The Academy Award for Best Actor of 1939 went to British actor Robert Donat for his performance as the title character in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips." He won in a category that included fellow nominees Clark Gable ("Gone With the Wind"), Mickey Rooney ("Babes in Arms"), James Stewart ("Mr. Smith Goes to Washington") and Sir Laurence Olivier (Wuthering Heights").
Robert Donat won the 1939 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips."
Charles Laughton for The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Lionel Barrymore for A Free Soul.
Robert Donat won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1939.
George Arliss won the Best Actor Oscar in 1929 for his work in Disraeli.
Art Carney won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1974.
Colin Firth won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2010.
James Coburn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998.
Van Heflin won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1942.
Rex Harrison won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1964.
Fredric March won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1931.
Grand Hotel won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1931.
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.
Art Carney won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1974.
Al Pacino won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1992.
Helen Hayes won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1931.
Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for the Best Actor category in 2013.
Anthony Quinn for Viva Zapata.
Colin Firth won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2010.
James Coburn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998.
Ben Kingsley won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1982.
Van Heflin won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1942.