3) SEAN PENN…. was the second straight prior winner to take home Best Actor. His closest competition was MICKEY ROURKE, who was previously not nominated (ditto perceived 3rd placer Frank Langella). Despite the perception that the Oscars hand out consolation prizes to overdue actors, only TWO actors in the past fifteen years were prior nominees of an acting award, but had yet to win one. Name them.
I see 3, not 2 (depending how you interpret the "15 years" time-frame):
Penn won for Mystic River in '03 after several noms.
Russell Crowe won for Gladiator in '00 after a nom for Insider
Tom Hanks' first win for Philadelphia in '93 came after a nom for Big
I think they said 15 yrs specifically so that Hanks' win for
Forrest Gump would be a repeat, and
Philadelphia would be outside the range.
And I figured out the Kate Winslett question. I had to start looking down the list of Best Actress winners & checking their Golden Globe info on IMDb. There were 4 or 5 in the 80's or 70's that I couldn't be sure of - not remembering or never having seen the movie - but if they had a GG nom it was also for Best Actress. Once I got to the 60's it became pretty obvious who it must be, and sure enough, it checked out. But I'll leave that as a big enough hint.
Where did this come from btw?
