\u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d star Wagner Moura won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama at Sunday night\u2019s star-studded awards ceremony, making history as the first Brazilian actor to ever win in this category.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018The Secret Agent\u2019 is a film about memory \u2014 or the lack of memory \u2014 and generational trauma. I think that if trauma can be passed along generations, values can too,\u201d Moura said in his acceptance speech. \u201cSo this is to the ones that are sticking with their values in difficult moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Moura was nominated alongside Joel Edgerton (\u201cTrain Dreams\u201d), Oscar Isaac (\u201cFrankenstein\u201d), Dwayne Johnson (\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d), Michael B. Jordan (\u201cSinners\u201d) and Jeremy Allen White (\u201cSpringsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere\u201d).\u00a0He had previously been nominated for best actor in a TV series \u2014 drama for his work on \u201cNarcos.\u201d In addition to being the first Brazilian winner, Moura was also the first Brazilian performer to be nominated in the best actor \u2013 drama category.<\/p>\n
The Golden Globes, held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, was hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, who returned as emcee for the second year in a row.\u00a0 Variety parent company PMC owns Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Prods. in a joint venture with Eldridge. In addition to Moura\u2019s nomination, \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d is nominated for best motion picture \u2014 drama, the first Brazilian production recognized in the category, and best foreign language film.<\/p>\n
In \u201cThe Secret Agent,\u201d set in 1977 Brazil under military rule, Moura stars as technology expert and political dissident, attempting to flee persecution and resist an authoritarian deceitful regime.<\/p>\n
The political thriller, from filmmaker Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho, debuted to massive acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the year\u2019s most-awarded title at the fest: Moura won the best actor award; Mendon\u00e7a Filho was named best director; and the film won both the Art House Cinema Award and the FIPRESCI Prize for best film.<\/p>\n
Moura has been nominated for a slew of awards for the role, including at the Gotham Awards, the Satellite Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, among other nominations from guilds and critics groups.<\/p>\n
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