But Gore advisors believe the larger problem is that voters still see him almost entirely as vice president--a supporting actor rather than a strong leader.
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Ledger has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the Joker, having been awarded a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.
"Revolutionary Road, " featuring the heavyweight trio of Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and director Sam Mendes ("American Beauty"), picked up just one major nomination -- a best supporting actor nod for Michael Shannon's portrayal of a troubled savant.
Mr. Morgan, who died Wednesday at age 96, was a seasoned supporting actor who appeared in dozens of movies and was a regular in several TV series, including three seasons as Bill Gannon, sidekick to Jack Webb's Sgt.
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Welsh-born actor Christian Bale is also in contention, having secured a best supporting actor nod for The Fighter.
The 46-year-old won a best supporting actor Academy Award in 2004 for Mystic River.
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Winters won a best supporting actor Emmy for playing Randy Quaid's father in the sitcom Davis Rules in 1991.
Brolin has traveled his own path to stardom, earning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for "Milk" after years of film and TV work.
In 2012 he won a best supporting actor Golden Globe for his role as Tyrion Lannister in the HBO hit series Game of Thrones.
Dwight Henry collected a best supporting actor prize for Beasts of the Southern Wild, an independent film whose nine-year-old star, Quvenzhane Wallis, was Oscar-nominated earlier this week.
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Easily worthy of a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
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There are a few possible Supporting Actor choices, too, and it is sure to receive nominations for Best Film Editing (which it will likely win), Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.
Javier Bardem, who played the sociopath at the center of the action, topped a deep field for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Less fortunate are Andrew Garfield, the Anglo-American Social Network star who misses out on a nomination for best supporting actor, and Another Year's Lesley Manville.
Eddie Murphy is looking like a strong candidate for supporting actor, but not yet out of the running is the fantastic Alan Arkin from Little Miss Sunshine, who has been snubbed far too many times by Oscar.
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The most unusual acceptance speech may have been delivered by Peter Dinklage when he was given the Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama series.
BBC's Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman also missed out in their categories of outstanding lead actor, and outstanding supporting actor in a mini-series or a movie, respectively.
Christoph Waltz won his second Oscar for best supporting actor in a Quentin Tarantino film, this time for playing a German bounty hunter in the slave revenge story Django Unchained.
The flu epidemic didn't spare Hollywood as actor Tommy Lee Jones reportedly missed out of picking up his statue for outstanding male actor in a supporting role for "Lincoln" because he was sick.
But the Best Supporting Actor category is a race between Tommy Lee Jones and Alan Arkin.
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Which cast members from the hit Modern Family, all of whom submitted themselves as supporting actor candidates in a show of unison, get recognized?
Garfield, 27, was recently nominated for a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor for his role in The Social Network, about the Facebook website.
Christoph Waltz was a bit of a surprise winner in the Best Supporting Actor category for Django Unchained and Quentin Tarantino won for Best Original Screenplay for Django.
Quentin Tarantino picked up the original screenplay award for "Django Unchained, " and Christoph Waltz was named best supporting actor for playing a loquacious bounty hunter in Tarantino's slave-revenge thriller.
Michael Caine had a crowd-pleasing win for best supporting actor, crediting his performance as Dr. Wilbur Larch, an orphanage tender in "The Cider House Rules" -- the first of two awards for the film, nominated for six Oscars.
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In the evening's first award, Christoph Waltz took home the supporting actor prize for his role as a bounty hunter in Weinstein Co.
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Hall -- and best supporting actor -- John Lithgow -- in a TV series, miniseries or movie.
He was the heartless Nazi commandant Amon Goeth in "Schindler's List, " a role that earned him an Oscar nomination for best-supporting actor.
That didn't happen, but Skyfall has a healthy eight nominations in total, including Javier Bardem for supporting actor, Dame Judi Dench for supporting actress, and nods for original music (Thomas Newman) and cinematography (Roger Deakins).
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