Academy Award for Best Actor#2020s
{{short description|Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Academy Award for Best Actor
| image = File:Adrien_Brody-61584.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = The 2025 and 2003 recipient: Adrien Brody
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
| presenter = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
| country = United States
| year = {{start date and age|1929|5|16}} (for films released during the 1927/1928 film season)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (2024)
| most_awards = Daniel Day-Lewis (3)
| most_nominations = Laurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy (9)
| website = {{URL|oscars.org}}
}}
The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years’ Best Actor winners instead.
The Best Actor award has been presented 97 times, to 86 actors. The first winner was German actor Emil Jannings for his roles in The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927).{{cite news |url=http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/87aa_rules.pdf |page=1 |title=Rule One: Award Definitions |access-date=August 30, 2013 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021054540/http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/87aa_rules.pdf |archive-date=October 21, 2014}} The most recent winner is Adrien Brody for The Brutalist (2024); he previously won the award for The Pianist (2002) at the age of 29, making him the category's youngest winner. The record for most wins is three, held by Daniel Day-Lewis, and ten other actors have won twice. The record for most nominations is nine, held jointly by Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier. At the 5th Academy Awards in 1932, Fredric March finished one vote ahead of Wallace Beery; under the rules of the time this resulted in them sharing the award, the only time this has occurred.
Nominations process
Nominees are currently determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.{{cite news |url=http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/87aa_rules.pdf |page=8-7 |title=Rule Six: Special Rules for the Acting Awards |access-date=August 30, 2013 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021054540/http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/87aa_rules.pdf |archive-date=October 21, 2014}}
In the first three years of the awards, actors and actresses were nominated as the best individuals in their categories. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award.{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=56}} Despite this, at the 3rd Academy Awards, held in 1930, only one film was cited in each winner's award regardless of how many they were eligible to be considered for during that span.{{cite news|last=Dirks|first=Tim|title=1929–38 Academy Awards Winners and History|url=http://www.filmsite.org/aa29.html|access-date=August 30, 2013|work=Filmsite|publisher=Rainbow Media|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829021512/http://www.filmsite.org/aa29.html|archive-date=August 29, 2016}} The current system, in which an actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the 4th Academy Awards. Starting with the 9th Academy Awards, held in 1937, the category was limited to a maximum five nominations per year.
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| image1 = Emil Jannings - no watermark (cropped).jpg
| caption1 = Emil Jannings was the inaugural winner, for two films: The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927).
| image2 = Warner Baxter promo.jpg
| caption2 = Warner Baxter won for In Old Arizona (1928).
| image3 = George Arliss cph.3b31151 (cropped).jpg
| caption3 = George Arliss won for Disraeli (1929).
| image4 = Lionel Barrymore 2 (cropped).jpg
| caption4 = Lionel Barrymore won for A Free Soul (1931).
| image5 = Fredric March-1.jpg
| caption5 = Fredric March won twice, for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
| image6 = Wallace Beery-publicity (cropped).JPG
| caption6 = Wallace Beery won for The Champ (1931), in a tie with Fredric March.
| image7 = Charles Laughton-publicity2.JPG
| caption7 = Charles Laughton won for The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933).
| image8 = Gable, Clark 01.jpg
| caption8 = Clark Gable won for It Happened One Night (1934).
| image9 = Victor McLaglen, 1935.jpg
| caption9 = Victor McLaglen won for The Informer (1935).
| image10 = Paul Muni - Zola - 1936.jpg
| caption10 = Paul Muni won for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936).
| image11 = Spencer Tracy.jpg
| caption11 = Spencer Tracy was the first actor to consecutively win twice, for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938).
| image12 = Robert Donat Ghost Goes West 1935 Publicity 01 (cropped).png
| caption12 = Robert Donat won for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939).
| image13 = Annex - Stewart, James (Call Northside 777) 01.jpg
| caption13 = James Stewart won for The Philadelphia Story (1940).
| image14 = Gary Cooper 1936 (cropped).jpg
| caption14 = Gary Cooper won twice, for Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952).
| image15 = James cagney promo photo.jpg
| caption15 = James Cagney won for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).
| image16 = Paul Lukas - 1950.jpg
| caption16 = Paul Lukas won for Watch on the Rhine (1943).
| image17 = Bing Crosby Paramount Pictures (cropped).jpg
| caption17 = Bing Crosby won for Going My Way (1944).
| image18 = Ray Milland by A. L. Whitey Schafer, 1947 (cropped).jpg
| caption18 = Ray Milland won for The Lost Weekend (1945).
| image19 = Ronald Colman - publicity.jpg
| caption19 = Ronald Colman won for A Double Life (1947).
| image20 = Laurence Olivier - Rebecca.jpg
| caption20 = Laurence Olivier won for Hamlet (1948); first self-directed win (and simultaneous Best Picture).
| image21 = Broderick Crawford 1970.JPG
| caption21 = Broderick Crawford won for All the King's Men (1949).
| image22 = Jose Ferrer - 1952 headshot (re-cropped).jpg
| caption22 = José Ferrer won for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); Tony winner for the same role–first to accomplish this and the category's first latino winner.
| image23 = Humphrey Bogart 1940 (cropped).jpg
| caption23 = Humphrey Bogart won for The African Queen (1951).
| image24 = WILLIAMHolden.jpg
| caption24 = William Holden won for Stalag 17 (1953).
| image25 = Marlon Brando in The Men.jpg
| caption25 = Marlon Brando won twice, for On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972).
| image26 = Ernest Borgnine McHale McHale's Navy 1962 (cropped).JPG
| caption26 = Ernest Borgnine won for Marty (1955).
| image27 = Yul Brynner Anna and the King television 1972.JPG
| caption27 = Yul Brynner won for The King and I (1956); first Asian winner in category.
| image28 = Sir Alec Guinness Allan Warren (2).jpg
| caption28 = Alec Guinness won for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
| image29 = David Niven in Enchantment (1948) (cropped).jpg
| caption29 = David Niven won for Separate Tables (1958).
| image30 = Charlton Heston Civil Rights March 1963.jpg
| caption30 = Charlton Heston won for Ben-Hur (1959).
| image31 = Burt Lancaster - publicity 1947.JPG
| caption31 = Burt Lancaster won for Elmer Gantry (1960).
| image32 = Maximilian Schell - 1970-1.jpg
| caption32 = Maximilian Schell won for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
| image33 = Gregory Peck 1948.jpg
| caption33 = Gregory Peck won for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
| image34 = Sidney Poitier 1968.jpg
| caption34 = Sidney Poitier won for Lilies of the Field (1963); first black actor to win.
| image35 = Rex Harrison Allan Warren (cropped).jpg
| caption35 = Rex Harrison won for My Fair Lady (1964).
| image36 = Lee marvin 1971.JPG
| caption36 = Lee Marvin won for playing dual roles in Cat Ballou (1965).
| image37 = Paul Scofield Allan Warren.jpg
| caption37 = Paul Scofield won for A Man for All Seasons (1966).
| image38 = Rod Steiger 1964 (cropped).jpg
| caption38 = Rod Steiger won for In the Heat of the Night (1967).
| image39 = Cliffrobertson (trim).jpg
| caption39 = Cliff Robertson won for CHAЯLY (1968).
| image40 = John Wayne Publicity Photo 1952 (squared).jpg
| caption40 = John Wayne won for True Grit (1969).
| image41 = George C. Scott - publicity (squared).JPG
| caption41 = George C. Scott won for Patton (1970).
| image42 = GeneHackmanJun2108.jpg
| caption42 = Gene Hackman won for The French Connection (1971).
| image43 = Jack Lemmon 1988 ArM (cropped).jpg
| caption43 = Jack Lemmon won for Save the Tiger (1973).
| image44 = Art Carney - 1959.jpg
| caption44 = Art Carney won for Harry and Tonto (1974).
| image45 = Jack Nicholson 2001xx (cropped).jpg
| caption45 = Jack Nicholson won twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and As Good as It Gets (1997).
| image46 = Peter Finch 2.jpg
| caption46 = Peter Finch won for Network (1976); first actor to win posthumously.
| image47 = Richard Dreyfuss.jpg
| caption47 = Richard Dreyfuss won for The Goodbye Girl (1977).
| image48 = Jon Voight Cannes (cropped).jpg
| caption48 = Jon Voight won for Coming Home (1978).
| image49 = Dustin Hoffman - 1968 (cropped).jpg
| caption49 = Dustin Hoffman won twice, for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Rain Man (1988).
| image50 = RobertdeNiro26 (cropped).JPG
| caption50 = Robert De Niro won for Raging Bull (1980).
| image51 = Henry Fonda in Warlock (cropped).jpg
| caption51 = Henry Fonda won for On Golden Pond (1981)
| image52 = Sir Ben Kingsley, Panaji, Goa 11-30-09.jpg
| caption52 = Ben Kingsley won for Gandhi (1982).
| image53 = Robert Duvall (actor, at home, New York City apartment, 1984) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption53 = Robert Duvall won for Tender Mercies (1983).
| image54 = F Murray.Abraham cropped (cropped).jpg
| caption54 = F. Murray Abraham won for Amadeus (1984).
| image55 = History of Violence 002 William Hurt.jpg
| caption55 = William Hurt won for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
| image56 = Paul Newman 1958.jpg
| caption56 = Paul Newman won for The Color of Money (1986).
| image57 = Michael Douglas - Streets (cropped).JPG
| caption57 = Michael Douglas won for Wall Street (1987).
| image58 = Daniel Day-Lewis2 Berlinale 2008 (2).jpg
| caption58 = Daniel Day-Lewis won thrice, for My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012).
| image59 = SDCC 2015 - Jeremy Irons (19524260758) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption59 = Jeremy Irons won for Reversal of Fortune (1990).
| image60 = Anthony Hopkins cropped 2009.jpg
| caption60 = Anthony Hopkins won twice, for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and The Father (2020)—the latter rendering him the overall oldest acting winner, at age 83.
| image61 = Al Pacino.jpg
| caption61 = Al Pacino won for Scent of a Woman (1992).
| image62 = Tom Hanks TIFF 2019.jpg
| caption62 = Tom Hanks won twice consecutively, for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).
