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Academy Award for Best Picture: Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes 1963: Elia Kazan: America, America: Nominated 1964: Michael Cacoyannis: Zorba the Greek: Nominated Cacoyannis is Cypriot-born Greek. 1995: George Miller: Babe: Nominated Miller is an Australia of Greek descent. Shared with Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller. 2011: Alexander ...
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: Year Name Film Status Notes Ref(s) 1998 : Geoffrey Rush: Shakespeare in Love: Nominated First Australian to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. First Australian male actor to be nominated across acting categories (Best Actor for Shine). [42] 2008 : Heath Ledger: The Dark Knight: Won
He won critical acclaim for his role as Ari, a troubled second generation Greek Australian in Head On (1998). [1] He won the Film Critics Circle of Australia award for Best Actor for the role and was nominated nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actor. In 2012, he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor for his role in The Slap.
This rule was implemented after Barry Fitzgerald received a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in Going My Way. [3] As of 2024, 45 actors and actresses have received two or more Academy Awards in acting categories. Katharine Hepburn holds the record with four Oscars (all Best Actress). [4]
Pages in category "Australian people of Greek descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 445 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Male film actors. It includes Male film actors that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. List of actors that have been awarded the Best Actor oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
A total of 980 actors appear in the list—494 males and 486 females. Non-winning nominees include 335 males and 328 females—a total of 663. Actors that have won at least once include 159 males and 158 females—a total of 317. Only 45 actors—23 males and 22 females—are multiple Academy Award winners.