Golden Globes Flashback: Renaissance Men of New Hollywood
Talented dudes with attitude
From the mid 1990s to present, the leading men of new Hollywood quickly moved into the spotlight kick-starting award winning careers or staging a comeback.
Awards rewind
Watch select highlights of the best, brightest and strangest Golden Globe award acceptance speeches ever. If only they knew what was to come sooner or later.
Tom Hanks
(Best Actor - Forrest Gump) 1995
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. opens: See the happiest guy in Hollywood smile before Spielberg sends him into a (world) war zone.
Brad Pitt
(Best Supporting Actor - 12 Monkeys) 1996
The Golden boy: Nobody plays crazy like Pitt - proving here that playing a psycho in Kalifornia was just a warm-up.
Jack Nicholson
(Best Actor - As Good As It Gets) 1998
Jack laughs back at critics: “You make me want to be a better man.” The movie’s best excuse line, that when used properly, can still get husbands out of any jam.
Jim Carrey
(Best Actor - The Truman Show) 1999
Bye, bye Cable Guy: Starring in this eerie glimpse of reality TV turned inside out, Carrey is truly humbled by the praise (sort of).
Joaquin Phoenix
(Best Actor - Walk the Line) 2006
Cashing-in: After his dark turn in Gladiator, Phoenix is truly stunned to best recognized in the ‘Musical or Comedy Film’ category. River, would be proud.
Christian Bale
(Best Supporting Actor - The Fighter) 2011
An un-caped Christian man: A shaggy/mellow Bale thanks ‘Wahlberg & wife,’ reminding viewers that his thick accent is perhaps Hollywood’s best kept secret.(and biggest waste)
