The Oscar of the best actor (English: Academy Award for Best Actor) is a cinematographic reward decreed each year, since 1928. This one is decreed with an actor of cinema industry by the Academy of Arts and the Culture of the Cinema (English: Academy off Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). The nominations for this rewards are decided by actors and actresses members of the academy, gaining it is elected by all the members of the academy, as for the other prices.

The Oscar of the best actor rewards an actor for his performance in only one film, and not for its performances all along its career, nor for all the films in which it turned for the year in question, except for the first year, in 1928.

The films listed below are sorted per year of exit, the Oscar corresponding having been generally decreed to the beginning of the year following.

List winners of the Oscar of the best actor

Years 1920

• 1927/1928: Emil Jannings for the roles of the Dolgorucki General in Twilight of glory (The Last Command) of Josef von Sternberg and August Schilling in When the flesh succumbs (The Way off All Flesh) of Victor Fleming

• 1928/1929: Warner Baxter for the role of Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona of Irving Cummings & Raoul Walsh

• 1929/1930: George Arliss for the role of Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli of Alfred E. Green

Years 1930

• 1930/1931: Lionel Barrymore for the role of Stephen Ashe in free Hearts (Free Soul has) Clarence Brown

• 1931/1932: Wallace Beery for the role of Andy Purcell in the Champion (The Field) of King Vidor, & Fredric March for the role of Doctor Henry Jekyll/Mister Hyde in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) of Rouben Mamoulian

• 1932/1933: Charles Laughton for the role of Henry VIII in Private life of Henry VIII (The Private Life off Henry VIII) of Alexander Korda

• 1934 : Clark Gable for the role of Peter Warne in New York-Miami (It Happened One Night) of Frank Capra

• 1935 : Victor McLaglen for the role of Gypo Nolan in the Informer (To inform) of John Ford

• 1936 : Paul Provided for the role with Louis Pasteur in Life of Louis Pasteur (The Story off Louis Pasteur) of William Dieterle

• 1937 : Spencer Tracy for the role of Handbook in courageous Captains (Captains Courageous) of Victor Fleming

• 1938 : Spencer Tracy for the role of the Flanagan Father in Of the men was born (Town Servant boys) from Norman Taurog

• 1939 : Robert Donat for the role of Arthur Chipping in Goodbye Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) of Sam Wood

Years 1940

• 1940 : James Stewart for the role of Mike Connor in Indiscretions (The Philadelphia Story) of George Cukor

• 1941 : Gary Cooper for the role of Alvine C. York in Sergeant York (Sergeant York) of Howard Hawks

• 1942 : James Cagney for the role of George Mr. Cohan in the Glorious parade (Yankee Doodle Dandy) of Michael Curtiz

• 1943 : Paul Lukas for the role of Kurt Muller in When the day comes (Watch one the Rhine) from Hermann Shumlin

• 1944 : Bing Crosby for the role of the Father O' Malley in the sown star Road (Going My Way) of Leo McCarey

• 1945 : Ray Milland for the role of Gift Birnam in the Poison (The Lost Weekend) of Billy Wilder

• 1946 : Fredric March for the role of sergeant Al Stephenson in Most beautiful Years of our life (The Best Years off Our Lives) of William Wyler

• 1947 : Ronald Colman for the role of Anthony John in Othello (Double Life has) George Cukor

• 1948 : Laurence Olivier for the role of Hamlet in Hamlet of Laurence Olivier

• 1949 : Broderick Crawford for the role of Willie Stark in the Insane ones of the king (All the King' S Men) of Robert Rossen

Years 1950

• 1950 : Jose To shoe for the role of Cyrano of Bergerac in Cyrano of Bergerac of Michael Gordon

• 1951 : Humphrey Bogart for the role of Charlie Allnut in the Odyssey of African Queen (The African Queen) of John Huston

• 1952 : Gary Cooper for the role of Will Kane in the Train will whistle three times (High Noon) of Fred Zinnemann

• 1953 : William Holden for the role of Sefton in Stalag 17 of Billy Wilder

• 1954 : Marlon Brando for the role of Terry Malloy in On the quays (One the Waterfront) of Elia Kazan

• 1955 : Ernest Borgnine for the role of Marty Pilletti in Marty of Delbert Mann

• 1956 : Yul Brynner for the role of King de Siam in the King and me (The King and I) of Walter Lang

• 1957 : Alec Guinness for the role of Colonel Nicholson in the Bridge of the river Kwai (The Bridge one to rivet Kwai) David Lean

• 1958 : David Niven for the role of Major Pollock in separate Tables (Separate Tables) of Delbert Mann

• 1959 : Charlton Heston for the role of Judas Ben-Hur, prince de Judée in Ben-Hur of William Wyler

Years 1960

• 1960 : Burt Lancaster for the role of Elmer Gantry in Elmer Gantry, the charlatan (Elmer Gantry) of Richard Brooks

• 1961 : Maximilian Schell for the role of Hans Rolfe in Judgment in Nuremberg (Judgment At Nuremberg) of Stanley Kramer

• 1962 : Gregory Peck for the role of Atticus Finch in Of Silence and the Shades (To Kill has Mockingbird) Robert Mulligan

• 1963 : Sidney Poitier for the role of Homer Smith in the Lily of the fields (Lilies off the Field) of Ralph Nelson

• 1964 : Rex Harrison for the role of Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady of George Cukor

• 1965 : Lee Marvin for the role of Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn in Cat Ballou of Elliot Silverstein

• 1966 : Paul Scofield for the role of Sir Thomas More in a man for eternity (Man for All Seasons has) of Fred Zinnemann

• 1967 : Rod Steiger for the role of the sheriff Bill Gillespie in In the heat of the night (In the Heat off the Night) of Norman Jewison

• 1968 : Cliff Robertson for the role of Charly Gordon in Charly of Ralph Nelson

• 1969: John Wayne for the role of Marshall Rooster Cogburn in Hundred dollars for a sheriff (True Grit) of Henry Hathaway

Years 1970

• 1970 : George C. Scott for the role of the General George S. Patton, Jr. in Patton of Franklin J. Schaffner (George C. Scott refuses the reward)

• 1971 : Gene Hackman for the role of Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in French Connection (The French Connection) of William Friedkin

• 1972 : Marlon Brando for the role of Gift Vito Corleone in the Godfather (The Godfather) of Francis Ford Coppola (Marlon Brando refuses the reward)

• 1973 : Jack Lemmon for the role of Harry Stoner in Save the tiger (Save the Tiger) of John G. Avildsen

• 1974 : Art Carney for the role of Harry in Harry and Tonto (Harry and Tonto) of Paul Mazursky

• 1975 : Jack Nicholson for the role of Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew over the Cuckoo' S Nest) of Milos Forman

• 1976 : Peter Finch for the role of Howard Beale in Network, Control on television (Network) of Sidney Lumet

• 1977 : Richard Dreyfuss for the role of Elliot Garfield in The Goodbye Girl of Herbert Ross

• 1978 : Jon Voight for the role of Luke Martin in the Return (Coming Home) of Hall Ashby

• 1979 : Dustin Hoffman for the role of Ted Kramer in Kramer against Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer) of Robert Benton

Years 1980

• 1980 : Robert De Niro for the role of Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull of Martin Scorsese

• 1981 : Henry Founded for the role of Norman Thayer, Jr in the House of the lake (One Golden delicious Lays) Mark Rydell

• 1982 : Ben Kingsley for the role of Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi of Richard Attenborough

• 1983 : Robert Duval for the role of Mac Sledge in Tender happiness (Tender Mercies) of Bruce Beresford

• 1984 : F. Murray Abraham for the role of Antonio Salieri in Amadeus of Milos Forman

• 1985 : William Hurt for the role of Shine Molina in the Kiss of the woman spider (KIS off the Spider Woman) of Hector Babenco

• 1986 : Paul Newman for the role of Eddie Felson in the Color of the money (The Color off Money) of Martin Scorsese

• 1987 : Michael Douglas for the role of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street of Oliver Stone

• 1988 : Dustin Hoffman for the role of Raymond Babbitt in Rain Man of Barry Levinson

• 1989 : Daniel Day-Lewis for the role of Christy Brown in My Left Foot of Jim Sheridan

Years 1990

• 1990 : Jeremy Irons for the role of Claus Von Bulow in the Mystery von Bülow (Reversal off Fortune) of Barbet spaniel Schroeder

• 1991 : Anthony Hopkins for the role of Doctor Hannibal Lecter in the Silence of the lambs (The Silence off the Lambs) of Jonathan Demme

• 1992 : Al Pacino for the role of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in the one weekend Time (Scent off has Woman) Martin Brest

• 1993 : Tom Hanks for the role of Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia of Jonathan Demme

• 1994 : Tom Hanks for the role of Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump of Robert Zemeckis

• 1995 : Nicolas Cage for the role of Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas of Mike Figgis

• 1996 : Geoffrey Rush for the role of David Helfgott in Shine of Scott Hicks

• 1997 : Jack Nicholson for the role of Melvin Udall in For worst and best the (Ace Good Ace It Gets) of James L. Brooks

• 1998 : Roberto Benigni for the role of Guido in the life is beautiful (the vita E bleated) of Roberto Benigni

• 1999 : Kevin Spacey for the role To ballast Burnham in American Beauty of Sam Mendes

Years 2000

• 2000 : Russell Crowe for the role of Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator of Ridley Scott

• 2001 : Denzel Washington for the role of Alonzo in Training Day of Antoine Fuqua

• 2002 : Adrien Brody for the role of Wladyslaw Szpilman in the Pianist (The Pianist) of Roman Polanski

• 2003 : Sean Penn for the role of Jimmy Markum in Mystic To rivet Clint Eastwood

• 2004 : Jamie Foxx for the role of Ray Charles in Ray of Taylor Hackford

• 2005 : Philip Seymour Hoffman for the role of Truman Capote in Truman Capote ( Hood ) of Bennett Miller

• 2006 : Forest Whitaker for the role of Idi Amin Hobby-horse in the Last King d' Écosse of Kevin MacDonald

See too

• Oscar of the best actor in a supporting role
• Oscar of the cinema
• Oscar of the best actress

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