Oscar in the nude

“Shine” (1996)

The lanky Australian received practically every major award imaginable for his glowing performance as pianist David Helfgott, who spent several years in mental institutions after suffering a breakdown. Helfgott tended to walk around just wearing an overcoat, so one gets the bum's Rush -- or Rush’s bum -- a few times.

Four years later, he went the full Monty ad nauseam for his daring Oscar-nominated best actor turn as the Marquis de Sade in “Quills.”