academy award for best actor

The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Actor in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first in bold, followed by the other nominees.

1920s

1st	1928	Emil Jannings	*The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh*
\|\| \|\| Richard Barthelmess \|\| The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid
\|\| \|\| Charlie Chaplin \|\| The Circus
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2nd	1929	Warner Baxter	*In Old Arizona*
\|\| \|\| George Bancroft \|\| Thunderbolt
\|\| \|\| Chester Morris \|\| Alibi
\|\| \|\| Paul Muni \|\| The Valiant
\|\| \|\| Lewis Stone \|\| The Patriot

1930s

3rd	1930	George Arliss	*Disraeli*
\|\| \|\| George Arliss \|\| The Green Goddess
\|\| \|\| Wallace Beery \|\| The Big House
\|\| \|\| Maurice Chevalier \|\| The Big Pond and The Love Parade
\|\| \|\| Ronald Colman \|\| Bulldog Drummond and Condemned
\|\| \|\| Lawrence Tibbett \|\| The Rogue Song
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4th	1931	Lionel Barrymore	*A Free Soul*
\|\| \|\|Adolphe Menjou \|\| The Front Page
\|\| \|\| Jackie Cooper \|\| Skippy
\|\| \|\| Richard Dix \|\| Cimarron
\|\| \|\| Fredric March \|\| The Royal Family of Broadway
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5th	1932	Wallace Beery Fredric March	The Champ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
\|\| \|\| Alfred Lunt \|\| The Guardsman
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6th	1933	Charles Laughton	*The Private Life of Henry VIII*
\|\| \|\| Leslie Howard \|\| Berkeley Square
\|\| \|\| Paul Muni \|\| I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
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7th	1934	Clark Gable	*It Happened One Night*
\|\| \|\| Frank Morgan \|\| The Affairs of Cellini
\|\| \|\|William Powell \|\| The Thin Man
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8th	1935	Victor McLaglen	*The Informer*
\|\| \|\|Clark Gable \|\| Mutiny on the Bounty
\|\| \|\|Charles Laughton \|\| Mutiny on the Bounty
\|\| \|\|Franchot Tone \|\| Mutiny on the Bounty
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9th	1936	Paul Muni	*The Story of Louis Pasteur*
\|\| \|\| Gary Cooper \|\| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
\|\| \|\| Walter Huston \|\| Dodsworth
\|\| \|\| William Powell \|\| My Man Godfrey
\|\| \|\| Spencer Tracy \|\| San Francisco
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10th	1937	Spencer Tracy	*Captains Courageous*
\|\| \|\| Charles Boyer \|\| Conquest
\|\| \|\| Fredric March \|\| A Star Is Born
\|\| \|\| Robert Montgomery \|\| Night Must Fall
\|\| \|\| Paul Muni \|\| The Life of Emile Zola
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11th	1938	Spencer Tracy	*Boys Town*
\|\| \|\| Charles Boyer \|\| Algiers
\|\| \|\| James Cagney \|\| Angels with Dirty Faces
\|\| \|\| Robert Donat \|\| The Citadel
\|\| \|\| Leslie Howard \|\| Pygmalion
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12th	1939	Robert Donat	*Goodbye, Mr. Chips*
\|\| \|\| Clark Gable \|\| Gone With the Wind
\|\| \|\| Laurence Olivier \|\| Wuthering Heights
\|\| \|\| Mickey Rooney \|\| Babes in Arms
\|\| \|\| James Stewart \|\| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1940s

