List of European Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of European Academy Award winners and nominees, which includes people born and/or raised in Europe and people born outside of Europe who are citizens of European countries.

Best Picture[edit]

Year	Name	Country	Film	Status
Best Picture
1938	Réalisation d'art cinématographique		Grand Illusion	Nominated
1940	Charles Chaplin Productions		The Great Dictator	Nominated
1941	Joseph L. Mankiewicz		The Philadelphia Story	Nominated
1943	Two Cities Films		In Which We Serve	Nominated
1946	Two Cities Films		Henry V	Nominated
1947	J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild		Great Expectations	Nominated
1948	J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films		Hamlet	Won
1948	J. Arthur Rank-Archers		The Red Shoes	Nominated
1951	Anatole Litvak	/	Decision Before Dawn	Nominated
1951	Sam Zimbalist		Quo Vadis	Nominated
1952	John Woolf and James Woolf		Moulin Rouge	Nominated
1952	Robert Riskin		Here Comes The Groom	Nominated
1953	John Houseman	/	Julius Caesar	Nominated
1953	William Wyler	/	Roman Holiday	Nominated
1954	Sam Spiegel		On the Waterfront	Won
1956	William Wyler	/	Friendly Persuasion	Nominated
1957	Sam Spiegel		The Bridge on the River Kwai	Won
1959	Sam Zimbalist		Ben-Hur	Won
	Otto Preminger		Anatomy of a Murder	Nominated
	Henry Blanke		The Nun's Story	Nominated
	John Woolf and James Woolf		Room at the Top	Nominated
1960	Billy Wilder		The Apartment	Won
1960	Fred Zinnemann		The Sundowners	Nominated
1962	Sam Spiegel		Lawrence of Arabia	Won
1963	Tony Richardson		Tom Jones	Won
1963	Elia Kazan	/	America America	Nominated
1964	Michael Cacoyannis	/	Zorba the Greek	Nominated
1965	Joseph Janni	/	Darling	Nominated
1965	Carlo Ponti		Doctor Zhivago	Nominated
1966	Fred Zinnemann		A Man For All Seasons	Won
1966	Lewis Gilbert		Alfie	Nominated
1968	John Woolf		Oliver!	Won
1968	Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne		Romeo and Juliet	Nominated
1969	Jacques Perrin		Z	Nominated
1970	Ingo Preminger		MASH	Nominated
1971	Sam Spiegel		Nicholas and Alexandra	Nominated
1972	John Boorman		Deliverance	Nominated
1972	Bengt Forslund		The Emigrants	Nominated
1973	Ingmar Bergman		Cries and Whispers	Nominated
1975	Martin Bergman		Dog Day Afternoon	Nominated
1978	Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley and John Peverall		The Deer Hunter	Won
1978	Alan Marshall and David Puttnam		Midnight Express	Nominated
1979	Peter Yates		Breaking Away	Nominated
1980	Claude Berri and Timothy Burrill	/	Tess	Nominated
1981	David Puttnam		Chariots of Fire	Won
1982	Richard Attenborough		Gandhi	Won
1983	Peter Yates		The Dresser	Nominated
1984	David Puttnam		The Killing Fields	Nominated
1984	John Bradbourne		A Passage to India	Nominated
1986	Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam	/	The Mission	Nominated
1987	Jeremy Thomas		The Last Emperor	Won
1987	John Boorman		Hope and Glory	Nominated
1988	Norma Heyman		Dangerous Liaisons	Nominated
1989	Noel Pearson		My Left Foot	Nominated
1992	Stephen Woolley		The Crying Game	Nominated
1993	Branko Lustig		Schindler's List	Won
1993	Jim Sheridan		In the Name of the Father	Nominated
1994	Duncan Kenworthy		Four Weddings and a Funeral	Nominated
1995	Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gaetano Daniele		Il Postino: The Postman	Nominated
1996	Simon Channing Williams		Secrets & Lies	Nominated
1996	Jane Scott		Shine	Nominated
1997	Uberto Pasolini		The Full Monty	Nominated
1998	David Parfitt		Shakespeare in Love	Won
	Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan		Elizabeth	Nominated
	Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi		Life is Beautiful	Nominated
	Ian Bryce		Saving Private Ryan	Nominated
1999	Frank Darabont		The Green Mile	Nominated
1999	Pieter Jan Brugge		The Insider	Nominated
2000	Branko Lustig		Gladiator	Won
2002	Alberto Grimaldi		Gangs of New York	Nominated
	Robert Fox		The Hours	Nominated
	Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde	/	The Pianist	Nominated
2004	Graham King		The Aviator	Nominated
2005	Michael Ohoven		Capote	Nominated
2005	Diana Ossana		Brokeback Mountain	Nominated
2006	Graham King		The Departed	Won
2006	Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward		The Queen	Nominated
2007	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster		Atonement	Nominated
