Oscars Best Actor Retrospective
See which actors have picked up the prized golden statue over the past 40 years

See which actors have picked up the prized golden statue over the past 40 years
Year: 2013Film: The Theory of Everything
Eddie Redmayne
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Eddie Redmayne
Suit: Alexander McQueen Bespoke navy tuxedo
Matthew McConaughey
Year: 2014
Film: Dallas Buyers Club
Suit: Dolce & Gabbana winter white tuxedo
Daniel Day-Lewis
Year: 2013
Film: Lincoln
Suit: Domenico Vacca
Jean Dujardin
Year: 2012
Film: The Artist
Suit: Jaeger-LeCoultre
Colin Firth
Year: 2011
Film: The King's Speech
Suit: Tom Ford
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Jeff Bridges
Year: 2010
Film: Crazy Heart
Suit: Gucci
Sean Penn
Year: 2009
Film: Milk
Suit: Giorgio Armani
Daniel Day-Lewis
Year: 2008
Film: There Will Be Blood
Forest Whitaker
Year: 2007
Film: The Last King of Scotland
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Year: 2006
Film: Capote
Jamie Foxx
Year: 2005
Film: Ray
Sean Penn
Year: 2004
Film: Mystic River
Adrien Brody
Year: 2003
Film: The Pianist
Suit: Ermenegildo Zegna
Denzel Washington
Year: 2002
Film: Training Day
Russell Crowe
Year: 2001
Film: Gladiator
Kevin Spacey
Year: 2000
Film: American Beauty
Suit: Giorgio Armani
Roberto Benigni
Year: 1999
Film: Life is Beautiful
Jack Nicholson
Year: 1998
Film: As Good As It Gets
Geoffrey Rush
Year: 1997
Film: Shine
Suit: Giorgio Armani
Nicolas Cage
Year: 1996
Film: Leaving Las Vegas
Tom Hanks
Year: 1995
Film: Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks
Year: 1994
Film: Philadelphia
Al Pacino
Year: 1993
Film: Scent of a Woman
Anthony Hopkins
Year: 1992
Film: The Silence of the Lambs
Jeremy Irons
Year: 1991
Film: Reversal of Fortune
Daniel Day-Lewis
Year: 1990
Film: My Left Foot
Dustin Hoffman
Year: 1989
Film: Rain Man
Michael Douglas
Year: 1988
Film: Wall Street
Paul Newman
Year: 1987
Film: The Colour of Money
William Hurt
Year: 1986
Film: Kiss of the Spider Woman
F. Murray Abraham
Year: 1985
Film: Amadeus
Robert Duvall
Year: 1984
Film: Tender Mercies
Ben Kingsley
Year: 1983
Film: Gandhi
Henry Fonda
Year: 1982
Film: On Golden Pond
Robert De Niro
Year: 1981
Film: Raging Bull
Dustin Hoffman
Year: 1980
Film: Kramer vs. Kramer
Jon Voight
Year: 1979
Film: Coming Home
Richard Dreyfuss
Year: 1978
Film: The Goodbye Girl
Peter Finch
Year: 1977 (posthumous win)
Film: Network
Jack Nicholson
Year: 1976
Film: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Art Carney
Year: 1975
Film: Harry and Tonto
Jack Lemmon
Year: 1974
Film: Save the Tiger
Marlon Brando
Year: 1973
Film: The Godfather
Gene Hackman
Year: 1972
Film: The French Connection
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