Oscars Best Actor Retrospective

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See which actors have picked up the prized golden statue over the past 40 years

Year: 2013
Film: The Theory of Everything

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Eddie Redmayne

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Matthew McConaughey

Year: 2014
Film: Dallas Buyers Club
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Daniel Day-Lewis

Year: 2013
Film: Lincoln
Suit: Domenico Vacca

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Jean Dujardin

Year: 2012
Film: The Artist
Suit: Jaeger-LeCoultre

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Colin Firth

Year: 2011
Film: The King's Speech
Suit: Tom Ford

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Jeff Bridges

Year: 2010
Film: Crazy Heart
Suit: Gucci

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Sean Penn

Year: 2009
Film: Milk
Suit: Giorgio Armani

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Year: 2008
Film: There Will Be Blood

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Forest Whitaker

Year: 2007
Film: The Last King of Scotland

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Year: 2006
Film: Capote

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Jamie Foxx

Year: 2005
Film: Ray

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Sean Penn

Year: 2004
Film: Mystic River

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Adrien Brody

Year: 2003
Film: The Pianist
Suit: Ermenegildo Zegna

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Denzel Washington

Year: 2002
Film: Training Day

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Russell Crowe

Year: 2001
Film: Gladiator

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Kevin Spacey

Year: 2000
Film: American Beauty
Suit: Giorgio Armani

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Roberto Benigni

Year: 1999
Film: Life is Beautiful

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Jack Nicholson

Year: 1998
Film: As Good As It Gets

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Geoffrey Rush

Year: 1997
Film: Shine
Suit: Giorgio Armani

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Nicolas Cage

Year: 1996
Film: Leaving Las Vegas

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Tom Hanks

Year: 1995
Film: Forrest Gump

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Tom Hanks

Year: 1994
Film: Philadelphia

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Al Pacino

Year: 1993
Film: Scent of a Woman

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Anthony Hopkins

Year: 1992
Film: The Silence of the Lambs

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Jeremy Irons

Year: 1991
Film: Reversal of Fortune

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Year: 1990
Film: My Left Foot

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Dustin Hoffman

Year: 1989
Film: Rain Man

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Michael Douglas

Year: 1988
Film: Wall Street

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Paul Newman

Year: 1987
Film: The Colour of Money

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William Hurt

Year: 1986
Film: Kiss of the Spider Woman

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F. Murray Abraham

Year: 1985
Film: Amadeus

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Robert Duvall

Year: 1984
Film: Tender Mercies

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Ben Kingsley

Year: 1983
Film: Gandhi

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Henry Fonda

Year: 1982
Film: On Golden Pond

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Robert De Niro

Year: 1981
Film: Raging Bull

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Dustin Hoffman

Year: 1980
Film: Kramer vs. Kramer

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Jon Voight

Year: 1979
Film: Coming Home

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Richard Dreyfuss

Year: 1978
Film: The Goodbye Girl

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Peter Finch

Year: 1977 (posthumous win)
Film: Network

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Jack Nicholson

Year: 1976
Film: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Art Carney

Year: 1975
Film: Harry and Tonto

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Jack Lemmon

Year: 1974
Film: Save the Tiger

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Marlon Brando

Year: 1973
Film: The Godfather

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Gene Hackman

Year: 1972
Film: The French Connection

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