The Color of Money

…appeared opposite Paul Newman in The Color of Money, which was directed by Martin Scorsese, and two years later starred as an autistic man’s selfish brother in Rain Man. For his portrayal of a Vietnam War veteran turned activist Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Cruise…

…performance in director Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money (1986), the sequel to The Hustler. In 1989 he portrayed Louisiana Gov. Earl K. Long in Blaze. At age 70 he was nominated yet again, for his depiction of Sully, an irresponsible yet humorous construction worker in Nobody’s Fool (1994), directed…

…Newman) in Martin Scorsese’s film The Color of Money (1986) in what film critic Pauline Kael described as a “brief, startling performance.” Whitaker also portrayed the soldier Big Harold in Oliver Stone’s harrowing Vietnam War movie Platoon (1986), and he appeared with Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam