| Hint | Person | Extra Info |
| Was nominated 16 times for an acting Academy Award, more often than any other performer. | |
| Tore his Achilles tendon during the production of an 2004 movie. | |
| Has starred in two TV series in which his character has been named 'Charlie.' | |
| He never won a best director Oscar in competition, but was awarded the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award at the 1967 Oscars. | |
| Has worked with both Hector Elizondo and Richard Gere in two different movies. | |
| The only African-American actor/actress to appear in three Best Picture Oscar Winners. | |
| Two of her four Oscar-nominated roles were directed by her then boyfriends. | |
| Mentioned in a Neil Young, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen and The Cult song. | |
| In 1994, he became the seventh youngest actor ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor at the age of 19 years. | |
| Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote a tribute. A song later re-recorded with updated lyrics in memory of Princess Diana. | |