Heath Ledger is the only actor to win an Oscar for appearing in a comic book movie. He appeared in The Dark Knight and portrayed the Joker.
The first movie to win the Best Picture Oscar was Wingsin 1929.
Russell Crowe.
An Oscar is mearly an award that shows outstanding achievement in some category of movies. This would improve the career by being wanted more by directors and casting. Therefore boosting the popularity of the person. Also if the actor/actress is presented in a movie preview as an Oscar winner, then that would bring in more people.
George Clooney and Tom Wilkinson were nominated for Best Actor and Supporting Actor, respectively, for their roles in Michael Clayton. Tilda Swinton won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie.
Nicolas Cage.
Denzel Washington won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the movie "Glory" (1989) and an Oscar for Best Actor for the movie "Training Day" (2001).
Two-time Best Actor Oscar winner Tom Hanks was born in 1956.
Will Smith voiced the character of Oscar in Shark Tale.
The first movie to win the Best Picture Oscar was Wingsin 1929.
Warner Baxter.
Nobody won an Oscar for the movie, but Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for the "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" Oscar for his work in the movie.
Hattie McDaniel was the first black performer to win an Oscar for acting, which she won as Best Supporting Actress for "Gone With The Wind" in 1939. It would be 24 years before another black actor won an Oscar, when Sidney Poitier won Best Actor for "Lilies of the Field" in 1963.
Russell Crowe.
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Yes, Peter Finch posthumously won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the 1976 movie "Network".
An Oscar is mearly an award that shows outstanding achievement in some category of movies. This would improve the career by being wanted more by directors and casting. Therefore boosting the popularity of the person. Also if the actor/actress is presented in a movie preview as an Oscar winner, then that would bring in more people.
Ben Kingsley won the 1982 Oscar for best actor in the movie "Gandhi" for his role as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.