Two winners of the Academy Award for Best Actor have declined the award: George C. Scott, who won for Patton in 1971 (he had also declined his 1962 nomination for Best Supporting Actor for The Hustler); and Marlon Brando, upon winning his second Oscar for The Godfather in 1973.
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There is no New Actor category at the Academy Awards.
Sidney Poitier.
The movie "Cat Ballou" won the following awards: 1965 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - Lee Marvin 1965 British Academy Award Winner for Best Actor - Lee Marvin 1965 Golden Globe Award Winner for Best Actor - Lee Marvin Winner of the Best Actor Prize at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival - Lee Marvin
If it's a prize for their acting, an Academy Award.
Sidney Poitier
No. But Brando was nominated for Best Actor of 1973 for his performance in the controversial Bernardo Bertolucci film. Interestingly, Brando received the nomination the year after he declined his Best Actor statuette for "The Godfather."
Sidney Poitier, who won the 1963 Best Actor award for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."
No. He was never nominated for an Academy Award.
The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1973 was Jack Lemmon in "Save the Tiger"