Sam Shepard was an American actor, screenwriter, playwright, director, and author.
 The following is his screen filmography as an actor, screenwriter, and director.
 Shepard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film "The Right Stuff".
 The following year, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing "Paris, Texas" (1984).
 For his role in the 1999 television film "Dash and Lilly", he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.
Syriana is the original soundtrack, on the RCA Victor label, of the 2005 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film "Syriana" starring Kayvan Novak, Matt Damon, George Clooney (who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Bob Barnes" in this film), Christopher Plummer, Jeffrey Wright and Chris Cooper.
 The original score and songs were composed by Alexandre Desplat.
This is a list of winners of the Academy Award of Merit for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry.
 More popularly known as the Academy Award (or the Oscar) for Best Supporting Actor, this award was initially presented at the 9th Academy Awards ceremony for 1936 and was most recently presented at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony for 2015.
 Throughout the past 80 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 81 Best Supporting Actor awards to 73 different actors.
 This list is current as of the 89th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 26, 2017.
Ronald Lee Ermey (born March 24, 1944), known professionally as R. Lee Ermey, or even Lee Ermey, is an American actor and voice actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in "Full Metal Jacket", which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
 He is a former United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant; during his tenure in the U.S. Marine Corps, he served as a drill instructor.
The Junction Boys is a 2002 television film about the Junction Boys and based on Jim Dent's 2001 book "The Junction Boys".
 It first aired on ESPN on December 14, 2002 and starred Tom Berenger as Bear Bryant.
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally by his stage name Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and comedian.
 He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film "Ray".
 The same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film "Collateral".
 As of spring 2017, Foxx serves as host and executive producer of the new Fox game show "Beat Shazam".
Nandalal Krishnamoorthy better known by his stage name Nandu is an Indian film actor primarily working in Malayalam films.
 Although he has been in the industry for more than 20 years, he is acclaimed for his performance in Mohanlal' s "Spirit" directed by Ranjith.
 He was also seen in many Priyadarsan films.
 He received SIIMA award for best supporting actor,for the movie 'Spirit'.
Tom Berenger (born Thomas Michael Moore; May 31, 1949) is an American television and motion picture actor.
 He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in "Platoon" (1986).
 He is also known for playing Jake Taylor in the "Major League" films and Thomas Beckett in the "Sniper" films.
 Other films he appeared in include "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977), "The Dogs of War" (1980), "The Big Chill" (1983), "Eddie and the Cruisers" (1983), "Betrayed" (1988), "The Field" (1990), "Gettysburg" (1993), "The Substitute" (1996), "One Man's Hero" (1999), "Training Day" (2001), and "Inception" (2010).
William J. "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor.
 A member of the experimental theatre company the Wooster Group, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles as Elias in Oliver Stone's "Platoon" (1986) and Max Schreck in the comedy-horror film "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000).
 His other film appearances include "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Mississippi Burning" (1988),"The English Patient" (1996), "American Psycho" (2000), the "Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–2007), "John Wick" (2014), "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014), and "Justice League" (2017).
 He has also had voice roles in "Finding Nemo" (2003) and its sequel "Finding Dory" (2016), "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009), "John Carter" (2012) and the recent adaptation of "Death Note" (2017).
Aaron Paul Sturtevant (born August 27, 1979), known as Aaron Paul, is an American actor.
 He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series "Breaking Bad", for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2014), the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2013), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
 This made him the only actor to win the latter category three times (2010, 2012, 2014), since its separation into drama and comedy.
 He has also won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television three times (2009, 2011, 2013), more than any other actor in that category.

Question: What American actor starred in the 2002 television film about the Junction Boys and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best supporting Actor for his role as Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in the movie 'Platoon'?
Answer: Tom Berenger (born Thomas Michael Moore; May 31, 1949) is an American television and motion picture actor.