Academy award for Best actor - wikipedia Academy award for Best actor Academy Award for Best Actor Awarded for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Country United States Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) First awarded 1929 ( for performance in films released during the 1927 / 1928 film season ) Currently held by Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea ( 2016 ) Website oscars.org The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. Currently, nominees are 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 were nominated as the best 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. However, during the 3rd ceremony held in 1930, only one of those films was cited in each winner 's final award, even though each of the acting winners had two films following their names on the ballots. The following year, this unwieldy and confusing system was replaced by the current system in which an actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film. Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937, the category was officially limited to five nominations per year. Since its inception, the award has been given to 80 actors. Daniel Day - Lewis has received the most awards in this category with three Oscars. Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier were nominated on nine occasions, more than any other actor. As of the 2017 ceremony, Casey Affleck is the most recent winner in this category for his role as Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea. Contents 1 Winners and nominees 2 Multiple wins and nominations 3 Age superlatives 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External links 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. Table key Indicates the winner § Indicates winner who refused the award Indicates posthumous winner * Indicates posthumous nominee Emil Jannings ( center ) was the first winner in this category for his roles in 1928 's The Last Command and 1927 's The Way of All Flesh. Warner Baxter won in 1928 for his performance in In Old Arizona. George Arliss won in 1929 for his performance in Disraeli. Lionel Barrymore won in 1930 for his performance in A Free Soul. Wallace Beery ( pictured ) and Fredric March tied in 1932 for their performances in The Champ and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, respectively. Clark Gable won in 1934 for his performance in It Happened One Night. Spencer Tracy was the first actor to win this category two consecutive years, having won in both 1937 and 1938 for his roles in Captains Courageous and Boys Town including seven other nominations. Bing Crosby won in 1944 for his performance in Going My Way. Fredric March was named Best Actor in 1946 for The Best Years of Our Lives, having previously jointly won the award in 1932 with Wallace Beery, for his performance in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Laurence Olivier won in 1948 for his role as the title character in Hamlet, a film which he himself directed. Marlon Brando won twice from seven nominations for his roles in 1954 's On the Waterfront and 1972 's The Godfather. Gregory Peck won in 1962 for his performance in To Kill a Mockingbird. Sidney Poitier won in 1963 for his performance in Lilies of the Field, thus becoming the first black actor to win in this category. Jack Nicholson won twice from eight nominations for his performances in 1975 's One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest and 1997 's As Good as It Gets. Dustin Hoffman won twice from seven nominations for his performances in Kramer vs. Kramer ( 1979 ) and Rain Man ( 1988 ). Robert De Niro won once from five nominations for his role as Jake LaMotta in 1980 's Raging Bull. Ben Kingsley won for his portrayal of the title role in Gandhi ( 1982 ). Michael Douglas won in 1987 for his performance in Wall Street. Daniel Day - Lewis is the first actor to win this award three times, in 1989, 2007, and 2012, for his performances in My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and Lincoln respectively. Jeremy Irons won for his portrayal of Claus von Bülow in 1990 's Reversal of Fortune. Anthony Hopkins won once from three nominations for his role as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in 1991 's The Silence of the Lambs. Al Pacino won once from five nominations for his performance in 1992 's Scent of a Woman. Tom Hanks won two consecutive awards in 1993 and 1994 for his roles in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump including three other nominations. By virtue of his win in 1998 for Life Is Beautiful, Roberto Benigni became the second actor to win for a role in a film he directed himself. Russell Crowe won once from three consecutive nominations for playing Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator ( 2000 ). Denzel Washington won once from five nominations for his role in 2001 's Training Day. At age 29, Adrien Brody became the youngest winner for Best Actor for his performance in 2002 's The Pianist. Sean Penn won twice from five nominations for his roles in 2003 's Mystic River and 2008 's Milk. Philip Seymour Hoffman won