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Academy Award for Best Actor
These are the
Academy Awards
for Best Actor
. The
films
are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 went to the best actor in 1999.
1928
Emil Jannings
-
The Last Command
and
The Way of All Flesh
Richard Barthelmess
-
The Noose
and
The Patent Leather Kid
Charlie Chaplin
-
The Circus
1929
Warner Baxter
-
In Old Arizona
George Bancroft
-
Thunderbolt
Chester Morris
-
Alibi
Paul Muni
-
The Valiant
Lewis Stone
-
The Patriot
1930
George Arliss
-
Disraeli
George Arliss
-
The Green Goddess
Wallace Beery
-
The Big House
Maurice Chevalier
-
The Big Pond
and
The Love Parade
Ronald Colman
-
Bulldog Drummond
and
Condemned
Lawrence Tibbett
-
The Rogue Song
1931
Lionel Barrymore
-
A Free Soul
Adolphe Menjou
-
The Front Page
Jackie Cooper
-
Skippy
Richard Dix
-
Cimarron
Fredric March
-
The Royal Family of Broadway
1932
Wallace Beery
-
The Champ
and
Fredric March
-
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Alfred Lunt
-
The Guardsman
1933
Charles Laughton
-
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Leslie Howard
-
Berkeley Square
Paul Muni
-
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1934
Clark Gable
-
It Happened One Night
Frank Morgan
-
The Affairs of Cellini
William Powell
-
The Thin Man
1935
Victor McLaglen
-
The Informer
Clark Gable
-
Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Laughton
-
Mutiny on the Bounty
Franchot Tone
-
Mutiny on the Bounty
1936
Paul Muni
-
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Gary Cooper
-
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Walter Huston
-
Dodsworth
William Powell
-
My Man Godfrey
Spencer Tracy
-
San Francisco
1937
Spencer Tracy
-
Captains Courageous
Charles Boyer
-
Conquest
Fredric March
-
A Star Is Born
Robert Montgomery
-
Night Must Fall
Paul Muni
-
The Life of Emile Zola
1938
Spencer Tracy
-
Boys Town
Charles Boyer
-
Algiers
James Cagney
-
Angels with Dirty Faces
Robert Donat
-
The Citadel
Leslie Howard
-
Pygmalion
1939
Robert Donat
-
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Clark Gable
-
Gone With the Wind
Laurence Olivier
-
Wuthering Heights
Mickey Rooney
-
Babes in Arms
James Stewart
-
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1940
James Stewart
-
The Philadelphia Story
Charlie Chaplin
-
The Great Dictator
Henry Fonda
-
The Grapes of Wrath
Raymond Massey
-
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Laurence Olivier
-
Rebecca
1941
Gary Cooper
-
Sergeant York
Cary Grant
-
Penny Serenade
Walter Huston
-
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Robert Montgomery
-
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Orson Welles
-
Citizen Kane
1942
James Cagney
-
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ronald Colman
-
Random Harvest
Gary Cooper
-
The Pride of the Yankees
Walter Pidgeon
-
Mrs. Miniver
Monty Woolley
-
The Pied Piper
1943
Paul Lukas
-
Watch on the Rhine
Humphrey Bogart
-
Casablanca
Gary Cooper
-
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Walter Pidgeon
-
Madame Curie
Mickey Rooney
-
The Human Comedy
1944
Bing Crosby
-
Going My Way
Charles Boyer
-
Gaslight
Barry Fitzgerald
-
Going My Way
Cary Grant
-
None but the Lonely Heart
Alexander Knox
-
Wilson
1945
Ray Milland
-
The Lost Weekend
Bing Crosby
-
The Bells of St. Mary's
Gene Kelly
-
Anchors Aweigh
Gregory Peck
-
The Keys of the Kingdom
Cornel Wilde
-
A Song to Remember
1946
Fredric March
-
The Best Years of Our Lives
Laurence Olivier
-
Henry V
Larry Parks
-
The Jolson Story
Gregory Peck
-
The Yearling
James Stewart
-
It's a Wonderful Life
1947
Ronald Colman
-
A Double Life
John Garfield
-
Body and Soul
Gregory Peck
-
Gentleman's Agreement
Michael Redgrave
-
Mourning Becomes Electra
William Powell
-
Life with Father
1948
Laurence Olivier
-
Hamlet
Lew Ayres
-
Johnny Belinda
Montgomery Clift
-
The Search
Dan Dailey
-
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Clifton Webb
-
Sitting Pretty
1949
Broderick Crawford
-
All the King's Men
Kirk Douglas
-
Champion
Gregory Peck
-
Twelve O'Clock High
Richard Todd
-
The Hasty Heart
John Wayne
-
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
José Ferrer
-
Cyrano de Bergerac
Louis Calhern
-
The Magnificent Yankee
William Holden
-
Sunset Blvd.
