In 'Dopesick,' Keaton plays a rural doctor who falls victim to a pharmaceutical company's deceptive advertising and business practices before struggling with addiction himself.
Through tears, Keaton said the gesture was fitting"given the subject matter" of the series for which he won.
Keaton, who won the award for best male actor in a television movie or limited series, had previously explained to the New York Times that losing his nephew was a motivating factor for taking part in"Dopesick," which is an adaptation of Beth Macy's book of the same name. "I take pride in holding those people accountable for the victims of this opioid crisis," he told the Times last year.
In"Dopesick," Keaton plays a rural doctor who falls victim to a pharmaceutical company's deceptive advertising and business practices before struggling with addiction himself.The Walt Disney Co. is the parent company of Hulu and this ABC station.
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