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Oscars for Best Actor 1990-2021
Can you name Academy Award winners for Best Actor from 1990 to 2021?
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Last updated: March 28, 2022
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1.
Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1990?
Robert De Niro (Awakenings)
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Richard Harris (The Field)
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Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune)
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Gérard Depardieu (Cyrano de Bergerac)
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Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991?
Robin Williams (The Fisher King)
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Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs)
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Nick Nolte (The Prince of Tides)
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Warren Beatty (Bugsy)
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Robert De Niro (Cape Fear)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992?
Stephen Rea (The Crying Game)
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Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman)
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Robert Downey Jr. (Chaplin)
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Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven)
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Denzel Washington (Malcolm X)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1993?
Liam Neeson (Schindler's List)
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Daniel Day-Lewis (In the Name of the Father)
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Anthony Hopkins (The Remains of the Day)
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Laurence Fishburne (What's Love Got to Do with It)
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Tom Hanks (Philadelphia)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1994?
Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption)
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Paul Newman (Nobody's Fool)
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Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of King George)
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Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
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John Travolta (Pulp Fiction)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1995?
Anthony Hopkins (Nixon)
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Richard Dreyfuss (Mr. Holland's Opus)
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Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking)
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Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas)
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Massimo Troisi (Il Postino: The Postman)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996?
Woody Harrelson (The People vs. Larry Flynt)
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Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire)
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Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
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Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient)
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Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1997?
Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting)
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Peter Fonda (Ulee's Gold)
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Jack Nicholson (As Good as It Gets)
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Dustin Hoffman (Wag the Dog)
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Robert Duvall (The Apostle)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1998?
Tom Hanks (Saving Private Ryan)
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Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful)
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Nick Nolte (Affliction)
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Edward Norton (American History X)
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Ian McKellen (Gods and Monsters)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1999?
Denzel Washington (The Hurricane)
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Kevin Spacey (American Beauty)
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Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story)
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Russell Crowe (The Insider)
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Sean Penn (Sweet and Lowdown)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2000?
Tom Hanks (Cast Away)
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Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls)
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Geoffrey Rush (Quills)
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Russell Crowe (Gladiator)
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Ed Harris (Pollock)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001?
Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom)
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Sean Penn (I Am Sam)
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Denzel Washington (Training Day)
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Will Smith (Ali)
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Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2002?
Nicolas Cage (Adaptation)
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Michael Caine (The Quiet American)
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Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)
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Adrien Brody (The Pianist)
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Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003?
Ben Kingsley (House of Sand and Fog)
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Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
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Sean Penn (Mystic River)
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Jude Law (Cold Mountain)
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Bill Murray (Lost in Translation)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2004?
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
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Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland)
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Jamie Foxx (Ray)
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Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda)
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Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005?
Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)
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David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck)
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Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
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Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
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Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2006?
Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)
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Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
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Peter O'Toole (Venus)
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Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)
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Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2007?
Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)
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Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
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Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
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Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
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George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2008?
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
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Sean Penn (Milk)
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Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
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Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
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Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2009?
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
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Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
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George Clooney (Up in the Air)
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Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
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Colin Firth (A Single Man)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2010?
James Franco (127 Hours)
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Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
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Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
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Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
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Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2011?
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
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Demián Bichir (A Better Life)
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Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
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Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
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George Clooney (The Descendants)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2012?
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
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Denzel Washington (Flight)
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Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
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Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
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Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2013?
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
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Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
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Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
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Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
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Christian Bale (American Hustle)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2014?
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
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Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
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Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
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Michael Keaton (Birdman)
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Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2015?
Matt Damon (The Martian)
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Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
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Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
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Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
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Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2016?
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
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Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
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Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
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Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
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Denzel Washington (Fences)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2017?
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
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Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name)
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Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
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Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
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Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2018?
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
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Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate)
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Christian Bale (Vice)
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Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
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Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2019?
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
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Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)
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Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
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Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)
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Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2020?
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
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Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
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Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
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Steven Yeun (Minari)
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Gary Oldman (Mank)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2021?
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick... Boom!)
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Will Smith (King Richard)
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Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
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Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
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