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RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Sawduck - 13-11-2021
Robert Mitchum
Keira Knightley
Amy Adams
Peter Sellers
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Wichita Lineman - 13-11-2021
X - A couple of tight ones there with Peter Ustinov one vote better off than Kiera Knightley (Bend it Like Beckham would have earned her the casting vote win had it been required!) and Robert Mitchum who did get a casting vote. Sorry Jeremy.
Y - The retiring 007 is in the next batch as well as Mr. Spock and Magnum P.I..
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RESULTS:
Jeremy Irons 4 v 5* Robert Mitchum
Peter Ustinov 5 v 4 Keira Knightley
Amy Adams 7 v 2 Jason Statham
Peter Sellers 5 v 3 Adam Driver
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Round 1 - Matches 237 - 240
Anthony Head - Younger brother of Murray Head.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372117/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm
![[Image: GettyImages-75408437.jpg]](https://vz.cnwimg.com/thumbc-300x300/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/GettyImages-75408437.jpg)
![[Image: 1530096492-daniel-craig-javier-bardem-sk...size=480:*]](https://hips.hearstapps.com/digitalspyuk.cdnds.net/18/26/1530096492-daniel-craig-javier-bardem-skyfall.jpg?crop=0.668xw:1.00xh;0.266xw,0&resize=480:*)
Daniel Craig - He is the first actor to play James Bond who was born after the film series began. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185819/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Alison Brie - One of her favourite shows is Six Feet Under (2001).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1555340/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
![[Image: 3020e8bd4b6a4142519a7c4fdeca1601.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/20/e8/3020e8bd4b6a4142519a7c4fdeca1601.jpg)
![[Image: aa7971aacc1f4e5f23ea284533e9dd23da-the-w...e.w700.jpg]](https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/9ee/3cc/aa7971aacc1f4e5f23ea284533e9dd23da-the-witches.rsquare.w700.jpg)
Anne Hathaway - Anne was first bitten by the acting bug at the age of six when she watched her mother perform the role of Fantine in a stage production of "Les Miserables". Twenty-five years later, Anne would perform the role of Fantine in Tom Hooper's movie version of Les Misérables (2012), for which she won an astounding thirty-five awards worldwide and was nominated for another seventeen.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004266/
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Leonard Nimoy - Was the only actor to appear in every episode and both pilots of Star Trek: The Original Series (1966).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000559/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: 10kg2a.jpg]](https://i.imgflip.com/10kg2a.jpg)
![[Image: richard_e._grant_in_alpujarras_2.jpg?w=5...t&fit=crop]](https://assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com/80e06f8f-fc39-0158-c90c-a3da02f900f2/dcdd459e-1137-4a1a-a3a4-83f50a321a6b/richard_e._grant_in_alpujarras_2.jpg?w=574&h=322&auto=format&fit=crop)
Richard E. Grant - Even though in real life he's allergic to alcohol, his very first film Withnail & I (1987) revolved around him playing a character who drinks all kinds of alcoholic drinks. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001290/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Julie Walters - Has worked with two of her on-screen sons from the Harry Potter series, outside of the franchise: She portrayed Rupert Grint's mother in Driving Lessons (2006) and co-starred with Domhnall Gleeson in Brooklyn (2015).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910278/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: sub-buzz-6660-1541098752-6.jpg]](https://burrow.hogwartsishere.com/media/profile_photos/sub-buzz-6660-1541098752-6.jpg)
![[Image: s-l300.jpg]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/i10AAOSw8b9boEm5/s-l300.jpg)
Tom Selleck - Starred in six failed TV pilots before landing his breakthrough role in Magnum, P.I. (1980). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000633/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 61 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 62 arrives.
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Anthony Head v Daniel Craig
Alison Brie v Anne Hathaway
Leonard Nimoy v Richard E. Grant
Julie Walters v Tom Selleck
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RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - nothing - 13-11-2021
Anthony Head
Anne Hathaway
Richard E. Grant
Julie Walters
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - RSOAPS - 13-11-2021
Anthony Head
Alison Brie
Leonard Nimoy
Julie Walters
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - jp liz v1 - 13-11-2021
Daniel Craig
Alison Brie
Richard E. Grant
Julie Walters
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Trigger - 13-11-2021
Anthony Head
Alison Brie
Richard E. Grant
Tom Selleck
That was probably the toughest group overall to choose between
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - cee_jay - 13-11-2021
Anthony Head
Anne Hathaway
Richard E. Grant
Julie Walters
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - quickbeam - 13-11-2021
Anthony Head v Daniel Craig
Alison Brie v Anne Hathaway - both fairly annoying, but Hathaway marginally less so.
