1980s Oscar Best Actor Nominees

Try to name the actors who received an Oscar nomination for Best Leading Actor from 1980-1989.
Year = year of the ceremony honoring the previous year's films
Winners in bold
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1989
Rain Man
Dustin Hoffman
Mississippi Burning
Gene Hackman
Big
Tom Hanks
Stand and Deliver
Edward James Olmos
Pelle the Conqueror
Max von Sydow
 
 
1988
Wall Street
Michael Douglas
Broadcast News
William Hurt
Dark Eyes
Marcello Mastroianni
Ironweed
Jack Nicholson
Good Morning, Vietnam
Robin Williams
 
 
1987
The Color of Money
Paul Newman
Round Midnight
Dexter Gordon
Mona Lisa
Bob Hoskins
Children of a Lesser God
William Hurt
Salvador
James Woods
 
1986
Kiss of the Spider Woman
William Hurt
Witness
Harrison Ford
Murphy's Romance
James Garner
Prizzi's Honor
Jack Nicholson
Runaway Train
Jon Voight
 
1985
Amadeus
F. Murray Abraham
Starman
Jeff Bridges
Under the Volcano
Albert Finney
Amadeus
Tom Hulce
The Killing Fields
Sam Waterston
1984
Tender Mercies
Robert Duvall
Educating Rita
Michael Caine
Reuben, Reuben
Tom Conti
The Dresser
Albert Finney
Tom Courtenay
 
 
1983
Gandhi
Ben Kingsley
Tootsie
Dustin Hoffman
Missing
Jack Lemmon
The Verdict
Paul Newman
My Favorite Year
Peter O'Toole
 
1982
On Golden Pond
Henry Fonda
Reds
Warren Beatty
Atlantic City
Burt Lancaster
Arthur
Dudley Moore
Absence of Malice
Paul Newman
 
1981
Raging Bull
Robert de Niro
The Great Santini
Robert Duvall
The Elephant Man
John Hurt
Tribute
Jack Lemmon
The Stunt Man
Peter O'Toole
 
1980
Kramer vs. Kramer
Dustin Hoffman
The China Syndrome
Jack Lemmon
...And Justice for All.
Al Pacino
All That Jazz
Roy Scheider
Being There
Peter Sellers
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