The Book Thief is an American-German war drama film starring an Australian actor who has won how many Academy Awards for acting?
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The Book Thief (film) The Book Thief is a 2013 American-German war drama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse. The film is based on the 2005 novel "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak and adapted by Michael Petroni. The film is about a young girl living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era. Taught to read by her kind-hearted foster father, the girl begins "borrowing" books and sharing them with the Jewish refugee being sheltered by her foster parents in their home. The film features a musical score by Oscar-winning composer John Williams.
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Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor and film producer. Rush is the youngest amongst the few people who have won the "Triple Crown of Acting": the Academy Award, the Primetime Emmy Award, and the Tony Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting (from four nominations), three British Academy Film Awards (from five nominations), two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding President of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year. He is also the first actor to win the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for a single performance in film for his performance in "Shine" (1996).
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Peter Carey (novelist) Peter Philip Carey AO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Carey is one of only four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being J. G. Farrell, J. M. Coetzee and Hilary Mantel. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988 for "Oscar and Lucinda", and won for the second time in 2001 with "True History of the Kelly Gang". In May 2008 he was nominated for the Best of the Booker Prize.
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Günter Meisner Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German film and television character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Mr. Slugworth in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". He was fluent in four languages and appeared in many English-language, German-language and French-language films.
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Harry Pavlidis Harry Pavlidis is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television series and films.
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Thomas A. Curran Thomas A. Curran (May 29, 1879 – January 24, 1941), was an Australian-born American actor on the stage and in motion pictures. Between 1915 and 1941 he appeared in 60 films, the last of which was "Citizen Kane", in which he played the uncredited role of Theodore Roosevelt in the "News on the March" newsreel sequence.
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Alex Williams (actor) Alex Williams is an Australian actor who played the lead role of Julian Assange in the 2012 television film "".
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Martin Crewes Martin Crewes is an Australian stage, television and movie actor.
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Andrew Tighe Andrew Phillip Tighe (born 23 November 1955) is an Australian actor and theatre director.
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Paul Hogan Paul Hogan, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian comedian, actor and television presenter. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance as outback adventurer Michael "Crocodile" Dundee in "Crocodile Dundee" (1986), the first in the Dundee film franchise.
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Peter Mochrie Peter Mochrie (born 23 March 1959), is an Australian actor whose career spans over thirty five years in the industry. His love of acting started at the age of 13 when he appeared in a play at Knox Grammar School (NSW), where he completed his schooling in 1976.He is also a Producer of Fine Films and Profiles,Presenter,Teacher of 'The Art of Presenting on Camera' and an Auctioneer for McGrath Estate Agents.
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Basil Hoffman Basil Harry Hoffman (born January 18, 1938) is an American actor. He has had a film and TV career spanning five decades mostly in supporting roles. He has starred in films with many award-winning directors, including Alan Pakula and Robert Redford. He has also authored two books about acting, including "Acting and How to Be Good at It".
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Luke Pegler Luke Pegler (born 1981) is an Australian actor.
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Paul Goddard (actor) Paul Goddard is an English-Australian actor and an Economist.
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Frederic Forrest Frederic Fenimore Forrest, Jr. (born December 23, 1936) is a retired American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in the 1979 musical drama "The Rose". He also portrayed Chef in the epic war film "Apocalypse Now" released the same year.
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Julia Blake Julia Blake (born 13 May 1937) is an English-born Australian actress of theatre, television and film. She is known for her role as Nancy McCormack on the Australian drama series "Prisoner" ("Prisoner: Cell Block H"), for which she appeared during the final season in 1986. She appeared in two earlier roles in "Prisoner", as Evelyn Randall (1981) and Alice Dodds (1983). She won the 1989 AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for "Eden's Lost", and the 1990 AFI {AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role opposite Max von Sydow in the film "Father". She also received AFI nominations for "Travelling North" (1987), "Innocence" (2000) and "The Boys are Back" (2009).
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Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Emmy Award.
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Toni Collette Toni Collett (born 1 November 1972), known as Toni Collette, is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television, and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. She received six AACTA Awards, one Emmy Award and one Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and once for both an Academy Award and a Tony Award.
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James Coburn James Harrison Coburn III ( ; August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American actor. He featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career, ultimately winning an Academy Award in 1998 for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in "Affliction".
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Art Evans Arthur James "Art" Evans (born March 27, 1942) is an American actor who has made multiple film and television program appearances over the span of three decades.
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Stephen Russell Stephen Russell is an American actor, writer, theatre director and voice actor, best known for his voice acting in the "Thief" video game series as the protagonist Garrett and the Mister Handys in Fallout.
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August Zirner August Zirner (born 7 January 1956) is an American-Austrian actor, who starred in over 60 film productions. He is one of the most popular actors in Germany.