Everyone has his or her favorite Tony Curtis film, whether it's Some Like it Hot with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon, The Boston Strangler with Henry Fonda, Trapeze with Burt Lancaster and Gina Lolabrigida, or The Great Race with Natalie Wood. After making 106 movies, it's not surprising that this Hollywood legend has been honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards in Italy, France, Hungary, the United Kingdom, and America. He's also been knighted in France.

The oldest of three sons of Hungarian immigrants who arrived in America with literally nothing, Tony was a member of a street gang in the Bronx by age 11. After serving a tour in the U.S. Navy, he attended City College of New York and the Dramatic Workshop in Greenwich Village, where he got his first taste of acting. Thanks to his extreme good looks, this American Dreamboat was immediately offered a Universal Pictures contract and quickly became one of the biggest silver screen idols of all time. But unlike his mentor, Cary Grant, Curtis often played characters he created for himself.