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Data : The Chinese zodiac signs and elements of the best actor Oscar winners from The 1st to 89th Academy Awards. The sum of the frequencies of the signs is 90 as there were 2 winners of this award in the 5th Academy Awards (Wallace Beery in The Champ & Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde).
Best Actor Oscar Winners and The Five Elements
The 5 Elements and their corresponding frequencies :
Fire – 24
Metal – 23
Wood – 17
Earth – 16
Water – 10
Best Actor Oscar Winners and The 12 Chinese Animal Signs
Ox ranks 1st with the most winners. Dog is the animal sign with the least.
Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman, Anthony Hopkins and Jack Nicholson are Oxen.
Taking both animal signs and elements into account, Metal Rat leads in the race.
Clark Gable, Sean Penn and Colin Firth are Metal Rats.
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The 90th Academy Awards ceremony will honor the best actor (actor in a leading role) of 2017 on March 4, 2018. Nominees are:
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
December 27, 1995 (Wood Pig)Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
April 29, 1957 (Fire Rooster)Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
February 24, 1989 (Earth Snake)Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
March 21, 1958 (Earth Dog)Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.
December 28, 1954 (Wood Horse)
| Year | Actor | Film | Birthdate | Sign |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927/28 (1st) | Emil Jannings | The Last Command The Way of All Flesh | July 23, 1884 | Monkey (Wood) |
| 1928/29 (2nd) | Warner Baxter | In Old Arizona | March 29, 1889 | Ox (Earth) |
| 1929/30 (3rd) | George Arliss | Disraeli | April 10, 1868 | Dragon (Earth) |
| 1930/31 (4th) | Lionel Barrymore | A Free Soul | April 28, 1878 | Tiger (Earth) |
| 1931/32 (5th) | Wallace Beery* & Fredric March** |
The Champ* & Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde** |
April 1, 1885* & August 31, 1897** |
Rooster (Wood)* & Rooster (Fire)** |
| 1932/33 (6th) | Charles Laughton | The Private Life of Henry VIII | July 1, 1899 | Pig (Earth) |
| 1934 (7th) | Clark Gable | It Happened One Night | February 1, 1901 | Rat (Metal) |
| 1935 (8th) | Victor McLaglen | The Informer | December 10, 1886 | Dog (Fire) |
| 1936 (9th) | Paul Muni | The Story of Louis Pasteur | September 22, 1895 | Goat (Wood) |
| 1937 (10th) | Spencer Tracy | Captains Courageous | April 5, 1900 | Rat (Metal) |
| 1938 (11th) | Spencer Tracy | Boys Town | April 5, 1900 | Rat (Metal) |
| 1939 (12th) | Robert Donat | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | March 18, 1905 | Snake (Wood) |
| 1940 (13th) | James Stewart | The Philadelphia Story | May 20, 1908 | Monkey (Earth) |
| 1941 (14th) | Gary Cooper | Sergeant York | May 7, 1901 | Ox (Metal) |
| 1942 (15th) | James Cagney | Yankee Doodle Dandy | July 17, 1899 | Pig (Earth) |
| 1943 (16th) | Paul Lukas | Watch on the Rhine | May 26, 1891 | Rabbit (Metal) |
| 1944 (17th) | Bing Crosby | Going My Way | May 3, 1903 | Rabbit (Water) |
| 1945 (18th) | Ray Milland | The Lost Weekend | January 3, 1907 | Horse (Fire) |
| 1946 (19th) | Fredric March | The Best Years of Our Lives | August 31, 1897 | Rooster (Fire) |
| 1947 (20th) | Ronald Colman | A Double Life | February 9, 1891 | Rabbit (Metal) |
| 1948 (21st) | Laurence Olivier | Hamlet | May 22, 1907 | Goat (Fire) |
| 1949 (22nd) | Broderick Crawford | All the King’s Men | December 9, 1911 | Pig (Metal) |
| 1950 (23rd) | José Ferrer | Cyrano de Bergerac | January 8, 1912 | Pig (Metal) |
| 1951 (24th) | Humphrey Bogart | The African Queen | December 25, 1899 | Pig (Earth) |
| 1952 (25th) | Gary Cooper | High Noon | May 7, 1901 | Ox (Metal) |
| 1953 (26th) | William Holden | Stalag 17 | April 17, 1918 | Horse (Earth) |
| 1954 (27th) | Marlon Brando | On the Waterfront | April 3, 1924 | Rat (Wood) |
| 1955 (28th) | Ernest Borgnine | Marty | January 24, 1917 | Snake (Fire) |
| 1956 (29th) | Yul Brynner | The King and I | July 11, 1920 | Monkey (Metal) |
| 1957 (30th) | Alec Guinness | The Bridge on the River Kwai | April 2, 1914 | Tiger (Wood) |
| 1958 (31st) | David Niven | Separate Tables | March 1, 1910 | Dog (Metal) |
| 1959 (32nd) | Charlton Heston | Ben-Hur | October 4, 1923 | Pig (Water) |
| 1960 (33rd) | Burt Lancaster | Elmer Gantry | November 2, 1913 | Ox (Water) |
| 1961 (34th) | Maximilian Schell | Judgment at Nuremberg | December 8, 1930 | Horse (Metal) |
| 1962 (35th) | Gregory Peck | To Kill a Mockingbird | April 5, 1916 | Dragon (Fire) |
