Best Actor

Brendan Fraser, winner 2022

The Academy Award for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner. Prior to the 49th Academy Awards ceremony (1976), this award was simply known as the Academy Award of Merit for Performance by an Actor. Since its inception, however, the award has commonly been referred to as the Oscar for Best Actor. While actors are nominated for this award by Academy members who are actors and actresses themselves, winners are selected by the Academy membership as a whole.

History

In the first three years of the awards, actors were nominated as the best in their categories. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award. However, during the 3rd ceremony held in 1930, only one of those films was cited in each winner's final award, even though each of the acting winners had two films following their names on the ballots. The following year, this unwieldy and confusing system was replaced by the current system in which an actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film. Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937, the category was officially limited to five nominations per year. At the ceremony held in 2013 for films of 2012, Daniel Day-Lewis became the first actor to win in this category three times, surpassing Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Fredric March, Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn and Spencer Tracy who all have two wins. Tracy and Laurence Olivier have been nominated on nine occasions, more than any other actor.

1st Academy Awards (1927/28)

Winner

Emil Jannings — The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh

Nominees

Richard Barthelmess — The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid

Winner (Special Award)

Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus

2nd Academy Awards (1928/29)

Winner

Warner Baxter — In Old Arizona

Nominees

George Bancroft — Thunderbolt

Chester Morris — Alibi

Paul Muni — The Valiant

Lewis Stone — The Patriot

3rd Academy Awards (1929/30)

Winner

George Arliss — Disraeli

Nominees

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

1930s

4th Academy Awards (1930/31)

Winner

Lionel Barrymore — A Free Soul

Nominees

Jackie Cooper — Skippy

Richard Dix — Cimarron

Fredric March — The Royal Family of Broadway

Adolphe Menjou — The Front Page

5th Academy Awards (1931/32)

Winner

Wallace Beery — The Champ and
Fredric March — Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Nominees

Alfred Lunt — The Guardsman

6th Academy Awards (1932/33)

Winner

Charles Laughton — The Private Life of Henry VIII

Nominees

Leslie Howard — Berkeley Square^{(came in 3rd)}

Paul Muni — I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang^{(came in 2nd)}

7th Academy Awards (1934)

Winner

Clark Gable — It Happened One Night

Nominees

Frank Morgan — The Affairs of Cellini^{(came in 2nd)}

William Powell — The Thin Man^{(came in 3rd)}

8th Academy Awards (1935)

Winner

Victor McLaglen — The Informer

Nominees

Clark Gable — Mutiny on the Bounty

Charles Laughton — Mutiny on the Bounty^{(came in 3rd)}

Paul Muni — Black Fury^{(came in 2nd)}

Franchot Tone — Mutiny on the Bounty

9th Academy Awards (1936)

Winner

Paul Muni — The Story of Louis Pasteur

Nominees

Gary Cooper — Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Walter Huston — Dodsworth

William Powell — My Man Godfrey

Spencer Tracy — San Francisco

10th Academy Awards (1937)

Winner

Spencer Tracy — Captains Courageous

Nominees

Charles Boyer — Conquest

Fredric March — A Star Is Born

Robert Montgomery — Night Must Fall

Paul Muni — The Life of Emile Zola

11th Academy Awards (1938)

Winner

Spencer Tracy — Boys Town

Nominees

Charles Boyer — Algiers

James Cagney — Angels with Dirty Faces

Robert Donat — The Citadel

Leslie Howard — Pygmalion

12th Academy Awards (1939)

Winner

Robert Donat — Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Nominees

Clark Gable — Gone with the Wind

Laurence Olivier — Wuthering Heights

Mickey Rooney — Babes in Arms

James Stewart — Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1940s

13th Academy Awards (1940)

Winner

James Stewart — The Philadelphia Story

Nominees

Charles Chaplin — The Great Dictator

Henry Fonda — The Grapes of Wrath

Raymond Massey — Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Laurence Olivier — Rebecca

14th Academy Awards (1941)

