Maryland News Best Actor Oscars February 25, 2012 / 6:32 AM EST / CBS News Sean Penn (2008) Daniel Day Lewis (2007) Forest Whitaker (2006) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Jamie Foxx (2004) Sean Penn (2003) Adrien Brody (2002) Denzel Washington (2001) Russell Crowe (2000) Roberto Benigni (1998) Jack Nicholson (1997) Geoffrey Rush (1996) Nicolas Cage (1995) Tom Hanks (1994) Tom Hanks (1993) Al Pacino (1992) Daniel Day Lewis (1989) Dustin Hoffman (1988) Michael Douglas (1987) Paul Newman (1986) William Hurt (1985) Robert Duvall (1983) Robert DeNiro (1980)