Academy Award for Best Actor

Table columns:
Year
Actor
Role(s)
Film
Ref.

Table rows:
cells: 1920s
1920s
1920s
1920s
1920s
cells: 1927/28 (1st)
Emil Jannings [A]
Grand Duke Sergius AlexanderAugust Schilling
The Last CommandThe Way of All Flesh
[10]
cells: 1927/28 (1st)
Richard Barthelmess
Nickie ElkinsPatent Leather Kid
The NooseThe Patent Leather Kid
cells: 1928/29(2nd)[note 1]
Warner Baxter
The Cisco Kid
In Old Arizona
[11]
cells: 1928/29(2nd)[note 1]
George Bancroft
Thunderbolt Jim Lang
Thunderbolt
cells: 1928/29(2nd)[note 1]
Chester Morris
Chick Williams (No. 1065)
Alibi
cells: 1928/29(2nd)[note 1]
Paul Muni
James Dyke
The Valiant
cells: 1928/29(2nd)[note 1]
Lewis Stone
Count Pahlen
The Patriot
cells: 1930s
1930s
1930s
1930s
1930s
cells: 1929/30 (3rd)
George Arliss [B]
Benjamin Disraeli
Disraeli
[12]
cells: 1929/30 (3rd)
George Arliss[B]
The Raja
The Green Goddess
cells: 1929/30 (3rd)
Wallace Beery
Butch "Machine Gun" Schmidt
The Big House
cells: 1929/30 (3rd)
Maurice Chevalier [B]
Pierre Mirande Count Alfred Renard
The Big Pond The Love Parade
cells: 1929/30 (3rd)
Ronald Colman [B]
Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond Michel
Bulldog Drummond Condemned
cells: 1929/30 (3rd)
Lawrence Tibbett
Yegor
The Rogue Song
cells: 1930/31 (4th)
Lionel Barrymore
Stephen Ashe
A Free Soul
[13]
cells: 1930/31 (4th)
Jackie Cooper
Skippy Skinner
Skippy
cells: 1930/31 (4th)
Richard Dix
Yancey Cravat
Cimarron
cells: 1930/31 (4th)
Fredric March
Tony Cavendish
The Royal Family of Broadway
cells: 1930/31 (4th)
Adolphe Menjou
Walter Burns
The Front Page
cells: 1931/32 (5th)
Wallace Beery (TIE) [C]
Andy Purcell – The Champ
The Champ
[14]
cells: 1931/32 (5th)
Fredric March (TIE) [C]
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
cells: 1931/32 (5th)
Alfred Lunt
The Actor
The Guardsman
cells: 1932/33 (6th)
Charles Laughton
King Henry VIII of England
The Private Life of Henry VIII
[15]
cells: 1932/33 (6th)
Leslie Howard
Peter Standish
Berkeley Square
cells: 1932/33 (6th)
Paul Muni
James Allen
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
cells: 1934 (7th)
Clark Gable
Peter Warne
It Happened One Night
[16]
cells: 1934 (7th)
Frank Morgan
Alessandro – Duke of Florence
The Affairs of Cellini
cells: 1934 (7th)
William Powell
Nick Charles
The Thin Man
cells: 1935 (8th)
Victor McLaglen
Gypo Nolan
The Informer
[17]
cells: 1935 (8th)
Clark Gable
Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
Mutiny on the Bounty
cells: 1935 (8th)
Charles Laughton
Captain William Bligh
cells: 1935 (8th)
Franchot Tone
Midshipman Roger Byam
cells: 1935 (8th)
Paul Muni [D]
Joe Radek
Black Fury
cells: 1936 (9th)
Paul Muni
Louis Pasteur
The Story of Louis Pasteur
[18]
cells: 1936 (9th)
Gary Cooper
Longfellow Deeds
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
cells: 1936 (9th)
Walter Huston
Sam Dodsworth
Dodsworth
cells: 1936 (9th)
William Powell
Godfrey Park
My Man Godfrey
cells: 1936 (9th)
Spencer Tracy
Father Tim Mullin
San Francisco
cells: 1937 (10th)
Spencer Tracy
Manuel Fidello
Captains Courageous
[19]
cells: 1937 (10th)
Charles Boyer
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Conquest
cells: 1937 (10th)
Fredric March
Norman Maine
A Star Is Born
cells: 1937 (10th)
Robert Montgomery
Danny
Night Must Fall
cells: 1937 (10th)
Paul Muni
Émile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola
cells: 1938 (11th)
Spencer Tracy
Father Flanagan
Boys Town
[20]
