See which actors have picked up the prized golden statue over the past 40 years
Year: 2013Film: The Theory of Everything
Eddie Redmayne
Eddie Redmayne winning Best Actor at the Oscars 2015
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Suit: Alexander McQueen Bespoke navy tuxedo
Eddie Redmayne
Eddie Redmayne winning Best Actor at the Oscars 2015
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Suit: Alexander McQueen Bespoke navy tuxedo
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey winning Best Actor at the Oscars 2014
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Year: 2014
Film: Dallas Buyers Club
Suit: Dolce & Gabbana winter white tuxedo
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis Oscars 2013
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Year: 2013
Film: Lincoln
Suit: Domenico Vacca
Jean Dujardin
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2012
Film: The Artist
Suit: Jaeger-LeCoultre
Colin Firth
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2011
Film: The King's Speech
Suit: Tom Ford
THE OSCARS 2012
Jeff Bridges
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2010
Film: Crazy Heart
Suit: Gucci
Sean Penn
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2009
Film: Milk
Suit: Giorgio Armani
Daniel Day-Lewis
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2008
Film: There Will Be Blood
Forest Whitaker
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2007
Film: The Last King of Scotland
Philip Seymour Hoffman
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2006
Film: Capote
Jamie Foxx
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2005
Film: Ray
Sean Penn
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2004
Film: Mystic River
Adrien Brody
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2003
Film: The Pianist
Suit: Ermenegildo Zegna
Denzel Washington
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2002
Film: Training Day
Russell Crowe
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2001
Film: Gladiator
Kevin Spacey
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 2000
Film: American Beauty
Suit: Giorgio Armani
Roberto Benigni
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1999
Film: Life is Beautiful
Jack Nicholson
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1998
Film: As Good As It Gets
Geoffrey Rush
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1997
Film: Shine
Suit: Giorgio Armani
Nicolas Cage
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1996
Film: Leaving Las Vegas
Tom Hanks
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1995
Film: Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1994
Film: Philadelphia
Al Pacino
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1993
Film: Scent of a Woman
Anthony Hopkins
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1992
Film: The Silence of the Lambs
Jeremy Irons
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1991
Film: Reversal of Fortune
Daniel Day-Lewis
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1990
Film: My Left Foot
Dustin Hoffman
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1989
Film: Rain Man
Michael Douglas
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1988
Film: Wall Street
Paul Newman
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1987
Film: The Colour of Money
William Hurt
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1986
Film: Kiss of the Spider Woman
F. Murray Abraham
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1985
Film: Amadeus
Robert Duvall
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1984
Film: Tender Mercies
Ben Kingsley
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1983
Film: Gandhi
Henry Fonda
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1982
Film: On Golden Pond
Robert De Niro
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1981
Film: Raging Bull
Dustin Hoffman
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1980
Film: Kramer vs. Kramer
Jon Voight
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1979
Film: Coming Home
Richard Dreyfuss
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1978
Film: The Goodbye Girl
Peter Finch
oscars, best actor winners, marie claire, marie claire uk, academy awards
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Year: 1977 (posthumous win)
Film: Network
Jack Nicholson
