Youngest Oscar winner for Best Actor
- Who
- Adrien Brody
- When
- 23 March 2003
Adrien Brody (USA) (b. 14 April 1974) won the Best Actor Oscar on 23 March 2003 for his performance as 'Wladyslaw Szpilman' in The Pianist (France/Germany/UK/Poland 2002) aged 29 years 343 days.
| Name | Born | Film | Won | Age |
| Adrien Brody (USA) | 14 April 1974 | The Pianist (France/Germany/UK/Poland 2002) | 23 March 2003 | 29 years 343 days |
| Richard Dreyfuss (USA) | 29 October 1947 | The Goodbye Girl (USA 1977) | 3 April 1978 | 30 years 156 days |
| Marlon Brando (USA) | 3 April 1924 | On the Waterfront (USA 1954) | 30 March 1955 | 30 years 361 days |
| Maximillian Schell (Austria) | 8 December 1930 | Judgment at Nuremberg (USA 1961) | 9 April 1962 | 31 years 122 days |
| Nicholas Cage (USA) | 7 January 1964 | Leaving Las Vegas (USA 1995) | 25 March 1996 | 32 years 78 days |
| James Stewart (USA) | 20 May 1908 | The Philadelphia Story (USa 1940) | 27 March 1941 | 32 years 283 days |