Academy Award for Best Actor explained

Academy Award for Best Actor
Awarded For:Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Presenter:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Country:United States
Year:1929
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Holder:Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (2024)
Most Awards:Daniel Day-Lewis (3)
Most Nominations:Laurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy (9)

The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner.

The Best Actor award has been presented 96 times, to 86 actors. The first winner was German actor Emil Jannings for his roles in The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927).[1] The most recent winner is Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (2023), who simultaneously became the first Irish-born actor to win this award. 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. James Dean, with two consecutive nominations, remains the only actor to have been posthumously nominated for this award more than once. At the 5th Academy Awards, Fredric March finished one vote ahead of Wallace Beery; under the rules of the time, this meant both actors were awarded, in this category's only tie. Peter O'Toole holds the record in this category for most nominations (eight) without a win—albeit in 2003, he was an Honorary Oscar recipient.

Nominations process

Nominees are currently determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.[2]

In the first three years of the awards, actors and actresses were nominated as the best individuals in their categories. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award. Despite this, at the 3rd Academy Awards, held in 1930, only one film was cited in each winner's award regardless of how many they were eligible to be considered for during that span.[3] The current system, in which an actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the 4th Academy Awards. Starting with the 9th Academy Awards, held in 1937, the category was limited to a maximum five nominations per year.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31. For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.

Table key
Indicates the winner
§Indicates winner who refused the award
Indicates a posthumous winner
Indicates a posthumous nominee

1920s

YearActorRole(s)Film
1927/28
(1st)
[4]
Patent Leather Kid
[5]
1928/29
(2nd)
[6]
In Old Arizona[7]
Thunderbolt
Alibi

1930s

YearActorRole(s)Film
1929/30
(3rd)
Disraeli[8]
Bulldog Drummond
MichelCondemned
Yegor
1930/31
(4th)
[9]
Skippy
Cimarron
1931/32
(5th)
(Tie) [10]
(Tie) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1932/33
(6th)
[11]
Berkeley Square
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1934
(7th)
It Happened One Night[12]
Alessandro, Duke of Florence
1935
(8th)
[13]
Mutiny on the Bounty
(Write-in)Black Fury
1936
(9th)
[14]
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Dodsworth
My Man Godfrey
San Francisco
1937
(10th)
Captains Courageous[15]
Conquest
DannyNight Must Fall
1938
(11th)
Boys Town[16]
Algiers
Angels with Dirty Faces
Pygmalion
1939
(12th)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips[17]
Gone with the Wind
HeathcliffWuthering Heights
Babes in Arms
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1940s

YearActorRole(s)Film
1940
(13th)
[18]
& The Barber
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Rebecca
1941
(14th)
Sergeant York[19]
Penny Serenade
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Citizen Kane
1942
(15th)
Yankee Doodle Dandy[20]
Random Harvest
Mrs. Miniver
Howard
1943
(16th)
Watch on the Rhine[21]
Casablanca
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Madame Curie
1944
(17th)
Going My Way[22]
Gaslight
Going My Way
None but the Lonely Heart
Wilson
1945
(18th)
[23]
Anchors Aweigh
1946
(19th)
[24]
Henry V
It's a Wonderful Life
1947
(20th)
[25]
Body and Soul
Gentleman's Agreement
Life with Father
Mourning Becomes Electra
1948
(21st)
Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkHamlet[26]
Johnny Belinda
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Sitting Pretty
1949
(22nd)
All the King's Men[27]
Champion
Twelve O'Clock High
Sands of Iwo Jima

1950s

YearActorRole(s)Film
1950
(23rd)
Cyrano de Bergerac[28]
Sunset Boulevard
Harvey
Father of the Bride
1951
(24th)
[29]
Bright Victory
Death of a Salesman
1952
(25th)
High Noon[30]
Viva Zapata!
Moulin Rouge
1953
(26th)
Stalag 17[31]
Julius Caesar
From Here to Eternity
1954
(27th)
On the Waterfront[32]
Robinson Crusoe
1955
(28th)
Marty[33]
Love Me or Leave Me
East of Eden
Bad Day at Black Rock
1956
(29th)
[34]
Giant
Lust for Life
Giant
Richard III
1957
(30th)
[35]
Sayonara
Witness for the Prosecution
GinoWild Is the Wind
1958
(31st)
Separate Tables[36]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant Ones
1959
(32nd)
Ben-Hur[37]
Room at the Top
Jerry / DaphneSome Like It Hot
Anatomy of a Murder

