{"id":26539,"date":"2013-02-20T06:53:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T11:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=26539"},"modified":"2022-02-27T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T23:07:09","slug":"oscars-2013-know-your-nominees-best-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/20\/oscars-2013-know-your-nominees-best-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"OSCARS 2013: Know Your Nominees: Best Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the days leading up to the 85th Academy Awards, FilmBuffOnline will be offering\u00a0profiles on all the nominees in the major categories. Some may be well known, others might be new to you, but if you\u00a0need a refresher on these talented nominees, here it is.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bradley Cooper<\/h1>\n

\"bradleyNominated for:\u00a0<\/strong>Playing a bipolar Eagles fan with relationship issues in\u00a0Silver Linings Playbook.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other honors for this role:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Australian Film Institute.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, 2013 BAFTA Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor in a Comedy, Broadcast\u00a0Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Capri Actor Award, Capri, Hollywood<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, 2013 Critics\u2019 Choice Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n

Won,\u00a0<\/strong>Actor of the Year, Hollywood Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Male Lead, Independent Spirt Awards<\/p>\n

Won, <\/strong>Best Actor,\u00a0<\/strong>National Board of Review, USA<\/p>\n

Nominated, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cooper is known for his work in a nuber of films, including\u00a0Wedding Crashers, The Hangover\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0The A-Team<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is Cooper’s first nomination.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Day-Lewis<\/h1>\n

\"daniel_day_lewis\"Nominated for<\/strong>:\u00a0Playing the titular Abraham Lincoln in\u00a0Lincoln.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other honors for this role:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Australian Film Institute.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, 2013 BAFTA Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>,\u00a0Best Actor, Broadcast\u00a0Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Central Ohio Film Critics Association.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, 2013 Critics\u2019 Choice Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Florida Film Critics Circle Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>,\u00a0Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, \u00a0Actor of the Year & British Actor of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.<\/p>\n

Won,\u00a0<\/strong>Best Actor, National Society of Film Critics Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, New York Film Critics Circle Film Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Online Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day-Lewis has carved out and eclectic career for himself. He has worked in a diverse set of films such as\u00a0My Beautiful Launderette, The Last of the Mohicans,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0The Age of Innocence<\/strong><\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daniel Day-Lewis has won two Oscars and been nominated five times in total.<\/p>\n

1990: Best Actor in a Leading Role, My Left Foot<\/strong>\u00a0(Won<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

1994:\u00a0Best Actor in a Leading Role,\u00a0In the Name of the Father\u00a0<\/strong>(Lost to Tom Hanks,\u00a0Philadelphia<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

2003: Best Actor in a Leading Role,\u00a0Gangs of New York\u00a0<\/strong>(Lost to Adrien Brody,\u00a0The Pianist<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

2008:\u00a0Best Actor in a Leading Role,\u00a0There Will Be Blood\u00a0<\/strong>(Won<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

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Hugh Jackman<\/h1>\n

\"hugh-jackman-picture-4\"Nominated\u00a0for<\/strong>: Playing the iconic Jean Valjean in the film adaptation of\u00a0Les Miserables<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other honors for this role:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Australian Film Institute.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, 2013 BAFTA Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Broadcast\u00a0Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, 2013 Critics\u2019 Choice Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Actor of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, San Diego\u00a0Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Satellite Awards<\/p>\n

Nominated, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jackman is most known for originating the role of Wolverine in the\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/strong>franchise, but has also appeared in\u00a0Kate & Leopold, The Prestige,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Real Steel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is Hugh Jackman’s first Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n

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Joaquin Phoenix<\/h1>\n

\"joaquinNominated for:\u00a0<\/strong>Playing an alcoholic Navy veteran drawn into a Scientology-like program in The Master<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other honors for this role:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Won,\u00a0<\/strong>Best Actor, Austin Film Critics Association.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Australian Film Institute.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, 2013 BAFTA Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Broadcast\u00a0Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, 2013 Critics\u2019 Choice Awards.<\/p>\n

2nd Place<\/strong>, Best Actor, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Actor of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

2nd Place,\u00a0<\/strong>Best Actor, National Society of Film Critics Awards.<\/p>\n

3rd Place<\/strong>, Actor of the Year, New York Film Critics Circle Film Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Online Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, San Diego\u00a0Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Actor, San Francisco Film Critics Circle.<\/p>\n

2nd Place<\/strong>, Best Actor, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Won<\/strong>, Best Supporting Actor, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards.<\/p>\n

Won,\u00a0<\/strong>Volpi Cup, Best Actor, Venice Film Festival<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phoenix has appeared in films such as\u00a0To Die For, Inventing the Abbotts\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Signs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joaquin Phoenix has three total Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n

2001:\u00a0Best Actor in a Supporting Role, \u00a0Gladiator\u00a0<\/strong>(Lost to Benicio Del Toro,\u00a0Traffic<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

2006: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role\u00a0,\u00a0Walk the Line\u00a0<\/strong>(Lost to Phillip Seymour Hoffman,\u00a0Capote<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Denzel Washington<\/h1>\n

\"denzeloscars\"Nominated for:\u00a0<\/strong>Playing an alcoholic airline pilot in\u00a0 Flight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Other honors for this role:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Australian Film Institute.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Black Reel Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Broadcast\u00a0Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, 2013 Critics\u2019 Choice Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated,\u00a0Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Image Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Online Film Critics Society Awards.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award.<\/p>\n

Nominated, Best Actor, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association.<\/p>\n

Where you might know him from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Washington got his start on the television program,\u00a0St. Elsewhere<\/strong>. He has also starred in a great number of films in his career, most notably\u00a0Inside Man\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0American Gangster.<\/strong><\/p>\n

History with Oscar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Denzel Washington has two Oscars and six total nominations.<\/p>\n

1988: Best Actor in a Supporting Role,\u00a0Cry Freedom\u00a0<\/strong>( Lost to Michael Douglas,\u00a0Wall Street<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1990:\u00a0Best Actor in a Supporting Role,\u00a0Glory\u00a0<\/strong>(Won<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

1993: Best Actor in a Leading Role,\u00a0Malcolm X\u00a0<\/strong>(Lost to Al Pacino,\u00a0Scent of a Woman<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

2000:\u00a0Best Actor in a Leading Role,The Hurricane\u00a0<\/strong>(Lost to Kevin Spacey,\u00a0American Beauty<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

2002:\u00a0Best Actor in a Leading Role,\u00a0Training Day (<\/strong>Won<\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mix of Oscar virgins and veterans make up this year’s Best Actor Oscar nominees.<\/div>\n

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