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The following list is based upon the actor's age at the time of the Academy Awards ceremony, from youngest to oldest. Interestingly, nearly 70% of winner of the Best Actor Oscar have been at least 40 year old at the time of their wins, while 75% of the winners of the Best Actress Oscar have been under 40.

Rank Actor Movie Date of Birth Date of Ceremony Age
1 Adrien Brody The Pianist April 14, 1973 March 23, 2003 &0000000000000029.00000029 years, &0000000000000343.000000343 days
2 Richard Dreyfuss The Goodbye Girl October 29, 1947 April 3, 1978 &0000000000000030.00000030 years, &0000000000000156.000000156 days
3 Marlon Brando On the Waterfront April 3, 1924 March 30, 1955 &0000000000000030.00000030 years, &0000000000000361.000000361 days
4 Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg December 8, 1930 April 9, 1962 &0000000000000031.00000031 years, &0000000000000122.000000122 days
5 Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas January 7, 1964 March 25, 1996 &0000000000000032.00000032 years, &0000000000000078.00000078 days
6 James Stewart The Philadelphia Story May 20, 1908 February 27, 1941 &0000000000000032.00000032 years, &0000000000000283.000000283 days
7 Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot April 29, 1957 March 26, 1990 &0000000000000032.00000032 years, &0000000000000331.000000331 days
8 Clark Gable It Happened One Night February 1, 1901 February 27 1935 &0000000000000034.00000034 years, &0000000000000026.00000026 days
9 Charles Laughton The Private Life of Henry VIII July 1, 1899 March 16, 1934 &0000000000000034.00000034 years, &0000000000000258.000000258 days
10 Robert Donat Goodbye, Mr. Chips March 18, 1905 February 29, 1940 &0000000000000034.00000034 years, &0000000000000348.000000348 days
11 Fredric March Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde August 31, 1897 November 18, 1932 &0000000000000035.00000035 years, &0000000000000079.00000079 days
12 Charlton Heston Ben-Hur October 4, 1924 April 4, 1960 &0000000000000035.00000035 years, &0000000000000183.000000183 days
13 William Holden Stalag 17 April 17, 1918 March 25, 1954 &0000000000000035.00000035 years, &0000000000000342.000000342 days
14 William Hurt Kiss of the Spider Woman March 20, 1950 March 24, 1986 &0000000000000036.00000036 years, &0000000000000004.0000004 days
15 Russell Crowe Gladiator April 7, 1964 March 25, 2001 &0000000000000036.00000036 years, &0000000000000352.000000352 days
16 Sidney Poitier Lilies of the Field February 20, 1927 April 13, 1964 &0000000000000037.00000037 years, &0000000000000053.00000053 days
17 Jamie Foxx Ray December 13, 1967 February 27, 2005 &0000000000000037.00000037 years, &0000000000000076.00000076 days
18 Robert De Niro Raging Bull August 17, 1943 March 31, 1981 &0000000000000037.00000037 years, &0000000000000226.000000226 days
19 Tom Hanks Philadelphia July 9, 1956 March 21, 1994 &0000000000000037.00000037 years, &0000000000000255.000000255 days
20 Spencer Tracy Captains Courageous April 5, 1900 March 10, 1938 &0000000000000037.00000037 years, &0000000000000339.000000339 days
21 Broderick Crawford All the King’s Men December 9, 1911 March 23, 1950 &0000000000000038.00000038 years, &0000000000000104.000000104 days
22 Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote July 23, 1967 March 5, 2006 &0000000000000038.00000038 years, &0000000000000225.000000225 days
23 Tom Hanks Forrest Gump July 9, 1956 March 27, 1995 &0000000000000038.00000038 years, &0000000000000261.000000261 days
24 Spencer Tracy Boys Town April 5, 1900 February 23, 1939 &0000000000000038.00000038 years, &0000000000000324.000000324 days
25 Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest April 22, 1937 March 29, 1976 &0000000000000038.00000038 years, &0000000000000342.000000342 days
26 Ernest Borgnine Marty January 24, 1917 March 21, 1956 &0000000000000039.00000039 years, &0000000000000057.00000057 days
27 Ben Kingsley Gandhi December 31, 1943 April 11, 1983 &0000000000000039.00000039 years, &0000000000000101.000000101 days
28 Jon Voight Coming Home December 29, 1938 April 9, 1979 &0000000000000040.00000040 years, &0000000000000101.000000101 days
29 Kevin Spacey American Beauty July 26, 1959 March 26, 2000 &0000000000000040.00000040 years, &0000000000000244.000000244 days
30 Gary Cooper Sergeant York May 7, 1901 February 26, 1942 &0000000000000040.00000040 years, &0000000000000295.000000295 days
31 Warner Baxter In Old Arizona March 29, 1889 April 3, 1930 &0000000000000041.00000041 years, &0000000000000005.0000005 days
32 Ray Milland The Lost Weekend January 3, 1905 March 7, 1946 &0000000000000041.00000041 years, &0000000000000063.00000063 days
33 Paul Muni The Story of Louis Pasteur September 22, 1895 March 4, 1937 &0000000000000041.00000041 years, &0000000000000163.000000163 days
34 Yul Brynner The King and I July 7, 1915 March 27, 1957 &0000000000000041.00000041 years, &0000000000000263.000000263 days
35 Laurence Olivier Hamlet May 22, 1907 March 24, 1949 &0000000000000041.00000041 years, &0000000000000306.000000306 days
36 Bing Crosby Going My Way May 3, 1903 March 15, 1945 &0000000000000041.00000041 years, &0000000000000316.000000316 days
37 Lee Marvin Cat Ballou February 19, 1924 April 18, 1966 &0000000000000042.00000042 years, &0000000000000058.00000058 days
38 Gene Hackman The French Connection January 30, 1930 April 10, 1972 &0000000000000042.00000042 years, &0000000000000071.00000071 days
39 José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac January 8, 1909 March 29, 1951 &0000000000000042.00000042 years, &0000000000000080.00000080 days
40 Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer August 8, 1937 April 14, 1980 &0000000000000042.00000042 years, &0000000000000250.000000250 days

(*) Peter Finch died on January 14, 1977, before the Academy Awards ceremony took place.

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