cells: 1938 (11th)
Charles Boyer
Pepe le Moko
Algiers
cells: 1938 (11th)
James Cagney
Rocky Sullivan
Angels with Dirty Faces
cells: 1938 (11th)
Robert Donat
Dr. Andrew Manson
The Citadel
cells: 1938 (11th)
Leslie Howard
Professor Henry Higgins
Pygmalion
cells: 1939 (12th)
Robert Donat
Charles Edward Chipping
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
[21]
cells: 1939 (12th)
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Gone with the Wind
cells: 1939 (12th)
Laurence Olivier
Heathcliff
Wuthering Heights
cells: 1939 (12th)
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Moran
Babes in Arms
cells: 1939 (12th)
James Stewart
Jefferson Smith
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
cells: 1940s
1940s
1940s
1940s
1940s
cells: 1940 (13th)
James Stewart
Macaulay "Mike" Connor
The Philadelphia Story
[22]
cells: 1940 (13th)
Charlie Chaplin
Adenoid Hynkel / The Barber
The Great Dictator
cells: 1940 (13th)
Henry Fonda
Tom Joad
The Grapes of Wrath
cells: 1940 (13th)
Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
cells: 1940 (13th)
Laurence Olivier
Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter
Rebecca
cells: 1941 (14th)
Gary Cooper
Sgt. Alvin York
Sergeant York
[23]
cells: 1941 (14th)
Cary Grant
Roger Adams
Penny Serenade
cells: 1941 (14th)
Walter Huston
Mr. Scratch
The Devil and Daniel Webster
cells: 1941 (14th)
Robert Montgomery
Joe Pendleton
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
cells: 1941 (14th)
Orson Welles
Charles Foster Kane
Citizen Kane
cells: 1942 (15th)
James Cagney
George M. Cohan
Yankee Doodle Dandy
[24]
cells: 1942 (15th)
Ronald Colman
Charles Rainier
Random Harvest
cells: 1942 (15th)
Gary Cooper
Lou Gehrig
The Pride of the Yankees
cells: 1942 (15th)
Walter Pidgeon
Clem Miniver
Mrs. Miniver
cells: 1942 (15th)
Monty Woolley
Howard
The Pied Piper
cells: 1943 (16th)
Paul Lukas
Kurt Muller
Watch on the Rhine
[25]
cells: 1943 (16th)
Humphrey Bogart
Rick Blaine
Casablanca
cells: 1943 (16th)
Gary Cooper
Robert Jordan
For Whom the Bell Tolls
cells: 1943 (16th)
Walter Pidgeon
Pierre Curie
Madame Curie
cells: 1943 (16th)
Mickey Rooney
Homer Macauley
The Human Comedy
cells: 1944 (17th)
Bing Crosby
Father Chuck O'Malley
Going My Way
[26]
cells: 1944 (17th)
Charles Boyer
Gregory Anton
Gaslight
cells: 1944 (17th)
Barry Fitzgerald
Father Fitzgibbon
Going My Way
cells: 1944 (17th)
Cary Grant
Ernie Mott
None but the Lonely Heart
cells: 1944 (17th)
Alexander Knox
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
cells: 1945 (18th)
Ray Milland
Don Birnam
The Lost Weekend
[27]
cells: 1945 (18th)
Bing Crosby
Father Chuck O'Malley
The Bells of St. Mary's
cells: 1945 (18th)
Gene Kelly
Joseph Brady
Anchors Aweigh
cells: 1945 (18th)
Gregory Peck
Father Francis
The Keys of the Kingdom
cells: 1945 (18th)
Cornel Wilde
Frédéric Chopin
A Song to Remember
cells: 1946 (19th)
Fredric March
Al Stephenson
The Best Years of Our Lives
[28]
cells: 1946 (19th)
Laurence Olivier
King Henry V of England
Henry V
cells: 1946 (19th)
Larry Parks
Al Jolson
The Jolson Story
cells: 1946 (19th)
Gregory Peck
Ezra "Penny" Baxter
The Yearling
cells: 1946 (19th)
James Stewart
George Bailey
It's a Wonderful Life
cells: 1947 (20th)
Ronald Colman
Anthony John
A Double Life
[29]
cells: 1947 (20th)
John Garfield
Charlie Davis
Body and Soul
cells: 1947 (20th)
Gregory Peck
Philip Schuyler Green
Gentleman's Agreement
cells: 1947 (20th)
William Powell
Clarence Day, Sr.
