Academy Award for Best Actor


The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 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. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years' Best Actor winners instead.
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 and The [Way of All Flesh |The Way of All Flesh]. The most recent winner is Adrien Brody for The Brutalist ; he previously won the award for The Pianist at the age of 29, making him the category's youngest winner. The record for most wins is three, held by Daniel Day-Lewis, and ten other actors have won twice. The record for most nominations is nine, held jointly by Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier. At the 5th Academy Awards in 1932, Fredric March finished one vote ahead of Wallace Beery; under the rules of the time this resulted in them sharing the award, the only time this has occurred.

Nominations process

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.
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 was listed after the award. 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. The current system, in which an actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the 4th Academy Awards. Starting with the 9th Academy Awards, held in 1937, the category was limited to a maximum five nominations per year.

Winners and nominees

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. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31. For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.
Indicates the winner
§Indicates winner who refused the award
Indicates a posthumous winner
Indicates a posthumous nominee

1920s

YearActorRoleFilm
1927/28
[1st Academy Awards|]
''
1927/28
[1st Academy Awards|]
''
1927/28
[1st Academy Awards|]
1927/28
[1st Academy Awards|]
Patent Leather Kid
1927/28
[1st Academy Awards|]
1928/29
[2nd Academy Awards|]
'In Old Arizona'
1928/29
[2nd Academy Awards|]
Thunderbolt
1928/29
[2nd Academy Awards|]
Alibi
1928/29
[2nd Academy Awards|]
1928/29
[2nd Academy Awards|]

1930s

YearActorRoleFilm
1929/30
[3rd Academy Awards|]
'Disraeli
1929/30
[3rd Academy Awards|]
1929/30
[3rd Academy Awards|]
1929/30
[3rd Academy Awards|]
1929/30
[3rd Academy Awards|]
1929/30
[3rd Academy Awards|]
Bulldog Drummond
1929/30
[3rd Academy Awards|]
MichelCondemned
1929/30
[3rd Academy Awards|]
Yegor
1930/31
[4th Academy Awards|]
''
1930/31
[4th Academy Awards|]
Skippy
1930/31
[4th Academy Awards|]
Cimarron
1930/31
[4th Academy Awards|]
1930/31
[4th Academy Awards|]
1931/32
[5th Academy Awards|]
''
1931/32
[5th Academy Awards|]
'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931/32
[5th Academy Awards|]
1932/33
[6th Academy Awards|]
''
1932/33
[6th Academy Awards|]
Berkeley Square
1932/33
[6th Academy Awards|]
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1934
[7th Academy Awards|]
'It Happened One Night
1934
[7th Academy Awards|]
Alessandro, Duke of Florence
1934
[7th Academy Awards|]
1935
[8th Academy Awards|]
''
1935
[8th Academy Awards|]
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
[8th Academy Awards|]
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
[8th Academy Awards|]
Black Fury
1935
[8th Academy Awards|]
Mutiny on the Bounty
1936
[9th Academy Awards|]
''
1936
[9th Academy Awards|]
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
[9th Academy Awards|]
Dodsworth
1936
[9th Academy Awards|]
My Man Godfrey
1936
[9th Academy Awards|]
San Francisco
1937
[10th Academy Awards|]
'Captains Courageous
1937
[10th Academy Awards|]
Conquest
1937
[10th Academy Awards|]
1937
[10th Academy Awards|]
DannyNight Must Fall
1937
[10th Academy Awards|]
1938
[11th Academy Awards|]
'Boys Town
1938
[11th Academy Awards|]
Algiers
1938
[11th Academy Awards|]
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
[11th Academy Awards|]
1938
[11th Academy Awards|]
Pygmalion
1939
[12th Academy Awards|]
'Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
[12th Academy Awards|]
Gone with the Wind
1939
[12th Academy Awards|]
HeathcliffWuthering Heights
1939
[12th Academy Awards|]
Babes in Arms
1939
[12th Academy Awards|]
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1940s

