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Tom Berenger (born Thomas Michael Moore; May 31, 1949) is an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in Platoon (1986). He is also known for playing Jake Taylor in the Major League films and Thomas Beckett in the Sniper films.
Hanks won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump, becoming only the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars. [62] Spencer Tracy was the first, winning in 1937 and ‘38 for Captains Courageous and Boys Town .
Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Tom Hanks has been honored with numerous awards and nominations, including two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for playing a lawyer suffering with AIDs in Philadelphia (1993) and the title role in Forrest Gump (1994).
A total of 980 actors appear in the list—494 males and 486 females. Non-winning nominees include 335 males and 328 females—a total of 663. Actors that have won at least once include 159 males and 158 females—a total of 317. Only 45 actors—23 males and 22 females—are multiple Academy Award winners.
Thomas Edward Hulce (/ ˈ h ʊ l s /; born December 6, 1953) is an American actor and theatre producer.He is best known for his portrayal of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus (1984), as well as the roles of Larry "Pinto" Kroger in Animal House (1978), Larry Buckman in Parenthood (1989), and Quasimodo in Disney's animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).
Thomas McGowan (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor.He first became known for his stage career both on and off Broadway. In 1991, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut performance in La Bête.
Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (/ ˈ k ɔːr t n i /; born 25 February 1937) is an English actor.After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he achieved prominence in the 1960s as part of actors of the British New Wave.
Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor and director, who has appeared in over 170 film and television productions since 1962. The beginning of his film career coincided with the New Hollywood movement, with a breakthrough role as Duke Forrest in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H.