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In 1989 the nominees were: Daniel Day-Lewis for My Left Foot; Kenneth Branagh for Henry V; Tom Cruise for Born on the Fourth of July; Morgan Freeman for Driving Miss Daisy and Robin Williams for Dead Poets Society. The Academy Award went to Daniel Day-Lewis for My Left Foot.

He also won the Best Actor Oscar in 2007 for There Will Be Blood.

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The nominees were: Warren Beatty, Bugsy Nick Nolte, The Prince of Tides Robin Williams, The Fisher King Robert De Niro, Cape Fear and the Oscar went to Anthony Hopkins for Silence of the Lambs. What a year!
The nominees for Best Actor for films released in 1991 were:

Warren Beatty - Bugsy

Robert De Niro - Cape Fear

Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs

Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides

Robin Williams - The Fisher King

Hopkins won the award in that category.
The nominees for Best Actor of 1991 were: Warren Beatty for "Bugsy"; Robert De Niro for "Cape Fear"; Sir Anthony Hopkins for "The Silence of the Lambs"; Nick Nolte for "The Prince of Tides"; and Robin Williams for "The Fisher King." The Oscar went to Hopkins.

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The five nominated lead actors were: Liam Neeson, Schindler's List Daniel Day-Lewis, In the Name of the Father Anthony Hopkins, Remains of the Day Laurence Fishburne, What's Love Got to Do with It? and the Oscar went to Tom Hanks for Philadelphia.

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The five Best Actor nominees were: Kenneth Branagh, Henry V Tom Cruise, Born on the Fourth of July * Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society

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ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Harrison Ford -- Witness {"John Book"}

James Garner -- Murphy's Romance {"Murphy Jones"}

William Hurt -- Kiss of the Spider Woman {"Luis Molina"}

Jack Nicholson -- Prizzi's Honor {"Charley Partanna"}

Jon Voight -- Runaway Train {"Manny"}

Winner: William Hurt

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences database

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Nominees for 'Best Actor' 1987The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1987 went to Michael Douglas in the movie "Wall Street" for his role as Gordon Gekko. Other nominees for "Best Actor", performance by an Actor in a Leading Role were: William Hurt in the movie "Broadcast News" as Tom Grunick, Marcello Mastroianni in the movie "Dark Eyes" as Romano, Jack Nicholson in the movie "Ironweed" as Francis Phelan, and Robin Williams in the movie "Good Morning, Vietnam" as Adrian Cronauer. The Oscar for Best Picture in 1987 went to "The Last Emperor"
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Nominees for 'Best Actor' 1981The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1981 went to Henry Fonda for the movie "On Golden Pond" for his role as Norman Thayer. Other nominees for "Best Actor", performance by an Actor in a Leading Role were; Warren Beatty in the movie "Reds" for his role as John Reed, Burt Lancaster in the movie Atlantic City as Lou Pascal, Dudley Moore in the movie "Arthur" as Arthur Bach, and Paul Newman in the movie "Absence of Malice" as Michael Colin Gallagher.The Oscar for Best Picture in 1981 went to "Chariots of Fire"
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Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie * Ben Kingsley, Gandhi Jack Lemmon, Missing Paul Newman, The Verdict Peter O'Toole, My Favorite Year

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The Academy Award nominees for Best Actor of 1999 were: Kevin Spacey (winner) Russell Crowe Richard Farnsworth Sean Penn Denzel Washington

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