YearActorRoleFilm
1940
[13th Academy Awards|]
''
1940
[13th Academy Awards|]
& The Barber
1940
[13th Academy Awards|]
1940
[13th Academy Awards|]
Lincoln in Illinois |Abe Lincoln in Illinois]
1940
[13th Academy Awards|]
Rebecca
1941
[14th Academy Awards|]
'Sergeant York
1941
[14th Academy Awards|]
Penny Serenade
1941
[14th Academy Awards|]
'
1941
[14th Academy Awards|]
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
[14th Academy Awards|]
Citizen Kane
1942
[15th Academy Awards|]
''Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
[15th Academy Awards|]
Random Harvest
1942
[15th Academy Awards|]
1942
[15th Academy Awards|]
Mrs. Miniver
1942
[15th Academy Awards|]
Howard
1943
[16th Academy Awards|]
'Watch on the Rhine
1943
[16th Academy Awards|]
Casablanca
1943
[16th Academy Awards|]
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
[16th Academy Awards|]
Madame Curie
1943
[16th Academy Awards|]
1944
[17th Academy Awards|]
'Going My Way
1944
[17th Academy Awards|]
Gaslight
1944
[17th Academy Awards|]
Going My Way
1944
[17th Academy Awards|]
None but the Lonely Heart
1944
[17th Academy Awards|]
Wilson
1945
[18th Academy Awards|]
''
1945
[18th Academy Awards|]
1945
[18th Academy Awards|]
Anchors Aweigh
1945
[18th Academy Awards|]
1945
[18th Academy Awards|]
1946
[19th Academy Awards|]
''
1946
[19th Academy Awards|]
Henry V
1946
[19th Academy Awards|]
1946
[19th Academy Awards|]
1946
[19th Academy Awards|]
It's a Wonderful Life
1947
[20th Academy Awards|]
''
1947
[20th Academy Awards|]
Body and Soul
1947
[20th Academy Awards|]
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
[20th Academy Awards|]
Life with Father
1947
[20th Academy Awards|]
Mourning Becomes Electra
1948
[21st Academy Awards|]
Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkHamlet
1948
[21st Academy Awards|]
Johnny Belinda
1948
[21st Academy Awards|]
1948
[21st Academy Awards|]
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948
[21st Academy Awards|]
Sitting Pretty
1949
[22nd Academy Awards|]
'All the King's Men'''
1949
[22nd Academy Awards|]
Champion
1949
[22nd Academy Awards|]
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
[22nd Academy Awards|]
1949
[22nd Academy Awards|]
Sands of Iwo Jima

1950s

YearActorRoleFilm
1950
[23rd Academy Awards|]
'Cyrano de Bergerac
1950
[23rd Academy Awards|]
1950
[23rd Academy Awards|]
Sunset Boulevard
1950
[23rd Academy Awards|]
Harvey
1950
[23rd Academy Awards|]
Father of the Bride
1951
[24th Academy Awards|]
''
1951
[24th Academy Awards|]
1951
[24th Academy Awards|]
1951
[24th Academy Awards|]
Bright Victory
1951
[24th Academy Awards|]
Death of a Salesman
1952
[25th Academy Awards|]
'High Noon
1952
[25th Academy Awards|]
Viva Zapata!
1952
[25th Academy Awards|]
1952
[25th Academy Awards|]
Moulin Rouge
1952
[25th Academy Awards|]
1953
[26th Academy Awards|]
'Stalag 17
1953
[26th Academy Awards|]
Julius Caesar
1953
[26th Academy Awards|]
1953
[26th Academy Awards|]
From Here to Eternity
1953
[26th Academy Awards|]
From Here to Eternity
1954
[27th Academy Awards|]
'On the Waterfront
1954
[27th Academy Awards|]
1954
[27th Academy Awards|]
1954
[27th Academy Awards|]
1954
[27th Academy Awards|]
Robinson Crusoe
1955
[28th Academy Awards|]
'Marty
1955
[28th Academy Awards|]
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
[28th Academy Awards|]
East of Eden
1955
[28th Academy Awards|]
1955
[28th Academy Awards|]
Bad Day at Black Rock
1956
[29th Academy Awards|]
''
1956
[29th Academy Awards|]
Giant
1956
[29th Academy Awards|]
Lust for Life
1956
[29th Academy Awards|]
Giant
1956
[29th Academy Awards|]
Richard III
1957
[30th Academy Awards|]
''
1957
[30th Academy Awards|]
Sayonara
1957
[30th Academy Awards|]
1957
[30th Academy Awards|]
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
[30th Academy Awards|]
GinoWild Is the Wind
1958
[31st Academy Awards|]
'Separate Tables
1958
[31st Academy Awards|]
1958
[31st Academy Awards|]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
[31st Academy Awards|]
The Defiant Ones
1958
[31st Academy Awards|]
1959
[32nd Academy Awards|]
'Ben-Hur'
1959
[32nd Academy Awards|]
Room at the Top
1959
[32nd Academy Awards|]
Jerry / DaphneSome Like It Hot
1959
[32nd Academy Awards|]
1959
[32nd Academy Awards|]
Anatomy of a Murder

