" ▁in ▁Frank ▁Lang ella ' s ▁N ixon . ▁F rost ▁himself ▁later ▁said ▁it ▁was ▁" a ▁wonderful ▁performance ". ▁She en ▁was ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁the ▁Vari ety ▁Award ▁at ▁the ▁British ▁Independent ▁Film ▁Awards ▁ 2 0 0 8 ., ▁while ▁Lang ella ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁an ▁Academy ▁Award . ▁▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁saw ▁She en ▁port ray ▁another ▁public ▁figure ; ▁he ▁star red ▁in ▁The ▁Dam ned ▁United ▁as ▁the ▁out sp oken ▁football ▁manager ▁Brian ▁Cl ough . ▁The ▁Tom ▁Ho oper - direct ed ▁film ▁focused ▁on ▁Cl ough ' s ▁dis astr ous ▁ 4 4 - day ▁ten ure ▁as ▁manager ▁of ▁Le eds ▁United ▁and ▁marked ▁She en ' s ▁fifth ▁collaboration ▁with ▁writer ▁Peter ▁Morgan . ▁The ▁actor ▁has ▁said ▁Cl ough ▁is ▁the ▁real - life ▁character ▁he ▁enjoyed ▁playing ▁most . ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁writing ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁declared ▁it ▁the ▁" best ▁performance ▁of ▁his ▁big - screen ▁career " ▁while ▁The ▁Times ▁found ▁him ▁" m agn ific ent ". ▁USA ▁Today ▁pra ised ▁" She en ' s ▁master ful ▁performance " ▁while ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁felt ▁he ▁played ▁the ▁role ▁with ▁" a ▁che ek y , ▁dark ▁pan ache " ▁and ▁" sk ill ful ▁ver ve ". ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁assert ed ▁that , ▁despite ▁American ▁aud ien ces ' ▁un famil iar ity ▁with ▁Cl ough , ▁" what ' s ▁lost ▁in ▁translation