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner military figure Danie Theron was her great-great-uncle.
Theron received an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". There was not much work for a young actress or dancer in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and the United States, where she got a job at the Joffrey Ballet in New York. She was also able to work as a photo model. However, an injured knee put a halt to her dancing career.
In 1994, her mother bought her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, and Charlize started visiting all of the agents on Hollywood Boulevard, but without any luck. She went to a bank to cash a check for $500 she received from her mother, and became furious when she learned that the bank would not cash it because it was an out-of-state check. She made a scene and an agent gave her his card, in exchange for learning American English, which she did by watching soap operas on television.
Her first role was in the B-film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995), a non-speaking part with three seconds of screen time. Her next role was as Helga Svelgen in 2 Days in the Valley (1996), which landed her the role of Tina Powers in That Thing You Do! (1996). Since then, she has starred in movies like The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999), The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) and The Italian Job (2003). On February 29, 2004, she won her first Academy Award, a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Monster (2003).Decade 2000s
1. Charlize Theron for 'Monster'
2. Daniel Day Lewis for 'There Will Be Blood'
3. Adrian Brody for 'The Pianist'
4. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'The Aviator'
5. Russell Crowe for 'A Beautiful Mind'
6. Willem Dafoe for 'Shadow of the Vampire'
7. Angelina Jolie for 'Changeling'
8. Adam Sandler for 'Reign Over Me'
9. Ellen Burstyn for 'Requiem For A Dream'
10. Helen Mirren for ‘The Queen’- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's College) in Winchester, and worked on education for the Nigerian government. His grandparents were missionaries. His siblings Katie Firth and Jonathan Firth are also actors.
Firth's first acting experience came in infant's school when he played "Jack Frost" in a Christmas pantomime. Three of his four grandparents were Methodist missionaries and he spent his early childhood in Nigeria, returning to England at age five where he entered a comprehensive school in Winchester. He spent two years at the Drama Centre, then in Chalk Farm, where he was "discovered" whist playing "Hamlet" during his final term. His first professional role was as "Bennet" in the West End production of "Another Country". From this performance, he was chosen to play the character of "Judd" in the movie of the play. He went on to play a variety of character parts in both film and television. For his portrayal of "Robert Lawrence" in the 1989 TV production Tumbledown (1988), he received the Royal Television Society Best Actor award and also a BAFTA nomination. He also received a BAFTA nomination for "Mr. Darcy" in the 1995 TV version of Pride and Prejudice (1995). In 2011, he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his commanding leading role, playing British King George VI in The King's Speech (2010).2009
1. Colin Firth for 'A Single Man'
2. Christoph Waltz for 'Inglorious Basterds'
3. Zach Galifinakis for 'The Hangover'
4. Carey Mulligan for 'An Education'
5. Robert Duvall for ‘Get Low’
6. Sandra Bullock for 'The Blind Side'
7. Bradley Cooper for 'The Hangover'
8. George Clooney for 'Up In The Air'
9. Tobey Maguire for 'Brothers'
10. Gabourey Sidibe for 'Precious'
HMs: Jeff Bridges-'Crazy Heart' | Isabelle Fuhrman-'Orphan' | Ed Helms-'The Hangover' | Diane Kruger-'Inglorious Basterds' | Melanie Laurent-'Inglorious Basterds' | Brad Pitt-'Inglorious Basterds' | Jeremy Renner-'The Hurt Locker' | Peter Sarsgaard-'An Education'
Surprise of the Year: the cast of unknowns in 'The Hangover'; Christoph Waltz
Films with most: Inglorious Basterds- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become prominently involved in international charity projects, especially those involving refugees. She often appears on many "most beautiful women" lists, and she has a personal life that is avidly covered by the tabloid press.
Jolie was born Angelina Jolie Voight in Los Angeles, California. In her earliest years, Angelina began absorbing the acting craft from her actor parents, Jon Voight, an Oscar-winner, and Marcheline Bertrand, who had studied with Lee Strasberg. Her good looks may derive from her ancestry, which is German and Slovak on her father's side, and French-Canadian, Dutch, Polish, and remote Huron, on her mother's side. At age eleven, Angelina began studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she was seen in several stage productions. She undertook some film studies at New York University and later joined the renowned Met Theatre Group in Los Angeles. At age 16, she took up a career in modeling and appeared in some music videos.
In the mid-1990s, Jolie appeared in various small films where she got good notices, including Hackers (1995) and Foxfire (1996). Her critical acclaim increased when she played strong roles in the made-for-TV movies True Women (1997), and in George Wallace (1997) which won her a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination. Jolie's acclaim increased even further when she played the lead role in the HBO production Gia (1998). This was the true life story of supermodel Gia Carangi, a sensitive wild child who was both brazen and needy and who had a difficult time handling professional success and the deaths of people who were close to her. Carangi became involved with drugs and because of her needle-using habits she became, at the tender age of 26, one of the first celebrities to die of AIDS. Jolie's performance in Gia (1998) again garnered a Golden Globe Award and another Emmy nomination, and she additionally earned a SAG Award.
Angelina got a major break in 1999 when she won a leading role in the successful feature The Bone Collector (1999), starring alongside Denzel Washington. In that same year, Jolie gave a tour de force performance in Girl, Interrupted (1999) playing opposite Winona Ryder. The movie was a true story of women who spent time in a psychiatric hospital. Jolie's role was reminiscent of Jack Nicholson's character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), the role which won Nicholson his first Oscar. Unlike "Cuckoo", "Girl" was a small film that received mixed reviews and barely made money at the box office. But when it came time to give out awards, Jolie won the triple crown -- "Girl" propelled her to win the Golden Globe Award, the SAG Award and the Academy Award for best leading actress in a supporting role.
With her newfound prominence, Jolie began to get in-depth attention from the press. Numerous aspects of her controversial personal life became news. At her wedding to her Hackers (1995) co-star Jonny Lee Miller, she had displayed her husband's name on the back of her shirt painted in her own blood. Jolie and Miller divorced, and in 2000, she married her Pushing Tin (1999) co-star Billy Bob Thornton. Jolie had become the fifth wife of a man twenty years her senior. During her marriage to Thornton, the spouses each wore a vial of the other's blood around their necks. That marriage came apart in 2002 and ended in divorce. In addition, Jolie was estranged from her famous father, Jon Voight.
In 2000, Jolie was asked to star in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). At first, she expressed disinterest, but then decided that the required training for the athletic role was intriguing. The eponymous character was drawn from a popular video game. Lara Croft was a female cross between Indiana Jones and James Bond. When the movie was released, critics were unimpressed with the final product, but critical acclaim wasn't the point of the movie. The public paid $275 million for theater tickets to see a buffed up Jolie portray the adventuresome Lara Croft. Jolie's father Jon Voight appeared in the movie, and during filming there was a brief rapprochement between father and daughter.
One of the Lara Croft movie's filming locations was Cambodia. While there, Jolie witnessed the natural beauty, culture and poverty of that country. She considered this an eye opening experience, and so began the humanitarian chapter of her life. Jolie began visiting refugee camps around the world and came to be formally appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Some of her experiences were written and published in her popular book "Notes from My Travels" whose profits go to UNHCR.
Jolie has stated that she now plans to spend most of her time in humanitarian efforts, to be financed by her actress salary. She devotes one third of her income to savings, one third to living expenses and one third to charity. In 2002, Angelina adopted a Cambodian refugee boy named Maddox, and in 2005, adopted an Ethiopian refugee girl named Zahara. Jolie's dramatic feature film Beyond Borders (2003) parallels some of her real life humanitarian experiences although, despite the inclusion of a romance between two westerners, many of the movie's images were too depressingly realistic -- the movie was not popular among critics or at the box office.
