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No U.S. president has ever won an Academy Award for acting, and only actor Daniel Day-Lewis has ever won an Oscar for playing a U.S. president. He won the 2012 Best Actor award for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln."

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