Gary Cooper won two Best Actor Oscars, for Sergeant York(1941) and High Noon (1952). He also was voted an honorary 1960 Academy Award "for his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry." James Stewart accepted the special award on April 17, 1961, because Cooper was too ill with cancer to attend. He died a month later.
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Robin Williams won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Good Will Hunting (1997)
He has been nominated three other times:
Some of Chris Cooper’s major films include the Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy, SeaBuscuit, Adaptation and Capote. There are a lot of other films included, such as Jarhead and the Patriot, to name a few.
Adaptation
Chris Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Adaptation (2002).
Matewan was the name of the first movie Chris Cooper played in. It came out sometime in the late 1980's.
Joanne Woodward won a Best Actress award for her role in the movie "The Three Faces of Eve".
The Academy Award (Oscar) stands for excellence in film making.
Gary Cooper for Sergeant York.Gary Cooper. Cooper earned the award for his work in the film Sargent York. Although, Sargent York did not win the Oscar for Best Picture the same year.
Jane Wyman won an Oscar for her role in the film "Johnny Belinda" (1948)
The Oscar statue was modeled after Mexican film director Emilio "El Indio" Fernandez.