for Capote ( 2005 ). Forest Whitaker won for his performance as Idi Amin in the 2006 film, The Last King of Scotland. Jeff Bridges won once from three nominations, two being consecutive, for his performance in 2009 's Crazy Heart. Colin Firth won once from two consecutive nominations for his portrayal of King George VI in 2010 's The King 's Speech. Jean Dujardin became the first French actor to win this award for his performance in the 2011 film The Artist. Matthew McConaughey won in 2013 for his performance as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club. Eddie Redmayne won in 2014 for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, and was nominated the next year for his performance as Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for The Aviator, Blood Diamond, and The Wolf of Wall Street, before winning in 2016 for his portrayal of Hugh Glass in The Revenant. Casey Affleck won in 2017 for his performance in Manchester by the Sea. Year Actor Film Role ( s ) Ref. 1927 / 28 ( 1st ) Jannings ! Emil Jannings Last ! The Last Command The Way of All Flesh Grand Duke Sergius Alexander August Schilling Barthelmess ! Richard Barthelmess Noose ! The Noose The Patent Leather Kid Elkins ! Nickie Elkins Patent Leather Kid 1928 / 29 ( 2nd ) Baxter ! Warner Baxter In Old Arizona Cisco ! The Cisco Kid Bancroft ! George Bancroft Thunderbolt Lang ! Thunderbolt Jim Lang Morris ! Chester Morris Alibi Williams ! Chick Williams ( No. 1065 ) Muni ! Paul Muni Valiant ! The Valiant Dyke ! James Dyke Stone ! Lewis Stone Patriot ! The Patriot Pahlen ! Count Pahlen 1929 / 30 ( 3rd ) Arliss ! George Arliss Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli Arliss ! George Arliss Green ! The Green Goddess Raja ! The Raja Beery ! Wallace Beery Big ! The Big House Schmidt ! Butch `` Machine Gun '' Schmidt Chevalier ! Maurice Chevalier Big ! The Big Pond The Love Parade Mirande ! Pierre Mirande Count Alfred Renard Colman ! Ronald Colman Bulldog ! Bulldog Drummond Condemned Drummond ! Capt. Hugh `` Bulldog '' Drummond Michel Tibbett ! Lawrence Tibbett Rogue ! The Rogue Song Yegor ! Yegor 1930 / 31 ( 4th ) Barrymore ! Lionel Barrymore Free ! A Free Soul Ashe ! Stephen Ashe Cooper ! Jackie Cooper Skippy Skinner ! Skippy Skinner Dix ! Richard Dix Cimarron Cravat ! Yancey Cravat March ! Fredric March Royal ! The Royal Family of Broadway Cavendish ! Tony Cavendish Menjou ! Adolphe Menjou Front ! The Front Page Burns ! Walter Burns 1931 / 32 ( 5th ) Beery ! Wallace Beery Champ ! The Champ Purcell ! Andy Purcell -- The Champ March ! Fredric March Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jekyll ! Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde Lunt ! Alfred Lunt Guardsman ! The Guardsman Actor ! The Actor 1932 / 33 ( 6th ) Laughton ! Charles Laughton Private ! The Private Life of Henry VIII Henry ! King Henry VIII of England Howard ! Leslie Howard Berkeley Square Standish ! Peter Standish Muni ! Paul Muni I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Allen ! James Allen 1934 ( 7th ) Gable ! Clark Gable It Happened One Night Warne ! Peter Warne Morgan ! Frank Morgan Affairs ! The Affairs of Cellini de ' Medici ! Alessandro -- Duke of Florence Powell ! William Powell Thin ! The Thin Man Charles ! Nick Charles 1935 ( 8th ) McLaglen ! Victor McLaglen Informer ! The Informer Nolan ! Gypo Nolan Gable ! Clark Gable Mutiny on the Bounty Christian ! Lieutenant Fletcher Christian Laughton ! Charles Laughton Bligh ! Captain William Bligh Tone ! Franchot Tone Byam ! Midshipman Roger Byam Muni ! Paul Muni Black Fury Radek ! Joe Radek 1936 ( 9th ) Muni ! Paul Muni Story ! The Story of Louis Pasteur Pasteur ! Louis Pasteur Cooper ! Gary Cooper Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Deeds ! Longfellow Deeds Huston ! Walter Huston Dodsworth Dodsworth ! Sam Dodsworth Powell ! William Powell My Man Godfrey Park ! Godfrey Park Tracy ! Spencer Tracy San Francisco Mullin ! Father Tim Mullin 1937 ( 10th ) Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Captains Courageous Manuel Fidello Boyer ! Charles Boyer Conquest Bonaparte ! Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte March ! Fredric March Star ! A Star Is Born Maine ! Norman Maine Montgomery ! Robert Montgomery Night Must Fall Danny Muni ! Paul Muni Life ! The Life of Emile Zola Zola ! Émile Zola 1938 ( 11th ) Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Boys Town Flanagan ! Father Flanagan Boyer ! Charles Boyer Algiers Pepe le Moko Cagney ! James Cagney Angels with Dirty Faces Sullivan ! Rocky Sullivan Donat ! Robert Donat Citadel ! The Citadel Manson ! Dr. Andrew Manson Howard ! Leslie Howard Pygmalion Higgins ! Professor Henry Higgins 1939 ( 12th ) Donat ! Robert Donat Goodbye, Mr. Chips Charles Edward Chipping Gable ! Clark Gable Gone with the Wind Butler ! Rhett Butler Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Wuthering Heights Heathcliff Rooney ! Mickey Rooney Babes in Arms Moran ! Mickey Moran Stewart ! James Stewart Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Smith ! Jefferson Smith 1940 ( 13th ) Stewart ! James Stewart Philadelphia ! The Philadelphia Story Macaulay `` Mike '' Connor Chaplin ! Charlie Chaplin Great ! The Great Dictator Hynkel ! Adenoid Hynkel / The Barber Fonda ! Henry Fonda Grapes ! The Grapes of Wrath Joad ! Tom Joad Massey ! Raymond Massey Abe ! Abe Lincoln in Illinois Lincoln ! Abraham Lincoln Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Rebecca de Winter ! Maximilian `` Maxim '' de Winter 1941 ( 14th ) Cooper ! Gary Cooper Sergeant York Sgt. Alvin York Grant ! Cary Grant Penny Serenade Adams ! Roger Adams Huston ! Walter Huston Devil ! The Devil and Daniel Webster Scratch ! Mr. Scratch Montgomery ! Robert Montgomery Here Comes Mr. Jordan Pendleton ! Joe Pendleton Welles ! Orson Welles Citizen Kane Kane ! Charles Foster Kane 1942 ( 15th ) Cagney ! James Cagney Yankee Doodle Dandy Cohan ! George M. Cohan Colman ! Ronald Colman Random Harvest Rainer ! Charles Rainier Cooper ! Gary Cooper Pride ! The Pride of the Yankees Gehrig ! Lou Gehrig Pidgeon ! Walter Pidgeon Mrs. Miniver Miniver ! Clem Miniver Woolley ! Monty Woolley Pied ! The Pied Piper Howard 1943 ( 16th ) Lukas ! Paul Lukas Watch on the Rhine Muller ! Kurt Muller Bogart ! Humphrey Bogart Casablanca Blaine ! Rick Blaine Cooper ! Gary Cooper For Whom the Bell Tolls Jordan ! Robert Jordan Pidgeon ! Walter Pidgeon Madame Curie Curie ! Pierre Curie Rooney ! Mickey Rooney Human ! The Human Comedy Macauley ! Homer Macauley 1944 ( 17th ) Crosby ! Bing Crosby Going My Way O'Malley ! Father Chuck O'Malley Boyer ! Charles Boyer Gaslight Anton ! Gregory Anton Fitzgerald ! Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way Fitzgibbon ! Father Fitzgibbon Grant ! Cary Grant None but the Lonely Heart Mott ! Ernie Mott Knox ! Alexander Knox Wilson Wilson ! Woodrow Wilson 1945 ( 18th ) Milland ! Ray Milland Lost ! The Lost Weekend Birnam ! Don Birnam Crosby ! Bing Crosby Bells ! The Bells of St. Mary 's O'Malley ! Father Chuck O'Malley Kelly ! Gene Kelly Anchors Aweigh Brady ! Joseph Brady Peck ! Gregory Peck Keys ! The Keys of the Kingdom Francis ! Father Francis Wilde ! Cornel Wilde Song ! A Song to Remember Chopin ! Frédéric Chopin 1946 ( 19th ) March ! Fredric March Best ! The Best Years of Our Lives Stephenson ! Al Stephenson Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Henry V Henry ! King Henry V of England Parks ! Larry Parks Jolson ! The Jolson Story Jolson ! Al Jolson Peck ! Gregory Peck Yearling ! The Yearling Baxter ! Ezra `` Penny '' Baxter Stewart ! James Stewart It 's a Wonderful Life Bailey ! George Bailey 1947 ( 20th ) Colman ! Ronald Colman Double ! A Double Life John ! Anthony John Garfield ! John Garfield Body and Soul Davis ! Charlie Davis Peck ! Gregory Peck Gentleman 's Agreement Green ! Philip Schuyler Green Powell ! William Powell Life with Father Day ! Clarence Day, Sr. Redgrave ! Michael Redgrave Mourning Becomes Electra Mannon ! Orin Mannon 1948 ( 21st ) Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Hamlet Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Ayres ! Lew Ayres Johnny Belinda Richardson ! Dr. Robert Richardson Clift ! Montgomery Clift Search ! The Search Stevenson ! Ralph `` Steve '' Stevenson Dailey ! Dan Dailey When My Baby Smiles at Me Johnson ! `` Skid '' Johnson Webb ! Clifton Webb Sitting Pretty Belevedre ! Lynn Aloysius Belvedere 1949 ( 22nd ) Crawford ! Broderick Crawford All the King 's Men Willie Stark Douglas ! Kirk Douglas Champion Kelly ! Michael `` Midge '' Kelly Peck ! Gregory Peck Twelve O'Clock High Savage ! Brig. General Frank Savage Todd ! Richard Todd Hasty ! The Hasty Heart MacLachlan ! Cpl. Lachlan `` Lachie '' MacLachlan Wayne ! John Wayne Sands of Iwo Jima Stryker ! Sergeant John M. Stryker 1950 ( 23rd ) Ferrer ! José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac de Bergerac ! Cyrano de Bergerac Calhern ! Louis Calhern Magnificent ! The Magnificent Yankee Holmes ! Oliver Wendell Holmes Holden ! William Holden Sunset Boulevard Gillis ! Joe Gillis Stewart ! James Stewart Harvey Dowd ! Elwood P. Dowd Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Father of the Bride Banks ! Stanley T. Banks 1951 ( 24th ) Bogart ! Humphrey Bogart African ! The African Queen Allnut ! Charlie Allnut Brando ! Marlon Brando Streetcar ! A Streetcar Named Desire Kowalski ! Stanley Kowalski Clift ! Montgomery Clift Place ! A Place in the Sun Eastman ! George Eastman Kennedy ! Arthur Kennedy Bright Victory Nevins ! Larry Nevins March ! Fredric March Death of a Salesman Loman ! Willy Loman 1952 ( 25th ) Cooper ! Gary Cooper High Noon Kane ! Marshal Will Kane Brando ! Marlon Brando Viva Zapata ! Zapata ! Emiliano Zapata Douglas ! Kirk Douglas Bad ! The Bad and the Beautiful Shields ! Jonathan Shields Ferrer ! José Ferrer Moulin Rouge Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec Comte Alphonse de Toulouse - Lautrec Guinness ! Alec Guinness Lavender ! The Lavender Hill Mob name ! Holland 1953 ( 26th ) Holden ! William Holden Stalag 17 Sefton ! Sgt. J.J. Sefton Brando ! Marlon Brando Julius Caesar Antony ! Mark Antony Burton ! Richard Burton Robe ! The Robe Gallio ! Marcellus Gallio Clift ! Montgomery Clift From Here to Eternity Prewitt ! Pvt. Robert E. Lee `` Prew '' Prewitt Lancaster ! Burt Lancaster Warden ! 