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The Best Actor award has been presented 97 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-born actor to win this award.
- Brendan Fraser,The Whale
- Will Smith, King Richard
- Anthony Hopkins, The Father
- Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
- Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
- Casey Affleck, Manchester by The Sea
- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
- Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Following a decades-long break from the industry, Oscar winner Fraser made a triumphant return in The Whale, which follows the story of a reclusive man trying to repair his relationship with his teen daughter.
Smith won his first Oscar in 2022 for his performance as Richard Williams — Venus and Serena's father — in King Richard. The moment was overshadowed, though, as earlier in the night the actor slapped comedian Chris Rockon stage following a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Hopkins became the oldest star to win the Best Actor title when he was awarded the prize for his performance in The Fatherat age 83.
Phoenix won the award for his role as the titular villain. The actor is currently filming the movie's sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux.
Malek's performance as Freddie Mercury in the biographical Bohemian Rhapsody, about Queen's rise to stardom, won him the award in 2019.
Affleck won the Best Actor title in 2017 for his performance as Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea.
More than two decades after his first Oscar nomination, DiCaprio took home the award for Best Actor for his role as frontiersman Hugh Glass in The Revenantin 2016.
Redmayne won the award for his performance as theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, alongside Felicity Jones.
In 2014, McConaughey won his first Oscar for his performance as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club. The film was based on Woodroof's real-life story of being diagnosed with HIV and smuggling medicine into Texas to give to others living with the disease.
Day-Lewis scored his third Oscar in 2013 for Best Actor for his performance as Abraham Lincoln; the feat made him the winningest actor in the category's history.
- Alexandra Schonfeld
Oct 1, 2024 · Learn more about every best-actor Oscar winner over the last 90 years, from 1929 to today.
- Chris Feil
- Every Best Actor Oscar Winner. The first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929 had 13 categories. Now there are 24, and while the categories have changed over time, the honors for best actor and actress have remained steady for 90 years.
- Brendan Fraser. “The Whale” Though critics were divided on Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” Oscar voters agreed that Brendan Fraser’s performance as a 600 lb.
- Will Smith. “King Richard” Few best actor winners had an evening as memorable as Will Smith’s. Less than an hour before winning for “King Richard” (his third acting nomination), he set off one of Oscars’ all-time jaw-dropping moments.
- Anthony Hopkins. “The Father” When Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Father” debuted at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, critics predicted Anthony Hopkins would win the Oscar.
Mar 10, 2024 · The film took a total of seven awards during the night: Christopher Nolan won best director, Cillian Murphy won best actor and Robert Downey Jr. won best supporting actor. The film also won...
Hollywood royalty gathered to find out who had won a coveted Oscars statuette on Sunday. Here is the list of winners and all the nominees announced at the 95th Academy Awards in Los...
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Mar 10, 2024 · "Oppenheimer" won the biggest awards of the night, with the film’s director, Christopher Nolan, taking home the best director Oscar, actor Cillian Murphy winning the best actor award, and the film earning the coveted best picture among its seven overall wins.
