Academy Award Nominees for Best Actor - Statistics

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Year Film Actor % Correct
Will Smith
94%
2019 Joker Joaquin Phoenix
86%
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Leonardo DiCaprio
86%
2018 A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper
84%
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Leonardo DiCaprio
83%
2018 Bohemian Rhapsody Rami Malek
82%
2016 La La Land Ryan Gosling
82%
2020 The Father Anthony Hopkins
81%
2015 The Revenant Leonardo DiCaprio
78%
2015 The Martian Matt Damon
78%
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Brad Pitt
76%
2012 Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis
76%
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Johnny Depp
76%
2014 American Sniper Bradley Cooper
75%
2010 The King's Speech Colin Firth
75%
1998 Saving Private Ryan Tom Hanks
74%
1994 Forrest Gump Tom Hanks
74%
Andrew Garfield
73%
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Anthony Hopkins
73%
2012 Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper
73%
2016 Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck
73%
2005 Brokeback Mountain Heath Ledger
73%
1997 Good Will Hunting Matt Damon
73%
2000 Gladiator Russell Crowe
73%
2019 Marriage Story Adam Driver
72%
Benedict Cumberbatch
72%
2012 Les Misérables Hugh Jackman
72%
2013 Dallas Buyers Club Matthew McConaughey
72%
2017 Darkest Hour Gary Oldman
71%
2008 Milk Sean Penn
71%
1994 Pulp Fiction John Travolta
70%
2000 Cast Away Tom Hanks
70%
2007 There Will Be Blood Daniel Day-Lewis
69%
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness Will Smith
69%
2016 Hacksaw Ridge Andrew Garfield
68%
2018 Vice Christian Bale
68%
2014 The Theory of Everything Eddie Redmayne
68%
2004 Ray Jamie Foxx
68%
2010 The Social Network Jesse Eisenberg
68%
2001 A Beautiful Mind Russell Crowe
68%
2014 The Imitation Game Benedict Cumberbatch
67%
2004 Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood
67%
1999 American Beauty Kevin Spacey
67%
1993 Schindler's List Liam Neeson
67%
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Michael Keaton
67%
1996 Jerry Maguire Tom Cruise
67%
1993 Philadelphia Tom Hanks
67%
1994 The Shawshank Redemption Morgan Freeman
66%
1989 Dead Poets Society Robin Williams
66%
2018 Green Book Viggo Mortensen
66%
2011 Moneyball Brad Pitt
65%
1998 American History X Edward Norton
65%
2010 127 Hours James Franco
65%
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Johnny Depp
65%
2004 The Aviator Leonardo DiCaprio
65%
2017 Call Me by Your Name Timothée Chalamet
65%
2001 Training Day Denzel Washington
63%
1992 Malcolm X Denzel Washington
63%
1997 As Good as It Gets Jack Nicholson
63%
2003 Mystic River Sean Penn
63%
2001 Ali Will Smith
63%
2013 American Hustle Christian Bale
62%
1988 Rain Man Dustin Hoffman
62%
2010 True Grit Jeff Bridges
62%
Denzel Washington
61%
2015 The Danish Girl Eddie Redmayne
61%
1972 The Godfather Marlon Brando
61%
2015 Steve Jobs Michael Fassbender
61%
2002 The Pianist Adrien Brody
60%
2002 Gangs of New York Daniel Day-Lewis
60%
1990 Dances with Wolves Kevin Costner
60%
1976 Taxi Driver Robert De Niro
60%
2003 Lost in Translation Bill Murray
59%
2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Chadwick Boseman
59%
2004 Hotel Rwanda Don Cheadle
59%
2006 The Last King of Scotland Forest Whitaker
59%
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jack Nicholson
59%
2006 Blood Diamond Leonardo DiCaprio
59%
1980 Raging Bull Robert De Niro
59%
2017 Phantom Thread Daniel Day-Lewis
58%
2017 Get Out Daniel Kaluuya
58%
2009 The Hurt Locker Jeremy Renner
58%
2005 Walk the Line Joaquin Phoenix
58%
1989 Driving Miss Daisy Morgan Freeman
58%
2005 Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman
58%
1987 Good Morning, Vietnam Robin Williams
58%
1974 The Godfather Part II Al Pacino
57%
2017 Roman J. Israel, Esq. Denzel Washington
57%
Javier Bardem
57%
