Famous People with Dyslexia ~ Actors
Jack Nicholson (born April
22, 1937) is an
iconic, three-time Academy
Award and seven time Golden
Globe winning American
method actor known for
his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic
characters. He has been
nominated for an Academy Award
12 times (winning 3 of them), more than any other male actor, and
second only to Meryl Streep
(who has 13 nominations and 2 wins) in total nominations. He is
tied with Walter Brennan
for most wins by a male actor, and second to Katharine
Hepburn for most acting wins overall (Hepburn had 4). He
has also won seven Golden Globe
Awards and he received a Kennedy
Center Honors in 2001.
Robin Williams (born July
21, 1951) is an
Academy Award-winning
American actor
and comedian. As an actor
he has had starring roles on television, stage, and film. The majority
of Williams' acting career has been in film, although he has given
some memorable performances on stage as well (notably as Estragon
in a production of Waiting for
Godot). His first starring roles, Popeye
(1980) and The World According
to Garp (1982), were both considered flops, but with Good
Morning, Vietnam (1987) Williams was nominated for an Academy
Award and established a screen identity. Many of his roles
have been comedies tinged with pathos, for example, The
Birdcage, Mrs. Doubtfire.
Tom
Cruise (born July
3, 1962) is a three-time
Academy Award-nominated,
Golden Globe Award-winning
American actor
and film producer. Counted
as one of the most successful movie stars in Hollywood,
he is the only actor to have six consecutive $100 million plus blockbusters
on his resume. His first leading role in a blockbuster movie was 1983's
Risky Business. From
then on, he starred in many top films, becoming an iconic celebrity
of Hollywood. Despite the recent scrutinizing media coverage of his
personal life, mainly regarding his support of Scientology
and his related criticism of psychiatry, he remains a star of worldwide
renown.