2007	Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi and JoAnne Sellar		There Will Be Blood	Nominated
2008	Christian Colson		Slumdog Millionaire	Won
	Eric Fellner		Frost/Nixon	Nominated
	Anthony Minghella and Redmond Morris	/	The Reader	Nominated
2009	Amanda Posey		An Education	Nominated
2010	Iain Canning and Gareth Unwin		The King's Speech	Won
	Danny Boyle, John Smithson and Christian Colson		127 Hours	Nominated
	Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas		Inception	Nominated
2011	Thomas Langmann		The Artist	Won
2011	Graham King and Martin Scorsese		Hugo	Nominated
2012	Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz	///	Amour	Nominated
2012	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh		Les Misérables	Nominated
2013	Steve McQueen		12 Years a Slave	Won
	Martin Scorsese		The Wolf of Wall Street	Nominated
	David Heyman		Gravity	Nominated
	Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward		Philomena	Nominated
2014	Christian Colson		Selma	Nominated
2014	Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner		The Theory of Everything	Nominated
2015	Amanda Posey		Brooklyn	Nominated
	Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam	/	The Martian	Nominated
	Ed Guiney		Room	Nominated
2016	Iain Canning		Lion	Nominated
2017	Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito	/	Call Me By Your Name	Nominated
	Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner		Darkest Hour	Nominated
	Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan		Dunkirk	Nominated
	JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi		Phantom Thread	Nominated
	Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh	/	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Nominated
2018	Graham King		Bohemian Rhapsody	Nominated
2018	Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos	//	The Favorite	Nominated
2019	David Heyman		Marriage Story	Nominated
	Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris		1917	Nominated
	David Heyman		Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Nominated
	Martin Scorsese		The Irishman	Nominated
2020/2021	David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, and Philippe Carcassonne	/	The Father	Nominated
	Emerald Fennell		Promising Young Woman	Nominated
	Sacha Ben Harroche		Sound of Metal	Nominated
2021	Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi		CODA	Won
	Kenneth Branagh	/	Belfast	Nominated
	Tanya Seghatchian and Iain Canning		The Power of the Dog	Nominated
2022	Malte Grunert		All Quiet on the Western Front	Nominated
	Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin and Martin McDonagh	/	The Banshees of Inisherin	Nominated
	Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober	/	Triangle of Sadness	Nominated
2023	David Heyman and Tom Ackeley		Barbie	Nominated
	Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan		Oppenheimer	Won
	James Wilson		The Zone of Interest	Nominated
	Ed Guiney and Yorgos Lanthimos	/	Poor Things	Nominated
	Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion		Anatomy of a Fall	Nominated

Best Director[edit]

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
Director
1927/1928	Herbert Brenon	Sorrell and Son	Nominated	Born in the modern day Republic of Ireland, which was then a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Became a United States citizen in 1918
1927/1928	Lewis Milestone	Two Arabian Knights	Won	Born modern day Moldova, which was then a part of the Russian Empire Became a United States citizen in 1919
1928/1929	Frank Lloyd	The Divine Lady	Won
	Frank Lloyd	Drag Weary River	Nominated
	Ernst Lubitsch	The Patriot	Nominated	Born in the German Empire
1929/1930	Lewis Milestone	All Quiet on the Western Front	Won	Born modern day Moldova, which was then a part of the Russian Empire Became a United States citizen in 1919
1929/1930	Ernst Lubitsch	The Love Parade	Nominated	Born in the German Empire
1930/1931	Lewis Milestone	The Front Page	Nominated	Born modern day Moldova, which was then a part of the Russian Empire Became a United States citizen in 1919
1930/1931	Josef von Sternberg	Morocco	Nominated	Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire Became a United States citizen in 1908
1931/1932	Josef von Sternberg	Shanghai Express	Nominated
1932/1933	Frank Lloyd	Cavalcade	Won
1932/1933	Frank Capra	Lady for a Day	Nominated	Born in the Kingdom of Italy Became a United States citizen in 1920