Life with Father
cells: 1947 (20th)
Michael Redgrave
Orin Mannon
Mourning Becomes Electra
cells: 1948 (21st)
Laurence Olivier
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Hamlet
[30]
cells: 1948 (21st)
Lew Ayres
Dr. Robert Richardson
Johnny Belinda
cells: 1948 (21st)
Montgomery Clift
Ralph "Steve" Stevenson
The Search
cells: 1948 (21st)
Dan Dailey
"Skid" Johnson
When My Baby Smiles at Me
cells: 1948 (21st)
Clifton Webb
Lynn Aloysius Belvedere
Sitting Pretty
cells: 1949 (22nd)
Broderick Crawford
Willie Stark
All the King's Men
[31]
cells: 1949 (22nd)
Kirk Douglas
Michael "Midge" Kelly
Champion
cells: 1949 (22nd)
Gregory Peck
Brig. General Frank Savage
Twelve O'Clock High
cells: 1949 (22nd)
Richard Todd
Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
The Hasty Heart
cells: 1949 (22nd)
John Wayne
Sergeant John M. Stryker
Sands of Iwo Jima
cells: 1950s
1950s
1950s
1950s
1950s
cells: 1950 (23rd)
José Ferrer
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
[32]
cells: 1950 (23rd)
Louis Calhern
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Magnificent Yankee
cells: 1950 (23rd)
William Holden
Joe Gillis
Sunset Boulevard
cells: 1950 (23rd)
James Stewart
Elwood P. Dowd
Harvey
cells: 1950 (23rd)
Spencer Tracy
Stanley T. Banks
Father of the Bride
cells: 1951 (24th)
Humphrey Bogart
Charlie Allnut
The African Queen
[33]
cells: 1951 (24th)
Marlon Brando
Stanley Kowalski
A Streetcar Named Desire
cells: 1951 (24th)
Montgomery Clift
George Eastman
A Place in the Sun
cells: 1951 (24th)
Arthur Kennedy
Larry Nevins
Bright Victory
cells: 1951 (24th)
Fredric March
Willy Loman
Death of a Salesman
cells: 1952 (25th)
Gary Cooper
Marshal Will Kane
High Noon
[34]
cells: 1952 (25th)
Marlon Brando
Emiliano Zapata
Viva Zapata!
cells: 1952 (25th)
Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
The Bad and the Beautiful
cells: 1952 (25th)
José Ferrer
Henri de Toulouse-LautrecComte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec
Moulin Rouge
cells: 1952 (25th)
Alec Guinness
Holland
The Lavender Hill Mob
cells: 1953 (26th)
William Holden
Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Stalag 17
[35]
cells: 1953 (26th)
Marlon Brando
Mark Antony
Julius Caesar
cells: 1953 (26th)
Richard Burton
Marcellus Gallio
The Robe
cells: 1953 (26th)
Montgomery Clift
Pvt. Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt
From Here to Eternity
cells: 1953 (26th)
Burt Lancaster
1st Sgt. Milton Warden
cells: 1954 (27th)
Marlon Brando
Terry Malloy
On the Waterfront
[36]
cells: 1954 (27th)
Humphrey Bogart
Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg
The Caine Mutiny
cells: 1954 (27th)
Bing Crosby
Frank Elgin
The Country Girl
cells: 1954 (27th)
James Mason
Norman Maine
A Star Is Born
cells: 1954 (27th)
Dan O'Herlihy
Robinson Crusoe
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
cells: 1955 (28th)
Ernest Borgnine
Marty Piletti
Marty
[37]
cells: 1955 (28th)
James Cagney
Martin Snyder
Love Me or Leave Me
cells: 1955 (28th)
James Dean *[38]
Cal Trask
East of Eden
cells: 1955 (28th)
Frank Sinatra
Frankie Machine
The Man with the Golden Arm
cells: 1955 (28th)
Spencer Tracy
John J. Macreedy
Bad Day at Black Rock
cells: 1956 (29th)
Yul Brynner
King Mongkut of Siam
The King and I
[39]
cells: 1956 (29th)
James Dean *[38]
Jett Rink
Giant
cells: 1956 (29th)
Kirk Douglas
Vincent van Gogh
Lust for Life
cells: 1956 (29th)
Rock Hudson
Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr.
Giant
cells: 1956 (29th)
Laurence Olivier
King Richard III of England
Richard III
cells: 1957 (30th)
Alec Guinness
Lt. Colonel L. Nicholson, D.S.O.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
[40]
cells: 1957 (30th)
Marlon Brando
Major Lloyd "Ace" Gruver, USAF
Sayonara
cells: 1957 (30th)
Anthony Franciosa
Polo Pope
A Hatful of Rain
cells: 1957 (30th)
Charles Laughton
Sir Wilfrid Robarts
Witness for the Prosecution
cells: 1957 (30th)
Anthony Quinn
Gino
Wild Is the Wind
cells: 1958 (31st)
David Niven
Major Angus Pollock
Separate Tables
[41]
cells: 1958 (31st)
Tony Curtis
John "Joker" Jackson
The Defiant Ones
cells: 1958 (31st)
Paul Newman
Brick Pollitt
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
cells: 1958 (31st)
Sidney Poitier
Noah Cullen
The Defiant Ones
cells: 1958 (31st)
Spencer Tracy
The Old Man
The Old Man and the Sea
