On 15 January 2012 , Dujardin won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . He later went on to win the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor , and the BAFTA for Best Actor . He was also nominated for the César award of the best actor but lost it to '' Omar Sy '' for his role in the second most ever viewed movie in France '' Intouchables '' . Dujardin went on to win the Best Actor award at the 84th Academy Awards . In effect he is the fourth French actor to be nominated for an Oscar and the first to win the Best Actor . Following his Oscar nomination for his role in '' The Artist '' , WME agency signed the actor
84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
Jean Dujardin