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  1. Jul 4, 2024 · From 1952 to 1967, there were two Best Actor awards: one for a British actor and another for a foreign actor. In 1968, the two prizes of British and Foreign actor were combined to create a single Best Actor award. Its current title, for Best Actor in a Leading Role, has been used since 1995.

  2. Jul 9, 2024 · In 2010, he won a Laurence Olivier Award and a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Red, and in 2014, he won the Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, British Academy Film Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

  3. 4 days ago · The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actor – Musical or ...

  4. Jul 3, 2024 · List of the best Laurence Olivier movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Laurence Olivier's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world.

  5. Jul 7, 2024 · Laurence Olivier, a towering figure of the British stage and screen, acclaimed in his lifetime as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century. He was the first member of his profession to be elevated to a life peerage, and he won three Academy Awards.

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  6. Jul 5, 2024 · Olivier was the first, but not the only director to have managed a self-directed Best Actor Oscar. Roberto Benigni achieved this rare feat in 1997 with the film 'La Vita è bella' (Life is Beautiful). Olivier also took home the Oscar for Best Picture in 1949, but failed to win the coveted Best Director Oscar. 6.

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  8. 6 days ago · Olivier’s visionary leadership left an indelible mark on the future of British theatre. #13 Olivier’s film adaptation of “Hamlet” in 1948 was the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.