1934	Frank Capra	It Happened One Night	Won
1935	Frank Lloyd	Mutiny on the Bounty	Nominated
1935	Michael Curtiz	Captain Blood	Nominated	Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Hungarian Jewish parents Became a United States citizen in 1933
1936	Frank Capra	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Won	Born in the Kingdom of Italy Became a United States citizen in 1920
1936	William Wyler	Dodsworth	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
1937	William Dieterle	The Life of Emile Zola	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Became a United States citizen in 1937
1938	Frank Capra	You Can't Take It with You	Won	Born in the Kingdom of Italy Became a United States citizen in 1920
	Michael Curtiz	Angels with Dirty Faces	Nominated	Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to a Hungarian Jewish family Became a United States citizen in 1933
	Michael Curtiz	Four Daughters	Nominated
1939	Frank Capra	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Nominated	Born in the Kingdom of Italy Became a United States citizen in 1920
1939	William Wyler	Wuthering Heights	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
1940	Alfred Hitchcock	Rebecca	Nominated
1940	William Wyler	The Letter	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
1941		The Little Foxes	Nominated
1942		Mrs. Miniver	Won
1942	Michael Curtiz	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Nominated	Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to a Hungarian Jewish family Became a United States citizen in 1933
1943	Michael Curtiz	Casablanca	Won
1943	Ernst Lubitsch	Heaven Can Wait	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Became a United States citizen in 1936
1944	Alfred Hitchcock	Lifeboat	Nominated
	Otto Preminger	Laura	Nominated	Born in modern day Ukraine, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Became a United States citizen
	Billy Wilder	Double Indemnity	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to a Polish Jewish family Became a United States citizen in 1939
1945	Billy Wilder	The Lost Weekend	Won
	Alfred Hitchcock	Spellbound	Nominated
	Jean Renoir	The Southerner	Nominated
1946	William Wyler	The Best Years of Our Lives	Won	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
	Frank Capra	It's a Wonderful Life	Nominated	Born in the Kingdom of Italy Became a United States citizen in 1920
	David Lean	Brief Encounter	Nominated
	Robert Siodmak	The Killers	Nominated
1947	Elia Kazan	Gentleman's Agreement	Won	Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek family Became a United States citizen
	Henry Koster	The Bishop's Wife	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Became a United States citizen
	David Lean	Great Expectations	Nominated
1948	Anatole Litvak	The Snake Pit	Nominated	Born in modern day Ukraine, which was then part of the Russian Empire, to a Lithuanian Jewish family Became a United States citizen
	Jean Negulesco	Johnny Belinda	Nominated	Became an American citizen
	Laurence Olivier	Hamlet	Nominated
	Fred Zinnemann	The Search	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents Became a United States citizen
1949	Carol Reed	The Fallen Idol	Nominated
1949	William Wyler	The Heiress	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
1950	Carol Reed	The Third Man	Nominated
1950	Billy Wilder	Sunset Boulevard	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents Became a United States citizen in 1939
1951	Elia Kazan	A Streetcar Named Desire	Nominated	Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek parents Became a United States citizen
1951	William Wyler	Detective Story	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
1952	Fred Zinnemann	High Noon	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents Became a United States citizen
1953	Fred Zinnemann	From Here to Eternity	Won
	Billy Wilder	Stalag 17	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents Became a United States citizen in 1939
	William Wyler	Roman Holiday	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
1954	Elia Kazan	On the Waterfront	Won	Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek parents Became a United States citizen
	Alfred Hitchcock	Rear Window	Nominated
	Billy Wilder	Sabrina	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents Became a United States citizen in 1939
