List of Academy Award for Best Actor winners by age
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This is a list of winners of the Academy Award for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)[1] to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. More popularly known as the Academy Award (or the Oscar) for Best Actor, this award was initially presented at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony for 1927–1928 and was most recently presented at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony for 2020 and early 2021.[2] Throughout the past 93 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 94 Best Actor awards to 82 actors. This list is current as of the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony held on April 25, 2021.[3]
List of winners[edit]
| # | Actor | Film | Date of birth | Date of award | Age upon
receiving award |
Date of death | Lifespan | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emil Jannings | The Last Command, | July 23, 1884 | May 16, 1929 | 44 years, 297 days | January 2, 1950 | 23,903 days (65 years, 163 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 2 award ceremonies (from the 1st to the 3rd, May 1929–November 1930 [1 year, 6 months]) | |
| 2 | Warner Baxter | In Old Arizona | March 29, 1889 | April 3, 1930 | 41 years, 5 days | May 7, 1951 | 22,683 days (62 years, 39 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 3 award ceremonies (from the 2nd to the 5th, April 1930–November 1932 [2 years, 7 months]) | |
| 3 | George Arliss | Disraeli | April 10, 1868 | November 5, 1930 | 62 years, 209 days | February 5, 1946 | 28,424 days (77 years, 301 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 39 award ceremonies (from the 3rd to the 42nd, November 1930–April 1970 [39 years, 5 months]) | |
| 4 | Lionel Barrymore | A Free Soul | April 28, 1878 | November 10, 1931 | 53 years, 196 days | November 15, 1954 | 27,959 days (76 years, 201 days) | ||
| 5 | Wallace Beery | The Champ | April 1, 1885 | November 18, 1932 | 47 years, 231 days | April 15, 1949 | 23,389 days (64 years, 14 days) | Tie | |
| 6 | Fredric March | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | August 31, 1897 | November 18, 1932 | 35 years, 79 days | April 14, 1975 | 28,349 days (77 years, 226 days) | Tie; 1st of 2
Held record as youngest winner for 1 award ceremony (from the 5th to the 6th, November 1932–March 1934 [1 year, 4 months]) | |
| 7 | Charles Laughton | The Private Life of Henry VIII | July 1, 1899 | March 16, 1934 | 34 years, 258 days | December 15, 1962 | 23,177 days (63 years, 167 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 1 award ceremony (from the 6th to the 7th, March 1934–February 1935) | |
| 8 | Clark Gable | It Happened One Night | February 1, 1901 | February 27, 1935 | 34 years, 26 days | November 16, 1960 | 21,838 days (59 years, 289 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 6 award ceremonies (from the 7th to the 13th, February 1935–February 1941) | |
| 9 | Victor McLaglen | The Informer | December 10, 1886 | March 5, 1936 | 49 years, 86 days | November 7, 1959 | 26,629 days (72 years, 332 days) | ||
| 10 | Paul Muni | The Story of Louis Pasteur | September 22, 1895 | March 4, 1937 | 41 years, 163 days | August 25, 1967 | 26,269 days (71 years, 337 days) | ||
| 11 | Spencer Tracy | Captains Courageous | April 5, 1900 | March 10, 1938 | 37 years, 339 days | June 10, 1967 | 24,537 days (67 years, 66 days) | 1st of 2 | |
