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The 111 pages that link to Academy Award for Best Actor, each with the reason it gives.
Montgomery CliftRelated: Clift received four Best Actor nominations but never won.
Raging BullRelated: Robert De Niro won the award for his portrayal of LaMotta.
Rex HarrisonRelated: Harrison won it for playing Henry Higgins in the 1964 film My Fair Lady.
There Will Be BloodRelated: Daniel Day-Lewis won the award for his performance as Daniel Plainview.
Wallace BeeryRelated: Beery received the award for The Champ in 1932.
William HoldenBroader topic: Holden received this award for Stalag 17 in 1954.
Alec GuinnessRelated: Guinness won the award for The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Bill MurrayRelated: Murray received a nomination for Lost in Translation.
Paul MuniRelated: Muni won for The Story of Louis Pasteur and received five additional nominations.
Robert DuvallRelated: Duvall won this award for Tender Mercies in 1984.
Ronald ColmanRelated: Colman received the award in 1948 for A Double Life.
Colin FirthRelated: Firth won the award for The King's Speech in 2011.
Jeremy IronsRelated: Irons received the award for Reversal of Fortune in 1991.
Joaquin PhoenixRelated: Phoenix won this award for playing Arthur Fleck in Joker.
Jon VoightRelated: Voight won the award for Coming Home in 1979.
Matthew McConaugheyRelated: McConaughey received the award in 2014 for Dallas Buyers Club.
Russell CroweRelated: Crowe received the award for Gladiator in 2001.
William HurtRelated: Hurt won the award for Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1986.
Ben KingsleyRelated: Kingsley won it for Gandhi, establishing the role as a landmark in his career.
Ernest BorgnineRelated: Borgnine won the award for Marty, a decisive turning point in his career.
Fredric MarchRelated: March won the award twice, for two roles decades apart.
José FerrerRelated: Ferrer became its first Hispanic winner for the 1950 film Cyrano de Bergerac.
Paul ScofieldRelated: Scofield received the award for A Man for All Seasons in 1967.
Rod SteigerRelated: Steiger received the award for In the Heat of the Night at the 1968 ceremony.
Eddie RedmayneRelated: Redmayne received it for The Theory of Everything in 2015.
F. Murray AbrahamRelated: Abraham received the award for his performance in Amadeus.
George ArlissRelated: Arliss won the award for Disraeli at the second Academy Awards.
Jamie FoxxRelated: Foxx received it for his performance as Ray Charles in 2005.
Philip Seymour HoffmanRelated: Hoffman won the award in 2006 for Capote.
Woody HarrelsonRelated: Harrelson was nominated for his portrayal of Larry Flynt.
Adrien BrodyRelated: Brody won the award for The Pianist at age 29, becoming its youngest winner.