Best actor of 1980 (no order)
by salvadoras | created - 05 Feb 2011 | updated - 25 Nov 2021 | Public
1. John Hurt
Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ...
for "Elephant man"
2. Brandon Maggart
Actor | Dressed to Kill
Brandon Maggart was born on December 12, 1933 in Carthage, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Dressed to Kill (1980), The World According to Garp (1982) and Christmas Evil (1980). He was previously married to Lu Jan Hudson.
for "You better watch out"
3. Joe Spinell
Actor | Taxi Driver
Joseph J. Spagnuolo was born on October 28, 1936 in Manhattan, New York City at his family's apartment on 2nd Avenue. Spinell was a tough guy on and off the screen all his life. During his teen years, while still in high school, he acted in various plays on the New York stage, on and off Broadway, ...
for "Maniac"
4. Dennis Christopher
Actor | Django Unchained
Dennis Christopher was born on December 2, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Django Unchained (2012), Breaking Away (1979) and Fade to Black (1980).
for "Fade to black"
5. Fernando Ramos da Silva
Actor | Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
Fernando was the star of only one film in his short life. He played Pixote - a street child - in Pixote (1980). During his short period of fame, Fernando was seen as a symbol of hope for the Brazilian street kids. He grew up in a poor neighborhood of Diadema - a industrial city close to São Paulo -...
for "Pixote"
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