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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.
Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards (all for Best Actress), more than any other actor or actress in the history of the award. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given Academy Awards to actors and actresses for their performances in films since its inception.
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 .
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. Katharine Hepburn won four times from twelve nominations—all for lead roles—making her the actor with the most wins in Academy Awards history. [3]
Of the 954 Academy Award nominees in an acting category, a total of 354 have received two or more acting nominations, 179 women and 175 men. A three-time Oscar winner, Meryl Streep is the most nominated performer in the acting categories, with 21 nominations between 1979 and 2018. [2] Streep's total includes a record seventeen best actress ...
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 ...
The 74th Academy Awards, held in 2002, presented the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. [13] Since 1973, all Academy Awards ceremonies, except for 2021, have ended with the Academy Award for Best Picture. Traditionally, the previous year's winners for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor present the awards for Best Actress and Best ...
First person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award. Billie Eilish, for Best Original Song, "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die (2021) First person born in the 21st century to be nominated for an Academy Award. Quvenzhané Wallis, for Best Actress, Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) First Icelander to win an Academy Award