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There’s something charming about the Academy Awards, and there’s no denying that an Oscar win solidifies someone’s place in history. It may not guarantee glory or success to come, but it’s a snapshot of a moment in time that lives forever. So in the spirit of enjoying the Oscars for what they are, We've decided to go back and revisit all the Best Actor Oscar-winning performances of the 21st century so far, and consider each performance on its own merits. Which winners were deserved? Which were mistakes? Which performances have stood the test of time, and which have faded from memory? This trip into the past is hopefully a fun way to consider what the Oscars actually mean and to recall and celebrate some truly brilliant performances from the past two decades.

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Without further ado, here’s every Best Actor Oscar winner of the 21st century ranked from worst to best — including who should have won each year.

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Who Should Have Won: Bradley Cooper in 'A Star Is Born'

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Rami Malek’s turn as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody is not a bad performance. But is it the stuff Oscars are made of? It depends on who you ask. This is the quintessential “showy” performance that can so often lead to Oscar glory – fake teeth, wigs, audio mixed with Freddie Mercury’s actual singing voice. But underneath all the glitz and glamor is there really that much substance there? Bohemian Rhapsody has its moments, almost exclusively made by Malek and his performance, but on the whole Bryan Singer’s biopic is a sanitized version of the truth that borders on offensive. In hindsight, it’s all the more infuriating that Malek took the prize here over Bradley Cooper pouring his dang heart out in A Star Is Born.

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\n 23 \n Jeff Bridges – 'Crazy Heart' (2009)\n

Who Should Have Won: Colin Firth in 'A Single Man'

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Jeff Bridges will break your heart in Crazy Heart, the emotional story of an alcoholic country singer who gets one last shot at redemption. It’s the kind of performance-driven film that’s prone to land acting nominations, but Bridges’ legacy and stature certainly created an air of “it’s his time” when it came to settling on the winner. And it’s impossible to be mad at it.

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A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.

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\n 22 \n Eddie Redmayne – 'The Theory of Everything' (2014)\n

Who Should Have Won: Steve Carell in 'Foxcatcher'

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Here’s another case of “actor plays a historical figure with a lot of makeup and wins an Oscar,” but honestly it’s hard to blame them when it comes to Eddie Redmayne’s turn as Stephen Hawking. It’s a genuinely impressive performance, and The Theory of Everything is above average for most biopics of its ilk. Steve Carell’s full immersion in Foxcatcher was absolutely terrifying, but few found the strength or patience to stomach Bennett Miller’s measured, meticulous drama. When in doubt, “showy” wins, but Redmayne’s prize here is tough to argue against.

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\n 21 \n Brendan Fraser — 'The Whale' (2022)\n

Who Should Have Won: Colin Farrell in 'The Banshees of Inisherin'

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Here's the heartbreaking thing about The Whale: Brendan Fraser is really good in what is an absolutely terrible film. And while it was wonderful to see Fraser win an award of this caliber, it's a damn shame it's for...this. Darren Aronofsky's bleak, two-hour beatdown on a 600-pound man (played by Fraser), is exhausting—both in intentional and unintentional ways—but Fraser is the saving grace to this misery experiment. But The Whale is misguided and unfortunate in every sense, the only thing saving it is Fraser absolutely doing what he can to give a strong performance underneath obscene amounts of makeup and prosthetics.

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A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.

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\n 20 \n Jean Dujardin – 'The Artist' (2011)\n

Who Should Have Won: Brad Pitt in 'Moneyball'

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Here’s a fun fact: The Artist is a feature film that was released to audiences and won five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. It’s undoubtedly one of the most obscure Oscar juggernauts in history – a perfectly fine if forgettable ode to the silent era. Its gimmick worked its magic in those couple of months that it was on the Oscar campaign trail, and Jean Dujardin – a fine performer – took home the Best Actor Oscar prize for his charming silent performance. Again, it’s a fine movie and a fine performance, but The Artist began to fade from our collective memory the very night it took home all these prizes.

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\n 19 \n Russell Crowe – 'Gladiator' (2000)\n

Who Should Have Won: Tom Hanks in 'Cast Away'

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Russell Crowe is very good in the Best Picture-winning Gladiator, but his Oscar win in 2000 was very clearly a make-up for him losing the year before. Indeed, Crowe wholly deserved the Best Actor trophy in 1999 for his stunning turn in Michael Mann’s The Insider, but that year’s prize went to Kevin Spacey for American Beauty. Sometimes when the Academy gets it wrong, voters feel a sense of remorse and end up awarding that performer or filmmaker later on for a less remarkable piece of work (see also: Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman). That’s really what happened here, because while Gladiator is a rousing sword-and-sandals epic, Crowe doesn’t quite hit the depths he hit while playing a whistleblower in The Insider.

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\n 18 \n Sean Penn – 'Mystic River' (2003)\n

Who Should Have Won: Bill Murray in 'Lost in Translation'

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Sean Penn’s devastating line-reading of “Is that my daughter in there?” in Clint Eastwood’s grief drama Mystic River is probably what single-handedly won him the Oscar that year. And it’s a good performance! This film started a run of Eastwood films that made him an Academy darling, with Mystic River losing most of its trophies to the juggernaut that was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. But Penn’s performance remains one of the better “grief-stricken father” Oscar-winning turns.

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\n 17 \n Forest Whitaker – 'The Last King of Scotland' (2006)\n

Who Should Have Won: Forest Whitaker in 'The Last King of Scotland'

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The win for Forest Whitaker the year of The Last King of Scotland was a long time coming, and while the film itself hasn’t really held up as a must-see classic or anything, Whitaker’s performance remains terrifying. The veteran performer breathes life into dictator Idi Amin, as told through the eyes of a young physician (James McAvoy). What’s so impressive about Whitaker’s performance is you find Amin charming… up until you don’t. It’s a window into how dictators like Amin are able to rise to power, as Whitaker digs deep into the character to root his performance in the fatal flaws that make Amin so dangerous.

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Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.

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\n 16 \n Colin Firth – 'The King’s Speech' (2010)\n

Who Should Have Won: Jesse Eisenberg in 'The Social Network'

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I am still mad that The Social Network lost Best Picture to The King’s Speech, but I’m also mad that Jesse Eisenberg lost Best Actor to Colin Firth. The latter is an incredibly talented performer and no doubt was due to land on the Oscars stage at some point, but The King’s Speech is such a trite little film for which to win. But this fits another one of the Oscars’ favorite categories, which is “famous A-lister plays someone struggling through a physical challenge against the odds.” This won’t be the last one of these you see on this list.

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The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

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\n 15 \n Leonardo DiCaprio – 'The Revenant' (2015)\n

Who Should Have Won: Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Revenant'

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And here we come to the ultimate “he was due” or “it was his time” win for the absolute wrong movie. Leonardo DiCaprio has given a number of Oscar-worthy performances in his lifetime, and while he certainly gives it his all in The Revenant, I can’t shake the feeling that film is less performance and more “physically put through hell on camera.” Yes I know, it’s a very method turn (he ate raw bison liver, he got very cold), but in the pantheon of great DiCaprio performances I’m not sure this one holds up as well as The Wolf of Wall Street or Django Unchained or Catch Me If You Can. Again, it’s a good performance – he’s one of our best living actors – and there’s no doubt he put himself through the ringer for it, I just wish he’d have finally won his Oscar for a better film.

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\n 14 \n Gary Oldman – 'Darkest Hour' (2017)\n

Who Should Have Won: Daniel Day-Lewis in 'Phantom Thread'

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Not all physical transformations come off as Oscar bait-y. The makeup that transformed Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill is truly mind-blowing, but it’s the performance underneath that makes his turn Oscar-worthy. Oldman disappears into the role to be sure, but he also brings this historical figure to life in a way that makes him and his impact relatable. You can see the conflict within Churchill, the empathy, and the motivations that drove his extremely important decisions throughout World War II. Oldman was due, and for once, this actor won for a truly Oscar-worthy performance.

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\n 13 \n Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club (2013)\n

Who Should Have Won: Chiwetel Ejiofor in '12 Years a Slave'

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Speaking of physical transformations, Matthew McConaughey eschewed prosthetics or digital effects for Jean-Marc Valle’s gritty AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, shedding a ton of weight to portray an AIDS patient who smuggled unapproved drugs into Texas for distribution. The film solidified the “McConaissance” and for good reason – this isn’t McConaughey putting on a brave face or mugging for the camera. This performance feels borne out of the actor’s soul, reaching emotional depths he had thus far not been given the opportunity to portray onscreen.

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In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.

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\n 12 \n Adrien Brody – 'The Pianist' (2002)\n

Who Should Have Won: Nicolas Cage in 'Adaptation.'

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Over twenty years after its release, The Pianist has somewhat faded from the public's consciousness—likely due to the filmmaker who made it—but it's also a film that features an outstanding performance by Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman in this extremely personal and difficult-to-watch story of the Holocaust. So much of The Pianist works because of Brody's silence and his face, which gives off every emotion one could imagine having in such an unthinkable situation. The Pianist might be fading, but Brody's performance certainly shouldn't.

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During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.

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\n 11 \n Will Smith — 'King Richard' (2021)\n

Who Should Have Won: Will Smith in 'King Richard'

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Will Smith's performance as the father of Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard, will, unfortunately, be a role that is more remembered for the actual award ceremony than the performance. That's a shame, because Smith is doing some of the best work of his career, as he plays the role of Richard Williams with humor and determination, and shows that this man wasn't necessarily the perfect father. Smith's performance presents a father and husband trying to do his best, and while his actions might be extreme, he's making choices to protect those closest to him. King Richard was a great opportunity for Smith to show everything he has in his arsenal, which also earned him a long overdue Oscar.

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A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard.

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\n 10 \n Jamie Foxx – 'Ray' (2004)\n

Who Should Have Won: Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Aviator'

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Here’s another historical figure performance boasting a full physical transformation, and indeed Jamie Foxx is damn near unrecognizable as Ray Charles in Taylor Hackford’s cradle-to-grave biopic. The film Ray is extremely by-the-numbers, but sometimes that doesn’t really matter when you have a performance this striking. Foxx fully becomes Ray Charles, warts and all, and it’s an impressive achievement. Some thought Leonardo DiCaprio had an edge this year with his equally impressive turn in The Aviator, but the Academy largely snubbed Martin Scorsese’s own epic biopic. I still feel DiCaprio’s performance is the more impressive, but there’s no denying Foxx is great in Ray.

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\n 9 \n Sean Penn – 'Milk' (2008)\n

Who Should Have Won: Mickey Rourke in 'The Wrestler'

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2008 was an intensely competitive Best Actor race that came down to the wire, and while I think Mickey Rourke probably deserved to win for his soul-baring performance in The Wrestler, there’s no denying Sean Penn is extremely good in Milk. Gus Van Sant’s biopic of the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California is a sensitive and tragic film, and Penn does a swell job of getting to the heart of what made Harvey Milk so personable. There’s a slight feeling of “straight actor gets an award for ‘bravely’ portraying a gay man” here, but again I think Penn’s performance is quite good regardless.

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\n 8 \n Joaquin Phoenix – 'Joker' (2019)\n

Who Should Have Won: Adam Driver in 'Marriage Story'

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Whatever you think about Joker, it’s impossible to deny that Joaquin Phoenix is excellent in it. Physically, emotionally, mentally – Phoenix fully inhabits this role and commits to Arthur Fleck’s story arc that eventually turns him into The Joker (or does it?). It’s at turns tragic and sickening, and further shows the depths to which Phoenix will go for a role. He makes some wild choices here and they almost always work, but of course, we’ve known this for years after stunning turns in films like The Master. Even as someone who didn’t really love Joker, it was hard for me to argue with Phoenix’s win – I can absolutely understand it. Even if Adam Driver actually gave the performance of the year in Marriage Story.

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\n 7 \n Philip Seymour Hoffman – 'Capote' (2005)\n

Who Should Have Won: Philip Seymour Hoffman in 'Capote'

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It still hurts to remember that Philip Seymour Hoffman is gone, knowing he had so many more incredible performances to give us. He won an Oscar for his role as Truman Capote in Capote, disappearing into the role while bringing a sense of empathy to the iconic writer as the film chronicles the writing of In Cold Blood. The range of this man, to go from something like Boogie Nights to The Master to Capote – all wildly divergent performances, all brilliant in their own way.

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In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.

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\n 6 \n Denzel Washington – 'Training Day' (2001)\n

Who Should Have Won: Denzel Washington in 'Training Day'

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Denzel Washington owns Training Day. To the point that you don’t really care about the glaring plot holes in the third act because you’re so mesmerized by his performance. “King Kong ain’t got shit on me” has become the most quotable line from the film, but it’s actually emblematic of Washington’s entire approach to playing this corrupt cop. He stomps around like King Kong himself – impervious to the threat of violence or the law, doing whatever pleases or amuses him from minute to minute. He is as terrifying as he is beguiling, and Washington absolutely nails this balance. Denzel Washington is one of those actors like Tom Hanks or Meryl Streep who we take for granted because they’re so consistently great, but man is he great in this film – one of the few times Washington has dipped his toe into playing a despicable character. His historic Oscar win was well-deserved.

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\n 5 \n Cillian Murphy — 'Oppenheimer' (2023)\n

Who Should Have Won: Cillian Murphy in 'Oppenheimer'

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72nd Academy Awards
Official poster
DateMarch 26, 2000
SiteShrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted byBilly Crystal[1]
Preshow hostsTyra Banks
Chris Connelly
Meredith Vieira[2]
Produced byRichard D. Zanuck
Lili Fini Zanuck[3]
Directed byLouis J. Horvitz[4]
Highlights
Best PictureAmerican Beauty
Most awardsAmerican Beauty (5)
Most nominationsAmerican Beauty (8)
TV in the United States
NetworkABC
Duration4 hours, 9 minutes[5]
Ratings46.52 million
29.64% (Nielsen ratings)[6]
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The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 70th ceremony held in 1998. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 4, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Salma Hayek.[7]\n

American Beauty won five awards, including Best Picture.[8][9] Other winners included The Matrix with four awards, The Cider House Rules and Topsy-Turvy with two, and All About My Mother, Boys Don't Cry, Girl, Interrupted, King Gimp, My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York, The Old Man and the Sea, One Day in September, The Red Violin, Sleepy Hollow, and Tarzan with one. The telecast garnered almost 47 million viewers in the United States.\n

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Winners and nominees[edit]

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The nominees for the 72nd Academy Awards were announced on February 15, 2000, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Rehme, president of the academy, and the actor Dustin Hoffman.[10] American Beauty received the most nominations with eight total; The Cider House Rules and The Insider tied for second with seven nominations each.[11]\n

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 26, 2000.[12] Sam Mendes was the sixth person to win Best Director for his directorial debut.[13] Best Actor winner Kevin Spacey became the tenth performer to win acting Oscars in both lead and supporting categories.[14] By virtue of her father Jon Voight's Best Lead Actor win for 1978's Coming Home, Best Supporting Actress winner Angelina Jolie and Voight became the second father-daughter Oscar acting winners.[15] At the age of 11, Haley Joel Osment became the second-youngest actor to receive a nomination in Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Sixth Sense, after Justin Henry was nominated in the same category for 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer at the age of 8.\n

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Awards[edit]

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Bruce Cohen, Best Picture co-winner
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Sam Mendes, Best Director winner
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Kevin Spacey, Best Actor winner
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Hilary Swank, Best Actress winner
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Michael Caine, Best Supporting Actor winner
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Angelina Jolie, Best Supporting Actress winner
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Alan Ball, Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen winner
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John Irving, Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published winner
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Pedro Almod\u00f3var, Best Foreign Language Film winner
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Kevin Macdonald, Best Documentary Feature co-winner
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Phil Collins, Best Original Song winner
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John Gaeta, Best Visual Effects co-winner
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Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (\u2021).[16]\n

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Academy Honorary Award[edit]

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Irving G. Thalberg Award[edit]

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Films with multiple nominations and awards[edit]

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Nominations\nFilm\n
8\nAmerican Beauty\n
7\nThe Cider House Rules\n
The Insider\n
6\nThe Sixth Sense\n
5\nThe Talented Mr. Ripley\n
4\nThe Green Mile\n
The Matrix\n
Topsy-Turvy\n
3\nBeing John Malkovich\n
Magnolia\n
Sleepy Hollow\n
Star Wars: Episode I \u2013 The Phantom Menace\n
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Music of the Heart\n
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Presenters and performers[edit]

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The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.[19]\n

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Peter CoyoteAnnouncer for the 72nd annual Academy Awards\n
Robert Rehme (AMPAS president)Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony\n
Drew Barrymore
Cameron Diaz
Lucy Liu		Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design\n
Haley Joel OsmentPresenter of the child actors tribute montage\n
Heather Graham
Mike Myers		Presenters of the award for Best Sound\n
Erykah Badu
Tobey Maguire		Presenters of the award for Best Makeup\n
Winona RyderPresenter of the film The Cider House Rules on the Best Picture segment\n
James CoburnPresenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress\n
Morgan FreemanPresenter of the \"200 Million Year History\" movie segment\n
Cate Blanchett
Jude Law		Presenters of the award for Best Live Action Short Film\n
Sheriff Woody
Buzz Lightyear
Jessie
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots		Presentation of the award for Best Animated Short Film\n
Samuel L. JacksonPresenter of the film The Green Mile on the Best Picture segment\n
LL Cool J
Vanessa Williams		Introducers of the performances of the Best Original Song nominees\n
CherPresenter of the award for Best Original Song\n
Wes Bentley
Thora Birch
Mena Suvari		Presenters of the award Best Documentary Short Subject\n
Ethan Hawke
Uma Thurman		Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Feature\n
Judi DenchPresenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor\n
Jane FondaPresenter of the Honorary Academy Award to Andrzej Wajda\n
Chow Yun-fatPresenter of the award Best Sound Effects Editing\n
Salma HayekPresenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award\n
Arnold SchwarzeneggerPresenter of the award for Best Visual Effects\n
Diane KeatonPresenter of the film American Beauty on the Best Picture segment\n
Angela BassettPresenter of the film The Sixth Sense on Best Picture segment\n
Antonio Banderas
Pen\u00e9lope Cruz		Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film\n
Keanu Reeves
Charlize Theron		Presenters of the award for Best Original Score\n
Edward NortonPresenter of the In Memoriam tribute\n
Russell Crowe
Julianne Moore		Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction\n
Tommy Lee Jones
Ashley Judd		Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing\n
Jack NicholsonPresenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Warren Beatty\n
Brad PittPresenter for the award for Best Cinematography\n
Kevin SpaceyPresenter of the award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published\n
Mel GibsonPresenter of the award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen/Original Screenplay\n
Anjelica HustonPresenter of the film The Insider on the Best Picture segment\n
Roberto BenigniPresenter of the award for Best Actress\n
Gwyneth PaltrowPresenter of the award for Best Actor\n
Steven SpielbergPresenter of the award for Best Director\n
Clint EastwoodPresenter of the award for Best Picture\n
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Burt Bacharach
Rob Shrock
Don Was		Musical ArrangersOrchestral\n
Billy CrystalPerformerOpening number:
The Green Mile (to the tune of \"Green Acres theme song\"),
The Sixth Sense (to the tune of \"People\" from Funny Girl),
The Insider (to the tune of Minute Waltz by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin),
The Cider House Rules (to the tune of \"Mame\" from Mame), and
American Beauty (to the tune of \"The Lady Is a Tramp\" from Babes in Arms)[20]\n
Sarah McLachlan
Randy Newman		Performers\"When She Loved Me\" from Toy Story 2\n
Aimee MannPerformer\"Save Me\" from Magnolia\n
Phil CollinsPerformer\"You'll Be in My Heart\" from Tarzan\n
Gloria Estefan
'N Sync		Performers\"Music of My Heart\" from Music of the Heart\n
Robin WilliamsPerformer\"Blame Canada\" from South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut\n
Garth Brooks
Faith Hill
Ray Charles
Queen Latifah
Isaac Hayes
Burt Bacharach
Dionne Warwick		Performers\"Everybody's Talkin'\" from Midnight Cowboy,
\"Over the Rainbow\" from The Wizard of Oz,
\"Secret Love\" from Calamity Jane,
\"The Man That Got Away\" from A Star Is Born,
\"I've Got You Under My Skin\" from Born to Dance,
\"All the Way\" from The Joker Is Wild,
\"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head\" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
\"Theme from Shaft\" from Shaft,
\"The Way We Were\" from The Way We Were,
\"When You Wish Upon a Star\" from Pinocchio, and
\"Alfie\" from Alfie\n
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Ceremony information[edit]

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In view of the new millennium, the academy sought to both shorten the telecast and give the ceremony a new look.[21][22] Husband\u2013and\u2013wife producers Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck were recruited to oversee the production of the 2000 ceremony.[21] AMPAS President Robert Rehme explained the decision to hire the Zanucks saying, \"With this new producing team in place, I look forward to a whole new perspective.\"[21] This marked the first occurrence that a woman was tapped for producing duties at the Oscars.[23] Despite Richard and Lili's promises to make changes to the ceremony, they hired actor and veteran Oscar host Billy Crystal to host the ceremony for the seventh time.[21]\n

Production of the ceremony was reported to be far more ambitious and extravagant than previous ceremonies.[24] Art director Bob Keene designed an ambitiously technological stage design for the telecast that used a floor adorned with flashing lights and several 35 foot columns consisting of high-definition video monitors stacked atop each other.[24] The columns were used to display images of previous Oscar appearances as presenters took the stage, nomination packages, and reaction shots of the acting nominees as the winner was being announced.[25] Because of serious technical challenges concerning movement, lighting, and overheating, Keene and his production design team tested the stage at ABC Prospect Studios before installing it at the Shrine Auditorium.[26]\n

Several other people were involved in the production of the ceremony. Actor Peter Coyote, who served as announcer for the telecast, was often seen before commercial breaks live behind the stage.[25][27] Musical directors Burt Bacharach, Don Was, and Rob Shrock composed a techno-pop soundtrack that substituted for a live orchestra during most of the ceremony.[21][28] In addition, Bacharach rounded up musicians that included Garth Brooks, Queen Latifah, and Dionne Warwick to perform a medley of songs previously nominated for Best Original Song.[29] Choreographer Kenny Ortega supervised the \"Blame Canada\" musical number.[30]\n

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Box office performance of nominees[edit]

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At the time of the nominations announcement on February 15, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees was $521 million with an average of $104 million per film.[31] The Sixth Sense was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $278.4 million in domestic box office receipts.[31] The film was followed by The Green Mile ($120.7 million), American Beauty ($74.7 million), The Cider House Rules ($20.7 million), and finally The Insider ($26.6 million).[31]\n

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 37 nominations went to 11 films on the list.[32] Only The Sixth Sense (2nd), The Green Mile (13th), The Talented Mr. Ripley (26th), and American Beauty (27th) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting, or Best Picture. The other top 50 box office hits that earned the nominations were Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1st), Toy Story 2 (3rd), The Matrix (5th), Tarzan (6th), The Mummy (8th), Stuart Little (11th), and Sleepy Hollow (20th).[32]\n

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Missing paper ballots[edit]

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Nearly two weeks before Oscar voting was finished, AMPAS reported that 4,000 of the ballots mailed to Academy members were missing. The bags that carried the ballots were mislabeled as third-class mail.[33] On March 6, 2000, 1,000 of the ballots were discovered at a US Postal Service regional distribution center in Bell, California.[34] In response to affected members, AMPAS sent replacement ballots sealed in yellow envelopes, and extended the voting deadline by two days to March 23.[35]\n

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Oscar statuettes theft[edit]

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On March 10, 2000, 55 Oscar statuettes were stolen from a Roadway Express loading dock in Bell, California.[35][36] In the event the stolen awards were to be still missing during the festivities, AMPAS announced that R.S. Owens & Company, the manufacturer of the awards would produce a new batch of the golden statuettes.[37] Nine days later, 52 of the stolen statuettes were discovered in a trash bin at a Food 4 Less supermarket located in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles by a man named Willie Fulgear.[38][39] For the safe recovery of the stolen statuettes, Roadway Express rewarded Fulgear with $50,000, and the academy invited him and his son Allen to the ceremony.[40] Two Roadway Express employees, truck driver Lawrence Ledent and dock worker Anthony Hart, were arrested for the theft of the Oscars. Both men pleaded no contest. Lawrence served six months in prison and Anthony received probation. A third man who was Mr. Fulgear's half-brother was initially charged with the crime, but police dropped those charges after Mr. Fulgear divulged that they were estranged from each other.[38][41] Three years later, one of three remaining missing Oscar statuettes was discovered during a drug bust at a mansion in Miami, Florida; the other two have yet to be found.[42]\n

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The show received a positive reception from most media publications. Television critic Monica Collins of the Boston Herald praised producers Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck for overseeing a show that was \"clean, snappy, high-gloss and very well produced.\" She also quipped that host Billy Crystal did not need to save the show this time because \"everything seemed to come together.[43] The San Francisco Examiner's Wesley Morris wrote \"the show was downright hip, more so than it's been in decades.\" He also gave high marks for the \"techno-chic\" production elements from the music and stage design.[44] Columnist Paul Brownfield of the Los Angeles Times raved that \"the 72nd annual Academy Awards telecast was hipper than in years past, sleeker in look and edgier in tone.\" He added that Crystal was \"the perfect antidote to the entire evening's self-serious posturing.\"[45]\n

Some media outlets were more critical of the show. John Carman of the San Francisco Chronicle lamented that despite being solid and tidy, \"the show never quite managed the big surprises, sloppy excesses and emotional highs we hope to see.\"[46] Pittsburgh Post-Gazette television critic Rob Owen criticized the uneven pacing of the ceremony writing that the telecast \"started slowly \u2013 20 minutes of Billy Crystal's spoofs and singing that weren't as funny as his past Oscar intros \u2013 and never got up to speed.\"[47] Caryn James of The New York Times remarked that \"the four-hour show turned into a zombie.\" She also stated that the telecast was bloated with too many tributes to Hollywood's past.[48]\n

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The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 46.52 million viewers over its length, which was a 3% increase from the previous year's ceremony.[6] An estimated 79.11 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards.[6] The show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony with 29.64% of households watching over a 48.32 share.[49] It also drew a higher 18\u201349 demo rating with a 19.86 rating over a 39.34 share among viewers in that demographic.[49]\n

In July 2000, the show received nine nominations at the 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards.[50] Two months later, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Louis J. Horvitz's direction of the telecast.[51]\n

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In Memoriam[edit]

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The annual In Memoriam tribute, presented by actor Edward Norton, honored the following people.[52]\n

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See also[edit]

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Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Academy Award for Best Actor
The 2023 recipient: Cillian Murphy
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
First awarded1929
Most recent winnerCillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (2024)
Most awardsDaniel Day-Lewis (3)
Most nominationsLaurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy (9)
Websiteoscars.org
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The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner.\n

The Best Actor award has been presented 96 times, to 86 actors. The first winner was German actor Emil Jannings for his roles in The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927).[1] The most recent winner is Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (2023), who simultaneously became the first Irish actor to win this award. Italian actor Roberto Benigni gave the first winning non-English performance in Life Is Beautiful (1997) in this category. The record for most wins is three, held by Daniel Day-Lewis, while nine other actors have won twice. The record for most nominations is nine, jointly held by Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier. James Dean remains the only actor to have been posthumously nominated for this award more than once. At the 5th Academy Awards, Fredric March finished one vote ahead of Wallace Beery; under the rules of the time, this meant both actors were awarded, in this category's only tie.\n

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Nominations process[edit]

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Nominees are currently determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.[2]\n

In the first three years of the awards, actors and actresses were nominated as the best individuals in their categories. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award.[3] Despite this, at the 3rd Academy Awards, held in 1930, only one film was cited in each winner's award regardless of how many they were eligible to be considered for during that span.[4] The current system, in which an actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the 4th Academy Awards.[3] Starting with the 9th Academy Awards, held in 1937, the category was limited to a maximum five nominations per year.[3]\n

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Emil Jannings was the inaugural winner, for two films: The Last Command (1928) & The Way of All Flesh (1927).
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Warner Baxter won for In Old Arizona (1928).
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George Arliss won for Disraeli (1929).
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Lionel Barrymore won for A Free Soul (1931).
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Fredric March won twice, for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) & The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
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Wallace Beery won for The Champ (1931), in a tie with Fredric March.
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Charles Laughton won for The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933).
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Clark Gable won for It Happened One Night (1934).
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Victor McLaglen won for The Informer (1935).
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Paul Muni won for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936).
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Spencer Tracy was the first actor to consecutively win twice, for Captains Courageous (1937) & Boys Town (1938).
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Robert Donat won for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939).
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James Stewart won for The Philadelphia Story (1940).
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Gary Cooper won twice, for Sergeant York (1941) & High Noon (1952).
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James Cagney won for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).
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Paul Lukas won for Watch on the Rhine (1943).
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Bing Crosby won for Going My Way (1944).
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Ray Milland won for The Lost Weekend (1945).
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Ronald Colman won for A Double Life (1947).
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Laurence Olivier won for Hamlet (1948); first self-directed win (and simultaneous Best Picture).
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Broderick Crawford won for All the King's Men (1949).
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Jos\u00e9 Ferrer won for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); Tony winner for the same role\u2013first to accomplish this + the category's first latino winner.
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Humphrey Bogart won for The African Queen (1951).
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William Holden won for Stalag 17 (1953).
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Marlon Brando won twice, for On the Waterfront (1954) & The Godfather (1972).
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Ernest Borgnine won for Marty (1955).
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Yul Brynner won for The King and I (1956); first Asian winner in category.
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Alec Guinness won for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
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David Niven won for Separate Tables (1958).
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Charlton Heston won for Ben-Hur (1959).
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Burt Lancaster won for Elmer Gantry (1960).
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Maximilian Schell won for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
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Gregory Peck won for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
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Sidney Poitier won for Lilies of the Field (1963); first black actor to win.
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Rex Harrison won for My Fair Lady (1964).
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Lee Marvin won for playing dual roles in Cat Ballou (1965).
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Paul Scofield won for A Man for All Seasons (1966).
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Rod Steiger won for In the Heat of the Night (1967).
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Cliff Robertson won for CHA\u042fLY (1968).
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John Wayne won for True Grit (1969).
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George C. Scott won for Patton (1970).
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Gene Hackman won for The French Connection (1971).
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Jack Lemmon won for Save the Tiger (1973).
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Art Carney won for Harry & Tonto (1974).
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Jack Nicholson won twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) & As Good as It Gets (1997).
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Peter Finch won for Network (1976); first actor to win posthumously.
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Richard Dreyfuss won for The Goodbye Girl (1977).
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Jon Voight won for Coming Home (1978).
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Dustin Hoffman won twice, for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) & Rain Man (1988).
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Robert De Niro won for Raging Bull (1980).
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Henry Fonda won for On Golden Pond (1981)
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Ben Kingsley won for Gandhi (1982).
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Robert Duvall won for Tender Mercies (1983).
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F. Murray Abraham won for Amadeus (1984).
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William Hurt won for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
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Paul Newman won for The Color of Money (1986).
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Michael Douglas won for Wall Street (1987).
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Daniel Day-Lewis won thrice, for My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), & Lincoln (2012).
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Jeremy Irons won for Reversal of Fortune (1990).
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Anthony Hopkins won twice, for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) & The Father (2020)\u2014the latter rendering him the overall oldest acting winner, at age 83.
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Al Pacino won for Scent of a Woman (1992).
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Tom Hanks won twice consecutively, for Philadelphia (1993) & Forrest Gump (1994).
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Nicolas Cage won for Leaving Las Vegas (1995).
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Geoffrey Rush won for Shine (1996).
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Roberto Benigni won for Life Is Beautiful (1997); first Italian-spoken role to win for the category.
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Kevin Spacey won for American Beauty (1999).
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Russell Crowe won for Gladiator (2000).
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Denzel Washington won for Training Day (2001).
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Adrien Brody won for The Pianist (2002); became this category's youngest winner, at age 29.
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Sean Penn won twice, for Mystic River (2003) & Milk (2008).
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Jamie Foxx won for Ray (2004).
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Philip Seymour Hoffman won for Capote (2005).
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Forest Whitaker won for The Last King of Scotland (2006).
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Jeff Bridges won for Crazy Heart (2009).
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Colin Firth won for The King's Speech (2010).
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Jean Dujardin won for The Artist (2011).
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Matthew McConaughey won for Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
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Eddie Redmayne won for The Theory of Everything (2014).
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Leonardo DiCaprio won for The Revenant (2015).
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Casey Affleck won for Manchester by the Sea (2016).
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Gary Oldman won for Darkest Hour (2017).
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Rami Malek won for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
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Joaquin Phoenix won for Joker (2019).
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Will Smith won for King Richard (2021).
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Brendan Fraser won for The Whale (2022).
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Winners and nominees[edit]

