George Clooney on his fellow best-actor nominee on E!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Onstage and off, they said a mouthful at the Oscars] Reference

He won aposthumous best-actor award for East of Eden.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

Pryce walked off with the best-actor prize in Cannes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye To The Kids' Stuff] Reference

A third best-actor will make history, but wake us when it's over.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pick Of The Glitter] Reference

It's only September, but this year's best-actor race is already shaping up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early: The Oscar Goes To...] Reference

Don Cheadle could score a best-actor nod for the just-released "Talk to Me.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cool Summer] Reference

Should he win, Eisenberg, at 27, would be the youngest best-actor winner ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [The King's Speech Tops Oscar Nominations] Reference

Penn, last year's best-actor winner for Milk, shrugged and said, "I don't know.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Onstage drama and backstage delight at the Academy Awards] Reference

ANDERSON: Pitt earned his best-actor nomination for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2009] Reference

It won a best-actor Oscar for Robert Duvall, who is a producer and a co-star in this film.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superb Jeff Bridges strikes rich notes in 'Crazy Heart'] Reference

Gerard Depardieu's vigorous Cyrano won best-actor honors, to the rapture of the home crowd.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Lynch's New Peak] Reference

For the longtime stage actor, it was only his second film, and he won a best-actor Oscar for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Role He Can Feast On] Reference

Jeff Bridges 'best-actor award came for Crazy Heart, a film that never broke out of limited release.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out of obscurity: 'The Hurt Locker' is a case in study] Reference

Only one actor has ever won a posthumous Oscar, best-actor recipient Peter Finch, for 1976's "Network.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Heath Ledger wins Golden Globe] Reference

To her rescue came Forest Whitaker, the best-actor winner for The Last King of Scotland three years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Onstage drama and backstage delight at the Academy Awards] Reference

So were the judges at Cannes, who awarded Gourmet the best-actor award at the festival last year for his role.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Terrible Secret] Reference

It also made Mr. Morse part of the small, elite group to have won best-actor trophies for both a play and a musical.    From Wordnik.com.  [On 'Mad Men,' He Draws] Reference

Speaking of Franco, the 2011 Oscars ceremony co-host is a best-actor nominee "127 Hours" for tonight's Golden Globes.    From Wordnik.com.  [BOX OFFICE: 'Hornet' brings in the green to win weekend at $34M] Reference

He helped us set a record number that year, and he accepted his best-actor award with grace and a million-dollar smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marlon Brando: The King Who Would Be Man] Reference

Francisco Rabal, who won the best-actor award at Cannes for his role, delivers an "amazing performance," says Mr. Bardem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hit List: Javier Bardem] Reference

Muni was showered with Academy Award nominations — he won the best-actor Oscar in 1936 for "The Story of Louis Pasteur.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarkable Hollywood Lives] Reference

And while "Amistad" got six nominations, it was ignored in major categories (no best-actor nomination for Djimon Hounsou).    From Wordnik.com.  ['And The Winner Isn't . . .'] Reference

The King s Speech won the best-actor trophy Sunday for Colin Firth and a second honor for its overall cast at the Screen.    From Wordnik.com.  [SAG Awards: Who Won The Big Battle?] Reference

EnlargeBy Joan MarcusCome June 13, Denzel Washington will take a swing at the best-actor Tony for his work in the play Fences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony takes a liking to Zeta-Jones, Law, Washington] Reference

Javier Bardem Biutiful, for whom many stars including Julia Roberts and Sean Penn campaigned, surprised in the best-actor race.    From Wordnik.com.  [The King's Speech Tops Oscar Nominations] Reference

When we were talking about Voight, I asked Jolie about Coming Home — the movie for which he won the best-actor Oscar, in 1979.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman in Full] Reference

While "The King's Speech" star Firth was among best-actor nominees, "The Fighter" star Mark Wahlberg missed out in that category.    From Wordnik.com.  [SAG Nominations Announced] Reference

Sean Penn's best-actor win is about something bigger than his larger-than-life performance as assassinated politician Harvey Milk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Oscar wins, three new lessons for the industry] Reference

Jury president Penn won the best-actor Oscar for Eastwood's "Mystic River," which was shut out for prizes at Cannes five years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Class' Takes Top Cannes Honor] Reference

The result was so un-Hollywood that George Clooney, this roundtable's class clown, couldn't stop ribbing his fellow best-actor hopeful.    From Wordnik.com.  [There Will Be Oscars] Reference

On Sunday, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association gave Bridges its best-actor award and honored Burnett and Bruton for best music/score.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Bridges strikes a new chord in 'Crazy Heart'] Reference

Bridges earns best-actor Oscar for ` Crazy Heart '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expecting Rain] Reference

"The Messenger," and Jeremy Renner, a best-actor contender for the.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

Colin Firth snagged the best-actor prize for his role as the mourning lecturer in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloomberg] Reference

Bridges earns best-actor Oscar for 'Crazy Heart'; Mo'Nique, Waltz win supporting honors.    From Wordnik.com.  [SplicedFeed] Reference

At Friday's Spirit Awards honoring independent film, Bridges earned the best-actor prize for.    From Wordnik.com.  [--1010 WINS Newswatch Headlines]

Colin Firth clinched the best-actor BAFTA for his role as the mourning university lecturer in Tom Ford's "A Single Man.".    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference