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Oct 1, 2024 · From performers playing towering real-life figures to those depicting the struggles of the heroic everyman, the Oscars have honored some of the best actors of all time for films both big and...
- Chris Feil
- Overview
- 1929 and 1930s
- 1940s and 1950s
- 1960s and 1970s
- 1980s and 1990s
- 2000s and 2010s
- 2020s
Academy Award for best actor, award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California. It honours the male actor in a leading role who delivered the most outstanding performance in a movie of a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting members. The prize was presented in 1929 at the ...
•1929: Emil Jannings (The Way of All Flesh [1927] and The Last Command [1928])
•1930: Warner Baxter (In Old Arizona [1928])
•1931: George Arliss (Disraeli [1929])
•1932: Lionel Barrymore (A Free Soul [1931])
•1933: Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931]) and Wallace Beery (The Champ [1931])
•(All subsequent films were released the previous year.)
•1940: Robert Donat (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)
•1941: James Stewart (The Philadelphia Story)
•1942: Gary Cooper (Sergeant York)
•1943: James Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy)
•1944: Paul Lukas (Watch on the Rhine)
•1945: Bing Crosby (Going My Way)
•1960: Charlton Heston (Ben-Hur)
•1961: Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry)
•1962: Maximilian Schell (Judgment at Nuremberg)
•1963: Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird)
•1964: Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field)
•1965: Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady)
•1980: Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer)
•1981: Robert De Niro (Raging Bull)
•1982: Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond)
•1983: Ben Kingsley (Gandhi)
•1984: Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies)
•1985: F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)
•2000: Kevin Spacey (American Beauty)
•2001: Russell Crowe (Gladiator)
•2002: Denzel Washington (Training Day)
•2003: Adrien Brody (The Pianist)
•2004: Sean Penn (Mystic River)
•2005: Jamie Foxx (Ray)
•2020: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
•2021: Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
•2022: Will Smith (King Richard)
•2023: Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Alexandra Schonfeld
- 2023: Brendan Fraser, The Whale. 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.
- 2022: Will Smith, King Richard. Smith won his first Oscar in 2022 for his performance as Richard Williams — Venus and Serena's father — in King Richard.
- 2021: Anthony Hopkins, The Father. Hopkins became the oldest star to win the Best Actor title when he was awarded the prize for his performance in The Father at age 83.
- 2020: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker. Phoenix won the award for his role as the titular villain. The actor is currently filming the movie's sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux.
Mar 10, 2024 · Oscar Winners 2024: The Complete List. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer dominates with seven wins, including Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert...
Sep 10, 2023 · The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the most prestigious accolades in the world of film, honoring the outstanding performances of male actors in leading roles. Since its inception in 1929, this highly-coveted prize has been awarded to a diverse range of talented performers.
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.
Mar 11, 2024 · Cillian Murphy won best actor at the 2024 Oscars for his lead role as the atomic scientist in Christopher Nolan’s historical epic, which won seven Oscars including best director and best...
