FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever.

[Kol]

Matt Dillon
Dustin Hoffman
Eli Wallach
Clive Owen

[Trigger]

Robin Williams
Dustin Hoffman
Charlie Chaplin
Ralph Fiennes

[quickbeam]

I think Sean Bean just found out he wasnt on the list...............

Gods, he's a fine thing as Sharpe! Actually as most characters.

[quickbeam]

Robin Williams v Matt Dillon
Groucho Marx v Dustin Hoffman - yikes, I love the Marx Bros films, but not against Hoffman.
Eli Wallach v Charlie Chaplin - another tough one.
Ralph Fiennes v Clive Owen - looks like he's losing here, but I have enjoyed far more of his movies than Ralph's.

[DejaBoo]

Sorry I missed this, can I still join in?
If so, here are me picks...

Robin Williams
Dustin Hoffman
Eli Wallach
Ralph Fiennes

[Wichita Lineman]

[quickbeam]

You're doing great, Witchita. I can see you've put a lot of effort in to each round, with the trivia and pics. Enjoying this so far and well done.

[DejaBoo]

thanks wichi ! and thanks for hosting! oh good god, I choose gerard over that ^dude anyday!

[Necro]

Robin Williams
Dustin Hoffman
Chaplin, I guess
Ralph Fiennes

[Wichita Lineman]

2 comic geniuses laugh their way into round 2 in the shape of Robin Williams and Charlie Chaplin. Ralph Fiennes wins an all British clash and Dustin Hoffman has an 11-0 whitewash over Eli Wallach. 

Coming up can Indiana Jones, James Bond & Columbo carry on? 

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Results -

Robin Williams 9 v 2  Matt Dillon
Groucho Marx 0 v 11 Dustin Hoffman
Eli Wallach 4 v 7 Charlie Chaplin
Ralph Fiennes 8 v 3 Clive Owen

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Round 1 - Matches 21 - 24

Harrison Ford - He worked as a carpenter in Los Angeles before achieving fame in movies, mainly doing home remodeling work. He had a reputation as one of the best cabinetmakers in the city, and his services were much in demand on Los Angeles' trendy Westside long before he became a movie star.   https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000148/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Jessica Alba - Despite her Mexican ancestry, she isn't fluent in Spanish. She hardly understands anything in that language. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004695/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Larry David - Mentioned in Family Guy: Lois Comes Out of Her Shell (2012), where Stewie tells Sheldon the turtle, "You look like a nude Larry David".   https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202970/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Nathan Fillion - Wanted to be a high school drama teacher. In college he majored in art and minored in drama while pursuing an acting career on the side.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277213/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Peter Falk - He failed a screen test at Columbia Pictures early in his career and was told by studio boss Harry Cohn: "For the same price, I can get an actor with two eyes."
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000393/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Greg Kinnear - Lived in Beirut, Lebanon for almost nine months in 1975 due to his father's position with the State Department. ===================
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001427/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Sean Connery - He improvised his iconic line "Bond. James Bond" in Dr No (1962) after finding that the initial introduction line "I am James Bond" was flat and sounded unnatural. It took a few subsequent takes before he included the pause, giving the line it's effect. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000125/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Sophia Loren - The Best Actress Oscar she won for Two Women (1960) was stolen by thieves from her Italian villa. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) later replaced it for a small fee. 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000047/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 6 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 7 arrives.
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Harrison Ford v Jessica Alba
Larry David v Nathan Fillion
Peter Falk v Greg Kinnear
Sean Connery v Sophia Loren

[Kol]

Harrison Ford
Nathan Fillion, dont know him but got to be less annoying than that other guy
Peter Falk
Sean Connery

[RSOAPS]

Jessica Alba
Larry David
Greg Kinnear
Sophia Loren

[cee_jay]

Harrison Ford
Nathan Fillion
Greg Kinnear
Sophia Loren

[Trigger]

Harrison Ford
Larry David
Peter Falk
Sean Connery

[Sawduck]

Harrison Ford

Greg Kinnear
Sean Connery

[quickbeam]

Harrison Ford v Jessica Alba - not even close.
Larry David v Nathan Fillion - by my pretty floral bonnet, it has to be.
Peter Falk v Greg Kinnear - this is tough, neither are super close to my heart, but Falk played the granddad in Princess Bride which is enough.
Sean Connery v Sophia Loren

[quickbeam]

Harrison Ford - He worked as a carpenter in Los Angeles before achieving fame in movies, mainly doing home remodeling work. He had a reputation as one of the best cabinetmakers in the city, and his services were much in demand on Los Angeles' trendy Westside long before he became a movie star. 

