After all, both the Limited Series lead actor Jharrel Jerome and Drama Series lead actor Billy Porter are black, and as mentioned above, this was a good year for queer representation.
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Darren Criss won for lead actor in a limited series.
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Ugh oh, lead actor in #Adele's new video is black.
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Nominations: Comedy series, lead actor in a comedy (Ted Danson)
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He also won for lead actor in a comedy series.
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The director also reportedly clashed with lead actor Rami Malek.
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Godless Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
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Lead actor Ranveer Singh always exudes energy, even with simple movements.
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They're nominated for lead actor and actress in a comedy series.
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Or lead actor Lakeith Stanfield, a major star in the making?
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"Goliath" also earned a nomination for lead actor Billy Bob Thornton.
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A lead actor shouted, "Au revoir!" and rushed to the door.
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The lead actor spent (almost) all his time under a helmet.
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The film's lead actor is being sued for contempt of religion.
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Love, Simon is making a star out of its charming lead actor.
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" You have a crazy story about casting your lead actor in "Killer.
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Last year, lead actor Jeffrey Tambor quit following allegations of sexual harassment.
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The current lead actor of the show, Javier Muñoz is HIV-positive.
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Nominations: Lead actor in a limited series or TV movie (Mahershala Ali)
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Kit Harington was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.
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Of course, Fury Road's lead actor, Tom Hardy, hasn't been recognized either.
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He could have taken that lead actor part for himself but he didn't.
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I was really happy to make Wyra's [the lead actor] dream come true.
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If you're the lead actor or the director, sure, you'll do fantastically well.
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Roseanne isn't the only beloved show to suffer because of a lead actor.
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The Night Of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
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He's the lead actor in a potential test case, and he knows it.
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Like House of Cards, it is slated to resume filming without its lead actor.
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Billy Porter was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for 'Pose.'
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Hader is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his performance.
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Director, writer, and lead actor Rik Swartzwelder might bear some of the blame here.
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However, sexual harassment claims against lead actor Jeffrey Tambor ultimately led to his firing.
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Amazon's "Transparent" won Emmys for both lead actor and direction in 2015 and 2016.
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There are several times in film history when the supporting actor outshined the lead actor.
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Nominations: Lead actor in a comedy (Michael Douglas), supporting actor in a comedy (Alan Arkin)
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The news came after allegations of unwanted sexual advances surfaced against lead actor Kevin Spacey.
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His performance in the play earned the Westworld actor a Tony nomination for Lead Actor.
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He earned his first nomination for outstanding lead actor in a drama series in 2019.
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Mr. Guillaume won the Emmy for best lead actor in a comedy series in 21989.
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"You have to be very careful about the narcissism of the lead actor," he said.
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He's up for lead actor in a drama series for his portrayal of Jon Snow.
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A supporting player now, she may be a lead actor in this museum's subsequent scenes.
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Billy Porter made history as the first openly gay Black man to win the lead actor in a drama series Emmy for his role in "Pose" and "When They See Us" star Jharrel Jerome won outstanding lead actor in a limited series or TV movie.
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Watching the footage, she puts her hand over her mouth—the lead actor is so good.
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Sometimes it's a vehicle for a typically scenery-chewing performance by its lead actor, Nicolas Cage.
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Actors, too, choose whether they will be considered as a lead actor or a supporting actor.
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Director and cowriter Ryan Coogler and lead actor Michael B. Jordan were nowhere to be found.
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After being snubbed last year, Harington is up for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.
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Lead actor Billy Porter is celebrating an Outstanding Actor in a Drama nod at the Emmys.
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The show's other lead actor, Ruth Negga, was across the lawn, practicing her lines in solitude.
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Dexter Bullard and Ian Barford, director and lead actor respectively, of the earlier productions are back.
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SNUB FX's "Atlanta" drew expected nominations for comedy series and for Donald Glover as lead actor.
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And most of them should not be nearly as beautiful as the typical lead actor or actress.
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When watching a movie, viewers follow the journey of the main character, played by the lead actor.
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This news comes on the heels of the recent allegations against the show's lead actor Kevin Spacey.
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Jimmy Fallon isn't in the movie and there's no mention of our lead actor Tom Holland anywhere.
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"The Robber Bridegroom" won three awards, for revival, lead actor (Steven Pasquale) and featured actress (Leslie Kritzer).
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Sam Rockwell is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for 'Fosse/Verdon.'
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Nominations: Comedy series, lead actor in a comedy (Eugene Levy), lead actress in a comedy (Catherine O'Hara)
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He earned two nominations this year for "Ozark" as lead actor in a drama and for directing.
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These defects, he and his colleagues felt, especially obscured the work of his lead actor, Suraj Sharma.
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It was a helluva win for Jharrel, who brought home Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series.
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She and her Americans costar (and real-life partner) Matthew Rhys both picked up lead actor/actress nominations.
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CBS paid Bull actor Eliza Dushku $9.5 million after she alleged the lead actor harassed her on set.
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Ventimiglia was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series at the 2017 Emmys on Sunday night.
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Does the space suit riff on Best Picture nominee The Martian – and its nominated lead actor, Matt Damon?
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Rami Malek and Tatiana Maslany won Emmys for lead actor and lead actress in a drama series, respectively.
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Writer, director (and lead actor) Benjamin Dickinson plays David, an up-and-coming advertising executive in New York.
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The lead actor, Bollywood megastar Akshay Kumar, kicked off the film's promotional tour by digging a pit toilet.
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Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke were nominated as outstanding lead actor and actress in a drama series, respectively.
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FX's "Pose," from cocreator Ryan Murphy, won the Emmy for lead actor in a drama series (Billy Porter).
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The play, its director (Marianne Elliott) and its original lead actor (Alex Sharp) all won Tonys in June.
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" Mr. Highmore, the lead actor, came aboard after playing Norman Bates on the A&E series "Bates Motel.
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I'm not [singing], but Himesh Patel, who's the lead actor, will blow everyone's mind when they hear him.
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The victory marks the first time an openly queer Black actor has ever won a lead actor Emmy.
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The movie, which also stars Penelope Cruz, also won a first Oscar nod for lead actor Antonio Banderas.
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He is nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and for his directorial contribution to the show.
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Today: #GRAMMYs AOTY and ROTY nominee September 2017: EMMYs Outstanding Lead Actor January 2017: Golden Globes Best Actor pic.twitter.
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Rami Malek took home the 2016 Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series on Sunday evening!
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In addition, both Sheen and Lowe received nominations as Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series for their roles.
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We repeat: Teddy Perkins hugged Bill Hader after he won over Donald Glover for lead actor in a comedy.
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Amazon also didn't earn many nominations in major categories beyond a Lead Actor nod for "Transparent" actor Jeffrey Tambor.
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"Transparent" lead actor Jeffrey Tambor, another winner who was backstage during the exchange, said he agreed, according to Variety.
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Bohemian Rhapsody managed to eke out four wins — Lead Actor for Rami Malek, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Editing.
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" Jeffrey Tambor became the first to win a lead-actor Emmy for playing a transgender character in Amazon's "Transparent.
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Two months later the drama's lead actor was sued for contempt of religion over his portrayal of a cleric.
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The lead actor wasn't supposed to be British, but when Chris Geere auditioned, it immediately clicked and felt right.
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Will Smith, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for playing Will on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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Benicio del Toro is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for 'Escape at Dannemora.'
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Hugh Grant is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for 'A Very English Scandal.'
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Ted Danson is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his role on "The Good Place."
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He won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a comedy for his performance in the role in 1985.
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The show nabbed four Emmy nominations this year, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy.
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Joker, the most-nominated film overall with 11 nods, won two: Original Score and Lead Actor for Joaquin Phoenix.
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Amazon's Transparent, at the very least, has won Jeffrey Tambor two consecutive Lead Actor in a Comedy Series awards.
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Maezawa said he has spoken about the trip casually with "First Man" director Damien Chazelle and lead actor Ryan Gosling.
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Jason Bateman was also nominated that year for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for the Arrested Development reboot.
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Most notably, Jim Parsons, has won best lead actor in a comedy four times for his role as Sheldon Cooper.
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Nominations: Best drama, lead actor in a drama (Bob Odenkirk), supporting actor in a drama (Giancarlo Esposito and Jonathan Banks)
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For the latter role, he became the first black actor to win an Emmy for outstanding lead actor in 1985.
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Sterling K. Brown was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his role on "This Is Us."
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Milo Ventimiglia was also nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his role on "This Is Us."
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Netflix's original limited series, "When They See Us," won lead actor in a limited series or TV movie (Jharrel Jerome).
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" Baldwin has won two Emmys previously in the lead actor in a comedy category for his work on "30 Rock.
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Hader won the award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his work as Barry Berkman on Barry.
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Technology is a lead actor in this drama, but of course, privilege and power influence how the narrative plays out.
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It's lucky that writer and creator Nick Antosca ( Hannibal) snagged a lead actor who can convincingly depict being constantly mortified.
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Instead, FX patched together its showing via The Assassination of Gianni Versace, which won Limited Series, Directing, and Lead Actor (Darren Criss), along with four Creative Arts Emmys; and The Americans, which somewhat unexpectedly won its first major competitive primetime awards, pulling in Emmys for writing and Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Matthew Rhys).
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Close behind was the hit revival of "Hello, Dolly!" which took 10 nominations, including one for lead actor David Hyde Pierce.
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The series racked up five Emmy nominations last year, including both outstanding directing and lead actor in a drama for Bateman.
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Frances McDormand, not Saoirse Ronan, won this year's SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Female Role.
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Aisha Tyler: I had already made a film with the screenwriter and lead actor, a short film in Ireland in 2014.
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Bohemian Rhapsody earned the most Oscars overall, with four, including Lead Actor for Rami Malek, who played Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.
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The director and lead actor, Wu Jing (pictured in character atop a military vehicle), was using a tried and trusted formula.
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson, Idris Elba, and Alicia Vikander won the Best Lead Actor/Actress and Supporting Actor/Actress SAG Awards.
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Jeff Daniels wins Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Season 1, just as the second season is winding down.
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Sterling K. Brown won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series at the 2017 Emmys on Sunday night.
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The news of the series conclusion comes a day after allegations of unwanted sexual advances surfaced against lead actor Kevin Spacey.
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Earlier this year, the 64-year-old actor scored his third Tony nomination for Lead Actor for playing the iconic character.
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Harden incentivizes lead-actor rodents with nuts, or sometimes at the end of a long shoot even Fritos or sugar cereals.
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Transparent has officially cut ties with its lead actor, Jefferey Tambor, after two women accused him of sexual harassment, Deadline reports.
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Ventimiglia will also face off against his costar Sterling K. Brown for the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award.
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Bill Hader was a repeat winner as lead actor for HBO's "Barry," breaking up what was otherwise an Amazon block party.
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Pacho Velez and Yoni Brook bring unquestionably the funniest of the category's films, with expert physical comedy from the lead actor.
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Ansari was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Dev Shah on Netflix's Master of None.
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Lead actor Winston Duke's character is a proud Howard alum, and excited Howard students lined up before dawn on Monday for tickets.
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"Manchester by the Sea" took the prizes for Original Screenplay (by Kenneth Lonergan, also the film's director) and Lead Actor (Casey Affleck).
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He is also personally up for the Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Emmy, which will be decided tonight.
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The musical has now been nominated for nine Tony Awards, including best musical and — yes — lead actor in a musical for Platt.
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In 2002, he won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical for his role in Sweet Smell of Success.
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Despite SAG and BAFTA nominations for best supporting actor and a Golden Globes lead actor spot, Grant failed to secure a slot.
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He admitted as much after his surprise win at the SAG Awards, where Washington beat out Affleck for the lead actor prize.
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Jordan Peele's surprise hit Get Out also nabbed two nominations in the best picture category and one for lead actor Daniel Kaluuya.
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Since its premiere in 2016, NBC's "The Good Place" has received numerous nominations, with Danson nominated several times for outstanding lead actor.
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The script of "Orwell in America" has several shortcomings, all of them excusable once its lead actor, Jamie Horton, starts to speak.
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He showed off the shorter hairstyle at the Emmys this year, where he was nominated for lead actor in a drama series.
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For its first season in 2015, the ABC family sitcom landed a Lead Actor nomination for star Anthony Anderson, but nothing else.
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That's a testament to a lead actor whose performance rings emotionally true despite a good-hearted script that can seem a stretch.
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Like Vaudeville's great performers, the Empire State's lead actor took the stage last week amidst navy blue curtains and precisely draped flags.
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Netflix's limited series "When They See Us" didn't receive any nominations, despite lead actor Jharrel Jerome receiving an Emmy for his performance.
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What was supposed to be a live broadcast of "Rent" went awry when the lead actor injured his foot in dress rehearsal.
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Master of None is also nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, with Ansari up for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, as well.
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The six-time nominee and two-time winner took home his second Emmy statuette Sunday for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series.
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New entries include Golden Globe favorite drama Mr. Robot, which scored in the outstanding drama series and lead actor categories, The People v.
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Elizabeth Banks was deemed too old to play Mary Jane in Spider-Man at 28 even though lead actor Tobey Maguire was 27.
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Guillaume won the Emmy for lead actor in a comedy for playing sarcastic, wise-cracking butler, Benson DuBois, on the hit ABC show.
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In the lead actor categories, Frances McDormand and Gary Oldman dominated — as expected — for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Darkest Hour respectively.
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Nominations: Lead actor in a limited series or TV movie (Hugh Grant), supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie (Ben Whishaw)
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" Andrew Garfield gave a passionate speech while accepting the award for lead actor in a play for his work in "Angels in America.
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The series itself doesn't have an Emmy nomination, though its star Don Cheadle was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series.
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The musical "La La Land," above, snagged the most Golden Globe nominations this year, including best director, screenplay and lead actor and actress.
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Chronologically, they are: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (903, lead actor), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945, supporting actress), The Bad Seed (1956, lead actress and two supporting actresses), Psycho (1960, supporting actress), Wait Until Dark (213, lead actress), Rosemary's Baby (22016, supporting actress), The Exorcist (21, lead actress, supporting actor, and supporting actress), Carrie (2500, lead actress and supporting actress), Aliens (219, lead actress), Misery (22018, lead actress), Silence of the Lambs (20183, lead actor and lead actress), The Sixth Sense (22018, supporting actor and supporting actress), Black Swan (22019, lead actress), and Get Out (22017, lead actor).
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Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Drama Series Outstanding Limited Series Variety Talk Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
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After not showing up on set and clashing with Bohemian Rhapsody lead actor Rami Malek, Singer was replaced this week with director Dexter Fletcher.
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In lead actor Ben Stiller, doing a more serious turn, White's found an excellent collaborator with whom to create some truly exquisite cringy-ness.
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She is a raw nerve as Kate, and a lead actor in every way — you can't stop watching her, and wondering what she'll do.
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I would imagine that it's also crucial to the success of a project like this to be able to work with the lead actor.
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With the talent of Christopher Nolan, a lead actor at peak McConaissance, and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne all on board, expectations were understandably high.
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Nominations: Best drama, lead actor in a drama (Jason Bateman), lead actress in a drama (Laura Linney), supporting actress in a drama (Julia Garner)
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O.J. Simpson won both the Lead Actor and Supporting Actor in a Limited Series races, for Courtney B. Vance and Sterling K. Brown (respectively).
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Instead of blaming critical reviews, Hitchcock blamed lead actor Jimmy Stewart for being too old to play an appealing love interest in the film.
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The last time a black actor won the Lead Actor in a Drama Series trophy, it was Andre Braugher for Homicide, back in 1998.
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Danson has been nominated for lead actor in a comedy series at the 71st Emmy Awards for his role as Michael on the show.
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When you wear a virtual-reality headset, you become the lead actor, but you're also, in a way, the director of photography as well.
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Harington, 32, is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his role as Jon Snow on the mega hit HBO series.
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The news broke the same week that lead actor Mena Massoud revealed that he hasn&apost had an audition since the film was released.
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The series earned rave reviews and both men were nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series at the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards.
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This is no easy feat for "Doctor Who," which is accustomed to a certain scrutiny when it replaces its lead actor every few years.
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The last time a black actor won the Lead Actor in a Drama Series trophy, it was Andre Braugher, for Homicide, back in 222.
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Donald Glover won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his acting in Atlanta, his second Emmy win of the night.
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So far, Bohemian Rhapsody has racked up over 50 nominations across awards show season, including Academy Award nods for Best Picture and Best Lead Actor.
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Matt, as you probably know, could have starred in Manchester by the Sea, he was the producer, it's nominated for six Oscars, including lead actor.
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The film garnered six nominations, including best director (Kenneth Lonergan), original screenplay, lead actor (Casey Affleck), supporting actor (Lucas Hedges) and supporting actress (Michelle Williams).
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Donald Glover won the Emmy award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series at the 2017 Emmy Awards Sunday for his work on Atlanta.
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Look for a celebratory vibe from the cast, whose hard work was recently rewarded with six Emmy nominations, including one for lead actor Rami Malek.
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He is also known for his 2005 fiction film "Nordeste", which includes a scene showing the film's lead actor having an abortion procedure on screen.
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Jordan Peele's surprise hit of the year Get Out also nabbed two nominations in the best picture category and one for lead actor Daniel Kaluuya.
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Chazelle reunites with his "La La Land" lead actor Ryan Gosling, who portrays Armstrong, for the movie, which also stars "The Crown" actress Claire Foy.
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On the small screen, Jeffrey Tambor and his turn as Transparent's trans matriarch won the Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy in 2015.
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Viewers and fans took to the internet to share their starkly contrasting opinions on the cancellation and say their goodbye, including lead actor Finn Jones.
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In addition to its Outstanding Drama Series nomination, stars Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke are nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Lead Actress, respectively.
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"The Good Doctor" helped put ABC on the map in the drama race, as Freddie Highmore scored a nomination for lead actor in a drama.
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On Sunday night, the live television broadcast of "Rent" had to use footage from a recorded dress rehearsal after a lead actor broke his foot.
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Donald Glover created this FX series and racked up Emmy nominations for outstanding comedy, directing, writing and lead actor for his portrayal of Earn Marks.
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Andrew Garfield, as Prior Walter, a gay man with AIDS who is left by his lover, remains in the running for a lead actor nod.
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The film, about a young bride who works as a spy for India in the 1970s, also won accolades for its lead actor Alia Bhatt.
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At the 2017 Primetime Emmys, he became the first black actor in 19 years to win an award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.
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For the first time in the 68-year history of the biggest honors in television, men of color were nominated in all six lead actor categories.
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Despite winning an Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for the role, Malek has steadfastly refused to engage actively in social media.
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So, look, why nominate This Is Us for Drama Series, Ventimiglia for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and then leave Moore out in the cold?
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At the 2017 Primetime Emmys, he became the first black actor in 19 years to win an award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.
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Television have explicitly stated why they're pulling the plug on The Big Bang Theory, Entertainment Weekly reports that it was ultimately lead actor Jim Parsons' decision.
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But it represents relative progress, given that Samuel L. Jackson — who plays the villain, Barron — is the first lead actor of color in a Burton film.
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One interesting item also made available, Sotheby&aposs said, is a prop robe from the Harry Potter franchise that was worn by lead actor Daniel Radcliffe.
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However, it seems that Daniel Stiepleman's script hit a few snags with its lead actor, though no reason was given for Portman's exit from the project.
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The Oliver Stone-directed adaptation of Edward Snowden's story garnered praise for lead actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and a decent 62 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Courtney B. Vance took home the 2016 Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for his role in The People v.