Winner

Gary Cooper — Sergeant York

Nominees

Cary Grant — Penny Serenade

Walter Huston — All That Money Can Buy

Robert Montgomery — Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Orson Welles — Citizen Kane

15th Academy Awards (1942)

Winner

James Cagney — Yankee Doodle Dandy

Nominees

Ronald Colman — Random Harvest

Gary Cooper — The Pride of the Yankees

Walter Pidgeon — Mrs. Miniver

Monty Woolley — The Pied Piper

16th Academy Awards (1943)

Winner

Paul Lukas — Watch on the Rhine

Nominees

Humphrey Bogart — Casablanca

Gary Cooper — For Whom the Bell Tolls

Walter Pidgeon — Madame Curie

Mickey Rooney — The Human Comedy

17th Academy Awards (1944)

Winner

Bing Crosby — Going My Way

Nominees

Charles Boyer — Gaslight

Barry Fitzgerald — Going My Way

Cary Grant — None but the Lonely Heart

Alexander Knox — Wilson

18th Academy Awards (1945)

Winner

Ray Milland — The Lost Weekend

Nominees

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

19th Academy Awards (1946)

Winner

Fredric March — The Best Years of Our Lives

Nominees

Laurence Olivier — Henry V

Larry Parks — The Jolson Story

Gregory Peck — The Yearling

James Stewart — It's a Wonderful Life

20th Academy Awards (1947)

Winner

Ronald Colman — A Double Life

Nominees

John Garfield — Body and Soul

Gregory Peck — Gentleman's Agreement

William Powell — Life with Father

Michael Redgrave — Mourning Becomes Electra

21st Academy Awards (1948)

Winner

Laurence Olivier — Hamlet

Nominees

Lew Ayres — Johnny Belinda

Montgomery Clift — The Search

Dan Dailey — When My Baby Smiles at Me

Clifton Webb — Sitting Pretty

22nd Academy Awards (1949)

Winner

Broderick Crawford — All the King's Men

Nominees

Kirk Douglas — Champion

Gregory Peck — Twelve O'Clock High

Richard Todd — The Hasty Heart

John Wayne — Sands of Iwo Jima

1950s

23rd Academy Awards (1950)

Winner

José Ferrer — Cyrano de Bergerac

Nominees

Louis Calhern — The Magnificent Yankee

William Holden — Sunset Blvd.

James Stewart — Harvey

Spencer Tracy — Father of the Bride

24th Academy Awards (1951)

Winner

Humphrey Bogart — The African Queen

Nominees

Marlon Brando — A Streetcar Named Desire

Montgomery Clift — A Place in the Sun

Arthur Kennedy — Bright Victory

Fredric March — Death of a Salesman

25th Academy Awards (1952)

Winner

Gary Cooper — High Noon

Nominees

Marlon Brando — Viva Zapata!

Kirk Douglas — The Bad and the Beautiful

José Ferrer — Moulin Rouge

Alec Guinness — The Lavender Hill Mob

26th Academy Awards (1953)

Winner

William Holden — Stalag 17

Nominees

Marlon Brando — Julius Caesar

Richard Burton — The Robe

Montgomery Clift — From Here to Eternity

Burt Lancaster — From Here to Eternity

27th Academy Awards (1954)

Winner

Marlon Brando — On the Waterfront

Nominees

Humphrey Bogart — The Caine Mutiny

Bing Crosby — The Country Girl

James Mason — A Star Is Born

Dan O'Herlihy — Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

28th Academy Awards (1955)

Winner

Ernest Borgnine — Marty

Nominees

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

29th Academy Awards (1956)

Winner

Yul Brynner — The King and I

Nominees

James Dean — Giant

Kirk Douglas — Lust for Life

Rock Hudson — Giant

Laurence Olivier — Richard III

30th Academy Awards (1957)

Winner

Alec Guinness — The Bridge on the River Kwai

Nominees

Marlon Brando — Sayonara

Anthony Franciosa — A Hatful of Rain

Charles Laughton — Witness for the Prosecution

Anthony Quinn — Wild Is the Wind

31st Academy Awards (1958)

