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1. He was perhaps the finest comedian of the late 20th Century, known for his manic improv skills. In portraying weird stalker Sy Parrish in "One Hour Photo" this Oscar winner kept to the script. Who was this dramatically talented funny man?
2. A fairly dependable Hollywood trait is that when an actress associated with light or genre work wants to be taken seriously, she will take a role that hides her beauty. Few have succeeded to the extent of the South African former model who so chillingly played female serial killer Aileen Wournos. Who put the monster in "Monster"?
3. This actor was associated with a role of a fine, furry-footed ring bearer in the "Lord of the Rings" series of 2001 through 2003. Within two years of wrapping "LOTR", the actor, who had been a convincing Frodo Baggins, had become just as convincing as an eerie, violent, mute cannibal named Kevin in 2005's "Sin City". Who went from hobbit to horror in two years?
4. He's a profoundly bankable star, and possesses such a deeply likable character so that you tend to like his portrayals, even when he's playing a bad boy. His depiction of a sadistic slave trader in 2012's "Django Unchained" put the vile back into villain. You might call this actor a Renaissance Man - he's at least named for one. Which likable star became the despicable Calvin Candie?
5. Initially regarded as matinee idol fodder, in 1945 this popular actor veered away from romance and light action roles to deliver a searing performance as alcoholic writer Don Birnam in "The Lost Weekend", winning the Best Actor Oscar in the process. There was no sunshine in this one, despite his given name. Who was he?
6. In a film called "A Face in the Crowd" released in 1957, and unjustly overlooked today, a very familiar American face went from alcoholic drifter to power hungry politician. The actor became best known for a television role as a "down-home" North Carolina sheriff. Whose movie masterwork was Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes in "A Face in the Crowd"?
7. Her first big hit was "Oklahoma!" in 1955, she played a nice, proper lady, and played similar roles all the way up to her television turn as Shirley Partridge. There was one exception, and it won her the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. What perennial good girl played a prostitute and former lover of the fake evangelist in 1960's "Elmer Gantry"?
8. An established, and sometimes terrifying, heavy or villain (see his turn as Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson in "From Here to Eternity" [1953])), in 1955 this actor threw a switch and became "Marty" the shy neighborhood meat cutter in love. He also became an Oscar winner. Interestingly, he never played "heavy" again, his new type became gruff but lovable. He also had his own Navy. Who was this remarkable actor?
9. We're used to powerful portrayals of remarkable men from this actor, be it Private Silas Trip in "Glory" (1989) or the title role in "Malcolm X" (1992), but this gifted actor really chewed the scenery as a shrewd, manipulative, seriously bent cop in "Training Day" (2001), and won an Oscar in the process. Who is he?
10. His characters, although often complex, always seemed to have a strong moral center, whether it was Tom Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), Lieutenant, Junior Grade Douglas Roberts in "Mr. Roberts" (1955), or Juror # 8, in "12 Angry Men" (1957), there he was, in the right. Which made his spot on rendering of Frank, the brutally ruthless gunslinger in "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968) all the more shockingly effective. Who was this legend of American movies?
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