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With the colorful Boris Johnson's emergence as the lead actor in what may be the final scene in this play, his antics captivate us even more.
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Tony Shalhoub rocked a clean-shaven face for his first Emmy appearance in 2003, when he won outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for "Monk."
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Sterling K. Brown won for outstanding lead actor in a drama for "This Is Us." He paid homage to "Homicide" actor Andre Braugher and his cast.
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It seems almost like the show will be a House of Cards for the frontier — which would be a bold choice for lead actor Ashton Kutcher.
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Her standup career led to her 1990s comedy series "Ellen," during which she became the first lead actor in a sitcom to come out as gay.
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Mr. Franco, who was up for best lead actor for his performance in "The Disaster Artist," was recently accused of sexually inappropriate behavior by five women.
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Alissa: One of the biggest things that drives this movie (heh) is its stars, who both earned Best Lead Actor/Actress Oscar nominations for their roles.
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" Matthew Rhys of "The Americans" won outstanding lead actor in a drama series, and Claire Foy won outstanding lead actress in a drama for "The Crown.
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Following a strong showing at the Golden Globes in January, lead actor Billy Porter is celebrating an Outstanding Actor in a Drama nod at the Emmys.
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But its writer-directors, Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, conceived and executed it as a vehicle for a performer making his debut as a lead actor.
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The Doctor is capable of regenerating, a concept that was introduced to prolong the series when its first lead actor, William Hartnell, left amid failing health.
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Notably, Jharrel Jerome won the Emmy for lead actor for his performance in Netflix's "When They See Us," a limited series about the Central Park Five.
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But its writer-directors, Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, conceived and executed it as a vehicle for a performer making his debut as a lead actor.
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Many thought Chalamet was a lock for a second-straight lead-actor Oscar nomination (last year he won best actor for "Call Me by Your Name").
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The actor, 40, won the award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his HBO show Barry at the 2018 Emmy Awards on Monday night.
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Priestly, for example, is a hot-headed indie filmmaker who's married to his publicist and currently in hot water for sucker punching his next movie's lead actor.
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It's a big night for Jeffrey Tambor after taking home the 2016 Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his work on Transparent.
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History lessons here seem to end after World War II. Our lead actor (Jonas Nay, who plays Martin) was born in 93 and really had no idea.
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The delay doesn't bode particularly well for the film, but it's easy to see why there's suddenly interest: its lead actor is Star Wars star John Boyega.
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The show earned four nominations on Tuesday — lead actor (Eugene Levy), lead actress (Catherine O'Hara), outstanding comedy series and outstanding contemporary costumes (Debra Hanson and Darci Cheyne).
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Zachary Gottsagen, the lead actor in the film, was disappointed in LaBeouf for getting arrested while the movie was being made and potentially ruining the actor's shot.
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Nick Nolte and Barbra Streisand starred in the 1986 film The Prince of Tides, and Robert Duvall was the lead actor in 1979's The Great Santini.
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Some fans were disappointed that Coster-Waldau wasn't nominated in the lead actor category, as many argue that he's one of the strongest aspects of the show.
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Nominated for: Outstanding comedy; outstanding lead actor (Aziz Ansari); outstanding writing for a comedy (Ansari and Alan Yang, "Parents"); and outstanding directing for a comedy (Ansari, "Parents").
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ABC's political comedy faced an existential crisis when "Spin City's" lead actor, Michael J. Fox, left after its fourth season when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
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Odenkirk opted for a trendy navy suit at this year's Emmys, where he was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for "Better Call Saul."
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The high point of my "career" was playing Hamlet after the lead actor got sick; I can still recite large portions of his monologue when I'm drunk.
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Mr. Roland found his lead actor, Robert Tarango, working in the kitchen of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, on Long Island.
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Whoever was under the makeup was gracious enough to congratulate Bill Hader, who won the Emmy for lead actor in a comedy over Mr. Glover, among others.
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Though the Oxford-educated Ahmed was the only lead actor on set capable of following along or responding in French, Audiard barely resorted to English while directing.
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Pose's Billy Porter got one step closer to winning an EGOT on Sunday: He took home his first Emmy, for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
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"Bohemian Rhapsody," a musical biopic about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury who died of AIDS in 1991, won four Oscars this year, including for lead actor Rami Malek.
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Douglas was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series award for the role of Sandy Kominsky in "The Kominsky Method," which aired on Netflix.
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After winning the award for lead actor in a limited series or movie Criss said, "You roll the windows down and pump the music up in my life."
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Eight of the networks' other fall offerings have the type of diverse casts we've grown used to: multiracial groups of friends or coworkers, surrounding a white lead actor.
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Get Out was a lot of things: a tense thriller, a biting social commentary, an incredible directorial debut for Jordan Peele, a breakthrough for lead actor Daniel Kaluuya.
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Also new to the 2018 category were Shalhoub — though the actor is no stranger to the Emmys, with three outstanding lead actor wins under his belt — and Winkler.
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The studio's other two wins came from The Americans, which brought home prizes in Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
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Minutes before the episode aired, the show's lead actor, Nasser Algassabi tweeted: "This one is different, please tighten the belts," highlighting how this show really pushes the envelope.
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Miller: One of the things that this show has made me really hopeful is the way Elizabeth [Moss, the lead actor and producer] has approached the subject material.
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I definitely feel some type of way that Ali somehow ended up in the Supporting Actor category for Green Book when Viggo Mortensen got the lead actor nomination.
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Anderson reacted to many of the nominees with cheers, but it when he read his name for lead actor in a comedy series nomination, he really lost it.
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Despite the strong showing of Get Out (it got nominations in the best picture category and one for lead actor Daniel Kaluuya), director Jordan Peele was shut out.
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Nominations: Best drama, lead actor in a drama (Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia), lead actress in a drama (Mandy Moore), supporting actor in a drama (Chris Sullivan)
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This year, the show he created, produced and starred in was nominated for an Outstanding Comedy Emmy and Aziz was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy.
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I have another question, which is this: both Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali have been nominated for acting awards: Mortensen for Lead Actor, and Ali for Supporting Actor.
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Jessica Biel has signed on as an executive producer and lead actor, and the podcast's creators, Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie, are on board as the show's writers.
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Cranston, who played the role for six years, won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times — 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014.
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Her last novel, Station Eleven, begins during a production of King Lear, in the long moment it takes the lead actor to stutter, fall backward, and drop dead.
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Jerome notably received the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a limited series at the 2019 Emmys — but was completely passed over for a 2020 Golden Globe award.
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An infamous box-office bomb for lead actor Al Pacino, "Revolution" is a film about a New York fur trapper who ends up fighting in the Revolutionary War.
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Jharrel Jerome took home the lead actor in a limited series Emmy for his performance in When They See Us, Ava DuVernay's miniseries about the Central Park Five.
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Call it the understudy beacon of tolerance, now with a chance to shine because the lead actor is sidelined with a flareup of an old condition, xenophobic fever.
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Kaye famously lost control of "American History X" in the editing suite, when New Line Cinema allowed Ed Norton, the film's lead actor, to do the final cut.
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The Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour, starring lead actor nominee Gary Oldman, is nominated for nine awards, while Word War 2 war epic Dunkirk is nominated for eight awards.
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PASADENA, California - Months before Fox's upcoming "24" spin-off show cast Corey Hawkins as its star, the network made it clear it was looking for a nonwhite lead actor.
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This bit also included cameos from Sterling K. Brown (who would take home a statue for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) with his This Is Us siblings.
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What is most important for a dual-format movie, according to Gong, is a strong lead actor, who can then make ordinary street and office settings appear more vibrant.
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The viewing experience hits you like a fist, thanks in part to the awesome intensity of its lead actor, Helena Howard, in her heavily improvised first on-screen role.
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The conceit behind this movie is entirely ridiculous, and I also find it impossible to take a movie seriously when its lead actor looks like a young Julian Casablancas.
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So how does lead actor Evan Rachel Wood prepare for playing a robot that's repeatedly raped and wakes up in the morning as though nothing at all had happened?
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The lead actor, Nakhane Touré, plays a factory worker who once a year cares for young men undergoing the initiation ritual, although his main interest is another male caretaker.
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Here is the 21-year-old version of the 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' lead actor looking fresh-faced at an event in New York City back in 1983 (left).
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And in 2017, he took out the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — the first black actor to do so since 1998 (that was Andre Braugher).
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Nominations: Comedy series, lead actor in a comedy (Bill Hader), supporting actor in a comedy (Anthony Carrigan, Stephen Root, and Henry Winkler), supporting actress in a comedy (Sarah Goldberg)
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It's going to be the first season since lead actor Kevin Spacey, who played conniving politician Frank Underwood, got booted from the show by Netflix following sexual assault allegations.
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Highmore will face off against Brown, Jason Bateman (Netflix's "Ozark"), Bob Odenkirk (AMC's "Better Call Saul"), Live Schreiber (Showtime's "Ray Donovan") in the lead actor in a drama category.
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The show received 13 Emmy nominations Thursday, including nods for outstanding comedy series and for best lead actor and best director for a comedy series, both for Mr. Hader.
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Acting fast, black-ish star Anthony Anderson, who has been nominated for best lead actor in a comedy series, leaped onto the stage to take over in Simpson's place.
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Porter just made history as the first openly gay man to win an Emmy for lead actor in a drama series for his performance on the show in September.
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Besides King and Newton, Darren Criss, whose mother is Filipino, won outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for his role in The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
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In the lead-up to last year's Emmy Awards—where Glover won for Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series—I wrote about Atlanta's expanding narrative parameters.
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In the first season of the show last year, an episode mocking ISIS prompted the terror group to issue death threats and call for the beheading of lead actor Algassabi.
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What it won: Lead Actor (Rami Malek), Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Editing How to watch it: Bohemian Rhapsody is currently in theaters and available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon.
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Jeff Daniels received his third Tony nomination for Lead Actor for playing Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch in Broadway's To Kill a Mockingbird, but he's really more of a Michigan guy.
