Academy award for Best actor - wikipedia Academy award for Best actor Academy Award for Best Actor The 2018 recipient : Gary Oldman 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 Emil Jannings The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh 1929 ( for performance in films released during the 1927 / 1928 film season ) Currently held by Gary Oldman Darkest Hour ( 2017 ) 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 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 2018 ceremony, Gary Oldman is the most recent winner in this category for portraying Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. 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. Emil Jannings was the first winner in this category for his roles in 1928 's The Last Command and 1927 's The Way of All Flesh. Lionel Barrymore won in 1930 for his performance in A Free Soul. Fredric March won twice for his roles in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( 1931 ) and The Best Years of Our Lives ( 1946 ). 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. James Stewart won for his role in The Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ). Gary Cooper won twice for his roles in Sergeant York ( 1941 ) and High Noon ( 1952 ). James Cagney won for playing as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy ( 1942 ). Bing Crosby won in 1944 for his performance in Going My Way. Laurence Olivier won in 1948 for his role as the title character in Hamlet, a film which he himself directed. Humphrey Bogart won for his performance in The African Queen ( 1951 ). William Holden win for his performance in Stalag 17 ( 1953 ). Marlon Brando won twice from seven nominations for his roles in 1954 's On the Waterfront and 1972 's The Godfather. Burt Lancaster won for his role in Elmer Gantry ( 1960 ). 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. John Wayne won for his role in 1969 's True Grit. 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. Henry Fonda won for his performance in On Golden Pond ( 1981 ). Ben Kingsley won for his portrayal of the title role in Gandhi ( 1982 ). Paul Newman won for his performance in 1986 's The Color of Money. Michael Douglas won in 1987 for his performance in Wall Street. Daniel Day - Lewis is the first and only 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. 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. Geoffrey Rush won for his role as David Helfgott in 1996 's Shine. 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 for Gladiator ( 2000 ). Denzel Washington won 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. Jamie Foxx won for his performance as Ray Charles in the 2004 film, Ray. Philip Seymour Hoffman won for his portrayal of Truman Capote in Capote ( 2005 ). Forest Whitaker won for his performance as Idi Amin in the 2006 film, The Last King of Scotland. Jeff Bridges won for his performance in 2009 's Crazy Heart. Colin Firth won 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 for his role as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club ( 2013 ). Eddie Redmayne won for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything ( 2014 ). Leonardo DiCaprio won for his role as Hugh Glass in The Revenant ( 2015 ). Casey Affleck won for his role in Manchester by the Sea ( 2016 ). Table key Indicates the winner § Indicates winner who refused the award Indicates posthumous winner * Indicates posthumous nominee Year Actor Role ( s ) Film Ref. 1920s 1927 / 28 ( 1st ) Jannings ! Emil Jannings Grand Duke Sergius Alexander August Schilling Last ! The Last Command The Way of All Flesh Barthelmess ! Richard Barthelmess Elkins ! Nickie Elkins Patent Leather Kid Noose ! The Noose The Patent Leather Kid 1928 / 29 ( 2nd ) Baxter ! Warner Baxter Cisco ! The Cisco Kid In Old Arizona Bancroft ! George Bancroft Lang ! Thunderbolt Jim Lang Thunderbolt Morris ! Chester Morris Williams ! Chick Williams ( No. 1065 ) Alibi Muni ! Paul Muni Dyke ! James Dyke Valiant ! The Valiant Stone ! Lewis Stone Pahlen ! Count Pahlen Patriot ! The Patriot 1930s 1929 / 30 ( 3rd ) Arliss ! George Arliss Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli Arliss ! George Arliss Raja ! The Raja Green ! The Green Goddess Beery ! Wallace Beery Schmidt ! Butch `` Machine Gun '' Schmidt Big ! The Big House Chevalier ! Maurice Chevalier Mirande ! Pierre Mirande Count Alfred Renard Big ! The Big Pond