* 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 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 ).

Actor Michael Landon would host the national finals for the first time in 1974, his first out of seven appearances.

The Theatrical Actor Harry Cross also Was born and grew up in the area.

Actor Bob Hoskins grew up here.

* Actor Barry Foster ( 1927 – 2002 ), best known as 1970s TV detective Van der Valk, grew up in Hayes

Actor Trevor Donovan grew up in Bishop.

* Actor Monte Blue grew up and was educated at the Indiana Soldiers ' and Sailors ' Children's Home located south of Knightstown.

* Actor / comedian Martin Mull of My Bodyguard, Clue and Roseanne fame grew up here.

Actor George Eads grew up in Belton.

* Actor Fess Parker grew up on a ranch near San Angelo.

Actor David Morse grew up on Porter Lane in South Hamilton.

As Douglas grew older, he took on the older-man and father roles, in such movies as Hud ( 1963 ), for which he won his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, The Americanization of Emily ( 1964 ), an episode of The Fugitive ( 1966 ), I Never Sang for My Father ( 1970 ), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and The Candidate ( 1972 ).

Actor Chow Yun-fat grew up on the island in the village of Tung O in Yung Shue Wan.

* Jaye Davidson, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the movie The Crying Game, grew up here and went to Hillside Comprehensive School ( now Yavneh College ).

Actor Noah Wyle who portrays Jobs, stated in an interview with CNN, " These kids grew up 30 miles south of the ( University of California ) Berkeley campus, which was ripe with revolution [...] and they couldn't have cared less about the politics going on.

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

Actor Sean Bean, born 1959, grew up in Handsworth and attended Handsworth's Brook School ( now a housing estate ).

* Actor Eamon Morrissey grew up in Ranelagh

* Actor James Nesbitt grew up in Broughshane before moving to Coleraine.

* Duane Martin, Actor, grew up on Chester street husband to Tisha Campbell-Martin ( Gina from Martin ) not from Harlem, NY