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It is also attracting Hollywood awards buzz, and this week it received six nominations for the Independent Spirit awards, including best male lead actor, supporting male lead and best feature.
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"Game of Thrones" stars Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke were both snubbed by Emmy voters after they were submitted to the lead actor and actress categories for the first time.
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The film is widely expected to become China's second highest-grossing, behind "Wolf Warrior 2", a jingoistic thriller whose lead actor, Wu Jing, also stars in the sci-fi pic.
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Anthony Anderson is up for the Emmy for lead actor in a comedy series – and his hilarious antics during the nomination ceremony is proof that the nod is well deserved.
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Munn plays scientist Casey Bracket in the latest follow-up to Arnold Schwarzenegger's '80s franchise, while Tremblay has been cast as the son of lead actor Boyd Holbrook's character Quinn.
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The issue has been a fairly personal one for Miranda: ticket prices for his hit musical Hamilton soared to outrageous heights during his final weeks as the show's lead actor.
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Trumbo had one nomination at the 88th annual Academy Awards, with Bryan Cranston up for lead actor, but he lost out to Leonardo DiCaprio for his role in The Revenant.
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They thanked Sutherland, the show's lead actor and executive producer, for bringing "I wanted to take a moment to thank everybody for their incredible support with 'Designated Survivor,'" he said.
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The popular Netflix TV show "House of Cards" has stopped production on its final season indefinitely after lead actor Kevin Spacey was accused of sexual harassment and soliciting a minor.
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Also, the Academy has consistently recognized the show in other categories, namely with lead actor Anthony Anderson being nominated three years in a row and actress Tracee Ellis Ross twice.
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At the 2019 Emmys on Sunday, the Pose star picked up the award for lead actor in a drama series — becoming the first openly gay black man to do so.
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The news, which was downplayed as minor by lead actor Ewan McGregor, comes as concerns about Star Wars' future are brought into question following The Rise of Skywalker's lukewarm release.
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Todd Phillips: It was a good morning for "Joker," which landed the expected nomination for Joaquin Phoenix in lead actor but also picked up nods in score, drama and director.
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Get Out is in the race Jordan Peele's surprise hit of the year Get Out also nabbed two nominations in the best picture category and one for lead actor Daniel Kaluuya.
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Guillaume won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series in 192000 for "Benson," the last of six times that he was nominated for an Emmy playing the character.
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The company rebooted the character with a new story and lead actor Andrew Garfield for a pair of films — Amazing Spider-Man and Amazing Spider-Man 2 — which earned mixed reviews.
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For Elba, his nominations span media, with a nod for lead actor in a TV show for Luther and for his supporting role in the Netflix film Beasts of No Nation.
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The star took home the 2018 Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for his starring role in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.
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Brown, who won the Outstanding Lead Actor Emmy in 2017 for his role on This Is Us just one year after earning the Outstanding Supporting Actor award for The People v.
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Director Peter Farrelly, likewise, made a public apology following accusations of sexual misconduct, and lead actor Viggo Mortensen apologized after using the N-word during a post-screening discussion in November.
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Call Me By Your Name star Timothée Chalamet has gotten the most traction in the Lead Actor category, while I, Tonya's Margot Robbie fronts Lead Actress on the social media platform.
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Redmayne, the lead actor of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," asked the audience to shout the incantation for the light-up spell "Lumos Maxima" to unveil a new trailer.
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I had 3 callbacks, then a screen test and one day my agent called and said, 'You didn't get the part, the lead actor liked working with the other actress more.
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On that front, he was victorious on Monday: "The Disaster Artist" was nominated for two Golden Globes, for best musical or comedy and for Mr. Franco's performance as a lead actor.
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Chazelle's new astronaut drama managed nominations for best score and supporting actress (Claire Foy), but missed in best drama and best director, while lead actor Ryan Gosling also received no love.
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Seen today, the film embodies both the possibilities and the excesses of the Method style of its lead actor, Marlon Brando, whose intense brooding and wrenching outbursts are its driving force.
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His friends pitched in with occasional creative suggestions, but it was clear that Ankit was the driving force behind the film — the director, writer, lead actor, and editor of the Awaara Boys.
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Forbes compiles the list by comparing the estimated pay for a lead actor in his or her last three movies with the estimated production costs and box-office gross of those movies.
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Cranston may have had the lead actor billing for Breaking Bad, but much of it was a two-man show riding on the shoulders and chemistry of two vastly disparate central characters.
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Lead Actor in a Drama: Anthony Hopkins, Westworld (HBO) Hopkins's performance as head of an android theme park was marked by an absolute, icy control that never concealed a dangerously flawed humanity.
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The 2018 Emmy nominations were announced on Thursday — and "Game of Thrones" stars Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke were snubbed in the categories for lead actor and actress in a drama series.
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"Since I won the Oscar for 'Mystic River' in 20103, I think I've worked in one studio film as a lead actor, which was 'Catch a Fire' at Universal," Mr. Robbins says.
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One remembers, for instance, that Denzel Washington's SAG award for best lead actor in a motion picture in "Fences" had placed him out in front of other contenders for the same Oscar.
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The fact that that government succumbed to a military overthrow — as have Turkish Islamists before Erdoğan, and as was attempted last week — only cemented Egypt as a lead actor in Erdoğan's drama.
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Last year's outstanding lead actor in a drama went to Matthew Rhys, who picked up his first-ever Emmy Award for his role as Philip Jennings in the FX series, The Americans.
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Her standup career led to her 1990s comedy series "Ellen," during which she became the first lead actor in a sitcom to come out as gay, a watershed moment for LGBTQ+ visibility.
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He is the anxious half of one of television's most endearing couples as Randall on This Is Us — a part that won him the coveted Emmy award for Lead Actor in Drama Series.
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For his role in Mr. Robot, Malek has been nominated for two Golden Globes, two SAG awards, and an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, which he won in 2016.
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Barely two weeks after allegations of sexual harassment emerged against Jeffrey Tambor, the lead actor of the acclaimed Amazon series Transparent, the actor has said he is leaving the show, according to Deadline.
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And Paulson wasn't the only beneficiary — Sterling K. Brown won Supporting Actor for playing Christopher Darden (another prosecutor), and Courtney B. Vance won Lead Actor for playing Johnnie Cochran (the head defense attorney).
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Many also noted Sony's recent decision to replace Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World as an example of a contentious lead actor who was replaced even when it was inconvenient.
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That was enough to win him the Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series trophy in 2016, but not enough to keep him from being pushed out of the race entirely this year.
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Teigen accompanied Legend to the show, where he is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for playing the title role in NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.
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The Lead Actor nominees otherwise stayed letter-to-letter with the recent Screen Actors Guild Award nominations: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Gosling, and Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic).
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After failing to score a win in any of his four previous nominations spanning over 20 years, DiCaprio is considered a front-runner for Best Lead Actor for his turn in The Revenant.
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The lead actor nominee for This Is Us, 41, was part of the opening monologue when Kenan Thompson and Kate McKinnon threw it over to their Saturday Night Live cast mate Aidy Bryant.
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" Covering Variety's post-Emmys issue, Brown opened up about being the first black actor to win outstanding lead actor in a drama series in nearly two decades, sharing, "that meant something to me.
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Miller doesn't have to do the heavy lifting required of a lead actor on a relentless broadcast TV schedule, but he also has less narrative real estate with which to make an impression.
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In 1992, when he was still laying the groundwork to become one of rap's most celebrated artists of all time, Tupac Shakur got his first shot as a lead actor in film, Juice.
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By his calculation, 18 percent of all STX movies, past and present, have been (or are being) directed by women — and 14 percent have a woman as lead actor, director, producer and writer.
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But the lead actor, Jason Momoa — whose physique is so chiseled "you could make a taco with the crease in his back, and his pecs almost whisper for a pillowcase" — is a draw.
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THE GREAT PRETENDER A French playwright (Maëlle Poésy) writes about her fraught relationship, then falls in love with the lead actor (Keith Poulson), with whom the lead actress (Esther Garrel) is in love.
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Wherever Raúl Esparza goes, it seems, people expect him to sing "Being Alive," the heart-rending Stephen Sondheim ballad from "Company," for which he earned a lead actor Tony Award nomination in 2007.
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Last Friday, the Deadpool star had another ad for his gin company go viral after he cast the lead actor of that infamously unsettling Peloton commercial in a 40-second social media skit.
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"Pose" star Billy Porter made history, becoming the first openly gay black man to win the lead actor in a drama series Emmy, and there were several speeches citing LGBTQ and women's rights.
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Huffman, 53, is up for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her role in American Crime, while Macy is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Shameless.
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The series, originally based on a British drama from 1990, suffered immensely after the unexpected departure of Kevin Spacey, the lead actor who had to be removed after being publicly accused of sexual harassment.
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He made sure to create a buzzy moment by giving Ryan Reynolds an extended lip lock when Gosling beat Reynolds in Lead Actor in a Comedy/Musical (Oscar campaigning isn't going to do itself).
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My sister and I start what turns out to be a terrible movie that we picked because it has the same lead actor as the one in To All the Boys I've Loved Before.
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Deadpool, one of the most successful Marvel franchises (number eight all-time) isn't delivering a sequel until 2018, but while we wait, lead actor Ryan Reynolds is giving us a peek behind the scenes.
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Elsewhere in the comedy field Henry Winkler and Bill Hader took home the Supporting Actor in a Comedy and Lead Actor in a Comedy Emmys, respectively, for their performances on HBO's dark comedy Barry.
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Which brings us to ... No openly gay actor of color has ever won the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category — or, at least, that was the case before Billy Porter won for Pose.
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I've found all of the below rules helpful in a general sense, but sometimes you'll realize a show is just rubbing you the wrong way, or you don't like the lead actor, or whatever.
