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1. Marlon Brando won two Academy Awards for Best Actor from eight nominations in total. For which character did he receive his first unsuccessful nomination (he also portrayed that same character on the stage on Broadway)?
2. Tom Hanks is a very accomplished actor with two Oscars in the 20th century and a number of nominations. In which movie did he portray Chuck Noland for which he was nominated for Best Actor?
3. Dustin Hoffman has won Academy Awards and been nominated a number of times. However, which character did he portray that he received his first Academy Award nomination?
4. Gregory Peck (1916-2003) won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Atticus Finch in the 1962 drama "To Kill a Mockingbird". He did receive four other nominations for Best Actor. In which of these nominated movies did he portray Philip Schuyler Green, a journalist researching anti-Semitism in and around the communities of New York City?
5. Walter Brennan (1894-1974) won three Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor. He received a fourth nomination, so can you name the character he played in this fourth unsuccessful nomination?
6. Al Pacino won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the blind, bad-tempered retired Army Officer Frank Slade in the 1992 movie "Scent of a Woman". Prior to that win he had received four nominations for Best Actor in the movies listed below. Of these four nominations, in which movie did he portray Arthur Kirkland?
7. Harrison Ford is widely known for his portrayal of the fictional professor Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones Jr. in a number of movies. For which character did he receive his first nomination for Best Actor at the 58th Academy Awards?
8. Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) received 13 nominations for Academy Awards, which he won two plus two other Honorary Academy Awards. Nine of those nominations were for Best Actor (winning one), however he received one nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The character he played for this nomination was Dr. Christian Szell. Can you name the movie?
9. Morgan Freeman has been acting for over 50 years with numerous Academy Award nominations with a win as Best Supporting Actor. What was the name of the character for which he won this award?
10. Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr. is better known to us as Sir Michael Caine, with a career spanning in excess of 65 years and over 130 films with numerous Academy Award nominations. Four of his nominations for Best Actor are listed below. What character was in the film "The Quiet American"?
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