Academy Award for Best Actor

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Academy Award acting award film award

The Academy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.

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Academy Award for Best Actor canonical 694
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 4
Academy Award 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award ⓘ
acting award ⓘ
film award ⓘ
administeredBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
surface form: AMPAS Board of Governors
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
surface form: Oscar for Best Actor
awardFor best performance by an actor in a leading role ⓘ
awardType competitive award ⓘ
ceremonyFrequency annual ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibilityMedium feature films ⓘ
eligibilityScope primarily English-language and U.S.-released films ⓘ
field film acting ⓘ
firstAwardedForYear 1927–1928 ⓘ
genderRestriction male ⓘ
hasCategoryCode Best Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ
hasGenderedCounterpart Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
hasNomineesPerYear typically five nominees ⓘ
inception 1929 ⓘ
isConsidered one of the most prestigious acting awards in cinema ⓘ
languageOfCeremony English ⓘ
notableMultipleWinners Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
Jack Nicholson ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ
Tom Hanks ⓘ
notableRecord Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
surface form: Daniel Day-Lewis holds the record with three Best Actor wins
officialWebsite https://www.oscars.org ⓘ
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
partOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedAward Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
selectionCriterion artistic merit of the leading performance ⓘ
selectionProcess voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
statuetteMaterial gold-plated bronze ⓘ
statuetteShape knight holding a crusader’s sword standing on a film reel ⓘ
timePeriodCovered previous calendar year’s film releases ⓘ
trophyName Oscar ⓘ
surface form: Oscar statuette
typicalAnnouncementMonth February ⓘ
typicalCeremonyLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
typicalCeremonyVenue Dolby Theatre ⓘ
votingBody Academy actors branch (nominations) ⓘ
entire Academy membership (winners) ⓘ

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Oppenheimer (2023 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
The King’s Speech → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Colin Firth → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Colin Firth → awardReceivedForWork → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor – The King’s Speech
Gentleman's Agreement → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Russell Crowe → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Russell Crowe → awardReceivedForWork → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor for Gladiator
Laurence Olivier → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Matt Damon → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Benedict Cumberbatch → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Cillian Murphy → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Gregory Peck → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
The English Patient → nominations → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Casey Affleck → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Casey Affleck → awardReceivedForWork → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor – Manchester by the Sea
Academy Award for Best Director → associatedWith → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Leonardo DiCaprio → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Leonardo DiCaprio → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Citizen Kane → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
The Insider (film) → awardNominated → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
subject surface form: The Insider
Rocky → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Sylvester Stallone → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Geoffrey Rush → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
A Single Man → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Tom Hanks → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actor → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Actor
Michael Douglas → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Robert Downey Jr. → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Frost/Nixon → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Clark Gable → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Clark Gable → awardReceivedForWork → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor for "It Happened One Night"
Bill Murray → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor → hasRelatedCategory → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Bruce Dern → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Best Supporting Actor → relatedCategory → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
John Garfield → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
John Garfield → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Actor for Body and Soul
Rami Malek → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Humphrey Bogart → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Bing Crosby → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Johnny Depp → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
A Star Is Born (1954 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Roy Scheider → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Roy Scheider → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor for All That Jazz
The Remains of the Day → notableAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Firth → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
subject surface form: Colin Firth