Question: The actor that played the starring role in a 1996 historical biopic about the Civil War also played the starring role in what 1993 Oscar winner?

Context articles: Stephen Nicholas (actor)
Tom Cruise filmography
El Presidente (film)
Michael Collins (film)
Liam Neeson filmography
Roger Garrett (actor)
Claire Forlani
Economy of Liberia
Kenneth Thomson (actor)
Jean Paul Leroux

Stephen Nicholas (born 23 August 1978) also known as Stephen Charles Nicholas is an actor and presenter from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
 Stephen currently lives in Sheffield, his first role was on Sky One's Dream Team, where he played Scott Ward.
 From there, he filmed the first in the trilogy Goal!
 (In which he played a Newcastle United Reserves player).
 Following this, he moved to Los Angeles, where he played Smith in the feature film Futbaal: The Price of Dreams.
 Stephen then returned to the UK to make a Bollywood film called Dhana Dhana Goal with John Abraham.
 Stephen then experienced his first opportunity in reality TV with the show Premier League All Stars for Sky One, as well as playing a footballer, he was on-hand to present celebrity gossip and pitch side reports.
 He then appeared in Celebrity Most Haunted and Date the Enemy.
 From there he then went on to star in Goal 3 where he not only acted in the film he also became the football choreographer and choreographed all the football scenes in the film.
 Nicholas then starred in the film Damned United where he played Welsh international Alan Durban, the film was filmed in Chesterfield and Leeds and was directed by Oscar winner Tom Hooper and also starred Oscar nominated Michael Sheen.
 Stephens next production was the feature film called 'No Way Back Now'about the notorious Manchester district of Moss Side, where Stephen played the lead actor Stuart Gavin,The feature is roughly based on the notorious Gooch gang that terrorised Manchester throughout the years.
 The next move for Stephen was pantomime where he was part of the production Aladdin over the Christmas period of 2015 in Doncaster playing Abanaza the main villain which he did until January 7, 2016!
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 He has recently been cast in the up-and-coming Feature Film 'Whiteblade' where he will play Thurstan the head Warlord Whiteblade is currently in production and Stephen is shooting his scenes in August 2016.
 In September 2016 Stephen will be presenting the Sky TV show 'Britz go Bollywood' the show consists of a group of Celebrities being dressed by The best Indian designers, Stephen is the main presenter of the show which will be screened live September 2, 2016.
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.
El Presidente (English: The President; Filipino: "Ang Pangulo") is a 2012 historical biopic film based on the life of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the Philippine Republic.
 The film stars Jeorge "E.R." Ejercito Estregan in the title role, with Nora Aunor, Christopher de Leon, Cristine Reyes, and Cesar Montano (who played Andrés Bonifacio).
Michael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson as Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War.
 It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Liam Neeson is an Irish actor and voice actor, who rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner "Schindler's List".
 He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including "", "Taken", "Michael Collins", "Les Misérables", "Batman Begins", "Kinsey", "Clash of the Titans", and "The Chronicles of Narnia" series.
 He has been nominated for a number of awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. "
Empire" magazine ranked Neeson among both the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" and "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time."
Roger Lee Garrett (July 16, 1940 – May 23, 2000) was an American actor.
 He acted on stage, and played supporting roles in television series and films.
 He had a starring role in the West Coast production of "Fortune and Men's Eyes" (1969), and a starring role in the horror/thriller motion picture "Night of the Cobra Woman" (1972).
Claire Antonia Forlani (born 17 December 1971) is an English actress.
 She became known in the mid-1990s for her leading role in the film "Mallrats", and in the Jean-Michel Basquiat 1996 biopic "Basquiat", later in 1998, she achieved wide recognition for starring in the fantasy romance film "Meet Joe Black".
 Other notable films include "Boys and Girls" (2000), "The Medallion" (2003) and "In the Name of the King" (2007).
 Forlani also has appeared in numerous TV films and series, including her starring role on the historical-fantasy-drama series "Camelot", and her recurring roles on the CBS action series "", "" and "Hawaii Five-0".
Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world, and its economy is extremely underdeveloped, largely due to the First Liberian Civil War in 1989-96.
 The civil war destroyed much of Liberia's economy, especially the infrastructure in and around Monrovia.
 The war also caused a brain drain and the loss of capital, as the civil war involved overthrowing the Americo-Liberian minority that ruled the country.
 Some returned during 1997, but many have not.
Kenneth Thomson (January 7, 1899 – January 26, 1967) was an American character actor active during the silent and early sound film eras.
 He, along with his wife Alden Gay, was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.
 The group was founded after meetings held at the Thomsons' home during 1933.
 During his brief twelve-year career in front of the camera, he appeared in over 60 films.
 After appearing in several Broadway plays during the early and mid-1920s, Thomson would make his film debut with a starring role in 1926's "Risky Business".
 Over the next four years, he would appear in over a dozen films, in either starring or featured roles.
 In 1930 alone he would appear in ten films, half of which were in starring roles, such as "Lawful Larceny", which also starred Bebe Daniels and Lowell Sherman (who also directed), and "Reno", whose other stars were Ruth Roland and Montagu Love; the other half would see him in featured roles as in "A Notorious Affair", starring Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, and Kay Francis.
 During the rest of the 1930s, he would appear in numerous films, mostly in either supporting or featured roles, such as "The Little Giant" (1933), starring Edward G. Robinson and Mary Astor, and "Hop-Along Cassidy" (1935), starring William Boyd; although he occasionally would have a starring role, as in opposite Harold Lloyd in 1932's "Movie Crazy".
Jean-Paul Leroux (born January 7, 1976) is a Venezuelan film actor.
 His career started in small roles in theater, but his true career started in the critically acclaimed movie "Secuestro Express" in 2005, along with Argentine actress Mía Maestro.
 He also appeared in the 2006 Venezuelan film "Elipsis" along with Gaby Espino, Edgar Ramirez and Christina Dieckmann among others.
 He acted in the unrealesed Spanish-Venezuelan film "Lo Que Tiene el Otro", directed by Miguel Perello.
 He also played the starring role in "Por Un Polvo", a Venezuelan Film by Carlos Malave.
 In 2007 he acted in the Colombian Film "La Vida era en Serio" directed by Monica Borda.
 And recently played the starring role in the Venezuelan Film "Las Caras del Diablo"