Tom Berenger

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Platoon

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sdea1974 — 9 years ago(August 27, 2016 02:00 AM)

How the hell did he not win an Oscar for this. Just watched it again tonight. Amazing performance. Totally robbed

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Zach126 — 9 years ago(August 29, 2016 03:10 PM)

I agree. He was perfect in the role and did a fabulous job. So did Dafoe. But the Academy seems to have a snobbish attitude toward awarding actors in war films. Not even Brando or Sheen won an Oscar for Apocalypse Now. The only awards they ever seem to give out are ones for technical stuff like: Best Sound Editing or Best Cinematography.
Hopefully, someday, they will start giving actors in war films more rspect.

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Gaston_Boykins — 9 years ago(September 07, 2016 09:35 PM)

Best Actor in War films:
Alec Guinness,
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Emil Jannings,
The Last Command
George C. Scott,
Patton
Gary Cooper,
Sergeant York
William Holden,
Stalag 17
Best Supporting Actor in War films:
Dean Jagger,
Twelve O'Clock High
Haing S. Ngor,
The Killing Fields
Christoph Waltz,
Inglourious Basterds
Denzel Washington,
Glory
Christopher Walken,
The Deer Hunter