Academy Award voters love actors who take on historical figures, much like last year's best actor award winner.. Cillian Murphy won the Oscar for best actor for his role as theoretical physicist J ...

During the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday night, Adrien Brody won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in The Brutalist, winning his second Academy Award 22 years after he received his first in 2003.

Adrien Brody capped a successful award season Sunday night by winning the Oscar for best actor — his first Academy Award win in more than 20 years. “Thank you God. Thank you for this blessed ...

Adrien Brody won his second best actor Academy Award for his performance as fictional architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth in the sprawling epic The Brutalist.With the film running at ...

Timothée Chalamet, "A Complete Unknown" Timothée Chalamet earned his first best actor Oscar nomination at age 22 for "Call Me By Your Name," as a teenage boy who becomes the target of an older man.

Charles Laughton holding his Academy Award for Best Actor,for his performance in ‘The Private Life of Henry VIII’,’ (CREDITt: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images) 10.

Charles Laughton holding his Academy Award for Best Actor,for his performance in ‘The Private Life of Henry VIII’,’ (CREDITt: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images) 10.

Cillian Murphy, winner of the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for 'Oppenheimer' poses in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood ...

Learn more about every best-supporting-actor Oscar winner over the last 87 years, from 1937—when the award was first handed out—to today.