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AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films of 40 minutes or more) whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work."
This is a list of films with performances that have been nominated in all of the Academy Award acting categories.. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually bestows Academy Awards for acting performances in the following four categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
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]
The combination that occurred the longest time ago is Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, with My Left Foot (1989) winning both at the 62nd Academy Awards. The combination with the longest gap between award wins is Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, which occurred 44 years apart: first with Ben-Hur (1959) at the 32nd Academy Awards , and ...
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.
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.
The Brazilian-American actress is best known for her role as ... Variety named her one of the top 10 Latinx actors to watch. NBD. ... During the 1940s (and beyond), Rita was the A-list actress, ...
This list of film acting awards is an index to articles that describe awards given to actors and actresses in films. It includes general awards, best cast awards, and awards for debut actresses and actors. It excludes awards for lead actress, lead actor and supporting actor (male and female), which are covered by separate lists.