The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Actor in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first, followed by the other nominees.
George Bancroft - ThunderboltThunderbolt is a 1929 film noir which tells the story of a criminal, facing execution, who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his girlfriend. It stars George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall and Eugenie Besserer
Chester MorrisJohn Chester Brooks Morris ( February 16, 1901 September 11, 1970) was an American actor. Born in New York City, the son of actor William Morris, Morris is most famous for his role in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s, but his film career b - AlibiThe alibi a term from jurisprudence, is a form of legal defense; in which a defendant argues that they were engaged in some other activity, such that they could not possibly have committed the crime in question. The Criminal Law Deskbook ( 1988) states: "
Paul MuniCarl Van Vechten, 1932 Paul Muni ( September 22, 1895 August 25, 1967) was a versatile actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood, nominated for five Academy Awards. Born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund in Lwow, Galicja, autonomus province of Austria-Hungary (now - The ValiantThe Valiant is a 1929 film which tells the story of a man condemned to execution who tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives. It stars Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, DeWitt Jennings, H
Lewis StoneLewis Shepard Stone ( November 15, 1879 September 12, 1953) was an American actor. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Stone's hair grew gray by the time he was twenty. He fought in the Spanish-American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon be - The PatriotThe Patriot is the name of several movies, released in 1916, 1917, 1928, 1996, 1998 and 2000. The 1928 film was written by Julian Johnson and Hanns Kraly. The film was an adaptation of several different plays: Paul I by Dmitri Merezhkovsky; Der Patriot by
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1930 George ArlissGeorge Arliss ( April 10, 1868 February 5, 1946) was a British actor, born in London. Beginning on the stage, Arliss began his film career with The Devil in 1921, followed by Disraeli''. He remade Disraeli in 1929 (and won the Academy Award for Best Actor - Disraeli