The Love Parade Colman ! Ronald Colman Drummond ! Capt. Hugh `` Bulldog '' Drummond Michel Bulldog ! Bulldog Drummond Condemned Tibbett ! Lawrence Tibbett Yegor ! Yegor Rogue ! The Rogue Song 1930 / 31 ( 4th ) Barrymore ! Lionel Barrymore Ashe ! Stephen Ashe Free ! A Free Soul Cooper ! Jackie Cooper Skinner ! Skippy Skinner Skippy Dix ! Richard Dix Cravat ! Yancey Cravat Cimarron March ! Fredric March Cavendish ! Tony Cavendish Royal ! The Royal Family of Broadway Menjou ! Adolphe Menjou Burns ! Walter Burns Front ! The Front Page 1931 / 32 ( 5th ) Beery ! Wallace Beery ( TIE ) Purcell ! Andy Purcell -- The Champ Champ ! The Champ March ! Fredric March ( TIE ) Jekyll ! Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Lunt ! Alfred Lunt Actor ! The Actor Guardsman ! The Guardsman 1932 / 33 ( 6th ) Laughton ! Charles Laughton Henry ! King Henry VIII of England Private ! The Private Life of Henry VIII Howard ! Leslie Howard Standish ! Peter Standish Berkeley Square Muni ! Paul Muni Allen ! James Allen I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1934 ( 7th ) Gable ! Clark Gable Warne ! Peter Warne It Happened One Night Morgan ! Frank Morgan de ' Medici ! Alessandro -- Duke of Florence Affairs ! The Affairs of Cellini Powell ! William Powell Charles ! Nick Charles Thin ! The Thin Man 1935 ( 8th ) McLaglen ! Victor McLaglen Nolan ! Gypo Nolan Informer ! The Informer Gable ! Clark Gable Christian ! Lieutenant Fletcher Christian Mutiny on the Bounty Laughton ! Charles Laughton Bligh ! Captain William Bligh Tone ! Franchot Tone Byam ! Midshipman Roger Byam Muni ! Paul Muni Radek ! Joe Radek Black Fury 1936 ( 9th ) Muni ! Paul Muni Pasteur ! Louis Pasteur Story ! The Story of Louis Pasteur Cooper ! Gary Cooper Deeds ! Longfellow Deeds Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Huston ! Walter Huston Dodsworth ! Sam Dodsworth Dodsworth Powell ! William Powell Park ! Godfrey Park My Man Godfrey Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Mullin ! Father Tim Mullin San Francisco 1937 ( 10th ) Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Manuel Fidello Captains Courageous Boyer ! Charles Boyer Bonaparte ! Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte Conquest March ! Fredric March Maine ! Norman Maine Star ! A Star Is Born Montgomery ! Robert Montgomery Danny Night Must Fall Muni ! Paul Muni Zola ! Émile Zola Life ! The Life of Emile Zola 1938 ( 11th ) Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Flanagan ! Father Flanagan Boys Town Boyer ! Charles Boyer Pepe le Moko Algiers Cagney ! James Cagney Sullivan ! Rocky Sullivan Angels with Dirty Faces Donat ! Robert Donat Manson ! Dr. Andrew Manson Citadel ! The Citadel Howard ! Leslie Howard Higgins ! Professor Henry Higgins Pygmalion 1939 ( 12th ) Donat ! Robert Donat Charles Edward Chipping Goodbye, Mr. Chips Gable ! Clark Gable Butler ! Rhett Butler Gone with the Wind Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Heathcliff Wuthering Heights Rooney ! Mickey Rooney Moran ! Mickey Moran Babes in Arms Stewart ! James Stewart Smith ! Jefferson Smith Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1940s 1940 ( 13th ) Stewart ! James Stewart Macaulay `` Mike '' Connor Philadelphia ! The Philadelphia Story Chaplin ! Charlie Chaplin Hynkel ! Adenoid Hynkel / The Barber Great ! The Great Dictator Fonda ! Henry Fonda Joad ! Tom Joad Grapes ! The Grapes of Wrath Massey ! Raymond Massey Lincoln ! Abraham Lincoln Abe ! Abe Lincoln in Illinois Olivier ! Laurence Olivier de Winter ! Maximilian `` Maxim '' de Winter Rebecca 1941 ( 14th ) Cooper ! Gary Cooper Sgt. Alvin York Sergeant York Grant ! Cary Grant Adams ! Roger Adams Penny Serenade Huston ! Walter Huston Scratch ! Mr. Scratch The Devil and Daniel Webster Montgomery ! Robert Montgomery Pendleton ! Joe Pendleton Here Comes Mr. Jordan Welles ! Orson Welles Kane ! Charles Foster Kane Citizen Kane 1942 ( 15th ) Cagney ! James Cagney Cohan ! George M. Cohan Yankee Doodle Dandy Colman ! Ronald Colman Rainer ! Charles Rainier Random Harvest Cooper ! Gary Cooper Gehrig ! Lou Gehrig Pride ! The Pride of the Yankees Pidgeon ! Walter Pidgeon Miniver ! Clem Miniver Mrs. Miniver Woolley ! Monty Woolley Howard Pied ! The Pied Piper 1943 ( 16th ) Lukas ! Paul Lukas Muller ! Kurt Muller Watch on the Rhine Bogart ! Humphrey Bogart Blaine ! Rick Blaine Casablanca Cooper ! Gary Cooper Jordan ! Robert Jordan For Whom the Bell Tolls