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"In my twenties, I was blindsided during an audition, when I was asked by the director, in a somewhat rhetorical manner, to let the lead actor put a dog collar around my neck," she remembers.
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He scurried to help Thompson in the bathroom and, in doing so, proved that someone is in charge — a stage manager stepping out from behind the curtain to make sure the lead actor is okay.
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Cox is nominated for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for her role in Orange Is the New Black, while Anderson is up for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for Black-ish.
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There was an attempt to do so in 1981 with "The Legend of the Lone Ranger," which was so spectacular a commercial and critical failure that the lead actor, Klinton Spilsbury, never made another movie.
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This year, Tambor is nominated again for outstanding performance by a lead actor in a comedy series for his role as a transgender woman and patriarch-turned-matriarch Maura Pfefferman on Amazon's streaming series Transparent.
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The campaign was inspired by the 2015 list of Oscars nominees, which notably included no actors of color in four major awards categories: Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress.
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Bohemian Rhapsody didn't win Best Picture, but it still took home the most Oscars of any film, four in total, for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Editing, and its star, Rami Malek, who won Lead Actor.
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"I can't mount a film of this budget, where I have to rely on tax rebates in Spain, and say that my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such," he said.
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Jordan and James look set to have their performances compared again, after LeBron was announced as the lead actor and Executive Producer for the Space Jam reboot, scheduled for release in the summer of 2021.
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A Redditor claiming to be a lighting technician on "Joker" said that the movie's lead actor, Joaquin Phoenix, gave him the best wrap present he's ever received in a now-deleted AMA (Ask Me Anything).
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The debate over Godard spilled onto the stage at a news conference in Cannes, with the lead actor accusing the director of being "absurd" by suggesting most people "don't give a damn" about the filmmaker.
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Nominated for: Lead Actor (Michael Fassbender), Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet) Available to watch on Amazon, Vudu, Google Play Nominated for: Original Score (John Williams), Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects Available to watch in theaters.
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The two months of previews that originally were planned — far more than for most shows — were extended by three more weeks when a lead actor was injured onstage (it is scheduled to open Feb. 20).
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Movies like Manchester by the Sea, which saw lead actor Casey Affleck take home the Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role in 2017, received a lengthier, three-month release in theaters than other movies.
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"It's no secret that the (PiS) chairman is the true leader of the country and that the prime minister and president are subordinate to him," said Robert Gorski, 46, the show's creator and lead actor.
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"This Is Us" star Sterling K. Brown made history last year when he became the first African-American actor to win the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in almost 20 years.
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Think of it like going to the Broadway hit "Hamilton," whose Tony Award-winning creator and lead actor, Lin-Manuel Miranda, recently left the musical, turning over the lead role to his longtime alternate, Javier Muñoz.
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All three are nominated for best lead actor in a comedy for the show about a suddenly impoverished family that is forced to move to a rural town they bought as a joke in richer times.
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But you can forget about menu planning or whipping up anything from scratch — we can barely suss out where our loyalties lie on "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" let alone cook for the occasion.
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Many of the tweets and social media postings revolved around how the film starred an African-American lead actor and was directed by an African-American man, and yet the only person nominated was Sylvester Stallone.
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In the best of that genre—The Three Days of the Condor, The Ipcress File, Notorious—the lead actor must hold a lot back but, in private moments with the audience, give us all they've got.
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Nominations: Limited series, lead actor in a limited series or TV movie (Jared Harris), supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie (Emily Watson), supporting actor in a limited series or TV movie (Stellan Skarsgård)
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Nominations: Limited series, lead actor in a limited series or TV movie (Sam Rockwell), lead actress in a limited series or TV movie (Michelle Williams), supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie (Margaret Qualley)
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Ventimiglia was back at the Emmys this year after he was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his work in "This Is Us," but mixed things up with a grey suit jacket.
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Sterling K. Brown of "This Is Us" won for outstanding lead actor in a drama series, the first black actor to take the trophy since Andre Braugher won for "Homicide: Life on the Streets" in 1998.
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Released in August of 1998, Blade wasn't sold as a comic book movie so much as an effects-driven supernatural action film and a star vehicle for the particular talents of its lead actor, Wesley Snipes.
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Following the Emmy Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles, the Game of Thrones lead actor revealed to Entertainment Tonight that he has yet to watch the controversial eighth and final season of the HBO series.
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Glover was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series, and there was some stir on social media when the Perkins character was spotted in a cut-away shot while the category was being announced.
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Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Antonio Banderas, Genius: PicassoDarren Criss, ACS: VersaceBenedict Cumberbatch, Patrick MelroseJeff Daniels, The Looming TowerJohn Legend, Jesus Christ SuperstarJesse Plemons, Black Mirror Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: CultMichelle Dockery, GodlessRegina King, Seven SecondsEdie Falco, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez MurdersJessica Biel, The SinnerLaura Dern, The Tale Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Donald Glover, AtlantaAnthony Anderson, black-ishBill Hader, BarryLarry David, Curb Your EnthusiasmWilliam H. Macy, ShamelessTed Danson, The Good Place Lead Actor in a Drama Series Jason Bateman, OzarkSterling K. Brown, This Is UsEd Harris, WestworldMatthew Rhys, The AmericansMilo Ventimiglia, This Is UsJeffrey Wright, Westworld Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Pamela Adlon, Better ThingsTracee Ellis Ross, black-ishLily Tomlin, Grace And FrankieIssa Rae, InsecureAllison Janney, MomRachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs.
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Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Drama Series Outstanding Limited Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Disclosure: NBC Universal, owner of USA Network, is an investor in Vox Media, The Verge's parent company.
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Netflix announced in July that it had renewed the live-action series for an eight-episode second season with a new lead actor, Anthony Mackie, which will presumably follow the next book in the series, Broken Angels.
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During his acceptance speech for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, the Atlanta star and media mogul thanked his partner Michelle and their son, before adding a special shout out to someone else: his unborn child.
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The 68-year-old actor — who is nominated for lead actor in a comedy series for his work on Shameless — took the time to gush about his wife, Felicity Huffman, on the red carpet before the show.
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"Atlanta" star Donald Glover was nominated for lead actor in a comedy for the series on FX. Limited series "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story," also on FX, led all TV series with four nominations.
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Nominations: Limited series, lead actor in a limited series or TV movie (Benicio Del Toro), lead actress in a limited series or TV movie (Patricia Arquette), supporting actor in a limited series or TV movie (Paul Dano)
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This year's announcer Anderson was especially effusive as his name was called as a nominee for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series along with Aziz Ansari, Will Forte, William H. Macy, Thomas Middleditch and Jeffrey Tambor.
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Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke each received nominations for Lead Actor and Actress in a Drama, while Alfie Allen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, and Maisie Williams all received supporting nominations.
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After a hiatus of more than two years, True Detective is officially coming back — and with a lead actor whose casting has left fans of the HBO anthology series, which stumbled in its second season, excited again.
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"Seared," which had its premiere at San Francisco Playhouse and was staged at the Williamstown Theater Festival last summer, with a different lead actor, comes to New York when cooking and eating onstage have been increasingly popular.
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The star is the first openly gay black man to receive a nomination in the outstanding lead actor in a drama series category for his starring role as ball emcee Pray Tell in Ryan Murphy's FX drama.
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The U.S.C. report found that 113 of the top 211 grossing films in 291 featured a lead or co-lead actor of color, an increase from a record set in 282, when 27 such films were counted.
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When the lead actor ended up parting ways with the production, the casting director, impressed by Chinn's energetic chorus performance, pulled her up to play the female comic lead and gave her a 5-minute dance solo.
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Netflix also recently fired the star of its hit political drama "House of Cards" after allegations came out that lead actor Kevin Spacey had sexually mistreated young men and co-workers on the set of the show.
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Scenes like this are one of many examples of how director Joe Talbot and lead actor Jimmie Fails portray serious social matters — including gentrification, racism, homelessness, mental health, and gang violence — in the most subtle, human way.
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MaiselSilicon ValleyUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Lead Actor in a Drama Jason Bateman, OzarkSterling K. Brown, This Is UsEd Harris, WestworldMatthew Rhys, The AmericansMilo Ventimiglia, This Is UsJeffrey Wright, Westworld Lead Actress in a Drama Claire Foy, The CrownTatiana Maslany, Orphan BlackElisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's TaleSandra Oh, Killing EveKeri Russell, The AmericansEvan Rachel Wood, Westworld Lead Actor in a Comedy Anthony Anderson, Black-ishTed Danson, The Good PlaceLarry David, Curb Your EnthusiasmDonald Glover, AtlantaBill Hader, BarryWilliam H. Macy, Shameless Lead Actress in a Comedy Pamela Adlon, Better ThingsRachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs.
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Ahead of the 2018 Emmy Awards, the This is Us star — who's nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series — opened up about one of his first roles: a 1995 guest spot on the classic NBC sitcom.
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Surprise Daniel Kaluuya for Actor in Get Out Although nominated for a Golden Globe in the lead actor in a comedy category, Daniel Kaluuya didn't seem like a lock in the truncated race at the SAG and Oscars.
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Porter, 49, received an Emmy nomination in the outstanding lead actor in a drama series category for his starring role as ball emcee Pray Tell — and he is the first openly gay black man to receive the honor.
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That year, Netflix got 14 nominations, breaking into the major categories immediately, with nominations for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (for Kevin Spacey), and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Robin Wright).
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After House of Cards' lead actor Kevin Spacey was hit with several allegations of sexual misconduct, Netflix put the show's upcoming season on an indefinite hiatus, and word broke that he'll be edited out of his latest movie.
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Th actor may have lost the award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his role in FX's Baskets to Atlanta's Donald Glover, but he turned heads on the red carpet for his tremendous weight loss.
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"After his Emmy win for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his role on "Pose" this year, Porter now holds an Emmy, Grammy, and Tony award, leaving him just an Oscar short of the vaunted "EGOT.