James Stewart
-
Harvey
Spencer Tracy
-
Father of the Bride
1951
Humphrey Bogart
-
The African Queen
Marlon Brando
-
A Streetcar Named Desire
Montgomery Clift
-
A Place in the Sun
Arthur Kennedy
-
Bright Victory
Fredric March
-
Death of a Salesman
1952
Gary Cooper
-
High Noon
Marlon Brando
-
Viva Zapata!
Kirk Douglas
-
The Bad and the Beautiful
José Ferrer
-
Moulin Rouge
Alec Guinness
-
The Lavender Hill Mob
1953
William Holden
-
Stalag 17
Marlon Brando
-
Julius Caesar
Richard Burton
-
The Robe
Montgomery Clift
-
From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster
-
From Here to Eternity
1954
Marlon Brando
-
On the Waterfront
Humphrey Bogart
-
The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby
-
The Country Girl
James Mason
-
A Star Is Born
Dan O'Herlihy
-
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1955
Ernest Borgnine
-
Marty
James Cagney
-
Love Me or Leave Me
James Dean
-
East of Eden
Frank Sinatra
-
The Man with the Golden Arm
Spencer Tracy
-
Bad Day at Black Rock
1956
Yul Brynner
-
The King and I
James Dean
-
Giant
Kirk Douglas
-
Lust for Life
Rock Hudson
-
Giant
Laurence Olivier
-
Richard III
1957
Alec Guinness
-
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Marlon Brando
-
Sayonara
Anthony Franciosa
-
A Hatful of Rain
Charles Laughton
-
Witness for the Prosecution
Anthony Quinn
-
Wild Is the Wind
1958
David Niven
-
Separate Tables
Tony Curtis
-
The Defiant Ones
Paul Newman
-
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Sidney Poitier
-
The Defiant Ones
Spencer Tracy
-
The Old Man and the Sea
1959
Charlton Heston
-
Ben-Hur
Laurence Harvey
-
Room at the Top
Jack Lemmon
-
Some Like It Hot
Paul Muni
-
The Last Angry Man
James Stewart
-
Anatomy of a Murder
1960
Burt Lancaster
-
Elmer Gantry
Trevor Howard
-
Sons and Lovers
Jack Lemmon
-
The Apartment
Laurence Olivier
-
The Entertainer
Spencer Tracy
-
Inherit the Wind
1961
Maximilian Schell
-
Judgment at Nuremberg
Charles Boyer
-
Fanny
Paul Newman
-
The Hustler
Spencer Tracy
-
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stuart Whitman
-
The Mark
1962
Gregory Peck
-
To Kill a Mockingbird
Burt Lancaster
-
The Birdman of Alcatraz
Jack Lemmon
-
Days of Wine and Roses
Marcello Mastroianni
-
Divorce, Italian Style
Peter O'Toole
-
Lawrence of Arabia
1963
Sidney Poitier
-
Lilies of the Field
Albert Finney
-
Tom Jones
Richard Harris
-
This Sporting Life
Rex Harrison
-
Cleopatra
Paul Newman
-
Hud
1964
Rex Harrison
-
My Fair Lady
Richard Burton
-
Becket
Peter O'Toole
-
Becket
Anthony Quinn
-
Zorba the Greek
Peter Sellers
-
Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1965
Lee Marvin
-
Cat Ballou
Richard Burton
-
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Laurence Olivier
-
Othello
Rod Steiger
-
The Pawnbroker
Oskar Werner
-
Ship of Fools
1966
Paul Scofield
-
A Man for All Seasons
Alan Arkin
-
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Richard Burton
-
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Caine
-
Alfie
Steve McQueen
-
The Sand Pebbles
1967
Rod Steiger
-
In the Heat of the Night
Warren Beatty
-
Bonnie and Clyde
Dustin Hoffman
-
The Graduate
Paul Newman
-
Cool Hand Luke
Spencer Tracy
-
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1968
Cliff Robertson
-
Charly
Alan Arkin
-
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Alan Bates
-
The Fixer
Ron Moody
-
Oliver!
Peter O'Toole
-
The Lion in Winter
1969
John Wayne
-
True Grit
Richard Burton
-
Anne of the Thousand Days
Dustin Hoffman
-
Midnight Cowboy
Peter O'Toole
-
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Jon Voight
-
Midnight Cowboy
1970
George C. Scott
-
Patton
(declined)
Melvyn Douglas
-
I Never Sang for My Father
James Earl Jones
-
The Great White Hope
Jack Nicholson
-
Five Easy Pieces
Ryan O'Neal
-
Love Story
1971
Gene Hackman
-
The French Connection
Peter Finch
-
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Walter Matthau
-
Kotch
George C. Scott
-
The Hospital
Topol
-
Fiddler on the Roof
1972
Marlon Brando
-
The Godfather
(declined)
Michael Caine
-
Sleuth
Laurence Olivier
-
Sleuth
Peter O'Toole
-
The Ruling Class
Paul Winfield
-
Sounder
1973
Jack Lemmon
-
Save the Tiger
Marlon Brando
-
Last Tango in Paris
Jack Nicholson
-
The Last Detail
Al Pacino
-
Serpico
Robert Redford
-
The Sting
1974
Art Carney
-
Harry and Tonto
Albert Finney
-
Murder on the Orient Express
Dustin Hoffman
-
Lenny
Jack Nicholson
-
Chinatown
Al Pacino
-
The Godfather, Part II
1975
Jack Nicholson
-
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Walter Matthau
-
The Sunshine Boys
Al Pacino
-
Dog Day Afternoon
Maximilian Schell
-
The Man in the Glass Booth
James Whitmore
-
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
1976
Peter Finch
-
Network
Robert De Niro
-
Taxi Driver
Giancarlo Giannini
-
Seven Beauties
(Pasqualino Settebellezze)
William Holden
-
Network
Sylvester Stallone
-
Rocky
1977
Richard Dreyfuss
-
The Goodbye Girl
Woody Allen
-
Annie Hall
Richard Burton
-
Equus
Marcello Mastroianni
-
A Special Day
John Travolta
-
Saturday Night Fever
1978
Jon Voight
-
Coming Home
Warren Beatty
-
Heaven Can Wait
Gary Busey
-
The Buddy Holly Story
Robert De Niro
-
The Deer Hunter
Laurence Olivier
-
The Boys from Brazil
1979
Dustin Hoffman
-
Kramer vs. Kramer
Jack Lemmon
-
The China Syndrome
Roy Scheider
-
All That Jazz
Peter Sellers
-
Being There
Al Pacino
-
...And Justice for All
1980
Robert De Niro
-
Raging Bull
Robert Duvall
-
The Great Santini
John Hurt
-
The Elephant Man
Jack Lemmon
-
Tribute
Peter O'Toole
-
The Stunt Man
1981
Henry Fonda
-
On Golden Pond
Warren Beatty
-
Reds
Burt Lancaster
-
Atlantic City
Dudley Moore
-
Arthur
Paul Newman
-
Absence of Malice
1982
Ben Kingsley
-
Gandhi
Dustin Hoffman
-
Tootsie
Jack Lemmon
-
Missing
Paul Newman
-
The Verdict
Peter O'Toole
-
My Favorite Year
1983
Robert Duvall
-
Tender Mercies
Michael Caine
-
Educating Rita
Tom Conti
-
Reuben, Reuben
Tom Courtenay
-
The Dresser
Albert Finney
-
The Dresser
1984
F. Murray Abraham
-
Amadeus
Jeff Bridges
-
Starman
Albert Finney
-
Under the Volcano
Tom Hulce
-
Amadeus
Sam Waterston
-
The Killing Fields
1985
William Hurt
-
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Harrison Ford
-
Witness
James Garner
-
Murphy's Romance
Jack Nicholson
-
Prizzi's Honor
