Best Actor in a Drama

Charles Weldon gave Jim Becker, the uptight protagonist of August Wilson's play about life in a cab company, paternal gravitas and a rare, generous smile that seemed to forgive the sins of the world. Then -- just in case anyone thought this performance was a fluke -- he seduced the...
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Charles Weldon gave Jim Becker, the uptight protagonist of August Wilson’s play about life in a cab company, paternal gravitas and a rare, generous smile that seemed to forgive the sins of the world. Then — just in case anyone thought this performance was a fluke — he seduced the audience of King Hedley II this year as the raffish, silken con man Elmore.



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