13th	1940	James Stewart	*The Philadelphia Story*
\|\| \|\| Charlie Chaplin \|\| The Great Dictator
\|\| \|\| Henry Fonda \|\| The Grapes of Wrath
\|\| \|\| Raymond Massey \|\| Abe Lincoln in Illinois
\|\| \|\| Laurence Olivier \|\| Rebecca
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14th	1941	Gary Cooper	*Sergeant York*
\|\| \|\| Cary Grant \|\| Penny Serenade
\|\| \|\| Walter Huston \|\| The Devil and Daniel Webster
\|\| \|\| Robert Montgomery \|\| Here Comes Mr. Jordan
\|\| \|\| Orson Welles \|\| Citizen Kane
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15th	1942	James Cagney	*Yankee Doodle Dandy*
\|\| \|\| Ronald Colman \|\| Random Harvest
\|\| \|\| Gary Cooper \|\| The Pride of the Yankees
\|\| \|\| Walter Pidgeon \|\| Mrs. Miniver
\|\| \|\| Monty Woolley \|\| The Pied Piper
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16th	1943	Paul Lukas	*Watch on the Rhine*
\|\| \|\| Humphrey Bogart \|\| Casablanca
\|\| \|\| Gary Cooper \|\| For Whom the Bell Tolls
\|\| \|\| Walter Pidgeon \|\| Madame Curie
\|\| \|\| Mickey Rooney \|\| The Human Comedy
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17th	1944	Bing Crosby	*Going My Way*
\|\| \|\| Charles Boyer \|\| Gaslight
\|\| \|\| Barry Fitzgerald \|\| Going My Way
\|\| \|\| Cary Grant \|\| None but the Lonely Heart
\|\| \|\| Alexander Knox \|\| Wilson
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18th	1945	Ray Milland	*The Lost Weekend*
\|\| \|\| Bing Crosby \|\| The Bells of St. Mary's
\|\| \|\| Gene Kelly \|\| Anchors Aweigh
\|\| \|\| Gregory Peck \|\| The Keys of the Kingdom
\|\| \|\| Cornel Wilde \|\| A Song to Remember
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19th	1946	Fredric March	*The Best Years of Our Lives*
\|\| \|\| Laurence Olivier \|\| Henry V
\|\| \|\| Larry Parks \|\| The Jolson Story
\|\| \|\| Gregory Peck \|\| The Yearling
\|\| \|\| James Stewart \|\| It's a Wonderful Life
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20th	1947	Ronald Colman	*A Double Life*
\|\| \|\| John Garfield \|\| Body and Soul
\|\| \|\| Gregory Peck \|\| Gentleman's Agreement
\|\| \|\| Michael Redgrave \|\| Mourning Becomes Electra
\|\| \|\| William Powell \|\| Life with Father
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21st	1948	Laurence Olivier	*Hamlet*
\|\| \|\| Lew Ayres \|\| Johnny Belinda
\|\| \|\| Montgomery Clift \|\| The Search
\|\| \|\| Dan Dailey \|\| When My Baby Smiles at Me
\|\| \|\| Clifton Webb \|\| Sitting Pretty
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22nd	1949	Broderick Crawford	*All the King's Men*
\|\| \|\| Kirk Douglas \|\| Champion
\|\| \|\| Gregory Peck \|\| Twelve O'Clock High
\|\| \|\| Richard Todd \|\| The Hasty Heart
\|\| \|\| John Wayne \|\| Sands of Iwo Jima

