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2000s
2008
Sean Penn – Milk
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
2007
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
2006
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole – Venus
Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
2005
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck
Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
2004
Jamie Foxx – Ray
Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator
Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
2003
Sean Penn – Mystic River
Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law – Cold Mountain
Bill Murray – Lost in Translation
2002
Adrien Brody – The Pianist
Nicolas Cage – Adaptation
Michael Caine – The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt
2001
Denzel Washington – Training Day
Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind
Sean Penn – I Am Sam
Will Smith – Ali
Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom
2000
Russell Crowe – Gladiator
Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls
Tom Hanks – Cast Away
Ed Harris – Pollock
Geoffrey Rush – Quills
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1990s
1999
Kevin Spacey – American Beauty
Russell Crowe – The Insider
Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story
Sean Penn – Sweet and Lowdown
Denzel Washington – The Hurricane
1998
Roberto Benigni – Life is Beautiful
Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan
Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters
Nick Nolte – Affliction
Edward Norton – American History X
1997
Jack Nicholson – As Good As It Gets
Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting
Robert Duvall – The Apostle
Peter Fonda – Ulee's Gold
Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog
1996
Geoffrey Rush – Shine
Tom Cruise – Jerry Maquire
Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient
Woody Harrelson – The People vs Larry Flynt
Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade
1995
Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas
Richard Dreyfuss – Mr. Holland's Opus
Anthony Hopkins – Nixon
Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking
Massimo Troisi – Il Postino
1994
Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump
Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption
Nigel Hawthorne – The Madness of King George
Paul Newman – Nobody's Fool
John Travolta – Pulp Fiction
1993
Tom Hanks – Philadelphia
Laurence Fishburne – What's Love Got to Do With It
Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day
Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father
Liam Neeson – Schindler's List
1992
Al Pacino – Scent of a Woman
Robert Downey Jr – Chaplin
Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven
Stephen Rea – The Crying Game
Denzel Washington – Malcolm X
1991
Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs
Warren Beatty – Bugsy
Robert De Niro – Cape Fear
Nick Nolte – The Prince of Tides
Robin Williams – The Fisher King
1990
Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune
Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves
Robert De Niro – Awakenings
Gerard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac
Richard Harris – The Field
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1980s
1989
Daniel Day Lewis – My Left Foot
Kenneth Branagh – Henry V
Tom Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July
Morgan Freeman – Driving Miss Daisy
Robin Williams – Dead Poets Society
1988
Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man
Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning
Tom Hanks – Big
Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver
Max Von Sydow – Pelle the Conqueror
1987
Michael Douglas – Wall Street
William Hurt – Broadcast News
Marcello Mastrantonio – Dark Eyes
Jack Nicholson – Ironweed
Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam
1986
Paul Newman – The Color of Money
Dexter Gordon – Round Midnight
Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa
William Hurt – Children of a Lesser God
James Woods – Salvador
1985
William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman
James Garner – Murphy's Romance
Harrison Ford – Witness
Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor
Jon Voight – Runaway Train
1984
F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus
Jeff Bridges – Starman
Albert Finney – Under the Volcano
Tom Hulce – Amadeus
Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields
1983
Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies
Michael Caine – Educating Rita
Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben
Tom Courtenay – The Dresser
Albert Finney – The Dresser
1982
Ben Kingsley – Gandhi
Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie
Jack Lemmon – Missing
Paul Newman – The Verdict
Peter O'Toole – My Favorite Year
1981
Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond
Warren Beatty – Reds
Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City
Dudley Moore – Arthur
Paul Newman – Absence of Malice
1980
Robert De Niro – Raging Bull
Robert Duvall – The Great Santini
John Hurt – The Elephant Man
Jack Lemmon – Tribute
Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man
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1970s
1979
Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs Kramer
Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome
Al Pacino – ...And Justice For All
Peter Sellers – Being There
Roy Scheider – All That Jazz
1978
Jon Voight – Coming Home
Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait
Gary Busey – The Buddy Holly Story
Robert De Niro – The Deer Hunter
Laurence Olivier – The Boys From Brazil
1977
Richard Dreyfuss – The Goodbye Girl
Woody Allen – Annie Hall
Richard Burton – Equus
Marcello Mastrantonio – A Special Day
John Travolta – Saturday Night Fever
1976
Peter Finch – Network
Robert De Niro – Taxi Driver
Giancarlo Giannini – Seven Beauties
William Holden – Network
Sylvester Stallone – Rocky
1975
Jack Nicholson – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Walter Matthau – The Sunshine Boys
Al Pacino – Dog Day Afternoon
Maximillian Schell – The Man in the Glass Booth
James Whitmore – Give 'Em Hell, Harry!