Winner

David Niven — Separate Tables

Nominees

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

32nd Academy Awards (1959)

Winner

Charlton Heston — Ben-Hur

Nominees

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 Academy Awards (1960)

Winner

Burt Lancaster — Elmer Gantry

Nominees

Trevor Howard — Sons and Lovers

Jack Lemmon — The Apartment

Laurence Olivier — The Entertainer

Spencer Tracy — Inherit the Wind

34th Academy Awards (1961)

Winner

Maximilian Schell — Judgment at Nuremberg

Nominees

Charles Boyer — Fanny

Paul Newman — The Hustler

Spencer Tracy — Judgment at Nuremberg

Stuart Whitman — The Mark

35th Academy Awards (1962)

Winner

Gregory Peck — To Kill a Mockingbird

Nominees

Burt Lancaster — Birdman of Alcatraz

Jack Lemmon — Days of Wine and Roses

Marcello Mastroianni — Divorce--Italian Style

Peter O'Toole — Lawrence of Arabia

36th Academy Awards (1963)

Winner

Sidney Poitier — Lilies of the Field

Nominees

Albert Finney — Tom Jones

Richard Harris — This Sporting Life

Rex Harrison — Cleopatra

Paul Newman — Hud

37th Academy Awards (1964)

Winner

Rex Harrison — My Fair Lady

Nominees

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

38th Academy Awards (1965)

Winner

Lee Marvin — Cat Ballou

Nominees

Richard Burton — The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Laurence Olivier — Othello

Rod Steiger — The Pawnbroker

Oskar Werner — Ship of Fools

39th Academy Awards (1966)

Winner

Paul Scofield — A Man for All Seasons

Nominees

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

40th Academy Awards (1967)

Winner

Rod Steiger — In the Heat of the Night

Nominees

Warren Beatty — Bonnie and Clyde

Dustin Hoffman — The Graduate

Paul Newman — Cool Hand Luke

Spencer Tracy — Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

41st Academy Awards (1968)

Winner

Cliff Robertson — Charly

Nominees

Alan Arkin — The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Alan Bates — The Fixer

Ron Moody — Oliver!

Peter O'Toole — The Lion in Winter

42nd Academy Awards (1969)

Winner

John Wayne — True Grit

Nominees

Richard Burton — Anne of the Thousand Days

Dustin Hoffman — Midnight Cowboy

Peter O'Toole — Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Jon Voight — Midnight Cowboy

1970s

43rd Academy Awards (1970)

Winner

George C. Scott — Patton

Nominees

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

44th Academy Awards (1971)

Winner

Gene Hackman — The French Connection

Nominees

Peter Finch — Sunday Bloody Sunday

Walter Matthau — Kotch

George C. Scott — The Hospital

Topol — Fiddler on the Roof

45th Academy Awards (1972)

Winner

Marlon Brando — The Godfather

Nominees

Michael Caine — Sleuth

Laurence Olivier — Sleuth

Peter O'Toole — The Ruling Class

Paul Winfield — Sounder

46th Academy Awards (1973)

Winner

Jack Lemmon — Save the Tiger

Nominees

Marlon Brando — Last Tango in Paris

Jack Nicholson — The Last Detail

Al Pacino — Serpico

Robert Redford — The Sting

47th Academy Awards (1974)

Winner

Art Carney — Harry and Tonto

Nominees

Albert Finney — Murder on the Orient Express

Dustin Hoffman — Lenny

Jack Nicholson — Chinatown

Al Pacino — The Godfather Part II

48th Academy Awards (1975)

Winner

Jack Nicholson — One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Nominees

Walter Matthau — The Sunshine Boys

Al Pacino — Dog Day Afternoon

Maximilian Schell — The Man in the Glass Booth

James Whitmore — Give 'em Hell, Harry!

