Leslie Odom Jr.

Leslie Odom Jr.

Born: August 6, 1981
in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Leslie Odom Jr. (born August 6, 1981) is an American actor and singer. He has performed on Broadway and in television and film, and has released two solo jazz albums. He is known for originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical Hamilton, a performance for which he won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as a principal vocalist. His television roles included Sam Strickland in the musical series Smash (2012–2013). He is also the author of the 2018 book Failing Up.

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Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Title: Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Character: Purlie
Released: May 24, 2024
Type: Movie
The comedic play tells the story of a Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance and win back his church from a plantation owner.
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Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
Title: Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
Character: Self
Released: November 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Ring in the holidays with Emmy-winning star Hannah Waddingham as she welcomes special guests for a musical extravaganza at the London Coliseum.
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The Exorcist: Believer
Title: The Exorcist: Believer
Character: Victor Fielding
Released: October 4, 2023
Type: Movie
Since his wife's death, Victor has raised his daughter Angela alone. After she and her friend return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior reminiscent of the MacNeil possession fifty years prior.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Title: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Character: Lionel Toussaint
Released: November 12, 2022
Type: Movie
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
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Title: Sherri
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 12, 2022
Type: TV
Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop culture, comedy, conversations, and daytime talk staples, including celebrity and human interest interviews;
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Title: Lincoln's Dilemma
Character: Frederick Douglass (voice)
Released: February 17, 2022
Type: TV
Discover a side of Abraham Lincoln you've never seen before. In this four-part docuseries, a diverse panel of historians and rare archival materials offer a more nuanced look into the man dubbed the Great Emancipator.
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Title: Abbott Elementary
Character: Draemond
Released: December 7, 2021
Type: TV
In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.
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Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
Title: Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Kelly Clarkson celebrates the holidays with musical performances and special guests, including Brett Eldredge, Ariana Grande, Jay Leno, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Odom Jr., Amy Poehler and Santa Claus, while giving back to those in need.
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Needle in a Timestack
Title: Needle in a Timestack
Character: Nick Mikkelsen
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Nick and Janine live in bliss until her ex warps time to try to tear them apart by using Nick's old girlfriend. As Nick's memories and reality disappear, he must decide what he's willing to sacrifice to save -- or let go of -- everything he loves.
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The Many Saints of Newark
Title: The Many Saints of Newark
Character: Harold McBrayer
Released: September 22, 2021
Type: Movie
Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, whose influence over his nephew will help shape the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss, Tony Soprano.
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Music
Title: Music
Character: Ebo
Released: January 14, 2021
Type: Movie
Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum whose whole world order has been beautifully crafted by her late grandmother. The film soon challenges whether it is Zu or Music who has a better view of the world, and that love, trust, and being able to be there for each other is everything.
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One Night in Miami...
Title: One Night in Miami...
Character: Sam Cooke
Released: December 25, 2020
Type: Movie
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.
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The Disney Holiday Singalong
Title: The Disney Holiday Singalong
Character: Self
Released: November 30, 2020
Type: Movie
Returning for a third iteration, “The Disney Holiday Singalong” features more music and magic just in time for the holidays. The one-hour festive musical event includes star-studded performances, animated on-screen lyrics, more favorite Disney melodies and classic holiday songs.
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Title: Love in the Time of Corona
Character: James
Released: August 22, 2020
Type: TV
A funny and hopeful look at the search for love, sex and connection during this time of social distancing.
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Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
Title: Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
Released: July 10, 2020
Type: Movie
An intimate discussion about the groundbreaking musical that has become a global phenomenon featuring Hamilton's creator, its director, and cast members of the original Broadway production. A Harvard Historian also shares insight on the historical relevance and accuracy of the production.
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The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Title: The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Hamilton In-Depth is a roundtable discussion with Tony winners Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, Jasmine Cephas Jones and director Thomas Kail. Hosted by The Undefeated’s Kelley Carter, this special was done in promotion of Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Title: Hamilton
Character: Aaron Burr
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.
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Title: Central Park
Character: Owen (voice)
Released: May 29, 2020
Type: TV
An animated musical comedy about the Tillermans, a family that lives in a castle in Central Park. Owen, the park manager, and Paige, his journalist wife, raise their kids Molly and Cole in the world’s most famous park, while fending off a hotel heiress, Bitsy Brandenham, who would love nothing more than to turn the park into condos.
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Bombshell in Concert
Title: Bombshell in Concert
Released: May 20, 2020
Type: Movie
The stars of the NBC musical drama series Smash reunite virtually for a special one-night-only streaming event featuring the never-seen sold-out live performance of Bombshell in Concert. The concert, with songs from the NBC series Smash, and reunion will benefit The Actors Fund, which has been helping artists in need amid the coronavirus crisis. The performance will be introduced by two-time Academy Award winner Renée Zellweger.
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One World: Together at Home
Title: One World: Together at Home
Character: Self
Released: April 18, 2020
Type: Movie
A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise funds in support of front line health workers in the global response to COVID-19.
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Title: Some Good News
Character: Self
Released: March 29, 2020
Type: TV
John Krasinski highlights some good news from around the world.
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Only
Title: Only
Character: Will
Released: March 6, 2020
Type: Movie
After a comet releases a mysterious virus that begins to kill all of the women in the world, a young couple's relationship is severely tested. They hide out (from both the illness and the savages who hunt the remaining women) in their over-sterilized apartment. Ultimately the duo escapes their self-imposed quarantine to head to the wilderness.
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Harriet
Title: Harriet
Character: William Still
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
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Title: A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 2019
Type: TV
The comedian, actress, social media sensation, producer and author of "How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life," Lilly Singh brings her unique perspective to late night as she hosts celebrity interviews, talks current events, performs musical and sketch comedy, plays games, and more.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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Mickey’s 90th Spectacular
Title: Mickey’s 90th Spectacular
Character: Self - Performance
Released: October 16, 2018
Type: Movie
A star-studded lineup of music, film and television stars will join the celebration of Mickey Mouse on Mickey's 90th Spectacular. The two-hour television event honoring 90 years of the internationally beloved character will feature appearances by actress, activist and mom Kristen Bell (Disney's Frozen), actress and Hollywood Records/Republic Records recording artist Sofia Carson (Disney's Descendants, Freeform's upcoming Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), two-time Emmy® Award-winning actor Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development), and actress Sarah Hyland (ABC's Modern Family), as well as special musical performances by Josh Groban, NCT 127, Leslie Odom Jr., Meghan Trainor and Zac Brown Band. Mr. Iger will make a special appearance during the evening's festivities.
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The Jazz Ambassadors
Title: The Jazz Ambassadors
Character: Narrator
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: Movie
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their mixed-race band members, faced a painful dilemma: how could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?
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Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Title: Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Character: Himself / Santa Claus
Released: December 14, 2017
Type: Movie
Taraji P. Henson, Golden Globe-winning star of EMPIRE and the movie “Hidden Figures,” is back this holiday season to spread cheer, goodwill and some holiday magic in this third annual music and variety special.
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Murder on the Orient Express
Title: Murder on the Orient Express
Character: Dr. Arbuthnot
Released: November 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
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Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
Title: Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
Character: Jack the Juggler
Released: September 14, 2017
Type: Movie
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity follows Chastity, on a surreal journey through a parallel plane, as she realizes that in order to face her future, she must first reconcile her Vaudevillian past.
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Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
Title: Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
Released: May 9, 2017
Type: Movie
It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to the attention of legions of fans across the world. A story of how a group of mavericks made an unlikely marriage of hip-hop and history to create the biggest show in America…and are getting ready to conquer the world. Featuring interviews with Miranda, as well as the cast and crew of Hamilton.
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Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
Title: Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
Character: Self
Released: December 20, 2016
Type: Movie
19-time Grammy Award-winner Tony Bennett's 90th birthday is celebrated by a host of celebrities in this two-hour music special held at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, with musical performances by Bennett, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Lady Gaga, Billy Joel, Elton John, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Leslie Odom Jr., Rufus Wainwright and Stevie Wonder.
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BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Title: BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Character: Self - Performer
Released: November 15, 2016
Type: Movie
A White House concert and celebration in honor of the 8-year Presidency of Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama.
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Hamilton's America
Title: Hamilton's America
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 2016
Type: Movie
This documentary delves deeper into the creation of the Hamilton musical, revealing Lin-Manuel Miranda's process of absorbing and then adapting Hamilton's epic story into ground-breaking musical theater.
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Title: Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Character: Self
Released: December 9, 2015
Type: TV
Taraji P. Henson spreads cheer, goodwill and some holiday magic in these annual music and variety specials.
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Title: We Bare Bears
Character: Dr. Leslie (voice)
Released: August 24, 2015
Type: TV
Three brother bears awkwardly attempt to find their place in civilized society, whether they're looking for food, trying to make human friends, or scheming to become famous on the internet. Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear stack atop one another when they leave their cave and explore the hipster environs of the San Francisco Bay Area, and it's clear the siblings have a lot to learn about a technologically driven world. By their side on many adventures are best friend Chloe (the only human character in the cast), fame-obsessed panda Nom Nom, and Charlie, aka Bigfoot.
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Luna Goes Cruising
Title: Luna Goes Cruising
Character: Oscar (voice)
Released: April 17, 2015
Type: Movie
A dog named Luna and her owner interact with each other and other pets as they attempt to find Luna a significant other.
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Title: Gotham
Character: Ian Hargrove
Released: September 22, 2014
Type: TV
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Title: Smash
Character: Sam Strickland
Released: February 6, 2012
Type: TV
A songwriting duo tries to create a hit with a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe.
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Red Tails
Title: Red Tails
Character: Declan 'Winky' Hall
Released: January 19, 2012
Type: Movie
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
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Title: House of Lies
Character: James
Released: January 8, 2012
Type: TV
Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals. In the board rooms, barrooms, and bedrooms of the power elite, corruption is business as usual and everyone's out for themselves first. Nothing is sacred in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate America today.
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Title: Person of Interest
Character: Peter Collier
Released: September 22, 2011
Type: TV
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 
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Title: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
Released: July 16, 2009
Type: TV
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.
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Title: Big Day
Character: Freddy
Released: November 28, 2006
Type: TV
Follows a very special day in a young couple's life, their wedding day... but tells the stories you don't see on the wedding video.
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Title: Supernatural
Character: Guy / Crossroads Demon
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
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Title: Grey's Anatomy
Character: P.J. Walling
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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Title: Miley's New Year's Eve Party
Character: Self - Musical Guest
Released: December 31, 2004
Type: TV
An annual television special broadcast live from Times Square in New York City.
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Title: CSI: Miami
Character: Joseph Kayle
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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Title: Gilmore Girls
Character: Quentin Walsh
Released: October 5, 2000
Type: TV
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Curtis Scott
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Character: Self
Released: February 3, 1999
Type: TV
Merging fashion, fantasy and entertainment, this lingerie runway show includes pink carpet interviews, model profiles, behind-the-scenes looks at the making of the show, and musical performances.
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Title: The View
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Self - Performer
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: The Grammy Awards
Character: Self
Released: November 29, 1959
Type: TV
An awards show honoring the achievements of the members of the professional music recording industry. The members of the Recording Academy vote on who they think is most deserving of an award in 108 categories as specified by the academy.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.