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In 2006, he was the lead in M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water, a supernatural thriller, followed by the animated film The Ant Bully, and Neil Burger's drama The Illusionist co-starring Edward Norton.

He also played Mr. Hertz in the action film Shoot ' Em Up and Santa Claus in the comedy Fred Claus.

In 2008, he received his first Emmy Award for " Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie " for his title performance in the HBO miniseries John Adams, a role that also led to a Screen Actors Guild award.

That same year, he starred in the independent film Pretty Bird which is a fictionalized retelling about the drama behind the invention of a rocketbelt.