1974
Art Carney – Harry and Tonto
Albert Finney – Murder on the Orient Express
Dustin Hoffman – Lenny
Jack Nicholson – Chinatown
Al Pacino – The Godfather, Part II
1973
Jack Lemmon – Save the Tiger
Marlon Brando – Last Tango in Paris
Jack Nicholson – The Last Detail
Al Pacino – Serpico
Robert Redford – The Sting
1972
Marlon Brando – The Godfather
Michael Caine – Sleuth
Laurence Olivier – Sleuth
Peter O'Toole – The Ruling Class
Paul Winfield – Sounder
1971
Gene Hackman – The French Connection
Peter Finch – Sundy, Bloody Sunday
Walther Matthau – Kotch
George C. Scott – The Hospital
Topol – Fiddler on the Roof
1970
George C. Scott – Patton
Melvyn Douglas – I Never Sang for My Father
James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope
Jack Nicholson – Five Easy Pieces
Ryan O'Neal – Love Story
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1960s
1969
John Wayne – True Grit
Richard Burton – Anne of the Thousand Days
Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy
Peter O'Toole – Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy
1968
Cliff Robertson – Charly
Alan Arkin – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Alan Bates – The Fixer
Ron Moody – Oliver!
Peter O'Toole – The Lion in Winter
1967
Rod Steiger – In the Heat of the Night
Warren Beatty – Bonnie and Clyde
Dustin Hoffman – The Graduate
Paul Newman – Cool Hand Luke
Spencer Tracy – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1966
Paul Scofield – A Man For All Seasons
Alan Arkin – The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
Richard Burton – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Caine – Alfie
Steve McQueen – The Sand Pebbles
1965
Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou
Richard Burton – The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Laurence Olivier – Othello
Rod Steiger – The Pawnbroker
Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools
1964
Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady
Richard Burton – Becket
Peter O'Toole – Becket
Anthony Quinn – Zorba the Greek
Peter Sellers – Dr. Strangelove
1963
Sidney Poitier – Lilies of the Field
Albert Finney – Tom Jones
Richard Harris – This Sporting Life
Rex Harrison – Cleopatra
Paul Newman – Hud
1962
Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird
Burt Lancaster – Birdman of Alcatraz
Jack Lemmon – Days of Wine and Roses
Marcello Mastrantonio – Divorce - Italian Style
Peter O'Toole – Lawrence of Arabia
1961
Maximillian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg
Charles Boyer – Fanny
Paul Newman – The Hustler
Spencer Tracy – Judgment at Nuremberg
Stuart Whitman – The Mark
1960
Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry
Trevor Howard – Sons and Lovers
Jack Lemmon – The Apartment
Laurence Olivier – The Entertainer
Spencer Tracy – Inherit the Wind
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1950s
1959
Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur
Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top
Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot
Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man
James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder
1958
David Niven – Separate Tables
Tony Curtis – The Defiant Ones
Paul Newman – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Sidney Poitier – The Defiant Ones
Spencer Tracy – The Old Man and the Sea
1957
Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Marlon Brando – Sayonara
Anthony Franciosa – A Hatful of Rain
Charles Laughton – Witness for the Prosecution
Anthony Quinn – Wild is the Wind
1956
Yul Brynner – The King and I
James Dean – Giant
Kirk Douglas – Lust for Life
Rock Hudson – Giant
Laurence Olivier – Richard III
1955
Ernest Borgnine – Marty
James Cagney – Love Me or Leave Me
James Dean – East of Eden
Frank Sinatra – The Man With the Golden Arm
Spencer Tracy – Bad Day at Black Rock
1954
Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront
Humphrey Bogart – The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby – The Country Girl
James Mason – A Star is Born
Dan O'Herlihy – Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1953
William Holden – Stalag 17
Marlon Brando – Julius Caesar
Richard Burton – The Robe
Montgomery Clift – From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster – From Here to Eternity
1952
Gary Cooper – High Noon
Marlon Brando – Viva Zapata!
Kirk Douglas – The Bad and the Beautiful
Jose Ferrer – Moulin Rouge
Alec Guinness – The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen
Marlon Brando – A Streetcar Named Desire
Montgomery Clift – A Place in the Sun
Arthur Kennedy – Bright Victory
Fredric March – Death of a Salesman
1950
Jose Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac
Louis Calhern – The Magnificent Yankee
William Holden – Sunset Boulevard
James Stewart – Harvey
Spencer Tracy – Father of the Bride
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1940s
1949
Broderick Crawford – All the King's Men
Kirk Douglas – Champion
Gregory Peck – Twelve O'Clock High
Richard Todd – The Hasty Heart
John Wayne – Sands of Iwo Jima
1948
Laurence Olivier – Hamlet
Lew Ayres – Johnny Belinda
Montgomery Clift – The Search
Dan Dailey – When My Baby Smiles at Me
Clifton Webb – Sitting Pretty
1947
Ronald Colman – A Double Life
John Garfield – Body and Soul
Gregory Peck – Gentleman's Agreement
William Powell – Life With Father
Michael Redgrave – Mourning Becomes Electra
1946
Fredric March – The Best Years of Our Lives
Laurence Olivier – Henry V
Larry Parks – The Jolson Story
Gregory Peck – The Yearling
James Stewart – It's a Wonderful Life
1945
Ray Milland – The Lost Weekend
Bing Crosby – The Bells of St. Mary's
Gene Kelly – Anchors Aweigh
Gregory Peck – The Keys of the Kingdom
Cornel Wilde – A Song to Remember
1944
Bing Crosby – Going My Way
Charles Boyer – Gaslight
Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way
Cary Grant – None But the Lonely Heart
Alexander Knox – Wilson
1943
Paul Lukas – Watch on the Rhine
Humphrey Bogart – Casablanca
Gary Cooper – For Whom the Bell Tolls
Walter Pidgeon – Madame Curie
Mickey Rooney – The Human Comedy
1942
James Cagney – Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ronald Colman – Random Harvest
Gary Cooper – The Pride of the Yankees
Walter Pidgeon – Mrs. Miniver
Monty Woolley – The Pied Piper
1941
Gary Cooper – Sergeant York
Cary Grant – Penny Serenade
Walter Huston – All That Money Can Buy
Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
1940
James Stewart – The Philadelphia Story
Charles Chaplin – The Great Dictator
Henry Fonda – The Grapes of Wrath
Raymond Massey – Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Laurence Olivier – Rebecca
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1930s
1939
Robert Donat – Goodbye Mr. Chips
Clark Gable – Gone with the Wind
Laurence Olivier – Wuthering Heights
Mickey Rooney – Babes in Arms
James Stewart – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1938
Spencer Tracy – Boys Town
Charles Boyer – Algiers
James Cagney – Angels with Dirty Faces
Robert Donat – The Citadel
Leslie Howard – Pygmalion
1937
Spencer Tracy – Captains Courageous
Charles Boyer – Conquest
Fredric March – A Star is Born
Robert Montgomery – Night Must Fall
Paul Muni – The Life of Emile Zola
1936
Paul Muni – The Story of Louis Pasteur
Gary Cooper – Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Walter Huston – Dodsworth
William Powell – My Man Godfrey
Spencer Tracy – San Francisco
1935
Victor McLaglen – The Informer
Clark Gable – Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Laughton – Mutiny on the Bounty
Paul Muni – Black Fury
Franchot Tone – Mutiny on the Bounty
1934
Clark Gable – It Happened One Night
Frank Morgan – Affairs of Cellini
William Powell – The Thin Man
1933
Charles Laughton – The Private Life of Henry VIII
Leslie Howard – Berkeley Square
Paul Muni – I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
1932
Fredric March – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Wallace Beery – The Champ (tie)
Alfred Lunt – The Guardsman
1931
Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul
Jackie Cooper – Skippy
Richard Dix – Cimarron
Fredric March – The Royal Family of Broadway
Adolphe Menjou – The Front Page
1930
George Arliss – Disraeli
George Arliss – The Green Goddess
Wallace Beery – The Big House
Maurice Chevalier – The Big Pond
Maurice Chevalier – The Love Parade
Ronald Colman – Bulldog Drummond
Ronald Colman – Condemned
Lawrence Tibbett – The Rogue Song
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1920s
1929
Warner Baxter – In Old Arizona
George Bancroft – Thunderbolt
Chester Morris – Alibi
Paul Muni – The Valiant
Lewis Stone – The Patriot
1928
Emil Jannings – The Last Command
Richard Barthelmess – The Noose
Richard Barthelmess – The Patent Leather Kid
Charles Chaplin – The Circus
Emil Jannings – The Way of All Flesh
