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Mar 3, 2022 · Anthony Hopkins set the record as the oldest actor to ever win an Oscar in 2021. It was considered an upset by many. The Best Actor Oscar was saved for last when that usually went to Best Picture or Best Director. The thought was that Chadwick Boseman would win a posthumous Oscar for a feel-good moment.
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Anthony Hopkins and Tatum O'Neal are the oldest and youngest winners of acting Oscars, winning at age 83 and age 10 respectively. This is a list of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees in the award categories Acting and Directing.
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- Anthony Hopkins for 'The Father' (2020) 83 Years, 115 Days Old. Florian Zeller's The Father is so tense, so mysterious, and so intense that it could even be called a psychological thriller—And if it were, it would be one of the best of all time, no doubt.
- Christopher Plummer for 'Beginners' (2010) 82 Years, 75 Days Old. It took a long time for Tandy's record to be broken. This couldn't have happened with a more deserving winner: Christopher Plummer for Mike Mills's Beginners, a quirky rom-com where a young man (Ewan McGregor) is shocked by two announcements from his elderly father (Plummer): That he's dying of cancer and that he has a young male lover.
- Jessica Tandy for 'Driving Miss Daisy' (1989) 80 Years, 292 Days Old. In one of the most controversial Best Picture Oscar wins in the awards' history, Bruce Beresford's Driving Miss Daisy won Best Picture in 1990.
- George Burns for 'The Sunshine Boys' (1975) 80 Years, 69 Days Old. George Burns was the first actor over 80 years old to win an Oscar when he earned a Best Supporting Actor award in 1976 for The Sunshine Boys, a sketch comedy about a vaudeville duo who agree to reunite for a TV special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.
Apr 26, 2021 · Anthony Hopkins, 83, Becomes Oldest Star to Win Best Actor Award at 2021 Oscars. The Father star beat out Riz Ahmed, Chadwick Boseman, Gary Oldman, and Steven Yeun to win the...
Anthony Hopkins. Where. United States () When. 25 April 2021. The oldest Oscar winner for Best Actor is Anthony Hopkins (UK, b. 31 December 1937), who was 83 years 116 days when he won Best Actor for his role in The Father (UK, France) at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards on 25 April 2021.
Apr 26, 2021 · At 83, Hopkins is the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar — male or female — beating out Christopher Plummer who was just 82 when he won in 2012 for Beginners. Plummer received a nomination at...
Apr 26, 2021 · Oscars. Anthony Hopkins wins in shocking upset over Chadwick Boseman, becomes oldest Oscars acting winner. The 83-year-old star of The Father made history in a surprise win over the late...
