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.
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
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
Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie * Ben Kingsley, Gandhi Jack Lemmon, Missing Paul Newman, The Verdict Peter O'Toole, My Favorite Year
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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Training DayHe won 2 Academy Awards. He won a Best supporting Actor Oscar for Glory (1989) and his Best Actor Oscar was for Training Day (2001).
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