49th Academy Awards (1976)

Winner

Peter Finch — Network

Nominees

Robert De Niro — Taxi Driver

Giancarlo Giannini — Seven Beauties

William Holden — Network

Sylvester Stallone — Rocky

50th Academy Awards (1977)

Winner

Richard Dreyfuss — The Goodbye Girl

Nominees

Woody Allen — Annie Hall

Richard Burton — Equus

Marcello Mastroianni — A Special Day

John Travolta — Saturday Night Fever

51st Academy Awards (1978)

Winner

Jon Voight — Coming Home

Nominees

Warren Beatty — Heaven Can Wait

Gary Busey — The Buddy Holly Story

Robert De Niro — The Deer Hunter

Laurence Olivier — The Boys from Brazil

52nd Academy Awards (1979)

Winner

Dustin Hoffman — Kramer vs. Kramer

Nominees

Jack Lemmon — The China Syndrome

Al Pacino — ...And Justice for All

Roy Scheider — All That Jazz

Peter Sellers — Being There

1980s

53rd Academy Awards (1980)

Winner

Robert De Niro — Raging Bull

Nominees

Robert Duvall — The Great Santini

John Hurt — The Elephant Man

Jack Lemmon — Tribute

Peter O'Toole — The Stunt Man

54th Academy Awards (1981)

Winner

Henry Fonda — On Golden Pond

Nominees

Warren Beatty — Reds

Burt Lancaster — Atlantic City

Dudley Moore — Arthur

Paul Newman — Absence of Malice

55th Academy Awards (1982)

Winner

Ben Kingsley — Gandhi

Nominees

Dustin Hoffman — Tootsie

Jack Lemmon — Missing

Paul Newman — The Verdict

Peter O'Toole — My Favorite Year

56th Academy Awards (1983)

Winner

Robert Duvall — Tender Mercies

Nominees

Michael Caine — Educating Rita

Tom Conti — Reuben, Reuben

Tom Courtenay — The Dresser

Albert Finney — The Dresser

57th Academy Awards (1984)

Winner

F. Murray Abraham — Amadeus

Nominees

Jeff Bridges — Starman

Albert Finney — Under the Volcano

Tom Hulce — Amadeus

Sam Waterston — The Killing Fields

58th Academy Awards (1985)

Winner

William Hurt — Kiss of the Spider Woman

Nominees

Harrison Ford — Witness

James Garner — Murphy's Romance

Jack Nicholson — Prizzi's Honor

Jon Voight — Runaway Train

59th Academy Awards (1986)

Winner

Paul Newman — The Color of Money

Nominees

Dexter Gordon — 'Round Midnight

Bob Hoskins — Mona Lisa

William Hurt — Children of a Lesser God

James Woods — Salvador

60th Academy Awards (1987)

Winner

Michael Douglas — Wall Street

Nominees

William Hurt — Broadcast News

Marcello Mastroianni — Dark Eyes

Jack Nicholson — Ironweed

Robin Williams — Good Morning, Vietnam

61st Academy Awards (1988)

Winner

Dustin Hoffman — Rain Man

Nominees

Gene Hackman — Mississippi Burning

Tom Hanks — Big

Edward James Olmos — Stand and Deliver

Max von Sydow — Pelle the Conqueror

62nd Academy Awards (1989)

Winner

Daniel Day Lewis — My Left Foot

Nominees

Kenneth Branagh — Henry V

Tom Cruise — Born on the Fourth of July

Morgan Freeman — Driving Miss Daisy

Robin Williams — Dead Poets Society

1990s

63rd Academy Awards (1990)

Winner

Jeremy Irons — Reversal of Fortune

Nominees

Kevin Costner — Dances With Wolves

Robert De Niro — Awakenings

Gerard Depardieu — Cyrano de Bergerac

Richard Harris — The Field

64th Academy Awards (1991)

Winner

Anthony Hopkins — The Silence of the Lambs

Nominees

Warren Beatty — Bugsy

Robert De Niro — Cape Fear

Nick Nolte — The Prince of Tides

Robin Williams — The Fisher King

65th Academy Awards (1992)

