In addition Mr. Kaufman invents a twin brother, Donald, who appears both in the film (Nicolas Cage, in an Oscar-nominated double role) and in the movie's actual screen credits.

It is about a Prohibition-era hit man (Tom Hanks) fleeing with his young son from gangsters sent by his former boss (Paul Newman, in an Oscar-nominated role) to kill them.

'The large Red Indian that's been standing here says you have an Oscar-nominated role coming up.'

So her characters are never as uncomplicated or user-friendly as the prostitutes played by Elisabeth Shue and Mira Sorvino in their Oscar-nominated roles.

Anthony Perkins, the American actor best known for his Oscar-nominated role in the film Friendly Persuasion (1956) and as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).

Ms. Winfrey first came to national attention in 1985 for her Oscar-nominated role in the film version of "The Color Purple," directed by Steven Spielberg.

According to son Scott his mother never forgot about her childhood hometown, using the mental image of a Jamesport cemetery in preparation for her Oscar-nominated role in Our Town.

The Tattooist in David Cronenberg's film Eastern Promises (2007), where he was also the Ukrainian-Russian Dialect Coach to Viggo Mortensen in his 2008 Oscar-nominated role.

Cher, who plays his biker mother, had just established her dramatic acting credentials with an Oscar-nominated role in "Silkwood."

Ms. Blethyn is probably best known for her Oscar-nominated role in Mike Leigh's "Secrets and Lies."