8. Adrien Brody beats four former winners for Best Actor (2002)
The Pianist was a runaway hit, for some reason, and little known actor Adrien Brody went up against four Hollywood heavyweights and former winners for Best Actor; Nicolas Cage, Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, and the almost-always-winning Daniel Day-Lewis. Brody became a household name by the next day, not only being an Oscar winning underdog but giving presenter Halle Berry a very unplanned, intimate kiss as he accepted the award, afterward stating, "I bet they didn't tell you that was in the gift bag."
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