It has happened many times. Among the first timers who have accomplished the feat:
Adrien Brody.
The richest male movie actor in Nigeria is Richard Moje Damijo. He also won the African Movie Academy Award for best actor.
No actor has ever won an Academy Award for a television performance.
Jeff Bridges won the 2009 Best Actor Oscar at the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony held on March 7, 2010. He won for his performance in the movie "Crazy Heart."
Jeremy Irons won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1990 in the movie "Reversal of Fortune"
He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity (1953).
In 1983, the Academy Award for the Best Picture went to the movie Ghandi. The movie is a mix of the genres history, drama and biography. The actor who played Ghandi was Ben Kingsley, who won the Oscar in the category 'Best Actor in a Leading Role'.
It was Sidney Poitier, who won for his performance in "Lilies of the Field" (1963).
hey! how are you? so you are asking which of the movie characters? I have the answer for you ... well lots of actors and characters have won but... only the specific person that plays the role right can get it, if you did not interpret the character right . none of them will receive the academy award.
Bogart won his only Academy Award for his performance as steamboat captain Charlie Allnut in "The African Queen" (1951).
Sidney Poitier, who won the 1963 Best Actor award for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."
Dr. Haing S. Ngor, a Cambodian immigrant, was the first Asian-American actor to win an Academy Award. He received the 1984 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of real-life New York Times photographer Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields."