Actor: Tom Berenger

Tom Berenger was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Platoon, playing Sergeant Barnes, whose scarred face and total competence make him the film’s most frightening presence and its most effective soldier.

The Big Chill and Someone to Watch Over Me gave him leading-man work, and Sniper began a long direct-to-video franchise.

Gettysburg gives him Longstreet, and he has worked steadily in low-budget film for decades since the studio career declined.