1960s

YearActorRoleFilm
1960
[33rd Academy Awards|]
'Elmer Gantry
1960
[33rd Academy Awards|]
Sons and Lovers
1960
[33rd Academy Awards|]
1960
[33rd Academy Awards|]
1960
[33rd Academy Awards|]
Inherit the Wind
1961
[34th Academy Awards|]
'Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
[34th Academy Awards|]
CesarFanny
1961
[34th Academy Awards|]
1961
[34th Academy Awards|]
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
[34th Academy Awards|]
1962
[35th Academy Awards|]
'To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
[35th Academy Awards|]
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
[35th Academy Awards|]
Days of Wine and Roses
1962
[35th Academy Awards|]
Divorce Italian Style
1962
[35th Academy Awards|]
Lawrence of Arabia
1963
[36th Academy Awards|]
'Lilies of the Field
1963
[36th Academy Awards|]
Tom Jones
1963
[36th Academy Awards|]
This Sporting Life
1963
[36th Academy Awards|]
Cleopatra
1963
[36th Academy Awards|]
Hud
1964
[37th Academy Awards|]
'My Fair Lady
1964
[37th Academy Awards|]
Becket
1964
[37th Academy Awards|]
Becket
1964
[37th Academy Awards|]
Zorba the Greek
1964
[37th Academy Awards|]
, President Merkin Muffley, and Dr. StrangeloveDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1965
[38th Academy Awards|]
& Tim StrawnCat Ballou
1965
[38th Academy Awards|]
1965
[38th Academy Awards|]
OthelloOthello
1965
[38th Academy Awards|]
1965
[38th Academy Awards|]
Ship of Fools
1966
[39th Academy Awards|]
''
1966
[39th Academy Awards|]
1966
[39th Academy Awards|]
GeorgeWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
[39th Academy Awards|]
Alfie
1966
[39th Academy Awards|]
1967
[40th Academy Awards|]
'In the [Heat of the Night |In the Heat of the Night]
1967
[40th Academy Awards|]
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
[40th Academy Awards|]
1967
[40th Academy Awards|]
Cool Hand Luke
1967
[40th Academy Awards|]
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1968
[41st Academy Awards|]
'Charly
1968
[41st Academy Awards|]
1968
[41st Academy Awards|]
1968
[41st Academy Awards|]
FaginOliver!
1968
[41st Academy Awards|]
1969
[42nd Academy Awards|]
'True Grit
1969
[42nd Academy Awards|]
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
[42nd Academy Awards|]
Midnight Cowboy
1969
[42nd Academy Awards|]
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
[42nd Academy Awards|]
Midnight Cowboy