| image63 = Nicolas Cage Comic-Con 2011 (cropped).jpg
| caption63 = Nicolas Cage won for Leaving Las Vegas (1995).
| image64 = Geoffrey Rush Cannes 2011 (cropped).jpg
| caption64 = Geoffrey Rush won for Shine (1996).
| image65 = Benigni2 (cropped).jpg
| caption65 = Roberto Benigni won for Life Is Beautiful (1997); first Italian-spoken role to win for the category.
| image66 = Kevin Spacey, May 2013 (cropped).jpg
| caption66 = Kevin Spacey won for American Beauty (1999).
| image67 = Russell Crowe 1999.jpg
| caption67 = Russell Crowe won for Gladiator (2000).
| image68 = Denzel Washington 2012 (trimmed).jpg
| caption68 = Denzel Washington won for Training Day (2001).
| image69 = Sean Penn by Sachyn Mital (cropped).jpg
| caption69 = Sean Penn won twice, for Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008).
| image70 = TIFF 2019 jamie foxx (trimmed).jpg
| caption70 = Jamie Foxx won for Ray (2004).
| image71 = Philip Seymour Hoffman 2011 (cropped).jpg
| caption71 = Philip Seymour Hoffman won for Capote (2005).
| image72 = Forest Whitaker by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
| caption72 = Forest Whitaker won for The Last King of Scotland (2006).
| image73 = Jeff Bridges by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg
| caption73 = Jeff Bridges won for Crazy Heart (2009).
| image74 = Flickr - nicogenin - 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra) (56) Colin Firth (cropped).jpg
| caption74 = Colin Firth won for The King's Speech (2010).
| image75 = Jean Dujardin Cannes 2011 (cropped).jpg
| caption75 = Jean Dujardin won for The Artist (2011).
| image76 = Matthew McConaughey - Goldene Kamera 2014 - Berlin (cropped).jpg
| caption76 = Matthew McConaughey won for Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
| image77 = Eddie Redmayne (15033887819) (2).jpg
| caption77 = Eddie Redmayne won for The Theory of Everything (2014).
| image78 = Leonardo DiCaprio visited Goddard Saturday to discuss Earth science with Piers Sellers (26105091624) cropped.jpg
| caption78 = Leonardo DiCaprio won for The Revenant (2015).
| image79 = Casey Affleck at the Manchester by the Sea premiere (30199719155).jpg
| caption79 = Casey Affleck won for Manchester by the Sea (2016).
| image80 = Gary Oldman (13948780853) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption80 = Gary Oldman won for Darkest Hour (2017).
| image81 = Rami Malek in 2015 (portrait crop).jpg
| caption81 = Rami Malek won for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
| image82 = Joaquin Phoenix-2196 (cropped).jpg
| caption82 = Joaquin Phoenix won for Joker (2019).
| image83 = TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 - Day 1 (48834070763) (cropped).jpg
| caption83 = Will Smith won for King Richard (2021).
| image84 = Brendan Fraser October 2022.jpg
| caption84 = Brendan Fraser won for The Whale (2022).
| image85 = Cillian Murphy at Berlinale 2024, Ausschnitt.jpg
| caption85 = Cillian Murphy won for Oppenheimer (2023).
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Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year.{{harvnb|Crouse|2005|p=257}} For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31.{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=52}} For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.
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|+ Table key |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center" style="background:#FAEB86;" | ‡
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Indicates the winner |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center" style="background:#FAEB86;" | §
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Indicates winner who refused the award |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center" style="background:#FAEB86;" | †
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Indicates a posthumous winner |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"| †
| Indicates a posthumous nominee |
= 1920s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1927/28 (1st) | rowspan=2 style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Jannings|Emil Jannings}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}{{ref label|Jannings|A}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Alexander|Grand Duke Sergius Alexander}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Last|The Last Command}} |
|---|
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Schilling|August Schilling}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Way|The Way of All Flesh}} |
| rowspan=2 | {{sort|Barthelmess|Richard Barthelmess}}
| {{sort|Elkins|Nickie Elkins}} | {{sort|Noose|The Noose}} |
| Patent Leather Kid
| {{sort|Patent|The Patent Leather Kid}} |
| {{sort|Chaplin|Charlie Chaplin}}{{ref label|Chaplin|B}}
| {{sort|Tramp|The Tramp}} | {{sort|Circus|The Circus}} |{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/05/16/the-first-oscars-what-happened-in-1929/|first=Martin|last=Chilton|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=The first Oscars: what happened in 1929|access-date=February 25, 2021|url-access=subscription|date=May 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-date=May 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519015239/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/05/16/the-first-oscars-what-happened-in-1929/}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1928/29 (2nd) The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges. | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Baxter|Warner Baxter}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Cisco|The Cisco Kid}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | In Old Arizona |
| {{sort|Bancroft|George Bancroft}}
| {{sort|Lang|Thunderbolt Jim Lang}} |
| {{sort|Morris|Chester Morris}}
| {{sort|Williams|Chick Williams}} | Alibi |
| {{sort|Muni|Paul Muni}}
| {{sort|Dyke|James Dyke}} | {{sort|Valiant|The Valiant}} |
| {{sort|Stone|Lewis Stone}}
| {{sort|Pahlen|Count Pahlen}} | {{sort|Patriot|The Patriot}} |
= 1930s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=8 style="text-align:center" | 1929/30 (3rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Arliss|George Arliss}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}{{ref label|Arliss|C|1}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Disraeli|Benjamin Disraeli}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Disraeli |
|---|
| {{sort|Arliss|George Arliss}}
| {{sort|Raja|The Raja}} | {{sort|Green|The Green Goddess}} |
| {{sort|Beery|Wallace Beery}}
| {{sort|Schmidt|Butch "Machine Gun" Schmidt}} | {{sort|Big|The Big House}} |
| rowspan=2 | {{sort|Chevalier|Maurice Chevalier}} {{ref label|Arliss|C|2}}
| {{sort|Mirande|Pierre Mirande}} | {{sort|Big|The Big Pond}} |
| {{sort|Renard|Count Alfred Renard}}
| {{sort|Love|The Love Parade}} |
| rowspan=2 | {{sort|Colman|Ronald Colman}} {{ref label|Arliss|C|3}}
| {{sort|Drummond|Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond}} |
| Michel |
| {{sort|Tibbett|Lawrence Tibbett}}
| Yegor | {{sort|Rogue|The Rogue Song}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1930/31 (4th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Barrymore|Lionel Barrymore}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Ashe|Stephen Ashe}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Free|A Free Soul}} |
| {{sort|Cooper|Jackie Cooper}}
| {{sort|Skinner|Skippy Skinner}} | Skippy |
| {{sort|Dix|Richard Dix}}
| {{sort|Cravat|Yancey Cravat}} | Cimarron |
| {{sort|March|Fredric March}}
| {{sort|Cavendish|Tony Cavendish}} | {{sort|Royal|The Royal Family of Broadway}} |
| {{sort|Menjou|Adolphe Menjou}}
| {{sort|Burns|Walter Burns}} | {{sort|Front|The Front Page}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1931/32 (5th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Beery|Wallace Beery}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} (Tie) {{ref label|Tie|D|1}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Purcell|Andy "Champ" Purcell}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Champ|The Champ}} |
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|March|Fredric March}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} (Tie) {{ref label|Tie|D|2}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Jekyll|Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| {{sort|Lunt|Alfred Lunt}}
| {{sort|Actor|The Actor}} | {{sort|Guardsman|The Guardsman}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1932/33 (6th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Laughton|Charles Laughton}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Henry|King Henry VIII}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Private|The Private Life of Henry VIII}} |
| {{sort|Howard|Leslie Howard}}
| {{sort|Standish|Peter Standish}} |
| {{sort|Muni|Paul Muni}}
| {{sort|Allen|James Allen}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1934 (7th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gable|Clark Gable}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Warne|Peter Warne}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | It Happened One Night |
| {{sort|Morgan|Frank Morgan}}
| Alessandro, Duke of Florence | {{sort|Affairs|The Affairs of Cellini}} |
| {{sort|Powell|William Powell}}
| {{sort|Charles|Nick Charles}} | {{sort|Thin|The Thin Man}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1935 (8th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|McLaglen|Victor McLaglen}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Nolan|Gypo Nolan}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Informer|The Informer}} |
| {{sort|Gable|Clark Gable}}
| {{sort|Christian|Lt. Fletcher Christian}} |rowspan=2|Mutiny on the Bounty |
| {{sort|Laughton|Charles Laughton}}
| {{sort|Bligh|Captain William Bligh}} |
| {{sort|Muni|Paul Muni}} (Write-in){{ref label|Muni|E}}
| {{sort|Radek|Joe Radek}} |
| {{sort|Tone|Franchot Tone}}
| {{sort|Byam|Midshipman Roger Byam}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1936 (9th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Muni|Paul Muni}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Pasteur|Louis Pasteur}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Story|The Story of Louis Pasteur}} |
| {{sort|Cooper|Gary Cooper}}
| {{sort|Deeds|Longfellow Deeds}} |
| {{sort|Huston|Walter Huston}}
| {{sort|Dodsworth|Sam Dodsworth}} |
| {{sort|Powell|William Powell}}
| {{sort|Park|Godfrey Park}} |
| {{sort|Tracy|Spencer Tracy}}
| {{sort|Mullin|Father Tim Mullin}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1937 (10th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Tracy|Spencer Tracy}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Fidello|Manuel Fidello}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Captains Courageous |