1950s

23rd	1950	Jos Ferrer	*Cyrano de Bergerac*
\|\| \|\| Louis Calhern \|\| The Magnificent Yankee
\|\| \|\| William Holden \|\| Sunset Boulevard
\|\| \|\| James Stewart \|\| Harvey
\|\| \|\| Spencer Tracy \|\| Father of the Bride
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24th	1951	Humphrey Bogart	*The African Queen*
\|\| \|\| Marlon Brando \|\| A Streetcar Named Desire
\|\| \|\| Montgomery Clift \|\| A Place in the Sun
\|\| \|\| Arthur Kennedy \|\| Bright Victory
\|\| \|\| Fredric March \|\| Death of a Salesman
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25th	1952	Gary Cooper	*High Noon*
\|\| \|\| Marlon Brando \|\| Viva Zapata!
\|\| \|\| Kirk Douglas \|\| The Bad and the Beautiful
\|\| \|\| Jos Ferrer \|\| Moulin Rouge
\|\| \|\| Alec Guinness \|\| The Lavender Hill Mob
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26th	1953	William Holden	*Stalag 17*
\|\| \|\| Marlon Brando \|\| Julius Caesar
\|\| \|\| Richard Burton \|\| The Robe
\|\| \|\| Montgomery Clift \|\| From Here to Eternity
\|\| \|\| Burt Lancaster \|\| From Here to Eternity
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27th	1954	Marlon Brando	*On the Waterfront*
\|\| \|\| Humphrey Bogart \|\| The Caine Mutiny
\|\| \|\| Bing Crosby \|\| The Country Girl
\|\| \|\| James Mason \|\| A Star Is Born
\|\| \|\| Dan O'Herlihy \|\| The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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28th	1955	Ernest Borgnine	*Marty*
\|\| \|\| James Cagney \|\| Love Me or Leave Me
\|\| \|\| James Dean \|\| East of Eden
\|\| \|\| Frank Sinatra \|\| The Man with the Golden Arm
\|\| \|\| Spencer Tracy \|\| Bad Day at Black Rock
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29th	1956	Yul Brynner	*The King and I*
\|\| \|\| James Dean \|\| Giant
\|\| \|\| Kirk Douglas \|\| Lust for Life
\|\| \|\| Rock Hudson \|\| Giant
\|\| \|\| Laurence Olivier \|\| Richard III
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30th	1957	Alec Guinness	*The Bridge on the River Kwai*
\|\| \|\| Marlon Brando \|\| Sayonara
\|\| \|\| Anthony Franciosa \|\| A Hatful of Rain
\|\| \|\| Charles Laughton \|\| Witness for the Prosecution
\|\| \|\| Anthony Quinn \|\| Wild Is the Wind
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31st	1958	David Niven	*Separate Tables*
\|\| \|\| Tony Curtis \|\| The Defiant Ones
\|\| \|\| Paul Newman \|\| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
\|\| \|\| Sidney Poitier \|\| The Defiant Ones
\|\| \|\| Spencer Tracy \|\| The Old Man and the Sea
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32nd	1959	Charlton Heston	*Ben-Hur*
\|\| \|\| Laurence Harvey \|\| Room at the Top
\|\| \|\| Jack Lemmon \|\| Some Like It Hot
\|\| \|\| Paul Muni \|\| The Last Angry Man
\|\| \|\| James Stewart \|\| Anatomy of a Murder

1960s

33rd	1960	Burt Lancaster	*Elmer Gantry*
\|\| \|\| Trevor Howard \|\| Sons and Lovers
\|\| \|\| Jack Lemmon \|\| The Apartment
\|\| \|\| Laurence Olivier \|\| The Entertainer
\|\| \|\| Spencer Tracy \|\| Inherit the Wind
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34th	1961	Maximilian Schell	*Judgment at Nuremberg*
\|\| \|\| Charles Boyer \|\| Fanny
\|\| \|\| Paul Newman \|\| The Hustler
\|\| \|\| Spencer Tracy \|\| Judgment at Nuremberg
\|\| \|\| Stuart Whitman \|\| The Mark
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35th	1962	Gregory Peck	*To Kill a Mockingbird*
\|\| \|\| Burt Lancaster \|\| Birdman of Alcatraz
\|\| \|\| Jack Lemmon \|\| Days of Wine and Roses
\|\| \|\| Marcello Mastroianni \|\| Divorce, Italian Style
\|\| \|\| Peter O'Toole \|\| Lawrence of Arabia
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36th	1963	Sidney Poitier	*Lilies of the Field*
\|\| \|\| Albert Finney \|\| Tom Jones
\|\| \|\| Richard Harris \|\| This Sporting Life
\|\| \|\| Rex Harrison \|\| Cleopatra
\|\| \|\| Paul Newman \|\| Hud
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37th	1964	Rex Harrison	*My Fair Lady*
\|\| \|\| Richard Burton \|\| Becket
\|\| \|\| Peter O'Toole \|\| Becket
\|\| \|\| Anthony Quinn \|\| Zorba the Greek
\|\| \|\| Peter Sellers \|\| Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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38th	1965	Lee Marvin	*Cat Ballou*
\|\| \|\| Richard Burton \|\| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
\|\| \|\| Laurence Olivier \|\| Othello
\|\| \|\| Rod Steiger \|\| The Pawnbroker
\|\| \|\| Oskar Werner \|\| Ship of Fools
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39th	1966	Paul Scofield	*A Man for All Seasons*
\|\| \|\| Alan Arkin \|\| The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
\|\| \|\| Richard Burton \|\| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
\|\| \|\| Michael Caine \|\| Alfie
\|\| \|\| Steve McQueen \|\| The Sand Pebbles
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40th	1967	Rod Steiger	*In the Heat of the Night*
\|\| \|\| Warren Beatty \|\| Bonnie and Clyde
\|\| \|\| Dustin Hoffman \|\| The Graduate
\|\| \|\| Paul Newman \|\| Cool Hand Luke
\|\| \|\| Spencer Tracy \|\| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
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41st	1968	Cliff Robertson	*Charly*
\|\| \|\| Alan Arkin \|\| The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
\|\| \|\| Alan Bates \|\| The Fixer
\|\| \|\| Ron Moody \|\| Oliver!
\|\| \|\| Peter O'Toole \|\| The Lion in Winter
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42nd	1969	John Wayne	*True Grit*
\|\| \|\| Richard Burton \|\| Anne of the Thousand Days
\|\| \|\| Dustin Hoffman \|\| Midnight Cowboy
\|\| \|\| Peter O'Toole \|\| Goodbye, Mr. Chips
\|\| \|\| Jon Voight \|\| Midnight Cowboy

