Who got the Best Actor award?

Year of
Award
Best Actor*
Academy Award Winners
Name of Character Role Best Supporting Actor*
Academy Award Winners
Name of Character Role 1927-28 Emil Jannings
The Way of All Flesh, The Last Command
August Schilling/Gen. Dolgorucki N/A N/A 1928-29 Warner Baxter
In Old Arizona
The Cisco Kid N/A N/A 1929-30 George Arliss
Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli N/A N/A 1930-31 Lionel Barrymore
A Free Soul
Stephen Ashe N/A N/A 1931-32 Fredric March; Wallace Beery
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; The Champ
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and The Champ N/A N/A 1932-33 Charles Laughton
The Private Life of Henry VIII
King Henry VIII N/A N/A 1934 Clark Gable
It Happened One Night
Peter Warne N/A N/A 1935 Victor McLaglen
The Informer
Gypo Nolan N/A N/A 1936 Paul Muni
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur Walter Brennan
Come and Get It
Swan Bostrom 1937 Spencer Tracy
Captains Courageous
Manuel Joseph Schildkraut
The Life of Emile Zola
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus 1938 Spencer Tracy
Boys Town
Father Flanagan Walter Brennan
Kentucky
Peter Goodwin 1939 Robert Donat
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Mr. Charles Chipping (Mr. Chips) Thomas Mitchell
Stagecoach
Doc Boone 1940 James Stewart
The Philadelphia Story
Macaulay Connor Walter Brennan
The Westerner
Judge Roy Bean 1941 Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
Alvin Cullum York Donald Crisp
How Green Was My Valley
Mr. Morgan 1942 James Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy
George M. Cohan Van Heflin
Johnny Eager
Jeff Hartnett 1943 Paul Lukas
Watch on the Rhine
Kurt Muller Charles Coburn
The More the Merrier
Benjamin Dingle 1944 Bing Crosby
Going My Way
Father Chuck O'Malley Barry Fitzgerald
Going My Way
Father Fitzgibbon 1945 Ray Milland
The Lost Weekend
Don Birnam James Dunn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Johnny Nolan (aka The Brooklyn Thrush) 1946 Fredric March
The Best Years of Our Lives
Al Stephenson Harold Russell
The Best Years of Our Lives
Homer Parrish 1947 Ronald Colman
A Double Life
Anthony John Edmund Gwenn
Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle 1948 Laurence Olivier
Hamlet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Walter Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Howard 1949 Broderick Crawford
All the King's Men
Willie Stark Dean Jagger
Twelve O'Clock High
Major Stovall 1950 Jose Ferrer
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac George Sanders
All About Eve
Addison DeWitt 1951 Humphrey Bogart
The African Queen
Charlie Allnut Karl Malden
A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell 1952 Gary Cooper
High Noon
Marshal Will Kane Anthony Quinn
Viva Zapata
Eufemio Zapata 1953 William Holden
Stalag 17
Sgt. J.J. Sefton Frank Sinatra
From Here to Eternity
Pvt. Angelo Maggio 1954 Marlon Brando
On The Waterfront
Terry Malloy Edmond O'Brien
The Barefoot Contessa
Oscar Muldoon 1955 Ernest Borgnine
Marty
Marty Piletti Jack Lemmon
Mister Roberts
Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver 1956 Yul Brynner
The King and I
King Mongkut of Siam Anthony Quinn
Lust for Life
Paul Gauguin 1957 Alec Guinness
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Col. Nicholson Red Buttons
Sayonara
Airman Joe Kelly 1958 David Niven
Separate Tables
Major Angus Pollock Burl Ives
The Big Country
Rufus Hannassey 1959 Charlton Heston
Ben-Hur
Judah Ben-Hur Hugh Griffith
Ben-Hur
Sheik Ilderim 1960 Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry Peter Ustinov
Spartacus
Lentulus Batiatus 1961 Maximillian Schell
Judgment at Nuremburg
Hans Rolfe George Chakiris
West Side Story
Bernardo 1962 Gregory Peck
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch Ed Begley
Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom 'Boss' Finley 1963 Sidney Poitier
Lilies of the Field
Homer Smith Melvyn Douglas
Hud
Homer Bannon 1964 Rex Harrison
My Fair Lady
Professor Henry Higgins Peter Ustinov
Topkapi
Arthur Simon Simpson 1965 Lee Marvin
Cat Ballou
Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn Martin Balsam
A Thousand Clowns
Arnold Burns 1966 Paul Scofield
A Man for All Seasons
Sir Thomas More Walter Matthau
The Fortune Cookie
Willie Gingrich 1967 Rod Steiger
In the Heat of the Night
Police Chief Bill Gillespie George Kennedy
Cool Hand Luke
Dragline 1968 Cliff Robertson
Charly
Charly Gordon Jack Albertson
The Subject Was Roses
John Cleary 1969 John Wayne
True Grit
Marshal Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn Gig Young
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Rocky 1970 George C. Scott
Patton
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. John Mills
Ryan's Daughter
Michael 1971 Gene Hackman
The French Connection
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle Ben Johnson
The Last Picture Show
Sam the Lion 1972 Marlon Brando
The Godfather
Don Vito Corleone Joel Gray
Cabaret
MC - Master of Ceremonies 1973 Jack Lemmon
Save the Tiger
Harry Stoner John Houseman
The Paper Chase
Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. 1974 Art Carney
Harry and Tonto
Harry Coombes Robert De Niro
The Godfather, Part 2
Vito Corleone 1975 Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Randle Patrick (R. P.) "Mac" McMurphy George Burns
The Sunshine Boys
Al Lewis 1976 Peter Finch
Network
Howard Beale Jason Robards
All the President's Men
