Sentences with phrase «won lead actor»

When Franco won lead actor in a motion picture, comedy or musical for his portrayal of Wiseau, Franco grabbed his younger brother and costar Dave Franco and dragged him onstage.
Gary Oldman won the lead actor award for his work as Winston Churchill in «Darkest Hour.»
Poitier won the lead actor Oscar for 1963's charming «Lilies of the Field,» as an itinerant handyman who builds a chapel for some East German nuns.
Gary Oldman won the lead actor award for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's «Darkest Hour» and was brought to tears during his acceptance speech.
Affleck won the lead actor Oscar in February for «Manchester by the Sea,» but his awards season appearances were dogged by questions over two sexual harassment suits that were filed against him by two women in 2010 in civil court.
Elsewhere, Rami Malek won Lead Actor, Drama for Mr. Robot (it'll be interesting to see if the show's more divisive second season appears on nominating lists next year), while Ben Mendelsohn won a Supporting Actor, Drama award for Bloodline, which is better news than the series has had of late.
Gary Oldman won the lead actor Oscar at the 90th annual Academy Awards Sunday night for his performance as Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's «Darkest Hour.»
Tommy Lee Jones and Daniel Day - Lewis made SAG history over the weekend by become the first pair to win Lead Actor and Supporting from the same film.
In 2014, just before he won a leading Actor Oscar, Matthew McConnaughey was at the height of one of the biggest career turnarounds.
«The Theory of Everything» star Eddie Redmayne poses backstage after winning the lead actor category at the 87th Academy Awards.
Colin Firth did win the lead actor for that film, however.
Casey Affleck won Leading Actor for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, which also won Original Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan), while other unexpected wins include Viola Davis, taking home Best Supporting Actress for Fences and Dev Patel, landing Best Supporting Actor for Lion.

