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Poll: Friday Face-Off: Philip Seymour Hoffman vs. Heath Ledger

A poll by Silitonga
In 2005, at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony, two actors earned a Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nomination for playing a homosexual character; a first time in Oscar history. Heath Ledger and Philip Seymour Hoffman (who ended up winning the Oscar)

Both received critical acclaim, both considered equally powerful and moving performances.

Which performance do you think is the best?

Discuss them here

Results of 893 votes:

  1. 1.

    Heath Ledger

     
    As Ennis Del Mar is Brokeback Mountain (2005).
  2. 2.

    Philip Seymour Hoffman

     
    As Truman Capote is Capote (2005).

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