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Nominated for: Outstanding comedy; directing for a comedy (Jill Soloway, "Man on the Land"); guest actress (Melora Hardin); guest actor (Bradley Whitford); supporting actress (Gaby Hoffmann and Judith Light); lead actor (Jeffrey Tambor); plus three creative arts categories.
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So Donnersmarck, who is full of what Ulrich Mühe, the lead actor in Donnersmarck's first film, "The Lives of Others," called "implacable friendliness," resorted to mailing a handwritten letter to an address listed on Richter's official Web site.
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The creator and lead actor of the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda, recently lashed out at the ticket bots, demanding a crackdown on the practice that drove up his show's ticket prices by hundreds of dollars.
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There was Milo Ventimiglia, nominated in the lead actor category for "This is Us," wearing a tropical white Brunello Cucinelli jacket and shirt with a black onyx stud set, as crisp as the front page of a tabloid.
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Gelbakhiani, the lead actor, has a lean physique, striking red hair and certain facial features that suggest he'd actually make a great Alfredo Linguini in a live-action remake of "Ratatouille," not that such a thing should happen.
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Lead actor Essie Davis truly puts everything into her performance as Amelia Vanek, a woman who is tormented, along with her son, by the titular monster — the croaking tall figure in a top hat you won't easily forget.
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Lithgow has now won a total of six Emmys, including several for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in the late 1990s in 3rd Rock from the Sun, and another Emmy in 2010 for a role in Dexter.
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Actor Kevin Spacey, outstanding lead actor in a drama series nominee for "House of Cards," poses at the Television Academy's Performers Peer Group cocktail reception to celebrate the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, California July 28, 2014.
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The first season of Atlanta was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series honors last year; while it lost the crown to Veep, Glover (who created and stars in the series) won the Emmy for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
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But since debuting in September, Green Book has become mired in controversy centered around the veracity of the story the film depicts, as well as past and present gaffes by the director, producers, and the lead actor, Viggo Mortensen.
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Lead Actor in a Comedy: Aziz Ansari, Master of None (Netflix) In a bittersweet season — he struggled to declare his amore to an Italian beauty while hosting a reality show about cupcakes — Ansari was a genuine rom-com hero.
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TV fans are still feeling the impact of The Sopranos 12 years after it stopped airing — and the cast is still missing the series' lead actor, James Gandolfini, almost six years after he died unexpectedly of a heart attack.
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Speaking with PEOPLE in June, the actor, who is up for outstanding lead actor in a drama series at this Sunday's Emmy Awards, revealed the real reason why he works so hard to keep his personal life under wraps.
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They'll be more enthralled with watching Aziz Anzari win a historic award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series on Netflix than contemplating the hard work that went into that plate of baby beets in a tangelo emulsion.
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A baroque blend of gibberish, mysticism and melodrama, the film seems engineered to be as unmemorable as possible, with the exception of the prosthetic teeth worn by the lead actor, Rami Malek, who plays Freddie Mercury, Queen's lead singer.
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Steven Spielberg's production company is cutting ties with the CBS prime-time show "Bull," six months after it was reported that an actress on the show was paid millions to settle her sexual harassment claim against its lead actor.
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In FX's Fosse/Verdon, Williams played Verdon to Sam Rockwell's Bob Fosse — and her on-screen love interest was also nominated for an Emmy Sunday night, in the outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a movie category.
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Harington, who was nominated for best lead actor in a drama series but lost out to Billy Porter, made his first red carpet appearance for the show since seeking treatment at a wellness facility in Connecticut earlier this year.
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SUPPORTING ACTOR Will win/should win: Mahershala Ali Two years after "Moonlight," Ali should add a bookend for "Green Book," which, it's worth noting, easily could have placed him alongside co-star Viggo Mortensen in the lead actor race.
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Soon-to-retire Daniel Day Lewis also got a lead actor nomination for his role in fashion industry drama Phantom Thread, where he faces competition from fellow Brits Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool).
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It is better than some of Amazon's other original series, and it also gets bonus points for casting an unknown lead actor instead of pulling the classic FX or HBO move of signing different A-list stars for each season.
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Day-Lewis is the first actor to win three Oscars in the lead actor category, having taken home the honor for Steven Spielberg's 2012 film Lincoln, as well as 2007's There Will Be Blood and 1989's My Left Foot.
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Though it lost out on the series award, it was a big year for FNL: Kyle Chandler won the trophy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series and the show also won for outstanding writing in a drama series.
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Malek accepted the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series by stepping on stage and whispering to the audience, "Please tell me you're seeing this too," mimicking the nervous paranoia of the character he plays on the show.
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" Glover was also nominated for outstanding lead actor in a comedy, along with Anthony Anderson for "Black-ish," Ted Danson for "The Good Place," Larry David for "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Bill Hader for "Barry" and William H. Macy for "Shameless.
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He took home the honor of outstanding lead actor in a limited series for his role as a Pakistani-American jailed for murder in "The Night Of." Ahmed used his acceptance speech to acknowledge the topical nature of his character's storyline.
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Beau Bennett (Elliott) was not an easy father to grow up with, and both of his sons — the prodigal Colt (Ashton Kutcher, ostensibly The Ranch's lead actor) and good son Rooster (Danny Masterson) — have their own scars as a result.
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Ventimiglia is up for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for playing Jack on This Is Us. Bledel received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her roles as Ofglen on The Handmaid's Tale.
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This particular article featured comments made by Sir Ian McKellen addressing prejudice in Hollywood, and that it might be to blame for the fact that no openly gay man, such as himself, has ever won in the Lead Actor category.
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There was Sterling K. Brown, nominated in the lead actor category for "This Is Us," in a Spanx-tight tuxedo with padded shoulders, a flat-front shirt, discreet studs (and indiscreet sunglasses) deflecting attention from his good looks in E!
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"Joker" star Joaquin Phoenix, "Marriage Story" lead actor Adam Driver, Jennifer Lopez of "Hustlers" and Laura Dern in "Marriage Story" are among the A-listers competing for Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards at a ceremony that focuses entirely on performers.
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Fortunately, Banderas managed a Globe nomination for lead actor in a drama and, after back-to-back wins this past week from critics' groups in New York and Los Angeles, he'll be well-positioned to pick up his first Oscar nomination.
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Robert De Niro: "The Irishman" is expected to be a major best-picture threat and could end up with a double-digit Oscar nomination tally, but it's the film's lead actor who is in the most danger of being overlooked.
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In addition to nods for Outstanding Drama Series, Directing for a Drama Series, and Writing for a Drama Series, stars Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke are nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama and Lead Actress in a Drama, respectively.
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For "Barry," Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series; and for "Saturday Night Live" he's nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
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The "Dumb & Dumber" actor is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie for his role in Hulu's "The Looming Tower" as well as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for Netflix's "Godless."
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The This Is Us actor — who plays deceased patriarch Jack Pearson on the tear-triggering NBC series — admitted during his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live that his father wasn't particularly excited about his nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series.
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Not only did he earn his third nomination for Lead Actor in a Drama for Showtime's Ray Donovan, he also snagged two more in the Outstanding Narrator category, for HBO sports documentaries Muhammad Ali: Only One and UConn: The March to Madness.
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The actor joined Lauren Graham to announce the nominees for this year's Emmy Awards, and found himself among the nominees for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, alongside black-ish (Outstanding Comedy Series) and costar Tracee Ellis Ross (Outstanding Lead Actress).
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As lead actor Ewan McGregor explains in the clip above, Stanley Kubrick's iconic adaptation of The Shining was a movie which Stephen King famously didn't like — but the sequel (which is also based on a book by King) is a different story entirely.
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Arputham, who Pa Ranjith spent time with while preparing to film Kaala, said older movies explored issues faced by the urban poor, but a popular film on the subject, with a famous lead actor, has not been made in about two decades.
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After that, he starred in a handful of TV movies and a cult classic sci-fi film, landed several guest spots ... and made his way to Broadway, where he'd eventually win a Tony Award in 2014 for Lead Actor in a Musical.
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Aziz Ansari didn't make history winning Lead Actor in a Comedy, but instead took home the prize for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series with his Master Of None partner Alan Yang for an episode that dealt with being the children of immigrants.
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On Monday night, Teigen is set to attend the Emmy Awards with her husband John Legend, who is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for playing the title role in NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.
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Beatty, 79, began his acting career on television in the 1950s before graduating to feature films, making his breakthrough in 1967 as lead actor and producer of gangster film "Bonnie and Clyde", widely seen as a milestone in the history of American movies.
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Brown is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role in This is Us. The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Stephen Colbert, are airing live on CBS from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET.
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Day-Lewis is the first actor to win three Oscars in the lead actor category, having taken home the honor for the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln in 2012 as well as 2007's There Will Be Blood and 1989's My Left Foot.
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But losing Loughlin either way comes as yet another blow to When Calls the Heart's fans, who first suffered the departure of fellow former lead actor Daniel Lissing, who decided to leave at the end of the fifth season in April 2018.
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"I was never one to trip or fall or pass gas or anything like that," the This Is Us star and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Emmy nominee, 41, tells PEOPLE for Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle's The Jess Cagle Exercise.
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Not only did Kit Harrington and Emilia Clarke make it into the lead actor and actress races (they had been confined to supporting categories in past years), but the show landed four supporting actress nominations and three in the supporting actor category.
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Gary Oldman, who played Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour and has never won an Oscar, is a similar favorite in the lead actor category; the more deserving Daniel Day-Lewis (for Phantom Thread) is the only other nominee that has a chance.
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LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA Snubs: Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis — The departures of Jon Hamm ("Mad Men") and Jeff Daniels ("The Newsroom") left spaces open in the category, and the two leads of Showtime's "Billions" were among the favorites to grab them.
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Netflix's "When They See Us" earned nods for outstanding limited series, as well as outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for Jharrel Jerome, and outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie nominations for Niecy Nash and Aunjanue Ellis.
