The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year.

2 days ago · Watch scenes from the performances nominated for best actor at the 97th annual Academy Awards, as well as interviews with the nominees. The 2025 Oscars will be presented on Sunday, March 2.

Oct 1, 2024 · Learn more about every best-actor Oscar winner over the last 95 years, from 1929 to today. The nearly 100-year history of the Academy Award for best actor tells the story of the movies...

5 days ago · Timothée Chalamet won the SAG Award for best actor, his first major acting award, for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown."

Feb 19, 2025 · Cillian Murphy won the Oscar for best actor for his role as theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, also known as the "father of the atomic bomb," in the film "Oppenheimer." The Irish-born...

5 days ago · Timothée Chalamet made history as the youngest best actor winner at the SAG awards.

5 days ago · Timothée Chalamet Surprises as Best Actor Winner at 2025 SAG Awards: 'I Was Not Expecting This at All' The star of 'A Complete Unknown' was nominated in the category with Adrien Brody, Daniel ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most Academy Awards for best actor (three), and a number of actors have received two such Oscars, including Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks, both of whom won in consecutive years.

Mar 12, 2023 · From Sidney Poitier becoming the first Black man to win the title in 1964 to Daniel Day-Lewis ' reign as the winningest actor in the category, here's a look back at every actor who has won the...

6 days ago · The papal thriller “Conclave” won best ensemble at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards, a surprise twist that added one final wrinkle in an unusually unpredictable awards season. In winning the guild’s top award Sunday, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set drama triumphed just as the Catholic Church was praying for the health of Pope Francis. Timothée Chalamet …