cells: 1959 (32nd)
Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
[42]
cells: 1959 (32nd)
Laurence Harvey
Joe Lampton
Room at the Top
cells: 1959 (32nd)
Jack Lemmon
Jerry / Daphne
Some Like It Hot
cells: 1959 (32nd)
Paul Muni
Dr. Sam Abelman
The Last Angry Man
cells: 1959 (32nd)
James Stewart
Paul Biegler
Anatomy of a Murder
cells: 1960s
1960s
1960s
1960s
1960s
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
[43]
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Trevor Howard
Walter Morel
Sons and Lovers
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Jack Lemmon
C. C. "Bud" Baxter
The Apartment
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Laurence Olivier
Archie Rice
The Entertainer
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Inherit the Wind
cells: 1961 (34th)
Maximilian Schell
Hans Rolfe
Judgment at Nuremberg
[44]
cells: 1961 (34th)
Charles Boyer
Cesar
Fanny
cells: 1961 (34th)
Paul Newman
Eddie Felson
The Hustler
cells: 1961 (34th)
Spencer Tracy
Chief Judge Dan Haywood
Judgment at Nuremberg
cells: 1961 (34th)
Stuart Whitman
Jim Fuller
The Mark
cells: 1962 (35th)
Gregory Peck
Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird
[45]
cells: 1962 (35th)
Burt Lancaster
Robert Franklin Stroud
Birdman of Alcatraz
cells: 1962 (35th)
Jack Lemmon
Joe Clay
Days of Wine and Roses
cells: 1962 (35th)
Marcello Mastroianni
Ferdinando Cefalù
Divorce Italian Style
cells: 1962 (35th)
Peter O'Toole
T. E. Lawrence
Lawrence of Arabia
cells: 1963 (36th)
Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith
Lilies of the Field
[46]
cells: 1963 (36th)
Albert Finney
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
cells: 1963 (36th)
Richard Harris
Frank Machin
This Sporting Life
cells: 1963 (36th)
Rex Harrison
Julius Caesar
Cleopatra
cells: 1963 (36th)
Paul Newman
Hud Bannon
Hud
cells: 1964 (37th)
Rex Harrison
Professor Henry Higgins
My Fair Lady
[47]
cells: 1964 (37th)
Richard Burton
Thomas Becket
Becket
cells: 1964 (37th)
Peter O'Toole
King Henry II of England
cells: 1964 (37th)
Anthony Quinn
Alexis Zorba
Zorba the Greek
cells: 1964 (37th)
Peter Sellers
Group Captain Lionel MandrakePresident Merkin MuffleyDr. Strangelove
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
cells: 1965 (38th)
Lee Marvin
Kid ShelleenTim Strawn
Cat Ballou
[48]
cells: 1965 (38th)
Richard Burton
Alec Leamas
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
cells: 1965 (38th)
Laurence Olivier
Othello
Othello
cells: 1965 (38th)
Rod Steiger
Sol Nazerman
The Pawnbroker
cells: 1965 (38th)
Oskar Werner
Willie Schumann
Ship of Fools
cells: 1966 (39th)
Paul Scofield
Sir Thomas More
A Man for All Seasons
[49]
cells: 1966 (39th)
Alan Arkin
Lt. Rozanov
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
cells: 1966 (39th)
Richard Burton
George
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
cells: 1966 (39th)
Michael Caine
Alfie Elkins
Alfie
cells: 1966 (39th)
Steve McQueen
Jake Holman
The Sand Pebbles
cells: 1967 (40th)
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night
[50]
cells: 1967 (40th)
Warren Beatty
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde
cells: 1967 (40th)
Dustin Hoffman
Benjamin Braddock
The Graduate
cells: 1967 (40th)
Paul Newman
Lucas "Cool Hand Luke" Jackson
Cool Hand Luke
cells: 1967 (40th)
Spencer Tracy *[38]
Matt Drayton
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
cells: 1968 (41st)
Cliff Robertson
Charly Gordon
Charly
[51]
cells: 1968 (41st)
Alan Arkin
John Singer
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
cells: 1968 (41st)
Alan Bates
Yakov Bok
The Fixer
cells: 1968 (41st)
Ron Moody
Fagin
Oliver!
cells: 1968 (41st)
Peter O'Toole
King Henry II of England
The Lion in Winter
cells: 1969 (42nd)
John Wayne
Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn
True Grit
[52]
cells: 1969 (42nd)
Richard Burton
King Henry VIII of England
Anne of the Thousand Days
cells: 1969 (42nd)
Dustin Hoffman
Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" "Rico" Rizzo
Midnight Cowboy
cells: 1969 (42nd)
Peter O'Toole
Arthur Chipping
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
cells: 1969 (42nd)
Jon Voight
Joe Buck
Midnight Cowboy
cells: 1970s
1970s
1970s
1970s
1970s
cells: 1970 (43rd)
George C. Scott §[53]
General George S. Patton Jr.