Ben Bradlee 1977 Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl
Elliot Garfield Jason Robards
Julia
Dashiell Hammett 1978 Jon Voight
Coming Home
Luke Martin Christopher Walken
The Deer Hunter
Nikonar 'Nick' Chevotarevich 1979 Dustin Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer
Ted Kramer Melvyn Douglas
Being There
Benjamin Turnbull Rand 1980 Robert De Niro
Raging Bull
Jake LaMotta Timothy Hutton
Ordinary People
Conrad Jarrett 1981 Henry Fonda
On Golden Pond
Norman Thayer John Gielgud
Arthur
Hobson 1982 Ben Kingsley
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi Louis Gossett, Jr.
An Officer and a Gentleman
Gunnery Sgt. Emil Foley 1983 Robert Duvall
Tender Mercies
Mac Sledge Jack Nicholson
Terms of Endearment
Garrett Breedlove 1984 F. Murray Abraham
Amadeus
Antonio Salieri Haing S. Ngor
The Killing Fields
Dith Pran 1985 William Hurt
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Luis Molina Don Ameche
Cocoon
Arthur Selwyn 1986 Paul Newman
The Color of Money
'Fast Eddie' Felson Michael Caine
Hannah and Her Sisters
Elliot 1987 Michael Douglas
Wall Street
Gordon Gekko Sean Connery
The Untouchables
Jim Malone 1988 Dustin Hoffman
Rain Man
Raymond Babbitt Kevin Kline
A Fish Called Wanda
Otto West 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis
My Left Foot
Christy Brown Denzel Washington
Glory
Pvt. Trip 1990 Jeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune
Claus von Bulow Joe Pesci
GoodFellas
Tommy DeVito 1991 Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
Dr. Hannibal Lecter Jack Palance
City Slickers
Curly Washburn 1992 Al Pacino
Scent of a Woman
Lieut. Col. Frank Slade Gene Hackman
Unforgiven
Little Bill Daggett 1993 Tom Hanks
Philadelphia
Andrew Beckett Tommy Lee Jones
The Fugitive
Marshall Samuel Gerard 1994 Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump Martin Landau
Ed Wood
Bela Lugosi 1995 Nicolas Cage
Leaving Las Vegas
Ben Sanderson Kevin Spacey
The Usual Suspects
Roger 'Verbal' Kint 1996 Geoffrey Rush
Shine
David Helfgott Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Jerry Maguire
Rod Tidwell 1997 Jack Nicholson
As Good as It Gets
Melvin Udall Robin Williams
Good Will Hunting
Sean Maguire 1998 Roberto Benigni
Life is Beautiful
Guido Orefice James Coburn
Affliction
Glen Whitehouse 1999 Kevin Spacey
American Beauty
Lester Burnham Michael Caine
The Cider House Rules
Dr. Wilbur Larch 2000 Russell Crowe
Gladiator
Maximus Decimus Meridius Benicio Del Toro
Traffic
Javier Rodriguez 2001 Denzel Washington
Training Day
Alonzo Harris Jim Broadbent
Iris
John Bayley 2002 Adrien Brody
The Pianist
Wladyslaw Szpilman Chris Cooper
Adaptation
John Laroche 2003 Sean Penn
Mystic River
Jimmy Markum Tim Robbins
Mystic River
Dave Boyle 2004 Jamie Foxx
Ray
Ray Charles Morgan Freeman
Million Dollar Baby
Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris 2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman
Capote
Truman Capote George Clooney
Syriana
Bob Barnes 2006 Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland
Idi Amin Alan Arkin
Little Miss Sunshine
Edwin Hoover 2007 Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Daniel Plainview Javier Bardem
No Country for Old Men
Anton Chigurh 2008 Sean Penn
Milk
Harvey Milk Heath Ledger
The Dark Knight
The Joker 2009 Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
Bad Blake Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds
Hans Landa 2010 Colin Firth
The King's Speech
King George VI Christian Bale
The Fighter
Dick "Dicky" Eklund 2011 Jean Dujardin
The Artist
George Valentin Christopher Plummer
Beginners
Hal Fields 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Christoph Waltz
Django Unchained
Dr. King Schultz 2013 Matthew McConaughey
Dallas Buyers Club Ron Woodroof Jared Leto
Dallas Buyers Club
Rayon 2014 Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything
Stephen Hawking J.K. Simmons
Whiplash
Terence Fletcher 2015 Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant
Hugh Glass Mark Rylance
Bridge of Spies
Rudolf Abel 2016 Casey Affleck
Manchester By the Sea
Lee Chandler Mahershala Ali
Moonlight
Juan 2017 Gary Oldman
Darkest Hour
Winston Churchill Sam Rockwell
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jason Dixon 2018 Rami Malek
Bohemian Rhapsody
Freddie Mercury Mahershala Ali
Green Book
Dr. Don Shirley 2019 Joaquin Phoenix
Joker
Arthur Fleck Brad Pitt
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Cliff Booth 2020 Anthony Hopkins
The Father
Anthony Daniel Kaluuya
Judas and the Black Messiah
Fred Hampton 2021 Will Smith
King Richard
Richard Williams Troy Kotsur
Coda
Frank Rossi

Who got national award in 2022?

Ajay Devgn and Suriya, both were honoured with the National Award for Best Actor for their outstanding work in 'Tanhaji' and 'Soorarai Pottru', respectively by the president of India and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur.

Who has won 3 Oscars for Best Actor?

Academy Awards Best Actor. The Top Best Actor Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis is the only actor to win three Best Actor awards: My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012). (His nominations were from 1989-2017.)

Who is the best actor and why?

While Leonardo tops the Best Actor in the world list for Google, coming a close second to him on the list is Tom Hanks. The 66-year-old actor has had a splendid Hollywood career with films such as Forrest Gump, Cast Away and several other notable works to his name.