In 2004, Jolie began filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) with co-star Brad Pitt. The movie became a major box office success. There were rumors that Pitt and Jolie had an affair while filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Jolie insisted that because her mother had been hurt by adultery, she herself could never participate in an affair with a married man, therefore there had been no affair with Pitt at that time. Nonetheless, Pitt separated from his wife Jennifer Aniston in January 2005 and, in the months that followed, he was frequently seen in public with Jolie, apparently as a couple. Pitt's divorce was finalized later in 2005.
Jolie and Pitt announced in early 2006 that they would have a child together, and Jolie gave birth to daughter Shiloh that May. They also adopted a three-year-old Vietnamese boy named Pax. The couple, who married in 2014 and divorced in 2019, continue to pursue movie and humanitarian projects, and now have a total of six children. She was appointed Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George at the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to United Kingdom foreign policy and the campaign to end warzone sexual violence.2008
1. Angelina Jolie for 'Changeling'
2. Kate Winslet for 'The Reader' and 'Revolutionary Road'
3. Anne Hathaway for 'Rachel Getting Married'
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'Synecdoche, New York'
5. Michael Kelley for ‘Changeling’
6. Sean Penn for ‘Milk’
7. Mickey Rourke for ‘The Wrestler’
8. Heath Ledger for 'The Dark Knight'
9. Tom Hardy for 'Bronson'
10. James Franco for 'Pineapple Express'
HMs: Leonardo DiCaprio-'Revolutionary Road' | Clint Eastwood-'Gran Torino' | Ralph Fiennes-'The Reader' | Frank Langella-'Frost/Nixon' | John Malkovich-'Changeling' | Dev Patel-‘Slumdog Millionaire’ | Michael Sheen-‘Frost/Nixon’
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Downey Jr.
Actress of the Year: Kate Winslet, and Angelina Jolie
Films with most: Changeling- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing Studios. His older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis, is a documentarian. His father was of Northern Irish and English descent, and his mother was Jewish (from a family from Latvia and Poland). Daniel was educated at Sevenoaks School in Kent, which he despised, and the more progressive Bedales in Petersfield, which he adored. He studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic School. Daniel made his film debut in Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), but then acted on stage with the Bristol Old Vic and Royal Shakespeare Companies and did not appear on screen again until 1982, when he landed his first adult role, a bit part in Gandhi (1982). He also appeared on British television that year in Frost in May (1982) and How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982). Notable theatrical performances include Another Country (1982-83), Dracula (1984) and The Futurists (1986).
His first major supporting role in a feature film was in The Bounty (1984), quickly followed by My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and A Room with a View (1985). The latter two films opened in New York on the same day, offering audiences and critics evidence of his remarkable range and establishing him as a major talent. The New York Film Critics named him Best Supporting Actor for those performances. In 1986, he appeared on stage in Richard Eyre's "The Futurists" and on television in Eyre's production of The Insurance Man (1986). He also had a small role in a British/French film, Nanou (1986). In 1987, he assumed leading-man status in Philip Kaufman's The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), followed by a comedic role in the unsuccessful Stars and Bars (1988). His brilliant performance as Christy Brown in Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot (1989) won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor.
