Academy Award for Best Actor

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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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