| {{sort|Boyer|Charles Boyer}}
| {{sort|Bonaparte|Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte}} | Conquest |
| {{sort|March|Fredric March}}
| {{sort|Maine|Norman Maine}} | {{sort|Star|A Star Is Born}} |
| {{sort|Montgomery|Robert Montgomery}}
| Danny |
| {{sort|Muni|Paul Muni}}
| {{sort|Zola|Émile Zola}} | {{sort|Life|The Life of Emile Zola}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1938 (11th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Tracy|Spencer Tracy}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Flanagan|Father Edward Flanagan}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Boys Town |
| {{sort|Boyer|Charles Boyer}}
| {{sort|le Moko|Pepe le Moko}} | Algiers |
| {{sort|Cagney|James Cagney}}
| {{sort|Sullivan|Rocky Sullivan}} |
| {{sort|Donat|Robert Donat}}
| {{sort|Manson|Dr. Andrew Manson}} | {{sort|Citadel|The Citadel}} |
| {{sort|Howard|Leslie Howard}}
| {{sort|Higgins|Professor Henry Higgins}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1939 (12th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Donat|Robert Donat}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Chipping|Charles Edward Chipping}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| {{sort|Gable|Clark Gable}}
| {{sort|Butler|Rhett Butler}} |
| {{sort|Olivier|Laurence Olivier}} |
| {{sort|Rooney|Mickey Rooney}}
| {{sort|Moran|Mickey Moran}} |
| {{sort|Stewart|James Stewart}}
| {{sort|Smith|Jefferson Smith}} |
= 1940s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1940 (13th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Stewart|James Stewart}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Connor|Macaulay "Mike" Connor}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Philadelphia|The Philadelphia Story}} |
|---|
| {{sort|Chaplin|Charlie Chaplin}}
| {{sort|Hynkel|Adenoid Hynkel}} & The Barber | {{sort|Great|The Great Dictator}} |
| {{sort|Fonda|Henry Fonda}}
| {{sort|Joad|Tom Joad}} | {{sort|Grapes|The Grapes of Wrath}} |
| {{sort|Massey|Raymond Massey}}
| {{sort|Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln}} |
| {{sort|Olivier|Laurence Olivier}}
| {{sort|de Winter|Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter}} | Rebecca |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1941 (14th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Cooper|Gary Cooper}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|York|Sgt. Alvin York}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Sergeant York |
| {{sort|Grant|Cary Grant}}
| {{sort|Adams|Roger Adams}} |
| {{sort|Huston|Walter Huston}}
| {{sort|Scratch|Mr. Scratch}} | {{sort|Devil|The Devil and Daniel Webster}} |
| {{sort|Montgomery|Robert Montgomery}}
| {{sort|Pendleton|Joe Pendleton}} |
| {{sort|Welles|Orson Welles}}
| {{sort|Kane|Charles Foster Kane}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1942 (15th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Cagney|James Cagney}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Cohan|George M. Cohan}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| {{sort|Colman|Ronald Colman}}
| {{sort|Rainier|Charles Rainier}} |
| {{sort|Cooper|Gary Cooper}}
| {{sort|Gehrig|Lou Gehrig}} | {{sort|Pride|The Pride of the Yankees}} |
| {{sort|Pidgeon|Walter Pidgeon}}
| {{sort|Miniver|Clem Miniver}} |
| {{sort|Woolley|Monty Woolley}}
| Howard | {{sort|Pied|The Pied Piper}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1943 (16th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lukas|Paul Lukas}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Muller|Kurt Muller}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Watch on the Rhine |
| {{sort|Bogart|Humphrey Bogart}}
| {{sort|Blaine|Rick Blaine}} |
| {{sort|Cooper|Gary Cooper}}
| {{sort|Jordan|Robert Jordan}} |
| {{sort|Pidgeon|Walter Pidgeon}}
| {{sort|Curie|Pierre Curie}} |
| {{sort|Rooney|Mickey Rooney}}
| {{sort|Macauley|Homer Macauley}} | {{sort|Human|The Human Comedy}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1944 (17th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Crosby|Bing Crosby}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|O'Malley|Father Chuck O'Malley}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Going My Way |
| {{sort|Boyer|Charles Boyer}}
| {{sort|Anton|Gregory Anton}} | Gaslight |
| {{sort|Fitzgerald|Barry Fitzgerald}} {{ref label|Fitzgerald|F}}
| {{sort|Fitzgibbon|Father Fitzgibbon}} |
| {{sort|Grant|Cary Grant}}
| {{sort|Mott|Ernie Mott}} |
| {{sort|Knox|Alexander Knox}}
| {{sort|Wilson|Woodrow Wilson}} | Wilson |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1945 (18th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Milland|Ray Milland}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Birnam|Don Birnam}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lost|The Lost Weekend}} |
| {{sort|Crosby|Bing Crosby}}
| {{sort|O'Malley|Father Chuck O'Malley}} | {{sort|Bells|The Bells of St. Mary's}} |
| {{sort|Kelly|Gene Kelly}}
| {{sort|Brady|Joseph Brady}} |
| {{sort|Peck|Gregory Peck}}
| {{sort|Francis|Father Francis}} | {{sort|Keys|The Keys of the Kingdom}} |
| {{sort|Wilde|Cornel Wilde}}
| {{sort|Chopin|Frédéric Chopin}} | {{sort|Song|A Song to Remember}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1946 (19th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|March|Fredric March}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Stephenson|Platoon Sergeant Al Stephenson}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Best|The Best Years of Our Lives}} |
| {{sort|Olivier|Laurence Olivier}}
| {{sort|Henry|King Henry V of England}} | Henry V |
| {{sort|Parks|Larry Parks}}
| {{sort|Jolson|Al Jolson}} | {{sort|Jolson|The Jolson Story}} |
| {{sort|Peck|Gregory Peck}}
| {{sort|Baxter|Ezra "Penny" Baxter}} | {{sort|Yearling|The Yearling}} |
| {{sort|Stewart|James Stewart}}
| {{sort|Bailey|George Bailey}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1947 (20th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Colman|Ronald Colman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|John|Anthony John}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Double|A Double Life}} |
| {{sort|Garfield|John Garfield}}
| {{sort|Davis|Charlie Davis}} |
| {{sort|Peck|Gregory Peck}}
| {{sort|Green|Philip Schuyler Green}} |
| {{sort|Powell|William Powell}}
| {{sort|Day|Clarence Day Sr.}} |
| {{sort|Redgrave|Michael Redgrave}}
| {{sort|Mannon|Orin Mannon}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1948 (21st) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Olivier|Laurence Olivier}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Hamlet |
| {{sort|Ayres|Lew Ayres}}
| {{sort|Richardson|Dr. Robert Richardson}} |
| {{sort|Clift|Montgomery Clift}}
| {{sort|Stevenson|Ralph "Steve" Stevenson}} | {{sort|Search|The Search}} |
| {{sort|Dailey|Dan Dailey}}
| {{sort|Johnson|"Skid" Johnson}} |
| {{sort|Webb|Clifton Webb}}
| {{sort|Belevedre|Lynn Aloysius Belvedere}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1949 (22nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Crawford|Broderick Crawford}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Stark|Willie Stark}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | All the King's Men |
| {{sort|Douglas|Kirk Douglas}}
| {{sort|Kelly|Michael "Midge" Kelly}} | Champion |
| {{sort|Peck|Gregory Peck}}
| {{sort|Savage|Brig. General Frank Savage}} |
| {{sort|Todd|Richard Todd}}
| {{sort|MacLachlan|Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan}} | {{sort|Hasty|The Hasty Heart}} |
| {{sort|Wayne|John Wayne}}
| {{sort|Stryker|Sergeant John M. Stryker}} |
= 1950s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1950 (23rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Ferrer|José Ferrer}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|de Bergerac|Cyrano de Bergerac}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Cyrano de Bergerac |
|---|
| {{sort|Calhern|Louis Calhern}}
| {{sort|Holmes|Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.}} | {{sort|Magnificent|The Magnificent Yankee}} |
| {{sort|Holden|William Holden}}
| {{sort|Gillis|Joe Gillis}} |
| {{sort|Stewart|James Stewart}}
| {{sort|Dowd|Elwood P. Dowd}} | Harvey |
| {{sort|Tracy|Spencer Tracy}}
| {{sort|Banks|Stanley T. Banks}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1951 (24th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Bogart|Humphrey Bogart}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Allnut|Charlie Allnut}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|African|The African Queen}} |
| {{sort|Brando|Marlon Brando}}
| {{sort|Kowalski|Stanley Kowalski}} | {{sort|Streetcar|A Streetcar Named Desire}} |
| {{sort|Clift|Montgomery Clift}}
| {{sort|Eastman|George Eastman}} | {{sort|Place|A Place in the Sun}} |
| {{sort|Kennedy|Arthur Kennedy}}
| {{sort|Nevins|Larry Nevins}} |
| {{sort|March|Fredric March}}
| {{sort|Loman|Willy Loman}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1952 (25th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Cooper|Gary Cooper}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Kane|Marshal Will Kane}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | High Noon |
| {{sort|Brando|Marlon Brando}}
| {{sort|Zapata|Emiliano Zapata}} |
| {{sort|Douglas|Kirk Douglas}}
| {{sort|Shields|Jonathan Shields}} | {{sort|Bad|The Bad and the Beautiful}} |
| {{sort|Ferrer|José Ferrer}}
| {{sort|de Toulouse-Lautrec|Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec & Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec}} |
| {{sort|Guinness|Alec Guinness}}
| {{sort|Holland|Henry Holland}} | {{sort|Lavender|The Lavender Hill Mob}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1953 (26th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Holden|William Holden}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Sefton|Sgt. J.J. Sefton}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Stalag 17 |
| {{sort|Brando|Marlon Brando}}
| {{sort|Antony|Mark Antony}} |
| {{sort|Burton|Richard Burton}}
| {{sort|Gallio|Marcellus Gallio}} | {{sort|Robe|The Robe}} |
| {{sort|Clift|Montgomery Clift}}
| {{sort|Prewitt|Pvt. Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt}} | rowspan="2" |From Here to Eternity |
| {{sort|Lancaster|Burt Lancaster}}
| {{sort|Warden|1st Sgt. Milton Warden}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1954 (27th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Brando|Marlon Brando}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Malloy|Terry Malloy}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | On the Waterfront |
| {{sort|Bogart|Humphrey Bogart}}
| {{sort|Queeg|Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg}} | {{sort|Caine|The Caine Mutiny}} |
| {{sort|Crosby|Bing Crosby}}
| {{sort|Elgin|Frank Elgin}} | {{sort|Country|The Country Girl}} |