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In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year.[5] For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31.[6] For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.[6] Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.[6]\n

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1927/28
(1st) \n		Emil Jannings \u2021[A]\nGrand Duke Sergius Alexander\nThe Last Command\n[7]\n
August Schilling\nThe Way of All Flesh\n
Richard Barthelmess\nNickie Elkins\nThe Noose\n
Patent Leather Kid\nThe Patent Leather Kid\n
Charlie Chaplin[B]\nThe Tramp\nThe Circus\n[8]\n
1928/29
(2nd)
[note 1]\n		Warner Baxter \u2021\nThe Cisco Kid\nIn Old Arizona\n[9]\n
George Bancroft\nThunderbolt Jim Lang\nThunderbolt\n
Chester Morris\nChick Williams\nAlibi\n
Paul Muni\nJames Dyke\nThe Valiant\n
Lewis Stone\nCount Pahlen\nThe Patriot\n
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1929/30
(3rd) \n		George Arliss \u2021[C]\nBenjamin Disraeli\nDisraeli\n[10]\n
George Arliss\nThe Raja\nThe Green Goddess\n
Wallace Beery\nButch \"Machine Gun\" Schmidt\nThe Big House\n
Maurice Chevalier [C]\nPierre Mirande\nThe Big Pond\n
Count Alfred Renard\nThe Love Parade\n
Ronald Colman [C]\nCapt. Hugh \"Bulldog\" Drummond\nBulldog Drummond\n
Michel\nCondemned\n
Lawrence Tibbett\nYegor\nThe Rogue Song\n
1930/31
(4th) \n		Lionel Barrymore \u2021\nStephen Ashe\nA Free Soul\n[11]\n
Jackie Cooper\nSkippy Skinner\nSkippy\n
Richard Dix\nYancey Cravat\nCimarron\n
Fredric March\nTony Cavendish\nThe Royal Family of Broadway\n
Adolphe Menjou\nWalter Burns\nThe Front Page\n
1931/32
(5th) \n		Wallace Beery \u2021 (Tie) [D]\nAndy \"Champ\" Purcell\nThe Champ\n[12]\n
Fredric March \u2021 (Tie) [D]\nDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde\nDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\n
Alfred Lunt\nThe Actor\nThe Guardsman\n
1932/33
(6th) \n		Charles Laughton \u2021\nKing Henry VIII\nThe Private Life of Henry VIII\n[13]\n
Leslie Howard\nPeter Standish\nBerkeley Square\n
Paul Muni\nJames Allen\nI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang\n
1934
(7th) \n		Clark Gable \u2021\nPeter Warne\nIt Happened One Night\n[14]\n
Frank Morgan\nAlessandro, Duke of Florence\nThe Affairs of Cellini\n
William Powell\nNick Charles\nThe Thin Man\n
1935
(8th) \n		Victor McLaglen \u2021\nGypo Nolan\nThe Informer\n[15]\n
Clark Gable\nLt. Fletcher Christian\nMutiny on the Bounty\n
Charles Laughton\nCaptain William Bligh\n
Franchot Tone\nMidshipman Roger Byam\n
Paul Muni (Write-in)[E]\nJoe Radek\nBlack Fury\n
1936
(9th) \n		Paul Muni \u2021\nLouis Pasteur\nThe Story of Louis Pasteur\n[16]\n
Gary Cooper\nLongfellow Deeds\nMr. Deeds Goes to Town\n
Walter Huston\nSam Dodsworth\nDodsworth\n
William Powell\nGodfrey Park\nMy Man Godfrey\n
Spencer Tracy\nFather Tim Mullin\nSan Francisco\n
1937
(10th) \n		Spencer Tracy \u2021\nManuel Fidello\nCaptains Courageous\n[17]\n
Charles Boyer\nEmperor Napoleon Bonaparte\nConquest\n
Fredric March\nNorman Maine\nA Star Is Born\n
Robert Montgomery\nDanny\nNight Must Fall\n
Paul Muni\n\u00c9mile Zola\nThe Life of Emile Zola\n
1938
(11th) \n		Spencer Tracy \u2021\nFather Edward Flanagan\nBoys Town\n[18]\n
Charles Boyer\nPepe le Moko\nAlgiers\n
James Cagney\nRocky Sullivan\nAngels with Dirty Faces\n
Robert Donat\nDr. Andrew Manson\nThe Citadel\n
Leslie Howard\nProfessor Henry Higgins\nPygmalion\n
1939
(12th) \n		Robert Donat \u2021\nCharles Edward Chipping\nGoodbye, Mr. Chips\n[19]\n
Clark Gable\nRhett Butler\nGone with the Wind\n
Laurence Olivier\nHeathcliff\nWuthering Heights\n
Mickey Rooney\nMickey Moran\nBabes in Arms\n
James Stewart\nJefferson Smith\nMr. Smith Goes to Washington\n
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1940
(13th) \n		James Stewart \u2021\nMacaulay \"Mike\" Connor\nThe Philadelphia Story\n[20]\n
Charlie Chaplin\nAdenoid Hynkel & The Barber\nThe Great Dictator\n
Henry Fonda\nTom Joad\nThe Grapes of Wrath\n
Raymond Massey\nAbraham Lincoln\nAbe Lincoln in Illinois\n
Laurence Olivier\nMaximilian \"Maxim\" de Winter\nRebecca\n
1941
(14th) \n		Gary Cooper \u2021\nSgt. Alvin York\nSergeant York\n[21]\n
Cary Grant\nRoger Adams\nPenny Serenade\n
Walter Huston\nMr. Scratch\nThe Devil and Daniel Webster\n
Robert Montgomery\nJoe Pendleton\nHere Comes Mr. Jordan\n
Orson Welles\nCharles Foster Kane\nCitizen Kane\n
1942
(15th) \n		James Cagney \u2021\nGeorge M. Cohan\nYankee Doodle Dandy\n[22]\n
Ronald Colman\nCharles Rainier\nRandom Harvest\n
Gary Cooper\nLou Gehrig\nThe Pride of the Yankees\n
Walter Pidgeon\nClem Miniver\nMrs. Miniver\n
Monty Woolley\nHoward\nThe Pied Piper\n
1943
(16th) \n		Paul Lukas \u2021\nKurt Muller\nWatch on the Rhine\n[23]\n
Humphrey Bogart\nRick Blaine\nCasablanca\n
Gary Cooper\nRobert Jordan\nFor Whom the Bell Tolls\n
Walter Pidgeon\nPierre Curie\nMadame Curie\n
Mickey Rooney\nHomer Macauley\nThe Human Comedy\n
1944
(17th) \n		Bing Crosby \u2021\nFather Chuck O'Malley\nGoing My Way\n[24]\n
Charles Boyer\nGregory Anton\nGaslight\n
Barry Fitzgerald [F]\nFather Fitzgibbon\nGoing My Way\n
Cary Grant\nErnie Mott\nNone but the Lonely Heart\n
Alexander Knox\nWoodrow Wilson\nWilson\n
1945
(18th) \n		Ray Milland \u2021\nDon Birnam\nThe Lost Weekend\n[25]\n
Bing Crosby\nFather Chuck O'Malley\nThe Bells of St. Mary's\n
Gene Kelly\nJoseph Brady\nAnchors Aweigh\n
Gregory Peck\nFather Francis\nThe Keys of the Kingdom\n
Cornel Wilde\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin\nA Song to Remember\n
1946
(19th) \n		Fredric March \u2021\nPlatoon Sergeant Al Stephenson\nThe Best Years of Our Lives\n[26]\n
Laurence Olivier\nKing Henry V of England\nHenry V\n
Larry Parks\nAl Jolson\nThe Jolson Story\n
Gregory Peck\nEzra \"Penny\" Baxter\nThe Yearling\n
James Stewart\nGeorge Bailey\nIt's a Wonderful Life\n
1947
(20th) \n		Ronald Colman \u2021\nAnthony John\nA Double Life\n[27]\n
John Garfield\nCharlie Davis\nBody and Soul\n
Gregory Peck\nPhilip Schuyler Green\nGentleman's Agreement\n
William Powell\nClarence Day Sr.\nLife with Father\n
Michael Redgrave\nOrin Mannon\nMourning Becomes Electra\n
1948
(21st) \n		Laurence Olivier \u2021\nHamlet, Prince of Denmark\nHamlet\n[28]\n
Lew Ayres\nDr. Robert Richardson\nJohnny Belinda\n
Montgomery Clift\nRalph \"Steve\" Stevenson\nThe Search\n
Dan Dailey\n\"Skid\" Johnson\nWhen My Baby Smiles at Me\n
Clifton Webb\nLynn Aloysius Belvedere\nSitting Pretty\n
1949
(22nd) \n		Broderick Crawford \u2021\nWillie Stark\nAll the King's Men\n[29]\n
Kirk Douglas\nMichael \"Midge\" Kelly\nChampion\n
Gregory Peck\nBrig. General Frank Savage\nTwelve O'Clock High\n
Richard Todd\nCpl. Lachlan \"Lachie\" MacLachlan\nThe Hasty Heart\n
John Wayne\nSergeant John M. Stryker\nSands of Iwo Jima\n
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1950s[edit]

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Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1950
(23rd) \n		Jos\u00e9 Ferrer \u2021\nCyrano de Bergerac\nCyrano de Bergerac\n[30]\n
Louis Calhern\nOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.\nThe Magnificent Yankee\n
William Holden\nJoe Gillis\nSunset Boulevard\n
James Stewart\nElwood P. Dowd\nHarvey\n
Spencer Tracy\nStanley T. Banks\nFather of the Bride\n
1951
(24th) \n		Humphrey Bogart \u2021\nCharlie Allnut\nThe African Queen\n[31]\n
Marlon Brando\nStanley Kowalski\nA Streetcar Named Desire\n
Montgomery Clift\nGeorge Eastman\nA Place in the Sun\n
Arthur Kennedy\nLarry Nevins\nBright Victory\n
Fredric March\nWilly Loman\nDeath of a Salesman\n
1952
(25th) \n		Gary Cooper \u2021\nMarshal Will Kane\nHigh Noon\n[32]\n
Marlon Brando\nEmiliano Zapata\nViva Zapata!\n
Kirk Douglas\nJonathan Shields\nThe Bad and the Beautiful\n
Jos\u00e9 Ferrer\nHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec & Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec\nMoulin Rouge\n
Alec Guinness\nHenry Holland\nThe Lavender Hill Mob\n
1953
(26th) \n		William Holden \u2021\nSgt. J.J. Sefton\nStalag 17\n[33]\n
Marlon Brando\nMark Antony\nJulius Caesar\n
Richard Burton\nMarcellus Gallio\nThe Robe\n
Montgomery Clift\nPvt. Robert E. Lee \"Prew\" Prewitt\nFrom Here to Eternity\n
Burt Lancaster\n1st Sgt. Milton Warden\n
1954
(27th) \n		Marlon Brando \u2021\nTerry Malloy\nOn the Waterfront\n[34]\n
Humphrey Bogart\nLt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg\nThe Caine Mutiny\n
Bing Crosby\nFrank Elgin\nThe Country Girl\n
James Mason\nNorman Maine\nA Star Is Born\n
Dan O'Herlihy\nRobinson Crusoe\nRobinson Crusoe\n
1955
(28th) \n		Ernest Borgnine \u2021\nMarty Piletti\nMarty\n[35]\n
James Cagney\nMartin Snyder\nLove Me or Leave Me\n
James Dean \u2020\nCal Trask\nEast of Eden\n
Frank Sinatra\nFrankie Machine\nThe Man with the Golden Arm\n
Spencer Tracy\nJohn J. Macreedy\nBad Day at Black Rock\n
1956
(29th) \n		Yul Brynner \u2021\nKing Mongkut of Siam\nThe King and I\n[36]\n
James Dean \u2020\nJett Rink\nGiant\n
Kirk Douglas\nVincent van Gogh\nLust for Life\n
Rock Hudson\nJordan \"Bick\" Benedict Jr.\nGiant\n
Laurence Olivier\nKing Richard III\nRichard III\n
1957
(30th) \n		Alec Guinness \u2021\nColonel Nicholson\nThe Bridge on the River Kwai\n[37]\n
Marlon Brando\nMajor Lloyd \"Ace\" Gruver, USAF\nSayonara\n
Anthony Franciosa\nPolo Pope\nA Hatful of Rain\n
Charles Laughton\nSir Wilfrid Robarts\nWitness for the Prosecution\n
Anthony Quinn\nGino\nWild Is the Wind\n
1958
(31st) \n		David Niven \u2021\nMajor Angus Pollock\nSeparate Tables\n[38]\n
Tony Curtis\nJohn \"Joker\" Jackson\nThe Defiant Ones\n
Paul Newman\nBrick Pollitt\nCat on a Hot Tin Roof\n
Sidney Poitier\nNoah Cullen\nThe Defiant Ones\n
Spencer Tracy\nThe Old Man\nThe Old Man and the Sea\n
1959
(32nd) \n		Charlton Heston \u2021\nJudah Ben-Hur\nBen-Hur\n[39]\n
Laurence Harvey\nJoe Lampton\nRoom at the Top\n
Jack Lemmon\nJerry / Daphne\nSome Like It Hot\n
Paul Muni\nDr. Sam Abelman\nThe Last Angry Man\n
James Stewart\nPaul Biegler\nAnatomy of a Murder\n
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1960s[edit]

