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PETER GALLAGHER (The O.C.) Gallagher brings sorely needed gravitas to the role of selfless lawyer/superdad Sandy Cohen, and he managed to transcend the gimmickry that marred The O.C.'s second season. Good with a schmear and a smile, Gallagher's even better when Sandy is shooting flinty glances at his wisecracking son.
ANTHONY ANDERSON (The Shield) After a decade of playing sidekicks and comic relief (see Barbershop's J.D. and his short-lived 2003 WB show, All About the Andersons), Anderson got scary as drug kingpin Antwon Mitchell. As in, shot-a-little-girl-and-buried-her-under-an-outhouse scary. Antwon's power trip soared to shocking heights, and Anderson displayed a new and frightening charisma.
IAN MCSHANE (Deadwood) His Al Swearengen was full of piss and vinegar this season. Mostly the former, as Swearengen battled kidney stones — and McShane took his agony to Marathon Man levels. But he regained that dark-alley magnetism that keeps even rambling talks about Yankton politics riveting. Emmy snubbed him once; they'd be f---ing idiots to overlook him again.
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