Best Actor

Best Actor is awarded to the individual who gave their best performance while leading their film. Chadwick Boseman made history as the first Black man to win the award, as well as the first posthumous win in the category's history. Jacob Tremblay (Room) holds the record for the youngest nominee, while Robert De Niro maintains the opposite of oldest nominee for The Irishman. To date, Michael B. Jordan holds the distinct achievement of being the only person to be nominated multiple times for playing the same character.

BEST ACTOR

Individuals with Multiple Nominations

Three Nominations

Leonardo DiCaprio

Two Nominations

Timothee Chalamet
Matt Damon
Adam Driver
Andrew Garfield
Michael B. Jordan
Denzel Washington

Records

Age Superlatives

Youngest Winner: Adam Driver - Marriage Story (36)
Oldest Winner: Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers (56)
Youngest Nominee: Jacob Tremblay - Room (9)
Oldest Nominee: Robert De Niro - The Irishman (76)

African American Nominees

2015: Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
2015: Samuel L. Jackson - The Hasteful Eight
2015: Michael B. Jordan - Creed
2016: Denzel Washington - Fences
2018: Michael B. Jordan - Creed II
2020: Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020: Kingsley Ben-Adir - One Night in Miami
2020: Eli Goree - One Night in Miami
2020: Delroy Lindo - Da 5 Bloods
2021: Will Smith - King Richard
2021: Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth
2023: Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction

Hispanic/Latino Nominees

2022: Diego Calva - Babylon

Asian and Middle Eastern Nominees

2017: Kumail Nanjiani - The Big Sick
2018: John Cho - Searching
2018: Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
2020: Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
2021: Hidetoshi Nishijima - Drive My Car
2022: Ram Charan - RRR

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