Winner

Al Pacino — Scent of a Woman

Nominees

Robert Downey, Jr. — Chaplin

Clint Eastwood — Unforgiven

Stephen Rea — The Crying Game

Denzel Washington — Malcolm X

66th Academy Awards (1993)

Winner

Tom Hanks — Philadelphia

Nominees

Daniel Day-Lewis — In the Name of the Father

Laurence Fishburne — What's Love Got to Do with It

Anthony Hopkins — The Remains of the Day

Liam Neeson — Schindler's List

67th Academy Awards (1994)

Winner

Tom Hanks — Forrest Gump

Nominees

Morgan Freeman — The Shawshank Redemption

Nigel Hawthorne — The Madness of King George

Paul Newman — Nobody's Fool

John Travolta — Pulp Fiction

68th Academy Awards (1995)

Winner

Nicolas Cage — Leaving Las Vegas

Nominees

Richard Dreyfuss — Mr. Holland's Opus

Anthony Hopkins — Nixon

Sean Penn — Dead Man Walking

Massimo Troisi — The Postman (Il Postino)

69th Academy Awards (1996)

Winner

Geoffrey Rush — Shine

Nominees

Tom Cruise — Jerry Maguire

Ralph Fiennes — The English Patient

Woody Harrelson — The People vs. Larry Flynt

Billy Bob Thornton — Sling Blade

70th Academy Awards (1997)

Winner

Jack Nicholson — As Good as It Gets

Nominees

Matt Damon — Good Will Hunting

Robert Duvall — The Apostle

Peter Fonda — Ulee's Gold

Dustin Hoffman — Wag the Dog

71st Academy Awards (1998)

Winner

Roberto Benigni — Life is Beautiful

Nominees

Tom Hanks — Saving Private Ryan

Ian McKellen — Gods and Monsters

Nick Nolte — Affliction

Edward Norton — American History X

72nd Academy Awards (1999)

Winner

Kevin Spacey — American Beauty

Nominees

Russell Crowe — The Insider

Richard Farnsworth — The Straight Story

Sean Penn — Sweet and Lowdown

Denzel Washington — The Hurricane

2000s

73rd Academy Awards (2000)

Winner

Russell Crowe — Gladiator

Nominees

Javier Bardem — Before Night Falls

Tom Hanks — Cast Away

Ed Harris — Pollock

Geoffrey Rush — Quills

74th Academy Awards (2001)

Winner

Denzel Washington — Training Day

Nominees

Russell Crowe — A Beautiful Mind

Sean Penn — I Am Sam

Will Smith — Ali

Tom Wilkinson — In the Bedroom

75th Academy Awards (2002)

Winner

Adrien Brody — The Pianist

Nominees

Nicolas Cage — Adaptation

Michael Caine — The Quiet American

Daniel Day-Lewis — Gangs of New York

Jack Nicholson — About Schmidt

76th Academy Awards (2003)

Winner

Sean Penn — Mystic River

Nominees

Johnny Depp — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Ben Kingsley — House of Sand and Fog

Jude Law — Cold Mountain

Bill Murray — Lost in Translation

77th Academy Awards (2004)

Winner

Jamie Foxx — Ray

Nominees

Don Cheadle — Hotel Rwanda

Tobey Maguire — Spider-Man 2

Leonardo DiCaprio — The Aviator

Clint Eastwood — Million Dollar Baby

78th Academy Awards (2005)

Winner

Philip Seymour Hoffman — Capote

Nominees

Terrence Howard — Hustle & Flow

Heath Ledger — Brokeback Mountain

Joaquin Phoenix — Walk the Line

David Strathairn — Good Night, and Good Luck.

