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Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, or more commonly known as Best Actor, is an award category during the Academy Awards. The nominees and chosen winner is elected by votes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The prior name to the category was Academy Award of Merit for Performance by an Actor and was later changed in 1977.
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Fast Facts
- Best Actor one of 24 Oscar categories
- Accompanied by Best Supporting Actor
- Full Name: Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Previously known as Academy Award of Merit for Performance by an Actor
- Most Best Actor awards to one actor is 2
- Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier both earned 9 nominations each
- Peter O'Toole was nominated eight times without winning
- Henry Fonda won Best Actor at age 76
- Richard Farnsworth nominated at age 79
- Adrien Brody won Best Actor at age 29
- Jackie Cooper nominated at age 9
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Recent Winners
- 2008: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
- 2007: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
- 2006: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
- 2005: Jamie Foxx for Ray
- 2004: Sean Penn for Mystic River
- 2003: Adrien Brody for The Pianist
- 2002: Denzel Washington for Training Day
- 2001: Russell Crowe for Gladiator
- 2001: Kevin Spacey for American Beauty
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@StrwbryMarmlde He's like my fav actor - it would be the best thing to meet him. He seems so hilarious!
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Carlyle wins best TV actor award: Film star Robert Carlyle beat Dr Who actor David Tennant to scoop the best ac.. http://bit.ly/1IMzIk
@bingo_celebrity | November 08, 2009 10:32 PM -
Watchin bad boys wit da best actor ever...Will Smithhh!!!
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Just nominated @aplusk for Best Actor/Actress to Follow http://mashable.com/owa #openwebawards
@tomladner | November 08, 2009 10:06 PM
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The Best Actors in the World: Shakespeare and His Acting Company (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) - $51.95
Shakespeare knew actors because he was one. The first book-length study of its kind, this volume investigates Shakespeare as a member of his acting company, dating and casting all the plays they presented from 1594 to 1614, and exploring th...
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The Best Actors in the World: Shakespeare and His Acting Company (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) - $51.95
Shakespeare knew actors because he was one. The first book-length study of its kind, this volume investigates Shakespeare as a member of his acting company, dating and casting all the plays they presented from 1594 to 1614, and exploring th...
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View All Best Actor Questions (19026) | Ask a QuestionWhat Actor/Actress currently not in politics would make the best politician? (2 Answers)Clint Eastwood.........love to see him tell someone, "go ahead make my day" read moreWho *will* win the best actor Oscar for 2009? Who *should* win the Best Actor Oscar for 2009? - Featured (26 Answers)*will* win - Sean Penn, Milk *should* win - Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Penn’s win at the Producer’s Guild Awards gives him a grand total of 17 Best Actor awards ... read moreWho *will* win the best supporting actor Oscar for 2009? Who *should* win? - Featured (6 Answers)Will and should - Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight Ledger on Sunday night will become the second actor to win an Oscar after his or her death. Critics' associations ... read moreWho is the best on-screen couple of all-time? (28 Answers)Gotta be "Bogey and Baby" AKA Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. An enchanting couple both on and off screen. read more
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Best Actor on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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@StrwbryMarmlde He's like my fav actor - it would be the best thing to meet him. He seems so hilarious!
@HillywoodinOz | November 08, 2009 10:38 PM -
Carlyle wins best TV actor award: Film star Robert Carlyle beat Dr Who actor David Tennant to scoop the best ac.. http://bit.ly/1IMzIk
@bingo_celebrity | November 08, 2009 10:32 PM -
Watchin bad boys wit da best actor ever...Will Smithhh!!!
@freshhhPrincee | November 08, 2009 10:31 PM -
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Just nominated @aplusk for Best Actor/Actress to Follow http://mashable.com/owa #openwebawards
@tomladner | November 08, 2009 10:06 PM
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Best Actor on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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Carlyle wins best TV actor award: Film star Robert Carlyle beat Dr Who actor David Tennant to scoop the best ac.. http://bit.ly/1IMzIk
@bingo_celebrity | November 08, 2009 10:32 PM -
Watchin bad boys wit da best actor ever...Will Smithhh!!!
@freshhhPrincee | November 08, 2009 10:31 PM -
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Just nominated @aplusk for Best Actor/Actress to Follow http://mashable.com/owa #openwebawards
@tomladner | November 08, 2009 10:06 PM -
i think that @JimCarrey is prodbably the best actor/comedian/guy in the world... just so you know :)
@kitkatmatt | November 08, 2009 09:43 PM
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Actor Victor Mclaglen Presenting the Best Actor Oscar to Paul Muni People Premium Photographic Poster Print by Rex Hardy Jr., 40x30
Art.com is the world's largest retailer of art prints, posters, photographs, and framed artwork. With our huge selection of over 400,000 prints, you'll easily find the perfect piece for your home, office, or classroom. Our art is printed on...
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The Best Actors in the World: Shakespeare and His Acting Company (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) - $51.95
Shakespeare knew actors because he was one. The first book-length study of its kind, this volume investigates Shakespeare as a member of his acting company, dating and casting all the plays they presented from 1594 to 1614, and exploring th...
Amazon
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Best Actor Nominations 2009
- Sean Penn, Milk - Winner
- Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
- Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
- Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
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