Academy Award for Best Actor
award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit. It is presented each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is to recognize an actor with an outstanding performance in a movie. Before 1976, this award was called the Academy Award of Merit for Performance by an Actor. Since the beginning the award has commonly been called the Oscar for Best Actor.
| Academy Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
 The 2020 recipient: Anthony Hopkins | |
| Awarded for | 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 (for performance in films released during the 1927/1928 film season) |
| Most recent winner | Anthony Hopkins The Father (2021) |
| Website | oscars |
Actors are nominated for this award by Academy members who are actors and actresses themselves. The winner is selected by the Academy membership as a whole.
Winners and nomineesEdit
Winners are listed first in bold, followed by the other nominees.
1920sEdit
| Year | Actor | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927/28 (1st) | |||
| Emil Jannings | The Last Command | Grand Duke Sergius Alexander | |
| The Way of All Flesh | August Schilling | ||
| Richard Barthelmess | The Noose | Nickie Elkins | |
| The Patent Leather Kid | Patent Leather Kid | ||
| 1928/29 (2nd) | |||
| Warner Baxter | In Old Arizona | The Cisco Kid | |
| George Bancroft | Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt Jim Lang | |
| Chester Morris | Alibi | Chick Williams (No. 1065) | |
| Paul Muni | The Valiant | James Dyke | |
| Lewis Stone | The Patriot | Count Pahlen |
1930sEdit
1940sEdit
1950sEdit
1960sEdit
1970sEdit
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1990sEdit
2000sEdit
2010sEdit
| Year | Actor | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (83rd) | |||
| Colin Firth | The King's Speech | King George VI | |
| Javier Bardem | Biutiful | Uxbal | |
| Jeff Bridges | True Grit | Rooster Cogburn | |
| Jesse Eisenberg | The Social Network | Mark Zuckerberg | |
| James Franco | 127 Hours | Aron Ralston | |
| 2011 (84th) | |||
| Jean Dujardin | The Artist | George Valentin | |
| Demián Bichir | A Better Life | Carlos Galindo | |
| George Clooney | The Descendants | Matt King | |
| Gary Oldman | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley | |
| Brad Pitt | Moneyball | Billy Beane | |
| 2012 (85th) | |||
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | |
| Bradley Cooper | Silver Linings Playbook | Pat | |
| Hugh Jackman | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | |
| Joaquin Phoenix | The Master | Freddie Quell | |
| Denzel Washington | Flight | William „Whip“ Whitaker | |
| 2013 (85th) | |||
| Matthew McConaughey | Dallas Buyers Club | Ron Woodroof | |
| Christian Bale | American Hustle | Irving Rosenfeld | |
| Bruce Dern | Nebraska | Woodrow "Woody" T. Grant | |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | The Wolf of Wall Street | Jordan Belfort | |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup |
Related pagesEdit
Other websitesEdit
- Oscars.org (official Academy site)