1955	Elia Kazan	East of Eden	Nominated	Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek parents Became a United States citizen
1955	David Lean	Summertime	Nominated
1956	Michael Anderson	Around the World in 80 Days	Nominated
1956	William Wyler	Friendly Persuasion	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
1957	David Lean	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Won
1957	Billy Wilder	Witness for the Prosecution	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents Became a United States citizen in 1939
1959	William Wyler	Ben-Hur	Won	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
	Jack Clayton	Room at the Top	Nominated
	Billy Wilder	Some Like It Hot	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents Became a United States citizen in 1939
	Fred Zinnemann	The Nun's Story	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents Became a United States citizen
1960	Billy Wilder	The Apartment	Won	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents Became a United States citizen in 1939
	Jack Cardiff	Sons and Lovers	Nominated
	Alfred Hitchcock	Psycho	Nominated	Became an American citizen in 1955
	Fred Zinnemann	The Sundowners	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents Became a United States citizen
1961	Federico Fellini	La Dolce Vita	Nominated
1961	J. Lee Thompson	The Guns of Navarone	Nominated
1962	David Lean	Lawrence of Arabia	Won
1962	Pietro Germi	Divorce Italian Style	Nominated
1963	Tony Richardson	Tom Jones	Won
	Federico Fellini	8 1/2	Nominated
	Elia Kazan	America America	Nominated	Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek parents Became a United States citizen
	Otto Preminger	The Cardinal	Nominated	Born in modern day Ukraine, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Became a United States citizen in 1943
1964	Michael Cacoyannis	Zorba the Greek	Nominated	Born in British Cyprus to Greek parents
	Peter Glenville	Becket	Nominated
	Robert Stevenson	Mary Poppins	Nominated	Became an American citizen during World War II
1965	David Lean	Doctor Zhivago	Nominated
	John Schlesinger	Darling	Nominated
	William Wyler	The Collector	Nominated	Born in the German Empire Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
1966	Fred Zinnemann	A Man for All Seasons	Won	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents Became a United States citizen
	Michelangelo Antonioni	Blowup	Nominated
	Claude Lelouch	A Man and a Woman	Nominated
1968	Carol Reed	Oliver!	Won
	Anthony Harvey	The Lion in Winter	Nominated
	Gillo Pontecorvo	The Battle of Algiers	Nominated
	Franco Zeffirelli	Romeo and Juliet	Nominated
1969	John Schlesinger	Midnight Cowboy	Won
1969	Costa-Gavras	Z	Nominated
1970	Federico Fellini	Fellini Satyricon	Nominated
1970	Ken Russell	Women in Love	Nominated
1971	John Schlesinger	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Nominated
1972	John Boorman	Deliverance	Nominated
1972	Jan Troell	The Emigrants	Nominated
1973	Ingmar Bergman	Cries and Whispers	Nominated
1973	Bernardo Bertolucci	Last Tango in Paris	Nominated
1974	Roman Polanski	Chinatown	Nominated
1974	François Truffaut	Day for Night	Nominated
1975	Miloš Forman	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Won
1975	Federico Fellini	Amarcord	Nominated
1976	Ingmar Bergman	Face to Face	Nominated
1976	Lina Wertmüller	Seven Beauties	Nominated
1977	Fred Zinnemann	Julia	Nominated	Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents Became a United States citizen
1978	Alan Parker	Midnight Express	Nominated
1979	Edouard Molinaro	La Cage aux Folles	Nominated
1979	Peter Yates	Breaking Away	Nominated
1980	Roman Polanski	Tess	Nominated
1980	Martin Scorsese	Raging Bull	Nominated	Born in the United States Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
1981	Hugh Hudson	Chariots of Fire	Nominated
1981	Louis Malle	Atlantic City	Nominated
1982	Wolfgang Petersen	Das Boot	Nominated
1982	Richard Attenborough	Gandhi	Won
1983	Peter Yates	The Dresser	Nominated
1983	Ingmar Bergman	Fanny and Alexander	Nominated
1984	Miloš Forman	Amadeus	Won
	David Lean	A Passage to India	Nominated
	Roland Joffe	The Killing Fields	Nominated
1986	Roland Joffe	The Mission	Nominated
1987	Bernardo Bertolucci	The Last Emperor	Won
	John Boorman	Hope and Glory	Nominated
	Lasse Hallstrom	My Life as a Dog	Nominated
	Adrian Lyne	Fatal Attraction	Nominated
1988	Charles Crichton	A Fish Called Wanda	Nominated
	Alan Parker	Mississippi Burning	Nominated
	Martin Scorsese	The Last Temptation of Christ	Nominated	Born in the United States Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
1989	Kenneth Branagh	Henry V	Nominated	Born in Northern Ireland Moved in England in 1970
1989	Jim Sheridan	My Left Foot	Nominated
1990	Stephen Frears	The Grifters	Nominated
	Martin Scorsese	Goodfellas	Nominated	Born in the United States Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
	Barbet Schroeder	Reversal of Fortune	Nominated	Born in Iran to a German mother and Swiss father
1991	Ridley Scott	Thelma & Louise	Nominated
1992	Neil Jordan	The Crying Game	Nominated
1993	Jim Sheridan	In the Name of the Father	Nominated
1994	Krzysztof Kieslowski	Three Colours: Red	Nominated
1995	Mike Figgis	Leaving Las Vegas	Nominated
1995	Michael Radford	Il Postino: The Postman	Nominated	Born in British India to a British father and Austria Jewish mother
1996	Anthony Minghella	The English Patient	Won
	Miloš Forman	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Nominated
	Mike Leigh	Secrets & Lies	Nominated
1997	Peter Cattaneo	The Full Monty	Nominated
1997	Atom Egoyan	The Sweet Hereafter	Nominated	Born in modern day Egypt, which was then a part of the United Arab Republic, to Armenian-Egyptian parents Became a Canadian citizen Became an Armenian citizen in 2018
1998	Roberto Benigni	Life is Beautiful	Nominated
1998	John Madden	Shakespeare in Love	Nominated
1999	Sam Mendes	American Beauty	Won
1999	Lasse Hallstrom	The Cider House Rules	Nominated
2000	Stephen Daldry	Billy Elliot	Nominated
2000	Ridley Scott	Gladiator	Nominated
2001	Ridley Scott	Black Hawk Down	Nominated
2002	Roman Polanski	The Pianist	Won
	Pedro Almodóvar	Talk to Her	Nominated
	Martin Scorsese	Gangs of New York	Nominated	Born in the United States Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
	Stephen Daldry	The Hours	Nominated
2004	Mike Leigh	Vera Drake	Nominated
2004	Martin Scorsese	Aviator	Nominated	Born in the United States Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
2006	Stephen Frears	The Queen	Nominated
	Paul Greengrass	United 93	Nominated
	Martin Scorsese	The Departed	Won	Born in the United States Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
2008	Danny Boyle	Slumdog Millionaire	Won
2008	Stephen Daldry	The Reader	Nominated
2010	Tom Hooper	The King's Speech	Won	Holds dual British/Australian citizenship
2011	Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist	Won
2011	Martin Scorsese	Hugo	Nominated	Born in the United States Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
2012	Michael Haneke	Amour	Nominated	Born in Germany
2013	Steve McQueen	12 Years a Slave	Nominated
2013	Martin Scorsese	The Wolf of Wall Street	Nominated	Born in the United States Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
2014	Morten Tyldum	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2015	Lenny Abrahamson	Room	Nominated
2016	Damien Chazelle	La La Land	Won	Holds dual American/French citizenship
2017	Christopher Nolan	Dunkirk	Nominated	Holds dual British/American citizenship
2018	Yorgos Lanthimos	The Favourite	Nominated
2018	Pawel Pawlikowski	Cold War	Nominated
2019	Sam Mendes	1917	Nominated
2019	Martin Scorsese	The Irishman	Nominated	Holds dual American/Italian citizenship
2020/2021	Thomas Vinterberg	Another Round	Nominated
2020/2021	Emerald Fennell	Promising Young Woman	Nominated
2021	Kenneth Branagh	Belfast	Nominated	Born in Northern Ireland Moved in England in 1970
2022	Martin McDonagh	The Banshees of Inisherin	Nominated	Holds dual British/Irish citizenship
2022	Ruben Östlund	Triangle of Sadness	Nominated
2023	Justine Triet	Anatomy of a Fall	Nominated
	Yorgos Lanthimos	Poor Things	Nominated
	Christopher Nolan	Oppenheimer	Won	Holds dual British/American citizenship
	Jonathan Glazer	The Zone of Interest	Nominated
	Martin Scorsese	Killers of the Flower Moon	Nominated	Holds dual American/Italian citizenship

Best Actor in a Leading Role[edit]

Year	Name	Country	Role	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Best Actor in a Leading Role
1927/ 1928	Charlie Chaplin		The Tramp	The Circus	Received	Initially one of the nominees, the academy rescinded all three of his nominations (also for directing and writing) and instead issued him a special award for his multitasking achievements.
