Poll: Portraying the author

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  Peter O'Toole stars as T.E. Lawrence

  Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence in Lawerence of Arabia (1962).
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  Meryl Streep in Out of Africa (1985)

  Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen in Out of Africa (1985).
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  Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina in Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

  Gary Oldman as Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987).
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  Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot (1989)

  Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989).
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  Fred Ward in Henry & June (1990)

  Fred Ward as Henry Miller in Henry & June (1990).
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  #6

  Jason Connery as Ian Fleming in The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990).
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  Hugh Grant and Judy Davis in Impromptu (1991)

  Judy Davis as George Sand in Impromptu (1991).
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  #8

  Anthony Hopkins as Jack Lewis in Shadowlands (1993).
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  Willem Dafoe in Tom & Viv (1994)

  Willem Dafoe as T.S. Eliot in Tom & Viv (1994).
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  Hamsun (1996)

  Max Von Sydow as Knut Hamsun in Hamsun (1996).
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  Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love (1998)

  Joseph Fiennes as Will Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love (1998).
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  Jim Broadbent and Judi Dench in Iris (2001)

  Judi Dench as Iris Murdoch in Iris (2001).
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  Nicole Kidman in The Hours (2002)

  Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in The Hours (2002).
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  Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore in Finding Neverland (2004)

  Johnny Depp as Sir James Matthew Barrie in Finding Neverland (2004).
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  Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote (2005)

  Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in Capote (2005).
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  Toby Jones in Infamous (2006)

  Toby Jones as Truman Capote in Infamous (2006).
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  Anne Hathaway in Becoming Jane (2007)

  Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen in Becoming Jane (2007).
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  Ben Whishaw in Bright Star (2009)

  Ben Whishaw as John Keats in Bright Star (2009).
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  My Dog Tulip (2009)

  Christopher Plummer as J.R. Ackerley in My Dog Tulip (2009).
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  Christopher Plummer in The Last Station (2009)

  Christopher Plummer as Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station (2009).
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  James Franco in Howl (2010)

  James Franco as Allen Ginsberg in Howl (2010).
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  Clive Owen in Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)

  Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway in Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012).
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  John Cusack in The Raven (2012)

  John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven (2012).
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  Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson in Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

  Emma Thompson as P. L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks (2013).
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  Ralph Fiennes in The Invisible Woman (2013)

  Ralph Fiennes as Charles Dickens in The Invisible Woman (2013).
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  Bryan Cranston in Trumbo (2015)

  Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo in Trumbo (2015).
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  The End of the Tour (2015)

  Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour (2015).
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  Robert Barrat, William Henry, and Fredric March in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

  Fredric March as Mark Twain in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944).
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  Heath Ledger in Casanova (2005)

  Heath Ledger as Giacomo Casanova in Casanova (2005).
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  Geoffrey Rush in Quills (2000)

  Geoffrey Rush as Marquis de Sade in Quills (2009).
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  Jennifer Jason Leigh in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

  Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dorothy Parker in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994).
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  Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

  Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July (1989).
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  Peter O'Toole in Man of La Mancha (1972)

  Peter O'Toole as Miguel de Cervantes in Man of La Mancha (1972).

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