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Evan Peters accepts the Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film award for “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” onstage at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.

The 80thGolden Globe Awardshave named 2023’s best actor in a limited series!

On Tuesday,Evan PetersthankedCarol Burnett award recipientRyan Murphy"for letting me be part of your brilliant vision again" as he accepted the award for his performance inDahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

“It was a difficult one to make, a difficult one to watch,” Peters,35, said of the show, which follows the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. “But I sincerely hope some good came out of it.”

“I wanna thank this incredible cast and crew and directors. It was a colossal team effort,” he added. “Everyone gave it their all, and I would not be up here without them.”

The star also gave a nod to the “loved ones who helped pick me up when I fell and carried me to the finish line.”

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Other nominees in the category includedColin Firth(The Staircase),Taron Egerton(Black Bird),Andrew Garfield(Under the Banner of Heaven) andSebastina Stan(Pam & Tommy).

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Three of the five series represented in the category —Dahmer,Black BirdandPam & Tommy— were also nominated for best limited series.

The 2023 nominations were the first Golden Globes nods for Peters and Stan. Egerton previously won the best actor award in 2020 for his appearance inRocketman. Firth won best actor forThe King’s Speechin 2011, and Garfield took home a best actor award of his own last year forTick…Tick…BOOM!

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The 80th annual Golden Globe Awards are being broadcast live on NBC and Peacock.

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