1960s

YearActorRole(s)Film
1960
(33rd)
Elmer Gantry[38]
Sons and Lovers
Inherit the Wind
1961
(34th)
Judgment at Nuremberg[39]
CesarFanny
Judgment at Nuremberg
1962
(35th)
To Kill a Mockingbird[40]
Birdman of Alcatraz
Days of Wine and Roses
Divorce Italian Style
Lawrence of Arabia
1963
(36th)
Lilies of the Field[41]
Tom Jones
This Sporting Life
Cleopatra
Hud
1964
(37th)
My Fair Lady[42]
Becket
Zorba the Greek
, President Merkin Muffley, and Dr. StrangeloveDr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1965
(38th)
& Tim StrawnCat Ballou[43]
OthelloOthello
Ship of Fools
1966
(39th)
[44]
GeorgeWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Alfie
1967
(40th)
In the Heat of the Night[45]
Bonnie and Clyde
Cool Hand Luke
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1968
(41st)
Charly[46]
FaginOliver!
1969
(42nd)
True Grit[47]
Anne of the Thousand Days
Midnight Cowboy
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Midnight Cowboy

1970s

YearActorRole(s)Film
1970
(43rd)
§Patton[48]
I Never Sang for My Father
Five Easy Pieces
Love Story
1971
(44th)
[49]
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Kotch
TopolTevyeFiddler on the Roof
1972
(45th)
§[50]
Sleuth
Sounder
1973
(46th)
Save the Tiger[51]
PaulLast Tango in Paris
Serpico
1974
(47th)
Harry and Tonto[52]
Murder on the Orient Express
Lenny
Chinatown
1975
(48th)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest[53]
Dog Day Afternoon
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
1976
(49th)
Network[54]
Taxi Driver
Seven Beauties
Network
Rocky
1977
(50th)
[55]
Annie Hall
Equus
Gabriele
Saturday Night Fever
1978
(51st)
Coming Home[56]
Heaven Can Wait
1979
(52nd)
Kramer vs. Kramer[57]
...And Justice for All
All That Jazz
Being There

1980s

YearActorRole(s)Film
1980
(53rd)
Raging Bull[58]
Tribute
1981
(54th)
On Golden Pond[59]
Reds
Atlantic City
Arthur
Absence of Malice
1982
(55th)
Gandhi[60]
Tootsie
Missing
My Favorite Year
1983
(56th)
Tender Mercies[61]
Educating Rita
Reuben, Reuben
Norman
Sir
1984
(57th)
Amadeus[62]
Scott Hayden / StarmanStarman
Under the Volcano
Amadeus
1985
(58th)
Kiss of the Spider Woman[63]
Witness
Murphy's Romance
Prizzi's Honor
Runaway Train
1986
(59th)
[64]
Round Midnight
GeorgeMona Lisa
Children of a Lesser God
Salvador
1987
(60th)
Wall Street[65]
Broadcast News
Romano PatroniDark Eyes
Ironweed
Good Morning, Vietnam
1988
(61st)
Rain Man[66]
Mississippi Burning
Big
Stand and Deliver
Lassefar "Lasse" KarlssonPelle the Conqueror
1989
(62nd)
My Left Foot[67]
Henry V
Born on the Fourth of July
Driving Miss Daisy
Dead Poets Society

1990s

YearActorRole(s)Film
1990
(63rd)
Reversal of Fortune[68]
Dances with Wolves
Awakenings
Cyrano de Bergerac
1991
(64th)
[69]
Bugsy
Cape Fear
1992
(65th)
Scent of a Woman[70]
Chaplin
Unforgiven
Fergus
Malcolm Little / Malcolm XMalcolm X
1993
(66th)
Philadelphia[71]
In the Name of the Father
What's Love Got to Do with It
Schindler's List
1994
(67th)
Forrest Gump[72]
Nobody's Fool
Pulp Fiction
1995
(68th)
Leaving Las Vegas[73]
Mr. Holland's Opus
Nixon
Dead Man Walking
1996
(69th)
Shine[74]
Jerry Maguire
Sling Blade
1997
(70th)
As Good as It Gets[75]
Good Will Hunting
Ulee's Gold
Wag the Dog
1998
(71st)
Life Is Beautiful[76]
Saving Private Ryan
Gods and Monsters
Affliction
American History X
1999
(72nd)
American Beauty[77]
Sweet and Lowdown

