His first was for 1958’s The Defiant Ones ... Denzel Washington’s first Academy Award was a supporting one for his role as a private in the Civil War drama, Glory. As both a leader to the ...

The nearly 100-year history of the Academy Award for best actor tells the story of the movies themselves. From performers playing towering real-life figures to those depicting the struggles of the ...

From Cillian Murphy and Will Smith to Sidney Poitier and Daniel Day-Lewis, a roll call of every Best Actor winner since the first-ever Academy Awards in 1929 Alexandra Schonfeld is a features ...

Winning the Academy Award for best picture requires succeeding through a combination of factors. Winning the Academy Award for best director, though, is the Academy’s way of pointing directly at ...