Patton
[54]
cells: 1970 (43rd)
Melvyn Douglas
Tom Garrison
I Never Sang for My Father
cells: 1970 (43rd)
James Earl Jones
Jack Jefferson
The Great White Hope
cells: 1970 (43rd)
Jack Nicholson
Robert Eroica Dupea
Five Easy Pieces
cells: 1970 (43rd)
Ryan O'Neal
Oliver Barrett IV
Love Story
cells: 1971 (44th)
Gene Hackman
Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
The French Connection
[55]
cells: 1971 (44th)
Peter Finch
Dr. Daniel Hirsh
Sunday Bloody Sunday
cells: 1971 (44th)
Walter Matthau
Joseph P. Kotcher
Kotch
cells: 1971 (44th)
George C. Scott
Dr. Herbert Bock
The Hospital
cells: 1971 (44th)
Topol
Tevye
Fiddler on the Roof
cells: 1972 (45th)
Marlon Brando §[53]
Vito Corleone
The Godfather
[56]
cells: 1972 (45th)
Michael Caine
Milo Tindle
Sleuth
cells: 1972 (45th)
Laurence Olivier
Andrew Wyke
cells: 1972 (45th)
Peter O'Toole
Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney
The Ruling Class
cells: 1972 (45th)
Paul Winfield
Nathan Lee Morgan
Sounder
cells: 1973 (46th)
Jack Lemmon
Harry Stoner
Save the Tiger
[57]
cells: 1973 (46th)
Marlon Brando
Paul
Last Tango in Paris
cells: 1973 (46th)
Jack Nicholson
Signalman First Class Billy L. "Badass" Buddusky
The Last Detail
cells: 1973 (46th)
Al Pacino
Frank Serpico
Serpico
cells: 1973 (46th)
Robert Redford
Johnny "Kelly" Hooker
The Sting
cells: 1974 (47th)
Art Carney
Harry Coombes
Harry and Tonto
[58]
cells: 1974 (47th)
Albert Finney
Hercule Poirot
Murder on the Orient Express
cells: 1974 (47th)
Dustin Hoffman
Lenny Bruce
Lenny
cells: 1974 (47th)
Jack Nicholson
J. J. "Jake" Gittes
Chinatown
cells: 1974 (47th)
Al Pacino
Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part II
cells: 1975 (48th)
Jack Nicholson
Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
[59]
cells: 1975 (48th)
Walter Matthau
Willy Clark
The Sunshine Boys
cells: 1975 (48th)
Al Pacino
Sonny Wortzik
Dog Day Afternoon
cells: 1975 (48th)
Maximilian Schell
Arthur Goldman
The Man in the Glass Booth
cells: 1975 (48th)
James Whitmore
Harry S. Truman
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
cells: 1976 (49th)
Peter Finch ^[38]
Howard Beale
Network
[60]
cells: 1976 (49th)
Robert De Niro
Travis Bickle
Taxi Driver
cells: 1976 (49th)
Giancarlo Giannini
Pasqualino Frafuso
Seven Beauties
cells: 1976 (49th)
William Holden
Max Schumacher
Network
cells: 1976 (49th)
Sylvester Stallone
Rocky Balboa
Rocky
cells: 1977 (50th)
Richard Dreyfuss
Elliot Garfield
The Goodbye Girl
[61]
cells: 1977 (50th)
Woody Allen
Alvy Singer
Annie Hall
cells: 1977 (50th)
Richard Burton
Martin Dysart
Equus
cells: 1977 (50th)
Marcello Mastroianni
Gabriele
A Special Day
cells: 1977 (50th)
John Travolta
Anthony "Tony" Manero
Saturday Night Fever
cells: 1978 (51st)
Jon Voight
Luke Martin
Coming Home
[62]
cells: 1978 (51st)
Warren Beatty
Joe Pendleton
Heaven Can Wait
cells: 1978 (51st)
Gary Busey
Buddy Holly
The Buddy Holly Story
cells: 1978 (51st)
Robert De Niro
Michael Vronsky
The Deer Hunter
cells: 1978 (51st)
Laurence Olivier
Ezra Lieberman
The Boys from Brazil
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Dustin Hoffman
Ted Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer
[63]
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Jack Lemmon
Jack Godell
The China Syndrome
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Al Pacino
Arthur Kirkland
...And Justice for All
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Roy Scheider
Joe Gideon
All That Jazz
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Peter Sellers
Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner
Being There
cells: 1980s
1980s
1980s
1980s
1980s
cells: 1980 (53rd)
Robert De Niro
Jake LaMotta
Raging Bull
[64]
cells: 1980 (53rd)
Robert Duvall
Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur "Bull" Meechum
The Great Santini
cells: 1980 (53rd)
John Hurt
John Merrick
The Elephant Man
cells: 1980 (53rd)
Jack Lemmon
Scottie Templeton
Tribute
cells: 1980 (53rd)
Peter O'Toole
Eli Cross
The Stunt Man
cells: 1981 (54th)
Henry Fonda
Norman Thayer Jr.
