2017 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner
![Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/manchester-by-the-sea-kenneth-lonergan-image.jpg)
Manchester by the Sea
Casey Affleck
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.
2017 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
![Captain Fantastic Viggo Mortensen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/captain-fantastic-matt-ross-image.jpg)
Captain Fantastic
Viggo Mortensen
![Fences Denzel Washington](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fences-denzel-washington-image.jpg)
Fences
Denzel Washington
![Hacksaw Ridge Andrew Garfield](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hacksaw-ridge-mel-gibson-image.jpg)
Hacksaw Ridge
Andrew Garfield
![La La Land Ryan Gosling](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-la-land-damien-chazelle-image.jpg)