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Vencedores e Indicados 1990s Ano Vencedores e Indicados Filme ou MinissériePersonagem 1996 Alan Rickman Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny Grigori RasputinBeau Bridges Hidden in America Bill JanusonTed Danson Gulliver's Travels Lemuel GulliverEric Roberts In Cold Blood Perry SmithJames Woods The Summer of Ben Tyler Temple Rayburn 1997 Gary Sinise George Wallace George C. WallaceArmand Assante The Odyssey OdysseusGabriel Byrne Weapons of Mass Distraction Lionel PowersSidney Poitier Mandela and de Klerk Nelson MandelaVing Rhames Don King: Only in America Don King 1998 Delroy Lindo Glory & Honor Mathew HensonCary Elwes The Pentagon Wars Lt. Colonel James BurtonLaurence Fishburne Always Outnumbered Socrates Fortlow Kevin Pollak From the Earth to the Moon Joseph Francis SheaPatrick Stewart Moby Dick Ahab 1999 William H. Macy A Slight Case of Murder Terry ThorpeBeau Bridges P. T. Barnum P. T. BarnumDon Cheadle A Lesson Before Dying Grant WigginsDelroy Lindo Strange Justice Clarence ThomasBrent Spiner Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Earl Mills
2000s Ano Vencedores e Indicados Filme ou MinissériePersonagem 2000 James Woods Dirty Pictures Dennis BarrieAndy García For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Arturo SandovalLouis Gossett, Jr. The Color of Love: Jacey's Story Lou HastingsBob Hoskins Noriega: God's Favorite Manuel NoriegaMatthew Modine Flowers for Algernon Charlie Gordon 2001 Richard DreyfussThe Day Reagan Was Shot Alexander HaigWilliam Hurt Varian's War Varian Fry Ben Kingsley Anne Frank: The Whole Story Otto FrankDamian Lewis Band of Brothers Major Richard "Dick" WintersJeffrey Wright Boycott Martin Luther King 2002 William H. Macy Door to Door Bill PorterTed Danson Living with the Dead James Van PraaghAlbert Finney The Gathering Storm Winston ChurchillHarry J. Lennix Keep the Faith, Baby Adam Clayton PowellPatrick Stewart King of Texas John Lear 2003 James Woods Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story Rudy GiulianiRobert Carlyle Hitler: The Rise of Evil Adolf HitlerTroy Garity Soldier's Girl Barry WinchellLee Pace Soldier's Girl Scottie / Calpernia AddamsAl Pacino Angels in America Roy CohnTom Wilkinson Normal Roy Applewood 2004 Jamie Foxx Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story Stan "Tookie" WilliamsKeith Carradine Deadwood Bill HickokMos Def Something the Lord Made Vivien ThomasAlan Rickman Something the Lord Made Dr. Alfred BlalockGeoffrey Rush The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Peter Sellers 2005 Jonathan Rhys Meyers Elvis Elvis PresleyTed Danson Our Fathers Mitchell GarabedianKenneth Branagh Warm Springs Franklin D. RooseveltEd Harris Empire Falls Miles RobyChristian Campbell Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Jimmy HarperRupert Everett Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Sherlock Holmes 2006 Bill Nighy Gideon's Daughter Gideon Warner Andre Braugher Thief Nick AtwaterCharles Dance Bleak House Mr. TulkinghornHugh Dancy Elizabeth I Robert DevereuxBen Kingsley Mrs. Harris Herman Tarnower 2007 David Oyelowo Five Days Matt WellingsJim Broadbent Longford Frank PakenhamRobert Lindsay The Trial of Tony Blair Tony BlairAidan Quinn Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Henry L. DawesTom Selleck [Jesse Stone: Sea Change Jesse StoneToby Stephens Jane Eyre Edward Fairfax Rochester 2008 Paul Giamatti John Adams John AdamsBenedict Cumberbatch The Last Enemy Stephen EzardRalph Fiennes Bernard and Doris Bernard LaffertyStellan Skarsgård God on Trial BaumgartenKevin Spacey Recount Ron KlainTom Wilkinson Recount James Baker 2009 Brendan Gleeson Into the Storm Winston ChurchillKevin Bacon Taking Chance Michael StroblKenneth Branagh Wallander Det. Kurt WallanderWilliam Hurt Endgame Will EsterhuyseJeremy Irons Georgia O'Keeffe Alfred StieglitzIan McKellen The Prisoner Número 2 / Curtis
Anos 2010 Ano Vencedores e Indicados Filme ou MinissériePersonagem 2010 Al Pacino You Don't Know Jack Dr. Jack KevorkianBenedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Sherlock HolmesIdris Elba Luther Det. John LutherIan McShane The Pillars of the Earth Waleran BigodBarry Pepper When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story Bill WilsonDennis Quaid The Special Relationship Bill ClintonDavid Suchet Agatha Christie's Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot 2011 Jason Isaacs Case Histories Jackson BrodieHugh Bonneville Downton Abbey Robert CrawlyIdris Elba Luther Det. John LutherLaurence Fishburne Thurgood Thurgood MarshallWilliam Hurt Too Big to Fail Henry PaulsonBill Nighy Page Eight Johnny Worricker 2012 Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Sherlock HolmesKenneth Branagh Wallander Kurt WallanderKevin Costner Hatfields & McCoys Devil Anse HatfieldIdris Elba Luther Det. John LutherWoody Harrelson Game Change Steve SchmidtClive Owen Hemingway & Gellhorn Ernest Hemingway 2013 Michael Douglas Behind the Candelabra LiberaceMatt Damon Behind the Candelabra Scott ThorsonBenedict Cumberbatch Parade's End Christopher TietjensChiwetel Ejiofor Dancing on the Edge Louis LesterMatthew Goode Dancing on the Edge Stanley MitchellPeter Mullan Top of the Lake Matt MitchamAl Pacino Phil Spector Phil SpectorDominic West Burton & Taylor Richard Burton 2014 Mark Ruffalo The Normal Heart Ned WeeksDominic Cooper Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond Ian FlemingRichard Jenkins Olive Kitteridge Henry KitteridgeStephen Rea The Honourable Woman Hugh Hayden-HoyleDavid Suchet Agatha Christie's Poirot Hercule PoirotKiefer Sutherland 24: Live Another Day Jack Bauer 2015 Mark Rylance Wolf Hall Thomas CromwellMartin Clunes Arthur & George Arthur Conan DoyleMichael Gambon The Casual Vacancy Howard MollisonOscar Isaac Show Me a Hero Nick WasicskoBen Mendelsohn Bloodline Danny RayburnDavid Oyelowo Nightingale Peter Snowden
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