2009 Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges
57%
1976 Rocky Sylvester Stallone
57%
1988 Big Tom Hanks
57%
1992 Scent of a Woman Al Pacino
56%
2016 Fences Denzel Washington
56%
2009 Up in the Air George Clooney
56%
1987 Wall Street Michael Douglas
56%
2008 The Wrestler Mickey Rourke
56%
2009 Invictus Morgan Freeman
56%
2004 Finding Neverland Johnny Depp
55%
1995 Leaving Las Vegas Nicolas Cage
55%
1982 Gandhi Ben Kingsley
54%
2012 Flight Denzel Washington
54%
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Dustin Hoffman
54%
2011 The Descendants George Clooney
54%
2007 Michael Clayton George Clooney
54%
1992 Chaplin Robert Downey Jr.
54%
2014 Foxcatcher Steve Carell
54%
2020 Mank Gary Oldman
53%
1996 The English Patient Ralph Fiennes
53%
1998 Life Is Beautiful Roberto Benigni
53%
1992 Unforgiven Clint Eastwood
52%
2011 The Artist Jean Dujardin
52%
1991 Cape Fear Robert De Niro
52%
2001 I Am Sam Sean Penn
52%
1989 Born on the Fourth of July Tom Cruise
52%
2013 12 Years a Slave Chiwetel Ejiofor
51%
1989 My Left Foot Daniel Day-Lewis
51%
1982 Tootsie Dustin Hoffman
51%
2015 Trumbo Bryan Cranston
49%
1974 Chinatown Jack Nicholson
49%
1977 Saturday Night Fever John Travolta
49%
1969 True Grit John Wayne
47%
2002 Adaptation Nicolas Cage
47%
1986 The Color of Money Paul Newman
47%
2020 Sound of Metal Riz Ahmed
47%
1967 The Graduate Dustin Hoffman
46%
2002 About Schmidt Jack Nicholson
46%
2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Gary Oldman
45%
1971 The French Connection Gene Hackman
45%
2019 The Two Popes Jonathan Pryce
45%
2003 Cold Mountain Jude Law
45%
1954 On the Waterfront Marlon Brando
45%
1978 The Deer Hunter Robert De Niro
45%
1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen
45%
2013 Nebraska Bruce Dern
44%
1985 Witness Harrison Ford
44%
1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Woody Harrelson
44%
1996 Shine Geoffrey Rush
43%
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird Gregory Peck
42%
1989 Henry V Kenneth Branagh
42%
1973 The Sting Robert Redford
42%
1959 Ben-Hur Charlton Heston
41%
2009 A Single Man Colin Firth
41%
1969 Midnight Cowboy Dustin Hoffman
41%
1984 Amadeus F. Murray Abraham
41%
1990 Reversal of Fortune Jeremy Irons
41%
1941 Citizen Kane Orson Welles
41%
2016 Captain Fantastic Viggo Mortensen
41%
1975 Dog Day Afternoon Al Pacino
40%
2000 Pollock Ed Harris
40%
1970 Patton George C. Scott
40%
1981 On Golden Pond Henry Fonda
40%
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Marlon Brando
40%
1962 Lawrence of Arabia Peter O'Toole
40%
2006 Half Nelson Ryan Gosling
40%
1995 Dead Man Walking Sean Penn
40%
2007 Eastern Promises Viggo Mortensen
40%
1973 Serpico Al Pacino
39%
1995 Nixon Anthony Hopkins
39%
2019 Pain and Glory Antonio Banderas
39%
1999 The Hurricane Denzel Washington
39%
2010 Biutiful Javier Bardem
39%
2012 The Master Joaquin Phoenix
39%
2020 Minari Steven Yeun
39%
1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman William Hurt
39%
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai Alec Guinness
38%
1939 Gone with the Wind Clark Gable
38%
1993 In the Name of the Father Daniel Day-Lewis
38%
1943 Casablanca Humphrey Bogart
38%
1990 Awakenings Robert De Niro
38%
1956 The King and I Yul Brynner
38%
1951 The African Queen Humphrey Bogart
37%
1998 Gods and Monsters Ian McKellen
37%
1948 Hamlet Laurence Olivier
37%
1983 Tender Mercies Robert Duvall
37%
1993 The Remains of the Day Anthony Hopkins
35%
1996 Sling Blade Billy Bob Thornton
35%
1940 The Great Dictator Charlie Chaplin
35%
2008 Frost/Nixon Frank Langella
35%
1988 Mississippi Burning Gene Hackman
35%
1969 Midnight Cowboy Jon Voight
35%
1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Peter Sellers
35%
1991 The Fisher King Robin Williams
35%
1999 The Insider Russell Crowe
35%
2007 In the Valley of Elah Tommy Lee Jones
35%
1981 Reds Warren Beatty
35%
2018 At Eternity's Gate Willem Dafoe
35%
