Youngest receiveer of Academy Award
Shirley Temple is the youngest performer to receive an Academy Award; in 1934 she received a Special Award when she was only five years old.
Oldest receiveer of Academy Award
Groucho Marx was the oldest Academy Award winner - in 1973 he received a Honorary Award at the age of 83.
More Movie Facts
Three nominees for Best Actor Oscars from one film
Mutiny on The Bounty (1935) was the only film to have had three nominees for Best Actor Oscars (Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone) but won only the Best Picture award.
Only tie for Best Actor Oscar
The only tie for Best Actor was between Wallace Beery for The Champ and Fredric March for Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in 1932.