Actor Matt Bomer scored his first ever major award on Sunday, taking home a Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a TV movie or miniseries for “The Normal Heart.”
The “White Collar” actorĀ got a little emotional when he thanked Ā his co-starĀ Mark Ruffalo.
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“You are the best actor anybody could ever hope to have as a scene partner,” said Bomer. “I thank you on behalf of the whole cast for providing the heart and soul of this movie.”
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Bomer, who is openly gay, also thanked his husband of three years.
“To my husband, SimonĀ Halls, and our three kids, Kit, Walker, Henry, I love you putting up with me when I was 130 pounds and really grumpy when you ate pizza in front of me,” he said.
Bomer lost 40 pounds for his role in “The Normal Heart,” playing a closeted gay man with AIDS in the 80s.
HeĀ ended his speech with a special thanks to “the generation that we lost and the people we continue to lose due to this disease, I just want to say we love you, we remember you.”
Golden Globes: Red Carpet Arrivals (Photos)
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Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave")
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Anna Kendrick ("Into the Woods")
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Kevin Spacey and Kate Mara ("House of Cards")
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Kerry Washington ("Scandal")
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Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game") and theater director Sophie Hunter
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Bill Murray ("St. Vincent")
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Ruth Wilson ("The Affair")
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Emily Blunt ("Into the Woods")
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Katie Holmes ("The Giver")
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Naomi Watts ("St. Vincent")
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Jennifer Aniston ("Cake")
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Chris Pratt ("Guardians of the Galaxy") and Anna Farris ("Mom")
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Felicity Huffman ("Cake")
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Keira Knightley ("The Imitation Game")
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Matthew McConaughey Ā ("True Detective") and Camila Alves
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Helen Mirren ("The Hundred-Foot Journey")
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David Oyelowo ("Selma") and Jessica Oyelowo
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Jennifer Lopez ("American Idol")
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George Clooney and wife Amal Clooney
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Salma HayekĀ
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Adrien Brody ("The Grand Budapest Hotel")
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Melissa McCarthy ("St. Vincent")
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Katie Cassidy ("Arrow")
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Claire Danes ("Homeland")
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Channing Tatum ("Foxcatcher") and Jenna Dewan ("American Horror Story")
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Sunrise Coigney and Mark Ruffalo ("The Normal Heart")
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Katherine Heigl, "State of Affairs"
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Dakota Johnson ("Fifty Shades of Grey")
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Supermodel Heidi Klum
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Jamie Dornan ("Fifty Shades of Grey") and Amelia Warner
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Reese Witherspoon ("Wild")
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Golden Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
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Emma Stone ("Birdman")
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"Girls" stars Lena Dunham and Andrew Rannells
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Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine ("The Voice") and model Behati Prinsloo
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Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife")
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Taylor Schilling ("Orange Is the New Black")
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The Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger and Willow Bay
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Jessica Chastain ("A Most Violent Year")
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Rosamund Pike ("Gone Girl")
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Michael Keaton ("Birdman")
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Allison Williams ("Girls")
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Julianne Moore ("Still Alive")
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Harrison Ford ("Star Wars") and Calista Flockhart ("Brothers and Sisters")
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Matt Bomer ("The Normal Heart")
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Jake Gyllenhaal ("Nightcrawler")
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Maggie Gyllenhaal ("The Honourable Woman")
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Jessica Lange ("American Horror Story")
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Producer Judd Apatow ("Girls") and wife Leslie Mann ("The Other Woman")
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Jack BlackĀ
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Veep")
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Joshua Jackson ("The Affair") and Diane Kruger ("The Bridge")
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Amy Adams ("Big Eyes")
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Laura Prepon ("Orange Is the New Black")
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Gina Rodriguez ("Jane the Virgin")
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Singer Lana Del Rey
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Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood")
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Model Chrissy Teigen
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Michelle Monaghan ("True Detective")
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Quvenzhane Wallis ("Annie")
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Helen Mirren ("The Hundred-Foot Journey")
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Emmanuelle Chriqui ("Entourage")
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Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Jeremy Piven ("Entourage")
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Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie ("The Today Show")
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Maria Menounos, "Extra" host
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Adrian Grenier ("Entourage")
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Golden Globes host Tina Fey
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Jessica Chastain ("A Most Violent Year")
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Eva LaRue ("CSI: Miami")
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