* Actor Philip Michael Thomas was asked by television producers if he had ever played a police officer, and he replied " Yes, I was a cop in a feature film.

* 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 / 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 Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier ), Best Director and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score.

He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, becoming the second-youngest performer ever to receive an Academy nomination for a supporting role, but lost the final Oscar vote to Michael Caine ( with whom he would later work, appearing together in Secondhand Lions ).

* Actor Michael Caine lived at the Old Mill House at the end of Mill Lane, Windsor during the 1960s and ' 70s.

Actor Ray Lonnen, who played Sandbagger Willie Caine, has indicated in correspondence with fans that there were plans for a follow-up season in which his character, using a wheelchair, had taken over Burnside's role as Director of Special Operations.

* Actor Sir Michael Caine played Victor Melling in the film Miss Congeniality

The film received mostly positive reviews at the Festival, and Miramax eventually released the film theatrically, but it was alleged that Miramax did not make a major effort to promote the film for Academy Award consideration, though Caine was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

: Nominated: Worst Actor ( Michael Caine )

Noyce also achieved great acclaim in the United States for The Quiet American, a 2002 film which gave Michael Caine an Academy Award Best Actor nomination.

Additionally, Jack loses the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor to Michael Caine, who also won for The Cider House Rules that year.

The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh.

Actor Clint Eastwood recalled seeing Wills when he was 18 or 19 ( 1948 or 1949 ) and working at a pulp mill in Springfield, Oregon.

Bixby was nominated for the Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1971.

In 1976, he was honored with two Emmy Award nominations, one for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in Drama or Comedy for The Streets of San Francisco and the other for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Series for Rich Man, Poor Man.

Downey Jr. was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and won a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance.

Actor Richard Dix's best-remembered early role was in the silent version of DeMille's The Ten Commandments.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon in Dog Day Afternoon.

The film was nominated for five Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing in a Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

It won three Academy Awards, including his second for Best Writing ( Adapted Screenplay ) ( with Puzo ), Best Picture and Best Actor ( for Brando ) and a nomination for Best Director and was instrumental in cementing his position as a prominent American film director.

Another exploit was in 1998 when Roberto Benigni won three oscars for his movie Life Is Beautiful ( La vita è bella ) ( Best Actor, Best Foreign Film, Best Music ).

His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1953 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity.

In 1971, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award again, this time for 1970's I Never Sang for My Father, working alongside Melvyn Douglas and Estelle Parsons.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1978 for his role in The Buddy Holly Story.

It won the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, the Nebula Award for Best Script, and was also nominated for ten Saturn Awards including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director for Parisot, Best Actress for Weaver and Best Supporting Actor for Rickman, winning Best Actor for Allen.

* Worst Actor: Richard Burton ( a highly controversial choice, considering the fact that he was Oscar-nominated many times, but made because Burton starred in so many bad films )

The film was the highest-grossing film of 1941 and won two Academy Awards ( Best Actor and Best Editing ), as well as earning Hawks his only nomination for Best Director.

Bogart was nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role, but lost out to Paul Lukas for his performance in Watch on the Rhine.

The novel was made into a 1979 movie directed by Hal Ashby, starring Peter Sellers, who was nominated for an Academy Award for the role and Melvyn Douglas, who won the award for Best Supporting Actor.

He became a favorite actor of director Billy Wilder, starring in his films Some Like It Hot ( for which he was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival ), The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Avanti !, The Front Page, and Buddy Buddy.

Lemmon was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1956 for Mister Roberts ( 1955 ) and the Best Actor Oscar for Save the Tiger ( 1973 ), becoming the first actor to achieve this double.