Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer who made his film debut with a minor role in the 1981 romantic drama "Endless Love".
 Two years later he made his breakthrough by starring in the romantic comedy "Risky Business" (1983), which garnered Cruise his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
 In 1986, Cruise played a fighter pilot in the Tony Scott-directed action drama "Top Gun" (the highest-grossing film that year), and also starred opposite Paul Newman in the Martin Scorsese-directed drama "The Color of Money".
 Two years later he played opposite Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award for Best Picture-winning drama "Rain Man" (1988), and also appeared in the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture-winning romantic drama "Cocktail" (1988).
 In doing so Cruise became the first and only person as of 2014 to star in a Best Picture Oscar winner and a Worst Picture Razzie winner in the same year.
 His next role was as anti-war activist Ron Kovic in the drama adaptation of Kovic's memoir of the same name, "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989).
 For his performance Cruise received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Nay Toe (Burmese: နေတိုး ] ; born Nay Lin Aung on 9 September 1981) is a Myanmar Academy Award-winning film actor and a comedian with the Burmese traditional dance troupe Htawara Hninzi.
 He won his first Academy Award for best actor with the 2009 film " Moe Nya Einmet Myu" and won second academy award for best leading actor in 2015 in "Moe Nya Eate Mat Phyu" (မိုးညအိပ်မက်ဖြူ ).
 In 2015, he won his next Academy Award for best actor with "Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal (နက္ခတ်မှားတဲ့ တိုက်ပွဲ)."
Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor, film producer and musician.
 Although a New Zealand citizen, he has lived most of his life in Australia.
 He came to international attention for his role as the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film "Gladiator", directed by Ridley Scott, for which Crowe won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, an Empire Award for Best Actor and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and 10 further nominations for best actor.
Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'CBE', '4': "} (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor.
 He portrayed Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom "Yes Minister" and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, "Yes, Prime Minister".
 For this role, he won four BAFTA TV Awards for Best Light Entertainment Performance.
 He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying King George III in "The Madness of King George" (1994).
 He later won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor, for the 1996 series "The Fragile Heart".
 He was also an Olivier Award and Tony Award winner for his work in the theatre.
Daniel Peter O'Herlihy (May 1, 1919 – February 17, 2005) was an Irish-born film actor, known for such roles as Brigadier General Warren A. "Blackie" Black in "Fail Safe", Conal Cochran in "", "The Old Man" in "RoboCop", and Andrew Packard in "Twin Peaks".
 He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1954 film "Adventures of Robinson Crusoe".
Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor and former model.
 He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film "The Prince of Tides".
 He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for "Affliction" (1998) and "Warrior" (2011).
 His other film appearances include "The Deep" (1977), "48 Hrs.
" (1982), "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986), "Another 48 Hrs.
" (1990), "Everybody Wins" (1990), "Cape Fear" (1991), "Lorenzo's Oil" (1992), "The Thin Red Line" (1998), "The Good Thief" (2002), "Hulk" (2003), "Hotel Rwanda" (2004), "Tropic Thunder" (2008), "A Walk in the Woods" (2015) and "The Ridiculous 6" (2015).
 He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for his role in the TV series "Graves" (2016–present).
American actor Dustin Hoffman began his career by appearing in an episode of "Naked City" in 1961.
 His first theatrical performance was 1961's "A Cook for Mr. General" as Ridzinski.
 Following several guest appearances on television, he starred in the 1966 play "Eh?
"; his performance garnered him both a Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award.
 Hoffman made his film debut in 1967 when he appeared in the comedy "The Tiger Makes Out".
 In the same year, his breakthrough role as Benjamin "Ben" Braddock, the title character in Mike Nichols' comedy-drama "The Graduate", led to Hoffman achieving star status and his first Academy Award nomination.
 He then acted in the play "Jimmy Shine" as the eponymous character and the comedy film "Madigan's Millions" (both 1968).
 In 1969, he starred alongside Jon Voight in the Academy Award for Best Picture winner "Midnight Cowboy", which Hoffman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor a second time.
Sword of Venus is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Harold Daniels and written by Jack Pollexfen and Aubrey Wisberg.
 The film stars Robert Clarke, Catherine McLeod, Dan O'Herlihy, William Schallert and Marjorie Stapp.
 The film was released on February 20, 1953, by RKO Pictures.
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".
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-born Australian actor.
 He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film "Network", which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes.
 He was the first of two persons to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category, and coincidentally also the first of the two Australian actors to have done so, the other being Heath Ledger.

Question: What year was a star of Sword of Venus nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor?
Answer: 1954