A fitting tribute: Idris Elba receives Golden Globe Best Actor nominations for Mandela

Idris Elba has received a nomination for Best  Actor in a Motion Picture Drama at the 2014 Golden Globes.

The 41-year-old’s nod for his role as Mandela  in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom comes after he failed to be recognised in the  Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, which were announced on  Wednesday.

The British star is going for a double win –  he has also been nominated for Best Actor in a mini-series or TV movie for  Luther.

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Going for double: Idris Elba has been nominated for two awards in the Golden Globe nominations 2014, it was announced on Thursday Going for double: Idris Elba has been nominated for two  awards in the Golden Globe nominations 2014, it was announced on Thursday

 

Idris will go up against fellow Brit Chiwetel  Ejiofor, who also has two nominations – one for his role in 12 Years A Slave and  the other for Dancing On The Edge.

In the Best Actor in a Motion Picture  character the pair will fight off competition  from Tom Hanks (Captain  Phillips), Matthew McConaughey (The Dallas Buyers Club), Robert Redford (All Is  Lost).

Competition is just as tough for Best Actor  in a TV series as Michael Douglas and Matt Damon have both been nominated for  their roles in Behind The Candelabra and Al Pacino has been nominated for his  part in Phil Spector.

Best Actor: Idris is up for his role as Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, pictures here with Riaad Moosa, as Ahmed KathradaBest Actor: Idris is up for his role as Mandela in  Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, pictures here with Riaad Moosa, as Ahmed  Kathrada

 

Idris won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a  Mini Series back in 2010 for his part in popular BBC crime dram  Luther.

The actor’s career has gone from strength to  strength over the years, and after making a name for himself as Stringer Bell in  US TV show The Wire, he has found critical acclaim with Mandela.

His role in the film, which chronicles   the late Nelson Mandela’s life  journey from his childhood in a rural  village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected  president of South Africa, has won him rave reviews.

Double whammy: Chiwetel Ejiofor has also picked up two nominations - one for his part in 12 Years A Slave and the other Dancing On The EdgeDouble whammy: Chiwetel Ejiofor has also picked up two  nominations – one for his part in 12 Years A Slave and the other Dancing On The  Edge

 

Success: Chiwetel Ejiofor also picked up a nomination at the SAG Award's which were announced on Wednesday Success: Chiwetel Ejiofor also picked up a nomination at  the SAG Award’s which were announced on Wednesday

 

It came as a shock therefore that Idris  failed to be nominated for anything at the SAGs. Chiwetel  meanwhile had more luck and was nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a  Male

Actor in a Leading Role category for his role  Solomon Northup in 12 Years A Slave.

The nominations for the 71st Golden Globe  Awards were announced on Thursday, with Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Aziz  Ansari joining Miss Golden Globe at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday,  December 12.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will return as hosts  at the awards held on Sunday, January 12.

 

71ST ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE  AWARDS – FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

Gravity

 

Best  motion picture, drama 12 Years  a Slave Captain  Phillips Gravity Philomena Rush
Best motion picture,  musical or comedy American  Hustle Her Inside  Llewyn Davis Nebraska Wolf of Wall Street

Dallas Buyers Club

 

Best Animated Feature  film The Croods Despicable Me 2 Frozen
Best Actor in a motion picture,  drama Chiwetel Ejiofor,,12 years a Slave Idris Elba, Mandela Tom  Hanks, Captain Phillips Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club Robert  Redford, All is Lost

Saving Mr Banks

 

Best  Actress in a motion picture, drama Cate Blanchett, Blue  Jasmine Sandra Bullock, Gravity Judi Dench, Philomena Emma Thompson,  Saving Mr. Banks Kate Winslet, Labour Day
Best  Actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy Amy Adams, American  Hustle Julie Delphy, Before Midnight Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha Julia  Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said Meryl Streep, August Osage County

American Hustle

 

