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Now, "Breaking Bad" is a critical darling with five Emmy Awards including three consecutive best-actor wins for Mr. Cranston.
From Sitcom Dad to Scarface Amy Chozick 2011
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Jeff Bridges 'best-actor award came for Crazy Heart, a film that never broke out of limited release.
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It won a best-actor Oscar for Robert Duvall, who is a producer and a co-star in this film.
Superb Jeff Bridges strikes rich notes in 'Crazy Heart' 2009
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After picking up his best-actor Oscar for Milk, Sean Penn asked if his acceptance speech was good.
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Also applauding backstage were the five gentlemen waiting to present the best-actor award — Anthony Hopkins, Michael Douglas, Adrien Brody, Ben Kingsley and Robert De Niro.
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Muni was showered with Academy Award nominations — he won the best-actor Oscar in 1936 for "The Story of Louis Pasteur."
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Penn, last year's best-actor winner for Milk, shrugged and said, "I don't know."
Onstage drama and backstage delight at the Academy Awards 2010
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Irons, who won the best-actor Oscar for his performance as Claus von Bulow in 1990's Reversal of Fortune, says the multidimensional aspect of the role is what drew him to the series.
Jeremy Irons Shares Why He Chose SVU as His Network TV Debut 2011
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To her rescue came Forest Whitaker, the best-actor winner for The Last King of Scotland three years ago.
Onstage drama and backstage delight at the Academy Awards 2010
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He held her tenderly, a warm smile on his face, perhaps reliving the same memories from his own best-actor win the previous year for The Last King of Scotland.
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