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Nominated for: Original Screenplay (Alex Garland), Visual Effects Available to watch on Amazon Prime, iTunes Nominated for: Lead Actor (Eddie Redmayne), Supporting Actress (Alicia Vikander), Production Design (Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish), Costume Design (Paco Delgado) Available to watch in theaters.
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The play is a showcase for Mark Rylance's star turn as Philip, and while Rylance, nominated this year for Best Lead Actor in a Play, is as brilliant as ever — by turns childlike and terrifying — he's supported by a uniformly strong cast.
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When the show debuted in April, lead actor Adrian Lester told reporters: "It would be so much more powerful if we did all the press for this show without once mentioning color," yet its power lies in how it deals with skin color.
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And it's true that the 2019 nominations still reflect this, with lots of nominations for the many great actors of color in the cast of When They See Us and a nomination for Pose's Billy Porter in Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
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The other drama winners were more spread out, with Matthew Rhys winning Lead Actor in a Drama for The Americans, Thandie Newton taking home Supporting Actress in a Drama for Westworld, and Claire Foy winning Lead Actress in a Drama for The Crown.
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Already known for his supporting roles in the film "Fences" and the TV show "The Leftovers," Mr. Adepo can be seen this fall as the lead actor in the horror-mystery film "Overlord, and the Facebook Watch series "Sorry for Your Loss.
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A USA show had never received a nomination for Best Drama until this morning, when Mr. Robot managed that feat, pulling along its lead actor, Rami Malek, and its creator, Sam Esmail, who earned a nomination for his script for the series' pilot.
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Robert De Niro: Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman" showed up in every category you'd expect — even scoring dual supporting-actor nominations for Al Pacino and Joe Pesci — except lead actor in a drama, where De Niro was notably left out in the cold.
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A Star Is Born earned a total of eight nominations; in addition to its Best Picture nod, the film is nominated for Lead Actress (Lady Gaga), Lead Actor (Bradley Cooper), Supporting Actor (Sam Elliott), Cinematography, Original Song ("Shallow"), Adapted Screenplay, and Sound Mixing.
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The star took home the 2017 Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for his starring role in HBO's The Night Of. Jessica Biel and Joseph Fiennes took the stage on Sunday to present the award, Ahmed's first Emmy.
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Whether it was Rami Malek taking home the Lead Actor in a Drama prize for Mr. Robot or Louie Anderson winning Supporting Actor in a Comedy out of nowhere for Baskets, you didn't have to look far to find winners absolutely nobody was predicting.
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Brown was accepting the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series for his portrayal of Randall Pearson in NBC's This Is Us. The award marks his second Emmy, the first being for his role as Chris Darden in The People v.
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FX Fox Television's prestige arm won a very respectable five Emmys, mostly for its limited series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, which won for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series, and Outstanding Limited Series.
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Netflix's first original series House of Cards has been on hold ever since sexual abuse allegations surfaced against lead actor Kevin Spacey, but today, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos confirmed that the service plans to move forward with the final season of the series.
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Mr. Robot, which is nominated in the outstanding drama series and lead actor categories, is the breakout drama of the year (and Rami Malek, the breakout star.) If you don't have time to binge (you should make time), watch Malek in this chilling scene.
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MaiselHenry Winkler, Barry Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson, black-ishDon Cheadle, Black MondayTed Danson, The Good PlaceMichael Douglas, The Kominsky MethodBill Hader, BarryEugene Levy, Schitt's Creek Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Christina Applegate, Dead to MeRachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs.
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Despite advertising to the world that Sunday's episode "What Comes After" was going to be lead actor Andrew Lincoln's last hurrah, The Walking Dead managed to produce one of the best episodes in the series' eight-year history that was both heartfelt and refreshingly surprising.
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Each of his directorial efforts following 2002's Punch-Drunk Love have garnered at least two Oscar nods, with 2007's There Will Be Blood — also a Day-Lewis collaboration–winning the esteemed actor his second of three competitive trophies in the lead actor category.
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Nominations: Best drama, lead actor in a drama (Kit Harington), lead actress in a drama (Emilia Clarke), supporting actor in a drama (Alfie Allen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Peter Dinklage), supporting actress in a drama (Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, and Maisie Williams)
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He earned greater acclaim, and an Oscar nomination as best lead actor, for his portrayal of John Merrick, a grossly disfigured Victorian-era man struggling to project his humanity while enduring the indignities of life as a side-show freak in "The Elephant Man".
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LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Lead actor Michael Keaton, director John Lee Hancock and other cast members on Wednesday night premiered "The Founder", a biopic about Ray Kroc, who turned the McDonald brothers' fast food eatery into one of the biggest franchises in the world.
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Fortunately, Fletcher's lead actor, the "Kingsman" star Taron Egerton, proved to be an able spy: Egerton was seated next to John and his writing partner, Bernie Taupin (played by Jamie Bell), and would often lean to his left to provide Fletcher with a whispered report.
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Along with roles on the television series "Homeland" and in the films "Men, Women & Children" and "Interstellar," he starred in the Off Broadway production of John Patrick Shanley's play "Prodigal Son," for which he won the Lucille Lortel Award for lead actor in a play.
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Stiller is nominated for best director for his miniseries Escape at Dannemora, which has also received four other Emmy nominations for best limited series, best lead actress, best lead actor and best supporting actor for Patricia Arquette, Benicio del Toro and Paul Dano, respectively.
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At the Winter Garden Theater, Alex Brightman, the lead actor of Broadway's "School of Rock," has furnished his diminutive dressing room with such not-so-hedonistic gratifications as a steam-inhaler mask, tasteful throw pillows and a collection of year-end award-season movies on DVD.
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The comedy has been a staple for 12 long years on CBS, cementing itself in television history with a massive viewership, 46 Emmy nominations (and 10 wins — four for lead actor Jim Parsons), global acclaim, and guest stars like Mark Hamill, Carrie Fischer, and Stephen Hawking.
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In recent profiles, writers have described the ways A Star Is Born director and lead actor Bradley Cooper attempted to strip away Gaga's pop star persona in an effort to make her more "open" and without "artifice," in one case literally wiping the makeup off her face.
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The Atlanta star and his partner are notoriously private about their personal life, but Glover did spill that he was expecting his second child, a baby boy, on stage at the Emmys while delivering his acceptance speech for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series award.
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Check out all of PEOPLE's 2018 Emmys coverage here TVLine recently reported that Criss, who earned his first Emmy acting nomination for his role as killer Andrew Cunanan in FX's The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, was favored to win the outstanding lead actor award.
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In addition to landing a nomination in the category for best drama series, a total of 10 of the show's actors also received Emmy nominations, including lead actor Kit Harington (Jon Snow on "Game of Thrones") and lead actress Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), who HBO nominated.
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Though the case has been public knowledge for years, a recent Deadline report reminded us that the movie's director and lead actor, Nate Parker, now 36, was accused of having nonconsensual sex with a passed-out college student at Penn State University when he was 19.
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Malek accepted the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in A Drama Series by stepping on stage and whispering to the... It only took four seasons, but Tatiana Maslany has finally won an Emmy for Oustanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work in Orphan Black.
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Since 2010, a number of performers and writers of Asian descent have scored wins in major categories, including Archie Panjabi (2010, supporting actress in a drama), Riz Ahmed (2017, lead actor in a limited series), and Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang (2016, writing for a comedy series).
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He wouldn't be my pick, but he's always good, and he makes you watch this movie and imagine the version of it that is actually about him, which is perhaps an argument for why he should also be in the Lead Actor category instead, but never mind.
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Despite one of its stars, Jharrel Jerome, taking home the Emmy this year for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or TV movie, the drama about the Central Park Five now known as the Exonerated Five didn't register with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association voters.
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In the months since, "The Report" has lost significant steam — in part because the lead actor Adam Driver has a stronger awards vehicle in "Marriage Story" — but Bening still popped back up in the Globes' supporting-actress short list this morning, and not a moment too soon.
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LOS ANGELES — The candy-colored Lionsgate musical "La La Land," about dreams and dreamers in this city of stars, twirled its way toward being an awards season juggernaut on Monday, taking seven Golden Globe nominations, including ones for best director, screenplay and lead actor and actress.
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The second season of Mr. Robot might not have premiered to nearly as much acclaim as the first, but it's still a shock to realize that star Rami Malek — who won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2016 — wasn't even nominated in the category this time around.
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Only three people of color were awarded Emmys last night: Regina King (Seven Seconds) for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series, Thandie Newton (Westworld) for Outstanding Supporting Actress, and Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series.
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The day after "Birth of a Nation" received a standing ovation at the Toronto International Film Festival, the 36-year-old writer, director and lead actor didn't shy away from questions on Saturday about his 2001 trial and acquittal on rape charges that have dominated conversation around the film.
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And as such, star Rami Malek (who more or less captures the essence of Freddie Mercury, as even many of Bohemian Rhapsody's detractors will admit) is probably going to win the Lead Actor Oscar for his performance, which has helped keep tugging the movie forward all season long.
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Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang's Netflix series is a lovely, heartfelt treat, and it seems Emmy voters felt the same, because Master of None managed to make an appearance in most of the prominent comedy categories: Outstanding Comedy, Lead Actor (Ansari), Directing (Ansari), and Writing (Ansari and Yang).
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Only two Asian actors have won Emmys—Archie Panjabi in 2010 as supporting actress for The Good Wife and Riz Ahmed in 2017 as lead actor in HBO's The Night Of. Many have taken to Twitter to point out the absurdity of a "first" of this magnitude in 2018.
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Similarly, Jason Pennycooke's Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson (parts created brilliantly in New York by Daveed Diggs) and Mr. Terera's Burr (for which Leslie Odom Jr. copped the Tony for Best Lead Actor in a Musical) register more as supporting characters than they did in New York.
