Colin Firth won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "The King's Speech".
Laurence Olivier is the only actor to have won an Oscar for a Shakespearean performance: Best Actor for Hamlet (1948).
Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies.Robert Duvall won the 1983 Best Actor award for his performance as onetime country singer Mac Sledge in "Tender Mercies."
Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler star in Law Abiding Citizen (2009). Jamie Fox won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: Ray (2004). He was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: Collateral (2004) .
Veteran British actor Edmund Gwenn won the 1947 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as Kris Kringle in "Miracle on 34th Street."
On March 26, 2000, Kevin Spacey won the 1999 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "American Beauty."
Colin Firth won the 2010 Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Britain's King George VI in "The King's Speech."
Colin Firth won the 2010 Best Actor award for his performance as Britain's King George VI in "The King's Speech."
Colin Firth won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Britain's King George VI in "The King's Speech."
Jean Dujardin won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2012, for his performance in "The Artist" (2011).
Laurence Olivier is the only actor to have won an Oscar for a Shakespearean performance: Best Actor for Hamlet (1948).
Christopher Plummer, who was born in Toronto, won the 2011 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in "Beginners."
Gregory Peck won the 1962 Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Alabama defense attorney Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Britisher David Niven won the 1958 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Separate Tables."
Will Smith was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Ali (2001)Will Smith was nominated for the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies.Robert Duvall won the 1983 Best Actor award for his performance as onetime country singer Mac Sledge in "Tender Mercies."
Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler star in Law Abiding Citizen (2009). Jamie Fox won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: Ray (2004). He was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: Collateral (2004) .
Veteran British actor Edmund Gwenn won the 1947 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as Kris Kringle in "Miracle on 34th Street."