Academy Awards Best Actor Winners

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Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

The Brutalist (2024)

2024
Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Oppenheimer

2023
Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser

The Whale (2022)

2022
Will Smith

Will Smith

King Richard (2021)

2021
Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

The Father (2020)

2020
Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix

Joker (2019)

2019
Rami Malek

Rami Malek

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

2018
Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

Darkest Hour (2017)

2017
Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

2016
Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

The Revenant (2015)

2015
Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne

The Theory of Everything (2014)

2014
Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

2013
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

Lincoln (2012)

2010
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges

Crazy Heart (2009)

2009
Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Milk (2008)

2008
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

There Will Be Blood (2007)

2007
Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

2006
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Capote (2005)

2005
Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Ray (2004)

2004
Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Mystic River (2003)

2003
Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

The Pianist (2002)

2002
Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Training Day (2001)

2001
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Gladiator (2000)

2000
Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey

American Beauty (1999)

1999
Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

1998
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

As Good as It Gets (1997)

1997
Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Shine (1996)

1996
Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

1995
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Forrest Gump (1994)

1994
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Philadelphia (1993)

1993
Al Pacino

Al Pacino

Scent of a Woman (1992)

1992
Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

1991
Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

Reversal of Fortune (1990)

1990
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)

1989
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Rain Man (1988)

1988
Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

Wall Street (1987)

1987
Paul Newman

Paul Newman

The Color of Money (1986)

1986
William Hurt

William Hurt

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

1985
F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Amadeus (1984)

1984
Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Tender Mercies (1983)

1983
Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Gandhi (1982)

1982
Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

On Golden Pond (1981)

1981
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Raging Bull (1980)

1980
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

1979
Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Coming Home (1978)

1978
Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

The Goodbye Girl (1977)

1977
Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Network (1976)

1976
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

1974
Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

Save the Tiger (1973)

1973
Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

The Godfather (1972)

1972
Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

The French Connection (1971)

1971
George C. Scott

George C. Scott

Patton (1970)

1970
John Wayne

John Wayne

True Grit (2010)

1969
Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Charly (1968)

1968
Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

1967
Paul Scofield

Paul Scofield

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

1966
Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

Cat Ballou (1965)

1965
Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison

My Fair Lady (1964)

1964
Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Lilies of the Field (1963)

1963
Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

1962
Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

1961
Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Elmer Gantry (1960)

1960
Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Ben-Hur (1959)

1959
David Niven

David Niven

Separate Tables (1958)

1958
Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

1957
Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

The King and I (1956)

1956
Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Marty (1955)

1955
Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

On the Waterfront (1954)

1954
William Holden

William Holden

Stalag 17 (1953)

1953
Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

High Noon (1952)

1952
Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

The African Queen (1952)

1951
JosΓ© Ferrer

JosΓ© Ferrer

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

1950
Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford

All the King's Men (1949)

1949
Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Hamlet (1948)

1948
Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman

A Double Life (1947)

1947
Fredric March

Fredric March

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

1946
Ray Milland

Ray Milland

The Lost Weekend (1945)

1945
Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Going My Way (1944)

1944
Paul Lukas

Paul Lukas

Watch on the Rhine (1943)

1943
James Cagney

James Cagney

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

1942
Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Sergeant York (1941)

1941
James Stewart

James Stewart

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

1940
Robert Donat

Robert Donat

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

1939
Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Boys Town (1938)

1938
Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Captains Courageous (1937)

1937
Paul Muni

Paul Muni

The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)

1936
Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

The Informer (1935)

1935
Clark Gable

Clark Gable

It Happened One Night (1934)

1934
Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

1932
Fredric March

Fredric March

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

1932
Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

The Champ (1931)

1931
Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

A Free Soul (1931)

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