Talk:Academy Award for Best Actor

Non-fictional roles

Winners are in Bold

1929–1930

• George Arliss - Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli

1932–1933

• Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII as Henry VIII of England

1934

• Frank Morgan - The Affairs of Cellini as Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence

1935

• Clark Gable - Mutiny on the Bounty as Fletcher Christian
• Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty as William Bligh

1936

• Paul Muni - The Story of Louis Pasteur as Louis Pasteur

1937

• Charles Boyer - Conquest as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
• Paul Muni - The Life of Emile Zola as Émile Zola

1938

• Spencer Tracy - Boys Town as Father Flanagan

1940

• Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Abraham Lincoln

1941

• Gary Cooper - Sergeant York as Alvin Cullum York

1942

• James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy as George M. Cohan
• Gary Cooper - The Pride of the Yankees as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig

1943

• Walter Pidgeon - Madame Curie as Pierre Curie

1944

• Alexander Knox - Wilson as Woodrow Wilson

1945

• Cornel Wilde - A Song to Remember as Frédéric Chopin

1946

• Laurence Olivier - Henry V as Henry V of England
• Larry Parks - The Jolson Story as Al Jolson

1950

• José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac
• Louis Calhern - The Magnificent Yankee as Oliver Wendell Holmes

1952

• Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata! as Emiliano Zapata
• José Ferrer - Moulin Rouge as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / The Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec

1953

• Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar as Mark Antony

1955

• James Cagney - Love Me or Leave Me as Martin Snyder

1956

• Yul Brynner - The King and I as King Mongkut of Siam
• Kirk Douglas - Lust for Life as Vincent van Gogh
• Laurence Olivier - Richard III as Richard III of England

1962

• Burt Lancaster - Birdman of Alcatraz as Robert Stroud
• Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia as T. E. Lawrence

1963

• Rex Harrison - Cleopatra as Julius Caesar

1964

• Richard Burton - Becket as Thomas Becket
• Peter O'Toole - Becket as Henry II of England

1966

• Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons as Thomas More

1967

• Warren Beatty - Bonnie and Clyde as Clyde Barrow

1968

• Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter as Henry II of England

1969

• Richard Burton - Anne of the Thousand Days as Henry VIII of England

1970

• George C. Scott - Patton as Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
• James Earl Jones - The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson

1973

• Al Pacino - Serpico as Frank Serpico

1974

• Dustin Hoffman - Lenny as Lenny Bruce

1975

• James Whitmore - Give 'em Hell, Harry! as Harry Truman

1978

• Gary Busey - The Buddy Holly Story as Buddy Holly

1980

• Robert De Niro - Raging Bull as Jake LaMotta
• John Hurt - The Elephant Man as John Merrick

List of films with more than one nomination

Year	Film	Nominees
1935	Mutiny on the Bounty Best Picture	Clark Gable Charles Laughton Franchot Tone
1944	Going My Way Best Picture	Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald
1953	From Here to Eternity Best Picture	Montgomery Clift Burt Lancaster
1956	Giant	James Dean Rock Hudson
1958	The Defiant Ones	Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier
1961	Judgment at Nuremberg	Maximilian Schell Spencer Tracy
1964	Becket	Richard Burton Peter O'Toole
1969	Midnight Cowboy Best Picture	Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight
1972	Sleuth	Michael Caine Laurence Olivier
1976	Network	Peter Finch William Holden
1983	The Dresser	Tom Courtenay Albert Finney
1984	Amadeus Best Picture	F. Murray Abraham Tom Hulce

On the list only Franchot Tone, Barry Fitzgerald, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney and Tom Hulce never won the Best Actor. Caine and Fitzgerald have won Best Supporting Actor and O'Toole won the Honorary Award in 2003.

Best Actor winners on the list are Clark Gable (1934), Charles Laughton (1933), Bing Crosby (1944), Burt Lancaster (1960), Sidney Poitier (1963), Maximilian Schell (1961), Spencer Tracy (1937 and 1938), Dustin Hoffman (1979 and 1988), Jon Voight (1978), Laurence Olivier (1948), Peter Finch (1976), William Holden (1953), F. Murray Abraham (1984)

