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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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