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The 111 pages that link to Academy Award for Best Actor, each with the reason it gives.

• Academy Award for Best ActressCompared with: It is the corresponding lead-performance category for men.

• Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressCompared with: Together with Best Actress, it forms the lead-acting counterpart to this award.

• Marlon BrandoRelated: Brando won for On the Waterfront and declined his award for The Godfather.

• Academy Honorary AwardCompared with: Best Actor rewards a specific performance in competition; the Honorary Award recognizes broader contributions.

• John WayneBroader topic: Wayne won the award for True Grit, his sole competitive acting Oscar.

• Bing CrosbyRelated: Crosby won the award for Going My Way in 1945.

• Robert De NiroRelated: De Niro won for Raging Bull, one of the most acclaimed performances of his career.

• Al PacinoRelated: Pacino received the award for Scent of a Woman after several earlier nominations.

• Humphrey BogartRelated: Bogart won the award for The African Queen in 1952.

• Jack NicholsonRelated: Nicholson won this award for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and As Good as It Gets.

• James StewartRelated: Stewart won the award for The Philadelphia Story and received four further nominations.

• Leonardo DiCaprioRelated: DiCaprio received it for The Revenant after several earlier nominations.

• Sidney PoitierRelated: Poitier’s 1964 win made him the first Black recipient of the award.

• Tony Award for Best Actor in a PlayCompared with: It honors screen acting, unlike this award’s Broadway stage performances.

• BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleCompared with: The Oscar honors a similar performance, but its voting body and award history differ.

• César Award for Best ActorCompared with: Its international prominence contrasts with the César’s French national remit.

• Clark GableRelated: Gable won the award for It Happened One Night and received two further nominations.

• Dustin HoffmanRelated: Hoffman won for Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man, securing two defining career honors.

• Tom HanksRelated: Hanks won it for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump.

• Denzel WashingtonRelated: Washington won for Training Day, becoming the second Black actor to receive the award.

• The VerdictBroader topic: Paul Newman was nominated for his portrayal of Frank Galvin.

• Anthony HopkinsRelated: Hopkins won twice, for The Silence of the Lambs and The Father.

• Paul NewmanRelated: Newman won for The Color of Money after earlier nominations for several defining roles.

• Burt LancasterRelated: Lancaster won this award for Elmer Gantry in 1961.

• Daniel Day-LewisRelated: Day-Lewis is the only performer to have won this award three times.

• Gene HackmanRelated: Hackman won this award for The French Connection, marking his breakthrough as a major film star.

• Henry FondaRelated: Fonda received this award for On Golden Pond, his first competitive Oscar win.

• Jack LemmonRelated: Lemmon won it for Save the Tiger after previously winning the supporting-actor award.

• Marcello MastroianniRelated: Mastroianni received three nominations, including for Divorce Italian Style and A Special Day.

• Yul BrynnerRelated: Brynner received the award for The King and I in 1957.

• Charles LaughtonRelated: Laughton won it for The Private Life of Henry VIII, the first British actor to do so.

• Charlton HestonRelated: Heston won the award for his performance in Ben-Hur.

• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyCompared with: Unlike the Globes, the Oscars do not split leading acting awards by drama and musical or comedy.

• James CagneyRelated: Cagney received the award for playing George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.

• Peter O'TooleRelated: O'Toole received eight competitive nominations in this category without a win.

• Peter SellersRelated: Sellers received nominations for Dr. Strangelove and Being There but never won.

• Richard Burton (actor)Related: Burton received seven nominations without winning, a recurring theme in accounts of his career.

• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleCompared with: It is the closest major U.S. film-award counterpart, voted on by Academy members.

• Spencer TracyRelated: Tracy won it for Captains Courageous and Boys Town, becoming its first two-time consecutive winner.

• Antonio BanderasCompared with: Banderas’s Pain and Glory performance earned a nomination, but he did not win.

• Johnny DeppRelated: Depp received three nominations for the award, but never won.

• Lionel BarrymoreRelated: Barrymore received the award for A Free Soul at the 1931–32 ceremony.

• On the WaterfrontRelated: Brando won for playing Terry Malloy, one of the film’s eight Oscar-winning categories.

• Emil JanningsRelated: Jannings became its inaugural recipient at the 1929 ceremony.

• Gregory PeckRelated: Peck won it for To Kill a Mockingbird, cementing the role’s place in his career.

• Nicolas CageRelated: Cage received the award for Leaving Las Vegas in 1996.

• Ryan GoslingRelated: Gosling received nominations for Half Nelson and La La Land.

• Gary CooperRelated: Cooper won it for Sergeant York and High Noon.

• Max von SydowCompared with: Von Sydow received two acting nominations, both for supporting roles rather than leading roles.

• Michael DouglasRelated: Douglas received the award for Wall Street, cementing Gordon Gekko as a career-defining role.