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1975 Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1976 Peter Finch, Network

1977 Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl

1978 Jon Voight, Coming Home

1979 Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer

1980 Robert de Niro, Raging Bull

1981 Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond

1982 Ben Kingsley, Gandhi

1983 Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies

1984 F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus

1985 William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman

1986 Paul Newman, The Color of Money

1987 Michael Douglas, Wall Street

1988 Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man

1989 Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot

1990 Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune

1991 Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs

1992 Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman

1993 Tom Hanks, Philadelphia

1994 Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump

1995 Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas

1996 Geoffrey Rush, Shine

1997 Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets

1998 Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful

1999 Kevin Spacey, American Beauty

2000 Russell Crowe, Gladiator

2001 Denzel Washington, Training Day

2002 Adrien Brody, The Pianist

2003 Sean Penn, Mystic River

2004 Jamie Foxx, Ray

2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote

2006 Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

2007 Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

2008 Sean Penn, Milk

2009 Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

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Daniel Day-Lewis is the only person in history to receive three Academy Awards for Best Actor. He won for his performances in the movies "My Left Foot" (1989), "There Will Be Blood" (2007) and "Lincoln" (2012). Eight others have won two Oscars for Best Actor: Spencer Tracy (1937, 1938), Fredric March (1932, 1946), Gary Cooper (1941, 1952), Marlon Brando (1954, 1972), Dustin Hoffman (1979, 1988), Tom Hanks (1993, 1994), Jack Nicholson (1975, 1997), and Sean Penn (2003, 2008). Nicholson has a third Oscar, but it was for Best Supporting Actor of 1983.

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