Tom Berenger 1980s, including "The Big Chill" (1983), " Eddie and the Cruisers" (1983), "Platoon" (1986), "Someone to Watch Over Me" (1987), and "Major League" (1989). In 1986, he received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Barnes in "Platoon" (this performance won him a Golden Globe Award for "Best Supporting Actor"). A role for which he has become well known for is Thomas Beckett, the main character in the mid-1990s film "Sniper" (which would later be followed by four sequels, featuring Berenger in the starring role for three). Other notable films from that period in which he was
Iain Glen University of Aberdeen. He then trained at RADA in London, where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. In 1990, Glen won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in "Silent Scream". In the same year he was cast as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark in Tom Stoppard's film adaptation of his play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in "The Blue Room" opposite Nicole Kidman. in 2002, Glen starred with Emilia Fox in