| 12 | Spencer Tracy | Boys Town | April 5, 1900 | February 23, 1939 | 38 years, 324 days | June 10, 1967 | 24,537 days (67 years, 66 days) | 2nd of 2 | |
| 13 | Robert Donat | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | March 18, 1905 | February 29, 1940 | 34 years, 348 days | June 9, 1958 | 19,441 days (53 years, 83 days) | ||
| 14 | James Stewart | The Philadelphia Story | May 20, 1908 | February 27, 1941 | 32 years, 283 days | July 2, 1997 | 32,550 days (89 years, 43 days)[4] | Held record as youngest winner for 14 award ceremonies (from the 13th to the 27th, February 1941–March 1955) | |
| 15 | Gary Cooper | Sergeant York | May 7, 1901 | February 26, 1942 | 40 years, 295 days | May 13, 1961 | 21,921 days (60 years, 6 days) | 1st of 2 | |
| 16 | James Cagney | Yankee Doodle Dandy | July 17, 1899 | March 4, 1943 | 43 years, 230 days | March 30, 1986 | 31,667 days (86 years, 256 days) | ||
| 17 | Paul Lukas | Watch on the Rhine | May 26, 1891 | March 2, 1944 | 48 years, 281 days | August 15, 1971 | 27,839 days (76 years, 81 days) | ||
| 18 | Bing Crosby | Going My Way | May 3, 1903 | March 15, 1945 | 41 years, 316 days | October 14, 1977 | 27,193 days (74 years, 164 days) | ||
| 19 | Ray Milland | The Lost Weekend | January 3, 1907 | March 7, 1946 | 39 years, 63 days | March 10, 1986 | 28,921 days (79 years, 66 days) | ||
| 20 | Fredric March | The Best Years of Our Lives | August 31, 1897 | March 13, 1947 | 49 years, 194 days | April 14, 1975 | 28,349 days (77 years, 226 days) | 2nd of 2 | |
| 21 | Ronald Colman | A Double Life | February 9, 1891 | March 20, 1948 | 57 years, 40 days | May 19, 1958 | 24,570 days (67 years, 99 days) | ||
| 22 | Laurence Olivier | Hamlet | May 22, 1907 | March 24, 1949 | 41 years, 306 days | July 11, 1989 | 30,001 days (82 years, 50 days) | ||
| 23 | Broderick Crawford | All the King's Men | December 9, 1911 | March 23, 1950 | 38 years, 104 days | April 26, 1986 | 27,167 days (74 years, 138 days) | ||
| 24 | José Ferrer | Cyrano de Bergerac | January 8, 1912 | March 29, 1951 | 39 years, 80 days | January 26, 1992 | 29,238 days (80 years, 18 days) | ||
| 25 | Humphrey Bogart | The African Queen | December 25, 1899 | March 30, 1952 | 52 years, 96 days | January 14, 1957 | 20,839 days (57 years, 20 days) | ||
| 26 | Gary Cooper | High Noon | May 7, 1901 | March 19, 1953 | 51 years, 316 days | May 13, 1961 | 21,921 days (60 years, 6 days) | 2nd of 2 | |
| 27 | William Holden | Stalag 17 | April 17, 1918 | March 25, 1954 | 35 years, 342 days | November 12, 1981 | 23,220 days (63 years, 209 days) | ||
| 28 | Marlon Brando | On the Waterfront | April 3, 1924 | March 30, 1955 | 30 years, 361 days | July 1, 2004 | 29,309 days (80 years, 89 days) | 1st of 2
Held record as youngest winner for 23 award ceremonies (from the 27th to the 50th, March 1955–April 1978) | |
| 29 | Ernest Borgnine | Marty | January 24, 1917 | March 21, 1956 | 39 years, 57 days | July 8, 2012 | 34,864 days (95 years, 166 days)[5] | ||
| 30 | Yul Brynner | The King and I | July 11, 1920 | March 27, 1957 | 36 years, 259 days | October 10, 1985 | 23,832 days (65 years, 91 days) | ||
| 31 | Alec Guinness | The Bridge on the River Kwai | April 2, 1914 | March 26, 1958 | 43 years, 358 days | August 5, 2000 | 31,537 days (86 years, 125 days) | ||
| 32 | David Niven | Separate Tables | March 1, 1910 | April 6, 1959 | 49 years, 36 days | July 29, 1983 | 26,813 days (73 years, 150 days) | ||
| 33 | Charlton Heston | Ben-Hur | October 4, 1923 | April 4, 1960 | 36 years, 183 days | April 5, 2008 | 30,865 days (84 years, 184 days) | ||
