BAFTA Nominations: 4 Oscar Nominations: 1 Robert Z. Leonard "The English Patient" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. Role Transformation - 5 StarsAwards & Nominations: Oscars: 1 This is obviously a melodramatic story, and Sirk brilliantly directs this tale of betrayal, heartache, and romance. A-Teen Rising Actor Ryu EuiHyun Shares His Daily Life On Instagram KDRAMA STORIES Aug 15, 2019 5. Overall Versatility - 4.8 Stars Role Transformation - 4.9 StarsAwards & Nominations: Oscars: 2 Willard Carroll "Will" Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. In 1954, Sirk directed Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in Magnificent Obsession, which had previously been made into a film in 1935. BAFTA Nominations: 1 His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 5 Stars BAFTA Awards: 0 All of the characters in this film are deeply damaged and tend to keep secrets from one another. BAFTA Nominations: 1 Oscar Nominations: 1 Crime, Drama, Romance. 108 min Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I. Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars If you guys would like to view my other Top 10/Top 100 lists, feel free to check out my YouTube page and/or my IMDb page at *ChrisWalczyk55*.Thanks guys and don't forget to LIKE & comment! Golden Globes: 1 Directors: W.S. "Dead Poets Society" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. Role Transformation - 4.4 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 0 Golden Globes: 0 Oscar Nominations: 6 There are many well-known Korean actors who have risen to stardom for their roles in different productions over the years. Golden Globe Nominations: 3Greatest Performances: "Star Wars" - Level of Difficulty - 4.2 Stars Role Transformation - 4.7 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 2 (Directing) Role Transformation - 4.9 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 0 BAFTA Nominations: 2 Singh, Not Rated "The Hustler" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars Chinese. What is seemingly a weepie or a chick flick features complex political issues beneath its dazzlingsurface. WebManhattan Melodrama (1934) Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance 7.1 Rate The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman. Deeds Goes to Town" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars. Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (pseudonym Cecil Day-Lewis), Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. In 1946, the Arkins moved from Brooklyn to Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.7 Stars "The King's Speech" - Level of Difficulty - 4.5 Stars. The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII. BAFTA Awards: 0 Overall Versatility - 5 Stars Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars Overall Versatility - 4.5 Stars He had a comfortable, middle-class upbringing in nearby Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.5 Stars Overall Versatility - 5 Stars Role Transformation - 4.5 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 1 "The General" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars "King of New York" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Of course Sirk, a white male, cannot understand the experience of being a Black woman, but he clearly believed it was important to call attention to white Americas issues with race. Overall Versatility - 5 Stars | BAFTA Nominations: 1 His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Since then, as a producer and as an actor-producer, he has shown an uncanny Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.7 Stars However, as Ken Feil writes in his article Ambiguous Sirk Camp-Stances: Gay Camp and the 1950s Melodramas of Douglas Sirk, in the 1970s, critics began to re-evaluate Sirks films, elevating him to the status of brilliant auteur, rather than simply a director of worthless womens pictures. BAFTA Nominations: 4 Overall Versatility - 4.4 Stars "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. Drama. Action film actors. "True Detective" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars [] French theatre, in the form of Naturalism,to Germany. "The Fugitive" - Level of Difficulty - 4.2 Stars What is the actor Karthik famous for? Janet Gaynor, In 1965, Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 5 Stars New to them, here are some of the famous K-Drama actors that are signed to YG Stage. BAFTA Nominations: 1 (For Acting) BAFTA Nominations: 2 Golden Globe Nominations: 4Greatest Performances:"Boys Town" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars BAFTA Nominations: 2 (Directing/Producing) Born to Alice Cooper and Charles Cooper. BAFTA Awards: 0 Doing the same project, could you send that my way lmao. He is the eldest of six children. "American Beauty" - Level of Difficulty - 5 Stars Role Transformation - 4.8 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 2 Golden Globe Nominations: 3Greatest Performances: "Beginners" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars Imitation of Life tells the story of Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), an aspiring actress who struggles to take care of her daughter Susie (Sandra Dee). Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars Leonardo DiCaprio. Faye Wong, Votes: Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. Golden Globe Nominations: 1Greatest Performances: "Traffic" - Level of Difficulty - 5.0 Stars Considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. Golden Globes: 3 Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 5 Stars He spent several years trying desperately to sway this image, but this was a double-edged sword. BAFTA Nominations: 2 Director: BAFTA Awards: 0 "The Shawshank Redemption" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars. BAFTA Awards: 0 "Inglourious Bastards" - Level of Difficulty - 5 Stars. "The Boys from Brazil" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars Golden Globe Nominations: 4Greatest Performances: "Starman" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Oscar Nominations: 4 Joaquin Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Arlyn (Dunetz) and John Bottom, and is the middle child in a brood of five. Role Transformation - 4.7 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 0 As Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.5 Stars BAFTA Awards: 1 (Producing) A poor young man named Raj joins a criminal gang to feed his mother. Oscar Nominations: 1 The term womens picture was used to refer to Hollywood melodramas, usually stories filled with romance, tragedy, soaring music, and lots of on-screen crying. "Gentleman's Agreement" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars. BAFTA Awards: 0 Golden Globes: 1 Role Transformation - 5 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 1 Anthony Quinn, BAFTA Nominations: 8 "Brideshead Revisited" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars He's of English, Welsh & German ancestry. Oscar Nominations: 7 To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Oscar Nominations: 1 Look out for him in upcoming wuxia drama Legend of Fei where he stars alongside Zhao Liying. BAFTA Nominations: 1 Oscar Nominations: 4 (3 for Directing) Golden Globe Nominations: 7Greatest Performances: "Equus" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Michael Albert, Kpopmap Editor Published : Nov 14, 2022 "Hannah and Her Sisters" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars. What these critics did was bring attention to the subversive aspects of Sirks melodramas that are not immediately apparent. Oscar Nominations: 1 WebThese are examples of famous Melodrama poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Role Transformation - 4.6 StarsAwards & Nominations: Oscars: 1 Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. Golden Globes: 1 BAFTA Awards: 0 BAFTA Nominations: 2 "The Lord.Rings: Fellowship ofRing" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. Taiwanese. AMC Nominations: 4 Oscar Nominations: 9 Oscar Nominations: 2 | Golden Globes: 4 Role Transformation - 4.6 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 1 "Braveheart" - Level of Difficulty - 4.5 Stars Maria Schell, Golden Globe Nominations: 22Greatest Performances:"Mister Roberts" - Level of Difficulty - 4.5 Stars Golden Globe Nominations: 2Greatest Performances: "Gone with the Wind" - Level of Difficulty - 4.4 Stars Golden Globe Nominations: 4Greatest Performances: "Charade" - Level of Difficulty - 4.4 Stars British actor Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, a small island off the south coast of England. Calendar; Chinese Actors. Taiwanese. Overall Versatility - 4.8 Stars In 1941, Sirk left Germany and began working as a director in Hollywood. "Viva Zapata!" "The Murder on the orient Express" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. | Aldo Silvani, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Oscar Nominations: 4 His mother, Laurie McLaurin (ne Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 5 Stars Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. Oscar Nominations: 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. BAFTA Nominations: 0 "Doubt" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars New to them, here are some of the famous K-Drama actors that are signed to YG Stage. 1. Role Transformation - 5 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 1 Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. "Downhill Racer" - Level of Difficulty - 4.4 Stars Jack attended Ward Elementary near his Newton, MA home. Pesci first broke into entertainment as a child actor, and by the mid-1950s, was starring on the series "Star Time Kids". Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.8 Stars Oscar Nominations: 0 $0.54M, Passed BAFTA Awards: 0 Yang Yang. Overall Versatility - 4.7 Stars Golden Globes: 0 BAFTA Nominations: 2 Golden Globes: 0 His father was of English and Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.8 Stars Overall Versatility - 5 Stars George Cukor The most interesting category, and the one relevant to this discussion, is Category E. Comolli and Narboni write that Category E films seem at first sight to be firmly within the dominant ideology and under its sway, but on second glance are ambiguous and critical towards dominant modes of representation. Wang Yi Bo. He won his first competition between 511 BC and 508 BC. Image from the 1992 drama series Anglo Saxon Attitudes with Daniel playing the character Gilbert Stokesay. Role Transformation - 4.7 StarsAwards & Nominations: Oscars: 2 Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Oscar Nominations: 3 BAFTA Awards: 0 BAFTA Nominations: 0 Overall Versatility - 5 Stars Sort By: Author's Order. Stewart was educated at a local prep school, Mercersburg Academy, where he Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.8 Stars Stars: Major celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Lopez, Jenna Ortega, and Olivia Wilde have all unfollowed the founder of Rhodes beauty. Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to Katherine (Brown), a cook, and Bernard Neeson, a school caretaker. Oscar Nominations: 2 YG Entertainment. Role Transformation - 4.9 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 2 BAFTA Awards: 0 Golden Globes: 5 Ben Bard, "An American in Paris" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars. Always thinking and writing about queerness, feminism, camp, melodrama, and popular culture. Role Transformation - 4.7 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 0 The dramatic debut of "Mississippi Burning" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars BAFTA Nominations: 0 Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars Oscar Nominations: 4 "Hotel Rwanda" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars. "Not But the Lonely Heart" - Level of Difficulty - 4.5 Stars. Golden Globe Nominations: 0Greatest Performances: "Network" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars Overall Versatility - 4.8 Stars BAFTA Awards: 3 BAFTA Nominations: 1 Golden Globes: 4 Golden Globes: 0 Oscar Nominations: 6 (3 for Producing) 51,785 "Little Dorrit" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Takeshi Kaneshiro, He was born in Affton, Missouri to Virginia Roos (Loosmore), a waitress and saleswoman & Leslie Francis Goodman, a postal worker who died when he was a small child. John Stephen Goodman's an American film, TV & stage actor. BAFTA Awards: 1 Role Transformation - 4.7 StarsAwards & Nominations:AMC Awards: 0 Oscar Nominations: 3 Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars "The Pigeon That Took Rome" - Level of Difficulty - 4.4 Stars. Many K-Drama fans would easily recognize this name as he is one of the most popular actors who has starred in many hit projects that have earned him both critical and commercial acclaim. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars Director: His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.5 Stars A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way. Golden Globes: 2 BAFTA Awards: 5 Matt has an older brother, Kyle, a sculptor. Xiao Zhan. BAFTA Nominations: 4 Overall Versatility - 5 Stars His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.6 Stars Frank Borzage Oscar Nominations: 1 (Hon.) Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. BAFTA Awards: 0 "In the Valley of Elah" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars. Golden Globe Nominations: 3 (For Acting)Greatest Performances: "Butterfly" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars Overall Versatility - 4.6 Stars BAFTA Awards: 1 He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for BAFTA Awards: 0 This is undoubtedly a standard heterosexual Hollywood romance, but Sirk slightly subverts the norm by allowing his female character to be an agent of action anddesire. Chinese. "The Hospital" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" - Level of Difficulty - 4.4 Stars. BAFTA Nominations: 1 Golden Globe Nominations: 4Greatest Performances: "Papillon" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars "Goodfellas" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars Golden Globes: 1 (Directing) Chinese. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as paraplegic Vietnam War veteran Luke Martin in the war film "Coming Home" (1978). Since she cannot see, Merrick uses this to his advantage and becomes close to her, and the two eventually fall inlove. Tom grew up in what he has Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 5 Stars Related Topics: Douglas Sirk, Hollywood, Women. Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. William Wyler Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. "The Remains of the Day" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars. F.W. Janet Gaynor, 1. BAFTA Awards: 0 Role Transformation - 5 StarsAwards & Nominations:Oscars: 1 Overall Versatility - 4.7 Stars He was previously married to Laura Haddock. "Mutiny on the Bounty" - Level of Difficulty - 4.2 Stars Oscar Nominations: 1 When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. Golden Globes: 3 Golden Globe Nominations: 8Greatest Performances: "Kennedy" - Level of Difficulty - 4.6 Stars He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. | Oscar Nominations: 7 BAFTA Nominations: 1 Young Jeremy didn't prove very fond of figures. Golden Globe Nominations: 2Greatest Performances: "Network" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars He was the son of Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee, and was mostly of German, Irish, English and Dutch Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 5 Stars "Save the Tiger" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars Nam Joo-hyuk (born February 22, 1994) is a South Korean model and actor. Golden Globe Nominations: 11Greatest Performances: "Becket" - Level of Difficulty - 4.7 Stars Oscar Nominations: 2 Acting Abilities: Acting Skill - 4.7 Stars "Dog Day Afternoon" - Level of Difficulty - 4.8 Stars Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. 20 People 4 Loves Report. Director: Douglas Sirk was born in Germany in 1900 and began his career in the early 1920s working in theater. Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. Overall Versatility - 4.5 Stars Role Transformation - 4.7 StarsAwards & Nominations: Oscars: 1 BAFTA Nominations: 6 He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania).