2004Nominee
Best Performance
The Manchurian Candidate
Walter Mosley
Actor · Producer · Writer
Los Angeles, California, USA
January 12, 1952
Biography
Walter Ellis Mosley is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California; they are perhaps his most popular works. In 2020, Mosley received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, making him the first black male to receive the honor.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Writing
The Man in My Basement
1995Nominee
Best Writing
Devil in a Blue Dress
Career Highlights
2016Highlight
Best Performance
O.J.: Made in America
1999Highlight
Best Performance
Yesterday's Tomorrows
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The Manchurian Candidate
The Man in My Basement
Devil in a Blue Dress