1997 Wag the Dog Dustin Hoffman
34%
1980 The Elephant Man John Hurt
34%
1978 Coming Home Jon Voight
34%
1991 The Prince of Tides Nick Nolte
34%
1967 Cool Hand Luke Paul Newman
34%
2005 Hustle & Flow Terrence Howard
34%
1967 Bonnie and Clyde Warren Beatty
34%
1987 Broadcast News William Hurt
34%
2003 House of Sand and Fog Ben Kingsley
33%
2000 Quills Geoffrey Rush
33%
1956 Giant James Dean
33%
1946 It's a Wonderful Life James Stewart
33%
1993 What's Love Got to Do with It Laurence Fishburne
33%
1973 Last Tango in Paris Marlon Brando
33%
2002 The Quiet American Michael Caine
33%
1991 Bugsy Warren Beatty
33%
1976 Network Peter Finch
32%
1997 Ulee's Gold Peter Fonda
32%
1964 My Fair Lady Rex Harrison
32%
1986 Children of a Lesser God William Hurt
32%
1955 East of Eden James Dean
31%
1967 In the Heat of the Night Rod Steiger
31%
1963 Lilies of the Field Sidney Poitier
31%
1984 Amadeus Tom Hulce
31%
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck David Strathairn
30%
1952 High Noon Gary Cooper
30%
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Gérard Depardieu
30%
1973 Save the Tiger Jack Lemmon
30%
1985 Prizzi's Honor Jack Nicholson
30%
1970 Love Story Ryan O'Neal
30%
1966 Alfie Michael Caine
29%
1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Richard Burton
29%
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus Richard Dreyfuss
29%
1977 The Goodbye Girl Richard Dreyfuss
29%
1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Spencer Tracy
29%
1974 Harry and Tonto Art Carney
28%
1981 Arthur Dudley Moore
28%
1983 Educating Rita Michael Caine
28%
1997 The Apostle Robert Duvall
28%
1992 The Crying Game Stephen Rea
28%
1955 Marty Ernest Borgnine
27%
1960 The Apartment Jack Lemmon
27%
1959 Some Like It Hot Jack Lemmon
27%
2001 In the Bedroom Tom Wilkinson
27%
1968 Charly Cliff Robertson
26%
1934 It Happened One Night Clark Gable
25%
1988 Stand and Deliver Edward James Olmos
25%
1940 The Philadelphia Story James Stewart
25%
1965 Othello Laurence Olivier
25%
1946 Henry V Laurence Olivier
25%
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell
25%
2006 Venus Peter O'Toole
25%
2008 The Visitor Richard Jenkins
25%
1953 From Here to Eternity Burt Lancaster
24%
1988 Pelle the Conqueror Max von Sydow
24%
1961 The Hustler Paul Newman
24%
1968 The Lion in Winter Peter O'Toole
24%
1979 All That Jazz Roy Scheider
24%
1971 Fiddler on the Roof Topol
24%
1944 Going My Way Bing Crosby
23%
1960 Elmer Gantry Burt Lancaster
23%
2011 A Better Life Demián Bichir
23%
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy James Cagney
23%
2000 Before Night Falls Javier Bardem
23%
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac José Ferrer
23%
1998 Affliction Nick Nolte
23%
1982 The Verdict Paul Newman
23%
1963 Hud Paul Newman
23%
1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Paul Newman
23%
1937 Captains Courageous Spencer Tracy
23%
1979 ...And Justice for All Al Pacino
22%
1940 The Grapes of Wrath Henry Fonda
22%
1970 Five Easy Pieces Jack Nicholson
22%
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington James Stewart
22%
1984 Starman Jeff Bridges
22%
1956 Richard III Laurence Olivier
22%
1994 The Madness of King George Nigel Hawthorne
22%
1966 A Man for All Seasons Paul Scofield
22%
1938 Boys Town Spencer Tracy
22%
1964 Zorba the Greek Anthony Quinn
20%
1987 Ironweed Jack Nicholson
20%
1957 Sayonara Marlon Brando
20%
1953 From Here to Eternity Montgomery Clift
20%
1979 Being There Peter Sellers
20%
1984 The Killing Fields Sam Waterston
20%
1978 Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty
20%
1958 Separate Tables David Niven
19%
1941 Sergeant York Gary Cooper
19%
1965 Cat Ballou Lee Marvin
19%
1972 Sleuth Michael Caine
19%
1994 Nobody's Fool Paul Newman
19%
1999 The Straight Story Richard Farnsworth
19%
1956 Giant Rock Hudson
19%
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Clark Gable
18%
1974 Lenny Dustin Hoffman
18%
1950 Harvey James Stewart
18%
1995 Il Postino Massimo Troisi
18%
1958 The Defiant Ones Sidney Poitier
18%
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg Spencer Tracy
18%
1976 Network William Holden
18%
1986 Mona Lisa Bob Hoskins
17%
1978 The Buddy Holly Story Gary Busey
17%
1959 Anatomy of a Murder James Stewart
17%
1952 Viva Zapata! Marlon Brando
17%
1963 Cleopatra Rex Harrison
17%
1983 Reuben, Reuben Tom Conti
17%
1958 The Defiant Ones Tony Curtis
17%
1953 Stalag 17 William Holden
17%
1950 Sunset Boulevard William Holden
17%
1983 The Dresser Albert Finney
16%
1963 Tom Jones Albert Finney
16%
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's Bing Crosby
16%
1955 The Man with the Golden Arm Frank Sinatra
16%
1982 Missing Jack Lemmon
16%
1962 Days of Wine and Roses Jack Lemmon
16%
1970 The Great White Hope James Earl Jones
16%
1986 Salvador James Woods
16%
1945 The Lost Weekend Ray Milland
16%
1980 The Great Santini Robert Duvall
16%
1999 Sweet and Lowdown Sean Penn
16%
1974 Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney
15%
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Gary Cooper
15%
1971 The Hospital George C. Scott
15%
1979 The China Syndrome Jack Lemmon
15%
1943 Watch on the Rhine Paul Lukas
15%
1950 Father of the Bride Spencer Tracy
15%
1983 The Dresser Tom Courtenay
15%
1966 The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Alan Arkin
14%
1927-28 The Last Command / The Way of All Flesh Emil Jannings
14%
1973 The Last Detail Jack Nicholson
14%
1985 Murphy's Romance James Garner
14%
1954 A Star Is Born James Mason
14%
1972 Sleuth Laurence Olivier
14%
1981 Absence of Malice Paul Newman
14%
1982 My Favorite Year Peter O'Toole
14%
1977 Equus Richard Burton
14%
1964 Becket Richard Burton
14%
1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Robert Donat
14%
1958 The Old Man and the Sea Spencer Tracy
14%
1949 All the King's Men Broderick Crawford
13%
1962 Birdman of Alcatraz Burt Lancaster
13%
1932-33 The Private Life of Henry VIII Charles Laughton
13%
1945 Anchors Aweigh Gene Kelly
13%
1978 The Boys from Brazil Laurence Olivier
13%
1953 Julius Caesar Marlon Brando
13%
1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday Peter Finch
13%
1964 Becket Peter O'Toole
13%
1960 Inherit the Wind Spencer Tracy
13%
1984 Under the Volcano Albert Finney
12%
1981 Atlantic City Burt Lancaster
12%
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Fredric March
12%
1954 The Caine Mutiny Humphrey Bogart
12%
1940 Rebecca Laurence Olivier
12%
1975 The Man in the Glass Booth Maximilian Schell
12%
1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Peter O'Toole
12%
1955 Bad Day at Black Rock Spencer Tracy
12%
1957 Witness for the Prosecution Charles Laughton
11%
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Charles Laughton
11%
1986 Round Midnight Dexter Gordon
11%
1931-32 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Fredric March
11%
1929-30 Disraeli George Arliss
11%
1947 Gentleman's Agreement Gregory Peck
11%
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces James Cagney
11%
1985 Runaway Train Jon Voight
11%
1952 Moulin Rouge José Ferrer
11%
1939 Babes in Arms Mickey Rooney
11%
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur Paul Muni
11%
1972 Sounder Paul Winfield
11%
1980 The Stunt Man Peter O'Toole
11%
1963 This Sporting Life Richard Harris
11%
1947 A Double Life Ronald Colman
11%
1966 The Sand Pebbles Steve McQueen
11%
1952 The Lavender Hill Mob Alec Guinness
10%
1944 Going My Way Barry Fitzgerald
10%
1954 The Country Girl Bing Crosby
10%
1942 The Pride of the Yankees Gary Cooper
10%
1956 Lust for Life Kirk Douglas
10%
1939 Wuthering Heights Laurence Olivier
10%
1951 A Place in the Sun Montgomery Clift
10%
1937 The Life of Emile Zola Paul Muni
10%
1969 Anne of the Thousand Days Richard Burton
10%
1953 The Robe Richard Burton
10%
1931-32 The Champ Wallace Beery
10%
1968 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Alan Arkin
