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Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
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Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
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Ving Rhames. Jump to. 7 wins & 21 nominations. Acapulco Black Film Festival. 1998 Nominee Black Film Award. Best Actor. Rosewood. Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. 2000 Nominee Blockbuster Entertainment Award. Favorite Supporting Actor - Action. Entrapment. Primetime Emmy Awards. 1998 Nominee Primetime Emmy.
- May 12, 1959
Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film in HBO 's Don King: Only in America. At the ceremony he gave his award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, saying, "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you."
Rhames' performance as the world's most infamous boxing promoter was nothing short of brilliant, and at the 1998 Golden Globe Awards he picked up the award for Best Actor in a Miniseries. However, in an incredible display of compassion, he handed over the award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, as he felt Lemmon was a more deserving winner.
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Check all the awards won and nominated for by Ving Rhames - Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (1998) and more awards. Irving Rameses
Jul 14, 2023 · Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 and immediately gave it to fellow nominee, Jack Lemmon. Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Robin Williams couldn't believe what they were witnessing! Collider
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May 29, 2018 · Although nominated for several awards over the years, Rhames made headlines when he won a Golden Globe Award in 1998. Honored for his portrayal of Don King — a man Rhames called "the American Dream personified," according to the Guardian — in HBO's miniseries Don King : Only in America, Rhames stunned the audience by asking nominee Jack ...
1 Nomination. OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR SPECIAL - 1998. Nominee. Ving Rhames, as Don King. Don King: Only In America. HBO. The Television Academy database lists prime-time Emmy information. Click here to learn more. Ving Rhames: bio, photos, awards, nominations and more at Emmys.com.