He returned to the stage to work again with Eyre, as Hamlet at the National Theater, but was forced to leave the production close to the end of its run because of exhaustion, and has not appeared on stage since. He took a hiatus from film as well until 1992, when he starred in The Last of the Mohicans (1992), a film that met with mixed reviews but was a great success at the box office. He worked with American director Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence (1993), based on Edith Wharton's novel. Subsequently, he teamed again with Jim Sheridan to star in In the Name of the Father (1993), a critically acclaimed performance that earned him another Academy Award nomination. His next project was in the role of John Proctor in father-in-law Arthur Miller's play The Crucible (1996), directed by Nicholas Hytner. He worked with Scorsese again to star in Gangs of New York (2002), another critically acclaimed performance that earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Day-Lewis's wife, Rebecca Miller, offered him the lead role in her film The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005), in which he played a dying man with regrets over how his wife had evolved and over how he had brought up his teenage daughter. During filming, he arranged to live separate from his wife to achieve the "isolation" needed to focus on his own character's reality. The film received mixed reviews. In 2007, he starred in director Paul Thomas Anderson's loose adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!", titled There Will Be Blood (2007). Day-Lewis received the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, and a variety of film critics' circle awards for the role. In 2009, Day-Lewis starred in Rob Marshall's musical adaptation Nine (2009) as film director Guido Contini. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.2007
1. Daniel Day-Lewis for 'There Will Be Blood'
2. Adam Sandler for 'Reign Over Me'
3. Javier Bardem for 'No Country For Old Men'
4. Ellen Page for 'Juno'
5. Julie Christie for 'Away From Her'
6. Laura Vasiliu for '4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days'
7. Anamaria Marinca for '4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days'
8. Gordon Pinset for 'Away From Her'
9. Don Cheadle for 'Reign Over Me'
10. George Clooney for 'Michael Clayton'
HMs: Casey Affleck-'...Jesse James...' | Mathieu Amalric-'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' | Josh Brolin-'No Country For Old Men' | Nicole Kidman-'Margot at the Wedding'
Actor of the Year: Casey Affleck
Surprise of the Year: Adam Sandler gives Day-Lewis a run for his money- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. Mirren attended St. Bernards High School for girls, where she would act in school productions. After high school, she began her acting career in theatre working in many productions including in the West End and Broadway.2006
1. Helen Mirren for 'The Queen'
2. Judi Dench for 'Notes On a Scandal'
3. Tobey Jones for 'Infamous'
4. Will Smith for 'The Pursuit of Happyness'
5. Ensemble for 'The Departed'
6. Cate Blanchet for 'Notes On a Scandal'
7. Forest Whitaker for 'The Last King of Scotland'
8. Penelope Cruz for 'Volver'
9. Ivana Baquero for 'Pan's Labyrinth'
10. Kate Winslet for 'Little Children'
HMs: Sacha Baron Cohen for 'Borat' | Debbie Doebereiner-'Bubble' | Noah Emerich-'Little Children' | Ellen Page-‘Hard Candy’ | Sylvester Stallone-'Rocky Balboa' | Mike Smith for 'Trailer Park Boys' | Patrick Wilson-'Little Children'
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress of the Year: Dame Judi Dench
Films with most: Little Children- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport to Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee, and was mostly of German, Irish, English and Dutch ancestry. After becoming involved in high school theatrics, he attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with a B.F.A. degree in Drama in 1989.
He made his feature film debut in the indie production Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole (1991) as Phil Hoffman, and his first role in a major release came the next year in My New Gun (1992). While he had supporting roles in some other major productions like Scent of a Woman (1992) and Twister (1996), his breakthrough role came in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997).
He quickly became an icon of indie cinema, establishing a reputation as one of the screen's finest actors, in a variety of supporting and second leads in indie and major features, including Todd Solondz's Happiness (1998), Flawless (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia (1999), Almost Famous (2000) and State and Main (2000). He also appeared in supporting roles in such mainstream, big-budget features as Red Dragon (2002), Cold Mountain (2003) and Mission: Impossible III (2006).
Hoffman was also quite active on the stage. On Broadway, he has earned two Tony nominations, as Best Actor (Play) in 2000 for a revival of Sam Shepard's "True West" and as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) in 2003 for a revival of Eugene O'Neill (I)'s "Long Day's Journey into Night". His other acting credits in the New York theater include "The Seagull" (directed by Mike Nichols for The New York Shakespeare Festival), "Defying Gravity", "The Merchant of Venice" (directed by Peter Sellars), "Shopping and F*@%ing" and "The Author's Voice" (Drama Desk nomination).