Awards by Genre

Backup data for Number of awards by genre of the film - ties count equal

Awards by Genre

Actor	Role	Film	Genre
Spencer Tracy	Manuel Fidello	Captains Courageous	Adventure
Humphrey Bogart	Charlie Allnut	The African Queen	Adventure
Rami Malek	Freddie Mercury	Bohemian Rhapsody	Biography
Spencer Tracy	Father Flanagan	Boys Town	Biography
Philip Seymour Hoffman	Truman Capote	Capote	Biography
Gary Oldman	Winston Churchill	Darkest Hour	Biography
George Arliss	Benjamin Disraeli	Disraeli	Biography
Ben Kingsley	Mahatma Gandhi	Gandhi	Biography
Will Smith	Richard Williams	King Richard	Biography
Daniel Day-Lewis	Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln	Biography
Sean Penn	Harvey Milk	Milk	Biography
Daniel Day-Lewis	Christy Brown	My Left Foot	Biography
George C. Scott	General George S. Patton Jr.	Patton	Biography
Robert De Niro	Jake LaMotta	Raging Bull	Biography
Jamie Foxx	Ray Charles	Ray	Biography
Gary Cooper	Sgt. Alvin York	Sergeant York	Biography
Geoffrey Rush	David Helfgott	Shine	Biography
Colin Firth	King George VI	The King's Speech	Biography
Charles Laughton	King Henry VIII	The Private Life of Henry VIII	Biography
Paul Muni	Louis Pasteur	The Story of Louis Pasteur	Biography
Eddie Redmayne	Stephen Hawking	The Theory of Everything	Biography
James Cagney	George M. Cohan	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Biography
Lee Marvin	Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn	Cat Ballou	Comedy
Bing Crosby	Father Chuck O'Malley	Going My Way	Comedy
Kevin Spacey	Lester Burnham	American Beauty	Comedy-Drama
Tom Hanks	Forrest Gump	Forrest Gump	Comedy-Drama
Roberto Benigni	Guido Orefice	Life Is Beautiful	Comedy-Drama
Sidney Poitier	Homer Smith	Lilies of the Field	Comedy-Drama
Peter Finch †	Howard Beale	Network	Comedy-Drama
Henry Fonda	Norman Thayer Jr.	On Golden Pond	Comedy-Drama
Jack Nicholson	Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Comedy-Drama
Jean Dujardin	George Valentin	The Artist	Comedy-Drama
Ronald Colman	Anthony John	A Double Life	Drama
Lionel Barrymore	Stephen Ashe	A Free Soul	Drama
Paul Scofield	Sir Thomas More	A Man for All Seasons	Drama
Broderick Crawford	Willie Stark	All the King's Men	Drama
F. Murray Abraham	Antonio Salieri	Amadeus	Drama
Jon Voight	Luke Martin	Coming Home	Drama
Jeff Bridges	Otis "Bad" Blake	Crazy Heart	Drama
José Ferrer	Cyrano de Bergerac	Cyrano de Bergerac	Drama
Matthew McConaughey	Ron Woodroof	Dallas Buyers Club	Drama
Burt Lancaster	Elmer Gantry	Elmer Gantry	Drama
Robert Donat	Charles Edward Chipping	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Drama
Laurence Olivier	Hamlet, Prince of Denmark	Hamlet	Drama
Rod Steiger	Police Chief Bill Gillespie	In the Heat of the Night	Drama
Maximilian Schell	Hans Rolfe	Judgment at Nuremberg	Drama
William Hurt	Luis Molina	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Drama
Dustin Hoffman	Ted Kramer	Kramer vs. Kramer	Drama
Nicolas Cage	Ben Sanderson	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama
Casey Affleck	Lee Chandler	Manchester by the Sea	Drama
Ernest Borgnine	Marty Piletti	Marty	Drama
Marlon Brando	Terry Malloy	On the Waterfront	Drama
Tom Hanks	Andrew "Andy" Beckett	Philadelphia	Drama
Dustin Hoffman	Raymond Babbitt	Rain Man	Drama
Jeremy Irons	Claus von Bülow	Reversal of Fortune	Drama
Jack Lemmon	Harry Stoner	Save the Tiger	Drama
Al Pacino	Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade	Scent of a Woman	Drama
David Niven	Major Angus Pollock	Separate Tables	Drama
Robert Duvall	Mac Sledge	Tender Mercies	Drama
Fredric March	Platoon Sergeant Al Stephenson	The Best Years of Our Lives	Drama
Paul Newman	Fast Eddie Felson	The Color of Money	Drama
Anthony Hopkins	Anthony	The Father	Drama
Marlon Brando	Vito Corleone	The Godfather	Drama
Victor McLaglen	Gypo Nolan	The Informer	Drama
Emil Jannings	Grand Duke Sergius Alexander	The Last Command	Drama
Forest Whitaker	Idi Amin	The Last King of Scotland	Drama
Ray Milland	Don Birnam	The Lost Weekend	Drama
Adrien Brody	Wladyslaw Szpilman	The Pianist	Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis	Daniel Plainview	There Will Be Blood	Drama
Gregory Peck	Atticus Finch	To Kill a Mockingbird	Drama
Denzel Washington	Det. Sgt. Alonzo Harris	Training Day	Drama
Michael Douglas	Gordon Gekko	Wall Street	Drama
Paul Lukas	Kurt Muller	Watch on the Rhine	Drama
Charlton Heston	Judah Ben-Hur	Ben-Hur	Epic
Russell Crowe	Maximus Decimus Meridius	Gladiator	Epic
Fredric March	Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Horror
Anthony Hopkins	Dr. Hannibal Lecter	The Silence of the Lambs	Horror
Rex Harrison	Professor Henry Higgins	My Fair Lady	Musical
Yul Brynner	King Mongkut of Siam	The King and I	Musical
Art Carney	Harry Coombes	Harry and Tonto	Road Movie
Jack Nicholson	Melvin Udall	As Good as It Gets	Romantic Comedy
Clark Gable	Peter Warne	It Happened One Night	Romantic Comedy
Richard Dreyfuss	Elliot Garfield	The Goodbye Girl	Romantic Comedy
James Stewart	Macaulay "Mike" Connor	The Philadelphia Story	Romantic Comedy
Cliff Robertson	Charly Gordon	Charly	Science Fiction
Wallace Beery	Andy "Champ" Purcell	The Champ	Sports
Joaquin Phoenix	Arthur Fleck / Joker	Joker	Superhero
Sean Penn	Jimmy Markum	Mystic River	Thriller
Gene Hackman	Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle	The French Connection	Thriller
William Holden	Sgt. J.J. Sefton	Stalag 17	War
Alec Guinness	Lt. Colonel Nicholson	The Bridge on the River Kwai	War
Gary Cooper	Marshal Will Kane	High Noon	Western
Warner Baxter	The Cisco Kid	In Old Arizona	Western
Leonardo DiCaprio	Hugh Glass	The Revenant	Western
John Wayne	Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn	True Grit	Western

Best male actor

Considering "actor" can often now refer to actors of either gender, should the fact that this is specifically for male actors and separate from Best Actress be emphasised more in the lead? 202.36.244.199 (talk) 17:45, 2 October 2024 (UTC)