Was Leo finally triumphant after all these years? It's been a long-awaited journey and now, Leonardo DiCaprio can finally call himself an Oscar Winner after winning the Best Actor award at the Academy Awards! DiCaprio beat out last year's winner Eddie Redmayne, who was nominated for The Danish Girl, as well as nominees Bryan Cranston for Trumbo, Matt Damon for The Martian and Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs, ending his streak of prior nominations but no wins.