He was the Co-Artistic Director of the LAByrinth Theater Company in New York, for which he directed "Our Lady of 121st Street" by Stephen Adly Guirgis. He also directed "In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings" and "Jesus Hopped the A Train" by Guirgis for LAByrinth, and "The Glory of Living" by Rebecca Gilman at the Manhattan Class Company.
Hoffman consolidated his reputation as one of the finest actors under the age of 40 with his turn in the title role of Capote (2005), for which he won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award as Best Actor. In 2006, he was awarded the Best Actor Oscar for the same role.
On February 2, 2014, Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in an apartment in Greenwich village, New York. Investigators found Hoffman with a syringe in his arm and two open envelopes of heroin next to him. Mr. Hoffman was long known to struggle with addiction. In 2006, he said in an interview with "60 Minutes" that he had given up drugs and alcohol many years earlier, when he was age 22. In 2013, he checked into a rehabilitation program for about 10 days after a reliance on prescription pills resulted in his briefly turning again to heroin.2005
1. Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'Capote'
2. Naomi Watts for 'King Kong'
3. Felicity Huffman for 'Transamerica'
4. Liv Ullmann for 'Saraband'
5. Erland Josephson for 'Saraband'
6. Russell Crowe for 'Cinderella Man'
7. Choi Min-sik for 'Oldboy'
8. Ewan McGregor for 'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith'
9. Alessio Boni for 'The Best of Youth'
10. Scarlett Johansson for 'Match Point'
HMs: Eric Bana-'Munich' | Colin Farrell-'The New World' | Jodie Foster-'Flightplan' | William Hurt-'A History of Violence' | Tommy Lee Jones-'Three Burials' | Viggo Mortenson-'A History of Violence' | David Strathairn-Good Night and Good Luck | Mark Wahlberg-'Four Brothers'- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s, as the hunky lead actor in movies such as Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997), to then become a leading man in Hollywood blockbusters, made by internationally renowned directors such as Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Irmelin DiCaprio (née Indenbirken) and former comic book artist George DiCaprio. His father is of Italian and German descent, and his mother, who is German-born, is of German, Ukrainian and Russian ancestry. His middle name, "Wilhelm", was his maternal grandfather's first name. Leonardo's father had achieved minor status as an artist and distributor of cult comic book titles, and was even depicted in several issues of American Splendor, the cult semi-autobiographical comic book series by the late 'Harvey Pekar', a friend of George's. Leonardo's performance skills became obvious to his parents early on, and after signing him up with a talent agent who wanted Leonardo to perform under the stage name "Lenny Williams", DiCaprio began appearing on a number of television commercials and educational programs.
DiCaprio began attracting the attention of producers, who cast him in small roles in a number of television series, such as Roseanne (1988) and The New Lassie (1989), but it wasn't until 1991 that DiCaprio made his film debut in Critters 3 (1991), a low-budget horror movie. While Critters 3 (1991) did little to help showcase DiCaprio's acting abilities, it did help him develop his show-reel, and attract the attention of the people behind the hit sitcom Growing Pains (1985), in which Leonardo was cast in the "Cousin Oliver" role of a young homeless boy who moves in with the Seavers. While DiCaprio's stint on Growing Pains (1985) was very short, as the sitcom was axed the year after he joined, it helped bring DiCaprio into the public's attention and, after the sitcom ended, DiCaprio began auditioning for roles in which he would get the chance to prove his acting chops.
Leonardo took up a diverse range of roles in the early 1990s, including a mentally challenged youth in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), a young gunslinger in The Quick and the Dead (1995) and a drug addict in one of his most challenging roles to date, Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries (1995), a role which the late River Phoenix originally expressed interest in. While these diverse roles helped establish Leonardo's reputation as an actor, it wasn't until his role as Romeo Montague in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) that Leonardo became a household name, a true movie star. The following year, DiCaprio starred in another movie about doomed lovers, Titanic (1997), which went on to beat all box office records held before then, as, at the time, Titanic (1997) became the highest grossing movie of all time, and cemented DiCaprio's reputation as a teen heartthrob. Following his work on Titanic (1997), DiCaprio kept a low profile for a number of years, with roles in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) and the low-budget The Beach (2000) being some of his few notable roles during this period.