Leonard Nimoy v Richard E. Grant
Julie Walters v Tom Selleck
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Sawduck - 13-11-2021
Anthony Head
Anne Hathaway
Richard E. Grant
Julie Walters
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Necro - 13-11-2021
Anthony Head
Alison Brie
Leonard Nimoy
Tom Selleck
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Zaph - 13-11-2021
Daniel Craig
Alison Brie
Leonard Nimoy
Julie Walters
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Kol - 13-11-2021
Daniel Craig
Anne Hathaway
Richard E. Grant
Tom Selleck
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Neowise - 13-11-2021
Daniel Craig
Alison Brie
Leonard Nimoy
Tom Selleck
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - davetherave - 13-11-2021
Daniel
Anne
Leonard
Julie
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - ari101 - 13-11-2021
Daniel Craig
Anne Hathaway
Richard E. Grant
Julie Walters
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Irish Aris - 13-11-2021
I think time's up, here's my votes anyway
Daniel Craig
Anne Hathaway
Leonard Nimoy
Julie Walters
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - ShaneU - 13-11-2021
Daniel Craig
Anne Hathaway
Richard E. Grant
Tom Selleck
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - DejaBoo - 13-11-2021
Daniel Craig
Anne Hathaway
Richard E. Grant
Tom Selleck
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Wichita Lineman - 13-11-2021
Well all of those could have gone either way but all ended up 10-6 wins. Daniel Craig and Anne Hathaway will be particularly grateful to the last 5 voters who ushered them both through.
Another couple of tricky ones to be decided here.
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RESULTS -
Anthony Head 6 v 10 Daniel Craig
Alison Brie 6 v 10 Anne Hathaway
Leonard Nimoy 6 v 10 Richard E. Grant
Julie Walters 10 v 6 Tom Selleck
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Round 1 - Matches 241 - 244
Denzel Washington - In 2016, he was selected as the recipient for the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000243/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: _92448846_hi014044278.jpg]](https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/FD74/production/_92448846_hi014044278.jpg)
![[Image: 957534_1329770369752_full.jpg]](https://i0.wp.com/images5.fanpop.com/image/polls/957000/957534_1329770369752_full.jpg)
F. Murray Abraham - [on the Oscars] It's terrific fun. It's thrilling, in fact. For one thing, you get to meet all these amazing people in one place. You go to the bathroom and you're peeing next to Gregory Peck. How often does that happen?
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000719/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Sally Field - Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s television series The Fall Guy (1981). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000398/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: sally-field-medium.jpg]](https://www.onthisday.com/images/people/sally-field-medium.jpg)
![[Image: 1_Ted-Hastings.jpg]](https://i2-prod.belfastlive.co.uk/incoming/article16234270.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/1_Ted-Hastings.jpg)
Adrian Dunbar - The eldest of seven siblings in a Roman Catholic family, Dunbar was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at St. Joseph's College in his native Enniskillen, County Fermanagh (Northern Ireland). He later graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Class of 1983).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001160/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Andy Garcia - Turned down the role of "Detective Mac Taylor" (The character played by Gary Sinise) on the popular CBS crime drama CSI: NY (2004).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000412/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: 457293_1.jpg]](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/79/590x/457293_1.jpg)
![[Image: 3600.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=forma...da630f4130]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0b12278fb27bbbf8a3ef367278bb02c0c0df5a6f/0_0_3600_2400/master/3600.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1f103256fd654886ef81f8da630f4130)
John Malkovich - Attended college with Joan Allen who was occasionally a scene partner of Malkovich's in their acting classes. Later attended another acting class years with John Mahoney. He encouraged both actors to join the Steppenwolf Theater Company, which they did. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Jeff Daniels - Has twice appeared as a character in a story-within-a-story - The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) and Pleasantville (1998). In each case the "fictional" character interacts with the story's "real" characters, and in each case he experiences a transition from a limited black-and-white existence to an existence filled with color and new sensations. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001099/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: Jeff-Daniels-in-The-Newsroom.jpg?q=50&fi...00&dpr=1.5]](https://static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Jeff-Daniels-in-The-Newsroom.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=960&h=500&dpr=1.5)
![[Image: edward-norton-hulk.jpg]](https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/edward-norton-hulk.jpg)
Edward Norton - Says if he wasn't an actor he would be a pilot.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001570/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 62 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 63 arrives.
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Denzel Washington v F. Murray Abraham
Sally Field v Adrian Dunbar
Andy Garcia vJohn Malkovich
Jeff Daniels v Edward Norton
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RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - nothing - 13-11-2021
Denzel Washington
Adrian Dunbar
John Malkovich
Jeff Daniels
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - quickbeam - 13-11-2021
Denzel Washington v F. Murray Abraham
Sally Field v Adrian Dunbar
Andy Garcia v John Malkovich
Jeff Daniels v Edward Norton
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Zaph - 13-11-2021
Denzel Washington
Adrian Dunbar
John Malkovich
Edward Norton
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Sawduck - 13-11-2021
F. Murray Abraham - Denzel will win this so I'll give F. Murray some love
Sally Field
John Malkovich
Edward Norton
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - ari101 - 13-11-2021
Denzel Washington
Adrian Dunbar
John Malkovich
Edward Norton
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - RSOAPS - 13-11-2021
Denzel Washington
Sally Field
John Malkovich
Jeff Daniels
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - cee_jay - 13-11-2021
Denzel Washington
Adrian Dunbar
John Malkovich
Edward Norton
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - jp liz v1 - 13-11-2021
Denzel Washington
Sally Field
John Malkovich
Edward Norton
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - DejaBoo - 13-11-2021
F. Murray Abraham
Adrian Dunbar
John Malkovich
Jeff Daniels
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Necro - 14-11-2021
Denzel Washington
Adrian Dunbar
John Malkovich
Edward Norton
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Wichita Lineman - 14-11-2021
Last - Denzel Washington & John Malkovich had really easy wins and Edward Norton did enough to eliminate Jeff Daniels. He may not have came up the Lagan on a bubble but Adrian Dunbar gets by the challenge of Sally Field.