1970s

YearActorRoleFilm
1970
[43rd Academy Awards|]
§'Patton
1970
[43rd Academy Awards|]
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
[43rd Academy Awards|]
1970
[43rd Academy Awards|]
Five Easy Pieces
1970
[43rd Academy Awards|]
Love Story
1971
[44th Academy Awards|]
''
1971
[44th Academy Awards|]
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
[44th Academy Awards|]
Kotch
1971
[44th Academy Awards|]
1971
[44th Academy Awards|]
TopolTevyeFiddler on the Roof
1972
[45th Academy Awards|]
§''
1972
[45th Academy Awards|]
Sleuth
1972
[45th Academy Awards|]
Sleuth
1972
[45th Academy Awards|]
1972
[45th Academy Awards|]
Sounder
1973
[46th Academy Awards|]
'Save the Tiger
1973
[46th Academy Awards|]
PaulLast Tango in Paris
1973
[46th Academy Awards|]
1973
[46th Academy Awards|]
Serpico
1973
[46th Academy Awards|]
1974
[47th Academy Awards|]
'Harry and Tonto
1974
[47th Academy Awards|]
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
[47th Academy Awards|]
Lenny
1974
[47th Academy Awards|]
Chinatown
1974
[47th Academy Awards|]
1975
[48th Academy Awards|]
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
[48th Academy Awards|]
1975
[48th Academy Awards|]
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
[48th Academy Awards|]
1975
[48th Academy Awards|]
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
1976
[49th Academy Awards|]
'Network
1976
[49th Academy Awards|]
Taxi Driver
1976
[49th Academy Awards|]
Seven Beauties
1976
[49th Academy Awards|]
Network
1976
[49th Academy Awards|]
Rocky
1977
[50th Academy Awards|]
''
1977
[50th Academy Awards|]
Annie Hall
1977
[50th Academy Awards|]
Equus
1977
[50th Academy Awards|]
Gabriele
1977
[50th Academy Awards|]
Saturday Night Fever
1978
[51st Academy Awards|]
'Coming Home
1978
[51st Academy Awards|]
Heaven Can Wait
1978
[51st Academy Awards|]
1978
[51st Academy Awards|]
1978
[51st Academy Awards|]
1979
[52nd Academy Awards|]
'Kramer vs. Kramer'
1979
[52nd Academy Awards|]
1979
[52nd Academy Awards|]
...[And Justice for All |...And Justice for All]
1979
[52nd Academy Awards|]
All That Jazz
1979
[52nd Academy Awards|]
Being There

1980s

YearActorRoleFilm
1980
[53rd Academy Awards|]
'Raging Bull
1980
[53rd Academy Awards|]
1980
[53rd Academy Awards|]
1980
[53rd Academy Awards|]
Tribute
1980
[53rd Academy Awards|]
1981
[54th Academy Awards|]
'On Golden Pond
1981
[54th Academy Awards|]
Reds
1981
[54th Academy Awards|]
Atlantic City
1981
[54th Academy Awards|]
Arthur
1981
[54th Academy Awards|]
Absence of Malice
1982
[55th Academy Awards|]
'Gandhi
1982
[55th Academy Awards|]
Tootsie
1982
[55th Academy Awards|]
Missing
1982
[55th Academy Awards|]
1982
[55th Academy Awards|]
My Favorite Year
1983
[56th Academy Awards|]
'Tender Mercies
1983
[56th Academy Awards|]
Educating Rita
1983
[56th Academy Awards|]
Reuben, Reuben
1983
[56th Academy Awards|]
Norman
1983
[56th Academy Awards|]
Sir
1984
[57th Academy Awards|]
'Amadeus
1984
[57th Academy Awards|]
Scott “Starman” HaydenStarman
1984
[57th Academy Awards|]
Under the Volcano
1984
[57th Academy Awards|]
Amadeus
1984
[57th Academy Awards|]
1985
[58th Academy Awards|]
'Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985
[58th Academy Awards|]
Witness
1985
[58th Academy Awards|]
Murphy's Romance
1985
[58th Academy Awards|]
Prizzi's Honor
1985
[58th Academy Awards|]
Runaway Train
1986
[59th Academy Awards|]
''
1986
[59th Academy Awards|]
Round Midnight
1986
[59th Academy Awards|]
GeorgeMona Lisa
1986
[59th Academy Awards|]
Children of a Lesser God
1986
[59th Academy Awards|]
Salvador
1987
[60th Academy Awards|]
'Wall Street
1987
[60th Academy Awards|]
Broadcast News
1987
[60th Academy Awards|]
Romano PatroniDark Eyes
1987
[60th Academy Awards|]
Ironweed
1987
[60th Academy Awards|]
Good Morning, Vietnam
1988
[61st Academy Awards|]
'Rain Man
1988
[61st Academy Awards|]
Mississippi Burning
1988
[61st Academy Awards|]
Big
1988
[61st Academy Awards|]
Stand and Deliver
1988
[61st Academy Awards|]
Lassefar "Lasse" KarlssonPelle the Conqueror
1989
[62nd Academy Awards|]
'My Left Foot'
1989
[62nd Academy Awards|]
Henry V
1989
[62nd Academy Awards|]
Born on [the Fourth of July |Born on the Fourth of July]
1989
[62nd Academy Awards|]
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
[62nd Academy Awards|]
Dead Poets Society