| 34 | Burt Lancaster | Elmer Gantry | November 2, 1913 | April 17, 1961 | 47 years, 166 days | October 20, 1994 | 29,572 days (80 years, 352 days) | ||
| 35 | Maximilian Schell | Judgment at Nuremberg | December 8, 1930 | April 9, 1962 | 31 years, 122 days | February 1, 2014 | 30,371 days (83 years, 55 days) | ||
| 36 | Gregory Peck | To Kill a Mockingbird | April 5, 1916 | April 8, 1963 | 47 years, 3 days | June 12, 2003 | 31,844 days (87 years, 68 days) | ||
| 37 | Sidney Poitier | Lilies of the Field | February 20, 1927 | April 13, 1964 | 37 years, 53 days | January 6, 2022 | 34,654 days (94 years, 320 days) | ||
| 38 | Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | March 5, 1908 | April 5, 1965 | 57 years, 31 days | June 2, 1990 | 30,039 days (82 years, 89 days) | ||
| 39 | Lee Marvin | Cat Ballou | February 19, 1924 | April 18, 1966 | 42 years, 58 days | August 29, 1987 | 23,202 days (63 years, 191 days) | ||
| 40 | Paul Scofield | A Man for All Seasons | January 21, 1922 | April 10, 1967 | 45 years, 79 days | March 19, 2008 | 31,469 days (86 years, 58 days) | ||
| 41 | Rod Steiger | In the Heat of the Night | April 14, 1925 | April 10, 1968 | 42 years, 362 days | July 9, 2002 | 28,210 days (77 years, 86 days) | ||
| 42 | Cliff Robertson | Charly | September 9, 1923 | April 14, 1969 | 45 years, 217 days | September 10, 2011 | 32,143 days (88 years, 1 day) | ||
| 43 | John Wayne | True Grit | May 26, 1907 | April 7, 1970 | 62 years, 316 days | June 11, 1979 | 26,314 days (72 years, 16 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 12 award ceremonies (from the 42nd to the 54th, April 1970–March 1982) | |
| 44 | George C. Scott | Patton | October 18, 1927 | April 15, 1971 | 43 years, 179 days | September 22, 1999 | 26,272 days (71 years, 339 days) | Refused | |
| 45 | Gene Hackman | The French Connection | January 30, 1930 | April 10, 1972 | 42 years, 71 days | 34,691 days (94 years, 358 days) | |||
| 46 | Marlon Brando | The Godfather | April 3, 1924 | March 27, 1973 | 48 years, 358 days | July 1, 2004 | 29,309 days (80 years, 89 days) | Refused; 2nd of 2 | |
| 47 | Jack Lemmon | Save the Tiger | February 8, 1925 | April 2, 1974 | 49 years, 53 days | June 27, 2001 | 27,898 days (76 years, 139 days) | ||
| 48 | Art Carney | Harry and Tonto | November 4, 1918 | April 8, 1975 | 56 years, 155 days | November 9, 2003 | 31,051 days (85 years, 5 days) | ||
| 49 | Jack Nicholson | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | April 22, 1937 | March 29, 1976 | 38 years, 342 days | 32,052 days (87 years, 275 days) | 1st of 2 | ||
| 50 | Peter Finch | Network | September 28, 1916 | March 28, 1977 | 60 years, 108 days | January 14, 1977 | 22,023 days (60 years, 108 days) | Posthumous (Finch died 73 days before the ceremony) | |
| 51 | Richard Dreyfuss | The Goodbye Girl | October 29, 1947 | April 3, 1978 | 30 years, 156 days | 28,210 days (77 years, 85 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 25 award ceremonies (from the 50th to the 75th, April 1978–March 2003) | ||
| 52 | Jon Voight | Coming Home | December 29, 1938 | April 9, 1979 | 40 years, 101 days | 31,436 days (86 years, 24 days) | |||
| 53 | Dustin Hoffman | Kramer vs. Kramer | August 8, 1937 | April 14, 1980 | 42 years, 250 days | 31,944 days (87 years, 167 days) | 1st of 2 | ||
| 54 | Robert De Niro | Raging Bull | August 17, 1943 | March 31, 1981 | 37 years, 226 days | 29,744 days (81 years, 158 days) | |||