Best  Actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy Christian Bale, American  Hustle Bruce Dern, Nebraska Leonardo Dicaprio, Wolf of Wall  Street Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis Joaquin Phoenix, HerBest supporting Actress in a motion  picture Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine Jennifer Lawrence, American  Hustle Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave Julia Roberts, August Osage  County June Squibb, Nebraska

Leonardo DiCaprio

 

Best supporting Actor in a motion  picture Bradley Cooper, American Hustle Michael Fassbender, 12  Years a Slave Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Daniel Bruhl, Rush Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Best Director – motion picture Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity Paul  Greengrass, Captain Phillips Steve  McQueen, 12 Years a Slave Alexander  Payne, Nebraska David O. Russell,  American Hustle

Kerry Washington

 

Best  Screenplay – Motion Picture Spike Jonze, Her Bob  Nelson, Nebraska Jeff Pope and Steve  Coogan, Philomena John Ridley, 12  Years a Slave David O. Russell and  Eric Singer Warren, American Hustle 

Best Actress in a TV series,  drama

Julianna Margulies, The Good WifeTatiana Maslany, Orphan Black Taylor  Schilling, Orange is the New Black Kerry Washington, Scandal Robin  Wright, House of Cards

 

MODERN FAMILY

Best TV Series, Comedy The Big  Bang TheoryBrooklyn Nine-Nine Girls Modern Family Parks  and Recreation Best TV  Miniseries or Movie American  Horror Story: Coven Behind the  Candelabra Dancing on the  Edge Top of the Lake The White Queen

Michael J.Fox

 

Best Original Song – Motion  Picture

Atlas/Hunger Games – Chris  Martin Let it Go/Frozen – Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert  Lopez Ordinary Love/Mandela –  U2 Please Mr Kennedy/Inside – Ed Rush,  T-Bone, Justin Timberlake, Coen Sweeter Than Fiction/One Chance – Taylor  Swift
Best Actor, TV Series  Comedy Jason Bateman,  Arrested Don Cheadle, House of  Lies Michael J. Fox, The Michael J.  Fox Show Jim Parsons, The Big Bang  Theory Andy Samberg, Brooklyn  Nine-Nine

Girls

 

Best Actress in a TV Series,  Comedy Zooey Deschanel, New  Girl Edie Falco, Nurse  Jackie Lena Dunham,  Girls Julia Louis Dreyfus,  Veep Amy Poehler, Parks and  Recreation
Best Original Score  – Motion Picture All Is  Lost Mandela: Long Walk to  Freedom Gravity The  Book Thief 12 Years a  Slave

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

 

Best Foreign Language  Film Blue Is The Warmest Color  (France) The Great Beauty  (Italy) The Hunt  (Denmark) The Past  (Iran) The Wind Rises  (Japan)
Best Screenplay –  Motion Picture Spike Jonze,  Her Bob Nelson,  Nebraska Jeff Pope Steve  Philomena John Ridley, 12 Years a  Slave David O. Russell, American  Hustle

Hayden

 

Best Supporting Actress in a series,  mini-series, or TV movie Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge Janet McTeer, The White Queen Hayden  Panettiere , Nashville Monica Potter,  Parenthood Sofia Vergara, Modern  Family
Best Supporting  Actor in a series, mini-series or TV movie Josh  Charles, The Good Wife Rob Lowe,  Behind the Candelabra Aaron Paul,  Breaking Bad Corey Stoll, House of  Cards Jon Voight, Ray  Donovan

Taylor

 

Best  Actress in a mini-series or TV movie Jessica  Lange, American Horror Story: Coven Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and  Taylor Rebecca Ferguson, The White  Queen Helen Mirren, Phil  Spector Elisabeth Moss, Top of the  Lake

Best  Actor in a mini-series or TV movie Matt  Damon, Behind the Candelabra Michael  Douglas, Behind the Candelabra Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge Idris Elba, Luther Al  Pacino, Phil Spector

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