1. Christian Bale in "The Fighter,"
Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. In addition to starring in big budget Hollywood films, he has played in films produced by independentproducers and art houses.
Bale first caught the public eye at the age of 13, when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. He played an English boy who is separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself lost in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.He has received critical acclaim for his performance in The Fighter, earning him several awards including the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also known for portraying Bruce Wayne in theBatman films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, as well as yuppie serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.
2.John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone,"
Hawkes was born John Marvin Perkins in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Patricia and Pete Perkins. He graduated from Jefferson High School] and moved to Austin, Texas, where he was a member of the band Meat Joy, with Gretchen Phillips.[3] He is also a member of the musical group King Straggler with fellow actors Rodney Eastman and Brent Gore.
Hawkes played the role of Greg Penticoff in season 1 of 24. He portrayed Dustin Powers, brother of the protagonist Kenny Powers, in the first season of the HBO series Eastbound & Down, and recently played Lennon on ABC's Lost.
His film roles include Me and You and Everyone We Know, and Wristcutters: A Love Story.
In 2011, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Winter's Bone, as well as for a number of other awards, including the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
3.Jeremy Renner in "The Town,"
Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor and musician. Renner appeared in films throughout the 2000s, mostly in supporting roles. He came to prominence in films such as Dahmer (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003) and Neo Ned (2005), and was nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the 2009 Best Picture-winning war thrillerThe Hurt Locker. The following year he appeared in the critically acclaimed film The Town. His work as "James Coughlin" in that film received a nomination for the 2010 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor plus nominations in the Supporting Actor category at the SAG Awardsand the Golden Globes.
4.Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right,"
Ruffalo was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the son of Marie Rose (née Hebert), a hairdresser and stylist, and Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, Jr., who worked as a construction painter. His father and maternal grandmother were of Italian descent, and his maternal grandfather was of French Canadian ancestry. He has two sisters, Tania and Nicole, and a brother, Scott, who died in December 2008. Ruffalo has described himself as having been a "happy kid" and his upbringing as taking place in a "very big Italian family with lots of love". Of his father, Ruffalo has said, "He was an amazing, charismatic guy who was city high school wrestling champion three times. He was away a lot when I was growing up. I was very lonely for him.” Ruffalo was raised Roman Catholic; he attended both a Catholic and a progressive school, and was raised around the local Bahá'í community, of which his father was a member. Ruffalo spent his teen years in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where his father worked. He graduated from First Colonial High School, and then moved with his family to San Diego, California, and later to Los Angeles, California. There, he took classes at theStella Adler Conservatory and co-founded the Orpheus Theatre Company. With the OTC, he wrote, directed, and starred in a number of plays, and spent the next nine years earning his money as a bartender.
5.Geoffrey Rush in "The King’s Speech"
Rush was born in Toowoomba, Australia, the son of Merle (née Kiehne), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force.[2][3] His parents divorced when he was five and his mother subsequently took him to live with her parents in suburban Brisbane.[4] Before he began his acting career, Rush attended Everton Park State High School. He also has an arts degree from the University of Queensland.[5] While at university, he was talent-spotted by Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) in Brisbane. Rush began his career in with QTC in 1971, appearing in 17 productions.
In 1975, Rush went to Paris for two years and studied mime, movement and theatre at the famous L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, before returning to Australia to resume his stage career with QTC.[3] In 1979, he shared an apartment with actor Mel Gibson for four months while they co-starred in a stage production of Waiting for Godot.
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