03-11-2021, 12:23 PM
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
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
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