1970s

43rd	1970	George C. Scott	*Patton* (declined)
\|\| \|\| Melvyn Douglas \|\| I Never Sang for My Father
\|\| \|\| James Earl Jones \|\| The Great White Hope
\|\| \|\| Jack Nicholson \|\| Five Easy Pieces
\|\| \|\| Ryan O'Neal \|\| Love Story
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44th	1971	Gene Hackman	*The French Connection*
\|\| \|\| Peter Finch \|\| Sunday Bloody Sunday
\|\| \|\| Walter Matthau \|\| Kotch
\|\| \|\| George C. Scott \|\| The Hospital
\|\| \|\| Topol \|\| Fiddler on the Roof
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45th	1972	Marlon Brando	*The Godfather* (declined)
\|\| \|\| Michael Caine \|\| Sleuth
\|\| \|\| Laurence Olivier \|\| Sleuth
\|\| \|\| Peter O'Toole \|\| The Ruling Class
\|\| \|\| Paul Winfield \|\| Sounder
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46th	1973	Jack Lemmon	*Save the Tiger*
\|\| \|\| Marlon Brando \|\| Last Tango in Paris
\|\| \|\| Jack Nicholson \|\| The Last Detail
\|\| \|\| Al Pacino \|\| Serpico
\|\| \|\| Robert Redford \|\| The Sting
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47th	1974	Art Carney	*Harry and Tonto*
\|\| \|\| Albert Finney \|\| Murder on the Orient Express
\|\| \|\| Dustin Hoffman \|\| Lenny
\|\| \|\| Jack Nicholson \|\| Chinatown
\|\| \|\| Al Pacino \|\| The Godfather, Part II
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48th	1975	Jack Nicholson	*One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*
\|\| \|\| Walter Matthau \|\| The Sunshine Boys
\|\| \|\| Al Pacino \|\| Dog Day Afternoon
\|\| \|\| Maximilian Schell \|\| The Man in the Glass Booth
\|\| \|\| James Whitmore \|\| Give 'em Hell, Harry!
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49th	1976	Peter Finch	*Network*
\|\| \|\| Robert De Niro \|\| Taxi Driver
\|\| \|\| Giancarlo Giannini \|\| Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze)
\|\| \|\| William Holden \|\| Network
\|\| \|\| Sylvester Stallone \|\| Rocky
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50th	1977	Richard Dreyfuss	*The Goodbye Girl*
\|\| \|\| Woody Allen \|\| Annie Hall
\|\| \|\| Richard Burton \|\| Equus
\|\| \|\| Marcello Mastroianni \|\| A Special Day
\|\| \|\| John Travolta \|\| Saturday Night Fever
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51st	1978	Jon Voight	*Coming Home*
\|\| \|\| Warren Beatty \|\| Heaven Can Wait
\|\| \|\| Gary Busey \|\| The Buddy Holly Story
\|\| \|\| Robert De Niro \|\| The Deer Hunter
\|\| \|\| Laurence Olivier \|\| The Boys from Brazil
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52nd	1979	Dustin Hoffman	*Kramer vs. Kramer*
\|\| \|\| Jack Lemmon \|\| The China Syndrome
\|\| \|\| Roy Scheider \|\| All That Jazz
\|\| \|\| Peter Sellers \|\| Being There
\|\| \|\| Al Pacino \|\| ...And Justice for All

