Academy Award for best actor: Quick Facts

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Also Known As

Oscar for best actor

Notable Honorees

Paul Newman • Robert De Niro • Sidney Poitier • Denzel Washington • Clark Gable • Al Pacino • Leonardo DiCaprio • Tom Hanks • John Wayne • Jack Nicholson • Brendan Fraser • Kevin Spacey • Anthony Hopkins • Sean Penn • Laurence Olivier • Michael Douglas • Will Smith • Russell Crowe • Jeff Bridges • Rami Malek • Henry Fonda • Dustin Hoffman • Jamie Foxx • Humphrey Bogart • Colin Firth • Gary Oldman • Richard Dreyfuss • Cillian Murphy • James Cagney • Marlon Brando • Matthew McConaughey • Joaquin Phoenix • James Stewart • Robert Duvall • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Alec Guinness • Burt Lancaster • Geoffrey Rush • Roberto Benigni • Ben Kingsley • Paul Muni • Nicolas Cage • Bing Crosby • Cliff Robertson • Fredric March • Charlton Heston • Spencer Tracy • F. Murray Abraham • Gregory Peck • Jack Lemmon • Ernest Borgnine • Adrien Brody • Eddie Redmayne • Ronald Colman • Jon Voight • Michael B. Jordan • George C. Scott • Forest Whitaker • William Holden • Art Carney • Yul Brynner • Casey Affleck • Gene Hackman • Charles Laughton • Emil Jannings • Lionel Barrymore • Peter Finch • Jeremy Irons • Rod Steiger • Rex Harrison • Lee Marvin • Gary Cooper • Paul Scofield • José Ferrer • William Hurt • David Niven • Robert Donat • Victor McLaglen • Wallace Beery • George Arliss • Ray Milland

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