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Best Supporting Actor Nominees

Here are the nominees for actor in a supporting role. Jared Leto, the front-runner for this award, first came into the national spotlight when he played Jordan Catalano on TV's My So-…

Reynolds, Debbie

(Encyclopedia) Reynolds, Debbie, 1932-2016, American actress, singer, and dancer, b. El Paso, Tx., as Mary Frances Reynolds. Reynolds’ family…

Sondheim, Stephen Joshua

(Encyclopedia) Sondheim, Stephen Joshua Sondheim, Stephen Joshua sôndˈhīm [key], 1930–2021, American composer and…

John Daly Biography

film producerDied: 7 November 2008Best Known as: British-born Academy Award-winning film producer Birthplace: London, England John Daly was a British-born movie…

Saul Zaentz

movie producerBorn: 2/28/1921Birthplace: Passaic, New Jersey Zaentz has a pretty good Oscar batting average. He has produced only eight movies since 1975 and three won the best picture Oscar: The…

Awards: Ask the Fact Monster Questions

More Questions Jump to a category: AnimalsArts & EntertainmentAstronomyAwardsCalendarCivicsCountriesFood & DrinkGeographyHealth & HumanityInventors &…

Richard Farnsworth

actorBorn: 9/1/1920Birthplace: Los Angeles Early in his career, the Oscar-nominated actor vowed to never take a speaking role. He kept his promise for many years, appearing in scores of films as…

Denzel Washington

actorBorn: 12/28/1954Birthplace: Mount Vernon, New York Academy Award-winning film and television actor whose films include Cry Freedom (1987), Glory (1989) (for which he won a best-supporting…

Sydney Pollack

producer, director, actorBorn: 7/1/1934Birthplace: Lafayette, Indiana A director of TV series including Ben Casey (1961) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Pollack has risen to distinction as a…

The 83rd Academy Award Hosts

The 83rd Academy Award Hosts Find out more about the hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards, James Franco and Anne Hathaway. Biographies of the Oscar HostsJames FrancoAnne HathawayReturn to…