In 2002, he burst back into screens throughout the world with leading roles in Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Gangs of New York (2002), his first of many collaborations with director Martin Scorsese. With a current salary of $20 million a movie, DiCaprio is now one of the biggest movie stars in the world. However, he has not limited his professional career to just acting in movies, as DiCaprio is a committed environmentalist, who is actively involved in many environmental causes, and his commitment to this issue led to his involvement in The 11th Hour, a documentary movie about the state of the natural environment. As someone who has gone from small roles in television commercials to one of the most respected actors in the world, DiCaprio has had one of the most diverse careers in cinema. DiCaprio continued to defy conventions about the types of roles he would accept, and with his career now seeing him leading all-star casts in action thrillers such as The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010) and Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010), DiCaprio continues to wow audiences by refusing to conform to any cliché about actors.
In 2012, he played a mustache twirling villain in Django Unchained (2012), and then tragic literary character Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (2013) and Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
DiCaprio is passionate about environmental and humanitarian causes, having donated $1,000,000 to earthquake relief efforts in 2010, the same year he contributed $1,000,000 to the Wildlife Conservation Society.2004
1. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'The Aviator'
2. Jamie Foxx for 'Ray'
3. Kevin Spacey for 'Beyond the Sea'
4. Hilary Swank for 'Million Dollar Baby'
5. Imelda Staunton for 'Vera Drake'
6. Christian Bale for 'The Machinist'
7. Ensemble for 'Eternal Sunshine'
8. Don Cheadle for 'Hotel Rwanda'
9. Kevin Kline for 'De-Lovely'
10. Al Pacino for 'Merchant of Venice'
HMs: Jeff Bridges-'The Door In The Floor' | Matt Damon-'The Bourne Supremecy' | Clint Eastwood-'Million Dollar Baby' | Morgan Freeman-'Million Dollar Baby' | Uma Thurman-‘Kill Bill 2’
Actor of the year: Gael García Bernal, Jamie Foxx- Producer
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Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner military figure Danie Theron was her great-great-uncle.
Theron received an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". There was not much work for a young actress or dancer in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and the United States, where she got a job at the Joffrey Ballet in New York. She was also able to work as a photo model. However, an injured knee put a halt to her dancing career.
In 1994, her mother bought her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, and Charlize started visiting all of the agents on Hollywood Boulevard, but without any luck. She went to a bank to cash a check for $500 she received from her mother, and became furious when she learned that the bank would not cash it because it was an out-of-state check. She made a scene and an agent gave her his card, in exchange for learning American English, which she did by watching soap operas on television.
Her first role was in the B-film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995), a non-speaking part with three seconds of screen time. Her next role was as Helga Svelgen in 2 Days in the Valley (1996), which landed her the role of Tina Powers in That Thing You Do! (1996). Since then, she has starred in movies like The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999), The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) and The Italian Job (2003). On February 29, 2004, she won her first Academy Award, a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Monster (2003).2003
1. Charlize Theron for 'Monster'
2. Tim Robbins for 'Mystic River'
3. Sean Penn for 'Mystic River'
4. Olivier Gourmet for 'The Son'
5. Tom Cruise for 'The Last Samurai'
6. Evan Rachel Wood for 'Thirteen'
7. Holly Hunter for 'Thirteen'
8. Kevin Spacey for 'The Life of David Gale'
9. Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'Owning Mahowny'
10. Russell Crowe for 'Master & Commander'
HMs: Sean Astin-'Return of the King' | Jack Black-'School of Rock' | Nicolas Cage-‘Matchstick Men’ | Jennifer Connelly-'House of Sand & Fog' | Benicio Del Toro-'21 Grams' | Ben Kingsley-'House of Sand & Fog' | Samantha Morton-'In America' | Bill Murray-'Lost In Translation' | Naomi Watts-'21 Grams'
Actors of the Year: Johnny Depp, Sean Penn
Actress of the Year: Halle Berry
Surprise of the year: Theron's radical physical transformation- Actor
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Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the camera. Adrien attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in New York.
