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That same year he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award. He has also received two Tony Awards for his work on the Broadway stage. He won a Special Tony Award in 1963 for Beyond The Fringe alongside Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. He also won Best Play for The History Boys in 2005.
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a Broadway play. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946.
Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year." [1] The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actor, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic).
The 2006 Tony Awards did not feature a host, but instead over 60 stars presented awards at the ceremony. [ 2 ] The biggest winner of the night was the Royal National Theatre production The History Boys by British playwright Alan Bennett winning six Tonys out of seven nominations, including Best Play, Best Direction, Best Leading Actor and Best ...
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In 2004, he originated the role of Hector (the teacher) in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, directed by Nicholas Hytner, winning the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. [3] During the play's United States run, he won a Drama Desk Award , an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Tony Award .
First African-American to win Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play: James Earl Jones for The Great White Hope in 1969. First African-American to win Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical: Cleavon Little for Purlie in 1970. First African-American author to win Tony Award for Best Play: Joseph A. Walker for The River Niger in 1974.
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