2000s

YearActorRole(s)Film
2000
(73rd)
Gladiator[78]
Before Night Falls
Cast Away
Pollock
Quills
2001
(74th)
Training Day[79]
I Am Sam
Ali
In the Bedroom
2002
(75th)
[80]
Adaptation.
Gangs of New York
About Schmidt
2003
(76th)
Mystic River[81]
House of Sand and Fog
Cold Mountain
Lost in Translation
2004
(77th)
Ray[82]
Hotel Rwanda
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
2005
(78th)
Capote[83]
DJayHustle & Flow
Brokeback Mountain
Walk the Line
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2006
(79th)
[84]
Blood Diamond
Half Nelson
Venus
2007
(80th)
There Will Be Blood[85]
Michael Clayton
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
In the Valley of Elah
Eastern Promises
2008
(81st)
Milk[86]
Frost/Nixon
2009
(82nd)
Crazy Heart[87]
Up in the Air
Invictus

2010s

YearActorRole(s)Film
2010
(83rd)
[88]
Uxbal
True Grit
127 Hours
2011
(84th)
[89]
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Moneyball
2012
(85th)
Lincoln[90]
Silver Linings Playbook
Les Misérables
Flight
2013
(86th)
Dallas Buyers Club[91]
American Hustle
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave
2014
(87th)
[92]
Foxcatcher
American Sniper
Birdman
2015
(88th)
[93]
Trumbo
Steve Jobs
2016
(89th)
Manchester by the Sea[94]
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Captain Fantastic
Fences
2017
(90th)
Darkest Hour[95]
Call Me by Your Name
Phantom Thread
Get Out
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2018
(91st)
Bohemian Rhapsody[96]
Vice
At Eternity's Gate
Green Book
2019
(92nd)
Joker[97]
Pain and Glory
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Marriage Story

2020s

YearActorRole(s)Film
2020/21
[98]
(93rd)
Anthony[99]
Sound of Metal
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
2021
(94th)
King Richard[100]
Being the Ricardos
Tick, Tick... Boom!
2022
(95th)
Charlie[101]
Elvis
Aftersun
Living
2023
(96th)
J. Robert Oppenheimer[102]
Leonard BernsteinMaestro
Bayard RustinRustin
Paul HunhamThe Holdovers
Thelonious "Monk" EllisonAmerican Fiction

Multiple awards and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:

WinsActorNominations
3Daniel Day-Lewis6
2Spencer Tracy9
Jack Nicholson8
Marlon Brando7
Dustin Hoffman
Gary Cooper5
Tom Hanks
Fredric March
Sean Penn
Anthony Hopkins4

The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations:

NominationsActor
9Laurence Olivier
Spencer Tracy
8Paul Newman
Jack Nicholson
Peter O'Toole
7Marlon Brando
Dustin Hoffman
Jack Lemmon
Denzel Washington
6Richard Burton
Daniel Day-Lewis
5Gary Cooper
Robert De Niro
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tom Hanks
Fredric March
Paul Muni
Al Pacino
Gregory Peck
Sean Penn
James Stewart
4Warren Beatty
Charles Boyer
Michael Caine
Bradley Cooper
Albert Finney
Anthony Hopkins
Burt Lancaster
3Javier Bardem
Humphrey Bogart
Jeff Bridges
James Cagney
Montgomery Clift
George Clooney
Ronald Colman
Bing Crosby
Russell Crowe
Johnny Depp
Kirk Douglas
Robert Duvall
Morgan Freeman
Clark Gable
William Holden
William Hurt
Charles Laughton
Marcello Mastroianni
Viggo Mortensen
Gary Oldman
Joaquin Phoenix
William Powell
Will Smith
Jon Voight
Robin Williams

Age superlatives

RecordActorFilmYearAge
Oldest WinnerAnthony HopkinsThe Father202083[103]
Oldest Nominee
Youngest WinnerAdrien BrodyThe Pianist200229
Youngest NomineeJackie CooperSkippy19319

Films with multiple Leading Actor nominations

Winners are in bold.

