Oscar winning best actor list: 59 Photos

Daniel Day-Lewis. Italian actor Roberto Benigni gave the first non-English winning performance in Life Is Beautiful (1997) in this category. The record for most wins is three, held by Daniel Day-Lewis, while nine other actors have won twice. The record for most nominations is nine, jointly held by Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(1rnFZujUN__ZwPAPnMXgqQs__25,

Emil Jannings. Emil Jannings. In 1928, he became the first male leading actor to receive the academy award for The Last Command (1928) directed by Josef von Sternberg. In 1929, Stenberg directed him in his world famous movie The Blue Angel (1930) (aka The Blue Angel) co-starring the young Marlene Dietrich (her first role).);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(1rnFZujUN__ZwPAPnMXgqQs__34,

Daniel Day-Lewis (2012) Many actors have been nominated for playing kings, but not so many as U.S. Presidents, and Day-Lewis was the first to win. He also became the first person to win three best actor Oscars.

2000s and 2010s

• 2013: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
• 2014: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
• 2015: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
• 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
• 2017: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
• 2018: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
• 2019: Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)

producer Walt Disney. With 22 Oscars, producer Walt Disney holds the record for the most wins; he was also the recipient of four special or honorary Academy Awards. Art director Cedric Gibbons is a distant second, with 11 Oscars, but he has a particularly close connection to the awards.