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Alphabetical List of Best Actor Oscar Winners A-Z

Alphabetical list of best actor Oscar winners

Movie buffs, keep reading for our alphabetical list of best actor Oscar winners A-Z. This comprehensive list answers all of your top film-related questions including “Who has won most best actor Oscars?” and “Who is the only man to win 3 best actor Oscars?” and “Who is the youngest actor to win an Oscar for leading role?” Whether you’re catching up on movie trivia, putting together a list of movies to watch, or are simply interested in the movie industry, keep reading for our alphabetical list of best actor Oscar winners A-Z!

A

Adrien Brody for “The Pianist” (2003)

Al Pacino for “Scent of a Woman” (1993)

Alec Guinness for “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1958)

Anthony Hopkins for “The Silence of the Lambs” (1992)

Art Carney for “Harry and Tonto” (1975)

B

Ben Kingsley for “Gandhi” (1983)

Bing Crosby for “Going My Way” (1945)

Broderick Crawford for “All the King’s Men” (1950)

Burt Lancaster for “Elmer Gantry” (1961)

C

Casey Affleck for “Manchester by the Sea” (2017)

Charles Laughton for “The Private Life of Henry VIII” (1934)

Charlton Heston for “Ben-Hur” (1960)

Clark Gable for “It Happened One Night” (1935)

Cliff Robertson for “Charly” (1969)

Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech” (2011)

D

Daniel Day-Lewis for “Lincoln” (2013)

Daniel Day-Lewis for “My Left Foot” (1990)

Daniel Day-Lewis for “There Will Be Blood” (2008)

David Niven for “Separate Tables” (1959)

Denzel Washington for “Training Day” (2002)

Dustin Hoffman for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1980)

Dustin Hoffman for “Rain Man” (1989)

E

Eddie Redmayne for “The Theory of Everything” (2015)

Emil Jannings for “The Last Command” and “The Way of All Flesh” (1929)

Ernest Borgnine for “Marty” (1956)

F

F. Murray Abraham for “Amadeus” (1985)

Forest Whitaker for “The Last King of Scotland” (2007)

Fredric March for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (1933, tie with Wallace Berry)

Fredric March for “The Best Years of Our Lives” (1947)

G

Gary Cooper for “High Noon” (1953)

Gary Cooper for “Sergeant York” (1942)

Gary Oldman for “Darkest Hour” (2018)

Gene Hackman for “The French Connection” (1972)

Geoffrey Rush for “Shine” (1997)

George Arliss for “Disraeli” (1931)

Gregory Peck for “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1963)

H

Henry Fonda for “On Golden Pond” (1982)

Humphrey Bogart for “The African Queen” (1952)

I

J

Jack Lemmon for “Save the Tiger” (1974)

Jack Nicholson for “As Good as It Gets” (1998)

Jack Nicholson for “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1976)

James Cagney for “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (1943)

James Stewart for “The Philadelphia Story” (1941)

Jamie Foxx for “Ray” (2005)

Jean Dujardin for “The Artist” (2012)

Jeff Bridges for “Crazy Heart” (2010)

Jeremy Irons for “Reversal of Fortune” (1991)

John Wayne for “True Grit” (1970)

Jon Voight for “Coming Home” (1979)

Jose Ferrer for “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1951)

K

Kevin Spacey for “American Beauty” (2000)

L

Laurence Olivier for “Hamlet” (1949)

Lee Marvin for “Cat Ballou” (1966)

Leonardo DiCaprio for “The Revenant” (2016)

Lionel Barrymore for “A Free Soul” (1932)

M

Marlon Brando for “On the Waterfront” (1955)

Matthew McConaughey for “Dallas Buyers Club” (2014)

Maximilian Schell for “Judgment at Nuremberg” (1962)

Michael Douglas for “Wall Street” (1988)

N

Nicolas Cage for “Leaving Las Vegas” (1996)

O

P

Paul Lukas for “Watch on the Rhine” (1944)

Paul Muni for “The Story of Louis Pasteur” (1937)

Paul Newman for “The Color of Money” (1987)

Paul Scofield for “A Man for All Seasons” (1967)

Peter Finch for “Network” (1977)

Philip Seymour Hoffman for “Capote” (2006)

Q

R

Rami Malek for “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2019)

Ray Milland for “The Lost Weekend” (1946)

Rex Harrison for “My Fair Lady” (1965)

Richard Dreyfuss for “The Goodbye Girl” (1978)

Robert De Niro for “Raging Bull” (1981)

Robert Donat for “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” (1940)

Robert Duvall for “Tender Mercies” (1984)

Roberto Benigni for “Life Is Beautiful” (1999)

Rod Steiger for “In the Heat of the Night” (1968)

Ronald Colman for “A Double Life” (1948)

Russell Crowe for “Gladiator” (2001)

S

Sean Penn for “Milk” (2009)

Sean Penn for “Mystic River” (2004)

Sidney Poitier for “Lilies of the Field” (1964)

Spencer Tracy for “Boys Town” (1939)

Spencer Tracy for “Captains Courageous” (1938)

T

Tom Hanks for “Forrest Gump” (1995)

Tom Hanks for “Philadelphia” (1994)

U

V

Victor McLaglen for “The Informer” (1936)

W

Wallace Beery for “The Champ” (1933, tie with Fredric March)

Warner Baxter for “Old Arizona” (1930)

William Holden for “Stalag 17” (1954)

William Hurt for “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1986)

X

Y

Yul Brynner for “The King and I” (1957)

Z

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