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Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1960
(33rd) \n		Burt Lancaster \u2021\nElmer Gantry\nElmer Gantry\n[40]\n
Trevor Howard\nWalter Morel\nSons and Lovers\n
Jack Lemmon\nC. C. \"Bud\" Baxter\nThe Apartment\n
Laurence Olivier\nArchie Rice\nThe Entertainer\n
Spencer Tracy\nHenry Drummond\nInherit the Wind\n
1961
(34th) \n		Maximilian Schell \u2021\nHans Rolfe\nJudgment at Nuremberg\n[41]\n
Charles Boyer\nCesar\nFanny\n
Paul Newman\n\"Fast\" Eddie Felson\nThe Hustler\n
Spencer Tracy\nChief Judge Dan Haywood\nJudgment at Nuremberg\n
Stuart Whitman\nJim Fuller\nThe Mark\n
1962
(35th) \n		Gregory Peck \u2021\nAtticus Finch\nTo Kill a Mockingbird\n[42]\n
Burt Lancaster\nRobert Stroud\nBirdman of Alcatraz\n
Jack Lemmon\nJoe Clay\nDays of Wine and Roses\n
Marcello Mastroianni\nFerdinando Cefal\u00f9\nDivorce Italian Style\n
Peter O'Toole\nThomas Edward Lawrence\nLawrence of Arabia\n
1963
(36th) \n		Sidney Poitier \u2021\nHomer Smith\nLilies of the Field\n[43]\n
Albert Finney\nTom Jones\nTom Jones\n
Richard Harris\nFrank Machin\nThis Sporting Life\n
Rex Harrison\nJulius Caesar\nCleopatra\n
Paul Newman\nHud Bannon\nHud\n
1964
(37th) \n		Rex Harrison \u2021\nProfessor Henry Higgins\nMy Fair Lady\n[44]\n
Richard Burton\nThomas Becket\nBecket\n
Peter O'Toole\nKing Henry II\n
Anthony Quinn\nAlexis Zorba\nZorba the Greek\n
Peter Sellers\nGroup Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, and Dr. Strangelove\nDr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb\n
1965
(38th) \n		Lee Marvin \u2021\nKid Shelleen & Tim Strawn\nCat Ballou\n[45]\n
Richard Burton\nAlec Leamas\nThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold\n
Laurence Olivier\nOthello\nOthello\n
Rod Steiger\nSol Nazerman\nThe Pawnbroker\n
Oskar Werner\nWillie Schumann\nShip of Fools\n
1966
(39th) \n		Paul Scofield \u2021\nSir Thomas More\nA Man for All Seasons\n[46]\n
Alan Arkin\nLt. Rozanov\nThe Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming\n
Richard Burton\nGeorge\nWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\n
Michael Caine\nAlfie Elkins\nAlfie\n
Steve McQueen\nJake Holman\nThe Sand Pebbles\n
1967
(40th) \n		Rod Steiger \u2021\nBill Gillespie\nIn the Heat of the Night\n[47]\n
Warren Beatty\nClyde Barrow\nBonnie and Clyde\n
Dustin Hoffman\nBenjamin Braddock\nThe Graduate\n
Paul Newman\nLucas \"Luke\" Jackson\nCool Hand Luke\n
Spencer Tracy \u2020\nMatt Drayton\nGuess Who's Coming to Dinner\n
1968
(41st) \n		Cliff Robertson \u2021\nCharly Gordon\nCharly\n[48]\n
Alan Arkin\nJohn Singer\nThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter\n
Alan Bates\nYakov Bok\nThe Fixer\n
Ron Moody\nFagin\nOliver!\n
Peter O'Toole\nKing Henry II\nThe Lion in Winter\n
1969
(42nd) \n		John Wayne \u2021\nReuben \"Rooster\" Cogburn\nTrue Grit\n[49]\n
Richard Burton\nKing Henry VIII\nAnne of the Thousand Days\n
Dustin Hoffman\nEnrico Salvatore \"Ratso\" Rizzo\nMidnight Cowboy\n
Peter O'Toole\nArthur Chipping\nGoodbye, Mr. Chips\n
Jon Voight\nJoe Buck\nMidnight Cowboy\n
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1970s[edit]

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Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1970
(43rd) \n		George C. Scott \u00a7[50]\nGeneral George S. Patton Jr.\nPatton\n[51]\n
Melvyn Douglas\nTom Garrison\nI Never Sang for My Father\n
James Earl Jones\nJack Jefferson\nThe Great White Hope\n
Jack Nicholson\nRobert Eroica Dupea\nFive Easy Pieces\n
Ryan O'Neal\nOliver Barrett IV\nLove Story\n
1971
(44th) \n		Gene Hackman \u2021\nJimmy \"Popeye\" Doyle\nThe French Connection\n[52]\n
Peter Finch\nDr. Daniel Hirsh\nSunday Bloody Sunday\n
Walter Matthau\nJoseph P. Kotcher\nKotch\n
George C. Scott\nDr. Herbert Bock\nThe Hospital\n
Topol\nTevye\nFiddler on the Roof\n
1972
(45th) \n		Marlon Brando \u00a7[50]\nVito Corleone\nThe Godfather\n[53]\n
Michael Caine\nMilo Tindle\nSleuth\n
Laurence Olivier\nAndrew Wyke\n
Peter O'Toole\nJack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney\nThe Ruling Class\n
Paul Winfield\nNathan Lee Morgan\nSounder\n
1973
(46th) \n		Jack Lemmon \u2021\nHarry Stoner\nSave the Tiger\n[54]\n
Marlon Brando\nPaul\nLast Tango in Paris\n
Jack Nicholson\nSignalman 1st Class Billy L. \"Badass\" Buddusky\nThe Last Detail\n
Al Pacino\nFrank Serpico\nSerpico\n
Robert Redford\nJohnny \"Kelly\" Hooker\nThe Sting\n
1974
(47th) \n		Art Carney \u2021\nHarry Coombes\nHarry and Tonto\n[55]\n
Albert Finney\nHercule Poirot\nMurder on the Orient Express\n
Dustin Hoffman\nLenny Bruce\nLenny\n
Jack Nicholson\nJ. J. \"Jake\" Gittes\nChinatown\n
Al Pacino\nMichael Corleone\nThe Godfather Part II\n
1975
(48th) \n		Jack Nicholson \u2021\nRandle Patrick McMurphy\nOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\n[56]\n
Walter Matthau\nWilly Clark\nThe Sunshine Boys\n
Al Pacino\nSonny Wortzik\nDog Day Afternoon\n
Maximilian Schell\nArthur Goldman\nThe Man in the Glass Booth\n
James Whitmore\nHarry S. Truman\nGive 'em Hell, Harry!\n
1976
(49th) \n		Peter Finch \u2020\nHoward Beale\nNetwork\n[57]\n
Robert De Niro\nTravis Bickle\nTaxi Driver\n
Giancarlo Giannini\nPasqualino Frafuso\nSeven Beauties\n
William Holden\nMax Schumacher\nNetwork\n
Sylvester Stallone\nRocky Balboa\nRocky\n
1977
(50th) \n		Richard Dreyfuss \u2021\nElliot Garfield\nThe Goodbye Girl\n[58]\n
Woody Allen\nAlvy Singer\nAnnie Hall\n
Richard Burton\nMartin Dysart\nEquus\n
Marcello Mastroianni\nGabriele\nA Special Day\n
John Travolta\nTony Manero\nSaturday Night Fever\n
1978
(51st) \n		Jon Voight \u2021\nLuke Martin\nComing Home\n[59]\n
Warren Beatty\nJoe Pendleton / Leo Farnsworth / Tom Jarrett\nHeaven Can Wait\n
Gary Busey\nBuddy Holly\nThe Buddy Holly Story\n
Robert De Niro\nMichael Vronsky\nThe Deer Hunter\n
Laurence Olivier\nEzra Lieberman\nThe Boys from Brazil\n
1979
(52nd) \n		Dustin Hoffman \u2021\nTed Kramer\nKramer vs. Kramer\n[60]\n
Jack Lemmon\nJack Godell\nThe China Syndrome\n
Al Pacino\nArthur Kirkland\n...And Justice for All\n
Roy Scheider\nJoe Gideon\nAll That Jazz\n
Peter Sellers\nChance the gardener / Chauncey Gardiner\nBeing There\n
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1980s[edit]

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Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1980
(53rd) \n		Robert De Niro \u2021\nJake LaMotta\nRaging Bull\n[61]\n
Robert Duvall\nLt. Col. Wilbur \"Bull\" Meechum\nThe Great Santini\n
John Hurt\nJohn Merrick\nThe Elephant Man\n
Jack Lemmon\nScottie Templeton\nTribute\n
Peter O'Toole\nEli Cross\nThe Stunt Man\n
1981
(54th) \n		Henry Fonda \u2021\nNorman Thayer Jr.\nOn Golden Pond\n[62]\n
Warren Beatty\nJohn \"Jack\" Reed\nReds\n
Burt Lancaster\nLou Pascal\nAtlantic City\n
Dudley Moore\nArthur Bach\nArthur\n
Paul Newman\nMichael Gallagher\nAbsence of Malice\n
1982
(55th) \n		Ben Kingsley \u2021\nMahatma Gandhi\nGandhi\n[63]\n
Dustin Hoffman\nMichael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels\nTootsie\n
Jack Lemmon\nEdmund Horman\nMissing\n
Paul Newman\nFrank Galvin\nThe Verdict\n
Peter O'Toole\nAlan Swann\nMy Favorite Year\n
1983
(56th) \n		Robert Duvall \u2021\nMac Sledge\nTender Mercies\n[64]\n
Michael Caine\nDr. Frank Bryant\nEducating Rita\n
Tom Conti\nGowan McGland\nReuben, Reuben\n
Tom Courtenay\nNorman\nThe Dresser\n
Albert Finney\nSir\n
1984
(57th) \n		F. Murray Abraham \u2021\nAntonio Salieri\nAmadeus\n[65]\n
Jeff Bridges\nScott Hayden / Starman\nStarman\n
Albert Finney\nGeoffrey Firmin\nUnder the Volcano\n
Tom Hulce\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart\nAmadeus\n
Sam Waterston\nSydney Schanberg\nThe Killing Fields\n
1985
(58th) \n		William Hurt \u2021\nLuis Molina\nKiss of the Spider Woman\n[66]\n
Harrison Ford\nJohn Book\nWitness\n
James Garner\nMurphy Jones\nMurphy's Romance\n
Jack Nicholson\nCharley Partanna\nPrizzi's Honor\n
Jon Voight\nOscar \"Manny\" Manheim\nRunaway Train\n
1986
(59th) \n		Paul Newman \u2021\n\"Fast\" Eddie Felson\nThe Color of Money\n[67]\n
Dexter Gordon\nDale Turner\nRound Midnight\n
Bob Hoskins\nGeorge\nMona Lisa\n
William Hurt\nJames Leeds\nChildren of a Lesser God\n
James Woods\nRichard Boyle\nSalvador\n
1987
(60th) \n		Michael Douglas \u2021\nGordon Gekko\nWall Street\n[68]\n
William Hurt\nTom Grunick\nBroadcast News\n
Marcello Mastroianni\nRomano Patroni\nDark Eyes\n
Jack Nicholson\nFrancis Phelan\nIronweed\n
Robin Williams\nAdrian Cronauer\nGood Morning, Vietnam\n
1988
(61st) \n		Dustin Hoffman \u2021\nRaymond Babbitt\nRain Man\n[69]\n
Gene Hackman\nRupert Anderson\nMississippi Burning\n
Tom Hanks\nJosh Baskin\nBig\n
Edward James Olmos\nJaime Escalante\nStand and Deliver\n
Max von Sydow\nLassefar \"Lasse\" Karlsson\nPelle the Conqueror\n
1989
(62nd) \n		Daniel Day-Lewis \u2021\nChristy Brown\nMy Left Foot\n[70]\n
Kenneth Branagh\nKing Henry V\nHenry V\n
Tom Cruise\nRon Kovic\nBorn on the Fourth of July\n
Morgan Freeman\nHoke Colburn\nDriving Miss Daisy\n
Robin Williams\nJohn Keating\nDead Poets Society\n
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1990s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1990
(63rd) \n		Jeremy Irons \u2021\nClaus von B\u00fclow\nReversal of Fortune\n[71]\n
Kevin Costner\nLt. John J. Dunbar\nDances with Wolves\n
Robert De Niro\nLeonard Lowe\nAwakenings\n
G\u00e9rard Depardieu\nCyrano de Bergerac\nCyrano de Bergerac\n
Richard Harris\n\"Bull\" McCabe\nThe Field\n
1991
(64th) \n		Anthony Hopkins \u2021\nDr. Hannibal Lecter\nThe Silence of the Lambs\n[72]\n
Warren Beatty\nBenjamin \"Bugsy\" Siegel\nBugsy\n
Robert De Niro\nMax Cady\nCape Fear\n
Nick Nolte\nTom Wingo\nThe Prince of Tides\n
Robin Williams\nHenry \"Parry\" Sagan\nThe Fisher King\n
1992
(65th) \n		Al Pacino \u2021\nLt. Col. Frank Slade\nScent of a Woman\n[73]\n
Robert Downey Jr.\nCharlie Chaplin\nChaplin\n
Clint Eastwood\nWill Munny\nUnforgiven\n
Stephen Rea\nFergus\nThe Crying Game\n
Denzel Washington\nMalcolm Little / Malcolm X\nMalcolm X\n
1993
(66th) \n		Tom Hanks \u2021\nAndrew Beckett\nPhiladelphia\n[74]\n
Daniel Day-Lewis\nGerard \"Gerry\" Conlon\nIn the Name of the Father\n
Laurence Fishburne\nIke Turner\nWhat's Love Got to Do with It\n
Anthony Hopkins\nJames Stevens\nThe Remains of the Day\n
Liam Neeson\nOskar Schindler\nSchindler's List\n
1994
(67th) \n		Tom Hanks \u2021\nForrest Gump\nForrest Gump\n[75]\n
Morgan Freeman\nEllis Boyd \"Red\" Redding\nThe Shawshank Redemption\n
Nigel Hawthorne\nKing George III\nThe Madness of King George\n
Paul Newman\nDonald \"Sully\" Sullivan\nNobody's Fool\n
John Travolta\nVincent Vega\nPulp Fiction\n
1995
(68th) \n		Nicolas Cage \u2021\nBen Sanderson\nLeaving Las Vegas\n[76]\n
Richard Dreyfuss\nGlenn Holland\nMr. Holland's Opus\n
Anthony Hopkins\nRichard Nixon\nNixon\n
Sean Penn\nMatthew Poncelet\nDead Man Walking\n
Massimo Troisi \u2020\nMario Ruoppolo\nIl Postino: The Postman\n
1996
(69th) \n		Geoffrey Rush \u2021\nDavid Helfgott\nShine\n[77]\n
Tom Cruise\nJerry Maguire\nJerry Maguire\n
Ralph Fiennes\nCount L\u00e1szl\u00f3 de Alm\u00e1sy\nThe English Patient\n
Woody Harrelson\nLarry Flynt\nThe People vs. Larry Flynt\n
Billy Bob Thornton\nKarl Childers\nSling Blade\n
1997
(70th) \n		Jack Nicholson \u2021\nMelvin Udall\nAs Good as It Gets\n[78]\n
Matt Damon\nWill Hunting\nGood Will Hunting\n
Robert Duvall\nEuliss \"Sonny\" Dewey / The Apostle E. F.\nThe Apostle\n
Peter Fonda\nUlysses \"Ulee\" Jackson\nUlee's Gold\n
Dustin Hoffman\nStanley Motss\nWag the Dog\n
1998
(71st) \n		Roberto Benigni \u2021\nGuido Orefice\nLife Is Beautiful\n[79]\n
Tom Hanks\nCaptain John H. Miller\nSaving Private Ryan\n
Ian McKellen\nJames Whale\nGods and Monsters\n
Nick Nolte\nWade Whitehouse\nAffliction\n
Edward Norton\nDerek Vinyard\nAmerican History X\n
1999
(72nd) \n		Kevin Spacey \u2021\nLester Burnham\nAmerican Beauty\n[80]\n
Russell Crowe\nJeffrey Wigand\nThe Insider\n
Richard Farnsworth\nAlvin Straight\nThe Straight Story\n
Sean Penn\nEmmet Ray\nSweet and Lowdown\n
Denzel Washington\nRubin \"The Hurricane\" Carter\nThe Hurricane\n
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2000s[edit]

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Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
2000
(73rd) \n		Russell Crowe \u2021\nMaximus Decimus Meridius\nGladiator\n[81]\n
Javier Bardem\nReinaldo Arenas\nBefore Night Falls\n
Tom Hanks\nChuck Noland\nCast Away\n
Ed Harris\nJackson Pollock\nPollock\n
Geoffrey Rush\nMarquis de Sade\nQuills\n
2001
(74th) \n		Denzel Washington \u2021\nDetective Alonzo Harris\nTraining Day\n[82]\n
Russell Crowe\nJohn Forbes Nash Jr.\nA Beautiful Mind\n
Sean Penn\nSam Dawson\nI Am Sam\n
Will Smith\nCassius Clay / Muhammad Ali\nAli\n
Tom Wilkinson\nDr. Matt Fowler\nIn the Bedroom\n
2002
(75th) \n		Adrien Brody \u2021\nW\u0142adys\u0142aw Szpilman\nThe Pianist\n[83]\n
Nicolas Cage\nCharlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman\nAdaptation.\n
Michael Caine\nThomas Fowler\nThe Quiet American\n
Daniel Day-Lewis\nWilliam \"Bill the Butcher\" Cutting\nGangs of New York\n
Jack Nicholson\nWarren R. Schmidt\nAbout Schmidt\n
2003
(76th) \n		Sean Penn \u2021\nJimmy Markum\nMystic River\n[84]\n
Johnny Depp\nCaptain Jack Sparrow\nPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl\n
Ben Kingsley\nCol. Massoud Amir Behrani\nHouse of Sand and Fog\n
Jude Law\nW. P. Inman\nCold Mountain\n
Bill Murray\nBob Harris\nLost in Translation\n
2004
(77th) \n		Jamie Foxx \u2021\nRay Charles\nRay\n[85]\n
Don Cheadle\nPaul Rusesabagina\nHotel Rwanda\n
Johnny Depp\nSir James Matthew Barrie\nFinding Neverland\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\nHoward Hughes\nThe Aviator\n
Clint Eastwood\nFrankie Dunn\nMillion Dollar Baby\n
2005
(78th) \n		Philip Seymour Hoffman \u2021\nTruman Capote\nCapote\n[86]\n
Terrence Howard\nDJay\nHustle & Flow\n
Heath Ledger\nEnnis Del Mar\nBrokeback Mountain\n
Joaquin Phoenix\nJohnny Cash\nWalk the Line\n
David Strathairn\nEdward R. Murrow\nGood Night, and Good Luck.\n
2006
(79th) \n		Forest Whitaker \u2021\nIdi Amin\nThe Last King of Scotland\n[87]\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\nDanny Archer\nBlood Diamond\n
Ryan Gosling\nDan Dunne\nHalf Nelson\n
Peter O'Toole\nMaurice Russell\nVenus\n
Will Smith\nChris Gardner\nThe Pursuit of Happyness\n
2007
(80th) \n		Daniel Day-Lewis \u2021\nDaniel Plainview\nThere Will Be Blood\n[88]\n
George Clooney\nMichael Clayton\nMichael Clayton\n
Johnny Depp\nSweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker\nSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street\n
Tommy Lee Jones\nHank Deerfield\nIn the Valley of Elah\n
Viggo Mortensen\nNikolai Luzhin\nEastern Promises\n
2008
(81st) \n		Sean Penn \u2021\nHarvey Milk\nMilk\n[89]\n
Richard Jenkins\nWalter Vale\nThe Visitor\n
Frank Langella\nRichard Nixon\nFrost/Nixon\n
Brad Pitt\nBenjamin Button\nThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button\n
Mickey Rourke\nRandy \"The Ram\" Robinson\nThe Wrestler\n
2009
(82nd) \n		Jeff Bridges \u2021\nOtis \"Bad\" Blake\nCrazy Heart\n[90]\n
George Clooney\nRyan Bingham\nUp in the Air\n
Colin Firth\nGeorge Falconer\nA Single Man\n
Morgan Freeman\nNelson Mandela\nInvictus\n
Jeremy Renner\nSFC William James\nThe Hurt Locker\n
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2010s[edit]

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Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
2010
(83rd) \n		Colin Firth \u2021\nKing George VI\nThe King's Speech\n[91]\n
Javier Bardem\nUxbal\nBiutiful\n
Jeff Bridges\nReuben \"Rooster\" Cogburn\nTrue Grit\n
Jesse Eisenberg\nMark Zuckerberg\nThe Social Network\n
James Franco\nAron Ralston\n127 Hours\n
2011
(84th) \n		Jean Dujardin \u2021\nGeorge Valentin\nThe Artist\n[92]\n
Demi\u00e1n Bichir\nCarlos Galindo\nA Better Life\n
George Clooney\nMatt King\nThe Descendants\n
Gary Oldman\nGeorge Smiley\nTinker Tailor Soldier Spy\n
Brad Pitt\nBilly Beane\nMoneyball\n
2012
(85th) \n		Daniel Day-Lewis \u2021\nAbraham Lincoln\nLincoln\n[93]\n
Bradley Cooper\nPatrizio \"Pat\" Solitano Jr.\nSilver Linings Playbook\n
Hugh Jackman\nJean Valjean\nLes Mis\u00e9rables\n
Joaquin Phoenix\nFreddie Quell\nThe Master\n
Denzel Washington\nWilliam \"Whip\" Whitaker\nFlight\n
2013
(86th) \n		Matthew McConaughey \u2021\nRon Woodroof\nDallas Buyers Club\n[94]\n
Christian Bale\nIrving Rosenfeld\nAmerican Hustle\n
Bruce Dern\nWoodrow \"Woody\" Grant\nNebraska\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\nJordan Belfort\nThe Wolf of Wall Street\n
Chiwetel Ejiofor\nSolomon Northup\n12 Years a Slave\n
2014
(87th) \n		Eddie Redmayne \u2021\nStephen Hawking\nThe Theory of Everything\n[95]\n
Steve Carell\nJohn du Pont\nFoxcatcher\n
Bradley Cooper\nChris Kyle\nAmerican Sniper\n
Benedict Cumberbatch\nAlan Turing\nThe Imitation Game\n
Michael Keaton\nRiggan Thomson\nBirdman\n
2015
(88th) \n		Leonardo DiCaprio \u2021\nHugh Glass\nThe Revenant\n[96]\n
Bryan Cranston\nDalton Trumbo\nTrumbo\n
Matt Damon\nMark Watney\nThe Martian\n
Michael Fassbender\nSteve Jobs\nSteve Jobs\n
Eddie Redmayne\nEinar Wegener / Lili Elbe\nThe Danish Girl\n
2016
(89th) \n		Casey Affleck \u2021\nLee Chandler\nManchester by the Sea\n[97]\n
Andrew Garfield\nDesmond Doss\nHacksaw Ridge\n
Ryan Gosling\nSebastian Wilder\nLa La Land\n
Viggo Mortensen\nBen Cash\nCaptain Fantastic\n
Denzel Washington\nTroy Maxson\nFences\n
2017
(90th) \n		Gary Oldman \u2021\nWinston Churchill\nDarkest Hour\n[98]\n
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\nElio Perlman\nCall Me by Your Name\n
Daniel Day-Lewis\nReynolds Woodcock\nPhantom Thread\n
Daniel Kaluuya\nChris Washington\nGet Out\n
Denzel Washington\nRoman J. Israel\nRoman J. Israel, Esq.\n
2018
(91st) \n		Rami Malek \u2021\nFreddie Mercury\nBohemian Rhapsody\n[99]\n
Christian Bale\nDick Cheney\nVice\n
Bradley Cooper\nJackson Maine\nA Star Is Born\n
Willem Dafoe\nVincent van Gogh\nAt Eternity's Gate\n
Viggo Mortensen\nAnthony \"Tony Lip\" Vallelonga\nGreen Book\n
2019
(92nd) \n		Joaquin Phoenix \u2021\nArthur Fleck / Joker\nJoker\n[100]\n
Antonio Banderas\nSalvador Mallo\nPain and Glory\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\nRick Dalton\nOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood\n
Adam Driver\nCharlie Barber\nMarriage Story\n
Jonathan Pryce\nCardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio\nThe Two Popes\n
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2020s[edit]

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Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
2020/21
[101]
(93rd)\n		Anthony Hopkins \u2021\nAnthony\nThe Father\n[102]\n
Riz Ahmed\nRuben Stone\nSound of Metal\n
Chadwick Boseman \u2020\nLevee Green\nMa Rainey's Black Bottom\n
Gary Oldman\nHerman J. Mankiewicz\nMank\n
Steven Yeun\nJacob Yi\nMinari\n
2021
(94th)\n		Will Smith \u2021\nRichard Williams\nKing Richard\n[103]\n
Javier Bardem\nDesi Arnaz\nBeing the Ricardos\n
Benedict Cumberbatch\nPhil Burbank\nThe Power of the Dog\n
Andrew Garfield\nJonathan Larson\nTick, Tick... Boom!\n
Denzel Washington\nLord Macbeth\nThe Tragedy of Macbeth\n
2022
(95th)\n		Brendan Fraser \u2021\nCharlie\nThe Whale\n[104]\n
Austin Butler\nElvis Presley\nElvis\n
Colin Farrell\nP\u00e1draic S\u00failleabh\u00e1in\nThe Banshees of Inisherin\n
Paul Mescal\nCalum Paterson\nAftersun\n
Bill Nighy\nRodney Williams\nLiving\n
2023
(96th)\n		Cillian Murphy \u2021\nJ. Robert Oppenheimer\nOppenheimer\n[105]\n
Bradley Cooper\nLeonard Bernstein\nMaestro\n
Colman Domingo\nBayard Rustin\nRustin\n
Paul Giamatti\nPaul Hunham\nThe Holdovers\n
Jeffrey Wright\nThelonious \"Monk\" Ellison\nAmerican Fiction\n
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Multiple awards and nominations[edit]

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The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:\n

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Wins\nActor\nNominations\n
3\nDaniel Day-Lewis\n6\n
2\nSpencer Tracy\n9\n
Jack Nicholson\n8\n
Marlon Brando\n7\n
Dustin Hoffman\n
Gary Cooper\n5\n
Tom Hanks\n
Fredric March\n
Sean Penn\n
Anthony Hopkins\n4\n
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The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations:\n

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Nominations\nActor\n
9\nLaurence Olivier\n
Spencer Tracy\n
8\nPaul Newman\n
Jack Nicholson\n
Peter O'Toole\n
7\nMarlon Brando\n
Dustin Hoffman\n
Jack Lemmon\n
Denzel Washington\n
6\nRichard Burton\n
Daniel Day-Lewis\n
5\nGary Cooper\n
Robert De Niro\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\n
Tom Hanks\n
Fredric March\n
Paul Muni\n
Al Pacino\n
Gregory Peck\n
Sean Penn\n
James Stewart\n
4\nWarren Beatty\n
Charles Boyer\n
Michael Caine\n
Bradley Cooper\n
Albert Finney\n
Anthony Hopkins\n
Burt Lancaster\n
3\nJavier Bardem\n
Humphrey Bogart\n
Jeff Bridges\n
James Cagney\n
Montgomery Clift\n
George Clooney\n
Ronald Colman\n
Bing Crosby\n
Russell Crowe\n
Johnny Depp\n
Kirk Douglas\n
Robert Duvall\n
Morgan Freeman\n
Clark Gable\n
William Holden\n
William Hurt\n
Charles Laughton\n
Marcello Mastroianni\n
Viggo Mortensen\n
Gary Oldman\n
Joaquin Phoenix\n
William Powell\n
Will Smith\n
Jon Voight\n
Robin Williams\n
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Age superlatives[edit]

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Record\nActor\nFilm\nYear\nAge\nRef.\n
Oldest Winner\nAnthony Hopkins\nThe Father\n2020\n83\n[106]\n
Oldest Nominee\n
Youngest Winner\nAdrien Brody\nThe Pianist\n2002\n29\n
Youngest Nominee\nJackie Cooper\nSkippy\n1931\n9\n
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Films with multiple Leading Actor nominations[edit]

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Winners are in bold.\n

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Multiple character nominations[edit]

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The following were nominated for their portrayals of the same fictional or non-fictional character in separate films (including variations of the original).\n

Winners are in bold.\n

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See also[edit]

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Notes[edit]

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A^ : According to longstanding Hollywood legend,[107] reported by Susan Orlean,[108] Rin Tin Tin actually received the most Best Actor votes, but the Academy (not wishing to give the first award to a dog) refactored the votes to ensure that Jannings won.[109]
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B^ :The Circus originally received three nominations: Best Director (Comedy Picture), Best Actor, and Best Writing (Original Story) \u2013 for Charles Chaplin. However, the Academy subsequently decided to remove Chaplin's name from the competitive award categories and instead to confer upon him a Special Award \"for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus\".[8]
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C1 2 3 : Rules at the time of the first three ceremonies allowed for a performer to receive a single nomination which could honor their work in more than one film. George Arliss, Maurice Chevalier, and Ronald Colman were all nominated for two different roles in the same category. Current Academy rules forbid this from happening. No official reason was ever given as to why Arliss won the award for only one of the two films he was listed for.[110]
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D1 2 : Fredric March received one more vote than Wallace Beery. Academy rules at that time considered such a close margin to be a tie, so both March and Beery received the award. Under the current rules, it is stipulated that a tie must result in the exact same number of votes.[111]
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E^ : As with the previous year, when the Academy relaxed the rules to allow write-in votes following the outcry over Bette Davis's snub for Of Human Bondage, the Academy permitted write-in votes this year as well. Thus, Paul Muni received a write-in nomination for his performance in Black Fury, and actually finished second in the votes. Although as with Davis the previous year, the Academy does not recognize these two as \"official nominees\", they are nevertheless listed on the official website amongst their respective years' nominations for posterity's sake.[112]
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F^ : Due to category confusion, Barry Fitzgerald received nominations (each for the same performance as Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way) in both the leading and supporting actor categories for 1944, winning the Oscar for the latter. As a result of this fiasco, the Academy amended its rules so that if any actor or actress received enough votes to land in the final five nominees for both again, they would only receive the nomination for the category in which they obtained the largest percentage of recognition.[113]
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  1. ^ The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges.\n
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Academy Award for Best Actor
The 2023 recipient: Cillian Murphy
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
First awarded1929
Most recent winnerCillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (2024)
Most awardsDaniel Day-Lewis (3)
Most nominationsLaurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy (9)
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The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner.\n

The Best Actor award has been presented 96 times, to 86 actors. The first winner was German actor Emil Jannings for his roles in The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927).[1] The most recent winner is Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (2023), who simultaneously became the first Irish actor to win this award. Italian actor Roberto Benigni gave the first winning non-English performance in Life Is Beautiful (1997) in this category. The record for most wins is three, held by Daniel Day-Lewis, while nine other actors have won twice. The record for most nominations is nine, jointly held by Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier. James Dean remains the only actor to have been posthumously nominated for this award more than once. At the 5th Academy Awards, Fredric March finished one vote ahead of Wallace Beery; under the rules of the time, this meant both actors were awarded, in this category's only tie.\n

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Nominees are currently determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.[2]\n

In the first three years of the awards, actors and actresses were nominated as the best individuals in their categories. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award.[3] Despite this, at the 3rd Academy Awards, held in 1930, only one film was cited in each winner's award regardless of how many they were eligible to be considered for during that span.[4] The current system, in which an actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the 4th Academy Awards.[3] Starting with the 9th Academy Awards, held in 1937, the category was limited to a maximum five nominations per year.[3]\n