1980s

53rd	1980	Robert De Niro	*Raging Bull*
\|\| \|\| Robert Duvall \|\| The Great Santini
\|\| \|\| John Hurt \|\| The Elephant Man
\|\| \|\| Jack Lemmon \|\| Tribute
\|\| \|\| Peter O'Toole \|\| The Stunt Man
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54th	1981	Henry Fonda	*On Golden Pond*
\|\| \|\| Warren Beatty \|\| Reds
\|\| \|\| Burt Lancaster \|\| Atlantic City
\|\| \|\| Dudley Moore \|\| Arthur
\|\| \|\| Paul Newman \|\| Absence of Malice
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55th	1982	Ben Kingsley	*Gandhi*
\|\| \|\| Dustin Hoffman \|\| Tootsie
\|\| \|\| Jack Lemmon \|\| Missing
\|\| \|\| Paul Newman \|\| The Verdict
\|\| \|\| Peter O'Toole \|\| My Favorite Year
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56th	1983	Robert Duvall	*Tender Mercies*
\|\| \|\| Michael Caine \|\| Educating Rita
\|\| \|\| Tom Conti \|\| Reuben, Reuben
\|\| \|\| Tom Courtenay \|\| The Dresser
\|\| \|\| Albert Finney \|\| The Dresser
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57th	1984	F. Murray Abraham	*Amadeus*
\|\| \|\| Jeff Bridges \|\| Starman
\|\| \|\| Albert Finney \|\| Under the Volcano
\|\| \|\| Tom Hulce \|\| Amadeus
\|\| \|\| Sam Waterston \|\| The Killing Fields
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58th	1985	William Hurt	*Kiss of the Spider Woman*
\|\| \|\| Harrison Ford \|\| Witness
\|\| \|\| James Garner \|\| Murphy's Romance
\|\| \|\| Jack Nicholson \|\| Prizzi's Honor
\|\| \|\| Jon Voight \|\| Runaway Train
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59th	1986	Paul Newman	*The Color of Money*
\|\| \|\| Dexter Gordon \|\| 'Round Midnight
\|\| \|\| Bob Hoskins \|\| Mona Lisa
\|\| \|\| William Hurt \|\| Children of a Lesser God
\|\| \|\| James Woods \|\| Salvador
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60th	1987	Michael Douglas	*Wall Street*
\|\| \|\| William Hurt \|\| Broadcast News
\|\| \|\| Marcello Mastroianni \|\| Dark Eyes
\|\| \|\| Jack Nicholson \|\| Ironweed
\|\| \|\| Robin Williams \|\| Good Morning, Vietnam
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61st	1988	Dustin Hoffman	*Rain Man*
\|\| \|\| Gene Hackman \|\| Mississippi Burning
\|\| \|\| Tom Hanks \|\| Big
\|\| \|\| Edward James Olmos \|\| Stand and Deliver
\|\| \|\| Max von Sydow \|\| Pelle the Conqueror
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62nd	1989	Daniel Day-Lewis	*My Left Foot*
\|\| \|\| Kenneth Branagh \|\| Henry V
\|\| \|\| Tom Cruise \|\| Born on the Fourth of July
\|\| \|\| Morgan Freeman \|\| Driving Miss Daisy
\|\| \|\| Robin Williams \|\| Dead Poets Society

1990s

63rd	1990	Jeremy Irons	*Reversal of Fortune*
\|\| \|\| Kevin Costner \|\| Dances with Wolves
\|\| \|\| Robert De Niro \|\| Awakenings
\|\| \|\| Gerard Depardieu \|\| Cyrano de Bergerac
\|\| \|\| Richard Harris \|\| The Field
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64th	1991	Anthony Hopkins	*The Silence of the Lambs*
\|\| \|\| Warren Beatty \|\| Bugsy
\|\| \|\| Robert De Niro \|\| Cape Fear
\|\| \|\| Nick Nolte \|\| The Prince of Tides
\|\| \|\| Robin Williams \|\| The Fisher King
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65th	1992	Al Pacino	*Scent of a Woman*
\|\| \|\| Robert Downey Jr. \|\| Chaplin
\|\| \|\| Clint Eastwood \|\| Unforgiven
\|\| \|\| Stephen Rea \|\| The Crying Game
\|\| \|\| Denzel Washington \|\| Malcolm X
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66th	1993	Tom Hanks	*Philadelphia*
\|\| \|\| Laurence Fishburne \|\| What's Love Got to Do with It?
\|\| \|\| Anthony Hopkins \|\| The Remains of the Day
\|\| \|\| Daniel Day-Lewis \|\| In the Name of the Father
\|\| \|\| Liam Neeson \|\| Schindler's List
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67th	1994	Tom Hanks	*Forrest Gump*
\|\| \|\| Morgan Freeman \|\| The Shawshank Redemption
\|\| \|\| Nigel Hawthorne \|\| The Madness of King George
\|\| \|\| Paul Newman \|\| Nobody's Fool
\|\| \|\| John Travolta \|\| Pulp Fiction
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68th	1995	Nicolas Cage	*Leaving Las Vegas*
\|\| \|\| Richard Dreyfuss \|\| Mr. Holland's Opus
\|\| \|\| Anthony Hopkins \|\| Nixon
\|\| \|\| Sean Penn \|\| Dead Man Walking
\|\| \|\| Massimo Troisi \|\| Il Postino
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69th	1996	Geoffrey Rush	Shine
\|\| \|\| Tom Cruise \|\| Jerry Maguire
\|\| \|\| Ralph Fiennes \|\| The English Patient
\|\| \|\| Billy Bob Thornton \|\| Sling Blade
\|\| \|\| Woody Harrelson \|\| The People vs. Larry Flynt
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70th	1997	Jack Nicholson	*As Good As It Gets*
\|\| \|\| Matt Damon \|\| Good Will Hunting
\|\| \|\| Robert Duvall \|\| The Apostle
\|\| \|\| Peter Fonda \|\| Ulee's Gold
\|\| \|\| Dustin Hoffman \|\| Wag the Dog
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71st	1998	Roberto Benigni	*Life Is Beautiful*
\|\| \|\| Ian McKellen \|\| Gods and Monsters
\|\| \|\| Nick Nolte \|\| Affliction
\|\| \|\| Edward Norton \|\| American History X
\|\| \|\| Tom Hanks \|\| Saving Private Ryan
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72nd	1999	Kevin Spacey	*American Beauty*
\|\| \|\| Denzel Washington \|\| The Hurricane
\|\| \|\| Russell Crowe \|\| The Insider
\|\| \|\| Richard Farnsworth \|\| The Straight Story
\|\| \|\| Sean Penn \|\| Sweet and Lowdown

2000s

73rd	2000	Russell Crowe	*Gladiator*
\|\| \|\| Javier Bardem \|\| Before Night Falls
\|\| \|\| Tom Hanks \|\| Cast Away
\|\| \|\| Ed Harris \|\| Pollock
\|\| \|\| Geoffrey Rush \|\| Quills
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74th	2001	Denzel Washington	*Training Day*
\|\| \|\| Will Smith \|\| Ali
\|\| \|\| Russell Crowe \|\| A Beautiful Mind
\|\| \|\| Sean Penn \|\| I Am Sam
\|\| \|\| Tom Wilkinson \|\| In the Bedroom
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75th	2002	Adrien Brody	*The Pianist*
\|\| \|\| Jack Nicholson \|\| About Schmidt
\|\| \|\| Nicolas Cage \|\| Adaptation
\|\| \|\| Daniel Day-Lewis \|\| Gangs of New York
\|\| \|\| Michael Caine \|\| The Quiet American
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76th	2003	Sean Penn	*Mystic River*
\|\| \|\| Johnny Depp \|\|
\|\| \|\| Ben Kingsley \|\| House of Sand and Fog
\|\| \|\| Jude Law \|\| Cold Mountain
\|\| \|\| Bill Murray \|\| Lost in Translation
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a href="/encyclopedia/77th-Academy-Awards" title="77th Academy Awards">77th	2004	Jamie Foxx	*Ray*
\|\| \|\| Don Cheadle \|\| Hotel Rwanda
\|\| \|\| Johnny Depp \|\| Finding Neverland
\|\| \|\| Leonardo DiCaprio \|\| The Aviator
\|\| \|\| Clint Eastwood \|\| Million Dollar Baby

Academy Award For Best Actor

See also