3. Lead Actor
The chances of winning best picture go way up if the lead actor is male. Less than one in five best pictures feature a female as the lead character. And it's not enough for the lead to just be male — white male leads are the winningest combination for best pictures.
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The exception representing the single "Southeast Asian/Indian" lead above is Indian actor Dev Patel for the film "Slumdog Millionaire," which won best picture in 2008.
