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ER stars become Oscar nominees - Radio Times, February 2007 |
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Kim Newson points out that Oscar nominee
Forest Whitaker isn't the first to do the double
of working a shift at County General and
gaining an Oscar nomination…
1994 George
Clooney played
Doug Ross for five
years. Won best
supporting actor
for Syriana in 2006.
1994 William H Macy
had an occasional
role as head of the
ER, Dr Morgenstern,
for four years, during
which he received his
best supporting actor
nomination for Fargo in 1997.
1999 Djimon
Hounsou played an
African hospital
porter before
going on to receive
best supporting actor nominations for In America
in 2004 and, this time round,
Blood Diamond.
1999 Alan Alda spent
a few episodes as
Dr Gabe Lawrence,
Kerry Weaver's
former mentor.
He too was later
nominated for best
supporting actor (The Aviator, 2005).
2002 Don Cheadle
played Paul Nathan,
a surgical resident
struggling with
Parkinson's, for
four memorable
episodes. His best
actor nomination came
in 2005 for Hotel Rwanda.
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