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Brendan Fraser is formally an Oscar winner! The 54-year-old star gained the Academy Award for Greatest Actor for his function in The Whale on the ninety fifth Academy Awards on March 12. He beat fellow nominees Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Paul Mescal (Aftersun), and Invoice Nighy (Residing).
So many proficient actors have gained huge at previous Academy Awards. Emil Jannings was the primary to win Greatest Actor on the 1929 Oscars. Since then, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Sean Penn, and extra have taken house the gold for his or her revered performances. Take a stroll down reminiscence lane by revisiting the Academy Award for Greatest Actor winners on the Oscars since 2000 beneath.
Brendan Fraser (2023)
Throughout the 2023 Oscars, The Mummy star Brendan Fraser took house the award for Greatest Actor. When he accepted the award, The Whale star famous how he has labored in Hollywood for over three many years. “I began on this enterprise 30 years in the past, and this – they definitely didn’t come simply to me, however there was a facility that I didn’t admire on the time till it stopped,” he gushed. He additionally thanked lots of the members on the movie’s group, together with screenwriter Samuel D. Hunter. “Gentleman, you laid your whale-sized hearts naked in order that we may see your souls like nobody else may do.”
Brendan Fraser accepts the #Oscar for Greatest Actor for #TheWhale. https://t.co/ndiKiHfmID pic.twitter.com/kNuDy85dpH
— Selection (@Selection) March 13, 2023
Later, the proud father-of-three gave a candy shout out to his three sons: Holden, 18, Griffin, 20, and Leland, 16. “It’s been like I’ve been on a diving expedition on the underside of the ocean and the air on the road to the floor is on a launch being watched over by some folks in my life…,” he mentioned, earlier than including, “Like my sons, Holden and Leland and Griffin… I really like you Griffey.” Brendan and his ex-wife, Afton Smith, welcomed their three youngsters throughout their 11-year-marriage. He’s at the moment relationship, Jeanne Moore.
Will Smith (2022)
Will performed Richard Williams, father and tennis coach of Serena and Venus Williams, in his Oscar-winning efficiency. He obtained very emotional when accepting his award for King Richard, in all probability as a result of it occurred after his incident with Chris Rock. “Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his household,” Will mentioned. “On this time of my life, on this second, I’m overwhelmed by what God is looking on me to do and be on this world. I’m being referred to as on in my life to like folks and to guard folks and to be a river to my folks. I do know to do what we do you bought to have the ability to take abuse. You bought to have folks discuss loopy about you. On this enterprise you bought to have the ability to have folks disrespecting you. You gotta smile and faux like that’s okay. I wanna be a vessel for love.”
Will went on, “I wish to apologize to the academy, I wish to apologize to all my fellow nominees.” He added, “Artwork imitates life. I appear like the loopy father similar to they mentioned about Richard Williams. Love will make you do loopy issues.” He concluded his speech by joking that he hopes the Academy invitations him again.
Will Smith: “I wish to apologize to the Academy and I wish to apologize to all my fellow nominees — it is a stunning second and I am not crying about profitable an award…it is about having the ability to shine mild.”#Oscarshttps://t.co/EViXaQY1NZ pic.twitter.com/NhyqzDtkf0
— Good Morning America (@GMA) March 28, 2022
Will was nominated for Greatest Actor on the Oscars twice earlier than. The primary time was on the 2022 Academy Awards for his efficiency in Ali. He misplaced to Denzel Washington for Coaching Day. Will was nominated 5 years later for The Pursuit of Happyness, however he obtained beat by fellow nominee Forest Whitaker for The Final King of Scotland.
Anthony Hopkins (2021)
Anthony Hopkins gained Greatest Actor for his function in Florian Zeller‘s drama The Father. He performed Anthony, an getting older man who struggles with progressing dementia. Olivia Colman performs his caring daughter, Anne. Anthony gained the class over Riz Ahmed (Sound of Steel), Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Backside), Gary Oldman (Mank), and Steven Yeun (Minari). Anthony grew to become the oldest recipient for Greatest Actor at age 83. It was his second Greatest Actor win after The Silence of the Lambs in 1992.
Joaquin Phoenix (2020)
Joaquin Phoenix deservedly obtained his Greatest Actor Oscar for enjoying Batman’s most iconic villain in Joker. His efficiency was universally praised by viewers and critics and assist catapult Todd Phillips‘ movie to large field workplace numbers. He took house the gold over Antonio Banderas (Ache and Glory), Leonardo DiCaprio (As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood), Adam Driver (Marriage Story), and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes). Joaquin hadn’t gained an Oscar earlier than Joker.
Rami Malek (2019)
Rami Malek had an unforgettable efficiency as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. Rami flawless portrayed Freddie from when he shaped the long-lasting band in 1975 to their 1985 Stay Help efficiency. He additionally coated Freddie’s AIDS analysis and relationship with Mary Austin, performed by Rami’s real-life companion Lucy Boynton. The opposite Greatest Actor nominees on the 2019 Oscars had been Christian Bale (Vice), Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate), and Viggo Mortensen (Inexperienced E book). Rami grew to become a first-time Oscar winner that night time.
