1989 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Male Lead Winner
![Stand and Deliver Edward James Olmos](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/stand-and-deliver-ramon-menendez-image.jpg)
Stand and Deliver
Edward James Olmos
The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.
1989 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Male Lead Nominees
![Patti Rocks Chris Mulkey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/patti-rocks-david-burton-morris-image.jpg)
Patti Rocks
Chris Mulkey
![Talk Radio Eric Bogosian](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/talk-radio-oliver-stone-image.jpg)
Talk Radio
Eric Bogosian
![The Boost James Woods](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-boost-harold-becker-image.jpg)
The Boost
James Woods
![Torch Song Trilogy Harvey Fierstein](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/torch-song-trilogy-paul-bogart-image.jpg)