Crossword clues for Best Actor of 2000:DENZELFirst Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar since Sir SidneyFREDRICMARCH1946 Best Actor winner for "The Best Years of Our Lives"GLADIATOR2000 film garnering Best Picture and Best Actor honorsEMILActor Jannings who won the first Best Actor OscarEMILActor Jannings, winner of the first Best Actor OscarDENZELHe won Best Actor the same year that Halle won Best ActressSIDNEYActor and director Poitier, the first black person to win an Oscar for best actorOTOOLEEight-time Best Actor nominee PeterALPACINOHe won the Best Actor Oscar for portraying Frank SladeFIRTH2011 Best ActorTRUEGRITMovie for which John Wayne won Best ActorBRODYBest Actor of 2002DENIROBest Actor of 1980REDBUTTONSBest Actor winner for "Sayonara"LENNYBRUCE1974 57-Across role (for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination)MATTHEWMCCONAUGBest Actor for "Dallas Buyers Club"TRACYTwo-time Best Actor winnerEMILJannings who won the first Best Actor OscarDENZEL2012 Best Actor nominee alongside Bradley, Daniel, Hugh, and JoaquinSCHELL1961 Best Actor MaximilianAHMEDActor Best guilty of voicing Jar Jar BinksTEDKRAMER1979 57-Across role (for which he won the Best Actor Oscar)WAYNEBest Actor, 1969LUKAS1943 Best Actor PaulDONAT1939 Best Actor RobertPETERHCNIFOnly posthumous Best Actor Oscar winnerHULCEOscar-nominated Best Actor for "Amadeus"NIVENBest Actor of 1958CARLBERNSTEIN1976 57-Across role (for which he received a BAFTA Best Actor nomination)SPACEY1999 Best Actor winnerBENIGNI1998 Best ActorADRIENBrody with a Best Actor OscarMILKBest Actor role for PennWHITAKER2006 Best ActorIAGO2016 Daniel Craig role that earned him a 2017 Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Actor in a PlayOTOOLEHe was nominated for two Best Actor Oscars for playing King Henry II in two separate filmsBURRBest Actor Tony-winning role for Odom, Jr.IRONSBest Actor of 1990JEREMYIRONSBest Actor of 1990KLINE2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play winner KevinLEEMARVINHe won the Best Actor Oscar for playing both Kid Shelleen and his desperado twinMUNIThe Story of Louis Pasteur Best Actor winner PaulREA1992 Best Actor nominee StephenPITTATMISSOURIEarly chapter in the bio of a two-time Best Actor Oscar nominee?EMILFirst Best Actor winner JanningsSIDCAESAR1951 Emmy winner for Best ActorTOMHANKSTwo-time Oscar winner for Best ActorJOSE1950's Best Actor FerrerJAMIE2004 Best Actor winner FoxxPENN2008 Best Actor winner