FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever.

[ShaneU]

JK Simmons
Maureen O'Hara
Robert Downey Jnr
Joaquin Phoenix

[quickbeam]

I thought we already had Maureen O'Hara this round, but looked back and it was Maureen O'Sullivan. I always get them mixed up. When I voted for O'Sullivan I thought I was voting for O'Hara. But still, against Scott Bakula I probably would have done so anyway though the reason given: "because she's probably the biggest Hollywood start Ireland has produced" wasn't quite correct.

[jp liz v1]

Charlize Theron
Maureen O'Hara
Matt Bomer
Joaquin Phoenix

[Zaph]

Charleze Theron
Ron Glass
Robert Downey Jnr
Joaquin Phoenix

[ari101]

Charleze Theron
Maureen O'Hara
Robert Downey Jnr
Joaquin Phoenix

[Trigger]

Charleze Theron
Maureen O'Hara
Robert Downey Jnr
Joaquin Phoenix

[Wichita Lineman]

We keep motoring on but now without Charleze Theron, Ron Glass, Matt Bomer and Hailee Steinfeld. Perhaps their day will come day in another tournament. 

A couple of interesting clashes again in this group. Will all depend on your favourite type of movie i think. 
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Results:
JK Simmons 6 v 4 Charleze Theron
Ron Glass 2 v 8 Maureen O'Hara
Matt Bomer 1 v 10 Robert Downey Jnr
Joaquin Phoenix 10 v 1 Hailee Steinfeld
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Round 1 - Matches 205 - 208

Julia Roberts - After George Clooney and Brad Pitt found out that she was going to be joining them in Ocean's Eleven (2001), they sent her a card that read "We heard that you get 20 per film" and in it was a $20 bill; the joke was that she reportedly gets $20 million per film. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000210/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Angela Lansbury - In an interview, Lansbury once stated that her nicest co-star was Hedy Lamarr, calling her sweet, loving, kind and considerate to everybody on the set, actor or crewman. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001450/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Fionnuala Flanagan - Is an accomplished violinist, a talent she used in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Inheritance", in which her character plays violin with Data, her android "son". https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001450/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Anne Bancroft - Like fellow five-time nominees Audrey Hepburn and Jennifer Jones, won the Best Actress Oscar on her first nomination, but did not win again on subsequent acting nominations. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000843/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Awkwafina - Her mother was a Korean immigrant, and her father is of Chinese descent. Her great-grandfather opened the restaurant Lum's in New York.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5377144/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Zac Efron - His favorite movie is The Goonies (1985).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1374980/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Hugh Bonneville - Quote - "At 19, you know everything; by the time you're 40, you haven't got a clue." https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095017/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Steve Buscemi - Was a New York City fireman from 1980 to 1984, with Manhattan Engine Company #55 in the Little Italy section of New York City.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 53 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 54 arrives.
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Julia Roberts v Angela Lansbury
Fionnuala Flanagan v Anne Bancroft
Awkwafina v Zac Efron
Hugh Bonneville v Steve Buscemi

[quickbeam]

Julia Roberts v Angela Lansbury
Fionnuala Flanagan v Anne Bancroft
Awkwafina v Zac Efron
Hugh Bonneville v Steve Buscemi

[ShaneU]

Julia Roberts
Anne Bancroft
Zac Efron
Steve Buscemi

[Necro]

Julia Roberts
Zac Efron - that's a handy draw for Efron (who isn't awful tbf to him) but I genuinely have never heard of Annakafkakepkemagillicuddy...
Steve Buscemi

[Zaph]

Julia Roberts - tough call, but Angela Lansbury is one of the few actors I dislike more than Julia Roberts
Anne Bancroft
Zac Efron
Steve Buscemi

[RSOAPS]

Angela Lansbury
Fionnuala Flanagan
Awkwafina
Steve Buscemi

[Sawduck]

Julia Roberts
Anne Bancroft
Zac Efron
Steve Buscemi

[Trigger]

Julia Roberts
Anne Bancroft
Zac Efron
Steve Buscemi

[cee_jay]

Julia Roberts
Anne Bancroft
Zac Efron
Hugh Bonneville

[jp liz v1]

Angela Lansbury
Fionnuala Flanagan
Zac Efron
Steve Buscemi

[ari101]

Julia Roberts
Anne Bancroft
Zac Efron
Steve Buscemi

[davetherave]

Julia Roberts
Anne Bancroft
Zac Efron
Hugh Bonneville

[Wichita Lineman]

xx - No real surprises in the previous round although I thought Fionnuala Flanagan might have been closer to or even beaten Anne Bancroft. 

yy - Next includes an all French match and the aforementioned appearance for Aidan Gillen. 

