From Lance McMillian:
Javier Bardem is nominated for Best Actor for his performance in Biutiful, and Geoffrey Rush is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his work in The King's Speech. Wins by Bardem and/or Rush would put the winning individual(s) into an exclusive club: actors and actresses who have won Oscars in both the lead and supporting acting categories. There are eleven such individuals. Name them.
Pictured: Shakespeare in Love (1998), a Best Picture winner that brought Geoffrey Rush his first (and only other) nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He lost to James Coburn (Affliction).
Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver (supporting actress), Silence of the Lambs and The Accused (best actress).
Posted by: Jacqui Lipton | February 20, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Denzel Washington won a supporting actor Oscar for Glory, and a best actor Oscar for Training Day.
Posted by: 1styrprof | February 20, 2011 at 12:48 PM
Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects (Supporting Actor) and American Beauty (Actor).
Gene Hackman for The French Connection (Actor) and Unforgiven (Supporting Actor).
Meryl Streep for Sophie's Choice (Actress) and Kramer vs. Kramer (Supporting Actress).
Posted by: Garrett | February 20, 2011 at 01:16 PM
Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment (Supporting); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest & As Good As It Gets (Lead)
Posted by: Colin Miller | February 20, 2011 at 01:24 PM
Jack Lemmon (supporting in Mister Roberts, and leading in Save the Tiger).
Ingrid Bergman (supporting for Murder on the Orient Express, and leading in both Gaslight and Anastasia).
Posted by: Tim Zinnecker | February 20, 2011 at 02:05 PM
"Save the Tiger" is a forgotten gem and maybe Lemmon's best performance ever. Here was my review of it when it was released on DVD:
http://www.media-party.com/discland/2005/12/save-the-tiger.html
Posted by: Colin Miller | February 20, 2011 at 02:28 PM
Washington, Spacey, Hackman, Streep, Nicholson, Lemmon, and Bergman are correct. Foster is incorrect, as she did not win for Taxi Driver. Four more left.
Posted by: Lance McMillian | February 20, 2011 at 05:35 PM
Helen Hayes (supporting for Airport, lead for The Sin of Madelon Claudet).
Posted by: Tim Zinnecker | February 20, 2011 at 07:11 PM
Helen hayes is correct. Three left.
Posted by: Lance McMillian | February 20, 2011 at 07:29 PM
Robert DeNiro won best supporting actor for Godfather 2 and best actor for Raging Bull.
Posted by: 1styrprof | February 20, 2011 at 08:47 PM
Jessica Lange won best supporting actress for Tootsie and best actress for Blue Sky.
Posted by: anon | February 20, 2011 at 09:03 PM
De Niro and Lange are correct. And then there was one.
Posted by: Lance McMillian | February 20, 2011 at 10:04 PM
Maggie Smith for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Actress) and California Suite (Supporting Actress).
Posted by: Garrett | February 20, 2011 at 11:29 PM
Maggie Smith is the last correct answer.
Posted by: Lance McMillian | February 21, 2011 at 09:41 AM