Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is a film producer and actor from the United States. DiCaprio is well-known for his work in biopics and period pieces, and he has received several awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. His films have made over $7.2 billion worldwide as of 2019, and he has been named on the yearly list of the world's highest-paid actors eight times.

DiCaprio began his career in the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials. In the early 1990s, he had recurring roles in various television shows, such as the sitcom Parenthood, and had his first major film part as author Tobias Wolff in This Boy's Life (1993). At age 19, he received critical acclaim and his first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his performance as a developmentally disabled boy in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He achieved international stardom with the star-crossed romances Romeo and Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997). In 2020, DiCaprio served as an executive producer for The Right Stuff, a television series adaption of the 1973 namesake book. After being in development at National Geographic for three years, it was released on Disney+ in October.

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Born: Nov 11, 1974

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 1
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 3
  
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Wins: 1

Matthew David McConaughey (November 4, 1969) is an actor from the United States. He originally earned attention for his supporting appearance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), which many believe to be his breakthrough role. After appearing in a series of supporting parts in films such as Angels in the Outfield (1994) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), he made his debut as a leading man in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1995).

The roles he took on in films like Dallas Buyers Club, Free State of Jones, and Interstellar demanded more than your typical actor, and McConaughey delivered. McConaughey has appeared in 51 films, for which he has garnered 37 awards and 89 nominations. His biggest honors include an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club. Other honors included a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

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Born: Nov 04, 1969

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 1
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 1
  
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Wins: 1

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an actor, director, and producer from the United States. He has been regarded as an actor who "reconfigured the notion of classic cinema stardom" for his performances on the film and stage. He has worked with filmmakers such as Spike Lee, Antoine Fuqua, and Tony Scott on several occasions. He has received two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award. He earned the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. The New York Times named him the finest actor of the twenty-first century in 2020.

In 2010, he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in the Broadway version of August Wilson's play Fences. Washington then directed, produced, and acted in the 2016 film adaption, which received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Washington. He also produced Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, which was adapted into a film (2020). In 2014, he participated in the Broadway revivals of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh.

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Born: Dec 28, 1954

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Tony Award, Wins: 1

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a film and television actor from the United States. He is considered an American cultural icon and is known for both humorous and serious parts. He is one of the most renowned and recognizable cinema stars in the world. Hanks' films have made more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion globally, making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in the country.

Hanks has received two Academy Awards out of six nominations. Hanks has also received seven Primetime Emmy Awards for his role as a producer on a number of limited series and television movies, including From the Earth to the Moon, Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific. In 2002, he got the AFI Life Achievement Award. In 2004, he was awarded the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 2014, he was honored by the Kennedy Center, and in 2016, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama, as well as the French Legion of Honor. He earned the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes in 2020.

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Born: Jul 09, 1956

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 4
  
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 8

Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an actor and director from the United States. Throughout his five-decade career, he has garnered countless honors, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him one of the few actors to have won the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts.

Throughout his career, Pacino has been nominated for and won several honors, including nine Oscar nominations (winning one), 18 Golden Globe nominations (winning four), five BAFTA nominations (winning one), two Primetime Emmy Awards for his television work, and two Tony Awards for his theatrical work. Pacino received a lifetime achievement award from the American Cinema Institute in 2007, and British television audiences picked Pacino as the best film performer of all time in a Channel 4 poll in 2003.

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Born: Apr 25, 1940

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 1
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 5
  
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 2

Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and film producer better known by his stage name The Fresh Prince. Smith is widely regarded as a trailblazer in music, television, and cinema, and has received several honors, including four Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for four Academy Awards (including one for Best Picture) and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Time magazine named him one of the world's 100 most important people in 2006, while Esquire named him one of the 75 most influential individuals of the twenty-first century two years later. His films have generated more than $9.3 billion at the global box office as of 2021, and Smith maintains multiple US and foreign box office records.

Smith's portrayal of Bennet Omalu in Concussion (2015) was positively received, followed by portrayals of Deadshot in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) superhero film Suicide Squad (2016) and Genie in the live-action Aladdin (2019). Smith's portrayal of Richard Williams in King Richard (2021) was critically acclaimed, winning the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor, and receiving his third Academy Award nomination for the role.

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Born: Sep 25, 1968

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• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 1
  
• Grammy Awards, Wins: 2
  
• MTV Movie & TV Awards, Wins: 5

William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Golden Globe Awards for his acting, in addition to a second Academy Award, a second British Academy Film Award, a third Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as a producer under his production company, Plan B Entertainment.

Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road film Thelma & Louise (1991). His first leading roles in big-budget productions came with the drama films A River Runs Through It (1992) and Legends of the Fall (1994), and the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994). He gave critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven (1995) and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys (1995), the latter earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination. As a public figure, Pitt has been cited as one of the most powerful and influential people in the American entertainment industry. For many years, he was cited as the world's most attractive man by various media outlets, and his personal life is the subject of wide publicity.

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Born: Dec 18, 1963

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 1

John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker whose career spanned more than 50 years. He is known for having played a wide range of starring and supporting roles, including comic characters, romantic leads, anti-heroes and villains. In many of his films, he played the "eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter", someone who rebels against the social structure. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards.

Nicholson's role is surprising and complicated in every film in which he appears. You never know what to expect from Nicholson — his ability to surprise his audience and adapt to such tough and odd roles is what makes Nicholson such a joy to watch. Not to add that he portrays likable characters, putting him at the top of our list of the finest American actors in Hollywood. Nicholson has appeared in 56 films and garnered 87 awards and 101 nominations over his career.

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Born: Apr 22, 1937

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 3
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 7
  
• Grammy Awards, Wins: 1

Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. is an actor, producer, and director from the United States. He is most known for his nine collaborations with filmmaker Martin Scorsese, for which he received two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2009, De Niro got the Kennedy Center Honor, and in 2016, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama.

But De Niro's performance as a gangster isn't his only strength. He's established his value as an amazing actor in a number of parts, including Dirty Grandpa, in which he demonstrated his comedic side. It's evident that everywhere Robert De Niro is cast - whether it drama, thriller, or even comedy – the picture benefits from his presence, cementing him as one of Hollywood's top American performers. Since he began acting, Robert De Niro has appeared in 107 films, for which he has garnered 55 awards out of 97 nominations.

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Born: Aug 17, 1943

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 2
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 2
• MTV Movie & TV Awards, Wins: 1

Robert John Downey Jr. is a producer and actor from the United States. His career has been marked by critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a time of substance misuse and legal problems, before resuming commercial success later in his career. Time magazine named Downey one of the 100 most important persons in the world in 2008, while Forbes ranked him Hollywood's highest-paid actor from 2013 to 2015.

Bond completion providers initially refused to cover Downey unless Mel Gibson paid the insurance bond for the 2003 picture The Singing Detective. He also appeared in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), the thriller Zodiac (2007), and the action-comedy Tropic Thunder (2008), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Downey rose to international prominence as Tony Stark / Iron Man in 10 Marvel Studios films, beginning with Iron Man (2008). He also starred as Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009), for which he won his second Golden Globe, and in its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).

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Born: Apr 04, 1965

Awards:

• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Wins: 1
  
• British Academy Film Awards, Wins: 1