3 Roles, 3 Movies, 1 Actor, and a Twist II Quiz

Answer: Four Weddings and a Funeral

The Academy Award nominated romantic comedy "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994) starred Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell, but Angelina Jolie was not in the cast.

Angelina Jolie is the daughter of actor Jon Voight. In deciding on a stage name, she chose to drop her famous surname and use her first and middle names as her professional name.

Among the movie characters she has played are Margret "Legs" Sadovski, in the 1996 film "Foxfire", Sara "Sway" Wayland, in the 2000 action film "Gone in Sixty Seconds", and Kate "Acid Burn" Libby, in the 1995 film "Hackers".

Angelina has appeared in films like "Pushing Tin" in 1999, as Mary Bell. She was paired in the film with her future husband, Billy Bob Thornton. In the 1999 movie "Girl, Interrupted", she played Lea Rowe. She starred in the title role of Ellen Salt in the 2010 action thriller "Salt".

Angelina, credited under her birth name of Angelina Jolie Voight, appeared in her first movie role at the age of 12, with her famous father, in the movie "Looking To Get Out" (1982).
With over 45 movie credits, one of her most popular characters, in movies and video games, has been her Lara Croft character of the "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" series.

Angelina received the 2000 Academy Award for "Best Supporting Actress" for her performance in "Girl, Interrupted" (1999).

"Forbes Magazine" named Angelina Jolie as "Hollywood's Highest Paid Actress" in both 2001 and 2004.

Angelina Jolie Voight was born in Los Angeles, California on June 4, 1975.

Answer: Space Cowboys

The Science Fiction thriller "Space Cowboys" (2000) starred Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner, but Bruce Willis was not in it.

Bruce Willis played Detective Tom Hardy in the 1993 movie "Striking Distance", oil drilling expert Harry Stamper in "Armageddon" (1998), and John McClane in the "Die Hard" movie series.

Willis also starred as Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski in the 2000 crime comedy film "The Whole Nine Yards" with Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, and Michael Clarke Duncan. Willis played Dr. Malcolm Crowe, in the 1999 psychological thriller "The Sixth Sense" with Haley Joel Osment. In the movie "The Expendables 2" (2012) he played the character Church, sharing the screen with action movie legendary stars Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Bruce gained wide recognition during the five seasons he co-starred as private detective David Addison, on the popular television series "Moonlighting" (1985-1989), playing opposite Cybill Shepherd.

On November 27, 1987, Willis married actress Demi Moore. They parented three daughters, Rumor Willis (8-16-88), Scout LaRue Willis (7-20-91), and Tallulah Bell Willis (2-3-94). Bruce and Demi ended their marriage nearly 13 years later on October 18, 2000.

Walter Bruce Willis was born March 15,1955 in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany.

Answer: The Glimmer Man

The 1996 action film "Glimmer Man" starred Steven Seagal as a freelance former CIA operative. Tommy Lee Jones was not a part of this movie project.

Throughout his career, Tommy Lee Jones has gained a reputation for successfully going off script, ad-libbing lines of dialogue and improving his scenes.

Jones has played a variety of characters including Mike Roark, the head of Office of Emergency Management in the 1997 disaster action film "Volcano", Harvey Dent aka "Two Face" in the 1995 movie "Batman Forever", and Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb in the movie "Cobb" (1994).

Jones co-starred with Will Smith as Kevin Brown (Agent K) in the Science Fiction thriller "Men in Black" (1997). He also played Reverend Roy Foltrigg in the 1994 movie "The Client", and as no-nonsense Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard in the 1993 film "The Fugitive", starring Harrison Ford. His role in "The Fugitive" earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1993.

Tommy Lee Jones was born on September 15, 1946.

Answer: Inglourious Basterds

"Inglourious Basterds", the 2006 World War II era film by Quentin Tarantino, starred Brad Pitt in the lead role, but Morgan Freeman was not a part of that movie project.

Morgan Freeman played Speaker of the House of Representatives, Allan Turnbull, in the 2013 action film "Olympus Has Fallen". He played President of the United States, Tom Beck, in the 1998 movie "Deep Impact" and has played the role of God in two movies, "Bruce Almighty" (2003) and "Evan Almighty" in 2007.

Freeman co-starred with Tim Robbins in the 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption" as Eddie Boyd "Red" Redding. He starred with Dustin Hoffman as Brigadier General Billy Fox in the 1995 suspense film "Outbreak" and he starred with Clint Eastwood in the Academy Award winning film "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) as Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris.

