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Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsFree Scan →Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →The latest Best Actor Oscar winner is Michael B. Jordan, honored for Sinners at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, 2026. The Academy’s official Awards Database is the authoritative record for winners, but the year-by-year winner list is not included in the material available for this article. Rather than present an unverified table as complete, use the Academy’s searchable database to view every result.
How to see the complete Best Actor winner list
- Open the Academy Awards Database, the Academy’s searchable official awards record.
- Select the leading actor category, including its historical category mapping, then set the search to winners only.
- Set the full year range and choose the chronological or category display to review the results.
The Academy says the database is complete through the 98th Academy Awards, presented March 15, 2026. Its records use names and film titles drawn from credits and documentation submitted at the time of nomination or award; the Academy may consider corrections while preserving the historical record. Use its current credited forms rather than silently standardizing historical names.
Why the category name and year can look different
“Best Actor” is the familiar name for the category. The Academy’s current label is “Actor in a Leading Role,” while older ceremony records may use different wording. When checking a particular result, follow the category label shown on that ceremony’s Academy page.
The ceremony year is not always the same as the film year. The inaugural ceremony, held May 16, 1929, honored films released from August 1, 1927, through August 1, 1928. The 98th ceremony in 2026 honored films released in 2025.
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The first and latest Best Actor winners
First ceremony: 1929
The first Academy Awards ceremony lists Emil Jannings as the Actor winner for both The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. These are two winning-film entries for one recipient at that ceremony, not two separate winner-years. See the Academy’s 1929 ceremony record.
Latest ceremony: 2026
Michael B. Jordan won Actor in a Leading Role for Sinners at the 98th Academy Awards, held March 15, 2026, for films released in 2025. The Academy’s 2026 ceremony record gives the result and category label. The preceding ceremony, in 2025, awarded the category to Adrien Brody for The Brutalist; see the 2025 ceremony record.
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