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The 79th Academy Awards | 2007. Honoring movies released in 2006, Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center ... Actor in a Leading Role - Leonardo DiCaprio
Feb 26, 2007 · Mon 26 Feb 2007 02.28 EST. -- Best picture. The Departed. -- Best actor. Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland. Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond. Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson. Peter O'Toole ...
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- Brendan Fraser,The Whale
- Will Smith, King Richard
- Anthony Hopkins, The Father
- Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
- Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
- Casey Affleck, Manchester by The Sea
- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
- Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
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.
Smith won his first Oscar in 2022 for his performance as Richard Williams — Venus and Serena's father — in King Richard. The moment was overshadowed, though, as earlier in the night the actor slapped comedian Chris Rockon stage following a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Hopkins became the oldest star to win the Best Actor title when he was awarded the prize for his performance in The Fatherat age 83.
Phoenix won the award for his role as the titular villain. The actor is currently filming the movie's sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux.
Malek's performance as Freddie Mercury in the biographical Bohemian Rhapsody, about Queen's rise to stardom, won him the award in 2019.
Affleck won the Best Actor title in 2017 for his performance as Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea.
More than two decades after his first Oscar nomination, DiCaprio took home the award for Best Actor for his role as frontiersman Hugh Glass in The Revenantin 2016.
Redmayne won the award for his performance as theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, alongside Felicity Jones.
In 2014, McConaughey won his first Oscar for his performance as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club. The film was based on Woodroof's real-life story of being diagnosed with HIV and smuggling medicine into Texas to give to others living with the disease.
Day-Lewis scored his third Oscar in 2013 for Best Actor for his performance as Abraham Lincoln; the feat made him the winningest actor in the category's history.
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79th Academy Awards. The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2006 and took place February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...
- February 25, 2007
- Louis J. Horvitz
- The Departed (4)
- Laura Ziskin
Feb 5, 2014 · ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE. George Clooney – Michael Clayton Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises. ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE. Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age Julie Christie – Away from Her
The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best ...
