Hi everyone and thank you for joining us for the 485th episode of the Hollywood Reporters

Awards Chatter Podcast.

I'm Scott Feinberg, the podcast host and the executive editor of THR's Awards Coverage.

And for those of you tuning in, we are recording this episode in front of an audience at the

Boulder Theater in Beautiful Boulder, Colorado, as part of the 19th annual Boulder International

Film Festival.

Today, for the second year in a row, I have the honor and privilege of sitting down with

the recipient of Biff's Highest Honor, the outstanding performer of the year award, prior

to its presentation.

And this year, that person holds a particularly special place in my heart because I had the

opportunity to speak with him once before, 19 years ago, when I was still in high school,

and he was kind enough to grant me a telephone interview about his life and career.

I'm sure he doesn't remember it, but I certainly do.

Once described by Pauline Cale as a wizard at eager, manic, full of life roles, and by David

Denby as a real actor, he is one of just 36 people alive today who have won the Best Actor

Academy Award.

His coming 38 years ago for his unforgettable portrayal of the composer Antonio Salieri

in the film Amadeus.

And earlier this very week, he added another statuette to his mantelpiece when he accepted

the Best Ensemble in a Drama Series Saga Award on behalf of the cast of the second season

of the HBO Limited Series, The White Lotus, on which he played the hilarious Bert DeGrasso.

That show was released in 2022, hot on the heels of another hit show on which he starred,

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