| 55 | Henry Fonda | On Golden Pond | May 16, 1905 | March 29, 1982 | 76 years, 317 days | August 12, 1982 | 28,212 days (77 years, 88 days)[6] | Held record as oldest winner for 38 award ceremonies (from the 54th through the 93rd, March 1982-April 2021) | |
| 56 | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi | December 31, 1943 | April 11, 1983 | 39 years, 101 days | 29,608 days (81 years, 22 days) | |||
| 57 | Robert Duvall | Tender Mercies | January 5, 1931 | April 9, 1984 | 53 years, 95 days | 34,351 days (94 years, 17 days) | |||
| 58 | F. Murray Abraham | Amadeus | October 24, 1939 | March 25, 1985 | 45 years, 152 days | 31,137 days (85 years, 90 days) | |||
| 59 | William Hurt | Kiss of the Spider Woman | March 20, 1950 | March 24, 1986 | 36 years, 4 days | 27,337 days (74 years, 308 days) | |||
| 60 | Paul Newman | The Color of Money | January 26, 1925 | March 30, 1987 | 62 years, 63 days | September 26, 2008 | 30,559 days (83 years, 244 days) | ||
| 61 | Michael Douglas | Wall Street | September 25, 1944 | April 11, 1988 | 43 years, 199 days | 29,339 days (80 years, 119 days) | |||
| 62 | Dustin Hoffman | Rain Man | August 8, 1937 | March 27, 1989 | 51 years, 231 days | 31,944 days (87 years, 167 days) | 2nd of 2 | ||
| 63 | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | April 29, 1957 | March 26, 1990 | 32 years, 331 days | 24,740 days (67 years, 268 days) | 1st of 3 | ||
| 64 | Jeremy Irons | Reversal of Fortune | September 19, 1948 | March 25, 1991 | 42 years, 187 days | 27,884 days (76 years, 125 days) | |||
| 65 | Anthony Hopkins | The Silence of the Lambs | December 31, 1937 | March 30, 1992 | 54 years, 90 days | 31,799 days (87 years, 22 days) | 1st of 2 | ||
| 66 | Al Pacino | Scent of a Woman | April 25, 1940 | March 29, 1993 | 52 years, 338 days | 30,953 days (84 years, 272 days) | |||
| 67 | Tom Hanks | Philadelphia | July 9, 1956 | March 21, 1994 | 37 years, 255 days | 25,034 days (68 years, 197 days) | 1st of 2 | ||
| 68 | Tom Hanks | Forrest Gump | July 9, 1956 | March 27, 1995 | 38 years, 261 days | 25,034 days (68 years, 197 days) | 2nd of 2 | ||
| 69 | Nicolas Cage | Leaving Las Vegas | January 7, 1964 | March 25, 1996 | 32 years, 78 days | 22,296 days (61 years, 15 days) | |||
| 70 | Geoffrey Rush | Shine | July 6, 1951 | March 24, 1997 | 45 years, 261 days | 26,864 days (73 years, 200 days) | |||
| 71 | Jack Nicholson | As Good as It Gets | April 22, 1937 | March 23, 1998 | 60 years, 335 days | 32,052 days (87 years, 275 days) | 2nd of 2 | ||
| 72 | Roberto Benigni | Life Is Beautiful | October 27, 1952 | March 21, 1999 | 46 years, 145 days | 26,385 days (72 years, 87 days) | |||
| 73 | Kevin Spacey | American Beauty | July 26, 1959 | March 26, 2000 | 40 years, 244 days | 23,922 days (65 years, 180 days) | |||
| 74 | Russell Crowe | Gladiator | April 7, 1964 | March 25, 2001 | 36 years, 352 days | 22,205 days (60 years, 290 days) | |||
| 75 | Denzel Washington | Training Day | December 28, 1954 | March 24, 2002 | 47 years, 86 days | 25,593 days (70 years, 25 days) | |||
| 76 | Adrien Brody | The Pianist | April 14, 1973 | March 23, 2003 | 29 years, 343 days | 18,911 days (51 years, 283 days) | Has held record as youngest winner for 19 award ceremonies (from the 75th through the 93rd, March 2003–April 2021) | ||
| 77 | Sean Penn | Mystic River | August 17, 1960 | February 29, 2004 | 43 years, 196 days | 23,534 days (64 years, 158 days) | 1st of 2 | ||
| 78 | Jamie Foxx | Ray | December 13, 1967 | February 27, 2005 | 37 years, 76 days | 20,860 days (57 years, 40 days) | |||
| 79 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Capote | July 23, 1967 | March 5, 2006 | 38 years, 225 days | February 2, 2014 | 16,996 days (46 years, 194 days)[7] | ||
