Question: For what role did the actor who played Jim Sherwood in the 1941 film Billy the Kid receive an Academy Award nomination ?

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Billy the Kid (1941 film): Billy the Kid is a 1941 American color remake of the 1930 film of the same name.  The film features Robert Taylor as Billy and Brian Donlevy as a fictionalized version of Pat Garrett renamed "Jim Sherwood" in the film.  Directed by David Miller and based on the book by Walter Noble Burns, the cast also included Gene Lockhart and Lon Chaney, Jr..  The film was not as well received as the 1930 original, "Billy the Kid", which had starred Johnny Mack Brown and Wallace Beery and been shot in an experimental widescreen process.

Mark Wahlberg: Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American actor, producer, businessman, former model, and former rapper.  Wahlberg was known as Marky Mark in his early career as frontman for the group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, releasing the albums "Music for the People" and "You Gotta Believe".  Wahlberg later transitioned to acting, appearing in films such as the drama "Boogie Nights" and the satirical war comedy-drama "Three Kings" during the 1990s.  In the 2000s, he starred in the biographical disaster drama "The Perfect Storm", the science fiction film "Planet of the Apes", the heist film "The Italian Job", and the Martin Scorsese-directed neo-noir crime drama "The Departed", for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.  In the 2010s, he starred in the action comedy "The Other Guys" alongside Will Ferrell, the biographical sports drama "The Fighter" (for which he earned an Academy Award nomination as a producer for Best Picture), the comedy "Ted", the war film "Lone Survivor", the crime comedy "Pain & Gain", the science fiction action film "" and the sequel "", the comedy "Daddy's Home", the disaster film "Deepwater Horizon", and the thriller "Patriots Day".

Brian Donlevy: Waldo Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 6, 1972), known as Brian Donlevy, was an American actor, noted for playing dangerous tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s.  He usually appeared in supporting roles.  Among his best-known films are "Beau Geste" (1939) and "The Great McGinty" (1940).  For his role as Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste", he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Benicio del Toro: Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor.  He won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film "Traffic" (2000).  Del Toro's performance as ex-con turned religious fanatic in despair, Jack Jordan, in Alejandro González Iñárritu's "21 Grams" (2003) earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a second Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination and a BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

John Malkovich filmography: American actor, director, and producer John Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures.  He started acting in the 1980s, appearing in the films "Places in the Heart" (1984) with Sally Field, "Death of a Salesman" (1985), "The Glass Menagerie" (1987), "Empire of the Sun" (1987), and "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988) with Glenn Close.  His role in "Places in the Heart" earned him an Academy Award nomination.  During the 1990s, he starred in the films "Of Mice and Men" (1992) as Lennie Small, "In the Line of Fire" (1993) as Mitch Leary, "Beyond the Clouds" (1995) as The Director, "The Portrait of a Lady" (1996) Gilbert Osmond, "Con Air" (1997) as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998) as Athos, "Being John Malkovich" (1999) as John Horatio Malkovich, and "" (1999) as Charles VII.  His role as Mitch Leary in "In the Line of Fire" earned him his second Academy Award nomination.

Paul Mezey: Paul S. Mezey is a New York based independent producer and founder of Journeyman Pictures.  He has produced a number of critically acclaimed films including "Maria Full of Grace" which received a 2005 Academy Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role and "Half Nelson" starring Ryan Gosling which received a 2007 Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Rupert Everett: Rupert James Hector Everett ( ; born 29 May 1959) is an English actor and writer.  He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film "Another Country" (1984) as an openly gay pupil at an English public school in the 1930s; the role earned him his first BAFTA Award nomination.  He went on to receive a second BAFTA Award nomination and his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997), followed by a second Golden Globe nomination for "An Ideal Husband" (1999).

Jackie Cooper: John "Jackie" Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor, television director, producer and executive.  He was a child actor who managed to make the transition to an adult career.  Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination.  At age nine, he was also the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role—an honor that he received for the film "Skippy" (1931).  For nearly 50 years, Cooper remained the youngest Oscar nominee in any category, until he was surpassed by Justin Henry's nomination, at age eight, in the Supporting Actor category for "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979).

Denys Arcand: Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (] ; born June 25, 1941) is a French Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer.  He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for "The Barbarian Invasions".  He has also been nominated three further times, including two nominations in the same category for "The Decline of the American Empire" in 1986 and "Jesus of Montreal" in 1989, becoming the only French-Canadian director in history to receive this number of nominations and, subsequently, to win the award.  Also for "The Barbarian Invasions", he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, losing to Sofia Coppola for "Lost in Translation".

Michael Flessas: Michael C. Flessas (born June 2, 1959 in Miami, Florida), is the birth name of American actor Michael Flessas, who is of Greek ancestry.  Flessas' most notable film role was "Angry Man" in the Cannes Film Festival 2000 Palme d'Or winning film "Dancer in the Dark" directed by Danish film director Lars von Trier.  Originally, the director himself considered playing the role but, instead, the role was given to Flessas.  "Dancer in the Dark" starred Icelandic singer/actress Björk who won the Best Actress award at Cannes for her role.  French film icon, César Award winner, and Academy Award nominee Catherine Deneuve, and other noteworthy artists such as Academy Award and Tony Award winner Joel Grey, Peter Stormare, David Morse, and Stellan Skarsgård also performed in the multiple prize winning film.  One of Björk's songs for the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song.

Supporting paragraphs: Billy the Kid (1941 film) Brian Donlevy
Answer: Sergeant Markoff