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The Best Actor award has been presented 97 times, to 86 actors. The first winner was German actor Emil Jannings for his roles in The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927). [ 1 ] The most recent winner is Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (2023), who simultaneously became the first Irish-born actor to win this award.
Since the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, one actor each year has been awarded for having the greatest performance in a leading role. Here's a list of the best actor Oscar winners since the ...
Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, there have been actors and actresses who have received multiple Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, or Best Supporting Actress. [1] The only restriction is that actors cannot receive multiple nominations for the same performance. [2]
Patrick T. Fallon / AFP Cillian Murphy received the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 2024 Oscars for his performance in Oppenheimer. “I’m a little overwhelmed,” Murphy, 47, said ...
Second African-American actor to receive the award for Best Actor. First time two African-American performers won Oscars in the same year (Halle Berry, Monster's Ball). First African-American actor to win multiple competitive Academy Awards. First and only African-American actor to win Academy Awards in both acting categories (lead and supporting).
He became death, the destroyer of worlds, and now, he's also an Oscar winner!Cillian Murphy completed his awards season sweep on Sunday, winning Best Actor at the 96th Academy Awards for his ...
Most awards for Best Actor. Daniel Day-Lewis with 3 awards (1989, 2007, 2012) Most awards for Best Supporting Actor. Walter Brennan with 3 awards (1936, 1938, 1940) Most awards for Best Supporting Actress. Shelley Winters (1959, 1965) and Dianne Wiest (1986, 1994) with 2 awards each; Most consecutive Best Actress nominations
In 2021, it was Will Smith for King Richard. Then, it was Brendan Fraser for The Whale. And now, the Academy has crowned a brand-new winner. Tonight, the 96th annual Oscars took place at the Dolby ...