| 80 | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland | July 15, 1961 | February 25, 2007 | 45 years, 225 days | 23,202 days (63 years, 191 days) | |||
| 81 | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | April 29, 1957 | February 24, 2008 | 50 years, 301 days | 24,740 days (67 years, 268 days) | 2nd of 3 | ||
| 82 | Sean Penn | Milk | August 17, 1960 | February 22, 2009 | 48 years, 189 days | 23,534 days (64 years, 158 days) | 2nd of 2 | ||
| 83 | Jeff Bridges | Crazy Heart | December 4, 1949 | March 7, 2010 | 60 years, 93 days | 27,443 days (75 years, 49 days) | |||
| 84 | Colin Firth | The King's Speech | September 10, 1960 | February 27, 2011 | 50 years, 170 days | 23,510 days (64 years, 134 days) | |||
| 85 | Jean Dujardin | The Artist | June 19, 1972 | February 26, 2012 | 39 years, 252 days | 19,210 days (52 years, 217 days) | |||
| 86 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | April 29, 1957 | February 24, 2013 | 55 years, 301 days | 24,740 days (67 years, 268 days) | 3rd of 3 | ||
| 87 | Matthew McConaughey | Dallas Buyers Club | November 4, 1969 | March 2, 2014 | 44 years, 118 days | 20,168 days (55 years, 79 days) | |||
| 88 | Eddie Redmayne | The Theory of Everything | January 6, 1982 | February 22, 2015 | 33 years, 47 days | 15,722 days (43 years, 16 days) | |||
| 89 | Leonardo DiCaprio | The Revenant | November 11, 1974 | February 28, 2016 | 41 years, 109 days | 18,335 days (50 years, 72 days) | |||
| 90 | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea | August 12, 1975 | February 26, 2017 | 41 years, 198 days | 18,061 days (49 years, 163 days) | |||
| 91 | Gary Oldman | Darkest Hour | March 21, 1958 | March 4, 2018 | 59 years, 348 days | 24,414 days (66 years, 307 days) | |||
| 92 | Rami Malek | Bohemian Rhapsody | May 12, 1981 | February 24, 2019 | 37 years, 288 days | 15,961 days (43 years, 255 days) | |||
| 93 | Joaquin Phoenix | Joker | October 28, 1974 | February 9, 2020 | 45 years, 104 days | 18,349 days (50 years, 86 days) | |||
| 94 | Anthony Hopkins | The Father | December 31, 1937 | April 25, 2021 | 83 years, 115 days | 31,799 days (87 years, 22 days) | 2nd of 2. Current record holder for oldest Best Actor winner (April 2021-) |
See also[edit]
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- List of Academy Award Best Actress winners by age
- List of Best Supporting Actor winners by age
- List of Best Supporting Actress winners by age
- List of Best Director winners by age
- List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees
References[edit]
- ↑ Official website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ↑ Official ceremony promotional website for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ↑ Official database website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ James Stewart holds the record for longest lifespan after receiving the award (56 years, 125 days).
- ↑ Ernest Borgnine holds the record for longest lifespan (95 years, 166 days). His lifespan after receiving the award (56 years, 109 days) is 16 days shorter than that of James Stewart.
- ↑ Henry Fonda holds the record for shortest lifespan after receiving the award (136 days).
- ↑ Philip Seymour Hoffman holds the record for shortest lifespan (46 years, 194 days).
External links[edit]
- Oscars.org (official Academy site)
- Oscar.com (official ceremony promotional site)
- The Academy Awards Database (official site)
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