On Golden Pond
[65]
cells: 1981 (54th)
Warren Beatty
John Silas "Jack" Reed
Reds
cells: 1981 (54th)
Burt Lancaster
Lou Pascal
Atlantic City
cells: 1981 (54th)
Dudley Moore
Arthur Bach
Arthur
cells: 1981 (54th)
Paul Newman
Michael Colin Gallagher
Absence of Malice
cells: 1982 (55th)
Ben Kingsley
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gandhi
[66]
cells: 1982 (55th)
Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey, aka Dorothy Michaels
Tootsie
cells: 1982 (55th)
Jack Lemmon
Ed Horman
Missing
cells: 1982 (55th)
Paul Newman
Frank Galvin
The Verdict
cells: 1982 (55th)
Peter O'Toole
Alan Swann
My Favorite Year
cells: 1983 (56th)
Robert Duvall
Mac Sledge
Tender Mercies
[67]
cells: 1983 (56th)
Michael Caine
Dr. Frank Bryant
Educating Rita
cells: 1983 (56th)
Tom Conti
Gowan McGland
Reuben, Reuben
cells: 1983 (56th)
Tom Courtenay
Norman
The Dresser
cells: 1983 (56th)
Albert Finney
Sir
cells: 1984 (57th)
F. Murray Abraham
Antonio Salieri
Amadeus
[68]
cells: 1984 (57th)
Jeff Bridges
Starman
Starman
cells: 1984 (57th)
Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin
Under the Volcano
cells: 1984 (57th)
Tom Hulce
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amadeus
cells: 1984 (57th)
Sam Waterston
Sydney Schanberg
The Killing Fields
cells: 1985 (58th)
William Hurt
Luis Molina
Kiss of the Spider Woman
[69]
cells: 1985 (58th)
Harrison Ford
Detective Captain John Book
Witness
cells: 1985 (58th)
James Garner
Murphy Jones
Murphy's Romance
cells: 1985 (58th)
Jack Nicholson
Charley Partanna
Prizzi's Honor
cells: 1985 (58th)
Jon Voight
Oscar "Manny" Manheim
Runaway Train
cells: 1986 (59th)
Paul Newman
Fast Eddie Felson
The Color of Money
[70]
cells: 1986 (59th)
Dexter Gordon
Dale Turner
Round Midnight
cells: 1986 (59th)
Bob Hoskins
George
Mona Lisa
cells: 1986 (59th)
William Hurt
James Leeds
Children of a Lesser God
cells: 1986 (59th)
James Woods
Richard Boyle
Salvador
cells: 1987 (60th)
Michael Douglas
Gordon Gekko
Wall Street
[71]
cells: 1987 (60th)
William Hurt
Tom Grunick
Broadcast News
cells: 1987 (60th)
Marcello Mastroianni
Romano
Dark Eyes
cells: 1987 (60th)
Jack Nicholson
Francis Phelan
Ironweed
cells: 1987 (60th)
Robin Williams
Adrian Cronauer
Good Morning, Vietnam
cells: 1988 (61st)
Dustin Hoffman
Raymond Babbitt
Rain Man
[72]
cells: 1988 (61st)
Gene Hackman
Agent Rupert Anderson
Mississippi Burning
cells: 1988 (61st)
Tom Hanks
Josh Baskin
Big
cells: 1988 (61st)
Edward James Olmos
Jaime Escalante
Stand and Deliver
cells: 1988 (61st)
Max von Sydow
Lassefar
Pelle the Conqueror
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Christy Brown
My Left Foot
[73]
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Kenneth Branagh
King Henry V of England
Henry V
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Tom Cruise
Ron Kovic
Born on the Fourth of July
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Morgan Freeman
Hoke Colburn
Driving Miss Daisy
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Robin Williams
John Charles "Keats" Keating
Dead Poets Society
cells: 1990s
1990s
1990s
1990s
1990s
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Jeremy Irons
Claus von Bülow
Reversal of Fortune
[74]
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Kevin Costner
Lieutenant John J. Dunbar
Dances with Wolves
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Robert De Niro
Leonard Lowe
Awakenings
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Gérard Depardieu
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Richard Harris
"Bull" McCabe
The Field
cells: 1991 (64th)
Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
The Silence of the Lambs
[75]
cells: 1991 (64th)
Warren Beatty
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Bugsy
cells: 1991 (64th)
Robert De Niro
Maximilian "Max" Cady
Cape Fear
cells: 1991 (64th)
Nick Nolte
Tom Wingo
The Prince of Tides
cells: 1991 (64th)
Robin Williams
Henry "Parry" Sagan
The Fisher King
cells: 1992 (65th)
Al Pacino
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade
Scent of a Woman
[76]
cells: 1992 (65th)
Robert Downey Jr.