1990s

YearActorRoleFilm
1990
[63rd Academy Awards|]
'Reversal of Fortune
1990
[63rd Academy Awards|]
Dances With Wolves
1990
[63rd Academy Awards|]
Awakenings
1990
[63rd Academy Awards|]
Cyrano de Bergerac
1990
[63rd Academy Awards|]
1991
[64th Academy Awards|]
''
1991
[64th Academy Awards|]
Bugsy
1991
[64th Academy Awards|]
Cape Fear
1991
[64th Academy Awards|]
1991
[64th Academy Awards|]
1992
[65th Academy Awards|]
'Scent of a Woman
1992
[65th Academy Awards|]
Chaplin
1992
[65th Academy Awards|]
Unforgiven
1992
[65th Academy Awards|]
Fergus
1992
[65th Academy Awards|]
Malcolm Little / Malcolm XMalcolm X
1993
[66th Academy Awards|]
'Philadelphia
1993
[66th Academy Awards|]
In the Name of the Father
1993
[66th Academy Awards|]
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
[66th Academy Awards|]
1993
[66th Academy Awards|]
Schindler's List
1994
[67th Academy Awards|]
'Forrest Gump
1994
[67th Academy Awards|]
1994
[67th Academy Awards|]
1994
[67th Academy Awards|]
Nobody's Fool
1994
[67th Academy Awards|]
Pulp Fiction
1995
[68th Academy Awards|]
'Leaving Las Vegas
1995
[68th Academy Awards|]
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
[68th Academy Awards|]
Nixon
1995
[68th Academy Awards|]
Dead Man Walking
1995
[68th Academy Awards|]
Il Postino: The Postman
1996
[69th Academy Awards|]
'Shine
1996
[69th Academy Awards|]
Jerry Maguire
1996
[69th Academy Awards|]
1996
[69th Academy Awards|]
1996
[69th Academy Awards|]
Sling Blade
1997
[70th Academy Awards|]
'As Good as It Gets
1997
[70th Academy Awards|]
Good Will Hunting
1997
[70th Academy Awards|]
1997
[70th Academy Awards|]
Ulee's Gold
1997
[70th Academy Awards|]
Wag the Dog
1998
[71st Academy Awards|]
'Life Is Beautiful
1998
[71st Academy Awards|]
Saving Private Ryan
1998
[71st Academy Awards|]
Gods and Monsters
1998
[71st Academy Awards|]
Affliction
1998
[71st Academy Awards|]
American History X
1999
[72nd Academy Awards|]
'American Beauty'
1999
[72nd Academy Awards|]
1999
[72nd Academy Awards|]
1999
[72nd Academy Awards|]
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
[72nd Academy Awards|]