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Results - 
Julia Roberts v Angela Lansbury
Fionnuala Flanagan v Anne Bancroft
Awkwafina v Zac Efron
Hugh Bonneville v Steve Buscemi

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Round 1 - Matches 209 - 212

Paul Giamatti - Has appeared in at least three remakes, Sabrina (1995), Doctor Dolittle (1998), and Planet of the Apes (2001).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316079/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Judi Dench - Her father, Reginald Arthur Dench, was from Dorset, England, and her mother, Eleanora Olive (Jones), was from Dublin, Ireland.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001132/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Jean Reno - Frequently cast in Luc Besson's early films.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000606/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Catherine Deneuve - Interests include gardening, drawing, photography, reading, music, cinema, fashion, antiques and decoration.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000366/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Aidan Gillen - On his role as Tommy Carcetti in HBO's The Wire (2002): We follow Carcetti's journey as a minor player in city politics to a major contender in a mayoral election. He was a young guy who was considered an upstart, who saw an opportunity to do something, maybe effect some change. We see him open up and develop a conscience. I hope he's not just coming across as smarm. I'd say he's flawed, but driven. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0318821/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Jennifer Jones - Her first Oscar nomination for The Song of Bernadette (1943) marks her first of four consecutive nominations, a feat she shares with Thelma Ritter (1950-1953), Marlon Brando (1951-1954) Elizabeth Taylor (1957-1960) and Al Pacino (1972-1975). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428354/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Ben Affleck - He has played two comic book characters whose most famous story lines were written by Frank Miller: Batman and Daredevil.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000255/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Eddie Murphy - The first actor to receive a BAFTA nomination for a voice-over performance - Best Supporting Actor for Shrek (2001).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000552/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 54 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 55 arrives.
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Paul Giamatti v Judi Dench
Jean Reno v Catherine Deneuve
Aidan Gillen v Jennifer Jones
Ben Affleck v Eddie Murphy
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[ShaneU]

Judi Dench
Jean Reno
Aidan Gillen
Ben Affleck

[quickbeam]

Paul Giamatti v Judi Dench
Jean Reno v Catherine Deneuve
Aidan Gillen v Jennifer Jones
Ben Affleck v Eddie Murphy

[RSOAPS]

Paul Giamatti
Jean Reno
Aidan Gillen
Ben Affleck

[cee_jay]

Judi Dench
Jean Reno
Aidan Gillen
Ben Affleck

[Zaph]

Paul Giamatti
Jean Reno
Jennifer Jones
Ben Affleck

[Trigger]

Paul Giamatti
Jean Reno
Aidan Gillen
Ben Affleck

[davetherave]

Judi Dench
Jean Reno
Aidan Gillen
Ben Affleck

[Sawduck]

Paul Giamatti
Jean Reno
Aidan Gillen
Ben Affleck

[Mam of 4]

Judi Dench
Catherine Deneuve
Aidan Gillen
Ben Affleck

[jp liz v1]

Paul Giamatti
Jean Reno
Jennifer Jones
Ben Affleck

[Necro]

Judi Dench
Aidan Gillen
Eddie Murphy

[Wichita Lineman]

Dame Judi makes it through by a single vote but there were easy wins for our other 3 qualifiers. 

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RESULTS:
Paul Giamatti 5 v 6 Judi Dench
Jean Reno 9 v 1 Catherine Deneuve
Aidan Gillen 8 v 3 Jennifer Jones
Ben Affleck 10 v 1 Eddie Murphy

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Round 1 - Matches 213 - 216

Nicolas Cage - Quote - "I needed to change my name just to liberate myself and find out I could do it without walking into a Hollywood casting office with the name Coppola." https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000115/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Daniel Auteuil - His daughter Aurore married on February 25th 2008 to Jimmy. On 2009, she gave birth to her first child, a boy named Manon.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000809/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Gene Wilder - In early 2001, Wilder was grocery shopping in a supermarket near his home in Stamford, Connecticut, when a mother approached him and asked him if she could tell her kids who he was. Gene said "Yes, if you promise not to say it loud". The mother whispered to her kids, "That's Willy Wonka!". She then turned to Wilder and said, "What a legacy!". https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Did a painting and donated it to the Race for the Rescues' Walk of Paws celebrity art auction on October 29, 2006. The money raised at the event went to help shelter dogs and cats in and around Pasadena, California.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604742/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Shirley Temple - Pictured on a 'forever' USA commemorative postage stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series, issued 18 April 2016.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000073/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Randolph Scott - His image from his Westerns as an upright, outstanding sheriff or cowboy was so strong that it was paid homage to in Mel Brooks' classic comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). When the African-American sheriff asks the reluctant townspeople for their help in fighting the bad guys, they unanimously reject him. However, when he says, "You'd do it for Randolph Scott!", a heavenly chorus in the background sings "Randolph Scott!", and the townspeople change their minds.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000068/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Sandra Bullock - Has starred in two movies where her character is about to get married and backs out at the last minute: The Proposal and While You Were Sleeping.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000113/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Michael B Jordan - Was home schooled but was allowed to play on the basketball team at New Jersey's Newark Arts High School.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430107/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 55 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 56 arrives.
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Nicolas Cage v Daniel Auteuil
Gene Wilder v Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Shirley Temple v Randolph Scott
Sandra Bullock v Michael B Jordan
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[nothing]

Daniel Auteuil
Gene Wilder
Shirley Temple
Michael B Jordan

[Necro]

Nicolas Cage
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Sandra Bullock

[Kol]

Nicolas Cage
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Shirley Temple
Sandra Bullock

[Sawduck]

Nicolas Cage
Gene Wilder
Randolph Scott
Michael B Jordan

[RSOAPS]

Nicolas Cage
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Shirley Temple
Sandra Bullock

[ShaneU]

Nicolas Cage
Gene Wilder
Shirley Temple
Sandra Bullock

[jp liz v1]

Nicolas Cage
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Shirley Temple
Sandra Bullock

[Zaph]

Nicolas Cage
Gene Wilder
Randolph Scott
Michael B Jordan

[Trigger]

Nicolas Cage
Gene Wilder
Shirley Temple
Sandra Bullock