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Actor Nicolas Cage, born Nicolas Coppola, chose a new last name to avoid comparisons to his uncle, director Francis Ford Coppola, who gave him his big break in the movie Peggy Sue Got Married.
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Lee Marvin won a Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role in Cat Ballou, while Nicolas Cage was nominated for Adaptation.
He has shared screen time with Brenda Fricker and Miranda Richardson in Swann ( for which McCann received a Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Genie nomination ), Nicolas Cage in Trapped in Paradise, Kevin Bacon in The Air Up There, Sam Waterston in A House Divided, Peter Weller and Judy Davis in Naked Lunch ( which garnered a National Film Critics Society award ), Brooke Shields and the late Al Waxman in What Makes a Family, and Kurt Russell in Miracle.
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On April 18, 2010, Grammer made his Broadway musical debut playing the role of Georges in a revival of the Jerry Herman / Harvey Fierstein musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.
In 2010, Grammer enjoyed his first Tony Award nomination for La Cage Aux Folles as Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
In addition to Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage aux Folles and A Catered Affair, Fierstein's Broadway acting credits include playing the mother, Edna Turnblad in Hairspray ( 2002 ), for which he won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
MacNicol is known by television viewers for his Ally McBeal performance as eccentric attorney John Cage, for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001.
In 2004, he starred as Albin in the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles, earning him his third Tony nomination, this time for Leading Actor.
La Cage aux Folles won four awards: Outstanding Revival Of A Musical, Outstanding Actor In A Musical ( Douglas Hodge ), Director ( Terry Johnson ), and Costume Design ( Matthew Wright ).
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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 ".
Scott Stewart Bakula (; born October 9, 1954 ) is an American actor, known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television series Quantum Leap, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1991 and was nominated for four Emmy Awards.
Actor Sir Ian Holm was born at Goodmayes Hospital on 12 September, 1931, to Scottish parents, Jean Wilson Holm and James Harvey Cuthbert.
* Michael Trevino, born in Montebello ; Actor, best known for his role in " The Vampire Diaries " as Tyler Lockwood.
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Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and the first sequel to win for Best Picture, its six Oscars included Best Director for Coppola, Best Supporting Actor for De Niro and Best Adapted Screenplay for Coppola and Puzo.
He is also the main character of the Godfather film trilogy that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which he was portrayed by Al Pacino, who was twice nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal ( Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather, and Best Actor for The Godfather Part II ).
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Actor – writer Danny McBride chose the location as an inspiration because of its size, attitude, and name.
Although his work in the film earned him comparisons to Ralph Fiennes ' portrayal of Nazi Amon Göth in Schindler's List ( 1993 ) and mention of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, reaching beyond being typecast as an historical villain, Isaacs chose to play a drag queen in his next project, Sweet November ( 2001 ), a romantic comedy-drama starring Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves.
Actor Stephen Geoffreys ( Evil Ed ) was offered a part in Fright Night II, but Geoffreys turned it down and chose to work instead with Robert Englund ( Freddy Krueger ) in 976-EVIL ( 1988 ).
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