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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Academy_Award_for_Best_ActorAcademy Award for Best Actor - Wikipedia

    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: Most recent winner: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer : Most awards: Daniel Day-Lewis (3) Most nominations: Laurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy (9) Website: oscars.org

  2. www.britannica.com › art › Academy-Award-for-best-actorAcademy Award for best actor | Years, Winners, List, & Facts

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    Academy Award for best actor, award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California. It honours the male actor in a leading role who delivered the most outstanding performance in a movie of a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting members. The prize was presented in 1929 at the ...

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    •1929: Emil Jannings (The Way of All Flesh [1927] and The Last Command [1928])

    •1930: Warner Baxter (In Old Arizona [1928])

    •1931: George Arliss (Disraeli [1929])

    •1932: Lionel Barrymore (A Free Soul [1931])

    •1933: Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931]) and Wallace Beery (The Champ [1931])

    •(All subsequent films were released the previous year.)

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    •1940: Robert Donat (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)

    •1941: James Stewart (The Philadelphia Story)

    •1942: Gary Cooper (Sergeant York)

    •1943: James Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy)

    •1944: Paul Lukas (Watch on the Rhine)

    •1945: Bing Crosby (Going My Way)

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    •1960: Charlton Heston (Ben-Hur)

    •1961: Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry)

    •1962: Maximilian Schell (Judgment at Nuremberg)

    •1963: Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird)

    •1964: Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field)

    •1965: Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady)

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    •1980: Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer)

    •1981: Robert De Niro (Raging Bull)

    •1982: Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond)

    •1983: Ben Kingsley (Gandhi)

    •1984: Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies)

    •1985: F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)

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    •2000: Kevin Spacey (American Beauty)

    •2001: Russell Crowe (Gladiator)

    •2002: Denzel Washington (Training Day)

    •2003: Adrien Brody (The Pianist)

    •2004: Sean Penn (Mystic River)

    •2005: Jamie Foxx (Ray)

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    •2020: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

    •2021: Anthony Hopkins (The Father)

    •2022: Will Smith (King Richard)

    •2023: Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

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  5. people.com › movies › best-actor-oscars-winnersBest Actor Oscars: Every Male Star Who Has Won the Academy Award

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    • 2023: Brendan Fraser, The Whale. Following a decades-long break from the industry, Oscar winner Fraser made a triumphant return in The Whale, which follows the story of a reclusive man trying to repair his relationship with his teen daughter.
    • 2022: Will Smith, King Richard. Smith won his first Oscar in 2022 for his performance as Richard Williams — Venus and Serena's father — in King Richard.
    • 2021: Anthony Hopkins, The Father. Hopkins became the oldest star to win the Best Actor title when he was awarded the prize for his performance in The Father at age 83.
    • 2020: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker. Phoenix won the award for his role as the titular villain. The actor is currently filming the movie's sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux.

  6. www.oscars.org › oscars › ceremoniesThe 92nd Academy Awards | 2020 - Oscars.org

    The 92nd Academy Awards | 2020. Honoring movies released in 2019, Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center ... Actor in a Leading Role. Winner. Joaquin ...

  7. www.oscars.org › oscars › ceremoniesThe 93rd Academy Awards | 2021 - Oscars.org

    Memorable Moments. Daniel Kaluuya wins Best Supporting Actor. for his performance in "Judas and the Black Messiah". Chloé Zhao wins Best Director. for "Nomadland". Yuh-Jung Youn wins Best Supporting Actress. for her performance in "Minari".

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  9. abcnews.go.com › GMA › CultureJoaquin Phoenix wins Academy Award for best actor at 2020 ...

    Feb 9, 2020 · Joaquin Phoenix won the Academy Award for best actor in a leading role for his performance in "Joker" at the 2020 Oscars Sunday. The actor, 45, beat out fellow nominees Antonio Banderas ("Pain and Glory"), Leonardo DiCaprio ("Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood"), Adam Driver ("Marriage Story") and Jonathan Pryce ("The Two Popes").

  10. edition.cnn.com › entertainment › live-newsOscars 2023: The 95th Academy Awards - CNN International

    Mar 13, 2023 · Everything Everywhere All at Once" dominated the 2023 Oscars, winning seven awards including best picture and directing. Michele Yeoh won best actress in a leading role, while Ke Huy...

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