2000s

YearActorRoleFilm
2000
[73rd Academy Awards|]
'Gladiator
2000
[73rd Academy Awards|]
Before Night Falls
2000
[73rd Academy Awards|]
Cast Away
2000
[73rd Academy Awards|]
Pollock
2000
[73rd Academy Awards|]
Quills
2001
[74th Academy Awards|]
'Training Day
2001
[74th Academy Awards|]
2001
[74th Academy Awards|]
I Am Sam
2001
[74th Academy Awards|]
Ali
2001
[74th Academy Awards|]
In the Bedroom
2002
[75th Academy Awards|]
''
2002
[75th Academy Awards|]
Adaptation.
2002
[75th Academy Awards|]
2002
[75th Academy Awards|]
Gangs of New York
2002
[75th Academy Awards|]
About Schmidt
2003
[76th Academy Awards|]
'Mystic River
2003
[76th Academy Awards|]
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
[76th Academy Awards|]
House of Sand and Fog
2003
[76th Academy Awards|]
Cold Mountain
2003
[76th Academy Awards|]
Lost in Translation
2004
[77th Academy Awards|]
'Ray
2004
[77th Academy Awards|]
Hotel Rwanda
2004
[77th Academy Awards|]
Finding Neverland
2004
[77th Academy Awards|]
2004
[77th Academy Awards|]
Million Dollar Baby
2005
[78th Academy Awards|]
'Capote
2005
[78th Academy Awards|]
DJayHustle & Flow
2005
[78th Academy Awards|]
Brokeback Mountain
2005
[78th Academy Awards|]
Walk the Line
2005
[78th Academy Awards|]
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2006
[79th Academy Awards|]
''
2006
[79th Academy Awards|]
Blood Diamond
2006
[79th Academy Awards|]
Half Nelson
2006
[79th Academy Awards|]
Venus
2006
[79th Academy Awards|]
2007
[80th Academy Awards|]
'There Will Be Blood
2007
[80th Academy Awards|]
Michael Clayton
2007
[80th Academy Awards|]
Sweeney Todd: [The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]
2007
[80th Academy Awards|]
In the Valley of Elah
2007
[80th Academy Awards|]
Eastern Promises
2008
[81st Academy Awards|]
'Milk
2008
[81st Academy Awards|]
2008
[81st Academy Awards|]
Frost/Nixon
2008
[81st Academy Awards|]
2008
[81st Academy Awards|]
2009
[82nd Academy Awards|]
'Crazy Heart
2009
[82nd Academy Awards|]
Up in the Air
2009
[82nd Academy Awards|]
2009
[82nd Academy Awards|]
Invictus
2009
[82nd Academy Awards|]

2010s

YearActorRoleFilm
2010
[83rd Academy Awards|]
''
2010
[83rd Academy Awards|]
Uxbal
2010
[83rd Academy Awards|]
True Grit
2010
[83rd Academy Awards|]
2010
[83rd Academy Awards|]
127 Hours
2011
[84th Academy Awards|]
''
2011
[84th Academy Awards|]
2011
[84th Academy Awards|]
2011
[84th Academy Awards|]
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
[84th Academy Awards|]
Moneyball
2012
[85th Academy Awards|]
'Lincoln
2012
[85th Academy Awards|]
Silver Linings Playbook
2012
[85th Academy Awards|]
Les Misérables
2012
[85th Academy Awards|]
2012
[85th Academy Awards|]
Flight
2013
[86th Academy Awards|]
'Dallas Buyers Club
2013
[86th Academy Awards|]
American Hustle
2013
[86th Academy Awards|]
Nebraska
2013
[86th Academy Awards|]
2013
[86th Academy Awards|]
12 Years a Slave
2014
[87th Academy Awards|]
''
2014
[87th Academy Awards|]
Foxcatcher
2014
[87th Academy Awards|]
American Sniper
2014
[87th Academy Awards|]
2014
[87th Academy Awards|]
Birdman
2015
[88th Academy Awards|]
'
2015
[88th Academy Awards|]
Trumbo
2015
[88th Academy Awards|]
2015
[88th Academy Awards|]
Steve Jobs
2015
[88th Academy Awards|]
2016
[89th Academy Awards|]
'Manchester [by the Sea |Manchester by the Sea]
2016
[89th Academy Awards|]
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
[89th Academy Awards|]
La La Land
2016
[89th Academy Awards|]
Captain Fantastic
2016
[89th Academy Awards|]
Fences
2017
[90th Academy Awards|]
'Darkest Hour
2017
[90th Academy Awards|]
Call Me by Your Name
2017
[90th Academy Awards|]
Phantom Thread
2017
[90th Academy Awards|]
Get Out
2017
[90th Academy Awards|]
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2018
[91st Academy Awards|]
'Bohemian Rhapsody
2018
[91st Academy Awards|]
Vice
2018
[91st Academy Awards|]
2018
[91st Academy Awards|]
At Eternity's Gate
2018
[91st Academy Awards|]
Green Book
2019
[92nd Academy Awards|]
'Joker'
2019
[92nd Academy Awards|]
Pain and Glory
2019
[92nd Academy Awards|]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2019
[92nd Academy Awards|]
Marriage Story
2019
[92nd Academy Awards|]

