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However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years’ Best Actor winners instead. 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]
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]
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. As of 2025, Jannings is the only German to win in that ...
Academy Award voters love actors who take on historical figures, much like last year's best actor award winner.. Cillian Murphy won the Oscar for best actor for his role as theoretical physicist J ...
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 ...
Here's what every best actor winner from 2001 to 2012 is doing now, up to 21 years after their Academy Award wins.
First winner of Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment. 1963: André Previn: Irma la Douce: Won: Winner of Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment. 1964: My Fair Lady: Won 1973: Jesus Christ Superstar: Nominated: Nominated for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation.
At age 83, Best Actor winner Anthony Hopkins was the oldest performer ever to win a competitive acting Oscar. [19] Best Actress winner Frances McDormand became the seventh person to win a third acting Oscar, the third to win three leading performance Oscars, and the second to win Best Actress three times. [ 20 ]