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Who twice won an Oscar and refused it both times? In 1972 Marlon Brando refused the Oscars for his award-winning role in The Godfather. They weren't the first, though. In 1935 a writer named Dudley Nichols refused to accept the Oscar for his movie The Informer because the Writers Guild was on strike against the movie studios at the time.
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- He was nominated for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay for Rocky (1976), but didn't win. Stallone, who received two 1976 nominations for Rocky (Best Actor and Be … st Original Screenplay), has never won an Academy Award. 24 people found this useful. Yonatan Doron.
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OTRC: Marlon Brando refuses Oscar via Sacheen Littlefeather - Oscar History (Video) OTRC: Marlon Brando refuses Oscar via Sacheen Littlefeather-Oscar History (Video). Satchee, an American Indian, accepted Marlon Brando's Academy Award for The Godfather in a very memorable way-by declining it.
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Did Christian Bale throw away his Oscars hopes by throwing that tantrum? Did Christian Bale throw away his Oscars hopes by throwing that tantrum? February 3, 2009 | 11:01 pm Christian Bale just starred as the title character in the second biggest-earning movie ever made, The Dark Knight, and next he plays the saintly FBI agent who hunts down John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) in director Michael Mann's Public Enemies, which will be released this summer.
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Movies: 20 Hollywood legends who never won an Oscar Peter O'Toole From Laurence of Arabia in 1962 until Venus in 2006, the mercurial star scooped a staggering eight 'Best Actor' nominations yet was left empty-handed on every occasion. His cause wasn't aided by facing performances such as Marlon Brando's in The Godfather and Robert De Niro in Raging Bull, although he reluctantly accepted an honorary award from the guilt-strewn Academy in 2003.
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Christian Bale Tears Up After Best Supporting Actor Oscar Win A triumphant Bale fought back tears after winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Dicky Eklund in The Fighter at the Oscars on Sunday night (February 27). It was the 37-year-old's first nomination and first Academy Award. I didn't think I was like this, Bale said, a lump in his throat.
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The honor that Brando rejected Luckily for the audience at the 45th annual Academy Awards on March 27, 1973, Marlon Brando, who played the don with Oscar-winning calculation, chose a gentler approach — albeit one that caused almost as much controversy as a severed horse’s head under the podium.
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- Although Martin Scorsese didn't win an Academy Award himself until he was 64 years old, his films have won their share of honors. On February 26, 2007, the master filmma … ker won the Best Director Oscar for his 2006 crime drama The Departed, which was named Best Picture of the year.
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- He was 76. The oldest actor to be nominated for an Oscar was Gloria Stewart, who was 87 when she was nominated for her role as Old Rose in 1997's Titanic. The youngest person to ever receive an Oscar was 5-year-old Shirley Temple-in 1934. (However, Shirley's Oscar was an honorary one.). The youngest actress to win a standard Oscar was Tatum O'Neal, who was 10 years old when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for Paper Moon in 1974. Christopher Plummer became the oldest person to win an Oscar, when he won for Best Supporting Actor in 2012 for his performance in Beginners, at age 82.
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Alex Rocco, Mobster Moe Greene in 'The Godfather,' Dies at 79 The Hollywood Reporter. Alex Rocco, Mobster Moe Greene in 'The Godfather,' Dies at 79. The Emmy-winning character actor, who excelled at playing sleazy characters, also starred in 'The Stunt Man' and on 'The Simpsons,' 'The Facts of Life' and 'Magic City.'. Alex Rocco, the veteran tough-guy character actor with the gravelly voice best known for playing mobster and Las Vegas casino owner Moe Greene in The Godfather, has died.
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15 Surprising Facts About The Godfather Robert De Niro auditioned for the role of Sonny, but Coppola thought his personality was too violent for the role. De Niro would later appear as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Part II, and win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work.
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Jared Letoâs Oscar Win For âDallas Buyers Clubâ Criticized By Transgender Community Jared Leto's Oscar Win For 'Dallas Buyers Club' Criticized By Transgender Community. 1.2k. Jared Leto scored his first Oscar on Sunday night, taking home Best Supporting Actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon, an HIV-positive transgender woman living in Texas in the 1980s.
