FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever.

[Necro]

Clint Eastwood
Sylvester Stallone
Robert Redford - forgot to nominate Redford, great choice.
Cyril Cusack - haven't a clue who Cyril is but I know Saoirse and that's enough for me

[nothing]

Gary Oldman
Danny De Vito
Robert Redford
Saoirse Ronan

[Neowise]

Clint Eastwood
Sylvester Stallone
Robert Redford
Saoirse Ronan

that was a cruel round to the 3 excellent runner ups in the 1st three.

each of my 1st 3 losers would win against most others in this competition!

[RSOAPS]

Gary Oldman
Danny De Vito
Robert Redford
Saoirse Ronan

[cee_jay]

Gary Oldman
Danny De Vito
Robert Redford
Saoirse Ronan

Same please

[Mam of 4]

Gary Oldman
Danby de Vito
Robert Redford
Cyril Cusack

[davetherave]

Clint Eastwood
Sylvester Stallone
Robert Redford
Saoirse Ronan


I really need to remember about this, and check in a few times a day. Could have saved one of my noms, and gone to a tiebreaker with someone else. Also has me looking at some of the entries and wondering how I forgot all about them

[Zaph]

Cyril Cusack - haven't a clue who Cyril is but I know Saoirse and that's enough for me

Father of Sinead Cusack, and grandfather of Richard Boyd Barrett TD.

[ari101]

Gary Oldman
Danny De Vito
Robert Redford
Saoirse Ronan

+1 please

[Wichita Lineman]

In a heavyweight bout Clint Eastwood takes out Gary Oldman despite Gary getting 4 of the last 5 votes. Saoirse Ronan is one of the youngest ones to get through so far. 

Up next, the big names keep on coming. 
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Results - 
Clint Eastwood 7 v 6 Gary Oldman
Sylvester Stallone 4 v 9 Danny De Vito
Robert Redford 13 v 0 Val Kilmer
Saoirse Ronan 10 v 2 Cyril Cusack

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Round 1 - Matches 73-76

Edward G. Robinson  - Although it has been said that he chose his stage name after an actor he had seen and admired, later he said he was just trying to keep his birth initials. He was unsure as to why he had settled on Robinson but would have chosen a shorter name if allowed to do it again, as it takes a long time to write "Robinson" in an autograph. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000064/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Mary Louise Parker - Her favorite movie growing up was Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000571/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Gloria Grahame  - Is portrayed by Annette Bening in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002108/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Dennis Hopper - Appeared in two films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: Giant (1956) and Apocalypse Now (1979). 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000454/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Al Pacino  - Pacino was so much into character (playing a plain-clothes New York City policeman) while filming Serpico (1973) he actually pulled over and threatened to arrest a truck driver for exhaust pollution. 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1


Melissa McCarthy - Grew up on a farm and loved playing tennis. 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565250/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Colm Meaney  - Acted in the Focus Company in Dublin with Gabriel Byrne and Stephen Rea in the late 1970s. 

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000538/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Bob Odenkirk - As of 2020, he has been in 3 films that were Oscar nominated for Best Picture: Nebraska (2013), The Post (2017), and Little Women (2019).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644022/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Edward G. Robinson v Mary Louise Parker
Gloria Grahame v Dennis Hopper
Al Pacino v Melissa McCarthy
Colm Meaney v Bob Odenkirk

[quickbeam]

I'm surprised DeVito beat Stallone to be honest.  I voted for him, but I thought I would be one of the few.

Edward G. Robinson v Mary Louise Parker - EGR is a good classic-era actor. MLP actually annoys me for reasons I can't quite put my finger on.
Gloria Grahame v Dennis Hopper - he's a complete asshole but he's been in some good movies. I was mixing Grahame up with Swanson at first and would have voted for her if that's who she'd been.
Al Pacino v Melissa McCarthy - ATTICA! ATTICA!
Colm Meaney v Bob Odenkirk - because he's a little bollocks in the best sense of the term!

[Sawduck]

Edward G. Robinson
Dennis Hopper
Al Pacino
Colm Meaney - this is a tough one

[Kol]

Edward G. Robinson - Great nom, DI, Key Largo, Scarlet Street, enough said.
Gloria Grahame - Liked some of her movies though I think Dennis will win this battle
Al Pacino - Dont like him though can't not vote for him.
Colm Meaney

[Zaph]

Edward G. Robinson
Dennis Hopper
Al Pacino
Colm Meaney

[nothing]

Abstain first 2
Al Pacino
Colm Meaney

[Trigger]

Edward G. Robinson
Dennis Hopper
Al Pacino
Colm Meaney - this is a tough one

Same for me thank you kindly!

[Necro]

Abstain
Dennis Hopper
Al Pacino
Colm Meaney

[RSOAPS]

Edward G. Robinson
Dennis Hopper
Al Pacino
Colm Meaney

[Wichita Lineman]

This round was never going to throw up any shocks. Edward G. Robinson, Dennis Hopper, Al Pacino and Colm Meaney progressing with ease. 

Next instalment - will another Irish actor make it through to round 2? 

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Results:
Edward G. Robinson 6 v 0 Mary Louise Parker
Gloria Grahame 1 v 6 Dennis Hopper
Al Pacino 8 v 0 Melissa McCarthy
Colm Meaney 8 v 0 Bob Odenkirk

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Round 1 - Matches 77 - 80

Stephen Rea - Was nominated for Broadway's 1993 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for Frank McGuinness' "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me".
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001653/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Angelina Jolie - Angelina got a major break in 1999 when she won a leading role in the successful feature The Bone Collector (1999), starring alongside Denzel Washington. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Jonathan Pryce - He won a 1980 Laurence Olivier Award for 'Best Actor in a Revival' for his depiction of Hamlet, a performance made famous by his also playing the role of Hamlet's father's ghost as a regurgitated voice.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000596/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Philip Seymour Hoffman - He initially began acting because he had a crush on a girl in his high school drama club. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000450/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Billy Crystal - When he was a child, one of his babysitters was Billie Holiday.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000345/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1


Roy Scheider - Was one of the founders of the Hayground School in Bridgehampton, New York, dedicated to creating an innovative, culturally diverse learning environment for local children. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001702/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Mae West - Her films are credited with single-handedly saving failing and debt-ridden Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy in the early 1930s.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922213/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1


Robert Duvall - Joined the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and studied under Sanford Meisner for two years. Dustin Hoffman, James Caan and Gene Hackman were classmates. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000380/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Stephen Rea v Angelina Jolie
Jonathan Pryce v Philip Seymour Hoffman 
Billy Crystal v Roy Scheider
Mae West v Robert Duvall

[Kol]

Angelina Jolie
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Roy Scheider
Robert Duvall

[nothing]

Angelina Jolie
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Billy Crystal
Mae West

[ShaneU]

Angelina Jolie
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Billy Crystal
Robert Duvall

[Wichita Lineman]

[quickbeam]

Stephen Rea v Angelina Jolie
Jonathan Pryce v Philip Seymour Hoffman
Billy Crystal v Roy Scheider
Mae West v Robert Duvall

Tough choice for three of them. Leave you to decide which one wasn't tough.

[Sawduck]

Stephen Rea
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Roy Scheider
Robert Duvall

[Trigger]

Angelina Jolie
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Billy Crystal
Robert Duvall

[Zaph]

Angelina Jolie
Jonathan Pryce
Roy Scheider
Robert Duvall

[RSOAPS]

Stephen Rea
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Roy Scheider
Mae West

[Neowise]

Stephen Rea
Jonathan Pryce
Roy Scheider

[Necro]

Angelina Jolie
Jonathan Pryce
Roy Scheider
Abstain

[Wichita Lineman]

A couple of those closer than I expected with in between those Philip Seymour Hoffman and Roy Scheider managing 4pt wins. 

An all male v female set next. 
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Results - 
Stephen Rea 4 v 6 Angelina Jolie
Jonathan Pryce 3 v 7 Philip Seymour Hoffman
Billy Crystal 3 v 7 Roy Scheider
Mae West 3 v 5 Robert Duvall

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Round 1 - Matches 81 - 84

Brigitte Bardot - She was mentioned by Bob Dylan in his song "I Shall Be Free", the last song on his album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (1963).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000003/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Arnold Schwarzenegger - He saved a man's life while on vacation in Hawaii in 2004 by swimming into the sea to rescue him from drowning.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000216/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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James Stewart - While always gracious with his fans, he was always very protective of his privacy. A notable example of this occurred when a nervy family of tourists set up a picnic on his front lawn. Stewart came out of his house and, without uttering a word, turned on the sprinklers. 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000071/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Amy Acker - A friend of Neil Patrick Harris, the two played former lovers on the How I Met Your Mother (2005) episode, "How I Met Your Mother: Come On (2006)".
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009918/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Alan Arkin - Founding member, Second City improv troupe.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000273/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1


Elisabeth Moss - She is a second cousin, once removed, of Swedish musician Björn Ulvaeus, of ABBA. Elisabeth's maternal great-grandmother, Judith Linnea Nilsson, was the sister of Bjorn's maternal grandmother, Eleonora Constantia Nilsson.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Rita Hayworth - Under the influence of second husband Orson Welles, Rita began to read classic literature. While pregnant in 1944, she was very impressed by Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" and named her firstborn daughter Rebecca after the novel's heroine.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000028/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Casey Affleck - He and his brother Ben Affleck have both had on-screen romances with Liv Tyler: Lonesome Jim (2005), Armageddon (1998) and Jersey Girl (2004).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000729/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Brigitte Bardot v Arnold Schwarzenegger
James Stewart v Amy Acker
Alan Arkin v Elisabeth Moss
Rita Hayworth v Casey Affleck

[ShaneU]

Arnold Schwarzenegger
James Stewart
Elisabeth Moss
Casey Affleck

[Zaph]

Arnold Schwarzenegger
James Stewart
Alan Arkin
Rita Hayworth

[davetherave]

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Amy Acker
Elisabeth Moss
Casey Affleck

[Trigger]

Arnold Schwarzenegger
James Stewart
Alan Arkin
Rita Hayworth

[Kol]

Arnold Schwarzenegger
James Stewart
Alan Arkin
Casey Affleck

[Neowise]

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Amy Acker
Casey Affleck

[quickbeam]

Very surprised at Billy Crystal losing out tbh.

Brigitte Bardot v Arnold Schwarzenegger
James Stewart v Amy Acker
Alan Arkin v Elisabeth Moss
Rita Hayworth v Casey Affleck

[Sawduck]

Arnold Schwarzenegger
James Stewart
Alan Arkin
Rita Hayworth

[Necro]

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Abstain
Abstain
Rita Hayworth