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The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year.
The Oscar statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, [18] is given to winners of each year's awards. Made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34.3 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes.
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]
48th Academy Awards: March 29, 1976 Best Actor: The Sunshine Boys: Nominated Paul Hogan: 59th Academy Awards: March 30, 1987 Best Original Screenplay: Crocodile Dundee: Nominated James Franco: 83rd Academy Awards: February 27, 2011 Best Actor: 127 Hours: Nominated Seth MacFarlane: 85th Academy Awards: February 24, 2013 Best Original Song: Ted ...
This is a list of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees in the award categories. This list is based on "statistics valid through the nomination announcement for the 88th Academy Awards, announced on January 14, 2016", as documented in The Official Academy Awards Database. [1]
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.
Films featuring a Best Actor Academy Award–winning performance (98 P) Pages in category "Best Actor Academy Award winners" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total.
The 94th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The awards were scheduled after their usual late February date to avoid conflicting with both the 2022 Winter Olympics and Super Bowl LVI , with the latter being ...