1925Nominee
Best Performance
The Phantom of the Opera
Lon Chaney
Actor · Director · Writer
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
March 31, 1883
Biography
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1927Winner
Best Performance
The Unknown
1920Nominee
Best Performance
Treasure Island
Career Highlights
1923Highlight
Best Performance
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1922Highlight
Best Performance
The Trap
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The Phantom of the Opera
The Unknown
The Hunchback of Notre Dame