Despite a strong performance in The Thin Red Line (1998), time constraints forced the director to edit out much of Adrien's part. In spite of his later work with Spike Lee and Barry Levinson, he never became the star many expected he would become until Roman Polanski called on him to play a celebrated Jewish pianist in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. He pulled off a brilliant performance in The Pianist (2002), drawing on the heritage and rare dialect of his Polish-born grandmother, as well as his father, who lost family members during the Holocaust, and his mother, who fled Communist Hungary as a child during the 1956 uprising against the Soviet Union.2002
1. Adrien Brody for 'The Pianist'
2. Jack Nicholson for 'About Schmidt'
3. Kevin Kline for 'The Emperor's Club'
4. Daniel Day-Lewis for 'Gangs of New York'
5. Julianne Moore for 'Far From Heaven' and 'The Hours'
6. Meryl Streep for 'Adaptation' and 'The Hours'
7. Edward Norton for '25th Hour'
8. Denzel Washington for 'John Q'
9. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Catch Me If You Can'
10. Nicole Kidman for 'The Hours'
HMs: Nicolas Cage-'Adaptation' | Matt Damon-'The Bourne Identity' | Tom Hanks-'Road To Perdition' | Bill Paxton-'Frailty' | Adam Sandler-'Punch-Drunk Love' | Renee Zellwegger-'Chicago' | Catherine Zeta-Jones-'Chicago'
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress of the Year: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep
Surprise of the year: young Adrian Brody outacts every legend and icon that did a movie in 2002- Actor
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Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham), English, Irish, Scottish, Norwegian, Swedish, Italian, and Maori (one of Crowe's maternal great-grandmothers, Erana Putiputi Hayes Heihi, was Maori).
Crowe's family moved to Australia when he was a small child, settling in Sydney, and Russell got the acting bug early in life. Beginning as a child star on a local Australian TV show, Russell's first big break came with two films ... the first, Romper Stomper (1992), gained him a name throughout the film community in Australia and the neighboring countries. The second, The Sum of Us (1994), helped put him on the American map, so to speak. Sharon Stone heard of him from Romper Stomper (1992) and wanted him for her film, The Quick and the Dead (1995). But filming on The Sum of Us (1994) had already begun. Sharon is reported to have held up shooting until she had her gunslinger-Crowe, for her film. With The Quick and the Dead (1995) under his belt as his first American film, the second was offered to him soon after. Virtuosity (1995), starring Denzel Washington, put Russell in the body of a Virtual Serial Killer, Sid6.7 ... a role unlike any he had played so far. Virtuosity (1995), a Sci-Fi extravaganza, was a fun film and, again, opened the door to even more American offers. L.A. Confidential (1997), Russell's third American film, brought him the US fame and attention that his fans have felt he deserved all along. Missing the Oscar nod this time around, he didn't seem deterred and signed to do his first film with The Walt Disney Company, Mystery, Alaska (1999). He achieved even more success and awards for his performances in Gladiator (2000), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and A Beautiful Mind (2001).2001
1. Russell Crowe for 'A Beautiful Mind'
2. Denzel Washington for 'Training Day'
3. Tom Wilkinson for 'In The Bedroom'
4. Sissy Spacek for 'In The Bedroom'
5. Thora Birch for 'Ghost World'
6. Jennifer Connelly for 'A Beautiful Mind'
7. Haley Joel Osment for 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence'
8. Ewan MacGregor for 'Moulin Rouge!'
9. Brad Renfro for 'Bully'
10. Naomi Watts for 'Mulholland Drive'
HMs: Gene Hackman-‘Royal Tenenbaums’ | Ethan Hawke-‘Training Day’ | Billy Bob Thornton-‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’
Actor of the Year: Billy Bob Thornton
Surprise of the year: the performances by children- Actor
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Having made over one hundred films in his legendary career, Willem Dafoe is internationally respected for bringing versatility, boldness, and daring to some of the most iconic films of our time. His artistic curiosity in exploring the human condition leads him to projects all over the world, large and small, Hollywood films as well as Independent cinema.
