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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.
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
- Daniel Day-Lewis (3)
- 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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- Every Best Actor Oscar Winner. The first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929 had 13 categories. Now there are 24, and while the categories have changed over time, the honors for best actor and actress have remained steady for 90 years.
- Brendan Fraser. “The Whale” Though critics were divided on Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” Oscar voters agreed that Brendan Fraser’s performance as a 600 lb.
- Will Smith. “King Richard” Few best actor winners had an evening as memorable as Will Smith’s. Less than an hour before winning for “King Richard” (his third acting nomination), he set off one of Oscars’ all-time jaw-dropping moments.
- Anthony Hopkins. “The Father” When Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Father” debuted at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, critics predicted Anthony Hopkins would win the Oscar.
Mar 10, 2024 · "Oppenheimer" won the biggest awards of the night, with the film’s director, Christopher Nolan, taking home the best director Oscar, actor Cillian Murphy winning the best actor award, and the film earning the coveted best picture among its seven overall wins.
Every Oscar Best Actor Winner. by pearsonj-89635 • Created 6 years ago • Modified 4 years ago. The Academy Award for Best Actor has been won by the likes of Sean Penn, Eddie Redmayne and Gene Hackman over the years. Let's take a look at all the actors who have received the honor since its inception.
Mar 28, 2022 · Neilson Barnard/Getty Images. Editor's note: This story includes language that some may find offensive. Twenty years after his first nomination, Will Smith finally won his first Oscar – awarded...
Mar 11, 2024 · Cillian Murphy has won the Academy Award for best actor in a leading role for his part in "Oppenheimer." "I'm a very proud Irishman standing here tonight," he said while accepting the award....
