Multiple choice general knowledge

Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro are the only two actors to ever win separate Oscars for playing the same character. Which character I am talking about?

  1. Bill Sullivan

  2. Vito Corleone

  3. Sam "Ace" Rothstein

  4. Al Capone

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Marlon Brando won the Oscar for Best Actor for playing Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972), while Robert De Niro won Best Supporting Actor for playing the younger Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974). This is the only time two actors have won Oscars for portraying the same fictional character. Bill Sullivan is a fictional character from The Departed, Sam "Ace" Rothstein is from Casino, and Al Capone was a real mobster portrayed by various actors.