Sentences with phrase «actor won for»

It wouldn't be until nearly 20 years later that another comedic actor won for the same category when George Burns took home the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in «The Sunshine Boys» in 1975.

It was the first time a straight actor won for playing a gay man, though nine more straight actors / actresses have followed suit since then.

At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Stéphane Brizé directed Vincent Lindon to a best actor win for The Measure of a Man.

With a promised 1,000 additional hours of content in 2017, a major focus this year and beyond is their ability to both penetrate the original film world, and receive recognition for their efforts from Academy members at the Oscars — something that Amazon can now boast about after Casey Affleck scored a Best Actor win for Manchester by the Sea.

Perhaps the biggest surprise, and to the happiness of many, was Andy Serkis's Best Actor win for War for the Planet of the Apes.

While Sam Rockwell's Best Supporting Actor win for his performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was expected, Lady Bird's Laurie Metcalf, the favourite in the Best Supporting Actress category, lost her statuette to Allison Janney, who won for I, Tonya.

Though Michael Keaton is hot off his Best Actor win for «Birdman,» early reviews have singled out Mark Ruffalo as the cast member most likely to earn a nomination come January.

• OSCAR WINNING ROLES: If by some miracle Bryan Cranston won he'd be the second actor to win for playing a previous Oscar winner (the first being Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator) • GENDER: If by some miracle Eddie Redmayne won it'd be the first leading actor win for a female character though not the first Oscar win for someone playing another gender — that was Linda Hunt as a male photographer in The Year of Living Dangerously (1983) • MULTI-HYPHENATES: Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio have also been nominated outside of acting categories.

He also was honored with an Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Actor win for his performance in Redemption: The Stan «Tookie» Williams Story (2004), as well as being the inaugural recipient of the honorary Vanguard Award (2004).

There's no denying that Eddie Redmayne has had a big year: Between the ups (his Best Actor win for The Theory Of Everything), the downs (Jupiter Ascending), and the pending (Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them), the young actor has been everywhere in 2015.

However, Franco's presence at the event, not to mention his Best Actor win for The Disaster Artist, left a bad taste in the mouths of some, including Breakfast Club star Ally Sheedy.

The first was Daniel Day - Lewis's Best Actor win for Lincoln just three years ago.

Sam Rockwell has been on a streak of Supporting Actor wins for «Three Billboards,» and many expect the streak to continue.

Eddie Redmayne's quiet, sensitive turn as transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl is a truly stellar turn, and one that very much makes the case for a two - peat after his Best Actor win for Theory of Everything.

Jennifer Lawrence and Brie Larson continued the fierce awards race contest by both taking home lead actress prizes for Joy (Musical or Comedy) and Room (Drama), while Sly Stallone unexpectedly proved there's life in the old dog yet with a Best Supporting Actor win for Creed.

Could a Best Supporting Actor win for Christopher Plummer help pave a very, very surprising road to the Oscars?

Many will point to Anthony Hopkins» Best Actor win for The Silence of the Lambs in the 1992 ceremony despite being on screen for less than 20 minutes of the two hour film.

The melancholic comedy set in the»60s New York City folk scene earned a Best Actor win for Oscar Isaac and a Best Screenplay nod for the Coen brothers.

Not exact matches

He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for «Capote» in 2005.

In 2015, Spacey won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Actor for his portrayal of Underwood.

Viola Davis and Mahershala Ali won their first Oscars for their supporting roles in African - American stories «Fences» and «Moonlight,» in stark contrast to the 2016 Academy Awards when no actors of color were even nominated.

Emma Stone won best actress for the musical, and «Manchester by the Sea» star Casey Affleck was named best actor on a night where U.S. President Donald Trump was the butt of numerous jokes, capping a Hollywood awards season marked by fiery protests at his policies.

Though Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson admitted that the voice initally sounds «too synthetic and effortful for a movie that's about some very dire real - world things,» he suggests that the actor's performance will win audiences over.

