1996 LAFCA Award – Best Actor Winner
![Shine Geoffrey Rush](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shine-scott-hicks-image.jpg)
Shine
Geoffrey Rush
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
1996 LAFCA Award – Best Actor Nominees
![The Nutty Professor Eddie Murphy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-nutty-professor-tom-shadyac-image.jpg)
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.