John Cazale Is the Only Actor to Have Made Five Masterpiece Films

This actor was in five masterpiece films back to back. Hey everybody, I'm Adam Martinetti, and we're not talking about me, are we? There have been a lot of actors over the years, but Collider's own Aled Owens points out that none had the rate of success with regards to commercial and critical success as the actor named John Cazowie. Originally a stage actor before making his way to the big screen, from 1972 to 1978, Cazowie starred in five films back to back that were all Academy Awards nominees. And not a lot of people can say that. Beginning in 1972 with his role as Fredo Corleone in The Godfather, that film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Picture, and remains one of the highest rated films of all times to this day. In 1974, The Conversation and The Godfather Part II were released, earning 14 Oscar nominations between the two films, with the former winning the Palm Door at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. In 1975, Dog Day Afternoon was released, a film about a real life hostage crisis that happened in 1972, starring Cazowie and Al Pacino, earning Cazowie a Golden Globe nomination for his role, and the film a nomination for Best Picture. Cazowie's final film would be 1978's The Deer Hunter, opposite Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and the woman whom he described as the greatest actress in the history of the world, Meryl Streep. The film would be released after his death from lung cancer and would go on to earn nine Academy Award nominations, winning five of them, including Best Picture, making his career the only one in all of cinema history to have that rate of success. I'm Adam Martinetti, and don't forget to head over to Collider.com for our movie news, trailers, and reviews. Thanks for watching, and we'll catch you later.