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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 award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years’ Best Actor winners instead.
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.
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 ...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given Academy Awards to actors and actresses for their performances in films since its inception. 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 ...
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 .
List of Academy Award–winning films; List of Academy Award-winning families; List of Academy Awards for Walt Disney; List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories; List of actors nominated for Academy Awards for non-English performances; List of black Academy Award winners and nominees
List of actors with Academy Award nominations; List of films with all four Academy Award acting nominations; List of actors nominated for Academy Awards for non-English performances; List of actors nominated for multiple Academy Awards in the same year; List of animated feature films nominated for Academy Awards
First persons to win multiple Academy Awards in a single year; Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney were the first individuals to win multiple Academy Awards in a single year; they wrote the script based on their own story, leading to wins for both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Story (The Story of Louis Pasteur) at the 9th Academy Awards, honoring the films of 1936.