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Meanwhile, the frontrunners in the four acting categories — Brad Pitt (Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Laura Dern (Supporting Actress for Marriage Story), Joaquin Phoenix (Lead Actor for Joker), and Reneé Zellweger (Lead Actress for Judy) — held form and took home Oscars in their respective categories.
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What it's about: Green Book was the top winner at the Golden Globes in January, and though it didn't fare quite as well at the Oscars, it's now up for five awards: Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Lead Actor for Viggo Mortensen, Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, and Film Editing.
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The British actor, 35, attended the star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles as a nominee for Outstanding Lead Actor in Limited Series or Movie, and also presented the Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special category, with a twirling Priyanka Chopra, to his Night Manager director Susanne Bier.
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The 2017 drama races certainly got shaken up by a wave of popular new shows in the field, including This Is Us and Westworld (both of which earned nods in the Lead Actor category), but it's still rare to have a previous winner not get a repeat nomination the following year.
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Other big awards to watch include outstanding limited series (which pits Big Little Lies, The Night Of, Feud: Bette and Joan, Genius and Fargo against one another) and the major acting categories like outstanding lead actress in a limited series or TV movie and lead actor in a drama series.
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The story, which has now been repeated by its stars several times and elevated to lore, goes like this: During the screen test, Cooper, who is the producer, director, and lead actor in the movie, whipped out a makeup wipe and dragged it down Gaga's face from forehead to chin.
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" His "Star Wars" colleagues say that there is something fitting about the fact that the devoted, less heralded Mr. Hamill is the only lead actor from the original films presently involved with the franchise — "He's the last man standing," said Mr. Ford, whose character met his demise in "The Force Awakens.
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Related: The full list of the 2018 SAG Awards winners Weeks ago he also became the first black man to win a Golden Globe for a TV drama and last fall became the first black actor to to snag an Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series since 1998.
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Maisel and Schitt's Creek for Outstanding Comedy Series (not to mention Phoebe Waller Bridge's Lead Actress in a Comedy Series win) and Billy Porter made history by becoming the first out Black man to be nominated, nonetheless win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Pose.
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You could feel it in the way FX's The Americans won for writing and lead actor (Matthew Rhys), while Netflix's The Crown won for directing and lead actress (Claire Foy) ... only for both to founder on the rocks of boring ol' Game of Thrones winning its third Emmy for drama series.
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We had a chance to sit down with the actress and dancer (and wife to the movie's lead actor, Channing Tatum) at a Young Living event last night, where she walked us through what it was really like visiting her husband on set of the equally oiled-up sequel, Magic Mike XXL.
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The other performers will struggle with competition from other actors (Chadwick Boseman, in the always crowded Lead Actor field) or from within their own film (the many, many, many prominent supporting actresses in the movie, though there's a chance Nyong'o, an Oscar winner, might benefit from the Academy already knowing and loving her).
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The soap opera "Days of Our Lives" was the big winner of the night, taking home awards in various categories including outstanding drama series, outstanding lead actor for James Reynolds in his role as Abe Carver and outstanding supporting actor for Greg Vaughan as Eric Brady as well as directing and writing honors.
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At the time of Speed's release, lead actor Keanu Reeves was distancing himself from the teenaged airhead roles and making an effort to establish a career as a high-art actor, appearing in Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho just a few years before and fresh from the film Little Buddha.
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"Ozark" won for Directing for a Drama Series (Jason Bateman) and Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Julia Garner), while Jharrel Jerome was named the best Lead Actor in a Limited Series for his performance in "When They See Us." And "Bandersnatch," the interactive episode of "Black Mirror," won for Television Movie.
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Among the five, four are repeat categories from last year (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Comedy Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series) for his hit FX show "Atlanta," while the remaining nod is for his guest appearance in "Saturday Night Live."
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What it's about: Fans of Queen were delighted by Bohemian Rhapsody, which mostly tracks the life of lead singer Freddie Mercury (played by Lead Actor-nominated Rami Malek) from the day he talked his way into fronting the band through the band's legendary 1985 Live Aid performance, which the movie recreates in detail.
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Meanwhile, four other films took home acting awards: If Beale Street Could Talk's Regina King won Best Supporting Actress; Vice's Christian Bale won Lead Actor in a Comedy or Musical; The Favourite's Olivia Colman won Lead Actress in a Comedy or Musical; and The Wife's Glenn Close won Lead Actress in a Drama.
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RobotOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesKyle Chandler, BloodlineRami Malek, Mr. RobotBob Odenkirk, Better Call SaulMatthew Rhys, The AmericansLiev Schreiber, Ray DonovanKevin Spacey, House of CardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesClaire Danes, HomelandViola Davis, How to Get Away With MurderTaraji P. Henson, EmpireTatiana Maslany, Orphan BlackKeri Russell, The AmericansRobin Wright, House of CardsOutstanding Comedy Seriesblack-ishMaster of NoneModern FamilySilicon ValleyTransparentUnbreakable Kimmy SchmidtVeep Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesJeffrey Tambor, TransparentAnthony Anderson, black-ishWill Forte, The Last Man on EarthThomas Middleditch, Silicon ValleyAziz Ansari, Master of NoneWilliam H. Macy, ShamelessOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy SeriesJulia Louis-Dreyfus, VeepAmy Schumer, Inside Amy SchumerEllie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtLaurie Metcalf, Getting OnTracee Ellis Ross, black-ishLily Tomlin, Grace and FrankieOutstanding Limited SeriesThe People v.
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Ahmed is up for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie for playing Nasir Khan on HBO's The Night Of. And Wong earned a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his part as Whiterose on USA's Mr. Robot (he lost to Gerald McRaney of This Is Us).
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Other notes: The Young Pope only got a nod for Outstanding Cinematography In A Limited Series, and while Transparent picked up noms for Lead Actor (Jeffrey Tambor), Supporting Actress (Kathryn Hahn and Judith Light), Production Design, Casting, Cinematography, and Contemporary Costume Design, I'm surprised it didn't make its way into the Outstanding Comedy category.
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These advancements were apparent in the lead actor nominations; however, there were only two women of color nominated for leading roles — Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder and Tracee Ellis-Ross for black-ish — which meant turning to that clunky 67-page document to find the other female nominees of color.
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Another African-American actor, Sterling K. Brown won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Dramatic Series for his work in NBC's generation-spanning family saga, "This Is Us." These Emmys, from start to finish, clearly were the all-inclusive Emmys and everyone, even the losers, were made to feel welcome at the party.
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Here are six winners to make Emmy Awards history: Second-time Emmy award winner Sterling K. Brown became the first black actor to earn the outstanding lead actor distinction in nearly 20 years for the NBC drama series, "This is Us." This follows Andre Braugher's 1998 win for "Homicide: Life on the Street," Variety reports.
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The first openly-gay man of color to be nominated for and win the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category, Porter used his speech time to express his appreciation for the world's growing acceptance of the LGBTQ community — and encouraged his peers to continue using their platforms as a means of inspiring change.
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On Monday morning, the Hamilton star tweeted out a selfie from the Emmy Awards of himself and Jerome, who won the statuette on Sunday night for outstanding lead actor for his role in When They See Us. In the caption, Miranda revealed that unbeknownst to him initially, the two men had actually met before.
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The play's lead actor, Mohamad Alrefai, showed up for his first interview at the United States Embassy in Beirut eager to introduce himself and to show his supporting documents for a visa, only to be told by an American consular official to keep his mouth shut, he recalled, and his stack of papers to himself.
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O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) — WINNERRoots (History)TV MovieA Very Murray Christmas (Netflix)All the Way (HBO)Confirmation (HBO)Luther (BBC America)Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (PBS)— WINNER Lead actor, limited series or movieBryan Cranston, All the Way (HBO)Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (PBS)Idris Elba, Luther (BBC America)Cuba Gooding, Jr., The People v.
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Last year's ceremony appeared to signal a shift in the thinking of TV Academy voters, and an attempt to course-correct on the Emmys' longstanding insularity: all three lead actor awards went to men of color, while a solid chunk of the other major writing and directing awards went to a relatively diverse pool of winners.
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What it's about: Fans of Queen were delighted by Bohemian Rhapsody, which mostly tracks the life of lead singer Freddie Mercury (played Rami Malek, who won Lead Actor for his performance) from the day he talked his way into fronting the band through the band's legendary 1985 Live Aid performance, which the movie recreates in detail.
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FROM COINAGE: The Emmy Awards by the Numbers Other big awards to watch include outstanding limited series (which pits Big Little Lies, The Night Of, Feud: Bette and Joan, Genius and Fargo against one another) and the major acting categories like outstanding lead actress in a limited series or TV movie and lead actor in a drama series.
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Lead Actor in Drama Series Sterling K. Brown, This is UsAnthony Hopkins, WestworldBob Odenkirk, Better Call SaulMatthew Rhys, The AmericansLiev Schreiber, Ray DonovanMilo Ventimiglia, This is Us Our pick: Sterling K. Brown We might all be fixated on the fate of Ventimiglia's character, but Brown's poignant performance is the emotional anchor that grounds NBC's labyrinthine family drama.
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Then there was Lead Actor in a Comedy winner Jeffrey Tambor, who used part of his speech to advocate on behalf of transgender talent being considered more to play transgender roles: Without quite saying so, Tambor's speech was a half-acknowledgement that the actor has come under fire for being a cisgender man playing a trans role.
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Maisel" Kate McKinnon, "Saturday Night Live" Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series Anthony Anderson, "Black-ish" Don Cheadle, "Black Monday," Ted Danson, "The Good Place" Michael Douglas, "The Kominksy Method" Bill Hader, "Barry" *WINNER Eugene Levy, "Schitt's Creek" Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series Christina Applegate, "Dead to Me" Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs.
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Emmanuelle Riva, whose performance in the antiwar film "Hiroshima Mon Amour" in 1959 placed her at the center of the French New Wave — and who, more than 50 years later, became the oldest person nominated for an Academy Award for best lead actor or actress, as a woman debilitated by strokes in "Amour" — died on Friday in Paris.
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