Academy Awards Dog Names
"Award winning names for your dog star."
Hollywood has featured many great dog stars including Lassie, Rin Tin Tin and Benjy, but sadly none of these canine thespians has yet been selected by the Academy to receive the coveted Oscar.
But that doesn't mean you can't name your dog after one of the greats of the silver screen. On this page we list some excellent choices of dog names derived from some true Hollywood legends.
We've picked a few to get you started:
GENE:Gene Hackman (The French Connection)
RUSSELL:Russell Crowe (Gladitor)
HALLE:Halle Berry (Monster's Ball)
PATTY:Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker)
And the award goes to...
| NAME |
BEST ACTOR |
| ALEC |
Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai) |
| BRANDO |
Marlon Brando (The Godfather) |
| BRODY |
Adrien Brody (The Pianist) |
| BURT |
Burt Lancaster (Elmer Ganter) |
| CAGNEY |
James Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy) |
| CLIFF |
Cliff Robertson (Charly) |
| COLIN |
Colin Firth (The King's Speech) |
| COOPER |
Gary Cooper (Sergeant York & High Noon) |
| DANIEL |
Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot & There Will Be Blood) |
| DE NIRO |
Robert De Niro (Raging Bull) |
| DENZEL |
Denzel Washington (Training Day) |
| DOUGLAS |
Michael Douglas (Wall Street) |
| DREYFUSS |
Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl) |
| DUSTIN |
Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) |
| DUVALL |
Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies) |
| ERNEST |
Ernest Borgnine (Marty) |
| FINCH |
Peter Finch (Network) |
| GABLE |
Clark Gable (It Happened One Night) |
| GENE |
Gene Hackman (The French Connection) |
| GEOFFREY |
Geoffrey Rush (Shine) |
| HANKS |
Tom Hanks (Philadelphia/Forest Gump) |
| HOPKINS |
Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) |
| HUMPHREY |
Humphrey Bogart (The African Queen) |
| JACK |
Jack Lemmon (Save the Tiger) |
| JAMIE |
Jamie Foxx (Ray) |
| JEFF |
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) |
| JEREMY |
Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) |
| JON |
Jon Voight (Coming Home) |
| KEVIN |
Kevin Spacey (American Beauty) |
| KINGSLEY |
Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) |
| LIONEL |
Lionel Barrymore (A Free Soul) |
| MARVIN |
Lee Marvin (Cat Ballou) |
| NICHOLSON |
Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest & As
Good as it Gets) |
| NICOLAS |
Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) |
| NIVEN |
David Niven (Separate Tables) |
| PACINO |
Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman ) |
| REX |
Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady) |
| RUSSELL |
Russell Crowe (Gladitor) |
| SIDNEY |
Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field) |
| SPENCER |
Spencer Tracy (Captains Courageous/Boys Town) |
| STEWART |
James Stewart (The Philadelphia Story) |
| NAME |
BEST ACTRESS |
| AUDREY |
Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday) |
| BANCROFT |
Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker) |
| BARBRA |
Barbra Steisand (Funny Girl) |
| BETTE |
Bette Davis (Dangerous) |
| CHARLIZE |
Charlize Theron (Monster) |
| CHER |
Cher (Moonstruck) |
| CHRISTIE |
Julie Christie (Darling) |
| DIANE |
Diane Keaton (Annie Hall) |
| ELIZABETH |
Elizabeth Taylor (Butterfield 8) |
| EMMA |
Emma Thompson (Howards End) |
| FAYE |
Faye Dunaway (Network) |
| FRANCES |
Francs McDormand (Fargo) |
| GERALDINE |
Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful) |
| GLENDA |
Glenda Jackson (Women in Love/A Touch of Class) |
| GRACE |
Grace Kelly (The Country Girl) |
| GWYNETH |
Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) |
| HALLE |
Halle Berry (Monster's Ball) |
| HILARY |
Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry/Million Dollar Baby) |
| HOLLY |
Holly Hunter (The Piano) |
| INGRID |
Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight/Anastasia) |
| JANE |
Jane Fonda (Klute/Coming Home) |
| JESSICA |
Jessica Lange (Blue Sky) |
| JOANNE |
Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve) |
| JODIE |
Jodie Foster (The Accused/The Silence of the Lambs) |
| JUDY |
Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday) |
| JULIA |
Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) |
| JULIE |
Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) |
| KATE |
Kate Winslet (The Reader) |
| KATHARINE |
Katharine Hepburn (won four Oscars) |
| KATHY |
Kathy Bates (Misery) |
| LIZA |
Liza Minnelli (Cabaret) |
| LORETTA |
Loretta Young (The Farmer's Daughter) |
| LOUISE |
Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) |
| MAGGIE |