Gary Oldman (2018)
Gary Oldman was victorious over Timothee Chalamet (Name Me By Your Identify), Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), and Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq) for Greatest Actor on the 2018 Oscars. The Academy rewarded Gary for his epic portrayal of Winston Churchill within the warfare movie Darkest Hour. The movie coated Winston’s time as U.Okay. Prime Minister throughout World Struggle II. Gary additionally gained on the Golden Globes, Display Actors Guild Awards, and the BAFTA Awards for Darkest Hour. It was his first Greatest Actor Oscar.
Casey Affleck (2017)
Casey Affleck performed a depressed man who has to look after his late brother’s son in Manchester by the Sea. The brother of Ben Affleck swept awards season that yr and beat Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Ryan Gosling (La La Land), Viggo Mortensen (Captain Unbelievable), and Denzel Washington (Fences) for the Oscar. Casey was beforehand nominated for an Academy Award within the Greatest Supporting Actor class for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, however Manchester by the Sea was his first win and within the coveted Greatest Actor class.
Leonardo DiCaprio (2016)
Leonardo DiCaprio FINALLY gained an Oscar because of the survival drama flick The Revenant. He was awarded Greatest Actor for enjoying frontiersman Hugh Glass, who seeks revenge after being deserted throughout a terrifying bear assault. Leonardo’s Greatest Actor opponents that yr had been Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Matt Damon (The Martian), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs), and Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Lady). He was a four-time actor nominee earlier than The Revenant gained him the long-lasting statue.
Eddie Redmayne (2015)
Eddie Redmayne stole the present as Stephen Hawking within the biopic The Concept of Every part. He was joined on the display screen by Felicity Jones as Stephen’s spouse Jane, and Charlie Cox as Jane’s second husband, Jonathan Jones. It was Eddie’s first nomination and first victory within the Greatest Actor class. Fellow nominees included Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Recreation), and Michael Keaton (Birdman).
Matthew McConaughey (2014)
The Academy completely beloved Matthew McConaughey within the widely-popular Dallas Patrons Membership. The Texas native performed homophobe Ron Woodrof, who contracts AIDS within the Eighties. Matthew’s Greatest Actor victory was his first, and to this point his solely on the Oscars. He confronted stiff competitors from Christian Bale (American Hustle), Bruce Dean (Nebraska), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Road), and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave).
Daniel Day-Lewis (2013)
Daniel Day-Lewis gained his third Greatest Actor Oscar for enjoying President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg‘s critically acclaimed movie, Lincoln. Daniel’s function coated the ultimate 4 months of Lincoln’s life, throughout which he was devoted to passing the thirteenth Modification to abolish slavery. Lincoln was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and gained for Greatest Actor and Greatest Manufacturing Design. Daniel walked away with the Oscar over Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables), Joaquin Phoenix (The Grasp) and Denzel Washington (Flight).
Jean Dujardin (2012)
The black-and-white silent movie The Artist obtained Jean Dujardin his first Oscar. Jean, who grew to become the primary French actor to win the Academy Award for Greatest Actor, was celebrated for his efficiency as struggling movie star George Valentin. He shared the display screen with fellow French actor Berenice Bejo, who performed Peppy Miller. Jean’s fellow nominees had been Demian Bichir (A Higher Life), George Clooney (The Descendants), Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and Brad Pitt (Moneyball).
Colin Firth (2011)
Colin Firth wowed audiences as King George VI within the British historic drama The King’s Speech. Colin’s royal character types a detailed friendship with Australian speech and language therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) and so they work collectively to create the primary wartime radio broadcast after the U.Okay. declares warfare on Germany initially of WW2. The King’s Speech earned 12 Oscar nominations and gained 4, together with Greatest Actor and Greatest Image. Within the Greatest Actor class, Colin — who was beforehand nominated for 2010’s A Single Man — beat out Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Community), and James Franco (127 Hours).
Jeff Bridges (2010)
Jeff Bridges couldn’t be beat on the 2010 Academy Awards because of his function in Scott Cooper‘s Loopy Coronary heart. Jeff starred as as nation singer-songwriter who’s struggling in his profession and begins up a relationship with a younger journalist performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Jeff was the fortunate winner over George Clooney (Up within the Air), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Morgan Freeman (Invictus), and Jeremy Renner (The Damage Locker). Jeff was nominated for 4 Oscars earlier than Loopy Coronary heart.
Sean Penn (2009)
Sean Penn gained his second Oscar for enjoying homosexual rights activist and politician Harvey Milk within the biopic Milk. The groundbreaking film was a really completely different function for Sean, and he completely nailed it. His efficiency was adequate to beat Greatest Actor nominees Richard Jenkins (The Customer), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler). Milk was additionally nominated for Greatest Image and gained a second Oscar for Greatest Authentic Screenplay.
Daniel Day-Lewis (2008)
5 years earlier than Daniel Day-Lewis gained his Oscar for Lincoln, he took house his second Academy Award within the Greatest Actor class for the interval drama There Will Be Blood. He starred as Daniel Plainview, an oilman hell bent for wealth throughout Southern California’s oil increase within the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries. Daniel’s efficiency acquired widespread acclaim and catapulted to his huge win towards George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd), Tommy Lee Jones (Within the Valley of Elah), and Viggo Mortensen (Jap Guarantees). Daniel’s first Oscar was for enjoying Christy Brown in 1989’s My Left Foot.
Forest Whitaker (2007)
Forest Whitaker‘s profession boomed because of his Oscar-winning efficiency as Ugandan navy officer Idi Amin in The Final King of Scotland. The historic dram movie was informed by means of the attitude of a Scottish physician performed by James McAvoy. Forest was named Greatest Actor by The Academy over Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond), Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson), Peter O’Toole (Venus) and Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness). He hasn’t been acknowledged on the Oscars since, however he has gained awards for different roles on the Emmys, SAGs, and extra.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (2006)
The late Phillip Seymour Hoffman gained for enjoying American novelist Truman Capote in Bennett Miller’s biopic Capote. Phillip coated Truman’s journey writing his 1965 nonfiction e book In Chilly Blood. The film was nominated for 5 Academy Awards together with Greatest Image and Greatest Actress for Catherine Keener. Terrence Howard (Hustle & Stream), Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), Joaquin Phoenix (Stroll the Line), and David Strathairn (Good Night time, and Good Luck) rounded out Phillip’s fellow nominees. He was nominated for 3 extra Oscars within the Greatest Supporting Actor class earlier than he handed away on February 2, 2014 on the age of 46 from drug overdose.
Jamie Foxx (2005)
Jamie Foxx had an outstanding efficiency as influential musician Ray Charles within the biopic Ray. Jamie shined on the display screen alongside his co-stars Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, Aunjanue Ellis, and Harry Lennix. It was his first, and to this point, his solely Oscar win. Fellow nominees Don Cheadle (Lodge Rwanda), Johnny Depp (Discovering Neverland), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator), and Clint Eastwood (Million Greenback Child) additionally carried out nice of their respective movies. However none had been adequate to take the Oscar from Jamie.
Sean Penn (2004)
Sean Penn acted his butt off within the neo-noir psychological movie Mystic River. He performed Jimmy Markum, a person struggling after his daughter is murdered. Clint Eastwood directed the movie and Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laura Linney, and Emmy Rossum additionally star. Mystic River was Sean’s first-ever Oscar win. He bested Greatest Actor nominees Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean), Ben Kingsley (Home of Sand and Frog), Jude Regulation (Chilly Mountain), and Invoice Murray (Misplaced in Translation).
Adrien Brody (2003)
Adrien Brody was the youngest Greatest Actor winner ever at 29 years previous. He pulled off a significant upset over Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), Michael Caine (The Quiet American), Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York) and Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt) because of his work in The Pianist. The warfare movie was based mostly on Polish-Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman’s 1964 Holocaust memoir. Adrien’s efficiency was far and away top-of-the-line elements of the critically acclaimed mission.
Denzel Washington (2002)
Denzel Washington gained his second Oscar on the 2002 Academy Awards for enjoying Detective Sgt. Alonzo Harris in Coaching Day. He and Ethan Hawke‘s characters are LAPD narcotics officers (and corrupt cops) stationed in harmful neighbors in Los Angeles. Denzel beat Greatest Actor nominees Russell Crowe (A Lovely Thoughts), Sean Penn (I Am Sam), Will Smith (Ali), and Tom Wilkinson (Within the Bed room). In the meantime, Ethan was nominated for Greatest Supporting Actor however misplaced to Jim Broadbent (Iris).
Russell Crowe (2001)
Russell Crowe‘s efficiency in Gladiator was such a crowd pleaser. The Ridley Scott-directed movie adopted Russell’s Roman normal Maximus Decimus Meridius changing into a gladiator to avenge the murders of his household and emperor. The traditional movie earned Russell the Greatest Actor Oscar over Javier Bardem (Earlier than Night time Falls), Tom Hanks (Forged Away), Ed Harris (Pollock), and Geoffrey Rush (Quills). Russell remains to be a one-time Academy Award winner.
Kevin Spacey (2000)
Kevin Spacey has gained two Oscars, the primary for the darkish comedy-drama flick American Magnificence. He starred as Lester Burnham, an adverting government who turns into infatuated together with his teenage daughter’s BFF, performed by Mena Suvari. HIs fellow nominees had been Russell Crowe (The Insider), Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story), Sean Penn (Candy and Lowdown), and Denzel Washington (The Hurricane). Kevin’s first Oscar was for Greatest Supporting Actor in 1995’s The Typical Suspects. It’s unlikely he’ll win once more following the sexual assault allegations which have saved him from working.
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