| {{sort|Mason|James Mason}}
| {{sort|Maine|Norman Maine}} | {{sort|Star|A Star Is Born}} |
| {{sort|O'Herlihy|Dan O'Herlihy}}
| {{sort|Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1955 (28th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Borgnine|Ernest Borgnine}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Piletti|Marty Piletti}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Marty |
| {{sort|Cagney|James Cagney}}
| {{sort|Snyder|Martin Snyder}} |
| {{sort|Dean|James Dean}} †
| {{sort|Trask|Cal Trask}} |
| {{sort|Sinatra|Frank Sinatra}}
| {{sort|Machine|Frankie Machine}} | {{sort|Man|The Man with the Golden Arm}} |
| {{sort|Tracy|Spencer Tracy}}
| {{sort|Macreedy|John J. Macreedy}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1956 (29th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Brynner|Yul Brynner}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Mongkut|King Mongkut of Siam}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|King|The King and I}} |
| {{sort|Dean|James Dean}} †
| {{sort|Rink|Jett Rink}} | Giant |
| {{sort|Douglas|Kirk Douglas}}
| {{sort|van Gogh|Vincent van Gogh}} |
| {{sort|Hudson|Rock Hudson}}
| {{sort|Benedict|Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr.}} | Giant |
| {{sort|Olivier|Laurence Olivier}}
| {{sort|Richard|King Richard III}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1957 (30th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Guinness|Alec Guinness}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Nicholson|Colonel Nicholson}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Bridge|The Bridge on the River Kwai}} |
| {{sort|Brando|Marlon Brando}}
| {{sort|Gruver|Major Lloyd "Ace" Gruver, USAF}} | Sayonara |
| {{sort|Franciosa|Anthony Franciosa}}
| {{sort|Pope|Polo Pope}} | {{sort|Hatful|A Hatful of Rain}} |
| {{sort|Laughton|Charles Laughton}}
| {{sort|Robarts|Sir Wilfrid Robarts}} |
| {{sort|Quinn|Anthony Quinn}}
| Gino |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1958 (31st) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Niven|David Niven}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Pollock|Major Angus Pollock}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Separate Tables |
| {{sort|Curtis|Tony Curtis}}
| {{sort|Jackson|John "Joker" Jackson}} | {{sort|Defiant|The Defiant Ones}} |
| {{sort|Newman|Paul Newman}}
| {{sort|Pollitt|Brick Pollitt}} |
| {{sort|Poitier|Sidney Poitier}}
| {{sort|Cullen|Noah Cullen}} |
| {{sort|Tracy|Spencer Tracy}}
| {{sort|Old|The Old Man}} | {{sort|Old|The Old Man and the Sea}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1959 (32nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Heston|Charlton Heston}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Ben-Hur|Judah Ben-Hur}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ben-Hur |
| {{sort|Harvey|Laurence Harvey}}
| {{sort|Lampton|Joe Lampton}} |
| {{sort|Lemmon|Jack Lemmon}}
| Jerry / Daphne |
| {{sort|Muni|Paul Muni}}
| {{sort|Abelman|Dr. Sam Abelman}} | {{sort|Last|The Last Angry Man}} |
| {{sort|Stewart|James Stewart}}
| {{sort|Biegler|Paul Biegler}} |
= 1960s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1960 (33rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lancaster|Burt Lancaster}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gantry|Elmer Gantry}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Elmer Gantry |
|---|
| {{sort|Howard|Trevor Howard}}
| {{sort|Morel|Walter Morel}} |
| {{sort|Lemmon|Jack Lemmon}}
| {{sort|Baxter|C. C. "Bud" Baxter}} | {{sort|Apartment|The Apartment}} |
| {{sort|Olivier|Laurence Olivier}}
| {{sort|Rice|Archie Rice}} | {{sort|Entertainer|The Entertainer}} |
| {{sort|Tracy|Spencer Tracy}}
| {{sort|Drummond|Henry Drummond}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1961 (34th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Schell|Maximilian Schell}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Rolfe|Hans Rolfe}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Judgment at Nuremberg |
| {{sort|Boyer|Charles Boyer}}
| Cesar | Fanny |
| {{sort|Newman|Paul Newman}}
| {{sort|Felson|"Fast" Eddie Felson}} | {{sort|Hustler|The Hustler}} |
| {{sort|Tracy|Spencer Tracy}}
| {{sort|Haywood|Chief Judge Dan Haywood}} |
| {{sort|Whitman|Stuart Whitman}}
| {{sort|Fuller|Jim Fuller}} | {{sort|Mark|The Mark}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1962 (35th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Peck|Gregory Peck}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Finch|Atticus Finch}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| {{sort|Lancaster|Burt Lancaster}}
| {{sort|Stroud|Robert Stroud}} |
| {{sort|Lemmon|Jack Lemmon}}
| {{sort|Clay|Joe Clay}} |
| {{sort|Mastroianni|Marcello Mastroianni}}
| {{sort|Cefalù|Ferdinando Cefalù}} |
| {{sort|O'Toole|Peter O'Toole}}
| {{sort|Lawrence|Thomas Edward Lawrence}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1963 (36th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Poitier|Sidney Poitier}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Smith|Homer Smith}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Lilies of the Field |
| {{sort|Finney|Albert Finney}}
| {{sort|Jones|Tom Jones}} |
| {{sort|Harris|Richard Harris}}
| {{sort|Machin|Frank Machin}} |
| {{sort|Harrison|Rex Harrison}}
| {{sort|Caesar|Julius Caesar}} |
| {{sort|Newman|Paul Newman}}
| {{sort|Bannon|Hud Bannon}} | Hud |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1964 (37th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Harrison|Rex Harrison}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Higgins|Professor Henry Higgins}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | My Fair Lady |
| {{sort|Burton|Richard Burton}}
| {{sort|Becket|Thomas Becket}} |rowspan=2|Becket |
| {{sort|O'Toole|Peter O'Toole}}
| {{sort|Henry|King Henry II}} |
| {{sort|Quinn|Anthony Quinn}}
| {{sort|Zorba|Alexis Zorba}} |
| {{sort|Sellers|Peter Sellers}}
| {{sort|Mandrake|Group Captain Lionel Mandrake}}, President Merkin Muffley, and Dr. Strangelove | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1965 (38th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Marvin|Lee Marvin}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Shelleen|Kid Shelleen}} & Tim Strawn | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Cat Ballou |
| {{sort|Burton|Richard Burton}}
| {{sort|Leamas|Alec Leamas}} | {{sort|Spy|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold}} |
| {{sort|Olivier|Laurence Olivier}}
| Othello | Othello |
| {{sort|Steiger|Rod Steiger}}
| {{sort|Nazerman|Sol Nazerman}} | {{sort|Pawnbroker|The Pawnbroker}} |
| {{sort|Werner|Oskar Werner}}
| {{sort|Schumann|Willie Schumann}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1966 (39th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Scofield|Paul Scofield}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|More|Sir Thomas More}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Man|A Man for All Seasons}} |
| {{sort|Arkin|Alan Arkin}}
| {{sort|Bozanov|Lt. Rozanov}} | {{sort|Russians|The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming}} |
| {{sort|Burton|Richard Burton}}
| George |
| {{sort|Caine|Michael Caine}}
| {{sort|Elkins|Alfie Elkins}} | Alfie |
| {{sort|McQueen|Steve McQueen}}
| {{sort|Holman|Jake Holman}} | {{sort|Sand|The Sand Pebbles}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1967 (40th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Steiger|Rod Steiger}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gillespie|Bill Gillespie}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | In the Heat of the Night |
| {{sort|Beatty|Warren Beatty}}
| {{sort|Barrow|Clyde Barrow}} |
| {{sort|Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman}}
| {{sort|Braddock|Benjamin Braddock}} | {{sort|Graduate|The Graduate}} |
| {{sort|Newman|Paul Newman}}
| {{sort|Jackson|Lucas "Luke" Jackson}} |
| {{sort|Tracy|Spencer Tracy}} †
| {{sort|Drayton|Matt Drayton}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1968 (41st) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Robertson|Cliff Robertson}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gordon|Charly Gordon}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Charly |
| {{sort|Arkin|Alan Arkin}}
| {{sort|Singer|John Singer}} | {{sort|Heart|The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter}} |
| {{sort|Bates|Alan Bates}}
| {{sort|Bok|Yakov Bok}} | {{Sort|Fixer|The Fixer}} |
| {{sort|Moody|Ron Moody}}
| Fagin | Oliver! |
| {{sort|O'Toole|Peter O'Toole}}
| {{sort|Henry|King Henry II}} | {{sort|Lion|The Lion in Winter}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1969 (42nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Wayne|John Wayne}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Cogburn|Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | True Grit |
| {{sort|Burton|Richard Burton}}
| {{sort|Henry|King Henry VIII}} |
| {{sort|Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman}}
| {{sort|Rizzo|Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo}} |
| {{sort|O'Toole|Peter O'Toole}}
| {{sort|Chipping|Arthur Chipping}} |
| {{sort|Voight|Jon Voight}}
| {{sort|Buck|Joe Buck}} |
= 1970s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1970 (43rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Scott|George C. Scott}} §{{harvnb|Thise|2008|p=236}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Patton|General George S. Patton Jr.}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Patton |
|---|
| {{sort|Douglas|Melvyn Douglas}}
| {{sort|Garrison|Tom Garrison}} |
| {{sort|Jones|James Earl Jones}}
| {{sort|Jefferson|Jack Jefferson}} | {{sort|Great|The Great White Hope}} |
| {{sort|Nicholson|Jack Nicholson}}
| {{sort|Dupea|Robert Eroica Dupea}} |
| {{sort|O'Neal|Ryan O'Neal}}
| {{sort|Barrett|Oliver Barrett IV}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1971 (44th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hackman|Gene Hackman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Doyle|Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|French|The French Connection}} |
| {{sort|Finch|Peter Finch}}
| {{sort|Hirsh|Dr. Daniel Hirsh}} |
| {{sort|Matthau|Walter Matthau}}
| {{sort|Kotcher|Joseph P. Kotcher}} | Kotch |
| {{sort|Scott|George C. Scott}}
| {{sort|Bock|Dr. Herbert Bock}} | {{sort|Hospital|The Hospital}} |
| Topol
| Tevye |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1972 (45th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Brando|Marlon Brando}} § | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Corleone|Vito Corleone}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Godfather1|The Godfather}} |
| {{sort|Caine|Michael Caine}}
| {{sort|Tindle|Milo Tindle}} |rowspan=2|Sleuth |
