Oscars Best Actor Retrospective

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

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Eddie Redmayne winning Best Actor at the Oscars 2015
Eddie Redmayne winning Best Actor at the Oscars 2015
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See which actors have picked up the prized golden statue over the past 40 years

Year: 2013Film: The Theory of Everything

Eddie Redmayne

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Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne winning Best Actor at the Oscars 2015
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Matthew McConaughey

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

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Year: 2013
Film: Lincoln
Suit: Domenico Vacca

Jean Dujardin

Jean Dujardin

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

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

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

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Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges

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Year: 2010
Film: Crazy Heart
Suit: Gucci

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

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Year: 2009
Film: Milk
Suit: Giorgio Armani

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

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Year: 2008
Film: There Will Be Blood

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

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Year: 2007
Film: The Last King of Scotland

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Year: 2006
Film: Capote

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

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Year: 2005
Film: Ray

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

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Year: 2004
Film: Mystic River

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

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Year: 2003
Film: The Pianist
Suit: Ermenegildo Zegna

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

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Year: 2002
Film: Training Day

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

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Year: 2001
Film: Gladiator

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey

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Year: 2000
Film: American Beauty
Suit: Giorgio Armani

Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni

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Year: 1999
Film: Life is Beautiful

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

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Year: 1998
Film: As Good As It Gets

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

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Year: 1997
Film: Shine
Suit: Giorgio Armani

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

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Year: 1996
Film: Leaving Las Vegas

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

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Year: 1995
Film: Forrest Gump

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

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Year: 1994
Film: Philadelphia

Al Pacino

Al Pacino

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Year: 1993
Film: Scent of a Woman

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

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Year: 1992
Film: The Silence of the Lambs

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

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Year: 1991
Film: Reversal of Fortune

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

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Year: 1990
Film: My Left Foot

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

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Year: 1989
Film: Rain Man

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

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Year: 1988
Film: Wall Street

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

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Year: 1987
Film: The Colour of Money

William Hurt

William Hurt

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Year: 1986
Film: Kiss of the Spider Woman

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

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Year: 1985
Film: Amadeus

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

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Year: 1984
Film: Tender Mercies

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

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Year: 1983
Film: Gandhi

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

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Year: 1982
Film: On Golden Pond

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

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Year: 1981
Film: Raging Bull

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

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Year: 1980
Film: Kramer vs. Kramer

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

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Year: 1979
Film: Coming Home

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

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Year: 1978
Film: The Goodbye Girl

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

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Year: 1977 (posthumous win)
Film: Network

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

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

Art Carney

Art Carney

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Year: 1975
Film: Harry and Tonto

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

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Year: 1974
Film: Save the Tiger

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

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Year: 1973
Film: The Godfather

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

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Year: 1972
Film: The French Connection

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