Apparently I’d already covered 2018 so this is cleaning up the modern section, which of course is probably the most likely to get asked about as people have short memories.
Questions
Strangely having starred in “Black Panther” and played Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in a role, for which film did Daniel Kaluuya earn a Best Actor Oscar nomination in 2017?
GET OUT
Gary Oldman won the Best Actor Oscar for portraying Winston Churchill in “The Darkest Hour”, a film directed by which Brit, whose other films include the 2011 thriller “Hanna” and 2021 adaptation “Cyrano”?
JOE WRIGHT
The film “Phantom Thread” saw Daniel Day-Lewis lose out on a Best Actor Oscar for portraying which fictional London fashion designer?
REYNOLDS WOODCOCK
An Oscar nomination for Best Actor was received by Timothée Chalamet for “Call Me By Your Name”, a film based on a work by which Egyptian-born author?
ANDRÉ ACIMAN
Also featuring Colin Farrell in its cast, for which 2017 title role did Denzel Washington add to his collection of Oscar nominations in the Best Actor category, the title character’s job being that of a civil rights lawyer?
ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ.
What is the real name of the character played by Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker”, a role for which he won the 2019 Best Actor Oscar?
ARTHUR FLECK
Antonio Banderas was nominated for playing film director Salvador Mallo in 2019’s “Pain & Glory”, a character who had difficulty swallowing. From the Greek, what medical term is used for such a condition?
DYSPHAGIA
Making another appearance at the Oscars after being nominated as Best Actor for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, what was the name of Leonardo di Caprio’s character in that film, a fictional actor who was famous for his role in “Bounty Law”?
RICK DALTON
Although he was not the one to win an Oscar from it, Adam Driver received his first Best Actor nomination for which 2019 film, a year after having received a Best Supporting Actor nomination?
MARRIAGE STORY
With Anthony Hopkins portraying Pope Benedict XVI, who was nominated for 2019 Best Actor for playing Jorge Bergoglio, the other figure referred to in the title of “The Two Popes”?
JONATHAN PRYCE
Anthony Hopkins took home the 2020 Best Actor Oscar for playing a Welshman living with dementia in “The Father”. That film was by which French director, who also wrote the original play it was based on and released a follow-up film called “The Son” that starred Hugh Jackman in the title role?
FLORIAN ZELLER
Directed and co-written by Darius Marder, “The Sound of Metal” saw British-born Riz Ahmed nominated for Best Actor. Along with Heems and Redinho he is a member of which hip-hop group who released the album “Cashmere”, their name rhyming with an English band formed in 1981?
SWET SHOP BOYS
A posthumous Best Actor nomination was received by Chadwick Boseman for which 2020 film that was based on a 1982 August Wilson play?
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
A film that included portrayals of Dolores del Río, Greta Garbo and Clark Gable among many others, who was nominated for Best Actor for the 2020 film “Mank” in which he played the title role?
GARY OLDMAN
Born in Seoul, which actor was given a 2020 Best Actor nomination for his role as Jacob Yi in “Minari”, the first Asian-American to receive such a nod?
STEVEN YEUN
For his role as which real-life person did Will Smith win the 2021 Best Actor Oscar?
RICHARD WILLIAMS
“Being the Ricardos” saw Javier Bardem nominated for 2021 Best Actor for portraying which real-life figure, with Nicole Kidman taking on the role of his wife?
DESI ARNAZ
Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for 2021 Best Actor for his role as Phil Burbank in “The Power of the Dog”, a film that was adapted from which Western author’s 1967 novel?
THOMAS SAVAGE
2021 Best Actor nominations were popular for portrayals of real-life figures, with Andrew Garfield joining Will Smith and Javier Bardem in this respect. Who did Garfield play the role of in “Tick, Tick… Boom!”?
JONATHAN LARSEN
What is the full title of the Shakespearean adaptation that saw Denzel Washington rack up yet another Best Actor Oscar nomination in 2021, with him unsurprisingly playing the title role?
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
A film that also starred Sadie Sink, “The Whale” saw Brendan Fraser win the 2022 Best Actor Oscar. Who was the well known director of this film?
DARREN ARONOFSKY
Now most famous for playing the title role in “Elvis”, with which actress and singer did Austin Butler have a relationship between 2011 and 2019?
VANESSA HUDGENS
Not the role he received a Best Actor nomination for in 2022, which character in the DC Universe did Colin Farrell take on in “The Batman”?
THE PENGUIN
2022 Best Actor nominee Paul Mescal starred in a 2022 take on which opera, the directorial debut of Natalie Portman’s husband Benjamin Millepied?
CARMEN
Bill Nighy was nominated for 2022 Best Actor for his role in “Living”, this being based on what other film that was partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”?
IKIRU
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