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- Two actors have declined their Academy Awards: George C. Scott, who won the 1970 Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of General George S. Patton in Patton; and Marlon Brando, who won the 1972 Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather.. 6 people found this useful. Jakeem2009.
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- Fridge… where Richard Dreyfuss keeps his Oscar – Credit: Yahoo File More Some keep their Oscars in their study or their library, while others (Emma Thompson and Susan Sarandon among them) plump for the downstairs toilet. But not Richard Dreyfuss. The star of ‘Jaws’ scored his golden statuette in 1978 for his leading role in Neil Simon’s ‘The Goodbye Girl’, at the time the youngest actor ever to win an Oscar. And obviously, he keeps it in his fridge, clarifying his choice to The Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t like to brag, but I like everyone to know about it,” he said.
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- This film was not nominated for any Oscar awards. Leonardo DiCaprio has… been nominated three times, but he has not yet won an Oscar. Nominated Best Actor for: Blood Diamond (2006)Nominated Best Actor for: The Aviator (2004)Nominated Best Supporting Actor for: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Russell Crow has also been nominated three times.
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Oscar My Error Rumor: Marisa Tomei was awarded an Academy Award in 1993 due to presenter Jack Palance's mistake. David Mikkelson. Claim: Marisa Tomei was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 because Oscar presenter Jack Palance read the wrong name by mistake. Example: [Collected via e-mail, January 2009] Marisa Tomei's Oscar victory in 1992 proved a dramatic turning point in her career, but not in the traditional sense. Few in the entertainment industry had anticipated that she would win the award, given her relative inexperience, and she did not reap the rewards that most Academy Award winners enjoy.
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Robert De Niro Robert De Niro. Robert Anthony De Niro /dəˈnɪroʊ/ (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, producer, and director who holds both American and Italian citizenship. De Niro was cast as the young Vito Corleone in the 1974 film The Godfather Part II, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Michael Boccio Michael Boccio is an actor, known for The Godfather: Part III (1990), Straight Flush (2005) and Why I Hate Italians (1996).
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Al Pacino For his performances in The Godfather, Dick Tracy (1990) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Pacino was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Why did Marlon Brando decline his Oscar? Cruz/Littlefeather is a longtime Native American activist who participated in the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz as a member of AIM. Her personal history after quitting the acting profession suggests that her decision to go the Academy Awards as Marlon Brando's stand-in was motivated by sincere political convictions.
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Why Leonardo DiCaprio Has Never Won an Oscar Vanity Fair’s James Murphy wrote that DiCaprio could probably take home an Oscar if he changes his image into a much less cool one. “Cool guys don’t win Oscars,” wrote Murphy in the Vanity Fair report. Murphy even mentioned “cool” icons like DiCaprio who has never won an Oscar. Some of those are Richard Burton, Tom Cruise, Samuel L. Jackson, James Dean, and Steve McQueen.
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Sylvester Stallone exists and is an alternate of . Zero. He was nominated for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay for Rocky (1976), but didn't win. Stallone, who received two 1976 nominations for Rocky (Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay), has never won an Academy Award. 26 people found this useful.
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- Leonardo DiCaprio suffered an all-too predictable Oscar heartbreak again last night, missing out on a Best Actor prize to Matthew McConaughey. Despite rave reviews for his turn in Martin Scorsese’s 'Wolf of Wall Street', he’s been snubbed once again.
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Which actors have refused an Academy Award? George C. Scott. In 1971, George C. Scott made international headlines by refusing to accept his Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the title role of Patton, deriding the awards ceremony as a meat parade..
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- Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather, left, refused the Best Actor award on Marlon Brando's behalf. For the second year in a row, only white actors were recognized when the Oscar nominations were announced earlier this month. People were upset, and the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite began trending immediately.
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- On the eve of the 1972 Oscars, Brando announced that he would boycott the ceremony, and would send Littlefeather in his place.