His chin scar is from an accident when working as a carpenter, which was retrofitted in to the Indy character by having his younger self (played by River Phoenix) get a slash of a whip in the intro to The Last Crusade.

Peter Falk - He failed a screen test at Columbia Pictures early in his career and was told by studio boss Harry Cohn: "For the same price, I can get an actor with two eyes."

Honestly, you'd be hard pushed to find a more unpleasant guy in Hollywood than Harry Cohn. I was reading about him recently. Definitely the Harvey Weinstein of his day, though probably worse.

[Necro]

Harrison Ford - no contest here for me anyways
Nathan Fillion - Larry David is very good but a bit of a one trick pony with Curb. I don't like Firefly but really love Fillion in The Rookie so he gets my vote here
No opinion on either
Sean Connery - Yesh Mish Moneypenny, Welcome to The Rock

[ari101]

Harrison Ford
Nathan Fillion
Greg Kinnear
Sean Connery

[nothing]

Harrison Ford
Nathan Fillion
Peter Falk
Sean Connery

[Zaph]

Harrison Ford
Nathan Fillion
Peter Falk
Sean Connery

[ShaneU]

Harrison Ford
Larry David
Greg Kinnear
Sean Connery

[Wichita Lineman]

Harrison Ford and Sean Connery who of course were father & son in Indiana Jones are the big winners in this batch with Nathan Fillion benefitting from Larry David being best known for being irritating in Curb Your Enthusiasm (my wife cant stand him) and Peter Falk squeaks through on a casting vote. 

Next up includes another James Bond. Or should that be Seamus Bond? 

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Results -
Harrison Ford 10 v 1 Jessica Alba
Larry David 3 v 7 Nathan Fillion
Peter Falk 6* v 5 Greg Kinnear
Sean Connery 9 v 2 Sophia Loren

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Round 1 - Matches 25 - 28


Steve McQueen - His only two appearances at the Academy Awards were as a presenter: in 1964, he presented the Oscar for Best Sound, and in 1965, holding hands with Claudia Cardinale, he presented the Oscar again for Best Sound.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000537/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm

Lucille Ball - She was fired from working at an ice cream store because she kept forgetting to put bananas in banana splits. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000840/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Minnie Driver - Her breakout role was in the 1995 film Circle of Friends. Minnie then appeared briefly in the James Bond picture Goldeneye.   https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000378/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Jane Russell - In the late 1930s, she was a member of Max Reinhardt's Theatrical Workshop and attended Maria Ouspenskaya's Drama School for six months.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000066/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Camille Cottin - Camille was born in Paris, but spent her teenage years in London before returning to France, where she became a high school English teacher.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1891185/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Marisa Tomei - Discovered on "Finding Your Roots" she is a distant cousin of Julianne Moore. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000673/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Jason Bateman - In 1981, at the age of 12, young Bateman made his debut on television as James Cooper Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974). 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000867/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Pierse Brosnan - In addition to his salary for his James Bond movies, Brosnan received a car. The BMW Z3 from GoldenEye (1995), an 8-series BMW (instead of the 750iL) from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and the Z8 from The World Is Not Enough (1999).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000112/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 7 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 8 arrives.
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Steve McQueen v Lucille Ball
Minnie Driver v Jane Russell
Camille Cottin v Marisa Tomei
Jason Bateman v Pierse Brosnan

[cee_jay]

Steve McQueen
Minnie Driver
Marisa Tomei
Pierse Brosnan

[ShaneU]

Steve McQueen
Minnie Driver
Marisa Tomei
Pierse Brosnan

[quickbeam]

Steve McQueen v Lucille Ball - because you just don't get much cooler than the McQueen
Minnie Driver v Jane Russell - classic in her day.
Camille Cottin v Marisa Tomei - honestly, never heard of Cottin.
Jason Bateman v Pierse Brosnan - not a fan of Brosnan's Bond and he can't sing for shit in Mamma Mia (though credit for giving it a good try) but Bateman has been in some decently funny films.

