Facts on Best Actor Academy Award winners

Jack Nicholson

Is an American actor who has won several academy awards.

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Is a much revered British actor who has won the Academy Award for Best Actor more times than any other actor in history.

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Robert De Niro

Is an American actor who is considered by many to be among the greatest actors to ever grace the screen.

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Al Pacino

An American born actor best known for his dramatic portrayal of Michael Corleone in “The Godfather” trilogy.

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Dustin Hoffman

Is an American born actor that has won numerous Academy Awards and is capable of playing very diverse characters.

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Tom Hanks

Is one of the most beloved actors in American history and is known not only for his talent but also for his boundless generosity.

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Anthony Hopkins

Is one of the most prolific actors who has been nominated for and has won numerous awards including the Best Actor Oscar multiple times.

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Marlon Brando

Has been heralded by both his peers and numerous critics as being the most charismatic American actor of all time.

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Jeremy Irons

Is an English actor who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1990 for the film Reversal Of Fortune where he played the character of Claus von Bulow.

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Denzel Washington

Is one of the most recognized African American actors in the history of modern day cinema.

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Gene Hackman

Is an American born character actor who has been nominated for and has also won numerous Academy Awards.

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Jeff Bridges

Is a well-known and much admired Californian born actor famous for his role in “The Big Lewboski.”

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Henry Fonda

Is an American born actor who is known around the world for his many popular films.

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William Hurt

Is an American born actor who has been nominated for multiple acting awards for both stage and screen appearances.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Is an American born actor who is considered to be one of Hollywood’s most versatile and skilled actors.

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Robert Duvall

Is a much in demand American born veteran actor who has had a long and very illustrious career.

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Kevin Spacey

Is one of the most enigmatic actors in the history of cinema.

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Nicolas Cage

Is an iconic American actor best known for the many action-adventure movies that he has starred in.

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Russell Crowe

Is a New Zealand born actor that has appeared in many epic films.

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Ben Kingsley

Is one of the most popular British actors to grace the silver screen.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Is an Academy Award actor who is known for immersing himself completely into whatever role he is playing at the moment.

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Richard Dreyfuss

Is a very versatile American actor who has played diverse roles during his career.

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Gary Oldman

Is an actor from London who was originally known for playing antagonists and is now also well versed in heroic roles.

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Paul Newman

Is one of the most iconic and memorable actors in cinematic history who was also a car racing enthusiast and a professional racing driver. .

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Sean Penn

Is a veteran character actor and filmmaker who has won several awards for his work in films.

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Michael Douglas

Is a well-respected American actor who has won several awards during his career in films.

10 facts about Michael Douglas

Charlton Heston

Is a well-respected American actor who has won several awards during his career in films.

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Forest Whitaker

Is a very talented and versatile American born film and television actor with has acted with some of the top film directed and co-stars.

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Will Smith

Is a very popular American actor, rapper and producer who has been successful in film, music and television too.

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Joaquin Phoenix

Is a hugely talented actor and also a Grammy Award winner.

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Adrien Brody

Is a famous and well-respected actor and producer and is the only American actor to be honored with the French Cesar Award.

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Geoffrey Rush

Is a highly regarded Australian born film actor and producer who has won several Academy awards.

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Roberto Benigni

Is an Italian born actor known as much for his talent as for his eccentricities.

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F. Murray Abraham

Is a Pittsburgh born film and television actor best known for his role as Antonio Salieri in the movie Amadeus.

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John Wayne

Is one of the most respected and revered actors in Hollywood history

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Sidney Poitier

Is an American born Bahamian actor, author, director and diplomat.

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George C. Scott

Was an American film and stage actor, producer and director.

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Jamie Foxx

Is an American actor, singer, songwriter, musician, talk radio host and comedian.

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Jack Lemmon

Was an American actor and musician.

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Peter Finch

Was a British-born Australian actor.

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