1980 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner
![Kramer vs. Kramer Dustin Hoffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kramer-vs.-kramer-robert-benton-image.jpg)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Dustin Hoffman
Ted Kramer’s wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple’s son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.
1980 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
![...and justice for all. Al Pacino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/and-justice-for-all-norman-jewison-image.jpg)
…and justice for all.
Al Pacino
![All That Jazz Roy Scheider](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-that-jazz-bob-fosse-image.jpg)
All That Jazz
Roy Scheider
![Being There Peter Sellers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/being-there-hal-ashby-image.jpg)
Being There
Peter Sellers
![The China Syndrome Jack Lemmon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-china-syndrome-james-bridges-image.jpg)