| {{sort|Olivier|Laurence Olivier}}
| {{sort|Wyke|Andrew Wyke}} |
| {{sort|O'Toole|Peter O'Toole}}
| {{sort|Gurney|Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney}} | {{sort|Ruling|The Ruling Class}} |
| {{sort|Winfield|Paul Winfield}}
| {{sort|Morgan|Nathan Lee Morgan}} | Sounder |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1973 (46th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lemmon|Jack Lemmon}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Stoner|Harry Stoner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Save the Tiger |
| {{sort|Brando|Marlon Brando}}
| Paul |
| {{sort|Nicholson|Jack Nicholson}}
| {{sort|Buddusky|Signalman 1st Class Billy L. "Badass" Buddusky}} | {{sort|Last|The Last Detail}} |
| {{sort|Pacino|Al Pacino}}
| {{sort|Serpico|Frank Serpico}} | Serpico |
| {{sort|Redford|Robert Redford}}
| {{sort|Hooker|Johnny "Kelly" Hooker}} | {{sort|Sting|The Sting}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1974 (47th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Carney|Art Carney}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Coombes|Harry Coombes}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Harry and Tonto |
| {{sort|Finney|Albert Finney}}
| {{sort|Poirot|Hercule Poirot}} |
| {{sort|Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman}}
| {{sort|Bruce|Lenny Bruce}} | Lenny |
| {{sort|Nicholson|Jack Nicholson}}
| {{sort|Gittes|J. J. "Jake" Gittes}} |
| {{sort|Pacino|Al Pacino}}
| {{sort|Corleone|Michael Corleone}} | {{sort|Godfather2|The Godfather Part II}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1975 (48th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Nicholson|Jack Nicholson}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|McMurphy|Randle Patrick McMurphy}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| {{sort|Matthau|Walter Matthau}}
| {{sort|Clark|Willy Clark}} | {{sort|Sunshine|The Sunshine Boys}} |
| {{sort|Pacino|Al Pacino}}
| {{sort|Wortzik|Sonny Wortzik}} |
| {{sort|Schell|Maximilian Schell}}
| {{sort|Goldman|Arthur Goldman}} | {{sort|Man|The Man in the Glass Booth}} |
| {{sort|Whitmore|James Whitmore}}
| {{sort|Truman|Harry S. Truman}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1976 (49th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Finch|Peter Finch}} † | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Beale|Howard Beale}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Network |
| {{sort|De Niro|Robert De Niro}}
| {{sort|Bickle|Travis Bickle}} |
| {{sort|Giannini|Giancarlo Giannini}}
| {{sort|Frafuso|Pasqualino Frafuso}} |
| {{sort|Holden|William Holden}}
| {{sort|Schumacher|Max Schumacher}} | Network |
| {{sort|Stallone|Sylvester Stallone}}
| {{sort|Balboa|Rocky Balboa}} | Rocky |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1977 (50th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Dreyfuss|Richard Dreyfuss}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Garfield|Elliot Garfield}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Goodbye|The Goodbye Girl}} |
| {{sort|Allen|Woody Allen}}
| {{sort|Singer|Alvy Singer}} |
| {{sort|Burton|Richard Burton}}
| {{sort|Dysart|Martin Dysart}} | Equus |
| {{sort|Mastroianni|Marcello Mastroianni}}
| Gabriele | {{sort|Special|A Special Day}} |
| {{sort|Travolta|John Travolta}}
| {{sort|Manero|Tony Manero}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1978 (51st) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Voight|Jon Voight}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Martin|Luke Martin}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Coming Home |
| {{sort|Beatty|Warren Beatty}}
| {{sort|Pendleton|Joe Pendleton / Leo Farnsworth / Tom Jarrett}} |
| {{sort|Busey|Gary Busey}}
| {{sort|Holly|Buddy Holly}} | {{sort|Buddy|The Buddy Holly Story}} |
| {{sort|De Niro|Robert De Niro}}
| {{sort|Vronsky|Michael Vronsky}} | {{sort|Deer|The Deer Hunter}} |
| {{sort|Olivier|Laurence Olivier}}
| {{sort|Lieberman|Ezra Lieberman}} | {{sort|Boys|The Boys from Brazil}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1979 (52nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Kramer|Ted Kramer}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Kramer vs. Kramer |
| {{sort|Lemmon|Jack Lemmon}}
| {{sort|Godell|Jack Godell}} | {{sort|China|The China Syndrome}} |
| {{sort|Pacino|Al Pacino}}
| {{sort|Kirkland|Arthur Kirkland}} |
| {{sort|Scheider|Roy Scheider}}
| {{sort|Gideon|Joe Gideon}} |
| {{sort|Sellers|Peter Sellers}}
| {{sort|Gardiner|Chance the gardener / Chauncey Gardiner}} |
= 1980s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1980 (53rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|De Niro|Robert De Niro}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|LaMotta|Jake LaMotta}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Raging Bull |
|---|
| {{sort|Duvall|Robert Duvall}}
| {{sort|Meechum|Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meechum}} | {{sort|Great|The Great Santini}} |
| {{sort|Hurt|John Hurt}}
| {{sort|Merrick|John Merrick}} | {{sort|Elephant|The Elephant Man}} |
| {{sort|Lemmon|Jack Lemmon}}
| {{sort|Templeton|Scottie Templeton}} | Tribute |
| {{sort|O'Toole|Peter O'Toole}}
| {{sort|Cross|Eli Cross}} | {{sort|Stunt|The Stunt Man}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1981 (54th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Fonda|Henry Fonda}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Thayer|Norman Thayer Jr.}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | On Golden Pond |
| {{sort|Beatty|Warren Beatty}}
| {{sort|Reed|John "Jack" Reed}} | Reds |
| {{sort|Lancaster|Burt Lancaster}}
| {{sort|Pascal|Lou Pascal}} |
| {{sort|Moore|Dudley Moore}}
| {{sort|Bach|Arthur Bach}} | Arthur |
| {{sort|Newman|Paul Newman}}
| {{sort|Gallagher|Michael Gallagher}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1982 (55th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Kingsley|Ben Kingsley}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Gandhi |
| {{sort|Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman}}
| {{sort|Dorsey|Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels}} | Tootsie |
| {{sort|Lemmon|Jack Lemmon}}
| {{sort|Horman|Edmund Horman}} | Missing |
| {{sort|Newman|Paul Newman}}
| {{sort|Galvin|Frank Galvin}} | {{sort|Verdict|The Verdict}} |
| {{sort|O'Toole|Peter O'Toole}}
| {{sort|Swann|Alan Swann}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1983 (56th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Duvall|Robert Duvall}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Sledge|Mac Sledge}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Tender Mercies |
| {{sort|Caine|Michael Caine}}
| {{sort|Bryant|Dr. Frank Bryant}} |
| {{sort|Conti|Tom Conti}}
| {{sort|McGland|Gowan McGland}} |
| {{sort|Courtenay|Tom Courtenay}}
| Norman | rowspan="2" | {{sort|Dresser|The Dresser}} |
| {{sort|Finney|Albert Finney}}
| Sir |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1984 (57th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Abraham|F. Murray Abraham}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Salieri|Antonio Salieri}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Amadeus |
| {{sort|Bridges|Jeff Bridges}}
|Scott “Starman” Hayden | Starman |
| {{sort|Finney|Albert Finney}}
| {{sort|Firmin|Geoffrey Firmin}} |
| {{sort|Hulce|Tom Hulce}}
| {{sort|Amadeus|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}} | Amadeus |
| {{sort|Waterston|Sam Waterston}}
| {{sort|Schanberg|Sydney Schanberg}} | {{sort|Killing|The Killing Fields}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1985 (58th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hurt|William Hurt}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Molina|Luis Molina}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| {{sort|Ford|Harrison Ford}}
| {{sort|Book|John Book}} | Witness |
| {{sort|Garner|James Garner}}
| {{sort|Jones|Murphy Jones}} |
| {{sort|Nicholson|Jack Nicholson}}
| {{sort|Partanna|Charley Partanna}} |
| {{sort|Voight|Jon Voight}}
| {{sort|Manheim|Oscar "Manny" Manheim}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1986 (59th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Newman|Paul Newman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Felson|"Fast" Eddie Felson}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Color|The Color of Money}} |
| {{sort|Gordon|Dexter Gordon}}
| {{sort|Turner|Dale Turner}} |
| {{sort|Hoskins|Bob Hoskins}}
| George |
| {{sort|Hurt|William Hurt}}
| {{sort|Leeds|James Leeds}} |
| {{sort|Woods|James Woods}}
| {{sort|Boyle|Richard Boyle}} | Salvador |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1987 (60th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Douglas|Michael Douglas}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gekko|Gordon Gekko}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Wall Street |
| {{sort|Hurt|William Hurt}}
| {{sort|Grunick|Tom Grunick}} |
| {{sort|Mastroianni|Marcello Mastroianni}}
| Romano Patroni |
| {{sort|Nicholson|Jack Nicholson}}
| {{sort|Phelan|Francis Phelan}} | Ironweed |
| {{sort|Williams|Robin Williams}}
| {{sort|Cronauer|Adrian Cronauer}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1988 (61st) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Babbitt|Raymond Babbitt}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Rain Man |
| {{sort|Hackman|Gene Hackman}}
| {{sort|Anderson|Rupert Anderson}} |
| {{sort|Hanks|Tom Hanks}}
| {{sort|Baskin|Josh Baskin}} | Big |
| {{sort|Olmos|Edward James Olmos}}
| {{sort|Escalante|Jaime Escalante}} |
| {{sort|von Sydow|Max von Sydow}}
| Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1989 (62nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Day-Lewis|Daniel Day-Lewis}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Brown|Christy Brown}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | My Left Foot |
| {{sort|Branagh|Kenneth Branagh}}
| {{sort|Henry|King Henry V}} | Henry V |
| {{sort|Cruise|Tom Cruise}}
| {{sort|Kovic|Ron Kovic}} |
| {{sort|Freeman|Morgan Freeman}}
| {{sort|Colburn|Hoke Colburn}} |
| {{sort|Williams|Robin Williams}}
| {{sort|Keating|John Keating}} |
= 1990s =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Actor ! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990 (63rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Irons|Jeremy Irons}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|von Bülow|Claus von Bülow}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Reversal of Fortune |
| {{sort|Costner|Kevin Costner}}
| {{sort|Dunbar|Lt. John J. Dunbar}} |
| {{sort|De Niro|Robert De Niro}}
| {{sort|Lowe|Leonard Lowe}} |
| {{sort|Depardieu|Gérard Depardieu}}
| {{sort|de Bergerac|Cyrano de Bergerac}} |
| {{sort|Harris|Richard Harris}}