| 1963 (36th) | Sidney Poitier | Lilies of the Field | February 20, 1927 | Rabbit (Fire) |
| 1964 (37th) | Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | March 5, 1908 | Monkey (Earth) |
| 1965 (38th) | Lee Marvin | Cat Ballou | February 19, 1924 | Rat (Wood) |
| 1966 (39th) | Paul Scofield | A Man for All Seasons | January 21, 1922 | Rooster (Metal) |
| 1967 (40th) | Rod Steiger | In the Heat of the Night | April 14, 1925 | Ox (Wood) |
| 1968 (41st) | Cliff Robertson | Charly | September 9, 1923 | Pig (Water) |
| 1969 (42nd) | John Wayne | True Grit | May 26, 1907 | Goat (Fire) |
| 1970 (43rd) | George C. Scott | Patton | October 18, 1927 | Rabbit (Fire) |
| 1971 (44th) | Gene Hackman | The French Connection | January 30, 1930 | Horse (Metal) |
| 1972 (45th) | Marlon Brando | The Godfather | April 3, 1924 | Rat (Wood) |
| 1973 (46th) | Jack Lemmon | Save the Tiger | February 8, 1925 | Ox (Wood) |
| 1974 (47th) | Art Carney | Harry and Tonto | November 4, 1918 | Horse (Earth) |
| 1975 (48th) | Jack Nicholson | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | April 22, 1937 | Ox (Fire) |
| 1976 (49th) | Peter Finch | Network | September 28, 1916 | Dragon (Fire) |
| 1977 (50th) | Richard Dreyfuss | The Goodbye Girl | October 29, 1947 | Pig (Fire) |
| 1978 (51st) | Jon Voight | Coming Home | December 29, 1938 | Tiger (Earth) |
| 1979 (52nd) | Dustin Hoffman | Kramer vs. Kramer | August 8, 1937 | Ox (Fire) |
| 1980 (53rd) | Robert De Niro | Raging Bull | August 17, 1943 | Goat (Water) |
| 1981 (54th) | Henry Fonda | On Golden Pond | May 16, 1905 | Snake (Wood) |
| 1982 (55th) | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi | December 31, 1943 | Goat (Water) |
| 1983 (56th) | Robert Duvall | Tender Mercies | January 5, 1931 | Horse (Metal) |
| 1984 (57th) | F. Murray Abraham | Amadeus | October 24, 1939 | Rabbit (Earth) |
| 1985 (58th) | William Hurt | Kiss of the Spider Woman | March 20, 1950 | Tiger (Metal) |
| 1986 (59th) | Paul Newman | The Color of Money | January 26, 1925 | Ox (Wood) |
| 1987 (60th) | Michael Douglas | Wall Street | September 25, 1944 | Monkey (Wood) |
| 1988 (61st) | Dustin Hoffman | Rain Man | August 8, 1937 | Ox (Fire) |
| 1989 (62nd) | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | April 29, 1957 | Rooster (Fire) |
| 1990 (63rd) | Jeremy Irons | Reversal of Fortune | September 19, 1948 | Rat (Earth) |
| 1991 (64th) | Anthony Hopkins | The Silence of the Lambs | December 31, 1937 | Ox (Fire) |
| 1992 (65th) | Al Pacino | Scent of a Woman | April 25, 1940 | Dragon (Metal) |
| 1993 (66th) | Tom Hanks | Philadelphia | July 9, 1956 | Monkey (Fire) |
| 1994 (67th) | Tom Hanks | Forrest Gump | July 9, 1956 | Monkey (Fire) |
| 1995 (68th) | Nicolas Cage | Leaving Las Vegas | January 7, 1964 | Rabbit (Water) |
| 1996 (69th) | Geoffrey Rush | Shine | July 6, 1951 | Rabbit (Metal) |
| 1997 (70th) | Jack Nicholson | As Good as It Gets | April 22, 1937 | Ox (Fire) |
| 1998 (71st) | Roberto Benigni | Life Is Beautiful | October 27, 1952 | Dragon (Water) |
| 1999 (72nd) | Kevin Spacey | American Beauty | July 26, 1959 | Pig (Earth) |
| 2000 (73rd) | Russell Crowe | Gladiator | April 7, 1964 | Dragon (Wood) |
| 2001 (74th) | Denzel Washington | Training Day | December 28, 1954 | Horse (Wood) |
| 2002 (75th) | Adrien Brody | The Pianist | April 14, 1973 | Ox (Water) |
| 2003 (76th) | Sean Penn | Mystic River | August 17, 1960 | Rat (Metal) |
| 2004 (77th) | Jamie Foxx | Ray | December 13, 1967 | Goat (Fire) |
| 2005 (78th) | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Capote | July 23, 1967 | Goat (Fire) |
| 2006 (79th) | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland | July 15, 1961 | Ox (Metal) |
| 2007 (80th) | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | April 29, 1957 | Rooster (Fire) |
| 2008 (81st) | Sean Penn | Milk | August 17, 1960 | Rat (Metal) |
| 2009 (82nd) | Jeff Bridges | Crazy Heart | December 4, 1949 | Ox (Earth) |
| 2010 (83rd) | Colin Firth | The King’s Speech | September 10, 1960 | Rat (Metal) |
| 2011 (84th) | Jean Dujardin | The Artist | June 19 1972 | Rat (Water) |
| 2012 (85th) | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | April 29, 1957 | Rooster (Fire) |
| 2013 (86th) | Matthew McConaughey | Dallas Buyers Club | November 4, 1969 | Rooster (Earth) |
| 2014 (87th) | Eddie Redmayne | The Theory of Everything | January 6, 1982 | Rooster (Metal) |
| 2015 (88th) | Leonardo DiCaprio | The Revenant | November 11, 1974 | Tiger (Wood) |
| 2016 (89th) | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea | August 12, 1975 | Rabbit (Wood) |
