Updated July 1, 2020 Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: “Distant Voices, Still Lives” in 1988; age 42 Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Other Noms: BAFTA nom Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen Image: character actor Last Film: Career Output: Film Career […]
Oscar Actors: Paymer, David–Background, Career, Awards
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Updated July 1, 2020 David Paymer Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: upper middle; father pianist, mother travel agent Family: Parent divorced in 1973, when he was 19 Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: The In-Laws, 1979; age 25 Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Mr. Saturday Night in […]
Oscar Actors: Davidson, Jaye–Background, Career, Awards
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He is best known for his role as the transgender woman Dil in the 1992 suspense-drama The Crying Game, for which he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
Oscar Actors: Lerner, Michael–Background, Career, Awards
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Michael Lerner played film producer Jack Lipnick in Joel Coen’s Barton Fink, for which he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
Oscar Actors: Keitel, Harvey–Background, Career, Awards
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Updated July 1, 2020 Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: NA Social Class: middle Race/Ethnicity: Polish Jews Family: Polish Jews Education: Abraham Lincoln High School; age 16 Training: Actors Studio (Lee Strasberg); HB Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Who’s That Knocking at My Door, 1967; age 28 Breakthrough Role: “Mean […]
