1997 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama 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.
1997 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Nominees
![Michael Collins Liam Neeson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/michael-collins-neil-jordan-image.jpg)
Michael Collins
Liam Neeson
![Ransom Mel Gibson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ransom-ron-howard-image.jpg)
Ransom
Mel Gibson
![The English Patient Ralph Fiennes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-english-patient-image.jpg)
The English Patient
Ralph Fiennes
![The People vs. Larry Flynt Woody Harrelson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-people-vs.-larry-flynt-milos-forman-image.jpg)