| {{sort|McCabe|"Bull" McCabe}} | {{sort|Field|The Field}} |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991 (64th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hopkins|Anthony Hopkins}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lecter|Dr. Hannibal Lecter}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Silence|The Silence of the Lambs}} |
| {{sort|Beatty|Warren Beatty}}
| {{sort|Siegel|Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel}} | Bugsy |
| {{sort|De Niro|Robert De Niro}}
| {{sort|Cady|Max Cady}} |
| {{sort|Nolte|Nick Nolte}}
| {{sort|Wingo|Tom Wingo}} | {{sort|Prince|The Prince of Tides}} |
| {{sort|Williams|Robin Williams}}
| {{sort|Sagan|Henry "Parry" Sagan}} | {{sort|Fisher|The Fisher King}} |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992 (65th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Pacino|Al Pacino}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Slade|Lt. Col. Frank Slade}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Scent of a Woman |
| {{sort|Downey|Robert Downey Jr.}}
| {{sort|Chaplin|Charlie Chaplin}} | Chaplin |
| {{sort|Eastwood|Clint Eastwood}}
| {{sort|Munny|Will Munny}} |
| {{sort|Rea|Stephen Rea}}
| Fergus | {{sort|Crying|The Crying Game}} |
| {{sort|Washington|Denzel Washington}} |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993 (66th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hanks|Tom Hanks}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Beckett|Andrew Beckett}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Philadelphia |
| {{sort|Day-Lewis|Daniel Day-Lewis}}
| {{sort|Conlon|Gerard "Gerry" Conlon}} |
| {{sort|Fishburne|Laurence Fishburne}}
| {{sort|Turner|Ike Turner}} |
| {{sort|Hopkins|Anthony Hopkins}}
| {{sort|Stevens|James Stevens}} | {{sort|Remains|The Remains of the Day}} |
| {{sort|Neeson|Liam Neeson}}
| {{sort|Schindler|Oskar Schindler}} |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1994 (67th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hanks|Tom Hanks}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gump|Forrest Gump}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Forrest Gump |
| {{sort|Freeman|Morgan Freeman}}
| {{sort|Redding|Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding}} | {{sort|Shawshank|The Shawshank Redemption}} |
| {{sort|Hawthorne|Nigel Hawthorne}}
| {{sort|George|King George III}} | {{sort|Madness|The Madness of King George}} |
| {{sort|Newman|Paul Newman}}
| {{sort|Sullivan|Donald "Sully" Sullivan}} |
| {{sort|Travolta|John Travolta}}
| {{sort|Vega|Vincent Vega}} |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 (68th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Cage|Nicolas Cage}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Sanderson|Ben Sanderson}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Leaving Las Vegas |
| {{sort|Dreyfuss|Richard Dreyfuss}}
| {{sort|Holland|Glenn Holland}} |
| {{sort|Hopkins|Anthony Hopkins}}
| {{sort|Nixon|Richard Nixon}} | Nixon |
| {{sort|Penn|Sean Penn}}
| {{sort|Poncelet|Matthew Poncelet}} |
| {{sort|Troisi|Massimo Troisi}} †
| {{sort|Ruoppolo|Mario Ruoppolo}} |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 (69th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Rush|Geoffrey Rush}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Helfgott|David Helfgott}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Shine |
| {{sort|Cruise|Tom Cruise}}
| {{sort|Maguire|Jerry Maguire}} |
| {{sort|Fiennes|Ralph Fiennes}}
| {{sort|de Almásy|Count László de Almásy}} | {{sort|English|The English Patient}} |
| {{sort|Harrelson|Woody Harrelson}}
| {{sort|Flynt|Larry Flynt}} | {{sort|People|The People vs. Larry Flynt}} |
| {{sort|Thornton|Billy Bob Thornton}}
| {{sort|Childers|Karl Childers}} |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 (70th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Nicholson|Jack Nicholson}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Udall|Melvin Udall}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | As Good as It Gets |
| {{sort|Damon|Matt Damon}}
| {{sort|Hunting|Will Hunting}} |
| {{sort|Duvall|Robert Duvall}}
| {{sort|Dewey|Euliss "Sonny" Dewey / The Apostle E. F.}} | {{sort|Apostle|The Apostle}} |
| {{sort|Fonda|Peter Fonda}}
| {{sort|Jackson|Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson}} |
| {{sort|Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman}}
| {{sort|Motss|Stanley Motss}} |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 (71st) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Benigni|Roberto Benigni}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Orefice|Guido Orefice}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Life Is Beautiful |
| {{sort|Hanks|Tom Hanks}}
| {{sort|Miller|Captain John H. Miller}} |
| {{sort|McKellen|Ian McKellen}}
| {{sort|Whale|James Whale}} |
| {{sort|Nolte|Nick Nolte}}
| {{sort|Whitehouse|Wade Whitehouse}} |
| {{sort|Norton|Edward Norton}}
| {{sort|Vinyard|Derek Vinyard}} |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999 (72nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Spacey|Kevin Spacey}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Burnham|Lester Burnham}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | American Beauty |
| {{sort|Crowe|Russell Crowe}}
| {{sort|Wigand|Jeffrey Wigand}} | {{sort|Insider|The Insider}} |
| {{sort|Farnsworth|Richard Farnsworth}}
| {{sort|Straight|Alvin Straight}} | {{sort|Straight|The Straight Story}} |
| {{sort|Penn|Sean Penn}}
| {{sort|Ray|Emmet Ray}} |
| {{sort|Washington|Denzel Washington}}
| {{sort|Carter|Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter}} | {{sort|Hurricane|The Hurricane}} |
= 2000s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2000 (73rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Crowe|Russell Crowe}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Meridius|Maximus Decimus Meridius}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Gladiator |
|---|
| {{sort|Bardem|Javier Bardem}}
| {{sort|Arenas|Reinaldo Arenas}} |
| {{sort|Hanks|Tom Hanks}}
| {{sort|Noland|Chuck Noland}} |
| {{sort|Harris|Ed Harris}}
| {{sort|Pollock|Jackson Pollock}} | Pollock |
| {{sort|Rush|Geoffrey Rush}}
| {{sort|de Sade|Marquis de Sade}} | Quills |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2001 (74th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Washington|Denzel Washington}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Harris|Detective Alonzo Harris}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Training Day |
| {{sort|Crowe|Russell Crowe}}
| {{sort|Nash|John Forbes Nash Jr.}} | {{sort|Beautiful|A Beautiful Mind}} |
| {{sort|Penn|Sean Penn}}
| {{sort|Dawson|Sam Dawson}} | I Am Sam |
| {{sort|Smith|Will Smith}}
| {{sort|Ali|Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali}} | Ali |
| {{sort|Wilkinson|Tom Wilkinson}}
| {{sort|Fowler|Dr. Matt Fowler}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2002 (75th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Brody|Adrien Brody}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Szpilman|Władysław Szpilman}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Pianist|The Pianist}} |
| {{sort|Cage|Nicolas Cage}}
| {{sort|Kaufman|Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman}} |
| {{sort|Caine|Michael Caine}}
| {{sort|Fowler|Thomas Fowler}} | {{sort|Quiet|The Quiet American}} |
| {{sort|Day-Lewis|Daniel Day-Lewis}}
| {{sort|Cutting|William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting}} |
| {{sort|Nicholson|Jack Nicholson}}
| {{sort|Schmidt|Warren R. Schmidt}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2003 (76th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Penn|Sean Penn}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Markum|Jimmy Markum}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Mystic River |
| {{sort|Depp|Johnny Depp}}
| {{sort|Sparrow|Captain Jack Sparrow}} |
| {{sort|Kingsley|Ben Kingsley}}
| {{sort|Behrani|Col. Massoud Amir Behrani}} |
| {{sort|Law|Jude Law}}
| {{sort|Inman|W. P. Inman}} |
| {{sort|Murray|Bill Murray}}
| {{sort|Harris|Bob Harris}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2004 (77th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Foxx|Jamie Foxx}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Charles|Ray Charles}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ray |
| {{sort|Cheadle|Don Cheadle}}
| {{sort|Rusesabagina|Paul Rusesabagina}} |
| {{sort|Depp|Johnny Depp}}
| {{sort|Barrie|Sir James Matthew Barrie}} |
| {{sort|DiCaprio|Leonardo DiCaprio}}
| {{sort|Hughes|Howard Hughes}} | {{sort|Aviator|The Aviator}} |
| {{sort|Eastwood|Clint Eastwood}}
| {{sort|Dunn|Frankie Dunn}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2005 (78th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hoffman|Philip Seymour Hoffman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Capote|Truman Capote}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Capote |
| {{sort|Howard|Terrence Howard}}
| DJay |
| {{sort|Ledger|Heath Ledger}}
| {{sort|Del Mar|Ennis Del Mar}} |
| {{sort|Phoenix|Joaquin Phoenix}}
| {{sort|Cash|Johnny Cash}} |
| {{sort|Strathairn|David Strathairn}}
| {{sort|Murrow|Edward R. Murrow}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2006 (79th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Whitaker|Forest Whitaker}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Amin|Idi Amin}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Last|The Last King of Scotland}} |
| {{sort|DiCaprio|Leonardo DiCaprio}}
| {{sort|Archer|Danny Archer}} |
| {{sort|Gosling|Ryan Gosling}}
| {{sort|Dunne|Dan Dunne}} |
| {{sort|O'Toole|Peter O'Toole}}
| {{sort|Russell|Maurice Russell}} | Venus |
| {{sort|Smith|Will Smith}}
| {{sort|Gardner|Chris Gardner}} | {{sort|Pursuit|The Pursuit of Happyness}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2007 (80th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Day-Lewis|Daniel Day-Lewis}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Plainview|Daniel Plainview}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | There Will Be Blood |
| {{sort|Clooney|George Clooney}}
| {{sort|Clayton|Michael Clayton}} |
| {{sort|Depp|Johnny Depp}}
| {{sort|Barker|Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker}} |
| {{sort|Jones|Tommy Lee Jones}}
| {{sort|Deerfield|Hank Deerfield}} |
| {{sort|Mortensen|Viggo Mortensen}}
| {{sort|Luzhin|Nikolai Luzhin}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2008 (81st) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Penn|Sean Penn}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Milk|Harvey Milk}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Milk |
| {{sort|Jenkins|Richard Jenkins}}
| {{sort|Vale|Walter Vale}} | {{sort|Visitor|The Visitor}} |
| {{sort|Langella|Frank Langella}}
| {{sort|Nixon|Richard Nixon}} |