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Emil Jannings was the inaugural winner, for two films: The Last Command (1928) & The Way of All Flesh (1927).
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Warner Baxter won for In Old Arizona (1928).
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George Arliss won for Disraeli (1929).
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Lionel Barrymore won for A Free Soul (1931).
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Fredric March won twice, for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) & The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
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Wallace Beery won for The Champ (1931), in a tie with Fredric March.
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Charles Laughton won for The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933).
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Clark Gable won for It Happened One Night (1934).
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Victor McLaglen won for The Informer (1935).
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Paul Muni won for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936).
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Spencer Tracy was the first actor to consecutively win twice, for Captains Courageous (1937) & Boys Town (1938).
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Robert Donat won for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939).
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James Stewart won for The Philadelphia Story (1940).
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Gary Cooper won twice, for Sergeant York (1941) & High Noon (1952).
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James Cagney won for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).
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Paul Lukas won for Watch on the Rhine (1943).
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Bing Crosby won for Going My Way (1944).
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Ray Milland won for The Lost Weekend (1945).
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Ronald Colman won for A Double Life (1947).
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Laurence Olivier won for Hamlet (1948); first self-directed win (and simultaneous Best Picture).
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Broderick Crawford won for All the King's Men (1949).
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Jos\u00e9 Ferrer won for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); Tony winner for the same role\u2013first to accomplish this + the category's first latino winner.
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Humphrey Bogart won for The African Queen (1951).
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William Holden won for Stalag 17 (1953).
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Marlon Brando won twice, for On the Waterfront (1954) & The Godfather (1972).
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Ernest Borgnine won for Marty (1955).
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Yul Brynner won for The King and I (1956); first Asian winner in category.
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Alec Guinness won for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
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David Niven won for Separate Tables (1958).
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Charlton Heston won for Ben-Hur (1959).
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Burt Lancaster won for Elmer Gantry (1960).
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Maximilian Schell won for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
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Gregory Peck won for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
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Sidney Poitier won for Lilies of the Field (1963); first black actor to win.
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Rex Harrison won for My Fair Lady (1964).
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Lee Marvin won for playing dual roles in Cat Ballou (1965).
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Paul Scofield won for A Man for All Seasons (1966).
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Rod Steiger won for In the Heat of the Night (1967).
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Cliff Robertson won for CHA\u042fLY (1968).
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John Wayne won for True Grit (1969).
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George C. Scott won for Patton (1970).
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Gene Hackman won for The French Connection (1971).
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Jack Lemmon won for Save the Tiger (1973).
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Art Carney won for Harry & Tonto (1974).
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Jack Nicholson won twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) & As Good as It Gets (1997).
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Peter Finch won for Network (1976); first actor to win posthumously.
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Richard Dreyfuss won for The Goodbye Girl (1977).
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Jon Voight won for Coming Home (1978).
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Dustin Hoffman won twice, for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) & Rain Man (1988).
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Robert De Niro won for Raging Bull (1980).
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Henry Fonda won for On Golden Pond (1981)
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Ben Kingsley won for Gandhi (1982).
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Robert Duvall won for Tender Mercies (1983).
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F. Murray Abraham won for Amadeus (1984).
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William Hurt won for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
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Paul Newman won for The Color of Money (1986).
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Michael Douglas won for Wall Street (1987).
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Daniel Day-Lewis won thrice, for My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), & Lincoln (2012).
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Jeremy Irons won for Reversal of Fortune (1990).
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Anthony Hopkins won twice, for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) & The Father (2020)\u2014the latter rendering him the overall oldest acting winner, at age 83.
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Al Pacino won for Scent of a Woman (1992).
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Tom Hanks won twice consecutively, for Philadelphia (1993) & Forrest Gump (1994).
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Nicolas Cage won for Leaving Las Vegas (1995).
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Geoffrey Rush won for Shine (1996).
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Roberto Benigni won for Life Is Beautiful (1997); first Italian-spoken role to win for the category.
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Kevin Spacey won for American Beauty (1999).
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Russell Crowe won for Gladiator (2000).
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Denzel Washington won for Training Day (2001).
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Adrien Brody won for The Pianist (2002); became this category's youngest winner, at age 29.
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Sean Penn won twice, for Mystic River (2003) & Milk (2008).
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Jamie Foxx won for Ray (2004).
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Philip Seymour Hoffman won for Capote (2005).
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Forest Whitaker won for The Last King of Scotland (2006).
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Jeff Bridges won for Crazy Heart (2009).
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Colin Firth won for The King's Speech (2010).
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Jean Dujardin won for The Artist (2011).
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Matthew McConaughey won for Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
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Eddie Redmayne won for The Theory of Everything (2014).
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Leonardo DiCaprio won for The Revenant (2015).
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Casey Affleck won for Manchester by the Sea (2016).
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Gary Oldman won for Darkest Hour (2017).
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Rami Malek won for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
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Joaquin Phoenix won for Joker (2019).
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Will Smith won for King Richard (2021).
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Brendan Fraser won for The Whale (2022).
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Winners and nominees[edit]

