Best Picture- The English Patient Best Director- Anthony Minghella, The English Patient Best Actor- Geoffrey Rush, Shine Best Actress- Frances McDormand, Fargo Best Supporting Actor- Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire Best Supporting Actress- Juliette Binoche, The English Patient Best Original Screenplay- Joel & Ethan Coen, Fargo Best Adapted Screenplay- Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade Best Editing, Cinematography, Art Directon, Costume Design, Sound and Score (Drama)- The English Patient BestScore (Comedy)- Rachel Portman, Emma Best Visual Effects- Independence Day Best Sound Effects Editing- The Ghost and the Darkness Best Makeup- The Nutty Professor Best Song- "You Must Love Me" from Evita Best Foreign Language Film- Kolya (Czech Republic)
The 1996 Best Actor nominees were: Tom Cruise for "Jerry Maguire"; Ralph Fiennes for "The English Patient"; Woody Harrelson for "The People vs. Larry Flynt"; Geoffrey Rush for "Shine"; and Billy Bob Thornton for "Sling Blade." The Oscar went to Rush.
The 2000 Best Actor nominees were: Javier Bardem for "Before Night Falls"; Russell Crowe for "Gladiator" (his second of three consecutive nominations in the category); Tom Hanks for "Cast Away"; Ed Harris for "Pollock"; and Geoffrey Rush for "Quills." The Oscar went to Crowe.
Al Pacino won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1992.
Anthony Quinn won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Bette Davis won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Dianne Wiest won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress twice.Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Elizabeth Taylor won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Fredric March won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Gary Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Glenda Jackson won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Hilary Swank won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Jack Nicholson won the Oscar for Best Actor twice and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor once.Jane Fonda won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Jason Robards won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Jodie Foster won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Katharine Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress four times.Luise Rainer won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Many actors and actresses have more than one acting Oscar.Marlon Brando won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Melvyn Douglas won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Michael Caine won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Olivia de Havilland won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Peter Ustinov won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Sean Penn won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Shelley Winters won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress twice.Spencer Tracy won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Tom Hanks won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Walter Brennan won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor three times.
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The five Best Actor nominees were: Jack Lemmon, The Apartment Spencer Tracy, Inherit the Wind Laurence Olivier, The Entertainer Trevor Howard, Sons and Lovers * Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry
Joel Grey won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1972.
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Russell Crowe won the Best Actor Academy Award in 2000 for Gladiator.
Al Pacino won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1992.
The nominees for Best Actor of 2005 were: Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Capote," Terrence Howard for "Hustle & Flow," Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain," Joaquin Phoenix for "Walk the Line" and David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck" The Oscar went to Hoffman.
The nominees were: James Cagney for "Yankee Doodle Dandy"; Ronald Colman for "Random Harvest"; Gary Cooper for "The Pride of the Yankees"; Walter Pidgeon for "Mrs. Miniver"; and Monty Wooley for "The Pied Piper." The Oscar went to Cagney.
Cliff Robertson won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the 1968 film Charly. The other nominees that year were Alan Arkin (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter), Alan Bates (The Fixer), Ron Moody (Oliver!) and Peter O'Toole (The Lion in Winter).
The nominees were: Marlon Brando for "Julius Caesar" (the actor's third of four consecutive Best Actor nominations); Richard Burton for "The Robe"; Montgomery Clift for "From Here to Eternity"; William Holden for "Stalag 17"; and Burt Lancaster for "From Here to Eternity." The Oscar went to Holden.
On March 26, 2000, Kevin Spacey won the 1999 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "American Beauty."
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The nominees for Best Actor of 1956 were Yul Brynner for "The King and I"; James Dean (posthumously) for "Giant"; Kirk Douglas for "Lust for Life"; Rock Hudson for "Giant"; and Sir Laurence Olivier for "Richard III." The Oscar went to Brynner.
Nominees for 'Best Actor' 1998The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1998 went to Roberto Benigni in the movie "Life Is Beautiful" for his role as Guido Orefice. Other nominees for "Best Actor", performance by an Actor in a Leading Role were: Tom Hanks in the movie "Saving Private Ryan" as Captain John Miller, Ian McKellen in the movie "Gods and Monsters" as James Whale, Nick Nolte in the movie "Affliction" as Wade Whitehouse, and Edward Norton in the movie "American History X" as Derek Vinyard. The Oscar for Best Picture in 1998 went to "Shakespeare in Love"
Platoon (1986) won the Oscar for Best Film Editing.The other nominees were:AliensHannah and Her SistersThe MissionTop GunAliens (1986) won the Oscar for Best Sound EditingThe other nominees were:Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeTop Gun