Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge-Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture, Drama
Desmond Doss, a World War II Army medic, was the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot – even though this conscientious objector saved dozens of lives in one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific front, Okinawa. Andrew Garfield plays Doss with the mix of grit, sweetness and tenacity that, he says, were the real man’s essential traits: “His impetus came from knowing violence within himself and knowing his own ability to do harm to others.