It includes the nominees of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Occupational Inheritance in Acting Profession
Occupational inheritance refers to the phenomenon where sons and daughters follow in the career paths of their parents.
This trend has been documented in engineering, medicine, military, and education, but not in the acting profession.
Over the past 95 years of the Academy Awards (first given in 1929), 85 men have won the Best Actor Oscar (some more than once), and 160 men have been nominated.
In 2020, the five nominees were: Riz Ahmed, Chadwick Boseman (black, posthumous), Anthony Hopkins (winner, second Oscar), Gary Oldman (previous winner) Steven Yeun (Asian).
In 2021, the nominees were: Xavier Bardem, Cumberbatch, Andrew Garfield, Will Smith, Denzel Washington
In 2022, the nominees were all first-timers: Austin Butler, Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Paul Mescal, Bill Nighy
In 2023, the nominees were: Bradley Cooper, Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti, Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright
Winners: 84 (males); 96 (roles)
Nominees: 160
Total: 244
Black: 16 out of 244
Winners: 5 out of 84
Nominees: 9 out of 160
Boseman, Chadwick: No
Cheadle, Don (Black): No
Dexter, Gordon
Domingo, Colman
Ejiofor, Chiwetel
Fishburne, Laurence
Foxx, Jamie
Freeman, Morgan
Howard, Terrence
Kaluuya, Daniel
Poitier, Sidney
Smith, Will
Washington, Denzel
Whitaker, Forest
Winfield, Paul
Wright, Jeffrey
JEWISH
Allen, Woody
Arkin, Alan
Chalamet (half)
Curtis, Tony
Douglas, Kirk
Douglas, Melvin father)
Douglas, Michael
Dreyfuss, Richard
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N (7)
Neeson, Liam
Newman, Paul, Jewish
Nicholson, Jack (also winner of Supp Actor)
Nighy, Bill
Niven, David
Nolte, Nick (nom, supp)
Norton, Edward (nom, supp)
O (5)
O’Herlihy, Dan
Olivier, Laurence (nom, supp)
Olmos, Edward James, Hispanic
O’Neal, Ryan
O’Toole, Peter
P (10)
Pacino, Al (nom, supp)
Parks, Larry
Peck, Gregory
Penn, Sean
Phoenix, Joaquin (nom, supp)
Pidgeon, Walter
Pitt, Brad (winner of Supp. Actor)
Poitier, Sidney
Powell, William
Pryce, Jonathan
Q (1)
Quinn, Anthony (winner of 2 Supp. Actor)
U
V (2)
Voight, Jon (nom, supp)
Von Sydow, Max
W (15)
Washington, Denzel (winner of Supp. Actor)
Waterston, Sam
Wayne, John
Webb, Clifton
Welles, Orson
Werner, Oskar
Whitaker, Forest
Whitman, Stuart
Whitmore, James
Wilde, Cornell
Wilkinson, Tom
Williams, Robin (winner of Supp. Actor)
Winfield, Paul
Wood, James
Woolley, Monty
Y: 1
Yeun, Steven (2020)
