Academy Award for Best Actor

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Before tonight, there had only been 2 times in movie history where two different actors each won an Oscar for portraying the same character. ,"__typename":"ParagraphRelatedPost","nid":5078657,"uuid":"bf998d1e-20de-4f0f-a755-b1081b42ceda","image_alt_tag":"","title":"A Moment of Silence, and a Plea, for Ukraine at Oscars","image_id":"3067330","canonical_url":"news/a-moment-of-silence-and-a-plea-for-ukraine-at-oscars"},{"nid":5078659,"title":"Billie Eilish and Finneas Bond and Win Oscar for Best Song","canonical_url":"news/billie-eilish-and-finneas-win-oscar-for-best-song","subheadline":"“No Time to Die” is proving a song very much alive at awards shows. \r\n \r\nRita Moreno won an Oscar in the same category for portraying the same character, Anita, in the original 1961 Robbins & Wise version of \"West Side Story.\" \r\n \r\nBefore tonight, there had only been 2 times in movie history where two different actors each won an Oscar for portraying the same character. \r\nWill Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actor on Sunday, for \"King Richard,\" but his career-defining win was overshadowed by an incident that occurred just minutes earlier. ,"image_id":"3067325","__typename":"ParagraphRelatedPost","title":"Will Smith Confronts Chris Rock, Then Wins Best Actor Oscar"},{"dropcap":null,"character_count":625,"original_text":" ,"text":" Here are the best moments \r\n \r\nAnd Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix both took home an Academy Award for their individual spins on The Joker, in 2008’s \"The Dark Knight\" and 2019’s \"Joker,\" respectively." Before tonight, there had only been 2 times in movie history where two different actors each won an Oscar for portraying the same character. \r\n \r\nIn addition to becoming the first Afro Latina to ever win an Oscar, DeBose’s win is also noteworthy because it is only the third time in 94 ceremonies that two different actors have won an Oscar for playing the same character. Before tonight, there had only been 2 times in movie history where two different actors each won an Oscar for portraying the same character. Marlon Brandon & Robert De Niro both won Oscars for playing Don Vito Corleone in \"The Godfather\" & \"The Godfather Part II,\" respectively.