Pidgeon ! Walter Pidgeon Curie ! Pierre Curie Madame Curie Rooney ! Mickey Rooney Macauley ! Homer Macauley Human ! The Human Comedy 1944 ( 17th ) Crosby ! Bing Crosby O'Malley ! Father Chuck O'Malley Going My Way Boyer ! Charles Boyer Anton ! Gregory Anton Gaslight Fitzgerald ! Barry Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon ! Father Fitzgibbon Going My Way Grant ! Cary Grant Mott ! Ernie Mott None but the Lonely Heart Knox ! Alexander Knox Wilson ! Woodrow Wilson Wilson 1945 ( 18th ) Milland ! Ray Milland Birnam ! Don Birnam Lost ! The Lost Weekend Crosby ! Bing Crosby O'Malley ! Father Chuck O'Malley Bells ! The Bells of St. Mary 's Kelly ! Gene Kelly Brady ! Joseph Brady Anchors Aweigh Peck ! Gregory Peck Francis ! Father Francis Keys ! The Keys of the Kingdom Wilde ! Cornel Wilde Chopin ! Frédéric Chopin Song ! A Song to Remember 1946 ( 19th ) March ! Fredric March Stephenson ! Al Stephenson Best ! The Best Years of Our Lives Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Henry ! King Henry V of England Henry V Parks ! Larry Parks Jolson ! Al Jolson Jolson ! The Jolson Story Peck ! Gregory Peck Baxter ! Ezra `` Penny '' Baxter Yearling ! The Yearling Stewart ! James Stewart Bailey ! George Bailey It 's a Wonderful Life 1947 ( 20th ) Colman ! Ronald Colman John ! Anthony John Double ! A Double Life Garfield ! John Garfield Davis ! Charlie Davis Body and Soul Peck ! Gregory Peck Green ! Philip Schuyler Green Gentleman 's Agreement Powell ! William Powell Day ! Clarence Day, Sr. Life with Father Redgrave ! Michael Redgrave Mannon ! Orin Mannon Mourning Becomes Electra 1948 ( 21st ) Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Hamlet Ayres ! Lew Ayres Richardson ! Dr. Robert Richardson Johnny Belinda Clift ! Montgomery Clift Stevenson ! Ralph `` Steve '' Stevenson Search ! The Search Dailey ! Dan Dailey Johnson ! `` Skid '' Johnson When My Baby Smiles at Me Webb ! Clifton Webb Belevedre ! Lynn Aloysius Belvedere Sitting Pretty 1949 ( 22nd ) Crawford ! Broderick Crawford Willie Stark All the King 's Men Douglas ! Kirk Douglas Kelly ! Michael `` Midge '' Kelly Champion Peck ! Gregory Peck Savage ! Brig. General Frank Savage Twelve O'Clock High Todd ! Richard Todd MacLachlan ! Cpl. Lachlan `` Lachie '' MacLachlan Hasty ! The Hasty Heart Wayne ! John Wayne Stryker ! Sergeant John M. Stryker Sands of Iwo Jima 1950s 1950 ( 23rd ) Ferrer ! José Ferrer de Bergerac ! Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Calhern ! Louis Calhern Holmes ! Oliver Wendell Holmes Magnificent ! The Magnificent Yankee Holden ! William Holden Gillis ! Joe Gillis Sunset Boulevard Stewart ! James Stewart Dowd ! Elwood P. Dowd Harvey Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Banks ! Stanley T. Banks Father of the Bride 1951 ( 24th ) Bogart ! Humphrey Bogart Allnut ! Charlie Allnut African ! The African Queen Brando ! Marlon Brando Kowalski ! Stanley Kowalski Streetcar ! A Streetcar Named Desire Clift ! Montgomery Clift Eastman ! George Eastman Place ! A Place in the Sun Kennedy ! Arthur Kennedy Nevins ! Larry Nevins Bright Victory March ! Fredric March Loman ! Willy Loman Death of a Salesman 1952 ( 25th ) Cooper ! Gary Cooper Kane ! Marshal Will Kane High Noon Brando ! Marlon Brando Zapata ! Emiliano Zapata Viva Zapata ! Douglas ! Kirk Douglas Shields ! Jonathan Shields Bad ! The Bad and the Beautiful Ferrer ! José Ferrer Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec Comte Alphonse de Toulouse - Lautrec Moulin Rouge Guinness ! Alec Guinness name ! Holland Lavender ! The Lavender Hill Mob 1953 ( 26th ) Holden ! William Holden Sefton ! Sgt. J.J. Sefton Stalag 17 Brando ! Marlon Brando Antony ! Mark Antony Julius Caesar Burton ! Richard Burton Gallio ! Marcellus Gallio Robe ! The Robe Clift ! Montgomery Clift Prewitt ! Pvt. Robert E. Lee `` Prew '' Prewitt From Here to Eternity Lancaster ! Burt Lancaster Warden ! 1st Sgt. Milton Warden 1954 ( 27th ) Brando ! Marlon Brando Terry Malloy On the Waterfront Bogart ! Humphrey Bogart Queeg ! Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg Caine ! The Caine Mutiny Crosby ! Bing Crosby Elgin ! Frank Elgin Country ! The Country Girl Mason ! James Mason Maine ! Norman Maine Star ! A Star Is Born O'Herlihy ! Dan O'Herlihy Crusoe ! Robinson Crusoe Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 1955 ( 28th ) Borgnine ! Ernest Borgnine Piletti ! Marty Piletti Marty Cagney ! James Cagney Snyder ! Martin Snyder Love Me or Leave Me Dean ! James Dean * Trask ! Cal Trask East of Eden Sinatra ! Frank Sinatra Machine ! Frankie Machine Man ! The Man with the Golden Arm Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Macreedy ! John J. Macreedy Bad Day at Black Rock 1956 ( 29th ) Brynner ! Yul Brynner Mongkut ! King Mongkut of Siam King ! The King and I Dean ! James Dean * Rink ! Jett Rink Giant Douglas ! Kirk Douglas van Gogh ! Vincent van Gogh Lust for Life Hudson ! Rock Hudson Benedict ! Jordan `` Bick '' Benedict Jr. Giant Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Richard ! King Richard III of England Richard III 1957 ( 30th ) Guinness ! Alec Guinness Nicholson ! Lt. Colonel L. Nicholson, D.S.O. Bridge ! The Bridge on the River Kwai Brando ! Marlon Brando Gruver ! Major Lloyd `` Ace '' Gruver, USAF Sayonara Franciosa ! Anthony Franciosa Pope ! Polo Pope Hateful ! A Hatful of Rain Laughton ! Charles Laughton Robarts ! Sir Wilfrid Robarts Witness for the Prosecution Quinn ! Anthony Quinn Gino Wild Is the Wind 1958 ( 31st ) Niven ! David Niven Pollock ! Major Angus Pollock Separate Tables Curtis ! Tony Curtis Jackson ! John `` Joker '' Jackson Defiant ! The Defiant Ones Newman ! Paul Newman Pollitt ! Brick Pollitt Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Poitier ! Sidney Poitier Noah ! Noah Cullen Defiant ! The Defiant Ones Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Old ! The Old Man Old ! The Old Man and the Sea 1959 ( 32nd ) Heston ! Charlton Heston Ben Hur ! Judah Ben - Hur Ben - Hur Harvey ! Laurence Harvey Lampton ! Joe Lampton Room at the Top Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Jerry / Daphne Some Like It Hot Muni ! Paul Muni Abelman ! Dr. Sam Abelman Last ! The Last Angry Man Stewart ! James Stewart Biegler ! Paul Biegler Anatomy of a Murder 1960s 1960 ( 33rd ) Lancaster ! Burt Lancaster Gantry ! Elmer Gantry Elmer Gantry Howard ! Trevor Howard Morel ! Walter Morel Sons and Lovers Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Baxter ! C.C. `` Bud '' Baxter Apartment ! The Apartment Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Rice ! Archie Rice Entertainer ! The Entertainer Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Drummond ! Henry Drummond Inherit the Wind 1961 ( 34th ) Schell ! Maximilian Schell Rolfe ! Hans Rolfe Judgment at Nuremberg Boyer ! Charles Boyer Cesar Fanny Newman ! Paul Newman Felson ! Eddie Felson Hustler ! The Hustler Tracy ! Spencer Tracy Haywood ! Chief Judge Dan Haywood Judgment at Nuremberg Whitman ! Stuart Whitman Fuller ! Jim Fuller Mark ! The Mark 1962 ( 35th ) Peck ! Gregory Peck Finch ! Atticus Finch To Kill a Mockingbird Lancaster ! Burt Lancaster Stroud ! Robert Franklin Stroud Birdman of Alcatraz Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Clay ! Joe Clay Days of Wine and Roses Mastroianni ! Marcello Mastroianni Cefalù ! Ferdinando Cefalù Divorce Italian Style O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Lawrence ! T.E. Lawrence Lawrence of Arabia 1963 ( 36th ) Poitier ! Sidney Poitier Smith ! Homer Smith Lilies of the Field Finney ! Albert Finney Jones ! Tom Jones Tom Jones Harris ! Richard Harris Machin ! Frank Machin This Sporting Life Harrison ! Rex Harrison Caesar ! Julius Caesar Cleopatra Newman ! Paul Newman Bannon ! Hud Bannon Hud 1964 ( 37th ) Harrison ! Rex Harrison Higgins ! Professor Henry Higgins My Fair Lady Burton ! Richard Burton Becket ! Thomas Becket Becket O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Henry ! King Henry II of England Quinn ! Anthony Quinn Zorba ! Alexis Zorba Zorba the Greek Sellers ! Peter Sellers Mandrake ! Group Captain Lionel Mandrake President Merkin Muffley Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove or : How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1965 ( 38th ) Marvin ! Lee Marvin Shelleen ! Kid Shelleen Tim Strawn Cat Ballou Burton ! Richard Burton Leamas ! Alec Leamas Spy ! The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Othello Othello Steiger ! Rod Steiger Nazerman ! Sol Nazerman Pawnbroker ! The Pawnbroker Werner ! Oskar Werner Schumann ! Willie Schumann Ship of Fools 1966 ( 39th ) Scofield ! Paul Scofield More ! Sir Thomas More Man ! A Man for All Seasons Arkin ! Alan Arkin Bozanov ! Lt. Rozanov Russians ! The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Burton ! Richard Burton George Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? Caine ! Michael Caine Elkins ! Alfie Elkins Alfie McQueen ! Steve McQueen Holman ! Jake Holman Sand ! The Sand Pebbles 1967 ( 40th ) Steiger ! Rod Steiger Police Chief Bill Gillespie In the Heat of the Night Beatty ! Warren Beatty Barrow ! Clyde Barrow Bonnie and Clyde Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Braddock ! Benjamin Braddock Graduate ! The Graduate Newman ! Paul Newman Jackson ! Lucas `` Cool Hand Luke '' Jackson Cool Hand Luke Tracy ! Spencer Tracy * Drayton ! Matt Drayton Guess Who 's Coming to Dinner 1968 ( 41st ) Robertson ! Cliff Robertson Gordon ! Charly Gordon Charly Arkin ! Alan Arkin Singer ! John Singer Heart ! The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Bates ! Alan Bates Bok ! Yakov Bok Fixer ! The Fixer Moody ! Ron Moody Fagin Oliver ! O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Henry ! King Henry II of England Lion ! The Lion in Winter 1969 ( 42nd ) Wayne ! John Wayne Cogburn ! Reuben `` Rooster '' Cogburn True Grit Burton ! Richard Burton Henry ! King Henry VIII of England Anne of the Thousand Days Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Rizzo ! Enrico Salvatore `` Ratso '' `` Rico '' Rizzo Midnight Cowboy O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Chipping ! Arthur Chipping Goodbye, Mr. Chips Voight ! Jon Voight Buck ! Joe Buck Midnight Cowboy 1970s 1970 ( 43rd ) Scott ! George C. Scott § Patton ! General George S. Patton Jr. Patton Douglas ! Melvyn Douglas Garrison ! Tom Garrison I Never Sang for My Father Jones ! James Earl Jones Jefferson ! Jack Jefferson Great ! The Great White Hope Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Dupea ! Robert Eroica Dupea Five Easy Pieces O'Neal ! Ryan O'Neal Barrett ! Oliver Barrett IV Love Story 1971 ( 44th ) Hackman ! Gene Hackman Doyle ! Detective Jimmy `` Popeye '' Doyle French ! The French Connection Finch ! Peter Finch Hirsh ! Dr. Daniel Hirsh Sunday Bloody Sunday Matthau ! Walter Matthau Kotcher ! Joseph P. Kotcher Kotch Scott ! George C. Scott Bock ! Dr. Herbert Bock Hospital ! The Hospital Topol Tevye ! Tevye Fiddler on the Roof 1972 ( 45th ) Brando ! Marlon Brando § Corleone ! Vito Corleone Godfather ! The Godfather Caine ! Michael Caine Tindle ! Milo Tindle Sleuth Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Wyke ! Andrew Wyke O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Gurney ! Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney Ruling ! The Ruling Class Winfield ! Paul Winfield Morgan ! Nathan Lee Morgan Sounder 1973 ( 46th ) Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Stoner ! Harry Stoner Save the Tiger Brando ! Marlon Brando Paul Last Tango in Paris Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Signalman First Class Billy L. `` Badass '' Buddusky Last ! The Last Detail Pacino ! Al Pacino Serpico ! Frank Serpico Serpico Redford ! Robert Redford Hooker ! Johnny `` Kelly '' Hooker Sting ! The Sting ( 47th ) Carney ! Art Carney Coombes ! Harry Coombes Harry and Tonto Finney ! Albert Finney Poirot ! Hercule Poirot Murder on the Orient Express Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Bruce ! Lenny Bruce Lenny Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Gittes ! J.J. `` Jake '' Gittes Chinatown Pacino ! Al Pacino Corleone ! Michael Corleone Godfather ! The Godfather Part II ( 48th ) Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson McMurphy ! Randle Patrick `` Mac '' McMurphy One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest Matthau ! Walter Matthau Clark ! Willy Clark Sunshine ! The Sunshine Boys Pacino ! Al Pacino Wortzik ! Sonny Wortzik Dog Day Afternoon Schell ! Maximilian Schell Goldman ! Arthur Goldman Man ! The Man in the Glass Booth Whitmore ! James Whitmore Truman ! Harry S. Truman Give ' em Hell, Harry ! 