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
cells: 1992 (65th)
Clint Eastwood
William "Will" Munny
Unforgiven
cells: 1992 (65th)
Stephen Rea
Fergus
The Crying Game
cells: 1992 (65th)
Denzel Washington
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
cells: 1993 (66th)
Tom Hanks
Andrew Beckett
Philadelphia
[77]
cells: 1993 (66th)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gerry Conlon
In the Name of the Father
cells: 1993 (66th)
Laurence Fishburne
Ike Turner
What's Love Got to Do with It
cells: 1993 (66th)
Anthony Hopkins
James Stevens
The Remains of the Day
cells: 1993 (66th)
Liam Neeson
Oskar Schindler
Schindler's List
cells: 1994 (67th)
Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
[78]
cells: 1994 (67th)
Morgan Freeman
Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
The Shawshank Redemption
cells: 1994 (67th)
Nigel Hawthorne
King George III
The Madness of King George
cells: 1994 (67th)
Paul Newman
Donald "Sully" Sullivan
Nobody's Fool
cells: 1994 (67th)
John Travolta
Vincent Vega
Pulp Fiction
cells: 1995 (68th)
Nicolas Cage
Ben Sanderson
Leaving Las Vegas
[79]
cells: 1995 (68th)
Richard Dreyfuss
Glenn Holland
Mr. Holland's Opus
cells: 1995 (68th)
Anthony Hopkins
Richard Nixon
Nixon
cells: 1995 (68th)
Sean Penn
Matthew Poncelet
Dead Man Walking
cells: 1995 (68th)
Massimo Troisi *[38]
Mario Ruoppolo
Il Postino
cells: 1996 (69th)
Geoffrey Rush
David Helfgott
Shine
[80]
cells: 1996 (69th)
Tom Cruise
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire
cells: 1996 (69th)
Ralph Fiennes
Count László de Almásy
The English Patient
cells: 1996 (69th)
Woody Harrelson
Larry Flynt
The People vs. Larry Flynt
cells: 1996 (69th)
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Sling Blade
cells: 1997 (70th)
Jack Nicholson
Melvin Udall
As Good as It Gets
[81]
cells: 1997 (70th)
Matt Damon
Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting
cells: 1997 (70th)
Robert Duvall
Euliss "Sonny" Dewey
The Apostle
cells: 1997 (70th)
Peter Fonda
Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson
Ulee's Gold
cells: 1997 (70th)
Dustin Hoffman
Stanley Motss
Wag the Dog
cells: 1998 (71st)
Roberto Benigni
Guido Orefice
Life Is Beautiful
[82]
cells: 1998 (71st)
Tom Hanks
Captain John Miller
Saving Private Ryan
cells: 1998 (71st)
Ian McKellen
James Whale
Gods and Monsters
cells: 1998 (71st)
Nick Nolte
Wade Whitehouse
Affliction
cells: 1998 (71st)
Edward Norton
Derek Vinyard
American History X
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Kevin Spacey
Lester Burnham
American Beauty
[83]
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Russell Crowe
Jeffrey Wigand
The Insider
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Richard Farnsworth
Alvin Straight
The Straight Story
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Sean Penn
Emmet Ray
Sweet and Lowdown
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Denzel Washington
Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter
The Hurricane
cells: 2000s
2000s
2000s
2000s
2000s
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Russell Crowe
Maximus Decimus Meridius
Gladiator
[84]
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Javier Bardem
Reinaldo Arenas
Before Night Falls
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Tom Hanks
Chuck Noland
Cast Away
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Ed Harris
Jackson Pollock
Pollock
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Geoffrey Rush
The Marquis de Sade
Quills
cells: 2001 (74th)
Denzel Washington
Detective Alonzo Harris
Training Day
[85]
cells: 2001 (74th)
Russell Crowe
John Forbes Nash Jr.
A Beautiful Mind
cells: 2001 (74th)
Sean Penn
Sam Dawson
I Am Sam
cells: 2001 (74th)
Will Smith
Muhammad Ali
Ali
cells: 2001 (74th)
Tom Wilkinson
Dr. Matt Fowler
In the Bedroom
cells: 2002 (75th)
Adrien Brody
Władysław Szpilman
The Pianist
[86]
cells: 2002 (75th)
Nicolas Cage
Charlie KaufmanDonald Kaufman
Adaptation
cells: 2002 (75th)
Michael Caine
Thomas Fowler
The Quiet American
cells: 2002 (75th)
Daniel Day-Lewis
William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting
Gangs of New York
cells: 2002 (75th)
Jack Nicholson
Warren R. Schmidt
About Schmidt
cells: 2003 (76th)
Sean Penn
Jimmy Markum
Mystic River
[87]
cells: 2003 (76th)
Johnny Depp
Captain Jack Sparrow
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
cells: 2003 (76th)
Ben Kingsley
Massoud Amir Behrani
House of Sand and Fog
cells: 2003 (76th)
Jude Law
W. P. Inman
Cold Mountain
cells: 2003 (76th)
Bill Murray
Bob Harris
Lost in Translation
cells: 2004 (77th)
Jamie Foxx
Ray Charles
Ray
[88]
cells: 2004 (77th)
Don Cheadle
Paul Rusesabagina
Hotel Rwanda
cells: 2004 (77th)
Johnny Depp
J. M. Barrie
Finding Neverland
cells: 2004 (77th)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Howard Hughes
The Aviator
cells: 2004 (77th)
Clint Eastwood
Frankie Dunn
Million Dollar Baby
