Samuel Okoruwa
Every year, the Academy of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) delivers an Oscar award to actors who have done exceptionally well in the leading role of a film.
Here is a list of actors who have ever won this prestigious awards. Get ready because this is going to be a long way way down history!
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| 91st Academy Awards 25 Feb 2019 | Rami Malek | USA. | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| 90th Academy Awards 4 Mar 2018 | Gary Oldman | England. | Darkest Hour |
| 89th Academy Awards 26 Feb 2017 | Casey Affleck | USA. | Manchester by the Sea |
| 88th Academy Awards 28 Feb 2016 | Leonardo DiCaprio | USA. | The Revenant |
| 87th Academy Awards 22 Feb 2015 | Eddie Redmayne | England. | The Theory of Everything |
| 86th Academy Awards 2 Mar 2014 | Matthew McConaughey | USA. | Dallas Buyers Club |
| 85th Academy Awards 24 Feb 2013 | Daniel Day-Lewis | England. | Lincoln |
| 84th Academy Awards 26 Feb 2012 | Jean Dujardin | France. | The Artist |
| 83th Academy Awards 27 Feb 2011 | Colin Firth | England. | The King’s Speech |
| 82nd Academy Awards 7 Mar 2010 | Jeff Bridges | USA. | Crazy Heart |
| 81st Academy Awards 22 Feb 2009 | Sean Penn | USA. | Milk |
| 80th Academy Awards 24 Feb 2008 | Daniel Day-Lewis | England. | There Will Be Blood |
| 79th Academy Awards 25 Feb 2007 | Forest Whitaker | USA. | The Last King Of Scotland |
| 78th Academy Awards 5 Mar 2006 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | USA. | Capote |
| 77th Academy Awards 27 Feb 2005 | Jamie Foxx | USA. | Ray |
| 76th Academy Awards 29 Feb 2004 | Sean Penn | USA. | Mystic River |
| 75th Academy Awards 23 Mar 2003 | Adrien Brody | USA. | The Pianist |
| 74th Academy Awards 24 Mar 2002 | Denzel Washington | USA. | Training Day |
| 73rd Academy Awards 25 Mar 2001 | Russell Crowe | New Zealand. | Gladiator |
| 72nd Academy Awards 26 Mar 2000 | Kevin Spacey | USA. | American Beauty |
| 71st Academy Awards 21 Mar 1999 | Roberto Benigni | Italy. | Life is Beautiful |
| 70th Academy Awards 23 Mar 1998 | Jack Nicholson | USA. | As Good As It Gets |
| 69th Academy Awards 24 Mar 1997 | Geoffrey Rush | Australia. | Shine |
| 68th Academy Awards 25 Mar 1996 | Nicolas Cage | USA. | Leaving Las Vegas |
| 67th Academy Awards 27 Mar 1995 | Tom Hanks | USA. | Forrest Gump |
| 66th Academy Awards 21 Mar 1994 | Tom Hanks | USA. | Philadelphia |
| 65th Academy Awards 29 Mar 1993 | Al Pacino | USA. | Scent Of A Woman |
| 64th Academy Awards 30 Mar 1992 | Anthony Hopkins, Sir | Wales. | The Silence Of The Lambs |
| 63rd Academy Awards 25 Mar 1991 | Jeremy Irons | England. | Reversal Of Fortune |
| 62nd Academy Awards 26 Mar 1990 | Daniel Day-Lewis | England. | My Left Foot |
| 61st Academy Awards 29 Mar 1989 | Dustin Hoffman | USA. | Rain Man |
| 60th Academy Awards 11 Apr 1988 | Michael Douglas | USA. | Wall Street |
| 59th Academy Awards 30 Mar 1987 | Paul Newman | USA. | The Color Of Money |
| 58th Academy Awards 24 Mar 1986 | William Hurt | USA. | Kiss Of The Spider Woman |
| 57th Academy Awards 25 Mar 1985 | F. Murray Abraham | USA. | Amadeus |
| 56th Academy Awards 9 Apr 1984 | Robert Duvall | USA. | Tender Mercies |
| 55th Academy Awards 11 Apr 1983 | Ben Kingsley | England. | Gandhi |
| 54th Academy Awards 29 Mar 1982 | Henry Fonda | USA. | On Golden Pond |
| 53rd Academy Awards 31 Mar 1981 | Robert De Niro | USA. | Raging Bull |
| 52nd Academy Awards 14 Apr 1980 | Dustin Hoffman | USA. | Kramer Vs. Kramer |
| 51st Academy Awards 9 Apr 1979 | Jon Voight | USA. | Coming Home |
| 50th Academy Awards 3 Apr 1978 | Richard Dreyfuss | USA. | The Goodbye Girl |
| 49th Academy Awards 28 Mar 1977 | Peter Finch | England, Australia, USA. | Network |
| 48th Academy Awards 29 Mar 1976 | Jack Nicholson | USA. | One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest |
| 47th Academy Awards 8 Apr 1975 | Art Carney | USA. | Harry And Tonto |
| 46th Academy Awards 2 Apr 1974 | Jack Lemmon | USA. | Save The Tiger |
| 45th Academy Awards 27 Mar 1973 | Marlon Brando | USA. | Godfather |
| 44th Academy Awards 10 Apr 1972 | Gene Hackman | USA. | French Connection |
| 43rd Academy Awards 15 Apr 1971 | George C. Scott | USA. | Patton |
| 42nd Academy Awards 7 Apr 1970 | John Wayne | USA. | True Grit |
| 41st Academy Awards 14 Apr 1969 | Cliff Robertson | USA. | Charly |
| 40th Academy Awards 10 Apr 1968 | Rod Steiger | USA. | In The Heat Of The Night |
| 39th Academy Awards 10 Apr 1967 | Paul Scofield | England. | A Man For All Seasons |
| 38th Academy Awards 18 Apr 1966 | Lee Marvin | USA. | Cat Ballou |
| 37th Academy Awards 5 Apr 1965 | Rex Harrison, Sir | England, USA. | My Fair Lady |
| 36th Academy Awards 13 Apr 1964 | Sidney Poitier | USA. | Lilies Of The Field |
| 35th Academy Awards 8 Apr 1963 | Gregory Peck | USA. | To Kill A Mockingbird |
| 34th Academy Awards 9 Apr 1962 | Maximilian Schell | Austria. | Judgment At Nuremberg |
| 33rd Academy Awards 17 Apr 1961 | Burt Lancaster | USA. | Elmer Gantry |
| 32nd Academy Awards 4 Apr 1960 | Charlton Heston | USA. | Ben Hur |
| 31st Academy Awards 6 Apr 1959 | David Niven | England. | Separate Tables |
| 30th Academy Awards 26 Mar 1958 | Alec Guinness, Sir | England. | Bridge On The River Kwai |
| 29th Academy Awards 27 Mar 1957 | Yul Brynner | Russia, USA. | The King And I |
| 28th Academy Awards 21 Mar 1956 | Ernest Borgnine | USA. | Marty |
| 27th Academy Awards 30 Mar 1955 | Marlon Brando | USA. | On The Waterfront |
| 26th Academy Awards 25 Mar 1954 | William Holden | USA. | Stalag 17 |
| 25th Academy Awards 19 Mar 1953 | Gary Cooper | USA. | High Noon |
| 24th Academy Awards 20 Mar 1952 | Humphrey Bogart | USA. | African Queen |
| 23rd Academy Awards 29 Mar 1951 | José Ferrer | Puerto Rico, USA. | Cyrano De Bergerac |
| 22nd Academy Awards 23 Mar 1950 | Broderick Crawford | USA. | All The King’s Men |
| 21st Academy Awards 24 Mar 1949 | Laurence Olivier, Sir | England. | Hamlet |
| 20th Academy Awards 20 Mar 1948 | Ronald Colman | England. | A Double Life |
| 19th Academy Awards 17 Mar 1947 | Fredric March | USA. | The Best Years Of Our Lives |
| 18th Academy Awards 7 Mar 1946 | Ray Milland | Wales. | The Lost Weekend |
| 17th Academy Awards 15 Mar 1945 | Bing Crosby | USA. | Going My Way |
| 16th Academy Awards 2 Mar 1944 | Paul Lukas | Hungary, USA. | Watch On The Rhine |
| 15th Academy Awards 4 Mar 1943 | James Cagney | USA. | Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| 14th Academy Awards 26 Feb 1942 | Gary Cooper | USA. | Sergeant York |
| 13th Academy Awards 27 Feb 1941 | James Stewart | USA. | The Philadelphia Story |
| 12th Academy Awards 29 Feb 1940 | Robert Donat | England. | Goodbye, Mr Chips |
| 11th Academy Awards 23 Feb 1939 | Spencer Tracy | USA. | Boys Town |
| 10th Academy Awards 10 Mar 1938 | Spencer Tracy | USA. | Captains Courageous |
| 9th Academy Awards 4 Mar 1937 | Paul Muni | Ukraine, USA. | The Story of Louis Pasteur |
| 8th Academy Awards 5 Mar 1936 | Victor McLaglen | England, USA. | The Informer |
| 7th Academy Awards 27 Feb 1935 | Clark Gable | USA. | It Happened One Night |
| 6th Academy Awards 16 Mar 1934 | Charles Laugthon | England, USA. | The Private Life Of Henry VIII |
| 5th Academy Awards 18 Nov 1932* | Wallace Beery | USA. | The Champ |
| 5th Academy Awards 18 Nov 1932* | Frederic March | USA. | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| 4th Academy Awards 10 Nov 1931 | Lionel Barrymore | USA. | A Free Soul |
| 3rd Academy Awards 5 Nov 1930 | George Arliss | England. | Disraeli |
| 2nd Academy Awards 3 April 1930 | Warner Baxter | USA. | In Old Arizona |
| 1st Academy Awards 16 May 1929 | Emil Jannings | Germany. | The Way Of All Flesh / The Last Command |
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