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Oscar Nominated Actors by Picture #1

Can you identify these actors who have won or been nominated for an Academy Award?
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First submittedOctober 22, 2011
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flanin
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Level 53
Oct 24, 2011
100% with 2:48 left!
kevinj
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Level 44
Jan 22, 2012
apparently guy from shine didn't work
ImDB
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Level 42
Feb 2, 2012
100 % with 3:00 left
Ozchris
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Level 33
Dec 29, 2012
Why do people keep putting Forest Whittaker in their films? He's... terrible!
beetboy12
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Level 37
Nov 12, 2014
Crying Game, Last King of Scotland. He's gripping in both. Strange that you say that. I think he only improves any movie he's in.
stubart409
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Level 67
Sep 20, 2016
He has range too. Unlike a lot of famous actors, he can play different types of characters AND do it well.
Howdareyou
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Level 34
Mar 13, 2023
Battlefield Earth....BATTLEFIELD EARTH!!
Naaate
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Level 72
May 15, 2018
I haven't seen "The Last King of Scotland", but I tend to agree with Oz. I thought he was terrible in the movies I have seen him in (Black Panther, The Butler, Phonebooth).
pinkysbrain
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Level 83
Sep 12, 2020
What ? . last king of Scotland he was great , and in the recent godfather of Harlem TV series he was very good also.
JeromeG
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Level 27
Jul 10, 2022
so quirky
GlassMonkeyCode
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Level 67
Mar 20, 2024
He was great in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
fuanacdc
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Level 84
Jul 9, 2014
I was trying to figure out what Edward Norton won an Oscar for until I re-read the instructions.
Symmetrik
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Level 57
Jul 21, 2014
Considering DiCaprio is the first one, it was pretty clear that they needn't have won an Oscar.
beetboy12
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Level 37
Nov 12, 2014
With 15 Oscar and Golden Globe nods under his belt, people might easily just assume Leo's won already.
joeythelemur
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Level 84
Sep 20, 2016
Well, it's a moot point now after The Revenant.
HectorVortac
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Level 48
May 15, 2018
In fact I kind of dismissed DiCaprio too until I saw The Revenant.
TheodoreE45
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Level 93
Apr 9, 2018
The only people here who haven't won an Oscar(as of 2018), are Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen, Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr., Lawrence Fishbourne, Ryan Gosling, and Ed Harris.
burntofferings4all
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Level 54
May 15, 2021
That's 40% of the list.
beetboy12
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Level 37
Nov 12, 2014
This was a great quiz. Please do another one with black-and-white era actors/actresses.
beetboy12
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Level 37
Nov 12, 2014
Actually please do these for everything. Athletes, authors, artists, scientists, politicians, historical figures. It's a lot of fun and exercises a different part of the brain.
zuni
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Level 32
Apr 15, 2015
Till last I kept on trying Mckellen...
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jun 23, 2019
Which is correct.... so em, yeah
kleiner
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Level 53
May 14, 2015
Only "Aragorn" came to mind, damn...
ferdy86
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Level 76
Nov 8, 2015
Seriously??? McKellan not good enough for McKellen? The inconsistencies with which this site accepts or denies spelling errors is baffling. It's the only thing that absolutely drives me nuts about this site.
kenpo17
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Level 66
May 16, 2018
Alternate type-ins have to be added manually, so it all comes down to what the quiz-maker decides (or remembers) to add in. McKellan has been made an acceptable type-in since your comment, though.
GlassMonkeyCode
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Level 67
Mar 20, 2024
No, the default regex is pretty smart. That comes automatically. Es and As are usually interchangable so I don't know why this one was different.
AlexMurphy
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Level 24
Dec 29, 2015
Leonardo Dicaprio neverwon an oscar
Malbaby
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Level 71
Jan 11, 2016
If all else fails, read the instructions.
joeythelemur
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Level 84
Sep 20, 2016
Mortenson or Downey haven't won Oscars either.
Jacktheguy
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Level 89
Jan 14, 2020
But now he has!
JSWTW21
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Level 40
Jul 27, 2020
It's for nominations, not for winners, however leo has won for The Revenant now though. (Which I might add, is a brilliant film).
CharlieTheGreat
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Level 22
Mar 13, 2016
great quiz! please check out my quiz on actors that have never won an oscar if you get the chance http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/180804/actors-that-have-never-won-an-oscar
ander217
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Level 75
Sep 20, 2016
Maybe it's just me, but I think this would have been easier if the photos hadn't been quite so close-up. Cutting off ears and hair for some changed their looks. But I still loved the quiz. (Actually, it might make for a fun quiz to crop out everything but eyes, nose, and mouth - very difficult, but fun.)
WishfulThinker
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Level 31
Sep 20, 2016
All I could think of was Gandalf for Ian McKellen
kinjapan
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Level 72
Sep 20, 2016
Did anyone else think Robert Duvall was Martin Sheen? I was so sure it was him, I was convinced there was a glitch when it wouldn't take it.
kinjapan
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Level 72
Sep 20, 2016
I think it's because the picture cuts off before we see his bald head.
jajaco2017
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Level 57
Jan 13, 2017
surprised that so many know my country man Mortensen
sillie
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Level 77
May 16, 2018
I am suprised that only half the people recognise Aragorn.
kenpo17
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Level 66
May 16, 2018
I think it's the lack of beard, and the fact that he looks like he's 75 years old in that picture.
pinkysbrain
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Level 83
Sep 12, 2020
What's an Aragorn ?.
eibi
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Level 80
Nov 2, 2017
Thanks for accepting "DUDE" :)
prosteven
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Level 73
Mar 12, 2018
I watched the Elephant Man a couple weeks ago, and I kept trying John Hurt instead of Ian McKellar. They look so similar
idontkn1
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Level 90
May 14, 2018
Thought the same myself...
lucd13
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Level 69
May 14, 2018
This is why I hate alternate spellings being accepted, rather than people just learning how to spell the answer - particularly in quizzes where it's not down to American vs ROW, etc. These are proper nouns with no alternates, but people's 'need' to have Fishburn and Duval accepted throws off my next answers. In a quizz on NAMES with FIXED spellings, this is the building of an idiocracy.
InterAlia
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Level 75
Mar 12, 2023
You have a point, but there is a counterpoint. This quiz is testing one's ability to identify a face and remember the name that goes with it. By strictly enforcing spelling accuracy, someone who knows that name, but makes a simple spelling error will not get credit. The reasons for such errors may include not having English as a first language or having a brain that just works differently (dyslexia, visual processing disorders). There are very smart people who struggle to spell for reasons that are not their fault. It seems reasonable to make allowances for this on a low stakes quiz site. This is not how humanity dies.

