Data: Best Actor Oscar Winners (1970-2001)
| Year | Name | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | George C. Scott | Patton | 43 |
| 1971 | Gene Hackman | The French Connection | 40 |
| 1972 | Marlon Brando | The Godfather | 48 |
| 1973 | Jack Lemmon | Save the Tiger | 48 |
| 1974 | Art Carney | Harry and Tonto | 56 |
| 1975 | Jack Nicholson | One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest | 38 |
| 1976 | Peter Finch | Network | 60 |
| 1977 | Richard Dreyfuss | The Goodbye Girl | 32 |
| 1978 | Jon Voight | Coming Home | 40 |
| 1979 | Dustin Hoffman | Kramer vs. Kramer | 42 |
| 1980 | Robert De Niro | Raging Bull | 37 |
| 1981 | Henry Fonda | On Golden Pond | 76 |
| 1982 | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi | 39 |
| 1983 | Robert Duvall | Tender Mercies | 55 |
| 1984 | F. Murray Abraham | Amadeus | 45 |
| 1985 | William Hurt | Kiss of the Spider Woman | 35 |
| 1986 | Paul Newman | The Color of Money | 61 |
| 1987 | Michael Douglas | Wall Street | 33 |
| 1988 | Dustin Hoffman | Rain Man | 51 |
| 1989 | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | 32 |
| 1990 | Jeremy Irons | Reversal of Fortune | 43 |
| 1991 | Anthony Hopkins | The Silence of the Lambs | 55 |
| 1992 | Al Pacino | Scent of a Woman | 42 |
| 1993 | Tom Hanks | Philadelphia | 37 |
| 1994 | Tom Hanks | Forrest Gump | 38 |
| 1995 | Nicolas Cage | Leaving Las Vegas | 31 |
| 1996 | Geoffrey Rush | Shine | 45 |
| 1997 | Jack Nicholson | As Good As it Gets | 60 |
| 1998 | Roberto Benigni | Life is Beautiful | 46 |
| 1999 | Kevin Spacey | American Beauty | 40 |
| 2000 | Russell Crowe | Gladiator | 36 |
| 2001 | Denzel Washington | Training Day | 47 |