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In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year.[5] For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31.[6] For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.[6] Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.[6]\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Table key\n
\u2021\nIndicates the winner\n
\u00a7\nIndicates winner who refused the award\n
\u2020\nIndicates a posthumous winner\n
\u2020\nIndicates a posthumous nominee\n
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1920s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1927/28
(1st) \n		Emil Jannings \u2021[A]\nGrand Duke Sergius Alexander\nThe Last Command\n[7]\n
August Schilling\nThe Way of All Flesh\n
Richard Barthelmess\nNickie Elkins\nThe Noose\n
Patent Leather Kid\nThe Patent Leather Kid\n
Charlie Chaplin[B]\nThe Tramp\nThe Circus\n[8]\n
1928/29
(2nd)
[note 1]\n		Warner Baxter \u2021\nThe Cisco Kid\nIn Old Arizona\n[9]\n
George Bancroft\nThunderbolt Jim Lang\nThunderbolt\n
Chester Morris\nChick Williams\nAlibi\n
Paul Muni\nJames Dyke\nThe Valiant\n
Lewis Stone\nCount Pahlen\nThe Patriot\n
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1930s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1929/30
(3rd) \n		George Arliss \u2021[C]\nBenjamin Disraeli\nDisraeli\n[10]\n
George Arliss\nThe Raja\nThe Green Goddess\n
Wallace Beery\nButch \"Machine Gun\" Schmidt\nThe Big House\n
Maurice Chevalier [C]\nPierre Mirande\nThe Big Pond\n
Count Alfred Renard\nThe Love Parade\n
Ronald Colman [C]\nCapt. Hugh \"Bulldog\" Drummond\nBulldog Drummond\n
Michel\nCondemned\n
Lawrence Tibbett\nYegor\nThe Rogue Song\n
1930/31
(4th) \n		Lionel Barrymore \u2021\nStephen Ashe\nA Free Soul\n[11]\n
Jackie Cooper\nSkippy Skinner\nSkippy\n
Richard Dix\nYancey Cravat\nCimarron\n
Fredric March\nTony Cavendish\nThe Royal Family of Broadway\n
Adolphe Menjou\nWalter Burns\nThe Front Page\n
1931/32
(5th) \n		Wallace Beery \u2021 (Tie) [D]\nAndy \"Champ\" Purcell\nThe Champ\n[12]\n
Fredric March \u2021 (Tie) [D]\nDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde\nDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\n
Alfred Lunt\nThe Actor\nThe Guardsman\n
1932/33
(6th) \n		Charles Laughton \u2021\nKing Henry VIII\nThe Private Life of Henry VIII\n[13]\n
Leslie Howard\nPeter Standish\nBerkeley Square\n
Paul Muni\nJames Allen\nI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang\n
1934
(7th) \n		Clark Gable \u2021\nPeter Warne\nIt Happened One Night\n[14]\n
Frank Morgan\nAlessandro, Duke of Florence\nThe Affairs of Cellini\n
William Powell\nNick Charles\nThe Thin Man\n
1935
(8th) \n		Victor McLaglen \u2021\nGypo Nolan\nThe Informer\n[15]\n
Clark Gable\nLt. Fletcher Christian\nMutiny on the Bounty\n
Charles Laughton\nCaptain William Bligh\n
Franchot Tone\nMidshipman Roger Byam\n
Paul Muni (Write-in)[E]\nJoe Radek\nBlack Fury\n
1936
(9th) \n		Paul Muni \u2021\nLouis Pasteur\nThe Story of Louis Pasteur\n[16]\n
Gary Cooper\nLongfellow Deeds\nMr. Deeds Goes to Town\n
Walter Huston\nSam Dodsworth\nDodsworth\n
William Powell\nGodfrey Park\nMy Man Godfrey\n
Spencer Tracy\nFather Tim Mullin\nSan Francisco\n
1937
(10th) \n		Spencer Tracy \u2021\nManuel Fidello\nCaptains Courageous\n[17]\n
Charles Boyer\nEmperor Napoleon Bonaparte\nConquest\n
Fredric March\nNorman Maine\nA Star Is Born\n
Robert Montgomery\nDanny\nNight Must Fall\n
Paul Muni\n\u00c9mile Zola\nThe Life of Emile Zola\n
1938
(11th) \n		Spencer Tracy \u2021\nFather Edward Flanagan\nBoys Town\n[18]\n
Charles Boyer\nPepe le Moko\nAlgiers\n
James Cagney\nRocky Sullivan\nAngels with Dirty Faces\n
Robert Donat\nDr. Andrew Manson\nThe Citadel\n
Leslie Howard\nProfessor Henry Higgins\nPygmalion\n
1939
(12th) \n		Robert Donat \u2021\nCharles Edward Chipping\nGoodbye, Mr. Chips\n[19]\n
Clark Gable\nRhett Butler\nGone with the Wind\n
Laurence Olivier\nHeathcliff\nWuthering Heights\n
Mickey Rooney\nMickey Moran\nBabes in Arms\n
James Stewart\nJefferson Smith\nMr. Smith Goes to Washington\n
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1940s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1940
(13th) \n		James Stewart \u2021\nMacaulay \"Mike\" Connor\nThe Philadelphia Story\n[20]\n
Charlie Chaplin\nAdenoid Hynkel & The Barber\nThe Great Dictator\n
Henry Fonda\nTom Joad\nThe Grapes of Wrath\n
Raymond Massey\nAbraham Lincoln\nAbe Lincoln in Illinois\n
Laurence Olivier\nMaximilian \"Maxim\" de Winter\nRebecca\n
1941
(14th) \n		Gary Cooper \u2021\nSgt. Alvin York\nSergeant York\n[21]\n
Cary Grant\nRoger Adams\nPenny Serenade\n
Walter Huston\nMr. Scratch\nThe Devil and Daniel Webster\n
Robert Montgomery\nJoe Pendleton\nHere Comes Mr. Jordan\n
Orson Welles\nCharles Foster Kane\nCitizen Kane\n
1942
(15th) \n		James Cagney \u2021\nGeorge M. Cohan\nYankee Doodle Dandy\n[22]\n
Ronald Colman\nCharles Rainier\nRandom Harvest\n
Gary Cooper\nLou Gehrig\nThe Pride of the Yankees\n
Walter Pidgeon\nClem Miniver\nMrs. Miniver\n
Monty Woolley\nHoward\nThe Pied Piper\n
1943
(16th) \n		Paul Lukas \u2021\nKurt Muller\nWatch on the Rhine\n[23]\n
Humphrey Bogart\nRick Blaine\nCasablanca\n
Gary Cooper\nRobert Jordan\nFor Whom the Bell Tolls\n
Walter Pidgeon\nPierre Curie\nMadame Curie\n
Mickey Rooney\nHomer Macauley\nThe Human Comedy\n
1944
(17th) \n		Bing Crosby \u2021\nFather Chuck O'Malley\nGoing My Way\n[24]\n
Charles Boyer\nGregory Anton\nGaslight\n
Barry Fitzgerald [F]\nFather Fitzgibbon\nGoing My Way\n
Cary Grant\nErnie Mott\nNone but the Lonely Heart\n
Alexander Knox\nWoodrow Wilson\nWilson\n
1945
(18th) \n		Ray Milland \u2021\nDon Birnam\nThe Lost Weekend\n[25]\n
Bing Crosby\nFather Chuck O'Malley\nThe Bells of St. Mary's\n
Gene Kelly\nJoseph Brady\nAnchors Aweigh\n
Gregory Peck\nFather Francis\nThe Keys of the Kingdom\n
Cornel Wilde\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin\nA Song to Remember\n
1946
(19th) \n		Fredric March \u2021\nPlatoon Sergeant Al Stephenson\nThe Best Years of Our Lives\n[26]\n
Laurence Olivier\nKing Henry V of England\nHenry V\n
Larry Parks\nAl Jolson\nThe Jolson Story\n
Gregory Peck\nEzra \"Penny\" Baxter\nThe Yearling\n
James Stewart\nGeorge Bailey\nIt's a Wonderful Life\n
1947
(20th) \n		Ronald Colman \u2021\nAnthony John\nA Double Life\n[27]\n
John Garfield\nCharlie Davis\nBody and Soul\n
Gregory Peck\nPhilip Schuyler Green\nGentleman's Agreement\n
William Powell\nClarence Day Sr.\nLife with Father\n
Michael Redgrave\nOrin Mannon\nMourning Becomes Electra\n
1948
(21st) \n		Laurence Olivier \u2021\nHamlet, Prince of Denmark\nHamlet\n[28]\n
Lew Ayres\nDr. Robert Richardson\nJohnny Belinda\n
Montgomery Clift\nRalph \"Steve\" Stevenson\nThe Search\n
Dan Dailey\n\"Skid\" Johnson\nWhen My Baby Smiles at Me\n
Clifton Webb\nLynn Aloysius Belvedere\nSitting Pretty\n
1949
(22nd) \n		Broderick Crawford \u2021\nWillie Stark\nAll the King's Men\n[29]\n
Kirk Douglas\nMichael \"Midge\" Kelly\nChampion\n
Gregory Peck\nBrig. General Frank Savage\nTwelve O'Clock High\n
Richard Todd\nCpl. Lachlan \"Lachie\" MacLachlan\nThe Hasty Heart\n
John Wayne\nSergeant John M. Stryker\nSands of Iwo Jima\n
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1950s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1950
(23rd) \n		Jos\u00e9 Ferrer \u2021\nCyrano de Bergerac\nCyrano de Bergerac\n[30]\n
Louis Calhern\nOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.\nThe Magnificent Yankee\n
William Holden\nJoe Gillis\nSunset Boulevard\n
James Stewart\nElwood P. Dowd\nHarvey\n
Spencer Tracy\nStanley T. Banks\nFather of the Bride\n
1951
(24th) \n		Humphrey Bogart \u2021\nCharlie Allnut\nThe African Queen\n[31]\n
Marlon Brando\nStanley Kowalski\nA Streetcar Named Desire\n
Montgomery Clift\nGeorge Eastman\nA Place in the Sun\n
Arthur Kennedy\nLarry Nevins\nBright Victory\n
Fredric March\nWilly Loman\nDeath of a Salesman\n
1952
(25th) \n		Gary Cooper \u2021\nMarshal Will Kane\nHigh Noon\n[32]\n
Marlon Brando\nEmiliano Zapata\nViva Zapata!\n
Kirk Douglas\nJonathan Shields\nThe Bad and the Beautiful\n
Jos\u00e9 Ferrer\nHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec & Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec\nMoulin Rouge\n
Alec Guinness\nHenry Holland\nThe Lavender Hill Mob\n
1953
(26th) \n		William Holden \u2021\nSgt. J.J. Sefton\nStalag 17\n[33]\n
Marlon Brando\nMark Antony\nJulius Caesar\n
Richard Burton\nMarcellus Gallio\nThe Robe\n
Montgomery Clift\nPvt. Robert E. Lee \"Prew\" Prewitt\nFrom Here to Eternity\n
Burt Lancaster\n1st Sgt. Milton Warden\n
1954
(27th) \n		Marlon Brando \u2021\nTerry Malloy\nOn the Waterfront\n[34]\n
Humphrey Bogart\nLt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg\nThe Caine Mutiny\n
Bing Crosby\nFrank Elgin\nThe Country Girl\n
James Mason\nNorman Maine\nA Star Is Born\n
Dan O'Herlihy\nRobinson Crusoe\nRobinson Crusoe\n
1955
(28th) \n		Ernest Borgnine \u2021\nMarty Piletti\nMarty\n[35]\n
James Cagney\nMartin Snyder\nLove Me or Leave Me\n
James Dean \u2020\nCal Trask\nEast of Eden\n
Frank Sinatra\nFrankie Machine\nThe Man with the Golden Arm\n
Spencer Tracy\nJohn J. Macreedy\nBad Day at Black Rock\n
1956
(29th) \n		Yul Brynner \u2021\nKing Mongkut of Siam\nThe King and I\n[36]\n
James Dean \u2020\nJett Rink\nGiant\n
Kirk Douglas\nVincent van Gogh\nLust for Life\n
Rock Hudson\nJordan \"Bick\" Benedict Jr.\nGiant\n
Laurence Olivier\nKing Richard III\nRichard III\n
1957
(30th) \n		Alec Guinness \u2021\nColonel Nicholson\nThe Bridge on the River Kwai\n[37]\n
Marlon Brando\nMajor Lloyd \"Ace\" Gruver, USAF\nSayonara\n
Anthony Franciosa\nPolo Pope\nA Hatful of Rain\n
Charles Laughton\nSir Wilfrid Robarts\nWitness for the Prosecution\n
Anthony Quinn\nGino\nWild Is the Wind\n
1958
(31st) \n		David Niven \u2021\nMajor Angus Pollock\nSeparate Tables\n[38]\n
Tony Curtis\nJohn \"Joker\" Jackson\nThe Defiant Ones\n
Paul Newman\nBrick Pollitt\nCat on a Hot Tin Roof\n
Sidney Poitier\nNoah Cullen\nThe Defiant Ones\n
Spencer Tracy\nThe Old Man\nThe Old Man and the Sea\n
1959
(32nd) \n		Charlton Heston \u2021\nJudah Ben-Hur\nBen-Hur\n[39]\n
Laurence Harvey\nJoe Lampton\nRoom at the Top\n
Jack Lemmon\nJerry / Daphne\nSome Like It Hot\n
Paul Muni\nDr. Sam Abelman\nThe Last Angry Man\n
James Stewart\nPaul Biegler\nAnatomy of a Murder\n
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1960s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1960
(33rd) \n		Burt Lancaster \u2021\nElmer Gantry\nElmer Gantry\n[40]\n
Trevor Howard\nWalter Morel\nSons and Lovers\n
Jack Lemmon\nC. C. \"Bud\" Baxter\nThe Apartment\n
Laurence Olivier\nArchie Rice\nThe Entertainer\n
Spencer Tracy\nHenry Drummond\nInherit the Wind\n
1961
(34th) \n		Maximilian Schell \u2021\nHans Rolfe\nJudgment at Nuremberg\n[41]\n
Charles Boyer\nCesar\nFanny\n
Paul Newman\n\"Fast\" Eddie Felson\nThe Hustler\n
Spencer Tracy\nChief Judge Dan Haywood\nJudgment at Nuremberg\n
Stuart Whitman\nJim Fuller\nThe Mark\n
1962
(35th) \n		Gregory Peck \u2021\nAtticus Finch\nTo Kill a Mockingbird\n[42]\n
Burt Lancaster\nRobert Stroud\nBirdman of Alcatraz\n
Jack Lemmon\nJoe Clay\nDays of Wine and Roses\n
Marcello Mastroianni\nFerdinando Cefal\u00f9\nDivorce Italian Style\n
Peter O'Toole\nThomas Edward Lawrence\nLawrence of Arabia\n
1963
(36th) \n		Sidney Poitier \u2021\nHomer Smith\nLilies of the Field\n[43]\n
Albert Finney\nTom Jones\nTom Jones\n
Richard Harris\nFrank Machin\nThis Sporting Life\n
Rex Harrison\nJulius Caesar\nCleopatra\n
Paul Newman\nHud Bannon\nHud\n
1964
(37th) \n		Rex Harrison \u2021\nProfessor Henry Higgins\nMy Fair Lady\n[44]\n
Richard Burton\nThomas Becket\nBecket\n
Peter O'Toole\nKing Henry II\n
Anthony Quinn\nAlexis Zorba\nZorba the Greek\n
Peter Sellers\nGroup Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, and Dr. Strangelove\nDr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb\n
1965
(38th) \n		Lee Marvin \u2021\nKid Shelleen & Tim Strawn\nCat Ballou\n[45]\n
Richard Burton\nAlec Leamas\nThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold\n
Laurence Olivier\nOthello\nOthello\n
Rod Steiger\nSol Nazerman\nThe Pawnbroker\n
Oskar Werner\nWillie Schumann\nShip of Fools\n
1966
(39th) \n		Paul Scofield \u2021\nSir Thomas More\nA Man for All Seasons\n[46]\n
Alan Arkin\nLt. Rozanov\nThe Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming\n
Richard Burton\nGeorge\nWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\n
Michael Caine\nAlfie Elkins\nAlfie\n
Steve McQueen\nJake Holman\nThe Sand Pebbles\n
1967
(40th) \n		Rod Steiger \u2021\nBill Gillespie\nIn the Heat of the Night\n[47]\n
Warren Beatty\nClyde Barrow\nBonnie and Clyde\n
Dustin Hoffman\nBenjamin Braddock\nThe Graduate\n
Paul Newman\nLucas \"Luke\" Jackson\nCool Hand Luke\n
Spencer Tracy \u2020\nMatt Drayton\nGuess Who's Coming to Dinner\n
1968
(41st) \n		Cliff Robertson \u2021\nCharly Gordon\nCharly\n[48]\n
Alan Arkin\nJohn Singer\nThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter\n
Alan Bates\nYakov Bok\nThe Fixer\n
Ron Moody\nFagin\nOliver!\n
Peter O'Toole\nKing Henry II\nThe Lion in Winter\n
1969
(42nd) \n		John Wayne \u2021\nReuben \"Rooster\" Cogburn\nTrue Grit\n[49]\n
Richard Burton\nKing Henry VIII\nAnne of the Thousand Days\n
Dustin Hoffman\nEnrico Salvatore \"Ratso\" Rizzo\nMidnight Cowboy\n
Peter O'Toole\nArthur Chipping\nGoodbye, Mr. Chips\n
Jon Voight\nJoe Buck\nMidnight Cowboy\n
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1970s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1970
(43rd) \n		George C. Scott \u00a7[50]\nGeneral George S. Patton Jr.\nPatton\n[51]\n
Melvyn Douglas\nTom Garrison\nI Never Sang for My Father\n
James Earl Jones\nJack Jefferson\nThe Great White Hope\n
Jack Nicholson\nRobert Eroica Dupea\nFive Easy Pieces\n
Ryan O'Neal\nOliver Barrett IV\nLove Story\n
1971
(44th) \n		Gene Hackman \u2021\nJimmy \"Popeye\" Doyle\nThe French Connection\n[52]\n
Peter Finch\nDr. Daniel Hirsh\nSunday Bloody Sunday\n
Walter Matthau\nJoseph P. Kotcher\nKotch\n
George C. Scott\nDr. Herbert Bock\nThe Hospital\n
Topol\nTevye\nFiddler on the Roof\n
1972
(45th) \n		Marlon Brando \u00a7[50]\nVito Corleone\nThe Godfather\n[53]\n
Michael Caine\nMilo Tindle\nSleuth\n
Laurence Olivier\nAndrew Wyke\n
Peter O'Toole\nJack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney\nThe Ruling Class\n
Paul Winfield\nNathan Lee Morgan\nSounder\n
1973
(46th) \n		Jack Lemmon \u2021\nHarry Stoner\nSave the Tiger\n[54]\n
Marlon Brando\nPaul\nLast Tango in Paris\n
Jack Nicholson\nSignalman 1st Class Billy L. \"Badass\" Buddusky\nThe Last Detail\n
Al Pacino\nFrank Serpico\nSerpico\n
Robert Redford\nJohnny \"Kelly\" Hooker\nThe Sting\n
1974
(47th) \n		Art Carney \u2021\nHarry Coombes\nHarry and Tonto\n[55]\n
Albert Finney\nHercule Poirot\nMurder on the Orient Express\n
Dustin Hoffman\nLenny Bruce\nLenny\n
Jack Nicholson\nJ. J. \"Jake\" Gittes\nChinatown\n
Al Pacino\nMichael Corleone\nThe Godfather Part II\n
1975
(48th) \n		Jack Nicholson \u2021\nRandle Patrick McMurphy\nOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\n[56]\n
Walter Matthau\nWilly Clark\nThe Sunshine Boys\n
Al Pacino\nSonny Wortzik\nDog Day Afternoon\n
Maximilian Schell\nArthur Goldman\nThe Man in the Glass Booth\n
James Whitmore\nHarry S. Truman\nGive 'em Hell, Harry!\n
1976
(49th) \n		Peter Finch \u2020\nHoward Beale\nNetwork\n[57]\n
Robert De Niro\nTravis Bickle\nTaxi Driver\n
Giancarlo Giannini\nPasqualino Frafuso\nSeven Beauties\n
William Holden\nMax Schumacher\nNetwork\n
Sylvester Stallone\nRocky Balboa\nRocky\n
1977
(50th) \n		Richard Dreyfuss \u2021\nElliot Garfield\nThe Goodbye Girl\n[58]\n
Woody Allen\nAlvy Singer\nAnnie Hall\n
Richard Burton\nMartin Dysart\nEquus\n
Marcello Mastroianni\nGabriele\nA Special Day\n
John Travolta\nTony Manero\nSaturday Night Fever\n
1978
(51st) \n		Jon Voight \u2021\nLuke Martin\nComing Home\n[59]\n
Warren Beatty\nJoe Pendleton / Leo Farnsworth / Tom Jarrett\nHeaven Can Wait\n
Gary Busey\nBuddy Holly\nThe Buddy Holly Story\n
Robert De Niro\nMichael Vronsky\nThe Deer Hunter\n
Laurence Olivier\nEzra Lieberman\nThe Boys from Brazil\n
1979
(52nd) \n		Dustin Hoffman \u2021\nTed Kramer\nKramer vs. Kramer\n[60]\n
Jack Lemmon\nJack Godell\nThe China Syndrome\n
Al Pacino\nArthur Kirkland\n...And Justice for All\n
Roy Scheider\nJoe Gideon\nAll That Jazz\n
Peter Sellers\nChance the gardener / Chauncey Gardiner\nBeing There\n
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1980s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1980
(53rd) \n		Robert De Niro \u2021\nJake LaMotta\nRaging Bull\n[61]\n
Robert Duvall\nLt. Col. Wilbur \"Bull\" Meechum\nThe Great Santini\n
John Hurt\nJohn Merrick\nThe Elephant Man\n
Jack Lemmon\nScottie Templeton\nTribute\n
Peter O'Toole\nEli Cross\nThe Stunt Man\n
1981
(54th) \n		Henry Fonda \u2021\nNorman Thayer Jr.\nOn Golden Pond\n[62]\n
Warren Beatty\nJohn \"Jack\" Reed\nReds\n
Burt Lancaster\nLou Pascal\nAtlantic City\n
Dudley Moore\nArthur Bach\nArthur\n
Paul Newman\nMichael Gallagher\nAbsence of Malice\n
1982
(55th) \n		Ben Kingsley \u2021\nMahatma Gandhi\nGandhi\n[63]\n
Dustin Hoffman\nMichael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels\nTootsie\n
Jack Lemmon\nEdmund Horman\nMissing\n
Paul Newman\nFrank Galvin\nThe Verdict\n
Peter O'Toole\nAlan Swann\nMy Favorite Year\n
1983
(56th) \n		Robert Duvall \u2021\nMac Sledge\nTender Mercies\n[64]\n
Michael Caine\nDr. Frank Bryant\nEducating Rita\n
Tom Conti\nGowan McGland\nReuben, Reuben\n
Tom Courtenay\nNorman\nThe Dresser\n
Albert Finney\nSir\n
1984
(57th) \n		F. Murray Abraham \u2021\nAntonio Salieri\nAmadeus\n[65]\n
Jeff Bridges\nScott Hayden / Starman\nStarman\n
Albert Finney\nGeoffrey Firmin\nUnder the Volcano\n
Tom Hulce\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart\nAmadeus\n
Sam Waterston\nSydney Schanberg\nThe Killing Fields\n
1985
(58th) \n		William Hurt \u2021\nLuis Molina\nKiss of the Spider Woman\n[66]\n
Harrison Ford\nJohn Book\nWitness\n
James Garner\nMurphy Jones\nMurphy's Romance\n
Jack Nicholson\nCharley Partanna\nPrizzi's Honor\n
Jon Voight\nOscar \"Manny\" Manheim\nRunaway Train\n
1986
(59th) \n		Paul Newman \u2021\n\"Fast\" Eddie Felson\nThe Color of Money\n[67]\n
Dexter Gordon\nDale Turner\nRound Midnight\n
Bob Hoskins\nGeorge\nMona Lisa\n
William Hurt\nJames Leeds\nChildren of a Lesser God\n
James Woods\nRichard Boyle\nSalvador\n
1987
(60th) \n		Michael Douglas \u2021\nGordon Gekko\nWall Street\n[68]\n
William Hurt\nTom Grunick\nBroadcast News\n
Marcello Mastroianni\nRomano Patroni\nDark Eyes\n
Jack Nicholson\nFrancis Phelan\nIronweed\n
Robin Williams\nAdrian Cronauer\nGood Morning, Vietnam\n
1988
(61st) \n		Dustin Hoffman \u2021\nRaymond Babbitt\nRain Man\n[69]\n
Gene Hackman\nRupert Anderson\nMississippi Burning\n
Tom Hanks\nJosh Baskin\nBig\n
Edward James Olmos\nJaime Escalante\nStand and Deliver\n
Max von Sydow\nLassefar \"Lasse\" Karlsson\nPelle the Conqueror\n
1989
(62nd) \n		Daniel Day-Lewis \u2021\nChristy Brown\nMy Left Foot\n[70]\n
Kenneth Branagh\nKing Henry V\nHenry V\n
Tom Cruise\nRon Kovic\nBorn on the Fourth of July\n
Morgan Freeman\nHoke Colburn\nDriving Miss Daisy\n
Robin Williams\nJohn Keating\nDead Poets Society\n
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1990s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
1990
(63rd) \n		Jeremy Irons \u2021\nClaus von B\u00fclow\nReversal of Fortune\n[71]\n
Kevin Costner\nLt. John J. Dunbar\nDances with Wolves\n
Robert De Niro\nLeonard Lowe\nAwakenings\n
G\u00e9rard Depardieu\nCyrano de Bergerac\nCyrano de Bergerac\n
Richard Harris\n\"Bull\" McCabe\nThe Field\n
1991
(64th) \n		Anthony Hopkins \u2021\nDr. Hannibal Lecter\nThe Silence of the Lambs\n[72]\n
Warren Beatty\nBenjamin \"Bugsy\" Siegel\nBugsy\n
Robert De Niro\nMax Cady\nCape Fear\n
Nick Nolte\nTom Wingo\nThe Prince of Tides\n
Robin Williams\nHenry \"Parry\" Sagan\nThe Fisher King\n
1992
(65th) \n		Al Pacino \u2021\nLt. Col. Frank Slade\nScent of a Woman\n[73]\n
Robert Downey Jr.\nCharlie Chaplin\nChaplin\n
Clint Eastwood\nWill Munny\nUnforgiven\n
Stephen Rea\nFergus\nThe Crying Game\n
Denzel Washington\nMalcolm Little / Malcolm X\nMalcolm X\n
1993
(66th) \n		Tom Hanks \u2021\nAndrew Beckett\nPhiladelphia\n[74]\n
Daniel Day-Lewis\nGerard \"Gerry\" Conlon\nIn the Name of the Father\n
Laurence Fishburne\nIke Turner\nWhat's Love Got to Do with It\n
Anthony Hopkins\nJames Stevens\nThe Remains of the Day\n
Liam Neeson\nOskar Schindler\nSchindler's List\n
1994
(67th) \n		Tom Hanks \u2021\nForrest Gump\nForrest Gump\n[75]\n
Morgan Freeman\nEllis Boyd \"Red\" Redding\nThe Shawshank Redemption\n
Nigel Hawthorne\nKing George III\nThe Madness of King George\n
Paul Newman\nDonald \"Sully\" Sullivan\nNobody's Fool\n
John Travolta\nVincent Vega\nPulp Fiction\n
1995
(68th) \n		Nicolas Cage \u2021\nBen Sanderson\nLeaving Las Vegas\n[76]\n
Richard Dreyfuss\nGlenn Holland\nMr. Holland's Opus\n
Anthony Hopkins\nRichard Nixon\nNixon\n
Sean Penn\nMatthew Poncelet\nDead Man Walking\n
Massimo Troisi \u2020\nMario Ruoppolo\nIl Postino: The Postman\n
1996
(69th) \n		Geoffrey Rush \u2021\nDavid Helfgott\nShine\n[77]\n
Tom Cruise\nJerry Maguire\nJerry Maguire\n
Ralph Fiennes\nCount L\u00e1szl\u00f3 de Alm\u00e1sy\nThe English Patient\n
Woody Harrelson\nLarry Flynt\nThe People vs. Larry Flynt\n
Billy Bob Thornton\nKarl Childers\nSling Blade\n
1997
(70th) \n		Jack Nicholson \u2021\nMelvin Udall\nAs Good as It Gets\n[78]\n
Matt Damon\nWill Hunting\nGood Will Hunting\n
Robert Duvall\nEuliss \"Sonny\" Dewey / The Apostle E. F.\nThe Apostle\n
Peter Fonda\nUlysses \"Ulee\" Jackson\nUlee's Gold\n
Dustin Hoffman\nStanley Motss\nWag the Dog\n
1998
(71st) \n		Roberto Benigni \u2021\nGuido Orefice\nLife Is Beautiful\n[79]\n
Tom Hanks\nCaptain John H. Miller\nSaving Private Ryan\n
Ian McKellen\nJames Whale\nGods and Monsters\n
Nick Nolte\nWade Whitehouse\nAffliction\n
Edward Norton\nDerek Vinyard\nAmerican History X\n
1999
(72nd) \n		Kevin Spacey \u2021\nLester Burnham\nAmerican Beauty\n[80]\n
Russell Crowe\nJeffrey Wigand\nThe Insider\n
Richard Farnsworth\nAlvin Straight\nThe Straight Story\n
Sean Penn\nEmmet Ray\nSweet and Lowdown\n
Denzel Washington\nRubin \"The Hurricane\" Carter\nThe Hurricane\n
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2000s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
2000
(73rd) \n		Russell Crowe \u2021\nMaximus Decimus Meridius\nGladiator\n[81]\n
Javier Bardem\nReinaldo Arenas\nBefore Night Falls\n
Tom Hanks\nChuck Noland\nCast Away\n
Ed Harris\nJackson Pollock\nPollock\n
Geoffrey Rush\nMarquis de Sade\nQuills\n
2001
(74th) \n		Denzel Washington \u2021\nDetective Alonzo Harris\nTraining Day\n[82]\n
Russell Crowe\nJohn Forbes Nash Jr.\nA Beautiful Mind\n
Sean Penn\nSam Dawson\nI Am Sam\n
Will Smith\nCassius Clay / Muhammad Ali\nAli\n
Tom Wilkinson\nDr. Matt Fowler\nIn the Bedroom\n
2002
(75th) \n		Adrien Brody \u2021\nW\u0142adys\u0142aw Szpilman\nThe Pianist\n[83]\n
Nicolas Cage\nCharlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman\nAdaptation.\n
Michael Caine\nThomas Fowler\nThe Quiet American\n
Daniel Day-Lewis\nWilliam \"Bill the Butcher\" Cutting\nGangs of New York\n
Jack Nicholson\nWarren R. Schmidt\nAbout Schmidt\n
2003
(76th) \n		Sean Penn \u2021\nJimmy Markum\nMystic River\n[84]\n
Johnny Depp\nCaptain Jack Sparrow\nPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl\n
Ben Kingsley\nCol. Massoud Amir Behrani\nHouse of Sand and Fog\n
Jude Law\nW. P. Inman\nCold Mountain\n
Bill Murray\nBob Harris\nLost in Translation\n
2004
(77th) \n		Jamie Foxx \u2021\nRay Charles\nRay\n[85]\n
Don Cheadle\nPaul Rusesabagina\nHotel Rwanda\n
Johnny Depp\nSir James Matthew Barrie\nFinding Neverland\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\nHoward Hughes\nThe Aviator\n
Clint Eastwood\nFrankie Dunn\nMillion Dollar Baby\n
2005
(78th) \n		Philip Seymour Hoffman \u2021\nTruman Capote\nCapote\n[86]\n
Terrence Howard\nDJay\nHustle & Flow\n
Heath Ledger\nEnnis Del Mar\nBrokeback Mountain\n
Joaquin Phoenix\nJohnny Cash\nWalk the Line\n
David Strathairn\nEdward R. Murrow\nGood Night, and Good Luck.\n
2006
(79th) \n		Forest Whitaker \u2021\nIdi Amin\nThe Last King of Scotland\n[87]\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\nDanny Archer\nBlood Diamond\n
Ryan Gosling\nDan Dunne\nHalf Nelson\n
Peter O'Toole\nMaurice Russell\nVenus\n
Will Smith\nChris Gardner\nThe Pursuit of Happyness\n
2007
(80th) \n		Daniel Day-Lewis \u2021\nDaniel Plainview\nThere Will Be Blood\n[88]\n
George Clooney\nMichael Clayton\nMichael Clayton\n
Johnny Depp\nSweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker\nSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street\n
Tommy Lee Jones\nHank Deerfield\nIn the Valley of Elah\n
Viggo Mortensen\nNikolai Luzhin\nEastern Promises\n
2008
(81st) \n		Sean Penn \u2021\nHarvey Milk\nMilk\n[89]\n
Richard Jenkins\nWalter Vale\nThe Visitor\n
Frank Langella\nRichard Nixon\nFrost/Nixon\n
Brad Pitt\nBenjamin Button\nThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button\n
Mickey Rourke\nRandy \"The Ram\" Robinson\nThe Wrestler\n
2009
(82nd) \n		Jeff Bridges \u2021\nOtis \"Bad\" Blake\nCrazy Heart\n[90]\n
George Clooney\nRyan Bingham\nUp in the Air\n
Colin Firth\nGeorge Falconer\nA Single Man\n
Morgan Freeman\nNelson Mandela\nInvictus\n
Jeremy Renner\nSFC William James\nThe Hurt Locker\n
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2010s[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
2010
(83rd) \n		Colin Firth \u2021\nKing George VI\nThe King's Speech\n[91]\n
Javier Bardem\nUxbal\nBiutiful\n
Jeff Bridges\nReuben \"Rooster\" Cogburn\nTrue Grit\n
Jesse Eisenberg\nMark Zuckerberg\nThe Social Network\n
James Franco\nAron Ralston\n127 Hours\n
2011
(84th) \n		Jean Dujardin \u2021\nGeorge Valentin\nThe Artist\n[92]\n
Demi\u00e1n Bichir\nCarlos Galindo\nA Better Life\n
George Clooney\nMatt King\nThe Descendants\n
Gary Oldman\nGeorge Smiley\nTinker Tailor Soldier Spy\n
Brad Pitt\nBilly Beane\nMoneyball\n
2012
(85th) \n		Daniel Day-Lewis \u2021\nAbraham Lincoln\nLincoln\n[93]\n
Bradley Cooper\nPatrizio \"Pat\" Solitano Jr.\nSilver Linings Playbook\n
Hugh Jackman\nJean Valjean\nLes Mis\u00e9rables\n
Joaquin Phoenix\nFreddie Quell\nThe Master\n
Denzel Washington\nWilliam \"Whip\" Whitaker\nFlight\n
2013
(86th) \n		Matthew McConaughey \u2021\nRon Woodroof\nDallas Buyers Club\n[94]\n
Christian Bale\nIrving Rosenfeld\nAmerican Hustle\n
Bruce Dern\nWoodrow \"Woody\" Grant\nNebraska\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\nJordan Belfort\nThe Wolf of Wall Street\n
Chiwetel Ejiofor\nSolomon Northup\n12 Years a Slave\n
2014
(87th) \n		Eddie Redmayne \u2021\nStephen Hawking\nThe Theory of Everything\n[95]\n
Steve Carell\nJohn du Pont\nFoxcatcher\n
Bradley Cooper\nChris Kyle\nAmerican Sniper\n
Benedict Cumberbatch\nAlan Turing\nThe Imitation Game\n
Michael Keaton\nRiggan Thomson\nBirdman\n
2015
(88th) \n		Leonardo DiCaprio \u2021\nHugh Glass\nThe Revenant\n[96]\n
Bryan Cranston\nDalton Trumbo\nTrumbo\n
Matt Damon\nMark Watney\nThe Martian\n
Michael Fassbender\nSteve Jobs\nSteve Jobs\n
Eddie Redmayne\nEinar Wegener / Lili Elbe\nThe Danish Girl\n
2016
(89th) \n		Casey Affleck \u2021\nLee Chandler\nManchester by the Sea\n[97]\n
Andrew Garfield\nDesmond Doss\nHacksaw Ridge\n
Ryan Gosling\nSebastian Wilder\nLa La Land\n
Viggo Mortensen\nBen Cash\nCaptain Fantastic\n
Denzel Washington\nTroy Maxson\nFences\n
2017
(90th) \n		Gary Oldman \u2021\nWinston Churchill\nDarkest Hour\n[98]\n
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\nElio Perlman\nCall Me by Your Name\n
Daniel Day-Lewis\nReynolds Woodcock\nPhantom Thread\n
Daniel Kaluuya\nChris Washington\nGet Out\n
Denzel Washington\nRoman J. Israel\nRoman J. Israel, Esq.\n
2018
(91st) \n		Rami Malek \u2021\nFreddie Mercury\nBohemian Rhapsody\n[99]\n
Christian Bale\nDick Cheney\nVice\n
Bradley Cooper\nJackson Maine\nA Star Is Born\n
Willem Dafoe\nVincent van Gogh\nAt Eternity's Gate\n
Viggo Mortensen\nAnthony \"Tony Lip\" Vallelonga\nGreen Book\n
2019
(92nd) \n		Joaquin Phoenix \u2021\nArthur Fleck / Joker\nJoker\n[100]\n
Antonio Banderas\nSalvador Mallo\nPain and Glory\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\nRick Dalton\nOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood\n
Adam Driver\nCharlie Barber\nMarriage Story\n
Jonathan Pryce\nCardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio\nThe Two Popes\n
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2020s[edit]