tldr: Relax. It's not that big a deal.

RealDad12
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Level 67
May 14, 2018
6. I guess that means I need to watch more movies. :-D
ChaosLord
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Level 74
May 14, 2018
Christ, Viggo looks different without the beard.
kenpo17
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Level 66
May 16, 2018
I was gonna say "he looks 20 years older," then I realized... he very nearly IS 20 years older than he was in Lord of the Rings. Wow, I can't believe the movies are that old already.
Carry
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Level 63
Aug 2, 2018
Didn't recognize him with the shorter hair either.
peslac
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Level 29
May 15, 2018
Managed to find them all, 4 seconds left! lol

I don't know why, but when it is a photo quiz, my mind always goes blank and I struggle to remember any names, even though I know everyone! Does the same thing happen to you?

Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jun 23, 2019
Yes, and mostly with actors..
POOCH
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Level 72
Jun 12, 2018
I just knew - apparently incorrectly - that the picture of Gary Oldman was Alan Rickman. Could it be the hair?
divantilya
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Level 37
Jan 31, 2019
Viggo Mortensen: a much underrated actor. Prefer him with longer hair, but he is still handsome and a talented actor. (Have you seen him in "Perfect Murder" (with Michael Douglas and Gwynneth Paltrow?) Excellent acting!
InterAlia
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Level 75
Mar 12, 2023
He has it in him to be truly great, but doesn't always get there. Then again, most great actors have some lesser performances. Probably depends on role/director.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jun 23, 2019
Judge..judy..Jude! .. Ehm ah Law. Freeman, seen him before, Dicaprio, err hannibal, dunoo, ow lotr? but looks old and from the 80s.., duno, dunno, dunno, Downey, em lotr.. sir.. (a lot lot later sir Ian and just in time mcKellen, didnt think I would be able to dredge that up from somewhere).

Err lee... MIB..., seen the face but yuck!!!, dunno, dunno, dunno, ahh what was it again.. matrix.., dunno, dunno..

Think I did great :D

maxxxxxi
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Level 22
Sep 17, 2019
2:44. Went much faster once I realised you can just write their last name. Didn't know Jude Law had won an oscar...
vazilega
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Level 25
Nov 7, 2019
2:37
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Jan 12, 2020
Tommy Lee Jones as Yoda.
KrazyKookieKing
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Level 45
Sep 8, 2020
100% with 2:33 left
ZooTuber3000
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Level 52
May 12, 2021
I think RDJ should be accepted for Downey Jr
PHG1960
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Level 69
Mar 23, 2022
Seriously?
kendie
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Level 21
Nov 11, 2022
I thought Jeff Bridges was Kurt Russell lmaoooo
ageekinkuwait
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Level 71
Feb 27, 2023
I attempted every way I knew how to spell Aaron Eckhart until I realized that was Viggo Mortensen.
GrammarBeane1
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Level 82
Feb 27, 2023
any chance you could accept RDJ for Robert Downey Junior? It's a commonly used abbreviation for his name
KIS
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Level 81
Feb 28, 2023
how many type ins are there for my man, bumbersnoot cummerbund?
stubart409
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Level 67
Mar 4, 2023
Ian McKellan looks a lot like John Hurt in that photo; and Gary Oldman doesn't look like Gary Oldman at all in that photo, but a lot like a young Jeff Bridges.
InterAlia
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Level 75
Mar 12, 2023
J.K. Simmons - I don't know if I'll ever remember that guy's name.
HyddenRizz
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Level 66
Mar 12, 2023
Would like to see some "older" actors here. Obviously Freeman, McKellen, Hopkins are all older guys but their famous for films from the 90s or 00s.

Give me some Mitchums, Pecks, Holdens etc !

buck1017
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Level 77
Mar 15, 2023
I do not know why, but Gary Oldman looked like an older Christian Bale to me.
vermiciousknid
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Level 88
Apr 28, 2023
He's the only one I didn't get.
sekkeizu
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Level 24
Sep 22, 2023
Got 1/20 meh, im better versed with Finnish actors, all these people looked foreign to me except the first one.
henrigolo
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Level 66
Nov 26, 2023
A bit sad to not have include some older classic actors, such as Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck...
nosuchthingas
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Level 66
Jan 24, 2024
oh how i love the patriarchy
k455381
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Level 57
Feb 13, 2024
please accept cucumberpatch, crumblypop, cornflake, and cheshirecat for cumberbatch
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