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Here's my other list. I would like to mention beforehand that one of these performances is driven mostly by effective voiceover work, but it never ceases to amaze me. Hope you like my list!
Quote: "When I was twelve, my old man went after my mother with a bottle. I got in the way."
Recognition: Chlotrudis Award win and Satellite Award nom
9. Jack Lemmon, The Apartment
Role: C.C. Baxter
Role: Michael
Quote: "That's the way it crumbles... cookie-wise."
Recognition: Oscar nom, BAFTA and Golden Globe wins
8. Robert De Niro, The Deer Hunter
Quote: "This is this. From now on, you're on your own."
Recognition: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe noms
7. Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon
Role: Sonny Wortzik
Quote: "Tell them to put their guns down!"
Recognition: BAFTA win, Oscar and Golden Globe noms
6. Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
Role: Terry Malloy
Quote: "Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you."
Recognition: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe wins
5. Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Role: Jean-Dominique Bauby
Quote: "Other than my eye, two things aren't paralyzed, my imagination and my memory."
Recognition: Cesar and Lumiere Award wins
4. Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Role: Mr. Oscar and ten others
Quote: "I'm ready."
Recognition: Chicago International Film Festival win (so far)
3. Gunnar Björnstrand, Winter Light
Role: Tomas Ericsson
Quote: "Grant us peace."
Recognition: None
2. David Thewlis, Naked
Role: Johnny
Quote: "I've got an infinite number of places to go, the problem is where to stay."
Recognition: Cannes Film Festival and NYFCC wins
1. Richard Burton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Role: George
Quote: "Did you really think I was going to kill you, Martha?"
Recognition: BAFTA win, Oscar and Golden Globe noms
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