For which movie did the actor who took the title role in The Nerd win a BAFTA in 1981?
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The Nerd The Nerd is a two-act comedy written by American actor/playwright Larry Shue. Actors who have taken on the title role include British comedian Rowan Atkinson. It was the top grossing American play in London's West End in 1986.
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Rowan Atkinson Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms "Blackadder" and "Mr. Bean". Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC's sketch comedy show "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979–82), receiving the 1981 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and via his participation in The Secret Policeman's Ball from 1979. His other work includes the 1983 James Bond film "Never Say Never Again", playing a bumbling vicar in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994), voicing the red-billed hornbill Zazu in "The Lion King" (1994), and featuring in the BBC sitcom "The Thin Blue Line" (1995–1996). His work in theatre includes the 2009 West End revival of the musical "Oliver!".
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Harry Andrews Harry Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (10 November 1911 – 6 March 1989) was an English actor known for his film portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Sergeant Major Wilson in "The Hill" alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the 1965 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actor. The first of his more than 80 film appearances was in "The Red Beret" in 1953.
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Saul Marron Saul Marron (born 15 September 1981) is a Scottish actor.
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Green Ice Green Ice is a 1981 adventure film starring Ryan O'Neal. It was also released under the name "Operation Green Ice".
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Chris Geere Christopher William "Chris" Geere (born 18 March 1981) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of Jimmy Shive-Overly in the FX/FXX comedy "You're the Worst".
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Run Rebecca, Run Run, Rebecca, Run is a 1981 Australian film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring Henri Szeps, Simone Buchanan, and John Ewart. The screenplay concerns a child kidnapped by a refugee.
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Walter Kingsford Walter Kingsford (20 September 1882 – 7 February 1958) was a British stage, film and television actor.
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Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over 40 years. He has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film "Gandhi", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films "Schindler's List" (1993), "Twelfth Night" (1996), "Sexy Beast" (2000), "House of Sand and Fog" (2003), "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006), "Shutter Island" (2010), "" (2010), "Hugo" (2011), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "The Boxtrolls" (2014), and "The Jungle Book" (2016)
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Duncan Duff Duncan Duff (born 1962 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) is a British stage, television and film actor who trained at the Royal Academy of
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Nyasha Hatendi Nyasha Hatendi ( from ] ; born 14 September 1981) is an American-English actor, and producer.
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Nigel Terry Nigel Terry (15 August 1945 – 30 April 2015) was an English stage and film actor probably best known by film audiences for his portrayal of King Arthur in John Boorman's "Excalibur" (1981). He had a long career in classical theatre.
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Luke Pegler Luke Pegler (born 1981) is an Australian actor.
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Rudi Dharmalingam Rudi Dharmalingam (born 11 May 1981) is a British actor.
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Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth, (born 10 September 1960) is a an English actor. He has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup. Firth's most notable and acclaimed role to date has been his 2010 portrayal of King George VI in "The King's Speech", a performance that earned him an Oscar and multiple worldwide best actor awards.
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Jennifer Kendal Jennifer Kapoor (née Kendal, 28 February 1933 – 7 September 1984) was an English actress and the founder of the Prithvi Theatre. She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1981 film "36 Chowringhee Lane". Her other film appearances included "Bombay Talkie" (1970), "Junoon" (1978), "Heat and Dust" (1983), and "Ghare Baire" (1984).
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Liam Neeson filmography Liam Neeson is an Irish actor and voice actor, who rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner "Schindler's List". He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including "", "Taken", "Michael Collins", "Les Misérables", "Batman Begins", "Kinsey", "Clash of the Titans", and "The Chronicles of Narnia" series. He has been nominated for a number of awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. "Empire" magazine ranked Neeson among both the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" and "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time."
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34th British Academy Film Awards The 34th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1981, honoured the best films of 1980.
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Roger Tonge Roger Tonge (30 January 1946 – 26 February 1981) was a British actor.
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Vic Tablian Vic Tablian (born 10 October 1937) is an Armenian-British actor, known for the Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in 1981, in which he played both the treacherous Peruvian guide and later in the film as the Nazi collaborating "Monkey Man".
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Daniel Gerroll Daniel Gerroll (born 16 October 1951) is a British theatre, television and film actor.
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1981 Laurence Olivier Awards The 1981 Society of West End Theatre Awards were held in 1981 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of West End Theatre. The awards would not become the Laurence Olivier Awards, as they are known today, until the 1984 ceremony.