Fairport native Philip Seymour Hoffman won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the motion picture Capote.

Returning to London in January 1958 he appeared as Philip Lester in A Touch of the Sun ( N. C. Hunter ) at the Saville Theatre — Best Actor in the Evening Standard Awards 1958 — before rejoining the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company in June 1958, to play Hamlet and Benedick, also playing Hamlet with the company in Leningrad and Moscow in December 1958 ( while his wife Rachel Kempson played Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet ).

* South Pacific by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, directed by Trevor Nunn, with Philip Quast who won the 2002 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical ( 2001 )

Phoenix won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, shared with co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julianne Moore won Supporting Actor and Actress awards from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

Jim Carrey and Ed Harris both won Golden Globes as Best Actor-Drama and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, as did Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass for Best Original Score.

He probably never became an actor, and John Payne Collier's conclusion to that effect rested on the two assumptions that the " Lodge " of Philip Henslowe's manuscript was a player and that his name was Thomas, neither of which is supported by the text ( see CM Ingleby, Was Thomas Lodge an Actor?

* The Roman Actor, a Caroline era stage play, written by Philip Massinger, concerning the alleged affair between Domitia Longina and Paris.

Actor Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, while Jonah Hill plays a fictional character based on Paul DePodesta ; Philip Seymour Hoffman plays A's manager, Art Howe.

Philip Charles Anglim ( born February 11, 1953 ) is an American actor best known for his performance as Joseph Merrick in the stage and television versions of The Elephant Man, a role for which he received a Best Actor nomination in the 1979 Tony Awards.

Brian Dennehy won Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play at the 53rd Tony Awards in 1999, while Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for the same award at the 66th Tony Awards in 2012 and George C. Scott was nominated for the award at the 30th Tony Awards in 1976.

In the 2001 London revival of the show, Philip Quast won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his role as Emile ; seven years later Paulo Szot won the Tony for his portrayal in the 2008 New York revival.

* Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie ( Philip Seymour Hoffman )

Since his Broadway debut in " Yentl " Shea has continued to work in Off-Broadway and Broadway theatre productions, starring in Arthur Kopit's End of the World with Linda Hunt, directed by Hal Prince, Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive with Molly Ringwold, Anne Meara's Down the Garden Paths with Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, Eugene O ' Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night ( Joseph Jefferson Award nom., Best Actor ), the original production of A. R. Gurney's The Dining Room, Peter Parnell's The Sorrows of Stephen, Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, Poliakoff's American Days, for which he received a " Best Actor " nomination from the Drama Desk Awards, Romeo and Juliet, Philip Barry's The Animal Kingdom with Sigourney Weaver, Nancy Hasty's The Director, directed by Evan Bergman, and Israel Horowitz's The Secret of Madame Bonnard's Bath in 2007.

* Voice Actor: Philip Proctor

* Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman

* Michael Fassbender ; Irish-German Actor

Michael Urie, who originated the role of Rudi Gernreich, received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.

Pacino made his major breakthrough when he was given the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather in 1972, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

The studio lobbied hard to get Michael Biehn nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Actor Michael Caine was born Maurice Micklewhite and chose the name Michael because he preferred the sound of it to the less glamorous-sounding " Maurice ".

Actor / comedian Michael Airington also plays Paul Lynde in the show Oh My Goodness it's Paul Lynde and An Evening with Paul Lynde, recreating Lynde's 1976 live show, and in Off Center: The Paul Lynde Show.

Michael Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Actor and thanked Oliver Stone for " casting me in a part that almost nobody thought I could play ".

* To the Actor by Michael Chekhov

Spellbound won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Michael Chekhov ); Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ; Best Director ; Best Effects, Special Effects ; and Best Picture.

* Actor Michael Rooker ( Jasper )

Actor Michael Crawford and former Genesis drummer and musician Phil Collins are self-confessed QPR supporters.

* Actor Michael Garner

It was also nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Michael Caine ), Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Vivien Merchant ), Best Song ( Burt Bacharach and Hal David for " Alfie ") ( a UK hit record for Cilla Black, but performed by Millicent Martin in the original UK release and Cher in the American print of the movie ), Best Picture and Best Writing ( Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium ).

* Michael Papajohn-Hollywood Actor, Producer & Stuntman

* Michael Trevino, born in Montebello ; Actor, best known for his role in " The Vampire Diaries " as Tyler Lockwood.

Actor Michael Cera was cast as the lead voice.

Michael Caine and Dianne Wiest won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, for their portrayals of Elliot and Holly, respectively.

The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards at the 60th Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor ( William Hurt ), Best Actress ( Holly Hunter ), Best Supporting Actor ( Albert Brooks ), Best Original Screenplay ( James L. Brooks ), Best Film Editing ( Richard Marks ) and Best Cinematography ( Michael Ballhaus ).

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Michael Redgrave ) and Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Rosalind Russell ).

He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the Middle East thriller Syriana ( 2005 ) and subsequently fetched Best Actor nominations for such films as Michael Clayton ( 2007 ), Up in the Air ( 2009 ) and The Descendants ( 2011 ).

On January 22, 2008, Clooney was nominated for an Academy Award ( and many other awards ) for Best Actor for his role in Michael Clayton ( 2007 ).

The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and won two: Dean Jagger for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Thomas T. Moulton for Best Sound Recording.

Directed by Eithne Carney, went on to win Best Actor award for Thomas Emmet and Contribution to drama award for Kevin Olahan

Thomas won an Emmy for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series in 1972.

Road to Perdition was nominated for six Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor ( Paul Newman ), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography ( Conrad L. Hall ), Best Original Score ( Thomas Newman ), Best Sound ( Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Pritchett ), and Best Sound Editing.

* Actor and comedian Dave Thomas from SCTV grew up in Dundas.

* Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Jay Thomas ( 1990, 1991 )

* Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Jay Thomas ( 1992 )

* 1998 Nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series ( Thomas Gibson )

* 1999 Nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series ( Thomas Gibson )

* Actor Thomas Jane of The Punisher and HBO comedy-drama series Hung

William Conrad was nominated for an Emmy Award in both 1973 and 1974 ( Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series ), but Richard Thomas won for The Waltons and in 1974 Telly Savalas won for Kojak.

* Thomas Haden Church ( Actor, Harlingen, Texas )

* Jonathan Taylor Thomas * ( 2010 ), Actor.

It was directed by lyricist Jones, who also appeared in the role of Henry, The Old Actor, under the stage name Thomas Bruce.

At the request of the publishers Dodd, Mead & Co., Ludden wrote and published four books of " Plain Talk " advice, plus a youth novel, Roger Thomas, Actor ( 1959 ), all for young readers.

In 1939, he played the lead villain in Destry Rides Again and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the ruthless Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste, although the Oscar went to Thomas Mitchell for Stagecoach.

* Academy Awards: Oscar ; Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Thomas Gomez ; 1948.

Brian Aherne was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor but lost to Thomas Mitchell in Stagecoach.

In addition to film, Thomas has been an Equity Actor for over twenty-five years and has worked at such regional theaters as the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the Studio Arena in Buffalo, The Cleveland Play House, and the Great Lakes Theatre Festival.

Actor Thomas Gomez

Bell is perhaps most known for his role as Thomas Forrester in The Bold and the Beautiful, which he held from 2004 until 2010, for which he won the 2010 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series.

He has also been featured in a number of made-for-television movies, including the role of Michael Henchard in Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge ( 2004 ), for which he received the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.