# 1: Humphrey Bogart won his only Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in which movie?

The Maltese Falcon

Dark Passage

The African Queen

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The role of Charlie Allnutt in The African Queen won Bogart his only Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1951.

# 2: Which American actor appeared in most movies before winning an Oscar for Best Actor?

Denzel Washington John Wayne Humphrey Bogart Spencer Tracy

Appearing the first time as an unbilled football player in Brown of Harvard (1926), John Wayne starred in over 170 movies. He had to wait until 1969 (almost 150 films) before receiving an Academy Award for his role in True Grit.

He was only nominated twice for Best Actor.

# 3: Who plays the role as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the award winning The Silence of the Lambs (1991)?

Harrison Ford Robert De Niro Mads Mikkelsen Anthony Hopkins

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American film directed by Jonathan Demme. Jodie Foster plays the role as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins the role as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Anthony Hopkins won the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Demme), Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Foster), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally).

# 4: Who received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Color of Money (1986)?

Tom Hanks Paul Newman Tom Cruise Jon Voight

At the 59th Academy Awards in 1987, Paul Newman received the Best Actor Award for his role in The Color of Money, directed by Martin Scorsese (not nominated).

# 5: In 2009, Sean Penn won the Best Actor Award for his role in this film:

The Tree of Life

All the King's Men

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Milk

Sean Penn has won the Best Actor Academy Awards for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).

# 6: Who won the Best Actor Award for his role as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln 2013?

Christian Bale Daniel Day-Lewis Johnny Depp George Clooney

Daniel Day-Lewis won his third award for the role as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln. Previously, he has won Academy Awards for Best Actor for his portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989) and Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007).

# 7: For which film did Leonardo DiCaprio win his first Best Actor Award?

The Great Gatsby The Aviator The Wolf of Wall Street The Revenant

In 2016, Leonardo DiCaprio had been nominated for six Academy Awards (five for acting and one for producing). For his role as Hugh Glass in The Revenant, he won his first Academy Award for Best Actor.

# 8: In 2014, Matthew McConaughey won the Oscar for his role in:

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Gravity Dallas Buyers Club The Wolf of Wall Street

Matthew McConaughey won the Best Actor Award for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.

# 9: Jack Nicholson has been awarded an Oscar for his role in which of these films?

About Schmidt

As Good as It Gets

A Few Good Men

Easy Rider

Jack Nicholson was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Easy Rider and A Few Good Men, but did not win. He was nominated for the Oscar in a leading role with As Good as It Gets and About Schmidt. He won the Oscar for his role as Melvin Udall in As Good as It Gets. Helen Hunt, who plays a single mother with a chronically ill son, won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

# 10: Who received an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Boys Town in 1939?

Leslie Howard James Cagney Spencer Tracy Gary Cooper

The 11th Academy Awards in 1939, Spencer Tracy was awarded the Best Actor Oscar for his role in Boys Town. Spencer Tracy became the first lead actor to win two years in a row.

In 1941, MGM made a sequel, Men of Boys Town, with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney reprising their roles from the earlier film.

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Best Actor Awards

The first Oscar for Best Actor was presented in 1929 to actor Emil Jannings. He got the award for his performances in The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927).

Not an easy one to remember, unless you are a real movie buff. But perhaps you remember some of these great actors. All of them have been awarded an Oscar for a leading or supporting role in a memorable movie.

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