# The Best Actor Oscar winners of the 1990s

The actors who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for films from 1990 to 1999, and their roles; Tom Hanks won two years running.

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## Top 10

1. **Jeremy Irons — Reversal of Fortune** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1990 film. Claus von Bülow, accused of trying to kill his wife.
2. **Al Pacino — Scent of a Woman** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1992 film. A blind retired lieutenant colonel.
3. **Tom Hanks — Philadelphia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1993 film. A lawyer fired because he has AIDS.
4. **Nicolas Cage — Leaving Las Vegas** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1995 film. A screenwriter set on drinking himself to death.
5. **Jack Nicholson — As Good as It Gets** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1997 film. An obsessive-compulsive novelist.
6. **Kevin Spacey — American Beauty** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1999 film. Lester Burnham in a midlife crisis.
7. **Anthony Hopkins — The Silence of the Lambs** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — 1991 film. Hannibal Lecter.
8. **Geoffrey Rush — Shine** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1996 film. Pianist David Helfgott.
9. **Roberto Benigni — Life Is Beautiful** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1997 film (1999 ceremony). Won for a non-English-language performance.
10. **Tom Hanks — Forrest Gump** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1994 film. His second win in a row.

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