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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

Annual television award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
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The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film or Best Actor – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

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It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year. The award was first presented at the 39th Golden Globe Awards on January 30, 1982, to Mickey Rooney for his role on the made-for-television film Bill. Performances by an actor in a miniseries or television film were originally awarded in the Best Actor – Television Series Drama category before the creation of this category.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 44 actors. One notable moment happened at the 55th Golden Globe Awards ceremony, when Ving Rhames won for his portrayal of Don King in the HBO television film Don King: Only in America. During the ceremony, Rhames gave the award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, who was nominated for playing Juror #3 in the Showtime television film 12 Angry Men. Rhames called upon Lemmon from the audience and said "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you."

Colin Farrell is the current recipient of the award for his performance in The Penguin. Robert Duvall, James Garner, and Al Pacino have won the most awards in this category with two each. James Woods has been nominated for the award on seven occasions, the most within the category.

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Winners and nominees

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Mickey Rooney was the first recipient of the award, winning for his role on Bill as Bill Sackter.
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Ted Danson won for Something About Amelia (1984).
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Dustin Hoffman won for Death of a Salesman (1985)
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Out of seven nominations, the most in the category, James Woods won for his role as D.J. in Promise (1986).
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Michael Caine won for Jack the Ripper (1988)
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Robert Duvall won for Lonesome Dove (1989) and Stalin (1992).
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Gary Sinise won for playing Harry S. Truman in Truman (1995)
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Alan Rickman won playing the title role in Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996).
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Ving Rhames won in 1997 for his portrayal of Don King in Don King: Only in America.
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Stanley Tucci won playing Walter Winchell in Winchell (1999).
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Jack Lemmon won for Inherit the Wind
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Al Pacino won twice for Angels in America (2003) and You Don't Know Jack (2009)
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Geoffrey Rush won for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
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Bill Nighy won for Gideon's Daughter (2006).
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Jim Broadbent won for Longford (2007)
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Paul Giamatti won in 2008 for John Adams.
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Idris Elba won for Luther (2011)
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Kevin Costner won for Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
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Michael Douglas won for Behind the Candelabra (2013)
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Oscar Isaac won for playing Nick Wasicsko in Show Me a Hero.
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Ewan McGregor won for his dual role in Fargo.
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Darren Criss won for The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018).
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Russell Crowe won for The Loudest Voice (2019)
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Mark Ruffalo won for I Know This Much Is True (2020).
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Michael Keaton won for Dopesick (2021)
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Evan Peters won for Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022).
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Steven Yeun won for Beef (2023).

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

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Superlatives

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Multiple nominations

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