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Name Dropping #41: Best Actor Oscars (1981-1990)

Complete the name of each actor by evaluating the hints and selecting the actor’s surname from among the choices provided. The principle hint is the actor’s forename(s). The additional hint contains a designation of whether the Oscar Award earned was for Best Actor (BA) or Best Supporting Actor (BSA), the year of the awards ceremony and the title of the film for which the performance was recognized.

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Daniel
BA, 1989, My Left Foot
Ben
BA, 1982, Gandhi
Kevin
BSA, 1988, A Fish Called Wanda
Michael
BSA, 1986, Hannah and Her Sisters
Paul
BA, 1986, The Color of Money
Don
BSA, 1985, Cocoon
John
BSA, 1981, Arthur
Jack
BSA, 1983, Terms of Endearment
Joe
BSA, 1990, GoodFellas
Jeremy
BA, 1990, Reversal of Fortune
Michael
BA, 1987, Wall Street
Sean
BSA, 1987, The Untouchables
William
BA, 1985, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Dustin
BA, 1988, Rain Man
Louis
BSA, 1982, An Officer and a Gentleman
Henry
BA, 1981, On Golden Pond
Robert
BA, 1983, Tender Mercies
F. Murray
BA, 1984, Amadeus
Denzel
BSA, 1989, Glory
Haing S.
BSA, 1984, The Killing Fields
Abraham
Ameche
Caine
Connery
Day-Lewis
Douglas
Duvall
Fonda
Gielgud
Gossett Jr.
Hoffman
Hurt
Irons
Kingsley
Kline
Newman
Ngor
Nicholson
Pesci
Washington
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