During his career, Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in "Smart Street" (1987), "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) and for "Invictus" (2009).

Morgan Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for "Million Dollar Baby" in 2005.

Listed among Freeman's over 100 credits are standout performances in the movies "Glory" (1989), "Lean On Me" (1989), "Unforgiven" (1992), "Se7en" (1995), "Nurse Betty" (2000), "Batman Begins" (2005), and "The Bucket List" (2007).

Morgan Freeman was born on June 1, 1937.

Answer: Deep Impact

The 1998 space disaster movie "Deep Impact" starred Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, and Morgan Freeman, but Jodie Foster was not in that cast.

Jodie Foster's first on screen appearance came in 1965 when she appeared in a television commercial for Coppertone Suntan Lotion. Jodie was cast in the role of Iris Steensma in the film "Taxi Driver" at the age of 13. Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination. Jodie played Sarah Tobias in the 1988 film "The Accused", and played scientist Eleanor Arroway in the 1997 suspense movie "Contact".

Jodie Foster was featured in the 1976 movie "Bugsy Malone", (a gangster film with an all child cast) as Tallulah, starring with Scott Baio. Jodie played Meg Altman in the 2002 film "Panic Room" with Kristen Stewart and Forest Whitaker. She played the frantic mother Kyle Pratt in the film "Flightplan" (2005), with Peter Sarsgaard and Erika Christensen.

Jodie Foster has been featured in both television and movie roles. Jodie Foster has earned Academy Award nominations for her roles in "Taxi Driver" (1976) and for the movie "Nell" (1999). Jodie won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performances in "The Accused" (1988), in 1989, and in "Silence of the Lambs" (1991), in 1992.

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster was born November 19, 1962 in Los Angeles, California.

Answer: Con Air

"Con Air" featured a number of great actors including Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi and Ving Rhames, but not Steven Seagal.

Steven Seagal was featured in the 1996 film "Executive Decision" as Lt. Col. Austin Travis. He was Detective Gino Felino in "Out For Justice" (1991) and Lt. Jack Cole in the 1966 drama film "Glimmer Man".

Seagal had starring roles in "Under Siege" (1992) as Casey Ryback, with Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, and Erika Eleniak. He starred as Mason Storm in the 1990 drama, "Hard To Kill" with Kelly LeBrock and William Sadler. Seagal starred as Jack Taggart in the 1997 film "Fire Down Below".

In 1964, 12 year old Steven Seagal relocated with his father from Michigan to Japan. Seagal received instruction from many of the top martial artist in Japan, practicing and mastering Aikido, rising to the position of 7th degree Black Belt.
Seagal achieved the distinction of becoming the first foreigner to own and operate an Aikido Dojo (school) in Japan.
Seagal returned to the United States in 1983.

Steven Frederic Seagal was born on April 10, 1952 in Lansing, Michigan.

Answer: Million Dollar Baby

"Million Dollar Baby" (2004) was an Academy Award winning film co-produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and featuring a stellar cast, but Tom Hanks was not a part of that cast.

Tom Hanks became familiar to fans and viewers first during the two seasons (1980-1982) when he co-starred with Peter Scolari in the network comedy series "Bosom Buddies".

Movie characters played by Hanks includes Rick Gassko in the 1984 comedy "Bachelor Party", Detective Pep Streebek in the 1987 movie version of "Dragnet", and Chuck Noland, a performance that earned him an Academy Award nomination, in "Cast Away" (2000).

Tom Hanks also had the starring role in the 1993 film "Philadelphia" as Andrew Beckett. He played Vicktor Navorski in the 2004 comedy drama film "The Terminal", a film directed by Steven Spielberg, and baseball manager Jimmy Dugan in the 1992 film, "A League of Their Own", co-starring Madonna.

Tom Hanks, unquestionably one of the most versatile actors in the business achieved the rare distinction of winning back-to-back Academy Awards for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" for his performances in "Philadelphia" (1993) and in "Forrest Gump" (1994). Hanks also received nominations for the Best Actor in a Lead Role" for "Big" (1988), "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), and for "Cast Away" (2001).

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks was born in Concord California, on July 9, 1956.

Answer: The Rock

Movie superstar Denzel Washington was not in the cast of the 1986 Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer action film "The Rock", which starred Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage.

During the earlier years of his career, Denzel Washington starred as part of the ensemble cast of the medical drama television series "St. Elsewhere" as Dr. Phillip Chandler, for the entire six season run (1982-1988) of the series.

