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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.
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.
This list showcases the Primetime Emmy Award winners in the comedy program, drama program, variety program, and lead actors categories.. In the early days of the Primetime Emmy Awards, categories awarded by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences changed year-to-year, causing irregularities in the continuity of the listed awards.
THE COUNTDOWN: The Independent’s culture team ranks the very best film actors of the century so far
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 ...
First black English actor to be nominated for Best Actor. 2014 Benedict Cumberbatch: The Imitation Game: Nominated Eddie Redmayne: The Theory of Everything: Won 2015 The Danish Girl: Nominated 2016 Andrew Garfield: Hacksaw Ridge: Nominated Garfield is an American-British actor. 2017 Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread: Nominated Gary Oldman Darkest ...
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]
Image credits: Sarah Stier / Getty Images #15 Jason Bateman. Bateman has been a working actor since he was a kid, and his career is thriving. His versatility is seen in the comedy series Arrested ...