In 2005, he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the drama Closer (2004).
He is known for his role of John McClane in the Die Hard series.
His other works include Corvette Summer (1978) and The Big Red One (1980), among other television shows and movies.
His performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
He first came to prominence for his role as IRA activist Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award.
Despite his traditional actor training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles.
At age 11, he was cast as Harry Potter in the first Harry Potter film, and starred in the series for 10 years until the release of the eighth and final film in 2011.
He also co-directed Quick Change (1990).
[Name] began his professional acting career as a youth in West End theatre before making his screen debut in 1998 with guest appearances on television.
In many of his films, he has played the 'eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter,' someone who rebels against the social structure.
He became an American citizen in 1942.
He was called 'the natural successor to Olivier' by critic and dramaturge Kenneth Tynan.
He has trained in Kung Fu and Hapkido.
He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award) and Space: 1999.
[Name] first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise (1991).
[Name] began weight training at the age of 15.
In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death; they had no children.
He started his career at age 19 in the film Endless Love (1981).
He took a break from acting to study at Columbia University, but dropped out in 2004 to pursue acting again.
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