Actor: Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov won Best Supporting Actor twice, for Spartacus and Topkapi, and was also a novelist, playwright, director and one of the most sought-after talk show guests of his era.

Quo Vadis gave him Nero as a preening fool, and he played Hercule Poirot six times, taking a lighter approach than Suchet’s later definitive version.

He spoke numerous languages, served as a UNICEF ambassador for decades, and his one-man shows were stand-up before the term existed.