cells: 2005 (78th)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Truman Capote
Capote
[89]
cells: 2005 (78th)
Terrence Howard
Djay
Hustle & Flow
cells: 2005 (78th)
Heath Ledger
Ennis Del Mar
Brokeback Mountain
cells: 2005 (78th)
Joaquin Phoenix
Johnny Cash
Walk the Line
cells: 2005 (78th)
David Strathairn
Edward R. Murrow
Good Night, and Good Luck
cells: 2006 (79th)
Forest Whitaker
Idi Amin
The Last King of Scotland
[90]
cells: 2006 (79th)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Danny Archer
Blood Diamond
cells: 2006 (79th)
Ryan Gosling
Dan Dunne
Half Nelson
cells: 2006 (79th)
Peter O'Toole
Maurice Russell
Venus
cells: 2006 (79th)
Will Smith
Chris Gardner
The Pursuit of Happyness
cells: 2007 (80th)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Plainview
There Will Be Blood
[91]
cells: 2007 (80th)
George Clooney
Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton
cells: 2007 (80th)
Johnny Depp
Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
cells: 2007 (80th)
Tommy Lee Jones
Hank Deerfield
In the Valley of Elah
cells: 2007 (80th)
Viggo Mortensen
Nikolai Luzhin
Eastern Promises
cells: 2008 (81st)
Sean Penn
Harvey Milk
Milk
[92]
cells: 2008 (81st)
Richard Jenkins
Walter Vale
The Visitor
cells: 2008 (81st)
Frank Langella
Richard Nixon
Frost/Nixon
cells: 2008 (81st)
Brad Pitt
Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
cells: 2008 (81st)
Mickey Rourke
Randy "The Ram" Robinson
The Wrestler
cells: 2009 (82nd)
Jeff Bridges
Otis "Bad" Blake
Crazy Heart
[93]
cells: 2009 (82nd)
George Clooney
Ryan Bingham
Up in the Air
cells: 2009 (82nd)
Colin Firth
George Falconer
A Single Man
cells: 2009 (82nd)
Morgan Freeman
Nelson Mandela
Invictus
cells: 2009 (82nd)
Jeremy Renner
SFC William James
The Hurt Locker
cells: 2010s
2010s
2010s
2010s
2010s
cells: 2010 (83rd)
Colin Firth
King George VI
The King's Speech
[94]
cells: 2010 (83rd)
Javier Bardem
Uxbal
Biutiful
cells: 2010 (83rd)
Jeff Bridges
Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn
True Grit
cells: 2010 (83rd)
Jesse Eisenberg
Mark Zuckerberg
The Social Network
cells: 2010 (83rd)
James Franco
Aron Ralston
127 Hours
cells: 2011 (84th)
Jean Dujardin
George Valentin
The Artist
[95]
cells: 2011 (84th)
Demián Bichir
Carlos Galindo
A Better Life
cells: 2011 (84th)
George Clooney
Matthew King
The Descendants
cells: 2011 (84th)
Gary Oldman
George Smiley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
cells: 2011 (84th)
Brad Pitt
Billy Beane
Moneyball
cells: 2012 (85th)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
[96]
cells: 2012 (85th)
Bradley Cooper
Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr.
Silver Linings Playbook
cells: 2012 (85th)
Hugh Jackman
Jean Valjean
Les Misérables
cells: 2012 (85th)
Joaquin Phoenix
Freddie Quell
The Master
cells: 2012 (85th)
Denzel Washington
William "Whip" Whitaker, Sr.
Flight
cells: 2013 (86th)
Matthew McConaughey
Ron Woodroof
Dallas Buyers Club
[97]
cells: 2013 (86th)
Christian Bale
Irving Rosenfeld
American Hustle
cells: 2013 (86th)
Bruce Dern
Woodrow "Woody" Grant
Nebraska
cells: 2013 (86th)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jordan Belfort
The Wolf of Wall Street
cells: 2013 (86th)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Solomon Northup
12 Years a Slave
cells: 2014 (87th)
Eddie Redmayne
Stephen Hawking
The Theory of Everything
[98]
cells: 2014 (87th)
Steve Carell
John du Pont
Foxcatcher
cells: 2014 (87th)
Bradley Cooper
Chris Kyle
American Sniper
cells: 2014 (87th)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Alan Turing
The Imitation Game
cells: 2014 (87th)
Michael Keaton
Riggan Thomson
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
cells: 2015 (88th)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Hugh Glass
The Revenant
[99]
cells: 2015 (88th)
Bryan Cranston
Dalton Trumbo
Trumbo
cells: 2015 (88th)
Matt Damon
Mark Watney
The Martian
cells: 2015 (88th)
Michael Fassbender
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
cells: 2015 (88th)
Eddie Redmayne
Lili Elbe
The Danish Girl
cells: 2016 (89th)
Casey Affleck
Lee Chandler
Manchester by the Sea
[100]
cells: 2016 (89th)
Andrew Garfield
Desmond Doss
Hacksaw Ridge
cells: 2016 (89th)
Ryan Gosling
Sebastian Wilder
La La Land
cells: 2016 (89th)
Viggo Mortensen
Ben Cash
Captain Fantastic
cells: 2016 (89th)
Denzel Washington
Troy Maxson
Fences
cells: 2017 (90th)
Gary Oldman
Winston Churchill
Darkest Hour
[101]
cells: 2017 (90th)
Timothée Chalamet
Elio Perlman
Call Me by Your Name
cells: 2017 (90th)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Reynolds Woodcock
Phantom Thread
cells: 2017 (90th)
Daniel Kaluuya
Chris Washington
Get Out
cells: 2017 (90th)
Denzel Washington
Roman J. Israel
Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Questions about this table:
originalText: who won the academy award this year for best actor
answer: answerTexts: Gary Oldman