Academy Award For Best Actor at Academy

Academy Award For Best Actor. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's best actress winner. Sidney poitier, first black actor to win best actor academy award, dies at 94.

Sean Penn winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in "Milk" February 22
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17 hours agosurprises and snubs: See the list of 2022 oscar nominations including best picture, best actor and actress, and more. It is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year.

Sean Penn winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in "Milk" February 22

Now there are 24, and while the categories have changed over time, the honors for best actor and actress have remained steady for 90 years. Actor sidney poitier arrives at the 2014 vanity fair oscars party in. He won an academy award for best actor for playing the title character in cyrano de bergerac (1950). It is to recognize an actor with an outstanding performance in a movie.