Actor in a Leading Role

1948 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerA Double LifeRonald ColmanAnthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the characters he plays. When he's playing comedy, he's the most enjoyable person in the world, but when he's playing drama, ...Amazon1948 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesBody and SoulJohn GarfieldAmazonGentleman's AgreementGregory PeckAmazonLife with FatherWilliam PowellAmazonMourning Becomes ElectraMichael RedgraveAmazon

1947 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Best Years of Our LivesFredric MarchThree World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.Amazon1947 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesHenry VLaurence OlivierAmazonIt's a Wonderful LifeJames StewartAmazonThe Jolson StoryLarry ParksAmazonThe YearlingGregory PeckAmazon

1946 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Lost WeekendRay MillandThe desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.Amazon1946 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Song to RememberCornel WildeAmazonAnchors AweighGene KellyAmazonThe Bells of St. Mary'sBing CrosbyAmazonThe Keys of the KingdomGregory PeckAmazon

1945 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerGoing My WayBing CrosbyFather Charles O'Malley, a young priest at a financially failing Church in a tough neighborhood, gains support and inspires his superior.Amazon1945 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesGaslightCharles BoyerAmazonGoing My WayBarry FitzgeraldAmazonNone But the Lonely HeartCary GrantAmazonWilsonAlexander KnoxAmazon

1944 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerWatch on the RhinePaul LukasA German-born engineer, his American wife and their children travel from Mexico to the United States to visit her family but their plans are complicated by a Romanian count.Amazon1944 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCasablancaHumphrey BogartAmazonFor Whom the Bell TollsGary CooperAmazonMadame CurieWalter PidgeonAmazonThe Human ComedyMickey RooneyAmazon

1943 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerYankee Doodle DandyJames CagneyThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.Amazon1943 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesMrs. MiniverWalter PidgeonAmazonRandom HarvestRonald ColmanAmazonThe Pied PiperMonty WoolleyAmazonThe Pride of the YankeesGary CooperAmazon

1942 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerSergeant YorkGary CooperA marksman is drafted in World War I and ends up becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.Amazon1942 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCitizen KaneOrson WellesAmazonHere Comes Mr. JordanRobert MontgomeryAmazonPenny SerenadeCary GrantAmazonThe Devil and Daniel WebsterWalter HustonAmazon

1941 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Philadelphia StoryJames StewartWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.Amazon1941 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAbe Lincoln in IllinoisRaymond MasseyAmazonRebeccaLaurence OlivierAmazonThe Grapes of WrathHenry FondaAmazonThe Great DictatorCharles ChaplinAmazon

1952 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe African QueenHumphrey BogartIn WWI Africa, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship.Amazon1952 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Place in the SunMontgomery CliftAmazonA Streetcar Named DesireMarlon BrandoAmazonBright VictoryArthur KennedyAmazonDeath of a SalesmanFredric MarchAmazon

1939 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerBoys TownSpencer TracyWhen a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to do something about. An advocate of child...Amazon1939 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAlgiersCharles BoyerAmazonAngels with Dirty FacesJames CagneyAmazonPygmalionLeslie HowardAmazonThe CitadelRobert DonatAmazon