Best Lead Actor
| Actor in a Leading Role | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Yul Brynner | The King and I | King Mongkut of Siam | Won | First Asian to win the Best Actor award. (Yul Brynner was born in Russia and is of Mongolian and Buryat descent.) |
| 1982 | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Won | First Best actor winner of South Asian descent (Father was Indian from Kenya.) |
| 2003 | Ben Kingsley | House of Sand and Fog | Massoud Behrani | Nominated | First Asian with multiple Academy award nominations in acting categories |
Read more about this topic: List Of Asian Academy Award Winners And Nominees
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