| {{sort|Pitt|Brad Pitt}}
| {{sort|Button|Benjamin Button}} | {{sort|Curious|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button}} |
| {{sort|Rourke|Mickey Rourke}}
| {{sort|Robinson|Randy "The Ram" Robinson}} | {{sort|Wrestler|The Wrestler}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2009 (82nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Bridges|Jeff Bridges}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Blake|Otis "Bad" Blake}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Crazy Heart |
| {{sort|Clooney|George Clooney}}
| {{sort|Bingham|Ryan Bingham}} |
| {{sort|Firth|Colin Firth}}
| {{sort|Falconer|George Falconer}} | {{sort|Single|A Single Man}} |
| {{sort|Freeman|Morgan Freeman}}
| {{sort|Mandela|Nelson Mandela}} | Invictus |
| {{sort|Renner|Jeremy Renner}}
| {{sort|James|SFC William James}} | {{sort|Hurt|The Hurt Locker}} |
= 2010s=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2010 (83rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Firth|Colin Firth}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|George|King George VI}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|King's|The King's Speech}} |
|---|
| {{sort|Bardem|Javier Bardem}}
| Uxbal | {{sort|Biutiful|Biutiful}} |
| {{sort|Bridges|Jeff Bridges}}
| {{sort|Cogburn|Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn}} |
| {{sort|Eisenberg|Jesse Eisenberg}}
| {{sort|Zuckerberg|Mark Zuckerberg}} | {{sort|Social|The Social Network}} |
| {{sort|Franco|James Franco}}
| {{sort|Ralston|Aron Ralston}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2011 (84th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Dujardin|Jean Dujardin}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Valentin|George Valentin}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Artist|The Artist}} |
| {{sort|Bichir|Demián Bichir}}
| {{sort|Galindo|Carlos Galindo}} | {{sort|Better|A Better Life}} |
| {{sort|Clooney|George Clooney}}
| {{sort|King|Matt King}} | {{sort|Descendants|The Descendants}} |
| {{sort|Oldman|Gary Oldman}}
| {{sort|Smiley|George Smiley}} |
| {{sort|Pitt|Brad Pitt}}
| {{sort|Beane|Billy Beane}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2012 (85th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Day-Lewis|Daniel Day-Lewis}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Lincoln |
| {{sort|Cooper|Bradley Cooper}}
| {{sort|Solitano|Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr.}} |
| {{sort|Jackman|Hugh Jackman}}
| {{sort|Valjean|Jean Valjean}} |
| {{sort|Phoenix|Joaquin Phoenix}}
| {{sort|Quell|Freddie Quell}} | {{sort|Master|The Master}} |
| {{sort|Washington|Denzel Washington}}
| {{sort|Whitaker|William "Whip" Whitaker}} | Flight |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2013 (86th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|McConaughey|Matthew McConaughey}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Woodruff|Ron Woodroof}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Dallas Buyers Club |
| {{sort|Bale|Christian Bale}}
| {{sort|Rosenfeld|Irving Rosenfeld}} |
| {{sort|Dern|Bruce Dern}}
| {{sort|Grant|Woodrow "Woody" Grant}} | Nebraska |
| {{sort|DiCaprio|Leonardo DiCaprio}}
| {{sort|Belfort|Jordan Belfort}} | {{sort|Wolf|The Wolf of Wall Street}} |
| {{sort|Ejiofor|Chiwetel Ejiofor}}
| {{sort|Northup|Solomon Northup}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2014 (87th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Redmayne|Eddie Redmayne}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hawking|Stephen Hawking}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Theory|The Theory of Everything}} |
| {{sort|Carell|Steve Carell}}
| {{sort|du Pont|John du Pont}} |
| {{sort|Cooper|Bradley Cooper}}
| {{sort|Kyle|Chris Kyle}} |
| {{sort|Cumberbatch|Benedict Cumberbatch}}
| {{sort|Turing|Alan Turing}} | {{sort|Imitation|The Imitation Game}} |
| {{sort|Keaton|Michael Keaton}}
| {{sort|Thomson|Riggan Thomson}} | Birdman |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2015 (88th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|DiCaprio|Leonardo DiCaprio}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Glass|Hugh Glass}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Revenant|The Revenant}} |
| {{sort|Cranston|Bryan Cranston}}
| {{sort|Trumbo|Dalton Trumbo}} | Trumbo |
| {{sort|Damon|Matt Damon}}
| {{sort|Watney|Mark Watney}} | {{sort|Martian|The Martian}} |
| {{sort|Fassbender|Michael Fassbender}}
| {{sort|Jobs|Steve Jobs}} |
| {{sort|Redmayne|Eddie Redmayne}}
| {{sort|Elbe|Lili Elbe}} | {{sort|Danish|The Danish Girl}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2016 (89th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Affleck|Casey Affleck}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Chandler|Lee Chandler}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Manchester by the Sea |
| {{sort|Garfield|Andrew Garfield}}
| {{sort|Doss|Desmond Doss}} |
| {{sort|Gosling|Ryan Gosling}}
| {{sort|Wilder|Sebastian Wilder}} |
| {{sort|Mortensen|Viggo Mortensen}}
| {{sort|Cash|Ben Cash}} |
| {{sort|Washington|Denzel Washington}}
| {{sort|Maxson|Troy Maxson}} | Fences |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2017 (90th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Oldman|Gary Oldman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Churchill|Winston Churchill}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Darkest Hour |
| {{sort|Chalamet|Timothée Chalamet}}
| {{sort|Perlman|Elio Perlman}} |
| {{sort|Day-Lewis|Daniel Day-Lewis}}
| {{sort|Woodcock|Reynolds Woodcock}} |
| {{sort|Kaluuya|Daniel Kaluuya}}
| {{sort|Washington|Chris Washington}} | Get Out |
| {{sort|Washington|Denzel Washington}}
| {{sort|Israel|Roman J. Israel}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2018 (91st) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Malek|Rami Malek}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Mercury|Freddie Mercury}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| {{sort|Bale|Christian Bale}}
| {{sort|Cheney|Dick Cheney}} | Vice |
| {{sort|Cooper|Bradley Cooper}}
| {{sort|Maine|Jackson Maine}} | {{sort|Star|A Star Is Born}} |
| {{sort|Dafoe|Willem Dafoe}}
| {{sort|van Gogh|Vincent van Gogh}} |
| {{sort|Mortensen|Viggo Mortensen}}
| {{sort|Vallelonga|Anthony "Tony Lip" Vallelonga}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2019 (92nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Phoenix|Joaquin Phoenix}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Fleck|Arthur Fleck / Joker}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Joker |
| {{sort|Banderas|Antonio Banderas}}
| {{sort|Mallo|Salvador Mallo}} |
| {{sort|DiCaprio|Leonardo DiCaprio}}
| {{sort|Dalton|Rick Dalton}} |
| {{sort|Driver|Adam Driver}}
| {{sort|Barber|Charlie Barber}} |
| {{sort|Pryce|Jonathan Pryce}}
| {{sort|Bergoglio|Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio}} | {{sort|Two|The Two Popes}} |
=2020s=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Actor ! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Film ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| rowspan="5" | 2020/21 The eligibility period for the 93rd ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. (93rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hopkins|Anthony Hopkins}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Anthony | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Father|The Father}} |
|---|
| {{sort|Ahmed|Riz Ahmed}}
| {{sort|Stone|Ruben Stone}} |
| {{sort|Boseman|Chadwick Boseman}} †
| {{sort|Green|Levee Green}} |
| {{sort|Oldman|Gary Oldman}}
| {{sort|Mankiewicz|Herman J. Mankiewicz}} | Mank |
| {{sort|Yeun|Steven Yeun}}
| {{sort|Yi|Jacob Yi}} | Minari |
| rowspan="5" | 2021 (94th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Smith|Will Smith}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Williams|Richard Williams}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | King Richard |
| {{sort|Bardem|Javier Bardem}}
| {{sort|Arnaz|Desi Arnaz}} |
| {{sort|Cumberbatch|Benedict Cumberbatch}}
| {{sort|Burbank|Phil Burbank}} | {{sort|Power|The Power of the Dog}} |
| {{sort|Garfield|Andrew Garfield}}
| {{sort|Larson|Jonathan Larson}} |
| {{sort|Washington|Denzel Washington}}
| {{sort|Macbeth|Lord Macbeth}} | {{sort|Tragedy|The Tragedy of Macbeth}} |
| rowspan="5" | 2022 (95th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Fraser|Brendan Fraser}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Charlie | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Whale|The Whale}} |
| {{sort|Butler|Austin Butler}}
| {{sort|Presley|Elvis Presley}} | Elvis |
| {{sort|Farrell|Colin Farrell}}
| {{sort|Súilleabháin|Pádraic Súilleabháin}} | {{sort|Banshees|The Banshees of Inisherin}} |
| {{sort|Mescal|Paul Mescal}}
| {{sort|Patterson|Calum Patterson}} | Aftersun |
| {{sort|Nighy|Bill Nighy}}
| {{sort|Williams|Rodney Williams}} | Living |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2023 (96th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Murphy|Cillian Murphy}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Oppenheimer|J. Robert Oppenheimer}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Oppenheimer |
| {{sort|Cooper|Bradley Cooper}}
| {{sort|Bernstein|Leonard Bernstein}} | Maestro |
| {{sort|Domingo|Colman Domingo}}
| {{sort|Rustin|Bayard Rustin}} | Rustin |
| {{sort|Giamatti|Paul Giamatti}}
| {{sort|Hunham|Paul Hunham}} | {{sort|Holdovers|The Holdovers}} |
| {{sort|Wright|Jeffrey Wright}}
| {{sort|Ellison|Thelonious "Monk" Ellison}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2024 (97th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Brody|Adrien Brody}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Tóth|László Tóth}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Brutalist|The Brutalist}} |
| {{sort|Chalamet|Timothée Chalamet}}
| {{sort|Dylan|Bob Dylan}} | {{sort|Complete|A Complete Unknown}} |
| {{sort|Domingo|Colman Domingo}}
| {{sort|Whitfield|John "Divine G" Whitfield}} |
| {{sort|Fiennes|Ralph Fiennes}}
| {{sort|Lawrence|Cardinal Thomas Lawrence}} | Conclave |
| {{sort|Stan|Sebastian Stan}}
| {{sort|Trump|Donald Trump}} | {{sort|Apprentice|The Apprentice}} |
Multiple awards and nominations
{{see also|List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actor in a Leading Role}}
The following individuals won two or more Academy Awards for Best Actor:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" width="55" | Wins ! scope="col" | Actor ! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations |
| 3
| 6 |
| rowspan=10 | 2
| 9 |
| Jack Nicholson
| 8 |
| Marlon Brando
| rowspan=2 | 7 |
| Dustin Hoffman |
| Gary Cooper
| rowspan=4 | 5 |
| Tom Hanks |
| Fredric March |
| Sean Penn |
| Anthony Hopkins
| rowspan=1 | 4 |
| Adrien Brody