	Emil Jannings		Grand Duke Sergius Alexander	The Last Command	Won	Born in Switzerland. First German actor to be nominated for and win an Oscar (for both films).
	Emil Jannings		August Schilling	The Way of All Flesh	Won	The only Oscar-winning performance that is a lost film; currently, only two fragments are known to exist.
1928/ 1929	Paul Muni		"James Dyke"	The Valiant	Nominated	First actor of Austro-Hungarian (later defined as Ukrainian) background to earn an Oscar nomination. Became a United States citizen.
1929/ 1930	George Arliss		Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli	Disraeli	Won	First British/English actor to win an Oscar. (No explanation was given as to why neither Arliss, nor Best Actress winner Norma Shearer, only won for just one of their two nominated films.)
	George Arliss		The Raja	The Green Goddess	Nominated
	Maurice Chevalier		Pierre Mirande	The Big Pond	Nominated	First French actor to be nominated for an Oscar (for both films).
	Maurice Chevalier		Count Alfred Renard	The Love Parade	Nominated
	Ronald Colman		Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond	Bulldog Drummond	Nominated
	Ronald Colman		Michel	Condemned	Nominated
1932/ 1933	Charles Laughton		King Henry VIII of England	The Private Life of Henry VIII	Won	First LGBTQ+ winner in this category, albeit unknown until after his death.
	Leslie Howard		Peter Standish	Berkeley Square	Nominated
	Paul Muni		James Allen	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Nominated
1935	Victor McLaglen		Gypo Nolan	The Informer	Won
	Charles Laughton		Vice-Admiral William Bligh	Mutiny on the Bounty	Nominated
	Paul Muni		Joe Radek	Black Fury	Write-In	Originally not a nominee, Muni was nominated by a write-in campaign. For 1934-1935, the AMPAS permitted this, following the controversy over Bette Davis's omission for Of Human Bondage (for which she too received a write-in nomination). The academy discontinued this process as of 1936.
1936			Louis Pasteur	The Story of Louis Pasteur	Won	First Jewish actor to win an Oscar. First actor of Ukrainian descent (and Austrian heritage) to win Best Actor.
1937			Émile Zola	The Life of Émile Zola	Nominated
1937	Charles Boyer		Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte	Conquest	Nominated
1938	Charles Boyer		Pepé le Moko	Algiers	Nominated
	Leslie Howard		Professor Henry Higgins	Pygmalion	Nominated
	Robert Donat		Dr. Andrew Manson	The Citadel	Nominated
1939	Robert Donat		Mr. Charles Edward Chipping	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Won
1939	Laurence Olivier		Heathcliff	Wuthering Heights	Nominated
1940	Laurence Olivier		George Fortescue Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter	Rebecca	Nominated
1940	Charlie Chaplin		Adenoid Hynkel / The Barber	The Great Dictator	Nominated
1941	Cary Grant		Roger Adams	Penny Serenade	Nominated
1942	Ronald Colman		Charles Rainier	Random Harvest	Nominated
1943	Paul Lukas		Kurt Müller	Watch on the Rhine	Won	First Hungarian actor to win an Oscar. Became a United States citizen in 1937.
1944	Charles Boyer		Gregory Anton	Gaslight	Nominated	Although Boyer never won a competitive Academy Award, he did receive a Certificate of Merit for establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles to benefit the cinematic industry. Became a United States citizen in 1942
	Barry Fitzgerald		Father Fitzgibbon	Going My Way	Nominated	First Irish nominee in this category. Due to an anomaly in the voting process, Fitzgerald received nominations in both lead and supporting actor for the same performance/film. As a result, AMPAS amended its rules to prevent any such recurrence.
	Cary Grant		Ernie Mott	None but the Lonely Heart	Nominated	Grant lost both nominations, but won an Honorary Oscar 25 years later. Became a United States citizen in 1942.
1945	Ray Milland		Don Birnam	The Lost Weekend	Won	First Welsh actor to win an Oscar.
1945	Cornel Wilde		Frédéric Chopin	A Song to Remember	Nominated	Became a United States citizen.
1946	Laurence Olivier		King Henry V of England	Henry V	Nominated
1947	Ronald Colman		Anthony John	A Double Life	Won
1947	Michael Redgrave		Orin Mannon	Mourning Becomes Electra	Nominated
1948	Laurence Olivier		Prince Hamlet of Denmark	Hamlet	Won	First Best Actor winner to also be nominated for Best Director (having directed themself to a win); and simultaneously directed the Best Picture winner.
1949	Richard Todd		Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan	The Hasty Heart	Nominated
1952	Alec Guinness		Henry "Dutch" Holland	The Lavender Hill Mob	Nominated
1953	Richard Burton		Marcellus Gallio	The Robe	Nominated
1954	James Mason		Norman Maine (né Ernest Sidney Gubbins)	A Star Is Born	Nominated
1954	Dan O'Herlihy		Robinson Crusoe	Robinson Crusoe	Nominated
1956	Yul Brynner		King Mongkut of Siam	The King and I	Won	First Asian actor (and specifically Russian) to win an Oscar. Won a 1952 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor – Musical for the same role. Became a United States citizen in 1943.
1956	Laurence Olivier		King Richard III of England	Richard III	Nominated
1957	Alec Guinness		Lt. Col. Nicholson	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Won
1957	Charles Laughton		Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Q.C.	Witness for the Prosecution	Nominated
1958	David Niven		Maj. Angus Pollock	Separate Tables	Won	Shortest Lead Actor performance to win an Oscar, clocking in at 23m39s.
1959	Laurence Harvey		Joe Lampton	Room at the Top	Nominated	First Lithuanian actor to be nominated for an Oscar.
1959	Paul Muni		Dr. Sam Abelman	The Last Angry Man	Nominated
1960	Trevor Howard		Walter Morel	Sons and Lovers	Nominated
1960	Laurence Olivier		Archie Rice	The Entertainer	Nominated
1961	Maximilian Schell		Hans Rolfe	Judgment at Nuremberg	Won	First Swiss actor to win an Oscar.
1961	Charles Boyer		César	Fanny	Nominated	Most nominations for a French actor, with four.
1962	Marcello Mastroianni		Ferdinando Cefalù	Divorce Italian Style	Nominated	First Italian nominated for Best Actor. First foreign-language performance (fully in Italian dialogue) nominated for an Oscar.
1962	Peter O'Toole		Col. T.E. Lawrence	Lawrence of Arabia	Nominated
1963	Albert Finney		Tom Jones	Tom Jones	Nominated	Achieved the "British Triple Crown of Acting" (via the BAFTA TV Awards) in 2003.
	Richard Harris		Frank Machin	This Sporting Life	Nominated
	Rex Harrison		Julius Caesar	Cleopatra	Nominated
1964	Rex Harrison		Prof. Henry Higgins	My Fair Lady	Won	Won a 1957 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor – Musical for the same role, prior to the Oscar.
	Peter Sellers		Dr. Strangelove / G/C Lionel Mandrake / Pres. Merkin Muffley	Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	Nominated
	Peter O'Toole		King Henry II of England	Becket	Nominated
	Richard Burton		Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury	Becket	Nominated
1965	Richard Burton		Alec Leamas	The Spy Who Came In from the Cold	Nominated
	Laurence Olivier		Othello	Othello	Nominated
	Oskar Werner		Dr. Willie Schümann	Ship of Fools	Nominated
1966	Richard Burton		George	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated
	Paul Scofield		Sir Thomas More	A Man for All Seasons	Won	Won a 1962 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor – Play for the same role, prior to the Oscar. Achieved the "American Triple Crown of Acting" (via the Primetime Emmy) in 1969.
