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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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• Academy Juvenile AwardCompared with: Unlike the Juvenile Award, it is a regular category with nominees and a winner.

• Charles BoyerCompared with: Boyer received four Best Actor nominations but never won the competitive award.

• Barry FitzgeraldCompared with: Fitzgerald was also nominated for Best Actor for Going My Way, an unusual same-film pairing.

• Brenda FrickerCompared with: Daniel Day-Lewis won this award for the same film in which Fricker won supporting actress.