an acting great who was huge in the 80s with hits like Diner and
Barfly,
crapped out in the 1990s after quitting acting for boxing, did Sin City reprising his movie villian speciality, and acted his heart out in the 2008 movie, "The Wrestler". He played a heartbreaking character named Randy "
The Ram" Robinson, whose story resembles his own, gave the performance of a lifetime and was recognized for it.