1976 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner
![One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-milos-forman-image.jpg)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Jack Nicholson
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
1976 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
![Dog Day Afternoon Al Pacino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dog-day-afternoon-sidney-lumet-image.jpg)
Dog Day Afternoon
Al Pacino
![Give 'em Hell, Harry! James Whitmore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/give-em-hell-harry-steve-binder-peter-h.-hunt-image.jpg)
Give ’em Hell, Harry!
James Whitmore
![The Man in the Glass Booth Maximilian Schell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-man-in-the-glass-booth-image.jpg)
The Man in the Glass Booth
Maximilian Schell
![The Sunshine Boys Walter Matthau](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sunshine-boys-herbert-ross-image.jpg)