2003 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner
![The Pianist Adrien Brody](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-pianist-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
The Pianist
Adrien Brody
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
2003 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
![About Schmidt Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/about-schmidt-image.jpg)
About Schmidt
Jack Nicholson
![Adaptation. Nicolas Cage](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/adaptation.-spike-jonze-image.jpg)
Adaptation.
Nicolas Cage
![Gangs of New York Daniel Day-Lewis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gangs-of-new-york-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Gangs of New York
Daniel Day-Lewis
![The Quiet American Michael Caine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-quiet-american-phillip-noyce-image.jpg)