1st Sgt. Milton Warden 1954 ( 27th ) Brando ! Marlon Brando On the Waterfront Terry Malloy Bogart ! Humphrey Bogart Caine ! The Caine Mutiny Queeg ! Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg Crosby ! Bing Crosby Country ! The Country Girl Elgin ! Frank Elgin Mason ! James Mason Star ! A Star Is Born Maine ! Norman Maine O'Herlihy ! Dan O'Herlihy Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Crusoe ! Robinson Crusoe 1955 ( 28th ) Borgnine ! Ernest Borgnine Marty Piletti ! Marty Piletti Cagney ! James Cagney Love Me or Leave Me Snyder ! Martin Snyder Dean ! James Dean * East of Eden Trask ! Cal Trask Sinatra ! Frank Sinatra Man ! The Man with the Golden Arm Machine ! Frankie Machine Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Bad Day at Black Rock Macreedy ! John J. Macreedy 1956 ( 29th ) Brynner ! Yul Brynner King ! The King and I Mongkut ! King Mongkut of Siam Dean ! James Dean * Giant Rink ! Jett Rink Douglas ! Kirk Douglas Lust for Life van Gogh ! Vincent van Gogh Hudson ! Rock Hudson Giant Benedict ! Jordan `` Bick '' Benedict Jr. Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Richard III Richard ! King Richard III of England 1957 ( 30th ) Guinness ! Alec Guinness Bridge ! The Bridge on the River Kwai Nicholson ! Lt. Colonel L. Nicholson, D.S.O. Brando ! Marlon Brando Sayonara Gruver ! Major Lloyd `` Ace '' Gruver, USAF Franciosa ! Anthony Franciosa Hateful ! A Hatful of Rain Pope ! Polo Pope Laughton ! Charles Laughton Witness for the Prosecution Robarts ! Sir Wilfrid Robarts Quinn ! Anthony Quinn Wild Is the Wind Gino 1958 ( 31st ) Niven ! David Niven Separate Tables Pollock ! Major Angus Pollock Curtis ! Tony Curtis Defiant ! The Defiant Ones Jackson ! John `` Joker '' Jackson Newman ! Paul Newman Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Pollitt ! Brick Pollitt Poitier ! Sidney Poitier Defiant ! The Defiant Ones Noah ! Noah Cullen Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Old ! The Old Man and the Sea Old ! The Old Man 1959 ( 32nd ) Heston ! Charlton Heston Ben - Hur Ben Hur ! Judah Ben - Hur Harvey ! Laurence Harvey Room at the Top Lampton ! Joe Lampton Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Some Like It Hot Jerry / Daphne Muni ! Paul Muni Last ! The Last Angry Man Abelman ! Dr. Sam Abelman Stewart ! James Stewart Anatomy of a Murder Biegler ! Paul Biegler 1960 ( 33rd ) Lancaster ! Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry Gantry ! Elmer Gantry Howard ! Trevor Howard Sons and Lovers Morel ! Walter Morel Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Apartment ! The Apartment Baxter ! C.C. `` Bud '' Baxter Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Entertainer ! The Entertainer Rice ! Archie Rice Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Inherit the Wind Drummond ! Henry Drummond 1961 ( 34th ) Schell ! Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg Rolfe ! Hans Rolfe Boyer ! Charles Boyer Fanny Cesar Newman ! Paul Newman Hustler ! The Hustler Felson ! Eddie Felson Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Judgment at Nuremberg Haywood ! Chief Judge Dan Haywood Whitman ! Stuart Whitman Mark ! The Mark Fuller ! Jim Fuller 1962 ( 35th ) Peck ! Gregory Peck To Kill a Mockingbird Finch ! Atticus Finch Lancaster ! Burt Lancaster Birdman of Alcatraz Stroud ! Robert Franklin Stroud Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Days of Wine and Roses Clay ! Joe Clay Mastroianni ! Marcello Mastroianni Divorce Italian Style Cefalù ! Ferdinando Cefalù O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence ! T.E. Lawrence 1963 ( 36th ) Poitier ! Sidney Poitier Lilies of the Field Smith ! Homer Smith Finney ! Albert Finney Tom Jones Jones ! Tom Jones Harris ! Richard Harris This Sporting Life Machin ! Frank Machin Harrison ! Rex Harrison Cleopatra Caesar ! Julius Caesar Newman ! Paul Newman Hud Bannon ! Hud Bannon 1964 ( 37th ) Harrison ! Rex Harrison My Fair Lady Higgins ! Professor Henry Higgins Burton ! Richard Burton Becket Becket ! Thomas Becket O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Henry ! King Henry II of England Quinn ! Anthony Quinn Zorba the Greek Zorba ! Alexis Zorba Sellers ! Peter Sellers Dr. Strangelove Mandrake ! Group Captain Lionel Mandrake President Merkin Muffley Dr. Strangelove 1965 ( 38th ) Marvin ! Lee Marvin Cat Ballou Shelleen ! Kid Shelleen Tim Strawn Burton ! Richard Burton Spy ! The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Leamas ! Alec Leamas Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Othello Othello Steiger ! Rod Steiger Pawnbroker ! The Pawnbroker Nazerman ! Sol Nazerman Werner ! Oskar Werner Ship of Fools Schumann ! Willie Schumann 1966 ( 39th ) Scofield ! Paul Scofield Man ! A Man for All Seasons More ! Sir Thomas More Arkin ! Alan Arkin Russians ! The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Bozanov ! Lt. Rozanov Burton ! Richard Burton Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? George Caine ! Michael Caine Alfie Elkins ! Alfie Elkins McQueen ! Steve McQueen Sand ! The Sand Pebbles Holman ! Jake Holman 1967 ( 40th ) Steiger ! Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night Police Chief Bill Gillespie Beatty ! Warren Beatty Bonnie and Clyde Barrow ! Clyde Barrow Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Graduate ! The Graduate Braddock ! Benjamin Braddock Newman ! Paul Newman Cool Hand Luke Jackson ! Lucas `` Cool Hand Luke '' Jackson Tracy ! Spencer Tracy * Guess Who 's Coming to Dinner Drayton ! Matt Drayton 1968 ( 41st ) Robertson ! Cliff Robertson Charly Gordon ! Charly Gordon Arkin ! Alan Arkin Heart ! The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Singer ! John Singer Bates ! Alan Bates Fixer ! The Fixer Bok ! Yakov Bok Moody ! Ron Moody Oliver ! Fagin O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Lion ! The Lion in Winter Henry ! King Henry II of England 1969 ( 42nd ) Wayne ! John Wayne True Grit Cogburn ! Reuben `` Rooster '' Cogburn Burton ! Richard Burton Anne of the Thousand Days Henry ! King Henry VIII of England Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Midnight Cowboy Rizzo ! Enrico Salvatore `` Ratso '' `` Rico '' Rizzo O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Goodbye, Mr. Chips Chipping ! Arthur Chipping Voight ! Jon Voight Midnight Cowboy Buck ! Joe Buck 1970 ( 43rd ) Scott ! George C. Scott § Patton Patton ! General George S. Patton Jr. Douglas ! Melvyn Douglas I Never Sang for My Father Garrison ! Tom Garrison Jones ! James Earl Jones Great ! The Great White Hope Jefferson ! Jack Jefferson Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Five Easy Pieces Dupea ! Robert Eroica Dupea O'Neal ! Ryan O'Neal Love Story Barrett ! Oliver Barrett IV 1971 ( 44th ) Hackman ! Gene Hackman French ! The French Connection Doyle ! Detective Jimmy `` Popeye '' Doyle Finch ! Peter Finch Sunday Bloody Sunday Hirsh ! Dr. Daniel Hirsh Matthau ! Walter Matthau Kotch Kotcher ! Joseph P. Kotcher Scott ! George C. Scott Hospital ! The Hospital Bock ! Dr. Herbert Bock Topol Fiddler on the Roof Tevye ! Tevye 1972 ( 45th ) Brando ! Marlon Brando § Godfather ! The Godfather Corleone ! Vito Corleone Caine ! Michael Caine Sleuth Tindle ! Milo Tindle Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Wyke ! Andrew Wyke O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Ruling ! The Ruling Class Gurney ! Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney Winfield ! Paul Winfield Sounder Morgan ! Nathan Lee Morgan 1973 ( 46th ) Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Save the Tiger Stoner ! Harry Stoner Brando ! Marlon Brando Last Tango in Paris Paul Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Last ! The Last Detail Signalman First Class Billy L. `` Badass '' Buddusky Pacino ! Al Pacino Serpico Serpico ! Frank Serpico Redford ! Robert Redford Sting ! The Sting Hooker ! Johnny `` Kelly '' Hooker ( 47th ) Carney ! Art Carney Harry and Tonto Coombes ! Harry Coombes Finney ! Albert Finney Murder on the Orient Express Poirot ! Hercule Poirot Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Lenny Bruce ! Lenny Bruce Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Chinatown Gittes ! J.J. `` Jake '' Gittes Pacino ! Al Pacino Godfather ! The Godfather Part II Corleone ! Michael Corleone ( 48th ) Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest McMurphy ! Randle Patrick `` Mac '' McMurphy Matthau ! Walter Matthau Sunshine ! The Sunshine Boys Clark ! Willy Clark Pacino ! Al Pacino Dog Day Afternoon Wortzik ! Sonny Wortzik Schell ! Maximilian Schell Man ! The Man in the Glass Booth Goldman ! Arthur Goldman Whitmore ! James Whitmore Give ' em Hell, Harry ! Truman ! Harry S. Truman 1976 ( 49th ) Finch ! Peter Finch ^ Network Beale ! Howard Beale De Niro ! Robert De Niro Taxi Driver Bickle ! Travis Bickle Giannini ! Giancarlo Giannini Seven Beauties Frafuso ! Pasqualino Frafuso Holden ! William Holden Network Schumacher ! Max Schumacher Stallone ! Sylvester Stallone Rocky Balboa ! Rocky Balboa 1977 ( 50th ) Dreyfuss ! Richard Dreyfuss Goodbye ! The Goodbye Girl Garfield ! Elliot Garfield Allen ! Woody Allen Annie Hall Singer ! Alvy Singer Burton ! Richard Burton Equus Dysart ! Martin Dysart Mastroianni ! Marcello Mastroianni Special ! A Special Day Gabriele Travolta ! John Travolta Saturday Night Fever Manero ! Anthony `` Tony '' Manero 1978 ( 51st ) Voight ! Jon Voight Coming Home Martin ! Luke Martin Beatty ! Warren Beatty Heaven Can Wait Pendleton ! Joe Pendleton Busey ! Gary Busey Buddy ! The Buddy Holly Story Holly ! Buddy Holly De Niro ! Robert De Niro Deer ! The Deer Hunter Vronsky ! Michael Vronsky Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Boys ! The Boys from Brazil Lieberman ! Ezra Lieberman 1979 ( 52nd ) Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer Kramer ! Ted Kramer Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon China ! The China Syndrome Godell ! Jack Godell Pacino ! Al Pacino And !... And Justice for All Kirkland ! Arthur Kirkland Scheider ! Roy Scheider All That Jazz Gideon ! Joe Gideon Sellers ! Peter Sellers Being There Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner 1980 ( 53rd ) De Niro ! Robert De Niro Raging Bull LaMotta ! Jake LaMotta Duvall ! Robert Duvall Great ! The Great Santini Meechum ! Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur `` Bull '' Meechum Hurt ! John Hurt Elephant ! The Elephant Man Merrick ! John Merrick Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Tribute Templeton ! Scottie Templeton O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Stunt ! The Stunt Man Cross ! Eli Cross 1981 ( 54th ) Fonda ! Henry Fonda On Golden Pond Thayer ! Norman Thayer Jr. Beatty ! Warren Beatty Reds Reed ! John Silas `` Jack '' Reed Lancaster ! Burt Lancaster Atlantic City Pascal ! Lou Pascal Moore ! Dudley Moore Arthur Bach ! Arthur Bach Newman ! Paul Newman Absence of Malice Gallagher ! Michael Colin Gallagher 1982 ( 55th ) Kingsley ! Ben Kingsley Gandhi Gandhi ! Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Tootsie Dorsey ! Michael Dorsey, aka Dorothy Michaels Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Missing Horman ! Ed Horman Newman ! Paul Newman Verdict ! The Verdict Galvin ! Frank Galvin O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole My Favorite Year Swann ! Alan Swann ( 56th ) Duvall ! Robert Duvall Tender Mercies Sledge ! Mac Sledge Caine ! Michael Caine Educating Rita Bryant ! Dr. Frank Bryant Conti ! Tom Conti Reuben, Reuben McGland ! Gowan McGland Courtenay ! Tom Courtenay The Dresser Norman Finney ! Albert Finney Sir 1984 ( 57th ) Abraham ! F. Murray Abraham Amadeus Salieri ! Antonio Salieri Bridges ! Jeff Bridges Starman Starman Finney ! Albert Finney Under the Volcano Firmin ! Geoffrey Firmin Hulce ! Tom Hulce Amadeus Amadeus ! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Waterston ! Sam Waterston Killing ! The Killing Fields Schanberg ! Sydney Schanberg 1985 ( 58th ) Hurt ! William Hurt Kiss of the Spider Woman Molina ! Luis Molina Ford ! Harrison Ford Witness Book ! Detective Captain John Book Garner ! James Garner Murphy 's Romance Jones ! Murphy Jones Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Prizzi 's Honor Partanna ! Charley Partanna Voight ! Jon Voight Runaway Train Manheim ! Oscar `` Manny '' Manheim 1986 ( 59th ) Newman ! Paul Newman Color ! The Color of Money Felson ! Fast Eddie Felson Gordon ! Dexter Gordon Round Midnight Turner ! Dale Turner Hoskins ! Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa George Hurt ! William Hurt Children of a Lesser God Leeds ! James Leeds Woods ! James Woods Salvador Boyle ! Richard Boyle ( 60th ) Douglas ! Michael Douglas Wall Street Gekko ! Gordon Gekko Hurt ! William Hurt Broadcast News Grunick ! Tom Grunick Mastroianni ! Marcello Mastroianni Dark Eyes Romano Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Ironweed Phelan ! Francis Phelan Williams ! Robin Williams Good Morning, Vietnam Cronauer ! Adrian Cronauer 1988 ( 61st ) Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Rain Man Babbitt ! Raymond Babbitt Hackman ! Gene Hackman Mississippi Burning Anderson ! Agent Rupert Anderson Hanks ! Tom Hanks Big Baskin ! Josh Baskin Olmos ! Edward James Olmos Stand and Deliver Escalante ! Jaime Escalante von Sydow ! Max von Sydow Pelle the Conqueror Lassefar 1989 ( 62nd ) Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis My Left Foot Brown ! Christy Brown Branagh ! Kenneth Branagh Henry V Henry ! King Henry V of England Cruise ! Tom Cruise Born on the Fourth of July Kovic ! Ron Kovic Freeman ! Morgan Freeman Driving Miss Daisy Colburn ! Hoke Colburn Williams ! Robin Williams Dead Poets Society Keating ! John Charles `` Keats '' Keating 1990 ( 63rd ) Irons ! Jeremy Irons Reversal of Fortune Claus von Bülow Costner ! Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves Dunbar ! Lieutenant John J. Dunbar De Niro ! Robert De Niro Awakenings Lowe ! Leonard Lowe Depardieu ! Gérard Depardieu Cyrano de Bergerac de Bergerac ! Cyrano de Bergerac Harris ! Richard Harris Field ! The Field McCage ! `` Bull '' McCabe 1991 ( 64th ) Hopkins ! Anthony Hopkins Silence ! The Silence of the Lambs Dr. Hannibal Lecter Beatty ! Warren Beatty Bugsy Siegel ! Benjamin `` Bugsy '' Siegel De Niro ! Robert De Niro Cape Fear Cady ! Maximilian `` Max '' Cady Nolte ! Nick Nolte Prince ! The Prince of Tides Wingo ! Tom Wingo Williams ! Robin Williams Fisher ! The Fisher King Sagan ! Henry `` Parry '' Sagan 1992 ( 65th ) Pacino ! Al Pacino Scent of a Woman Slade ! Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade Downey Jr. ! Robert Downey Jr. Chaplin Chaplin ! Charlie Chaplin Eastwood ! Clint Eastwood Unforgiven Munny ! William `` Will '' Munny Rea ! Stephen Rea Crying ! The Crying Game Fergus Washington ! Denzel Washington Malcolm X Malcolm X 1993 ( 66th ) Hanks ! Tom Hanks Philadelphia Beckett ! Andrew Beckett Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis In the Name of the Father Conlon ! Gerry Conlon Fishburne ! Laurence Fishburne What 's Love Got to Do with It Turner ! Ike Turner Hopkins ! Anthony Hopkins Remains ! The Remains of the Day Stevens ! James Stevens Neeson ! Liam Neeson Schindler 's List Schindler ! Oskar Schindler 1994 ( 67th ) Hanks ! Tom Hanks Forrest Gump Gump ! Forrest Gump Freeman ! Morgan Freeman Shawshank ! The Shawshank Redemption Redding ! Ellis Boyd `` Red '' Redding Hawthorne ! Nigel Hawthorne Madness ! The Madness of King George George ! King George III Newman ! Paul Newman Nobody 's Fool Sullivan ! Donald `` Sully '' Sullivan Travolta ! John Travolta Pulp Fiction Vega ! Vincent Vega 1995 ( 68th ) Cage ! Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas Sanderson ! Ben Sanderson Dreyfuss ! Richard Dreyfuss Mr. Holland 's Opus Holland ! Glenn Holland Hopkins ! Anthony Hopkins Nixon Nixon ! Richard Nixon Penn ! Sean Penn Dead Man Walking Poncelet ! Matthew Poncelet Troisi ! Massimo Troisi * Il Postino Ruoppolo ! Mario Ruoppolo ( 69th ) Rush ! Geoffrey Rush Shine Helfgott ! David Helfgott Cruise ! Tom Cruise Jerry Maguire Maguire ! Jerry Maguire Fiennes ! Ralph Fiennes English ! The English Patient de Almásy ! Count László de Almásy Harrelson ! Woody Harrelson People ! The People vs. Larry Flynt Flynt ! Larry Flynt Thornton ! Billy Bob Thornton Sling Blade Childers ! Karl Childers 1997 ( 70th ) Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets Udall ! Melvin Udall Damon ! Matt Damon Good Will Hunting Hunting ! Will Hunting Duvall ! Robert Duvall Apostle ! The Apostle Dewey ! Euliss `` Sonny '' Dewey Fonda ! Peter Fonda Ulee 's Gold Jackson ! Ulysses `` Ulee '' Jackson Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Wag the Dog Motss ! Stanley Motss 1998 ( 71st ) Benigni ! Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful Orefice ! Guido Orefice Hanks ! Tom Hanks Saving Private Ryan Miller ! Captain John Miller McKellen ! Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters Whale ! James Whale Nolte ! Nick Nolte Affliction Whitehouse ! Wade Whitehouse Norton ! Edward Norton American History X Winyard ! Derek Vinyard 1999 ( 72nd ) Spacey ! Kevin Spacey American Beauty Burnham ! Lester Burnham Crowe ! Russell Crowe Insider ! The Insider Wingand ! Jeffrey Wigand Farnsworth ! Richard Farnsworth Straight ! The Straight Story Straight ! Alvin Straight Penn ! Sean Penn Sweet and Lowdown Ray ! Emmet Ray Washington ! Denzel Washington Hurricne ! The Hurricane Carter ! Rubin `` The Hurricane '' Carter 2000 ( 73rd ) Crowe ! Russell Crowe Gladiator Meridius ! Maximus Decimus Meridius Bardem ! Javier Bardem Before Night Falls Arenas ! Reinaldo Arenas Hanks ! Tom Hanks Cast Away Noland ! Chuck Noland Harris ! Ed Harris Pollock Pollock ! Jackson Pollock Rush ! Geoffrey Rush Quills de Sade ! The Marquis de Sade 2001 ( 74th ) Washington ! Denzel Washington Training Day Harris ! Detective Alonzo Harris Crowe ! Russell Crowe Beautiful ! A Beautiful Mind Nash ! John Forbes Nash Jr. Penn ! Sean Penn I Am Sam Dawson ! Sam Dawson Smith ! Will Smith Ali Ali ! Muhammad Ali Wilkinson ! Tom Wilkinson In the Bedroom Fowler ! Dr. Matt Fowler 2002 ( 75th ) Brody ! Adrien Brody Pianist ! The Pianist Szpilman ! Władysław Szpilman Cage ! Nicolas Cage Adaptation Kaufman ! Charlie Kaufman Donald Kaufman Caine ! Michael Caine Quiet ! The Quiet American Fowler ! Thomas Fowler Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis Gangs of New York Cutting ! William `` Bill the Butcher '' Cutting Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson About Schmidt Schmidt ! Warren R. Schmidt 2003 ( 76th ) Penn ! Sean Penn Mystic River Markum ! Jimmy Markum Depp ! Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl Sparrow ! Captain Jack Sparrow Kingsley ! Ben Kingsley House of Sand and Fog Behrani ! Massoud Amir Behrani Law ! Jude Law Cold Mountain Inman ! W.P. Inman Murray ! Bill Murray Lost in Translation Harris ! Bob Harris ( 77th ) Foxx ! Jamie Foxx Ray Charles ! Ray Charles Cheadle ! Don Cheadle Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina ! Paul Rusesabagina Depp ! Johnny Depp Finding Neverland Barrie ! J.M. Barrie DiCaprio ! Leonardo DiCaprio Aviator ! The Aviator Hughes ! Howard Hughes Eastwood ! Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby Dunn ! Frankie Dunn 2005 ( 78th ) Hoffman ! Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote Capote ! Truman Capote Howard ! Terrence Howard Hustle & Flow Djay Ledger ! Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain de Mar ! Ennis Del Mar Phoenix ! Joaquin Phoenix Walk the Line Cash ! Johnny Cash Strathairn ! David Strathairn Good Night, and Good Luck Murrow ! Edward R. Murrow 2006 ( 79th ) Whitaker ! Forest Whitaker Last ! The Last King of Scotland Amin ! Idi Amin DiCaprio ! Leonardo DiCaprio Blood Diamond Archer ! Danny Archer Gosling ! Ryan Gosling Half Nelson Dunne ! Dan Dunne O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Venus Maurice ! Maurice Smith ! Will Smith Pursuit ! The Pursuit of Happyness Gardner ! Chris Gardner 2007 ( 80th ) Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis There Will Be Blood Plainview ! Daniel Plainview Clooney ! George Clooney Michael Clayton Clayton ! Michael Clayton Depp ! Johnny Depp Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Barker ! Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker Jones ! Tommy Lee Jones In the Valley of Elah Deerfield ! Hank Deerfield Mortensen ! Viggo Mortensen Eastern Promises Luzhin ! Nikolai Luzhin 2008 ( 81st ) Penn ! Sean Penn Milk Milk ! Harvey Milk Jenkins ! Richard Jenkins Visitor ! The Visitor Vale ! Walter Vale Langella ! Frank Langella Frost / Nixon Nixon ! Richard Nixon Pitt ! Brad Pitt Curious ! The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Button ! Benjamin Button Rourke ! Mickey Rourke Wrestler ! The Wrestler Robinson ! Randy `` The Ram '' Robinson 2009 ( 82nd ) Bridges ! Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart Blake ! Otis `` Bad '' Blake Clooney ! George Clooney Up in the Air Bingham ! Ryan Bingham Firth ! Colin Firth Single ! A Single Man Falconer ! George Falconer Freeman ! Morgan Freeman Invictus Mandela ! Nelson Mandela Renner ! Jeremy Renner Hurt ! The Hurt Locker James ! SFC William James ( 83rd ) Firth ! Colin Firth King 's ! The King 's Speech George ! King George VI Bardem ! Javier Bardem Biutiful ! Biutiful Uxbal Bridges ! Jeff Bridges True Grit Cogburn ! Reuben `` Rooster '' Cogburn Eisenberg ! Jesse Eisenberg Social ! The Social Network Zuckerburg ! Mark Zuckerberg Franco ! James Franco 127 Hours Ralston ! Aron Ralston 2011 ( 84th ) Dujardin ! Jean Dujardin Artist ! The Artist Valentin ! George Valentin Bichir ! Demián Bichir Better ! A Better Life Galindo ! Carlos Galindo Clooney ! George Clooney Descendants ! The Descendants King ! Matthew King Oldman ! Gary Oldman Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Smiley ! George Smiley Pitt ! Brad Pitt Moneyball Beane ! Billy Beane 2012 ( 85th ) Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis Lincoln Lincoln ! Abraham Lincoln Cooper ! Bradley Cooper Silver Linings Playbook Solitano ! Patrizio `` Pat '' Solitano, Jr. Jackman ! Hugh Jackman Les Misérables Valjean ! Jean Valjean Phoenix ! Joaquin Phoenix Master ! The Master Quell ! Freddie Quell Washington ! Denzel Washington Flight Whitaker ! William `` Whip '' Whitaker, Sr. 2013 ( 86th ) McConaughey ! Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club Woodruff ! Ron Woodroof Bale ! Christian Bale American Hustle Rosenfeld ! Irving Rosenfeld Dern ! Bruce Dern Nebraska Grant ! Woodrow `` Woody '' Grant DiCaprio ! Leonardo DiCaprio Wolf ! The Wolf of Wall Street Belfort ! Jordan Belfort Ejiofor ! Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave Northup ! Solomon Northup 2014 ( 87th ) Redmayne ! Eddie Redmayne Theory ! The Theory of Everything Hawking ! Stephen Hawking Carell ! Steve Carell Foxcatcher du Pont ! John du Pont Cooper ! Bradley Cooper American Sniper Kyle ! Chris Kyle Cumberbatch ! Benedict Cumberbatch Imitation ! The Imitation Game Turing ! Alan Turing Keaton ! Michael Keaton Birdman Thomson ! Riggan Thomson 2015 ( 88th ) DiCaprio ! Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant Glass ! Hugh Glass Cranston ! Bryan Cranston Trumbo ! Trumbo Trumbo ! Dalton Trumbo Damon ! Matt Damon Martian ! The Martian Watney ! Mark Watney Fassbender ! Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs Jobs ! Steve Jobs Redmayne ! Eddie Redmayne Danish ! The Danish Girl Elbe ! Lili Elbe 2016 ( 89th ) Affleck ! Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea Chandler ! Lee Chandler Garfield ! Andrew Garfield Hacksaw Ridge Doss ! Desmond Doss Gosling ! Ryan Gosling La La Land Wilder ! Sebastian Wilder Mortensen ! Viggo Mortensen Captain Fantastic Cash ! Ben Cash Washington ! Denzel Washington Fences Maxson ! Troy Maxson Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards : Wins Actor Daniel Day - Lewis Marlon Brando Gary Cooper Tom Hanks Dustin Hoffman Fredric March Jack Nicholson Sean Penn Spencer Tracy The following individuals received four or more Best Actor nominations : Nominations Actor 9 Laurence Olivier Spencer Tracy 8 Paul Newman Jack Nicholson Peter O'Toole 7 Marlon Brando Dustin Hoffman Jack Lemmon 6 Richard Burton 5 Gary Cooper Daniel Day - Lewis Robert De Niro Tom Hanks Fredric March Paul Muni Al Pacino Gregory Peck Sean Penn James Stewart Denzel Washington Warren Beatty Charles Boyer Michael Caine Leonardo DiCaprio Albert Finney Burt Lancaster Age superlatives Record Actor Film Age ( in years ) Ref. Oldest winner Henry Fonda On Golden Pond 76 Oldest nominee Richard Farnsworth The Straight Story 79 Youngest winner Adrien Brody The Pianist 29 Youngest nominee Jackie Cooper Skippy 9 See also All Academy Award acting nominees Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Notes A ^ : According to longstanding Hollywood legend, reported by Susan Orlean, 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. B : 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. C : 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 current Academy rules, however, dual awards are given only for exact ties. D ^ : Paul Muni 's performance in Black Fury was not nominated for an Oscar. For two years only, the Academy allowed a write - in vote. Technically, this meant that any performance was eligible for the award. The decision was made the previous year in response to the controversy surrounding Bette Davis 's failure to receive a nomination for Of Human Bondage. 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For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period was from August to July. 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. 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Question: who won the academy award for best actor in 2016
Answer: Casey Affleck