Not exact matches

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 actor thanked God when he won his Best Actor Oscar at the 2013 Academy Awards for his lead role in Dallas Buyers actor thanked God when he won his Best Actor Oscar at the 2013 Academy Awards for his lead role in Dallas Buyers Actor Oscar at the 2013 Academy Awards for his lead role in Dallas Buyers Club.
Here's the verdict of THE EMMYS: The real shocker, quite the welcome one, was NBC / Direct TV's Friday Night Lights winning both Outstanding Writing and Lead Actor, giving series creator Jason Katims and star Kyle Chandler their first wins.
The notion that «the economy» is an actor in its own right, disembodied from «the change,» has led some analysts to float the strange argument that Republicans should have won more convincingly than they did.
Sterling K. Brown, of «This is Us,» made history, becoming the first black actor to win the TV lead actor drama category.
I am so happy Leo won Best Leading Actor... I think there would have been an uproar if he didn't!
In 2015, Caitlyn Jenner won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards and Jeffrey Tambor won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of a transgender person on Amazon's «Transparent.»
One of Warner's earnest biopics of great men, with good acting from Paul Muni in the lead and Joseph Schildkraut who won a Supporting Actor Oscar as the wrongly accused Captain Alfred Dreyfus
The easiest category to pick among all the nominations is Lead Actor - Benedict Cumberbatch does so far and away the best in his role, it will be an injustice if anyone else wins.
In 1978, he won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of a quadriplegic Vietnam War veteran in COMING HOME.
Then there's the talent: director Steven Spielberg and lead actors Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks are so decorated their list of award wins and nominations all require dedicated Wikipedia pages.
For her performance as Carrie Mathison on HOMELAND she has won back - to - back Golden Globe ® Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama, a 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award ® for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and the 2012 Emmy ® Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Nominated for 12 Oscars — the most of any film — it won four statuettes, including for Colin Firth for lead actor, Tom Hooper for director, and David Seidler for...
It took home both supporting actor categories (Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell), which leaves Big Bang Theory «s Jim Parsons with the lead actor win.
After winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Deer Hunter, Christopher Walken got his chance to be a leading man.
In 2012, his role in One Man, Two Guvnors won him Best Leading Actor in a Play.
His only nomination in the category for Best Actor in a Leading Role resulted in Hoffman's first Oscar win.
Larson's lead performance as Ma, a young mother living in captivity, first drew praise for its power and sensitivity at the Telluride Film Festival in September and has steadily collected accolades all season long — on Sunday she won a Golden Globe for the role, and she is also nominated for Screen Actors Guild and Independent Spirit awards.
Veteran French actor André Wilms, whose association with the filmmaker dates back to 1992's «The Bohemian Life» (for which he won a European Film Award) takes the lead here, while other Kaurismäki alumni in the cast include New Wave icon Jean - Pierre Léaud and, of course, the director's favorite actress Kati Outinen.
Backstage cover star Eddie Redmayne won best lead actor for his performance as the ALS - inflicted Stephen Hawking in «The Theory of Everything» with the obvious choice, J.K. Simmons («Whiplash»), taking best supporting.
The same would hold true of a Lead Actor bid for Boseman — though James Brown is an enormously compelling real - life figure whose life is replete with the material that wins actors awards, the Best Actor race more than any other acting category is closely tied to the Best Picture race, and Boseman will likely struggle against competitors in stronger films overall.
The project lingered on as lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio went off to make «The Wolf of Wall Street,» which gave Mr. Iñárritu time to direct «Birdman» (which went on to win four Oscars last year, including best picture and director).
Taking home not one, but five category wins with Lead Actress Frances McDormand being named as Best Actress and co-star Sam Rockwell snagging Best Supporting Actor honors.
Paul Thomas Anderson swept up Best Director for his virtuosic work in Phantom Thread, while the film's lead actor Daniel Day - Lewis wins Best Aactor Daniel Day - Lewis wins Best ActorActor.
The film's cast took home the Best Ensemble Cast prize, with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Juan, a father - figure of sorts to the film's lead character Chiron, a young African - American male coming to terms with his sexual orientation.
That a classy spy film won the prize, an American president took Leading Actor and an 85 year - old landed Leading Actress is a testament to the inclusiveness of the BAFTAs this year - and we think that's rather a good result.
It also features two superbly winning actors in the lead roles, and the chemistry between them is...
«Nebraska» has already gained acclaim on the festival circuit, particularly for Dern's lead performance (which won Best Actor at Cannes earlier this year), but there's nothing really special about any of the acting here.
The Emmy Award - winning, and Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Tony Award - nominated actor could be still coasting on the success of his turn as the lead of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom, which came to an end in 2014, and which felt like the gilded cherry atop a career cake that has encompassed everything from The Purple Rose of Cairo to Dumb and Dumber, The Hours, Good Night, and Good Luck and The Squid and the Whale.
Argo is one of my absolute favorites of the year that I predict will win some Oscars, hopefully for Affleck in lead actor and director.
Their first movie, «Training Day» was a major hit in the box office and led to both men receiving Oscar nominations, with Denzel Washington winning an Academy Award for best actor.
Day - Lewis won his first lead actor Academy Award for 1989's «My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown.»
Meanwhile, lead actor John Goodman was nominated seven times for his performance and never won.
Latino talent triumphed again when the Chilean drama A Fantastic Woman, starring trans actor Daniela Vega in the lead, won best foreign film.
La La Land stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling will attempt to repeat their performance wins at the Golden Globes, receiving nods for Best Leading Actress and Leading Actor, respectively.
French love story «Blue Is the Warmest Color» won in all categories it was nominated for, including foreign language film and young actor / actress for the film's lead, Adele Exarchopoulos.
Bryan Lee O'Malley's guitar - slinging Canadian comic book hero Scott Pilgrim came into the world in 2004, and after a series of five award - winning graphic novels (and a 6th debuting on July 20th) Scott Pilgrim makes his big screen debut with Canuck cult actor Michael Cera in the lead, Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright at the helm, and a cast that includes Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and indie favourite Jason Schwartzman!
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