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Year\nActor\nRole(s)\nFilm\nRef.\n
2020/21
[101]
(93rd)\n		Anthony Hopkins \u2021\nAnthony\nThe Father\n[102]\n
Riz Ahmed\nRuben Stone\nSound of Metal\n
Chadwick Boseman \u2020\nLevee Green\nMa Rainey's Black Bottom\n
Gary Oldman\nHerman J. Mankiewicz\nMank\n
Steven Yeun\nJacob Yi\nMinari\n
2021
(94th)\n		Will Smith \u2021\nRichard Williams\nKing Richard\n[103]\n
Javier Bardem\nDesi Arnaz\nBeing the Ricardos\n
Benedict Cumberbatch\nPhil Burbank\nThe Power of the Dog\n
Andrew Garfield\nJonathan Larson\nTick, Tick... Boom!\n
Denzel Washington\nLord Macbeth\nThe Tragedy of Macbeth\n
2022
(95th)\n		Brendan Fraser \u2021\nCharlie\nThe Whale\n[104]\n
Austin Butler\nElvis Presley\nElvis\n
Colin Farrell\nP\u00e1draic S\u00failleabh\u00e1in\nThe Banshees of Inisherin\n
Paul Mescal\nCalum Paterson\nAftersun\n
Bill Nighy\nRodney Williams\nLiving\n
2023
(96th)\n		Cillian Murphy \u2021\nJ. Robert Oppenheimer\nOppenheimer\n[105]\n
Bradley Cooper\nLeonard Bernstein\nMaestro\n
Colman Domingo\nBayard Rustin\nRustin\n
Paul Giamatti\nPaul Hunham\nThe Holdovers\n
Jeffrey Wright\nThelonious \"Monk\" Ellison\nAmerican Fiction\n
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Multiple awards and nominations[edit]

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The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:\n

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Wins\nActor\nNominations\n
3\nDaniel Day-Lewis\n6\n
2\nSpencer Tracy\n9\n
Jack Nicholson\n8\n
Marlon Brando\n7\n
Dustin Hoffman\n
Gary Cooper\n5\n
Tom Hanks\n
Fredric March\n
Sean Penn\n
Anthony Hopkins\n4\n
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The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations:\n

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Nominations\nActor\n
9\nLaurence Olivier\n
Spencer Tracy\n
8\nPaul Newman\n
Jack Nicholson\n
Peter O'Toole\n
7\nMarlon Brando\n
Dustin Hoffman\n
Jack Lemmon\n
Denzel Washington\n
6\nRichard Burton\n
Daniel Day-Lewis\n
5\nGary Cooper\n
Robert De Niro\n
Leonardo DiCaprio\n
Tom Hanks\n
Fredric March\n
Paul Muni\n
Al Pacino\n
Gregory Peck\n
Sean Penn\n
James Stewart\n
4\nWarren Beatty\n
Charles Boyer\n
Michael Caine\n
Bradley Cooper\n
Albert Finney\n
Anthony Hopkins\n
Burt Lancaster\n
3\nJavier Bardem\n
Humphrey Bogart\n
Jeff Bridges\n
James Cagney\n
Montgomery Clift\n
George Clooney\n
Ronald Colman\n
Bing Crosby\n
Russell Crowe\n
Johnny Depp\n
Kirk Douglas\n
Robert Duvall\n
Morgan Freeman\n
Clark Gable\n
William Holden\n
William Hurt\n
Charles Laughton\n
Marcello Mastroianni\n
Viggo Mortensen\n
Gary Oldman\n
Joaquin Phoenix\n
William Powell\n
Will Smith\n
Jon Voight\n
Robin Williams\n
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Age superlatives[edit]

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Record\nActor\nFilm\nYear\nAge\nRef.\n
Oldest Winner\nAnthony Hopkins\nThe Father\n2020\n83\n[106]\n
Oldest Nominee\n
Youngest Winner\nAdrien Brody\nThe Pianist\n2002\n29\n
Youngest Nominee\nJackie Cooper\nSkippy\n1931\n9\n
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Films with multiple Leading Actor nominations[edit]

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Winners are in bold.\n

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Multiple character nominations[edit]

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The following were nominated for their portrayals of the same fictional or non-fictional character in separate films (including variations of the original).\n

Winners are in bold.\n

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See also[edit]

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Notes[edit]

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A^ : According to longstanding Hollywood legend,[107] reported by Susan Orlean,[108] Rin Tin Tin actually received the most Best Actor votes, but the Academy (not wishing to give the first award to a dog) refactored the votes to ensure that Jannings won.[109]
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B^ :The Circus originally received three nominations: Best Director (Comedy Picture), Best Actor, and Best Writing (Original Story) \u2013 for Charles Chaplin. However, the Academy subsequently decided to remove Chaplin's name from the competitive award categories and instead to confer upon him a Special Award \"for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus\".[8]
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C1 2 3 : Rules at the time of the first three ceremonies allowed for a performer to receive a single nomination which could honor their work in more than one film. George Arliss, Maurice Chevalier, and Ronald Colman were all nominated for two different roles in the same category. Current Academy rules forbid this from happening. No official reason was ever given as to why Arliss won the award for only one of the two films he was listed for.[110]
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D1 2 : Fredric March received one more vote than Wallace Beery. Academy rules at that time considered such a close margin to be a tie, so both March and Beery received the award. Under the current rules, it is stipulated that a tie must result in the exact same number of votes.[111]
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E^ : As with the previous year, when the Academy relaxed the rules to allow write-in votes following the outcry over Bette Davis's snub for Of Human Bondage, the Academy permitted write-in votes this year as well. Thus, Paul Muni received a write-in nomination for his performance in Black Fury, and actually finished second in the votes. Although as with Davis the previous year, the Academy does not recognize these two as \"official nominees\", they are nevertheless listed on the official website amongst their respective years' nominations for posterity's sake.[112]
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F^ : Due to category confusion, Barry Fitzgerald received nominations (each for the same performance as Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way) in both the leading and supporting actor categories for 1944, winning the Oscar for the latter. As a result of this fiasco, the Academy amended its rules so that if any actor or actress received enough votes to land in the final five nominees for both again, they would only receive the nomination for the category in which they obtained the largest percentage of recognition.[113]
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  1. ^ The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges.\n
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