In 1979, he was given a role in Michael's Cimino's Heaven's Gate, from which he was fired. Since then, he has collaborated with directors who represent a virtual encyclopedia of modern cinema: James Wan, Robert Eggers, Sean Baker, Kenneth Branagh, Kathryn Bigelow, Sam Raimi, Alan Parker, Walter Hill, Mary Harron, Wim Wenders, Anton Corbijn, Zhang Yimou, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Oliver Stone, William Friedkin, Werner Herzog, Lars Von Trier, Abel Ferrara, Spike Lee, David Cronenberg, Paul Schrader, Anthony Minghella, Theo Angelopoulos, Robert Rodriguez, Phillip Noyce, Hector Babenco, John Milius, Paul Weitz, The Spierig Brothers, Andrew Stanton, Josh Boone, Dee Rees and Julian Schnabel.
Dafoe has been recognized with four Academy Award nominations: Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Platoon, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Shadow Of The Vampire, for which he also received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Florida Project, for which he also received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, and most recently, Best Leading Actor for At Eternity's Gate, for which he also received a Golden Globe nomination. Among his other nominations and awards, he has received two Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, a New York Film Critics Circle Award, a National Board of Review Award, two Independent Spirit Awards, Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup, as well as a Berlinale Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement.
Willem was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Muriel Isabel (Sprissler), a nurse, and William Alfred Dafoe, a surgeon. He is of mostly German, Irish, Scottish, and English descent. He and his wife, director Giada Colagrande, have made three films together: Padre, A Woman, and Before It Had A Name.
His natural adventurousness is evident in roles as diverse as Marcus, the elite assassin who is mentor to Keanu Reeves in the neo-noir John Wick; in his voice work as Gil the Moorish Idol in Finding Nemo and Ryuk the Death God in Death Note; as Paul Smecker, the obsessed FBI agent in the cult classic The Boondock Saints; and as real life hero Leonhard Seppala, who led the 1925 Alaskan dog sled diphtheria serum run in Ericson Core's Togo. That adventurous spirit continues with upcoming films including Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch, Abel Ferrara's Siberia, and Paul Schrader's The Card Counter.
Dafoe is one of the founding members of The Wooster Group, the New York based experimental theatre collective. He created and performed in all of the group's work from 1977 thru 2005, both in the U.S. and internationally. Since then, he worked with Richard Foreman in Idiot Savant at The Public Theatre (NYC), with Robert Wilson on two international productions: The Life & Death of Marina Abramovic and The Old Woman opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov and developed a new theatre piece, directed by Romeo Castellucci, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil. He recently completed work on Marina Abramovic's opera 7 Deaths of Maria Callas.2000
1. Willem Dafoe for 'Shadow of the Vampire'
2. Ellen Burstyn for 'Requiem For A Dream'
3. Benicio Del Toro for 'Traffic'
4. Julia Roberts for 'Erin Brockovich'
5. Jason Isaacs for 'The Patriot'
6. Ed Harris for 'Pollock'
7. Bjrok for 'Dancer In The Dark'
8. Maggie Cheung for 'In The Mood For Love'
9. Michael Douglas for 'Traffic' and 'Wonder Boys'
10. Laura Linney for 'You Can Count On Me'
HMs: Don Cheadle-'Traffic' | Tom Hanks for 'Cast Away' | Kate Hudson-'Almost Famous' | Jared Leto-'Requiem For A Dream' | Mark Ruffalo-'You Can Count On Me'
Actor of the Year: Michael Douglas
Actress of the Year: Frances McDormand
Surprise of the Year: Dafoe's dead-on portrayal
Films with most: Traffic