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Actor Casey Affleck has won the Academy Award for best actor for his work in the acclaimed 2016 film 鈥淢anchester by the Sea.鈥�

Mr. Affleck, whose work attracted the attention of the Academy for the second time with 鈥淢anchester鈥� after he had previously been nominated for best supporting actor for his work in the 2007 movie 鈥淭he Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,鈥� also recently appeared in such films as the 2016 movie 鈥淭he Finest Hours鈥� and 2014鈥檚 鈥淚nterstellar.鈥�

鈥淢anchester鈥� was also nominated for multiple other Oscars, including nods for best picture and for best director for Kenneth Lonergan. In the movie, Affleck portrays janitor Lee Chandler, who is attempting to recover after a family tragedy. Lucas Hedges, Kyle Chandler, and Michelle Williams co-star.聽

Monitor film critic Peter Rainer gave the movie an A grade and also called a sequence in which Affleck and Ms. Williams appear 鈥渢he strongest scene in any movie I鈥檝e seen all year 鈥� I thought that, up until this point, Affleck, good as he is, sometimes overdid the brittle cheerlessness, but in this sequence, the full measure of his performance comes through.鈥澛�

In , Mr. Lonergan singled out a scene in which Affleck had to identify his brother鈥檚 body. Lonergan said Affleck improvised and began to cry.聽

鈥淚 was so surprised,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd I was so happy. It was so beautiful. It was one of those great, great moments you have on a film set 鈥� My admiration for Casey, which was already very high, just soared that day 鈥� That's the biggest fun you can have out of doing this kind of work, is when the actors surprise you with something that you didn't think of but that fits in the story and also enhances it and makes it better.鈥