	Michael Caine		Alfie Elkins	Alfie	Nominated
1968	Alan Bates		Yakov Bok	The Fixer	Nominated
	Ron Moody		Fagin	Oliver!	Nominated
	Peter O'Toole		King Henry II of England	The Lion in Winter	Nominated
1969	Peter O'Toole		Mr. Arthur Chipping	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Nominated
1969	Richard Burton		King Henry VIII of England	Anne of the Thousand Days	Nominated
1971	Peter Finch		Dr. Daniel Hirsh	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Nominated	First Australian to be nominated for Best Actor. (Held dual British-Australian citizenship.)
1972	Michael Caine		Milo Tindle	Sleuth	Nominated
	Laurence Olivier		Andrew Wyke	Sleuth	Nominated
	Peter O'Toole		Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney	The Ruling Class	Nominated
1974	Albert Finney		Hercule Poirot, P.I.	Murder on the Orient Express	Nominated
1975	Maximilian Schell		Arthur Goldman	The Man in the Glass Booth	Nominated
1976	Peter Finch ^†		Howard Beale	Network	Won	First Australian actor to win Best Actor. First actor to win an Oscar posthumously.
1976	Giancarlo Giannini		Pasqualino Frafuso	Seven Beauties	Nominated
1977	Marcello Mastroianni		Gabriele	A Special Day	Nominated
1977	Richard Burton		Dr. Martin Dysart	Equus	Nominated	To date, Burton holds the record for most nominations (seven) without a win OR an Honorary Award before their death. (One less than O'Toole, who received an Honorary before his eighth nomination and subsequent death; and Glenn Close, who is still alive and working as of 2023.)
1978	Laurence Olivier		Ezra Lieberman	The Boys from Brazil	Nominated	Tied with Spencer Tracy for most nominations in this category, with nine each. (Olivier has additional nominations in Supporting Actor and Director, as well as two Honorary Oscars.)
1979	Peter Sellers		Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner	Being There	Nominated
1980	John Hurt		John Merrick	The Elephant Man	Nominated
1980	Peter O'Toole		Eli Cross	The Stunt Man	Nominated
1981	Dudley Moore		Arthur Bach	Arthur	Nominated
1982	Ben Kingsley		Mahātmā Gandhi	Gandhi	Won	First actor of Indian ancestry to win an Oscar. (Kingsley was born and raised in the UK.) First Oscar-winning performance partially spoken in Hindi.
1982	Peter O'Toole		Alan Swann	My Favorite Year	Nominated
1983	Michael Caine		Dr. Frank Bryant	Educating Rita	Nominated
	Tom Conti		Gowan McGland	Reuben, Reuben	Nominated	First Scottish actor nominated in this category.
	Tom Courtenay		Norman	The Dresser	Nominated
	Albert Finney		Sir	The Dresser	Nominated
1984	Albert Finney		Geoffrey Firmin	Under the Volcano	Nominated
1986	Bob Hoskins		George	Mona Lisa	Nominated
1987	Marcello Mastroianni		Romano Patroni	Dark Eyes	Nominated	Most nominations for an Italian-based actor, with three.
1988	Max von Sydow		Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson	Pelle the Conqueror	Nominated	First Swedish actor, and Swedish-language performance, to be nominated for an Oscar.
1989	Daniel Day-Lewis		Christy Brown	My Left Foot	Won	Later in life, in addition to the UK, obtained dual citizenship from Ireland.
1989	Kenneth Branagh		King Henry V of England	Henry V	Nominated	First Northern Irish actor nominated for an Oscar. Achieved the "British Triple Crown" (via the BAFTA TV Awards) in 2009.
1990	Jeremy Irons		Claus von Bülow	Reversal of Fortune	Won	Achieved the "American Triple Crown of Acting" (via the Primetime Emmy) in 1997.
	Gérard Depardieu		Cyrano de Bergerac	Cyrano de Bergerac	Nominated	First French-language performance in this category nominated for an Oscar.
	Richard Harris		"Bull" McCabe	The Field	Nominated
1991	Anthony Hopkins		Dr. Hannibal Lecter	The Silence of the Lambs	Won	First actor to achieve the "British Triple Crown of Acting" w/ a BAFTA Film win in 1992, albeit by way of a non-competitive '85 Honorary Olivier Award.
1992	Stephen Rea		Fergus	The Crying Game	Nominated
1993	Liam Neeson		Oskar Schindler	Schindler's List	Nominated
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