[Wichita Lineman]

Camille Cottin is a very good French actress. She's excellent in Call My Agent and I've also seen her in a couple of movies. She's no Marisa Tomei but she's good.

[quickbeam]

Never heard of Call My Agent either. Just looked her up and vaguely remember her in Allied. That's about it.

[nothing]

Abstain
Abstain
Abstain
Pierse Brosnan

[Trigger]

Steve McQueen
Minnie Driver
Abstain
Pierse Brosnan

[Sawduck]

Steve McQueen
Minnie Driver
Marisa Tomei
Pierse Brosnan - I like bateman but he plays pretty much the same character in most movies I have seen

[Zaph]

Steve McQueen
Minnie Driver - only because she was good in Grosse Point Blank
Marisa Tomei
Pierse Brosnan

[Necro]

Steve McQueen
Abstain
Marisa Tomei
Pierse Brosnan

[Necro]

Pierse Brosnan - I like bateman but he plays pretty much the same character in most movies I have seen

Bateman is very good in Ozark surprisingly and it's quite different to what he normally does imo anyways. Still though, Brosnan is better.

[RSOAPS]

Lucille Ball
Minnie Driver
Marisa Tomei
Jason Bateman

[DejaBoo]

Lucille Ball
Minnie Driver 
Marisa Tomei 
Jason Bateman

[ari101]

Steve McQueen
Abstain
Marisa Tomei
Pierse Brosnan

[Kol]

Steve McQueen
Minnie Driver
Marisa Tomei
Pierse Brosnan

[Wichita Lineman]

4 one sided wins for Steve McQueen, Minnie Driver, Marisa Tomei & Pierse Brosnan in the last group. 

I might get one more group in around 9pm and if I do that will be it until tomorrow afternoon (after golf)



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Results -
Steve McQueen 9 v 2 Lucille Ball
Minnie Driver 8 v 1 Jane Russell
Camille Cottin 0 v 10 Marisa Tomei
Jason Bateman 3 v 9 Pierse Brosnan

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Round 1 - Matches 29 - 32


Peter Cushing - He and his best friend Christopher Lee were huge fans of the Looney Tunes cartoons. They would often imitate the voices of characters to one another and they were once asked to leave a theater showing a Sylvester and Tweety cartoon, because they were laughing hysterically. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001088/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Faye Dunaway - At 5'7", Dunaway was taller than the non-fictional characters she portrayed on film - bank robber Bonnie Parker, First Lady of Argentina Eva Perón, and movie star Joan Crawford. Parker was only 4'11", Perón was 5'5", and Crawford was 5'3". https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001159/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Kevin Bacon - He sang with brother Michael Bacon (who played guitar) in New York in a small club/coffee shop. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000102/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Jodell Ferland - The proud winner of a 2008 Camie Award for her lead performance as "Hollis" in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007). 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272706/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Jamie Foxx - Is a huge fan of the Miami Heat basketball team and professional wrestling. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004937/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Jonathan Frakes - Has a cow-shaped mailbox, and retrieving the mail involves inserting one's hand into the cow's hindquarters. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000408/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Viola Davis - Shared the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's 2016 Hollywood issue with, Jane Fonda, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling, Rachel Weisz, Lupita Nyong'o, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Helen Mirren, Diane Keaton and Saoirse Ronan. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205626/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Bill Pullman - With his wife Tamara they started the charity Hollywood Orchard that grows and gathers fruit to donate to families in need. 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000597/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Voting on post 8 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 9 arrives.
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Peter Cushing v Faye Dunaway 
Kevin Bacon v Jodell Ferland
Jamie Foxx v Jonathan Frakes
Viola Davis v Bill Pullman
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[nothing]

Peter Cushing
Kevin Bacon
Jonathan Frakes
Viola Davis