The Academy Award for Best Actor for 1959 went to Charleton Heston for Ben-Hur. The film was also nominated and won for ten other Academy Awards. They were for Actor in a Supporting Role (Hugh Griffith), Directing (William Wyler), Sound Effects, Sound, Art Direction, Costume Design, Editing, Music, Cinematography and Best Picture.
The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1959 was Charlton Heston in the movie "Ben-Hur"
In 1949, the Best Actor Award was awarded to Broderick Crawford for his role in the film, 'All the King's Men', based on the 1946 Pulitzer-Prize winning novel by Robert Penn Warren about a corrupt, rising politician (which itself was based on the life of assassinated Louisiana demagogue Senator Huey Long).
David Niven for Separate Tables.
Humphrey Bogart for The African Queen.
1959 Hugh Griffith - Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim
Gary Cooper for High Noon.
Ben Kingsley won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1982.
Cliff Robertson won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the 1968 film Charly. The other nominees that year were Alan Arkin (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter), Alan Bates (The Fixer), Ron Moody (Oliver!) and Peter O'Toole (The Lion in Winter).
Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Wag the Dog (1997)Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Rain Man (1988)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Tootsie (1982)Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Lenny (1974)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Midnight Cowboy (1969)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: The Graduate (1967)
Russell Crowe
James Stewart for The Philadelphia Story.James Stewart, for the movie "The Philadelphia Story." The film also starred Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.The Academy Award for Best Actor of 1940 went to James Stewart for his performance in "The Philadelphia Story."
Anthony Quinn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1952.
Gary Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1952.
Anthony Quinn won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Bette Davis won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Dianne Wiest won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress twice.Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Elizabeth Taylor won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Fredric March won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Gary Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Glenda Jackson won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Hilary Swank won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Jack Nicholson won the Oscar for Best Actor twice and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor once.Jane Fonda won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Jason Robards won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Jodie Foster won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Katharine Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress four times.Luise Rainer won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Many actors and actresses have more than one acting Oscar.Marlon Brando won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Melvyn Douglas won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Michael Caine won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Olivia de Havilland won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Peter Ustinov won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Sean Penn won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Shelley Winters won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress twice.Spencer Tracy won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Tom Hanks won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Walter Brennan won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor three times.
Art Carney won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1974.
Al Pacino won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1992.
Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for the Best Actor category in 2013.
Anthony Quinn for Viva Zapata.
Colin Firth won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2010.
James Coburn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998.
Ben Kingsley won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1982.
Gloria Grahame won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1952.
Van Heflin won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1942.