Multiple character nominations

The following were nominated for their portrayals of the same fictional or non-fictional character in separate films (including variations of the original).

Winners are in bold.

See also

Notes

A: According to longstanding Hollywood legend,[104] reported by Susan Orlean,[105] Rin Tin Tin actually received the most Best Actor votes, but the Academy (not wishing to give the first award to a dog) refactored the votes to ensure that Jannings won.

B:The Circus originally received three nominations: Best Director (Comedy Picture), Best Actor, and Best Writing (Original Story) for Charles Chaplin. However, the Academy subsequently decided to remove Chaplin's name from the competitive award categories and instead to confer upon him a Special Award "for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus".

C: Rules at the time of the first three ceremonies allowed for a performer to receive a single nomination which could honor their work in more than one film. George Arliss, Maurice Chevalier, and Ronald Colman were all nominated for two different roles in the same category. Current Academy rules forbid this from happening. No official reason was ever given as to why Arliss won the award for only one of the two films he was listed for.[106]

D: Fredric March received one more vote than Wallace Beery. Academy rules at that time considered such a close margin to be a tie, so both March and Beery received the award. Under the current rules, it is stipulated that a tie must result in the exact same number of votes.

E: As with the previous year, when the Academy relaxed the rules to allow write-in votes following the outcry over Bette Davis's snub for Of Human Bondage, the Academy permitted write-in votes this year as well. Thus, Paul Muni received a write-in nomination for his performance in Black Fury, and actually finished second in the votes. Although as with Davis the previous year, the Academy does not recognize these two as "official nominees", they are nevertheless listed on the official website amongst their respective years' nominations for posterity's sake.[107]

F: Due to category confusion, Barry Fitzgerald received nominations (each for the same performance as Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way) in both the leading and supporting actor categories for 1944, winning the Oscar for the latter. As a result of this fiasco, the Academy amended its rules so that if any actor or actress received enough votes to land in the final five nominees for both again, they would only receive the nomination for the category in which they obtained the larger percentage of recognition.[108]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

