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Timohy Spall as Albert Pierrpoint in "The Last Hangman"
Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash- Walk the Line ( with honourable mention to Reese Whetherspoon)
Ben Kingsley as Ghandi in "Ghandi"
Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in "The Hours"
Imelda Staunton as Vera Drake in "Vera Drake"
"Toby Jones" as Truman Capote in "Infamous"
"Nigel Hawthorne" as King George III in " The Madness of King George"
Frank Langella as Nixon in "Nixon"
Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in " The Queen"
Liam Neeson as Rob Roy in "Rob Roy"
Mathieu Almaric as Jean Dominique Bauby in "The Diving bell and the Butterfly"
Ed Harris & Marcia Gay Harden Pollock
Rena Owen Once Were Warriors
Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry
Charles Eastman Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Liam Neeson Schindler's List
Paul Newman as Rocky Graziano
Denzel Washington as Malcolm X
Philip Seymour Thomas as Truman Capote
Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo
Jennifer Lopez as Salina and as Puchi Lavoe
Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon
George C. Scott as Patton
Jeffrey Wright, "Basquiat"
Geir Westby, "Edvard Munch"
Patrick Magee, as Marquis de Sade in "Marat Sade"
David Wenham as Brett Sprague and Toni Collette as Michelle in "The Boys".
Phil Collins as "Buster" Edwards.
Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn in "Aviator".
Martin Sheen, thinly disguised as Charles Starkweather, in "Badlands".
Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in The Aviator
Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk
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Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn in "Aviator"
I appreciated many of the choices listed, but those above stand out for me.
You don't have to especially like the character, just appreciate the acting.
Some didn't care for Kilmer's performance, but I thought it was great.
My *Absolute Favorite* biographical performance:
Rutger Hauer as Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema in Soldier of Orange.
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