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Academy Awards
Oldest Best Actor Winners
This list features the oldest actors to have won Best Actor at the Academy Awards.
RANK | ACTOR | AGE | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Anthony Hopkins | 83 years, 115 days | The Father | 2020 |
2 | Henry Fonda | 76 years, 317 days | On Golden Pond | 1981 |
3 | John Wayne | 62 years, 316 days | True Grit | 1969 |
4 | George Arliss | 62 years, 209 days | Disraeli | 1929/30 |
5 | Paul Newman | 62 years, 63 days | The Color of Money | 1986 |
6 | Jack Nicholson | 60 years, 335 days | As Good as It Gets | 1997 |
7 | Peter Finch | 60 years, 181 days | Network | 1976 |
8 | Jeff Bridges | 60 years, 93 days | Crazy Heart | 2009 |
9 | Gary Oldman | 59 years, 348 days | Darkest Hour | 2017 |
10 | Ronald Colman | 57 years, 40 days | A Double Life | 1947 |
References
Wikipedia (n.d.) List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Oldest winners, Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Oldest_winners_2 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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