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  4. News: The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003037/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1929. April 2, 2015.
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  6. The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges.
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  8. News: The 3rd Academy Awards (1930) Nominees and Winners . August 27, 2013 . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160802115930/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1931 . August 2, 2016.
  9. News: The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161102114813/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932. November 2, 2016.
  10. News: The 5th Academy Awards (1932) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003113/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933. April 2, 2015.
  11. News: The 6th Academy Awards (1933) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170201231924/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934. February 1, 2017.
  12. News: The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160154/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1935. July 2, 2016.
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  15. News: The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160321113206/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938. March 21, 2016.
  16. News: The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160206/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939. July 2, 2016.
  17. News: The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170128185131/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1940. January 28, 2017.
  18. News: The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160321220635/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941. March 21, 2016.
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  22. News: The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160225/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945. July 2, 2016.
  23. News: The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003401/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946. April 2, 2015.
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  25. News: The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160236/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948. July 2, 2016.
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  27. News: The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002854/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950. April 2, 2015.
  28. News: The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170128185155/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951. January 28, 2017.
  29. News: The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003505/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1952. April 2, 2015.
  30. News: The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141111074417/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1953. November 11, 2014.
  31. News: The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003527/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954. April 2, 2015.
  32. News: The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220053716/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1955. December 20, 2014.
  33. News: The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141111073646/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1956. November 11, 2014.
  34. News: The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003615/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1957. April 2, 2015.
  35. News: The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003629/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958. April 2, 2015.
  36. News: The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003640/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1959. April 2, 2015.
  37. News: The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160908182807/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960. September 8, 2016.
  38. News: The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003651/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961. April 2, 2015.
  39. News: The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003704/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1962. April 2, 2015.
  40. News: The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160340/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963. July 2, 2016.
  41. News: The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003742/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964. April 2, 2015.
  42. News: The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003759/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965. April 2, 2015.
  43. News: The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003812/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966. April 2, 2015.
  44. News: The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003824/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967. April 2, 2015.
  45. News: The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003842/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968. April 2, 2015.
  46. News: The 41st Academy Awards (1969) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003856/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969. April 2, 2015.
  47. News: The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002922/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1970. April 2, 2015.
  48. News: The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003910/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971. April 2, 2015.
  49. News: The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003926/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972. April 2, 2015.
  50. News: The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003938/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1973. April 2, 2015.
  51. News: The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003953/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974. April 2, 2015.
  52. News: The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004005/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975. April 2, 2015.
  53. News: The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004018/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976. April 2, 2015.
  54. News: The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004041/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977. April 2, 2015.
  55. News: The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004056/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978. April 2, 2015.
  56. News: The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004111/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979. April 2, 2015.
  57. News: The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002939/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1980. April 2, 2015.
  58. News: The 53rd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004127/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981. April 2, 2015.
  59. News: The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004138/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982. April 2, 2015.
  60. News: The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners . August 27, 2013 . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) . dead . https://archive.today/20120905/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/55th-winners.html . September 5, 2012.
  61. News: The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004202/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984. April 2, 2015.
  62. News: The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004214/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985. April 2, 2015.
  63. News: The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004226/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986. April 2, 2015.
  64. News: The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004243/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1987. April 2, 2015.
  65. News: The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004300/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988. April 2, 2015.
  66. News: The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706095646/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/61st-winners.html. July 6, 2011.
  67. News: The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002952/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990. April 2, 2015.
  68. News: The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004341/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1991. April 2, 2015.
  69. News: The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004405/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992. April 2, 2015.
  70. News: The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004418/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993. April 2, 2015.
  71. News: The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004432/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994. April 2, 2015.
  72. News: The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004445/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995. April 2, 2015.
  73. News: The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004458/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996. April 2, 2015.
  74. News: The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004512/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997. April 2, 2015.
  75. News: The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004523/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998. April 2, 2015.
  76. News: The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004536/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999. April 2, 2015.
  77. News: The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003006/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000. April 2, 2015.
  78. News: The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004546/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2001. April 2, 2015.
  79. News: The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004559/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002. April 2, 2015.
  80. News: The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004617/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003. April 2, 2015.
  81. News: The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004632/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2004. April 2, 2015.
  82. News: The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170502002335/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005. May 2, 2017.
  83. News: The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220946/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006. November 9, 2014.
  84. News: The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004711/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007. April 2, 2015.
  85. News: The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004725/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008. April 2, 2015.
  86. News: The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141110111206/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009. November 10, 2014.
  87. News: The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120929191037/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/82nd-winners.html. September 29, 2012.
  88. News: The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505013733/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html. May 5, 2011.
  89. News: The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141015232303/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012. October 15, 2014.
  90. News: The 85th Academy Awards (2013) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141014074656/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013. October 14, 2014.
  91. News: The 86th Academy Awards (2014) Nominees and Winners. April 10, 2014. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141014193700/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014. October 14, 2014.
  92. News: The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners. January 15, 2015. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150310051043/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015. March 10, 2015.
  93. News: The 88th Academy Awards (2016) Nominees and Winners. January 14, 2016. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160125161918/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016. January 25, 2016.
  94. News: The 89th Academy Awards (2017) Nominees and Winners. January 14, 2017. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303235233/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017. March 3, 2017.
  95. News: The 90th Academy Awards (2018) Nominees and Winners. March 14, 2023. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180401014317/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2018. April 1, 2018.
  96. News: The 91st Academy Awards (2019) Nominees and Winners. March 14, 2023. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013541/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019. March 1, 2019.
  97. News: The 92nd Academy Awards (2020) Nominees and Winners. March 14, 2023. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200216103927/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2020. February 16, 2020.
  98. The eligibility period for the 93rd ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  99. News: The 93rd Academy Awards (2021) Nominees and Winners. March 14, 2023. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210501233256/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021. May 1, 2021.
  100. News: The 94th Academy Awards (2022) Nominees and Winners. March 14, 2023. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220401051947/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022. April 1, 2022.
  101. News: The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners. March 14, 2023. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230314145222/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023. March 14, 2023.
  102. News: The 96th Academy Awards (2024) Nominees and Winners. March 24, 2024. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240322080415/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024. March 22, 2024.
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