9%
1949 Twelve O'Clock High Gregory Peck
9%
1930-31 A Free Soul Lionel Barrymore
9%
1962 Divorce Italian Style Marcello Mastroianni
9%
1972 The Ruling Class Peter O'Toole
9%
1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Richard Burton
9%
1990 The Field Richard Harris
9%
1975 The Sunshine Boys Walter Matthau
9%
1976 Seven Beauties Giancarlo Giannini
8%
1949 Sands of Iwo Jima John Wayne
8%
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful Kirk Douglas
8%
1970 I Never Sang for My Father Melvyn Douglas
8%
1965 The Pawnbroker Rod Steiger
8%
1968 Oliver! Ron Moody
8%
1935 The Informer Victor McLaglen
8%
1934 The Thin Man William Powell
8%
1968 The Fixer Alan Bates
6%
1944 Gaslight Charles Boyer
6%
1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls Gary Cooper
6%
1930-31 Skippy Jackie Cooper
6%
1980 Tribute Jack Lemmon
6%
1975 Give 'em Hell, Harry! James Whitmore
6%
1959 Room at the Top Laurence Harvey
6%
1960 The Entertainer Laurence Olivier
6%
1987 Dark Eyes Marcello Mastroianni
6%
1977 A Special Day Marcello Mastroianni
6%
1971 Kotch Walter Matthau
6%
1928-29 In Old Arizona Warner Baxter
6%
1936 My Man Godfrey William Powell
6%
1957 A Hatful of Rain Anthony Franciosa
5%
1944 None but the Lonely Heart Cary Grant
5%
1941 Penny Serenade Cary Grant
5%
1961 Fanny Charles Boyer
5%
1937 A Star Is Born Fredric March
5%
1946 The Yearling Gregory Peck
5%
1955 Love Me or Leave Me James Cagney
5%
1949 Champion Kirk Douglas
5%
1943 The Human Comedy Mickey Rooney
5%
1965 Ship of Fools Oskar Werner
5%
1960 Sons and Lovers Trevor Howard
5%
1951 Bright Victory Arthur Kennedy
4%
1938 Algiers Charles Boyer
4%
1951 Death of a Salesman Fredric March
4%
1948 The Search Montgomery Clift
4%
1959 The Last Angry Man Paul Muni
4%
1932-33 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Paul Muni
4%
1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan Robert Montgomery
4%
1942 Random Harvest Ronald Colman
4%
1936 San Francisco Spencer Tracy
4%
1961 The Mark Stuart Whitman
4%
1936 Dodsworth Walter Huston
4%
1942 Mrs. Miniver Walter Pidgeon
4%
1947 Life with Father William Powell
4%
1930-31 The Front Page Adolphe Menjou
3%
1944 Wilson Alexander Knox
3%
1948 Sitting Pretty Clifton Webb
3%
1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me Dan Dailey
3%
1954 Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Dan O'Herlihy
3%
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Franchot Tone
3%
1945 The Keys of the Kingdom Gregory Peck
3%
1947 Body and Soul John Garfield
3%
1938 Pygmalion Leslie Howard
3%
1948 Johnny Belinda Lew Ayres
3%
1947 Mourning Becomes Electra Michael Redgrave
3%
1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois Raymond Massey
3%
1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster Walter Huston
3%
1943 Madame Curie Walter Pidgeon
3%
1931-32 The Guardsman Alfred Lunt
2%
1957 Wild Is the Wind Anthony Quinn
2%
1937 Conquest Charles Boyer
2%
1934 The Affairs of Cellini Frank Morgan
2%
1930-31 The Royal Family of Broadway Fredric March
2%
1946 The Jolson Story Larry Parks
2%
1950 The Magnificent Yankee Louis Calhern
2%
1942 The Pied Piper Monty Woolley
2%
1930-31 Cimarron Richard Dix
2%
1929-30 Bulldog Drummond / Condemned Ronald Colman
2%
1928-29 Alibi Chester Morris
1%
1945 A Song to Remember Cornel Wilde
1%
1929-30 The Green Goddess George Arliss
1%
1928-29 Thunderbolt George Bancroft
1%
1929-30 The Rogue Song Lawrence Tibbett
1%
1932-33 Berkeley Square Leslie Howard
1%
1928-29 The Patriot Lewis Stone
1%
1929-30 The Big Pond / The Love Parade Maurice Chevalier
1%
1935 Black Fury Paul Muni
1%
1928-29 The Valiant Paul Muni
1%
1927-28 The Noose / The Patent Leather Kid Richard Barthelmess
1%
1949 The Hasty Heart Richard Todd
1%
1938 The Citadel Robert Donat
1%
1937 Night Must Fall Robert Montgomery
1%
1929-30 The Big House Wallace Beery
1%
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