Key movie roles played by Washington included that of the rebellious army Pvt. Trip in the 1989 film "Glory", naval Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter in the 1995 submarine thriller "Crimson Tide", and army Lt. Col. Nathaniel Serling in the 1996 military drama "Courage Under Fire".

Washington played the part of attorney Nicholas Styles in the 1991 crime drama "Ricochet", which also starred John Lithgow. He played Lincoln Rhymes, a quadriplegic, police, forensic detective in "The Bone Collector" (1999) with Angelina Jolie, and commercial airline pilot Capt. William "Whip" Whitaker in the 2012 film "Flight".

Denzel Washington has over 50 movies and to his credits, and was the first African American actor to be awarded two Oscars for his performances.
Washington received the Academy Award for "Best Supporting Actor" in 1989 for "Glory". He won the Academy Award for "Best Actor" for his performance in the 2001 film "Training Day".

Notable movie role performances in Denzel Washington's career includes "The Mighty Quinn" (1989), "Mo' Better Blues" (1990), "Malcolm X" (1992), and "The Taking of Pelham 123" (2009).

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York.

Answer: There's Something About Mary

Listed in 2000, by "Total Film" magazine, as the 4th funniest movie of all time, "There's Something About Mary" (1998) starred Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, and Ben Stiller, but Julia Roberts was not in the film.

Julia Roberts played the roles of Tinkerbell in the 1991 film "Hook", Vivian Ward in the 1990 blockbuster movie "Pretty Woman", and Tess Ocean in the 2001 remake of the movie "Ocean's Eleven".

Julia picked up an Academy Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actress" for her character Shelby Eatenton Latcherie in the 1989 film "Steel Magnolias", starring with Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Shirley MacLaine.
In "Something To Talk About" (1995), Julia played Grace King Bichon. Also in the film were Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall, and Kyra Sedgwick. In the 1999 romantic comedy film "Runaway Bride", Julia played Maggie Carpenter, opposite Rich Gere.

In terms of box office revenue, Julia Roberts has established herself as one of the most successful actresses of all time.
Julia Roberts has been featured in over 50 motion pictures, starring in a number of romantic comedy movies. Roberts working on the other side of the camera, has held the title of Executive Producer on more than a half dozen films.
Julia's first Academy Award nomination (for Best Supporting Actress) came in 1989, with her performance in "Steel Magnolias".
The breakthrough part for Roberts was the role of Vivian Ward in the 1990 hit movie Pretty Woman, with Richard Gere.
Julia Roberts' title role performance in the 2000 film "Erin Brockovich" resulted in winning the Best Actress award by 13 different entertainment entities that bestows such awards, including The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (The Oscar), The Golden Globes Awards (The Golden Globe), BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards, and SAG (Screen Actors Guild) awards for 2001.

Additional movies displaying Julia's talents were "Flatliners" (1990), "The Pelican Brief" (1993), "Mary Reilly" (1996), "Conspiracy Theory" (1997), "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997), "Notting Hill" (1999) and "Mona Lisa Smile" (2003).

Julie Fiona Roberts was born in Atlanta, Georgia (not Smyrna, Georgia as is often reported) on October 28,1967. Because another actress was registered as Julie Roberts, Roberts used Julia as her stage name.

Answer: Crimson Tide

The 1995 submarine warfare thriller "Crimson Tide" starred Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington, two fine actors, but it did not feature Harrison Ford.

In one of Harrison Ford's early acting jobs, he played Bob Falfa in the 1973 film "American Graffiti". Ford played the role of Det. Capt. John Book in the 1985 classic film "Witness", and he was United States President John Marshall in the 1997 suspense thriller "Air Force One".

Ford starred with Virginia Madsen, as Jack Stanfield in "Firewall" (2006). He was Sgt. Joe Gavilan in the 2003 film "Hollywood Homicide" with Josh Hartnett, and aviator Quinn Harris in the 1998 film "Six Days, Seven Nights" opposite Anne Heche.

Harrison Ford will probably be best remembered for his roles in two popular movie franchises. Ford starred as Han Solo in the "Star Wars" series, and as Indiana Jones in the "Indiana Jones/Raiders of the Lost Ark" movie series.

Among the many awards, honors, and acknowledgments bestowed on him during his career, Ford was named by the British movie magazine "Empire" as number one on their list of "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time". In 1998, "People Magazine" named Ford as the "Sexiest Man Alive". In the 2001 edition of the "Guinness Book of World Records", Harrison Ford is listed as the richest male actor.

Harrison Ford, who formerly worked as a Master Carpenter before entering the entertainment industry, was born on July 13, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois.