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Poll: Best Actor Academy Award for Playing a Real Person

A poll by ethangentle
Which one of these actors that won the Best Actor Oscar for portraying a real person is your favorite? Discuss Here

Results of 405 votes:

  1. 1.

    Daniel Day-Lewis

     
    Won for Playing Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989) and for Playing Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012)
  2. 2.

    Robert De Niro

     
    Won for Playing Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980)
  3. 3.

    Adrien Brody

     
    Won for Playing Władysław Szpilman in The Pianist (2002)
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