Best Actor Oscar Winners & Nomination History

The AwardWentTo archive contains 486 Academy Award records for Best Actor, including 100 wins, across 98 film years (1927/28–2025).

Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.

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Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Animated Feature Best Documentary Feature

Winner history

100 winning records in the selected film-year range. Follow a year to see its other category results.

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Best Actor winner history by film year, film and credited nominee or recipient
Film year	Film	Credited nominee / recipient
Film year2025	FilmSinners IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMichael B. Jordan
Film year2024	FilmThe Brutalist IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdrien BrodyLászló Tóth
Film year2023	FilmOppenheimer IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCillian MurphyJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Film year2022	FilmThe Whale IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBrendan FraserCharlie
Film year2021	FilmKing Richard IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWill SmithRichard Williams
Film year2020	FilmThe Father IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAnthony HopkinsAnthony
Film year2019	FilmJoker IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJoaquin PhoenixArthur Fleck
Film year2018	FilmBohemian Rhapsody IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRami MalekFreddie Mercury
Film year2017	FilmDarkest Hour IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGary OldmanWinston Churchill
Film year2016	FilmManchester by the Sea IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCasey AffleckLee Chandler
Film year2015	FilmThe Revenant IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLeonardo DiCaprioHugh Glass
Film year2014	FilmThe Theory of Everything IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEddie RedmayneStephen Hawking
Film year2013	FilmDallas Buyers Club IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMatthew McConaugheyRon Woodroof
Film year2012	FilmLincoln IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDaniel Day-LewisAbraham Lincoln
Film year2011	FilmThe Artist IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJean DujardinGeorge Valentin
Film year2010	FilmThe King's Speech IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientColin FirthKing George VI
Film year2009	FilmCrazy Heart IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJeff BridgesBad Blake
Film year2008	FilmMilk IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSean PennHarvey Milk
Film year2007	FilmThere Will Be Blood IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDaniel Day-LewisDaniel Plainview
Film year2006	FilmThe Last King of Scotland IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientForest WhitakerIdi Amin
Film year2005	FilmCapote IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPhilip Seymour HoffmanTruman Capote
Film year2004	FilmRay IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJamie FoxxRay Charles
Film year2003	FilmMystic River IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSean PennJimmy Markum
Film year2002	FilmThe Pianist IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdrien BrodyWladyslaw Szpilman
Film year2001	FilmTraining Day IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDenzel WashingtonAlonzo
Film year2000	FilmGladiator IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRussell CroweMaximus Decimus Meridius
Film year1999	FilmAmerican Beauty IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientKevin SpaceyLester Burnham
Film year1998	FilmLife Is Beautiful IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRoberto BenigniGuido
Film year1997	FilmAs Good as It Gets IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJack NicholsonMelvin Udall
Film year1996	FilmShine IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGeoffrey RushDavid Helfgott
Film year1995	FilmLeaving Las Vegas IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNicolas CageBen Sanderson
Film year1994	FilmForrest Gump IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientTom HanksForrest Gump
Film year1993	FilmPhiladelphia IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientTom HanksAndrew Beckett
Film year1992	FilmScent of a Woman IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAl PacinoLt. Col. Frank Slade
Film year1991	FilmThe Silence of the Lambs IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAnthony HopkinsDr. Hannibal Lecter
Film year1990	FilmReversal of Fortune IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJeremy IronsClaus Von Bulow
Film year1989	FilmMy Left Foot IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDaniel Day LewisChristy Brown
Film year1988	FilmRain Man IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDustin HoffmanRaymond Babbitt
Film year1987	FilmWall Street IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMichael DouglasGordon Gekko
Film year1986	FilmThe Color of Money IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPaul NewmanEddie Felson
Film year1985	FilmKiss of the Spider Woman IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWilliam HurtLuis Molina
Film year1984	FilmAmadeus IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientF. Murray AbrahamAntonio Salieri
Film year1983	FilmTender Mercies IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert DuvallMac Sledge
Film year1982	FilmGandhi IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBen KingsleyMahatma Gandhi
Film year1981	FilmOn Golden Pond IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHenry FondaNorman Thayer, Jr.
Film year1980	FilmRaging Bull IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert De NiroJake LaMotta
Film year1979	FilmKramer vs. Kramer IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDustin HoffmanTed Kramer
Film year1978	FilmComing Home IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJon VoightLuke Martin
Film year1977	FilmThe Goodbye Girl IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRichard DreyfussElliot Garfield
Film year1976	FilmNetwork IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPeter FinchHoward Beale
Film year1975	FilmOne Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJack NicholsonRandle Patrick McMurphy Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1974	FilmHarry and Tonto IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientArt CarneyHarry Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1973	FilmSave the Tiger IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJack LemmonHarry Stoner Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1972	FilmThe Godfather IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMarlon BrandoDon Vito Corleone Source context Source category: ACTOR NOTE: Mr. Brando refused the award.
Film year1971	FilmThe French Connection IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGene HackmanJimmy 'Popeye' Doyle Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1970	FilmPatton IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGeorge C. ScottGeneral George S. Patton, Jr. Source context Source category: ACTOR NOTE: Mr. Scott refused the award.
Film year1969	FilmTrue Grit IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn WayneRooster Cogburn Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1968	FilmCharly IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCliff RobertsonCharly Gordon Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1967	FilmIn the Heat of the Night IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRod SteigerPolice Chief Bill Gillespie Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1966	FilmA Man for All Seasons IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPaul ScofieldSir Thomas More Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1965	FilmCat Ballou IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLee MarvinKid Shelleen/Tim Strawn Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1964	FilmMy Fair Lady IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRex HarrisonProfessor Henry Higgins Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1963	FilmLilies of the Field IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSidney PoitierHomer Smith Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1962	FilmTo Kill a Mockingbird IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGregory PeckAtticus Finch Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1961	FilmJudgment at Nuremberg IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMaximilian SchellHans Rolfe Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1960	FilmElmer Gantry IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBurt LancasterElmer Gantry Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1959	FilmBen-Hur IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCharlton HestonJudah Ben-Hur Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1958	FilmSeparate Tables IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDavid NivenMajor Pollock Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1957	FilmThe Bridge on the River Kwai IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlec GuinnessColonel Nicholson Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1956	FilmThe King and I IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientYul BrynnerThe King Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1955	FilmMarty IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientErnest BorgnineMarty Pilletti Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1954	FilmOn the Waterfront IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMarlon BrandoTerry Malloy Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1953	FilmStalag 17 IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWilliam HoldenSefton Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1952	FilmHigh Noon IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGary CooperWill Kane Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1951	FilmThe African Queen IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHumphrey BogartCharlie Allnut Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1950	FilmCyrano de Bergerac IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJosé FerrerCyrano de Bergerac Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1949	FilmAll the King's Men IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBroderick CrawfordWillie Stark Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1948	FilmHamlet IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLaurence OlivierHamlet Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1947	FilmA Double Life IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRonald ColmanAnthony John Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1946	FilmThe Best Years of Our Lives IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFredric MarchAl Stephenson Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1945	FilmThe Lost Weekend IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRay MillandDon Birnam Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1944	FilmGoing My Way IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBing CrosbyFather O'Malley Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1943	FilmWatch on the Rhine IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPaul LukasKurt Muller Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1942	FilmYankee Doodle Dandy IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJames CagneyGeorge M. Cohan Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1941	FilmSergeant York IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGary CooperAlvin C. York Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1940	FilmThe Philadelphia Story IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJames StewartMike Connor Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1939	FilmGoodbye, Mr. Chips IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert DonatMr. Chips Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1938	FilmBoys Town IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSpencer TracyFather Flanagan Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1937	FilmCaptains Courageous IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSpencer TracyManuel Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1936	FilmThe Story of Louis Pasteur IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPaul MuniLouis Pasteur Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1935	FilmThe Informer IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientVictor McLaglenGypo Nolan Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1934	FilmIt Happened One Night IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientClark GablePeter Warne Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1932/33	FilmThe Private Life of Henry VIII IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCharles LaughtonHenry VIII Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1931/32	FilmDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFredric MarchDr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Source context Source category: ACTOR NOTE: A tie. Wallace Beery (The Champ) had one vote less than Mr. March, and rules at the time stated that if any achievement came within three votes of the First Award, it would be considered a tie.
Film year1931/32	FilmThe Champ IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWallace BeeryChamp Source context Source category: ACTOR NOTE: A tie. Mr. Beery had one vote less than Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), and rules at the time stated that if any achievement came within three votes of the First Award, it would be considered a tie.
Film year1930/31	FilmA Free Soul IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLionel BarrymoreStephen Ashe Source context Source category: ACTOR
Film year1929/30	FilmDisraeli IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGeorge ArlissBenjamin Disraeli Source context Source category: ACTOR NOTE: As allowed by the award rules for this year, a single nomination could honor work in one or more films. Though the final awards ballot listed both Disraeli and The Green Goddess in his nomination, the award was announced for only the Disraeli performance. It has never been established as to why this was, but it possibly could have been because the original report from the Acting Branch Board of Judges only listed the Disraeli performance in the results of the nominations voting, or it could have been because on some of the final ballots, the voters had indicated the Disraeli performance over the other.
Film year1928/29	FilmIn Old Arizona IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWarner BaxterThe Cisco Kid Source context Source category: ACTOR NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.
Film year1927/28	FilmThe Last Command IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEmil JanningsGeneral Dolgorucki [Grand Duke Sergius Alexander] Source context Source category: ACTOR The source marks this as a multi-film nomination record.
Film year1927/28	FilmThe Way of All Flesh IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEmil JanningsAugust Schilling Source context Source category: ACTOR The source marks this as a multi-film nomination record.

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This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.

Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.

Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.

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