Updated July 15, 2020 Eddie Murphy Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Other Noms: Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen Image: character actor Last Film: Career Output: Film Career Span: Marriage: Politics: Death:   Edward Regan […]

He received the Best Male Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Best Actor Oscar for Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1985. He has received three additional Oscar nominations: Best Actor for Children of a Lesser God (1986) and Broadcast News (1987; he was nominated for Best Actor for three consecutive years) and Best Supporting Actor for A History Of Violence (2005).

Updated July 14, 2020 Thomas Haden Church Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Other Noms: Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen Image: character actor Last Film: Career Output: Film Career Span: Marriage: No Politics: Death: NA […]

He made his Broadway debut in April 2015 in Lincoln Center Theater’s revival production of The King and I in the title role. In 2015, Watanabe received his first Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical at the 69th Tony Awards for his role as The King. He is the first Japanese actor to be nominated in this category.

Updated July 14, 2020 Djimon Hounsou Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Without You I’m Nothing. 1990; age 26 Breakthrough Role: Amistad, 1997; age 33 Oscar Role: In America, soo3, age 36 Other Noms: Blood Diamond, 2006; age 39 […]