Maggie Smith (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) |
| MARLEE |
Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God) |
| MERYL |
Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice) |
| NATALIE |
Natalie Portman (Black Swan) |
| NORMA |
Norma Shearer (The Divorcee) |
| REESE |
Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) |
| SALLY |
Sally Field (Norma Rae & Places in the Heart) |
| SHIRLEY |
Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) |
| SIMONE |
Simone Signoret (Room at the Top) |
| SISSY |
Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner's Daughter) |
| SOPHIA |
Sophia Loren (Two Women) |
| TANDY |
Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) |
| VIVIEN |
Vivien Leigh (Gone with the Wind & A Streetcar Named
Desire) |
| NAME |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR |
| CAINE |
Michael Caine (Hannah and Her Sisters & The Cider House
Rules) |
| CHRISTOPHER |
Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) |
| CONNERY |
Sean Connery (The Untouchables) |
| GEORGE |
George Clooney (Syriana) |
| HEATH |
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) |
| JAMES |
James Coburn (Affliction) |
| JOE |
Joe Pesci (Goodfellas) |
| LOUIS |
Louis Gossett Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman) |
| MORGAN |
Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) |
| QUINN |
Anthony Quinn (Lust for Life) |
| ROBIN |
Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting) |
| TIM |
Tim Robbins (Mystic River) |
| TIMOTHY |
Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) |
| TOMMY LEE |
Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive) |
| NAME |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS |
| ANJELICA |
Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor) |
| BEATRICE |
Beatrice Straight (Network) |
| CATE |
Cate Blanchette (The Aviator) |
| DONNA |
Donna Reed (From Here to Eternity) |
| DOROTHY |
Dorothy Malone (Written on the Wind) |
| GEENA |
Geena Davis (The Accidental Tourist) |
| GLORIA |
Gloria Grahame (The Bad and the Beuatiful) |
| GOLDIE |
Goldie Hawn (Cactus Flower) |
| HATTIE |
Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind) |
| JOSEPHINE |
Josephine Hull (Harvey) |
| KIM |
Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential) |
| MARISA |
Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) |
| MELISSA |
Melissa Leo (The Fighter) |
| MERCEDES |
Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King) |
| PATTY |
Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker) |
| PEGGY |
Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India) |
| PENELOPE |
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) |
| RACHEL |
Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) |
| RENEE |
Renee Zellweger (Cold Mountain) |
| RITA |
Rita Moreno (West Side Story) |
| RUTH |
Ruth Gordon (Rosemary's Baby) |
| SANDY |
Sandy Dennis (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) |
| TILDA |
Tilda Swindon (Michael Clayton) |
| WHOOPI |
Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost) |
| NAME |
BEST DIRECTOR |
| BARRY |
Barry Levinson (Rain Main) |
| BEATTY |
Warren Beatty (Reds) |
| BIGELOW |
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) |
| DANNY |
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) |
| EASTWOOD |
Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven) |
| ETHAN |
Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) |
| GIBSON |
Mel Gibson (Braveheart) |
| HOOPER |
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) |
| HOWARD |
Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) |
| JACKSON |
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King |
| JOEL |
Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men ) |
| MARTIN |
Martin Scorsese (The Departed) |
| POLLACK |
Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa) |
| REDFORD |
Robert Redford (Ordinary People) |
| RICHARD |
Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) |
| ROMAN |
Roman Polanski (The Pianist) |
| SAM |
Sam Mendes (American Beauty) |
| SPIELBERG |
Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List/Saving Private Ryan) |
| NAME |
BEST PICTURE |
| ANNIE |
Annie Hall |
| BOUNTY |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| CHARIOT |
Chariots of Fire |
| DAISY |
Driving Miss Daisy |
| EVE |
All About Eve |
| FORREST |
Forrest Gump |
| GIGI |
Gigi |
| KRAMER |
Kramer vs. Kramer |
| KWAI |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| LAWRENCE |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| OLIVER |
Oliver! |
| PATTON |
Patton |
| ROCKY |
Rocky |
| SCHINDLER |
Schindler's List |
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