Every one of the site's experts tabbed Brie Larson, from Room, to win Best Actress and The Revenant «s Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor, which would be the first Oscar win for both actors.

In the other big Oscar categories, all of the above media outlets are in agreement on Gary Oldman (for his turn as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour) and Three Billboards «Frances McDormand will likely win for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.

Executives at Amazon and Netflix have said in the past that winning major Hollywood awards are good for business, as they lend even more credibility to streaming players looking to woo viewers to their services while also helping to attract high - profile talent, such as actors, writers, and directors.

Its release was relatively quiet until it was nominated for 10 Oscars and won five, including best actor, best director, and best picture.

It also marks the first time that an actor won an Oscar for a performance in a Spielberg movie.

The adaptation of author E.L. James» erotic novel won worst screenplay, worst actor for Jamie Dornan and worst actress for Dakota Johnson during Saturday's 36th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, according to the Associated Press.

New York City's bitter winter temperatures were a drastic change of environment for the now Academy Award - winning actor.

The movie, which is based on Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel of the same name, stars Golden Globe - winning actor Idris Elba and was written and directed by Cary Fukunaga, who won an Emmy Award for directing HBO television show True Detective.

The three - time Oscar winner and five - time nominee hasn't made an appearance in a movie since 2012's «Lincoln,» for which he won his third Oscar for best actor.

Pesci won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his turn in «Goodfellas.»

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

It was nominated for 11 other Oscars, winning Best Director and Best Cinematography, in addition to Best Actor in a Leading Role.

The Hill quoted the attorney for a former FBI informant in the TENEX case as saying her client «witnessed numerous, detailed conversations in which Russian actors described their efforts to lobby, influence or ingratiate themselves with the Clintons in hopes of winning favorable uranium decisions from the Obama administration.»

Thus far, the film's accolades include seven nominations, plus a number of wins at run - up events, including Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globes for the movie, Frances McDormand and co-star Sam Rockwell.

Who's wins the best actor title in the battle of brokerage commercial voice - overs: Matt Damon for TD Ameritrade or Kevin Spacey for E * Trade?

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The Academy Award - winning actor is executive producer, host and narrator for a new series on the Science Channel, «Through the Wormhole.»

Last night, the 31 - year - old won the prize for Best Screenplay and Best Director, with his film winning Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, and its stars, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, winning Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

It won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (for Gutiérrez's harrowed ladies» man Juan), Best Original Screenplay, and more.

At Sunday's Oscars, actor, screenwriter and director Jordan Peele made cinematic history, becoming the first black director to win an Oscar for best screenplay.

Twitter and Facebook is exploding, because less than 20 people in the crowd clapped for him after he thanked god for winning best actor

Anthony can also be seen in the ABC sitcom, Black - ish, for which he was recently nominated for an Emmy ® award, in which he stars and produces, and which recently won two NAACP Image Awards for both Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series.

The esteemed eatery has reportedly hosted a litany of celebrity guests like Norman Reedus of «The Walking Dead» fame, BD Wong of Jurassic World and «Law & Order,» and JK Simmons who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash in 2015.

Belvedere Vodka and award - winning musician - actor - activist, Janelle Monáe, have come together for a two - year collaborative partnership to bring to life powerful co-created content and experiences.

lol] won it, Madrid spent roughly half a billion Euros [same as the cost of building the Emirates] in pursuit of La Decima for SO MANY years while Barcelona spent almost nothing on Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, the chief actors of their dominant years... my point?

And when Keith Smart had finished scoring 12 of his team's last 15 points, including the winning 16 - foot jump shot from the left side with five seconds remaining under massive pressure, most of Indiana didn't even care that the film Hoosiers» Dennis Hopper hadn't won the Oscar for best supporting actor just so long as this real - life Hoosier named Smart had.

University of Texas alum Matthew @McConaughey wins the Oscar for Best Actor.