Poll: Single Performance, Winner of Five Major Awards — Best Leading Actor

Results of 1,403 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)

    

   Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007).
2. 2.
   

   Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)

    

   Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass in The Revenant (2015).
3. 3.
   

   Colin Firth in The King's Speech (2010)

    

   Colin Firth as George VI in The King's Speech (2010).
4. 4.
   

   Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)

    

   Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012).
5. 5.
   

   Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote (2005)

    

   Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in Capote (2005).
6. 6.
   

   Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)

    

   Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006).
7. 7.
   

   Jamie Foxx in Ray (2004)

    

   Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray (2004).
8. 8.
   

   Geoffrey Rush in Shine (1996)

    

   Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott in Shine (1996).
9. 9.
   

   Joaquin Phoenix in Joker (2019)

    

   Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Joker (2019). [Added on February 10, 2020]
10. 10.
    

    Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour (2017)

     

    Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017).
11. 11.
    

    Will Smith in King Richard (2021)

     

    Will Smith as Richard Williams in King Richard (2021). [Added on March 28, 2022]
12. 12.
    

    Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer (2023)

     

    Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer (2023). [Added on March 12, 2024]