2020s

YearActorRoleFilm'
2020/21

[93rd Academy Awards|]
' Anthony'
2020/21

[93rd Academy Awards|]
Sound of Metal
2020/21

[93rd Academy Awards|]
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020/21

[93rd Academy Awards|]
Mank
2020/21

[93rd Academy Awards|]
Minari
2021
[94th Academy Awards|]
' 'King Richard
2021
[94th Academy Awards|]
Being the Ricardos
2021
[94th Academy Awards|]
2021
[94th Academy Awards|]
Tick, Tick... Boom!
2021
[94th Academy Awards|]
2022
[95th Academy Awards|]
' Charlie'
2022
[95th Academy Awards|]
Elvis
2022
[95th Academy Awards|]
2022
[95th Academy Awards|]
Aftersun
2022
[95th Academy Awards|]
Living
2023
[96th Academy Awards|]
' 'Oppenheimer
2023
[96th Academy Awards|]
Maestro
2023
[96th Academy Awards|]
Rustin
2023
[96th Academy Awards|]
2023
[96th Academy Awards|]
American Fiction
2024
[97th Academy Awards|]
' ''
2024
[97th Academy Awards|]
2024
[97th Academy Awards|]
Sing Sing
2024
[97th Academy Awards|]
Conclave
2024
[97th Academy Awards|]
2025
[98th Academy Awards|]
Marty Supreme
2025
[98th Academy Awards|]
One Battle After Another
2025
[98th Academy Awards|]
Blue Moon
2025
[98th Academy Awards|]
Sinners
2025
[98th Academy Awards|]
The Secret Agent

Multiple awards and nominations

The following individuals won two or more Academy Awards for Best Actor:
WinsActorNominationsYears won
3Daniel Day-Lewis61989, 2007, 2012
2Spencer Tracy91937, 1938
2Jack Nicholson81975, 1997
2Marlon Brando71954, 1972
2Dustin Hoffman71979, 1988
2Gary Cooper51941, 1952
2Tom Hanks51993, 1994
2Fredric March51931-32, 1946
2Sean Penn52003, 2008
2Anthony Hopkins41991, 2020
2Adrien Brody22002, 2024

The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations:
NominationsActor
9Laurence Olivier
9Spencer Tracy
8Paul Newman
8Jack Nicholson
8Peter O'Toole
7Marlon Brando
7Dustin Hoffman
7Jack Lemmon
7Denzel Washington
6Richard Burton
6Daniel Day-Lewis
6Leonardo DiCaprio
6Paul Muni
5Gary Cooper
5Robert De Niro
5Tom Hanks
5Fredric March
5Al Pacino
5Gregory Peck
5Sean Penn
5James Stewart
4Warren Beatty
4Charles Boyer
4Michael Caine
4Bradley Cooper
4Albert Finney
4Anthony Hopkins
4Burt Lancaster
3Javier Bardem
3Humphrey Bogart
3Jeff Bridges
3James Cagney
3Timothée Chalamet
3Montgomery Clift
3George Clooney
3Ronald Colman
3Bing Crosby
3Russell Crowe
3Johnny Depp
3Kirk Douglas
3Robert Duvall
3Morgan Freeman
3Clark Gable
3William Holden
3William Hurt
3Charles Laughton
3Marcello Mastroianni
3Viggo Mortensen
3Gary Oldman
3Joaquin Phoenix
3William Powell
3Will Smith
3Jon Voight
3Robin Williams

Age superlatives

RecordActorFilmYearAge
Oldest WinnerAnthony HopkinsThe Father202083
Oldest NomineeAnthony HopkinsThe Father202083
Youngest WinnerAdrien BrodyThe Pianist200229
Youngest NomineeJackie CooperSkippy19319

Films with multiple Leading Actor nominations

Winners are in bold.
The following were nominated for their portrayals of the same fictional or non-fictional character in separate films.
Winners are in bold.