| rowspan=1 | 2 |
{{main|List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories#Most nominations by category (actor)}}
The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations ! scope="col" | Actor |
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 9 |
| Spencer Tracy |
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 8 |
| Jack Nicholson |
| Peter O'Toole |
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 7 |
| Dustin Hoffman |
| Jack Lemmon |
| Denzel Washington |
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 6 |
| Daniel Day-Lewis |
| Paul Muni |
| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center" | 5 |
| Robert De Niro |
| Leonardo DiCaprio |
| Tom Hanks |
| Fredric March |
| Al Pacino |
| Gregory Peck |
| Sean Penn |
| James Stewart |
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 4 |
| Charles Boyer |
| Michael Caine |
| Bradley Cooper |
| Albert Finney |
| Anthony Hopkins |
| Burt Lancaster |
| rowspan=26 style="text-align:center" | 3 |
| Humphrey Bogart |
| Jeff Bridges |
| James Cagney |
| Montgomery Clift |
| George Clooney |
| Ronald Colman |
| Bing Crosby |
| Russell Crowe |
| Johnny Depp |
| Kirk Douglas |
| Robert Duvall |
| Morgan Freeman |
| Clark Gable |
| William Holden |
| William Hurt |
| Charles Laughton |
| Marcello Mastroianni |
| Viggo Mortensen |
| Gary Oldman |
| Joaquin Phoenix |
| William Powell |
| Will Smith |
| Jon Voight |
| Robin Williams |
Age superlatives
{{Main|List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actor in a Leading Role}}
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" | Record
! scope="col" | Actor ! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Age ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| style="height:4.5em;"
| Oldest Winner | rowspan="2"|Anthony Hopkins | rowspan="2"|The Father | rowspan="2"|2020 | rowspan="2"|83 |
| style="height:4.5em;"
| Oldest Nominee |
| style="height:4.5em;"
| Youngest Winner | 2002 | 29 |
| style="height:4.5em;"
| Youngest Nominee | Skippy | 1931 | 9 |
Films with multiple Leading Actor nominations
Winners are in bold.
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) – Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, and Franchot Tone
- Going My Way (1944) – Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald
- From Here to Eternity (1953) – Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster
- Giant (1956) – James Dean and Rock Hudson
- The Defiant Ones (1958) – Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) – Maximilian Schell and Spencer Tracy
- Becket (1964) – Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole
- Midnight Cowboy (1969) – Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight
- Sleuth (1972) – Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier
- Network (1976) – Peter Finch and William Holden
- The Dresser (1983) – Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney
- Amadeus (1984) – F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce
Multiple character nominations
The following were nominated for their portrayals of the same fictional or non-fictional character in separate films (including variations of the original).
Winners are in bold.
- Cyrano de Bergerac from Cyrano de Bergerac (José Ferrer, 1950) and Cyrano de Bergerac (Gérard Depardieu, 1990)
- Eddie "Fast Eddie" Felson from The Hustler (Paul Newman, 1961) and The Color of Money (Paul Newman, 1986)
- Father Chuck O'Malley from Going My Way (Bing Crosby, 1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (Bing Crosby, 1945)
- Joe Pendleton from Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Robert Montgomery, 1941) and Heaven Can Wait (Warren Beatty, 1978)
- King Henry II from Becket (Peter O'Toole, 1964) and The Lion in Winter (Peter O'Toole, 1968)
- King Henry V from Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1946) and Henry V (Kenneth Branagh, 1989)
- King Henry VIII from The Private Life of Henry VIII (Charles Laughton, 1933) and Anne of the Thousand Days (Richard Burton, 1969)
- Mr. Chipping from Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Robert Donat, 1939) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Peter O'Toole, 1969)
- Norman Maine ({{ne|Hinkle}}/{{ne|Ernest (Sidney) Gubbins}}) from A Star Is Born (Fredric March, 1937) and A Star Is Born (James Mason, 1954)
- Jackson "Jack" Maine from A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper, 2018)
- President Abraham Lincoln from Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Raymond Massey, 1940) and Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis, 2012)
- President Richard Nixon from Nixon (Anthony Hopkins, 1995) and Frost/Nixon (Frank Langella, 2008)
- Professor Henry Higgins from Pygmalion (Leslie Howard, 1938) and My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison, 1964)
- Rooster Cogburn from True Grit (John Wayne, 1969) and True Grit (Jeff Bridges, 2010)
- Vincent van Gogh from Lust for Life (Kirk Douglas, 1956) and At Eternity's Gate (Willem Dafoe, 2018)
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- All Academy Award acting nominees
- List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories
- List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- List of Academy Award–nominated films
Notes
{{refbegin}}
:A{{note|Jannings}}: According to longstanding Hollywood legend,{{cite news |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/08/29/the-dog-star |title=The Dog Star |first1=Susan |last1=Orlean |date=August 29, 2011 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=January 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128134105/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/08/29/the-dog-star |archive-date=January 28, 2015|ref=none}} reported by Susan Orlean,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/04/award-oscar-dog-rin-tin-tin |title=Award posthumous Oscar to dog star Rin Tin Tin, says biographer |first1=Xan |last1=Brooks |work=The Guardian |access-date=January 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112315/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/04/award-oscar-dog-rin-tin-tin |archive-date=January 28, 2015}} Rin Tin Tin actually received the most Best Actor votes, but the Academy (not wishing to give the first award to a dog) refactored the votes to ensure that Jannings won.{{harvnb|Orlean|2011|pp=88–89}}
:B{{note|Chaplin}}:The Circus originally received three nominations: Best Director (Comedy Picture), Best Actor, and Best Writing (Original Story) {{ndash}} for Charles Chaplin. However, the Academy subsequently decided to remove Chaplin's name from the competitive award categories and instead to confer upon him a Special Award "for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus".
:C{{note label|Arliss||1}}{{note label|Arliss||2}}{{note label|Arliss||3}}: Rules at the time of the first three ceremonies allowed for a performer to receive a single nomination which could honor their work in more than one film. George Arliss, Maurice Chevalier, and Ronald Colman were all nominated for two different roles in the same category. Current Academy rules forbid this from happening. No official reason was ever given as to why Arliss won the award for only one of the two films he was listed for.{{cite news|last=Rooney|first=David|title=On the double-bubble|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/on-the-double-bubble-1117896294/|work=Variety|access-date=August 30, 2013|date=November 25, 2003|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113216/http://variety.com/2003/film/news/on-the-double-bubble-1117896294/|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}
:D{{note label|Tie||1}}{{note label|Tie||2}}: Fredric March received one more vote than Wallace Beery. Academy rules at that time considered such a close margin to be a tie, so both March and Beery received the award. Under the current rules, it is stipulated that a tie must result in the exact same number of votes.{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=116}}
:E{{note|Muni}}: As with the previous year, when the Academy relaxed the rules to allow write-in votes following the outcry over Bette Davis's snub for Of Human Bondage, the Academy permitted write-in votes this year as well. Thus, Paul Muni received a write-in nomination for his performance in Black Fury, and actually finished second in the votes. Although as with Davis the previous year, the Academy does not recognize these two as "official nominees", they are nevertheless listed on the official website amongst their respective years' nominations for posterity's sake.{{cite web|url=https://immortalephemera.com/53841/black-fury-1935/|title=Black Fury (1935) – Paul Muni Stars in Another Ripped from the Headlines Story|access-date=August 15, 2023|date=August 6, 2014|last=Alperti|first=Cliff|website=Immortal Ephemera|archive-date=August 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815190937/https://immortalephemera.com/53841/black-fury-1935/|url-status=live}}
:F{{note|Fitzgerald}}: Due to category confusion, Barry Fitzgerald received nominations (each for the same performance as Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way) in both the leading and supporting actor categories for 1944, winning the Oscar for the latter. As a result of this fiasco, the Academy amended its rules so that if any actor or actress received enough votes to land in the final five nominees for both again, they would only receive the nomination for the category in which they obtained the larger percentage of recognition.{{cite web |last1=Mosley |first1=Matthew |title=This Was the Only Time an Actor Was Oscar-Nominated in Two Categories for the Same Film |url=https://collider.com/barry-fitzgerald-going-my-way-oscar-nominations/#:~:text=Crosby%20may%20have%20played%20the,Paramount%20in%20an%20awkward%20spot. |website=Collider |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en-US |date=18 July 2023 |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816053710/https://collider.com/barry-fitzgerald-going-my-way-oscar-nominations/#:~:text=Crosby%20may%20have%20played%20the,Paramount%20in%20an%20awkward%20spot. |url-status=live }}
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External links
{{Commons}}
- [http://www.oscars.org/ Oscars.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122140142/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/ |date=January 22, 2009 }} (official Academy site)
- [http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ The Academy Awards Database]{{cbignore}} (official site)
- [http://oscar.go.com Oscar.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909025935/http://oscar.go.com/ |date=September 9, 2014 }} (official ceremony promotional site)
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