Next - This is the penultimate batch for round 1 and contains some 'A' listers, some new talents and some solid dependable stars.
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Results -
Denzel Washington 8 v 2 F. Murray Abraham
Sally Field 3 v 7 Adrian Dunbar
Andy Garcia 0 v 10 John Malkovich
Jeff Daniels 4 v 6 Edward Norton
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Round 1 - Matches 245 - 248
Samuel L. Jackson - Is an avid Liverpool FC supporter and fan after his work in the city on 51st State (Formula 51) and often tweets on twitter when they win a game with simply 'Liverpoooool'. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: 24jackson2.jpg?w=571]](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/24jackson2.jpg?w=571)
![[Image: chair.jpg?w=346]](https://theroadshowversion.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/chair.jpg?w=346)
Richard Widmark - Very touched by Sidney Poitier presenting him with the D. W. Griffith Lifetime Achievment Award in 1990, Widmark said to his old friend, "Sid, I can't believe you came all the way to California to do this for me." Poitier replied, "For you I would have walked!". https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001847/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Tim Robbins - After the September 11 attacks, he tried to fly out of New York City to be with Susan Sarandon and their children in Hollywood. Upon finding out that all flights were grounded, he and a friend drove from New York City to Los Angeles in a 56-hour trip that began on the morning of September 12, 2001.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000209/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: 4154n8JSIPL._AC_.jpg]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/4154n8JSIPL._AC_.jpg)
![[Image: golden-globes-announcement-05.jpg]](https://cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/crews-toast/golden-globes-announcement-05.jpg)
Christian Slater - His favourite song is "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000225/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Ana de Armas - Quote - "It's hard to explain to my parents what's going on. You can't compare Hollywood with Cuba. I didn't even know I could dream this."
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1869101/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2
![[Image: o5mhGNCdeZCyayoYr5cMU6-480-80.jpg]](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o5mhGNCdeZCyayoYr5cMU6-480-80.jpg)
![[Image: vyXSw9rp5Adp9q949IfP_2017_07_21.jpg]](https://www.celebrityborn.com/admin/assets/images/people/vyXSw9rp5Adp9q949IfP_2017_07_21.jpg)
Summer Glau - Has worked with Game of Thrones (2011) stars Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage who play siblings Cersei and Tyrion Lannister in the series. Lena Headey played Sarah Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) and Peter Dinklage played Hung in Knights of Badassdom (2013).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1132359/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Lauren Bacall - At the funeral for her husband, Humphrey Bogart, she put a whistle in his coffin. It was a reference to the famous line she says to him in their first film together To Have and Have Not (1944): "You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow."
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000002/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: Lauren-Bacall-001.jpg?width=300&quality=...1c80ff55db]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2009/9/11/1252667507494/Lauren-Bacall-001.jpg?width=300&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=ec118bf4d3eee4d7663e0b1c80ff55db)
![[Image: steve-martin-picture.jpg]](https://www.joblo.com/wp-content/uploads/1945/08/steve-martin-picture.jpg)
Steve Martin - When Martin lived in his Manhattan apartment, his next door neighbor was Mary Steenburgen. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000188/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 63 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 64 arrives.
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Samuel L. Jackson v Richard Widmark
Tim Robbins v Christian Slater
Ana de Armas v Summer Glau
Lauren Bacall v Steve Martin
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RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - ShaneU - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson
Tim Robbins
Ana de Armas
Steve Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Zaph - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson
Tim Robbins
Ana de Armas
Steve Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Sawduck - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson
Tim Robbins
Ana de Armas
Lauren Bacall
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Kol - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson
Christian Slater
Summer Glau
Lauren Bacall
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - quickbeam - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson v Richard Widmark
Tim Robbins v Christian Slater
Ana de Armas v Summer Glau
Lauren Bacall v Steve Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - cee_jay - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson
Christian Slater
Summer Glau
Lauren Bacall
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - RSOAPS - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson
Tim Robbins
Summer Glau
Lauren Bacall
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Necro - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson
Christian Slater
Summer Glau
Abstain
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - nothing - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson
Tim Robbins
Summer Glau
Steve Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - ari101 - 14-11-2021
Samuel L. Jackson
Tim Robbins
Ana de Armas
Lauren Bacall