Jon Voight
-
Runaway Train
1986
Paul Newman
-
The Color of Money
Dexter Gordon
-
'Round Midnight
Bob Hoskins
-
Mona Lisa
William Hurt
-
Children of a Lesser God
James Woods
-
Salvador
1987
Michael Douglas
-
Wall Street
William Hurt
-
Broadcast News
Marcello Mastroianni
-
Dark Eyes
Jack Nicholson
-
Ironweed
Robin Williams
-
Good Morning, Vietnam
1988
Dustin Hoffman
-
Rain Man
Gene Hackman
-
Mississippi Burning
Tom Hanks
-
Big
Edward James Olmos
-
Stand and Deliver
Max von Sydow
-
Pelle the Conqueror
1989
Daniel Day-Lewis
-
My Left Foot
Kenneth Branagh
-
Henry V
Tom Cruise
-
Born on the Fourth of July
Morgan Freeman
-
Driving Miss Daisy
Robin Williams
-
Dead Poets Society
1990
Jeremy Irons
-
Reversal of Fortune
Kevin Costner
-
Dances with Wolves
Robert De Niro
-
Awakenings
Gerard Depardieu
-
Cyrano de Bergerac
Richard Harris
-
The Field
1991
Anthony Hopkins
-
The Silence of the Lambs
Warren Beatty
-
Bugsy
Robert De Niro
-
Cape Fear
Nick Nolte
-
The Prince of Tides
Robin Williams
-
The Fisher King
1992
Al Pacino
-
Scent of a Woman
Robert Downey Jr.
-
Chaplin
Clint Eastwood
-
Unforgiven
Stephen Rea
-
The Crying Game
Denzel Washington
-
Malcolm X
1993
Tom Hanks
-
Philadelphia
Laurence Fishburne
-
What's Love Got to Do with It?
Anthony Hopkins
-
The Remains of the Day
Daniel Day-Lewis
-
In the Name of the Father
Liam Neeson
-
Schindler's List
1994
Tom Hanks
-
Forrest Gump
Morgan Freeman
-
The Shawshank Redemption
Nigel Hawthorne
-
The Madness of King George
Paul Newman
-
Nobody's Fool
John Travolta
-
Pulp Fiction
1995
Nicolas Cage
-
Leaving Las Vegas
Richard Dreyfuss
-
Mr. Holland's Opus
Anthony Hopkins
-
Nixon
Sean Penn
-
Dead Man Walking
Massimo Troisi
-
The Postman
1996
Geoffrey Rush
-
Shine
Tom Cruise
-
Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes
-
The English Patient
Billy Bob Thornton
-
Sling Blade
Woody Harrelson
-
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1997
Jack Nicholson
-
As Good As It Gets
Matt Damon
-
Good Will Hunting
Robert Duvall
-
The Apostle
Peter Fonda
-
Ulee's Gold
Dustin Hoffman
-
Wag the Dog
1998
Roberto Benigni
-
Life Is Beautiful
Ian McKellen
-
Gods and Monsters
Nick Nolte
-
Affliction
Edward Norton
-
American History X
Tom Hanks
-
Saving Private Ryan
1999
Kevin Spacey
-
American Beauty
Denzel Washington
-
The Hurricane
Russell Crowe
-
The Insider
Richard Farnsworth
-
The Straight Story
Sean Penn
-
Sweet and Lowdown
2000
Russell Crowe
-
Gladiator
Javier Bardem
-
Before Night Falls
Tom Hanks
-
Cast Away
Ed Harris
-
Pollock
Geoffrey Rush
-
Quills
2001
Denzel Washington
-
Training Day
Will Smith
-
Ali
Russell Crowe
-
A Beautiful Mind
Sean Penn
-
I Am Sam
Tom Wilkinson
-
In the Bedroom
2002
Adrien Brody
-
The Pianist
Jack Nicholson
-
About Schmidt
Nicolas Cage
-
Adaptation[?]
Daniel Day-Lewis
-
Gangs of New York
Michael Caine
-
The Quiet American[?]
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