1976 ( 49th ) Finch ! Peter Finch ^ Beale ! Howard Beale Network De Niro ! Robert De Niro Bickle ! Travis Bickle Taxi Driver Giannini ! Giancarlo Giannini Frafuso ! Pasqualino Frafuso Seven Beauties Holden ! William Holden Schumacher ! Max Schumacher Network Stallone ! Sylvester Stallone Balboa ! Rocky Balboa Rocky 1977 ( 50th ) Dreyfuss ! Richard Dreyfuss Garfield ! Elliot Garfield Goodbye ! The Goodbye Girl Allen ! Woody Allen Singer ! Alvy Singer Annie Hall Burton ! Richard Burton Dysart ! Martin Dysart Equus Mastroianni ! Marcello Mastroianni Gabriele Special ! A Special Day Travolta ! John Travolta Manero ! Anthony `` Tony '' Manero Saturday Night Fever 1978 ( 51st ) Voight ! Jon Voight Martin ! Luke Martin Coming Home Beatty ! Warren Beatty Pendleton ! Joe Pendleton Heaven Can Wait Busey ! Gary Busey Holly ! Buddy Holly Buddy ! The Buddy Holly Story De Niro ! Robert De Niro Vronsky ! Michael Vronsky Deer ! The Deer Hunter Olivier ! Laurence Olivier Lieberman ! Ezra Lieberman Boys ! The Boys from Brazil 1979 ( 52nd ) Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Kramer ! Ted Kramer Kramer vs. Kramer Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Godell ! Jack Godell China ! The China Syndrome Pacino ! Al Pacino Kirkland ! Arthur Kirkland And !... And Justice for All Scheider ! Roy Scheider Gideon ! Joe Gideon All That Jazz Sellers ! Peter Sellers Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner Being There 1980s 1980 ( 53rd ) De Niro ! Robert De Niro LaMotta ! Jake LaMotta Raging Bull Duvall ! Robert Duvall Meechum ! Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur `` Bull '' Meechum Great ! The Great Santini Hurt ! John Hurt Merrick ! John Merrick Elephant ! The Elephant Man Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Templeton ! Scottie Templeton Tribute O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Cross ! Eli Cross Stunt ! The Stunt Man 1981 ( 54th ) Fonda ! Henry Fonda Thayer ! Norman Thayer Jr. On Golden Pond Beatty ! Warren Beatty Reed ! John Silas `` Jack '' Reed Reds Lancaster ! Burt Lancaster Pascal ! Lou Pascal Atlantic City Moore ! Dudley Moore Bach ! Arthur Bach Arthur Newman ! Paul Newman Gallagher ! Michael Colin Gallagher Absence of Malice 1982 ( 55th ) Kingsley ! Ben Kingsley Gandhi ! Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gandhi Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Dorsey ! Michael Dorsey, aka Dorothy Michaels Tootsie Lemmon ! Jack Lemmon Horman ! Ed Horman Missing Newman ! Paul Newman Galvin ! Frank Galvin Verdict ! The Verdict O'Toole ! Peter O'Toole Swann ! Alan Swann My Favorite Year ( 56th ) Duvall ! Robert Duvall Sledge ! Mac Sledge Tender Mercies Caine ! Michael Caine Bryant ! Dr. Frank Bryant Educating Rita Conti ! Tom Conti McGland ! Gowan McGland Reuben, Reuben Courtenay ! Tom Courtenay Norman Dresser ! The Dresser Finney ! Albert Finney Sir 1984 ( 57th ) Abraham ! F. Murray Abraham Salieri ! Antonio Salieri Amadeus Bridges ! Jeff Bridges Starman Starman Finney ! Albert Finney Firmin ! Geoffrey Firmin Under the Volcano Hulce ! Tom Hulce Amadeus ! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Amadeus Waterston ! Sam Waterston Schanberg ! Sydney Schanberg Killing ! The Killing Fields 1985 ( 58th ) Hurt ! William Hurt Molina ! Luis Molina Kiss of the Spider Woman Ford ! Harrison Ford Book ! Detective Captain John Book Witness Garner ! James Garner Jones ! Murphy Jones Murphy 's Romance Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Partanna ! Charley Partanna Prizzi 's Honor Voight ! Jon Voight Manheim ! Oscar `` Manny '' Manheim Runaway Train 1986 ( 59th ) Newman ! Paul Newman Felson ! Fast Eddie Felson Color ! The Color of Money Gordon ! Dexter Gordon Turner ! Dale Turner Round Midnight Hoskins ! Bob Hoskins George Mona Lisa Hurt ! William Hurt Leeds ! James Leeds Children of a Lesser God Woods ! James Woods Boyle ! Richard Boyle Salvador ( 60th ) Douglas ! Michael Douglas Gekko ! Gordon Gekko Wall Street Hurt ! William Hurt Grunick ! Tom Grunick Broadcast News Mastroianni ! Marcello Mastroianni Romano Dark Eyes Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Phelan ! Francis Phelan Ironweed Williams ! Robin Williams Cronauer ! Adrian Cronauer Good Morning, Vietnam 1988 ( 61st ) Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Babbitt ! Raymond Babbitt Rain Man Hackman ! Gene Hackman Anderson ! Agent Rupert Anderson Mississippi Burning Hanks ! Tom Hanks Baskin ! Josh Baskin Big Olmos ! Edward James Olmos Escalante ! Jaime Escalante Stand and Deliver von Sydow ! Max von Sydow Lassefar Pelle the Conqueror 1989 ( 62nd ) Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis Brown ! Christy Brown My Left Foot Branagh ! Kenneth Branagh Henry ! King Henry V of England Henry V Cruise ! Tom Cruise Kovic ! Ron Kovic Born on the Fourth of July Freeman ! Morgan Freeman Colburn ! Hoke Colburn Driving Miss Daisy Williams ! Robin Williams Keating ! John Charles `` Keats '' Keating Dead Poets Society 1990s 1990 ( 63rd ) Irons ! Jeremy Irons Claus von Bülow Reversal of Fortune Costner ! Kevin Costner Dunbar ! Lieutenant John J. Dunbar Dances with Wolves De Niro ! Robert De Niro Lowe ! Leonard Lowe Awakenings Depardieu ! Gérard Depardieu de Bergerac ! Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Harris ! Richard Harris McCage ! `` Bull '' McCabe Field ! The Field 1991 ( 64th ) Hopkins ! Anthony Hopkins Dr. Hannibal Lecter Silence ! The Silence of the Lambs Beatty ! Warren Beatty Siegel ! Benjamin `` Bugsy '' Siegel Bugsy De Niro ! Robert De Niro Cady ! Maximilian `` Max '' Cady Cape Fear Nolte ! Nick Nolte Wingo ! Tom Wingo Prince ! The Prince of Tides Williams ! Robin Williams Sagan ! Henry `` Parry '' Sagan Fisher ! The Fisher King 1992 ( 65th ) Pacino ! Al Pacino Slade ! Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade Scent of a Woman Downey Jr. ! Robert Downey Jr. Chaplin ! Charlie Chaplin Chaplin Eastwood ! Clint Eastwood Munny ! William `` Will '' Munny Unforgiven Rea ! Stephen Rea Fergus Crying ! The Crying Game Washington ! Denzel Washington Malcolm X Malcolm X 1993 ( 66th ) Hanks ! Tom Hanks Beckett ! Andrew Beckett Philadelphia Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis Conlon ! Gerry Conlon In the Name of the Father Fishburne ! Laurence Fishburne Turner ! Ike Turner What 's Love Got to Do with It Hopkins ! Anthony Hopkins Stevens ! James Stevens Remains ! The Remains of the Day Neeson ! Liam Neeson Schindler ! Oskar Schindler Schindler 's List 1994 ( 67th ) Hanks ! Tom Hanks Gump ! Forrest Gump Forrest Gump Freeman ! Morgan Freeman Redding ! Ellis Boyd `` Red '' Redding Shawshank ! The Shawshank Redemption Hawthorne ! Nigel Hawthorne George ! King George III Madness ! The Madness of King George Newman ! Paul Newman Sullivan ! Donald `` Sully '' Sullivan Nobody 's Fool Travolta ! John Travolta Vega ! Vincent Vega Pulp Fiction 1995 ( 68th ) Cage ! Nicolas Cage Sanderson ! Ben Sanderson Leaving Las Vegas Dreyfuss ! Richard Dreyfuss Holland ! Glenn Holland Mr. Holland 's Opus Hopkins ! Anthony Hopkins Nixon ! Richard Nixon Nixon Penn ! Sean Penn Poncelet ! Matthew Poncelet Dead Man Walking Troisi ! Massimo Troisi * Ruoppolo ! Mario Ruoppolo Il Postino ( 69th ) Rush ! Geoffrey Rush Helfgott ! David Helfgott Shine Cruise ! Tom Cruise Maguire ! Jerry Maguire Jerry Maguire Fiennes ! Ralph Fiennes de Almásy ! Count László de Almásy English ! The English Patient Harrelson ! Woody Harrelson Flynt ! Larry Flynt People ! The People vs. Larry Flynt Thornton ! Billy Bob Thornton Childers ! Karl Childers Sling Blade 1997 ( 70th ) Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Udall ! Melvin Udall As Good as It Gets Damon ! Matt Damon Hunting ! Will Hunting Good Will Hunting Duvall ! Robert Duvall Dewey ! Euliss `` Sonny '' Dewey Apostle ! The Apostle Fonda ! Peter Fonda Jackson ! Ulysses `` Ulee '' Jackson Ulee 's Gold Hoffman ! Dustin Hoffman Motss ! Stanley Motss Wag the Dog 1998 ( 71st ) Benigni ! Roberto Benigni Orefice ! Guido Orefice Life Is Beautiful Hanks ! Tom Hanks Miller ! Captain John Miller Saving Private Ryan McKellen ! Ian McKellen Whale ! James Whale Gods and Monsters Nolte ! Nick Nolte Whitehouse ! Wade Whitehouse Affliction Norton ! Edward Norton Winyard ! Derek Vinyard American History X 1999 ( 72nd ) Spacey ! Kevin Spacey Burnham ! Lester Burnham American Beauty Crowe ! Russell Crowe Wingand ! Jeffrey Wigand Insider ! The Insider Farnsworth ! Richard Farnsworth Straight ! Alvin Straight Straight ! The Straight Story Penn ! Sean Penn Ray ! Emmet Ray Sweet and Lowdown Washington ! Denzel Washington Carter ! Rubin `` The Hurricane '' Carter Hurricane ! The Hurricane 2000s 2000 ( 73rd ) Crowe ! Russell Crowe Meridius ! Maximus Decimus Meridius Gladiator Bardem ! Javier Bardem Arenas ! Reinaldo Arenas Before Night Falls Hanks ! Tom Hanks Noland ! Chuck Noland Cast Away Harris ! Ed Harris Pollock ! Jackson Pollock Pollock Rush ! Geoffrey Rush de Sade ! The Marquis de Sade Quills 2001 ( 74th ) Washington ! Denzel Washington Harris ! Detective Alonzo Harris Training Day Crowe ! Russell Crowe Nash ! John Forbes Nash Jr. Beautiful ! A Beautiful Mind Penn ! Sean Penn Dawson ! Sam Dawson I Am Sam Smith ! Will Smith Ali ! Muhammad Ali Ali Wilkinson ! Tom Wilkinson Fowler ! Dr. Matt Fowler In the Bedroom 2002 ( 75th ) Brody ! Adrien Brody Szpilman ! Władysław Szpilman Pianist ! The Pianist Cage ! Nicolas Cage Kaufman ! Charlie Kaufman Donald Kaufman Adaptation Caine ! Michael Caine Fowler ! Thomas Fowler Quiet ! The Quiet American Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis Cutting ! William `` Bill the Butcher '' Cutting Gangs of New York Nicholson ! Jack Nicholson Schmidt ! Warren R. Schmidt About Schmidt 2003 ( 76th ) Penn ! Sean Penn Markum ! Jimmy Markum Mystic River Depp ! Johnny Depp Sparrow ! Captain Jack Sparrow Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl Kingsley ! Ben Kingsley Behrani ! Massoud Amir Behrani House of Sand and Fog Law ! Jude Law Inman ! W.P. Inman Cold Mountain Murray ! Bill Murray Harris ! Bob Harris Lost in Translation ( 77th ) Foxx ! Jamie Foxx Charles ! Ray Charles Ray Cheadle ! Don Cheadle Rusesabagina ! Paul Rusesabagina Hotel Rwanda Depp ! Johnny Depp Barrie ! J.M. Barrie Finding Neverland DiCaprio ! Leonardo DiCaprio Hughes ! Howard Hughes Aviator ! The Aviator Eastwood ! Clint Eastwood Dunn ! Frankie Dunn Million Dollar Baby 2005 ( 78th ) Hoffman ! Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote ! Truman Capote Capote Howard ! Terrence Howard Djay Hustle & Flow Ledger ! 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Harvey Milk Milk Jenkins ! Richard Jenkins Vale ! Walter Vale Visitor ! The Visitor Langella ! Frank Langella Nixon ! Richard Nixon Frost / Nixon Pitt ! Brad Pitt Button ! Benjamin Button Curious ! The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Rourke ! Mickey Rourke Robinson ! Randy `` The Ram '' Robinson Wrestler ! The Wrestler 2009 ( 82nd ) Bridges ! Jeff Bridges Blake ! Otis `` Bad '' Blake Crazy Heart Clooney ! George Clooney Bingham ! Ryan Bingham Up in the Air Firth ! Colin Firth Falconer ! George Falconer Single ! A Single Man Freeman ! Morgan Freeman Mandela ! Nelson Mandela Invictus Renner ! Jeremy Renner James ! SFC William James Hurt ! The Hurt Locker 2010s ( 83rd ) Firth ! Colin Firth George ! King George VI King 's ! The King 's Speech Bardem ! Javier Bardem Uxbal Biutiful ! Biutiful Bridges ! Jeff Bridges Cogburn ! Reuben `` Rooster '' Cogburn True Grit Eisenberg ! Jesse Eisenberg Zuckerberg ! Mark Zuckerberg Social ! The Social Network Franco ! James Franco Ralston ! Aron Ralston 127 Hours 2011 ( 84th ) Dujardin ! Jean Dujardin Valentin ! George Valentin Artist ! The Artist Bichir ! Demián Bichir Galindo ! Carlos Galindo Better ! A Better Life Clooney ! George Clooney King ! Matthew King Descendants ! The Descendants Oldman ! Gary Oldman Smiley ! George Smiley Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Pitt ! Brad Pitt Beane ! Billy Beane Moneyball 2012 ( 85th ) Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis Lincoln ! Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Cooper ! Bradley Cooper Solitano ! Patrizio `` Pat '' Solitano, Jr. Silver Linings Playbook Jackman ! Hugh Jackman Valjean ! Jean Valjean Les Misérables Phoenix ! Joaquin Phoenix Quell ! Freddie Quell Master ! The Master Washington ! Denzel Washington Whitaker ! William `` Whip '' Whitaker, Sr. Flight 2013 ( 86th ) McConaughey ! Matthew McConaughey Woodruff ! Ron Woodroof Dallas Buyers Club Bale ! Christian Bale Rosenfeld ! Irving Rosenfeld American Hustle Dern ! Bruce Dern Grant ! Woodrow `` Woody '' Grant Nebraska DiCaprio ! 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Andrew Garfield Doss ! Desmond Doss Hacksaw Ridge Gosling ! Ryan Gosling Wilder ! Sebastian Wilder La La Land Mortensen ! Viggo Mortensen Cash ! Ben Cash Captain Fantastic Washington ! Denzel Washington Maxson ! Troy Maxson Fences 2017 ( 90th ) Oldman ! Gary Oldman Churchill ! Winston Churchill Darkest Hour Chalamet ! Timothée Chalamet Perlman ! Elio Perlman Call Me by Your Name Day - Lewis ! Daniel Day - Lewis Woodcock ! Reynolds Woodcock Phantom Thread Kaluuya ! Daniel Kaluuya Washington ! Chris Washington Get Out Washington ! Denzel Washington Israel ! Roman J. Israel Roman J. Israel, Esq. Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards : Wins Actor Nominations Daniel Day - Lewis 6 Spencer Tracy 9 Jack Nicholson 8 Marlon Brando 7 Dustin Hoffman Gary Cooper 5 Tom Hanks Fredric March Sean Penn 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 Daniel Day - Lewis Denzel Washington 5 Gary Cooper Robert De Niro Tom Hanks Fredric March Paul Muni Al Pacino Gregory Peck Sean Penn James Stewart 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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Question: who won the best actor award for the oscars
Answer: Gary Oldman