79th Academy Awards (2006)

Winner

Forest Whitaker — The Last King of Scotland

Nominees

Leonardo DiCaprio — Blood Diamond

Ryan Gosling — Half Nelson

Peter O'Toole — Venus

Will Smith — The Pursuit of Happyness

80th Academy Awards (2007)

Winner

Daniel Day-Lewis — There Will Be Blood

Nominees

George Clooney — Michael Clayton

Johnny Depp — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tommy Lee Jones — In the Valley of Elah

Viggo Mortensen — Eastern Promises

81st Academy Awards (2008)

Winner

Sean Penn — Milk

Nominees

Richard Jenkins — The Visitor

Frank Langella — Frost/Nixon

Brad Pitt — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke — The Wrestler

82nd Academy Awards (2009)

Winner

Jeff Bridges — Crazy Heart

Nominees

George Clooney — Up in the Air

Colin Firth — A Single Man

Morgan Freeman — Invictus

Jeremy Renner — The Hurt Locker

2010s

83rd Academy Awards (2010)

Winner

Colin Firth — The King's Speech

Nominees

Javier Bardem — Biutiful

Jeff Bridges — True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg — The Social Network

James Franco — 127 Hours

84th Academy Awards (2011)

Winner

Jean Dujardin — The Artist

Nominees

Demián Bichir — A Better Life

George Clooney — The Descendants

Gary Oldman — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt — Moneyball

85th Academy Awards (2012)

Winner

Daniel Day-Lewis — Lincoln

Nominees

Bradley Cooper — Silver Linings Playbook

Hugh Jackman — Les Misérables

Joaquin Phoenix — The Master

Denzel Washington — Flight

86th Academy Awards (2013)

Winner

Matthew McConaughey — Dallas Buyers Club

Nominees

Christian Bale — American Hustle

Bruce Dern — Nebraska

Leonardo DiCaprio — The Wolf of Wall Street

Chiwetel Ejiofor — 12 Years a Slave

87th Academy Awards (2014)

Winner

Eddie Redmayne — The Theory of Everything

Nominees

Steve Carell — Foxcatcher

Bradley Cooper — American Sniper

Benedict Cumberbatch — The Imitation Game

Michael Keaton — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

88th Academy Awards (2015)

Winner

Leonardo DiCaprio — The Revenant

Nominees

Bryan Cranston — Trumbo

Matt Damon — The Martian

Michael Fassbender — Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne — The Danish Girl

89th Academy Awards (2016)

Winner

Casey Affleck — Manchester by the Sea

Nominees

Andrew Garfield — Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling — La La Land

Viggo Mortensen — Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington — Fences

90th Academy Awards (2017)

Winner

Gary Oldman — Darkest Hour

Nominees

Timothée Chalamet — Call Me By Your Name

Daniel Day-Lewis — Phantom Thread

Daniel Kaluuya — Get Out

Denzel Washington — Roman J. Israel, Esq.

91st Academy Awards (2018)

Winner

Rami Malek — Bohemian Rhapsody

Nominees

Christian Bale — Vice

Bradley Cooper — A Star is Born

Willem Dafoe — At Eternity's Gate

Viggo Mortensen — Green Book

92nd Academy Awards (2019)

Winner

Joaquin Phoenix — Joker

Nominees

Antonio Banderas — Pain and Glory

Leonardo DiCaprio — Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Adam Driver — Marriage Story

Jonathan Pryce — The Two Popes

2020s

93rd Academy Awards (2020)

Winner

Anthony Hopkins — The Father

Nominees

Riz Ahmed — Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman — Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Gary Oldman — Mank

Steven Yeun — Minari

94th Academy Awards (2021)

Winner

Will Smith — King Richard

Nominees

Javier Bardem — Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch — The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield — tick, tick… BOOM!

Denzel Washington — The Tragedy of Macbeth

95th Academy Awards (2022)

Winner

Brendan Fraser — The Whale

Nominees

Austin Butler — Elvis

Colin Farrell — The Banshees of Inisherin

Paul Mescal — Aftersun

Bill Nighy — Living

95th Academy Awards (2022)

Winner

TBD

Nominees

Bradley Cooper — Maestro

Colman Domingo — Rustin

Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction