Can you name the actors or actresses who have starred in these biographical films?

Person	Actor or Actress	Movie
Ray Charles		Ray
Johnny Cash		Walk the Line
Beatrix Potter		Miss Potter
Jerry Lee Lewis		Great Balls of Fire
Edith Piaf		La Vie En Rose
Cleopatra VII		Cleopatra
Selena		Selena
James Braddock		Cinderella Man
Muhammad Ali		Ali
Harvey Milk		Milk
Mahatma Gandhi		Gandhi
Loretta Lynn		Coal Miner's Daughter
Cole Porter		De-Lovely
Lou Gehrig		The Pride of the Yankees
George S. Patton		Patton
Richard Nixon		Nixon
Bobby Darin		Beyond the Sea

Person	Actor or Actress	Movie
Charlie Chaplin		Chaplin
Howard Hughes		The Aviator
Eva Peron		Evita
Marquis de Sade		Quills
Larry Flynt		The People vs Larry Flynt
Andy Kaufman		Man on the Moon
Erin Brockovich		Erin Brockovich
J. M. Barrie		Finding Neverland
Rudyard Kipling		The Man Who Would Be King
Rocky Graziano		Somebody Up There Likes Me
George Reeves		Hollywoodland
Idi Amin		The Last King of Scotland
Truman Capote		Capote
Richard Nixon		Frost/Nixon
Joan Crawford		Mommy Dearest
Malcolm X		Malcolm X
Queen Elizabeth I		Elizabeth

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Biopic Actors Quiz

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Published: March 28th, 2009
Category: Movies
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Tags: Actress Quizzes, Actor Quizzes, starred, biopic, biography, film, person

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	JohnJF:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 04:48 GMT	10 points
	The Madonna movie was "Evita", not "Eva".

	MovieDynamic:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 04:56 GMT	6 points
	Additionally, Gandhi is spelled wrong.

	MovieDynamic:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 04:57 GMT	5 points
	And it's Larry Flynt, not Flint.

	jbach:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 05:00 GMT	7 points
	sweet quiz. its a great idea. it had a good mix of easy giveaways and tough ones to keep you attatched. nice job

	sammyhain2364:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 05:00 GMT	3 points
	Claudette Colbert also played Cleopatra

	MovieDynamic:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 05:00 GMT	2 points
	Anyway, great quiz. Obviously there are a lot of ones left off of here, but you can't include them all. Only missed two!

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	sarah2:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 05:42 GMT	0 points
	Good quiz, but you definitely need to know how to spell most of these.

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	swellwrench:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 08:55 GMT	14 points
	"downey" should be enough for robert downey jr.

	chikka2:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 10:15 GMT	-2 points
	How do you compare to other actors and actresses??...it's early in the morning here...what am I missing? Otherwise, delicious quiz

	toocool:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 11:18 GMT	15 points
	If you can spell Russell Crowe without the e at the end.Then why not spell Jamie Fox or Johnny Dep.You should have to know its CrowE.

	zalagreensbury:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 11:59 GMT	10 points
	Damn, being a biopic actor/actress really does mean instant Oscar Gold.

	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 12:08 GMT	5 points
	Not that it was memorable performance or anything, but it might be fun to add Cary Grant's performance as Cole Porter (there are two Nixons, afterall). I only say this because the movie is totally ridiculous; Grant as Porter is the ultimate man: a soldier, a lover (of women), a brilliant musician and a proud Yalie. Porter was still alive at the time and absolutely loved it!

	yocoy:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 13:08 GMT	7 points
	Way to contradict yourself, Knuckles.

	johnlk:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 13:13 GMT	15 points
	I agree De Niro in Raging Bull should have been included. I'd also suggest Gary Busey in The Buddy Holly Story. Maybe some much older ones - Charles Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII; George Arliss in Disraeli; Paul Muni in the Life of Emile Zola - those are pioneering early biopics. Beyond that - in what sense is The Man Who Would Be King a biopic of Kipling? Kipling appears in a frame story, but the movie isn't about his life - it's not even about something that actually happened to him. Quills isn't much of a biopic, either.

	Etheridge2:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 13:57 GMT	-2 points
	phew got them all with 1 second on the clock, but the last 4 were just by guessing noteworthy actors as i didn't know who played Graziano, marquis de sade, or beatrix potter..i did know the kipling film but I guessed connery and caine first couldn't remember the other guy

	milkmeister:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 14:20 GMT	0 points
	Robert Downey Junior one would think would be good enough, then I tried Jnr still no joy!

	Statto2:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 14:28 GMT	6 points
	The Junior part is not his surname!!! Surely Downey will do, the Jr. only distinguishes him from, I presume, his father.

	Hal_10000:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 14:40 GMT	6 points
	a good quiz, but a little too heavily weighted toward recent movies.

	GeordieGuitarist:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 14:47 GMT	4 points
	You have no idea how long it took me to spell Renee Zellweger.

	zalkon2004:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 16:04 GMT	4 points
	28 of 34, woulda had 29 but could not for the life of me figure out how to spell Cotillard!

SowCrates:

Mar 28th, 2009 at 18:53 GMT

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I do agree that this quiz was over-saturated with newer movies, as evidenced by how frequently people have missed George C. Scott compared to others, which I thought was very surprising. "The Man Who Would Be King" was supposed to be easy for me! Caine and Connery! Lousy fiction.

	ntnon:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 20:36 GMT	5 points
	I assume that "Selena" is very famous in the US...?

	debbiedoesnothin:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 21:39 GMT	5 points
	@johnlk: I agree about The Man Who Would Be King. I've seen it 5 or 6 times and couldn't remember who played Kipling because it's not about him and it's such a small part of the movie.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 21:41 GMT	2 points
	@Geordie - I confess. When I was almost done with the quiz, I googled "Zellwegger" because I couldn't remember how to spell it. I had tried everything but one G.

	bradwell:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 00:41 GMT	8 points
	in my mind googling for spelling doesn't count as cheating, if you google the movie title for the cast list, that's cheating

	mattrd08:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 01:00 GMT	3 points
	With the recent tragic death of Natasha Richardson, I'm surprised Patty Hearst isn't on here. Also, I agree with the matt above me, in that Googling for spelling is OK, but Googling for facts is cheating.

	jessbowen:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 01:35 GMT	5 points
	All I could think of was Helen Mirren for Elizabeth and am kicking myself now. Duh - Elizabeth the FIRST!

	raggedyanne:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 03:38 GMT	3 points
	I did horribly on this one but it was still fun. I found myself typing in names of other biopic stars I knew to see if they might have been included as bonuses. None were, but there is definitely enough fodder out there for a good sequel.

	Evan:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 21:07 GMT	3 points
	ok id just like to say screw you to everyone who demoted my comment, because the admins now allow JLO for jennifer lopez. honestly why so many demotions for that comment?

	marmar:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 06:54 GMT	1 point
	i knew joaquin pheonix and philip seymour hoffman and it wouldn't take! I know I was spelling them right! now i'm mad. >:(

	GKW1982:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT	1 point
	I was surprised not to see Colin Farrell (Alexander), Val Kilmer (The Doors), Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba), or Robin Williams (Patch Adams) on here.

	VintageRed:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT	2 points
	Kudos for including "The Man Who Would Be King"!

	QKDonnieSmith:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT	3 points
	I noticed they don't accept "Ghost Dog" for Idi Amin though. Unfair.

	Statto2:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 20:47 GMT	2 points
	@Nuclear Knuckles - Interesting point (harshly voted down by some!). I think one of the reason Oscar voters often favour biopic actors as these are seen as serious meaty roles in important earnest movies & I suppose you can "see" the acting as you know the actor is a very different personality to the person they're portraying. I'm not saying they're right to do so but I can see how they get voted for!

	Orhan94:	Aug 12th, 2009 at 15:42 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz, can't wait for a sequel... probably including Tom Hulce (Amadeus), F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus), Liam Neeson (Schindler's List), Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List), Helen Mirren (The Queen) etc.

	baronac:	Sep 17th, 2009 at 03:56 GMT	1 point
	A nice quiz, but would have liked to see Josh Brolin (W), Paul Giamatti (American Splendor), Gary Oldman (Immortal Beloved), and Ed Harris (Pollock).