Year |
Actor |
Film |
Role(s) |
Ref. |
1927/28 (1st) |
Jannings !Emil Jannings [A] |
Last !The Last Command The Way of All Flesh |
Grand Duke Sergius Alexander August Schilling |
[11] |
Barthelmess !Richard Barthelmess |
Noose !The Noose The Patent Leather Kid |
Elkins !Nickie Elkins Patent Leather Kid |
1928/29 (2nd) |
Baxter !Warner Baxter |
In Old Arizona |
Cisco !The Cisco Kid |
[12] |
Bancroft !George Bancroft |
Thunderbolt |
Lang !Thunderbolt Jim Lang |
Morris !Chester Morris |
Alibi |
Williams !Chick Williams (No. 1065) |
Muni !Paul Muni |
Valiant !The Valiant |
Dyke !James Dyke |
Stone !Lewis Stone |
Patriot !The Patriot |
Pahlen !Count Pahlen |
1929/30 (3rd) |
Arliss !George Arliss [B] |
Disraeli The Green Goddess |
Benjamin Disraeli The Raja |
[13] |
Beery !Wallace Beery |
Big !The Big House |
Schmidt !Butch 'Machine Gun' Schmidt |
Chevalier !Maurice Chevalier [B] |
Big !The Big Pond The Love Parade |
Mirande !Pierre Mirande Count Alfred Renard |
Colman !Ronald Colman [B] |
Bulldog !Bulldog Drummond Condemned |
Drummond !Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond Michel |
Tibbett !Lawrence Tibbett |
Rogue !The Rogue Song |
Yegor |
1930/31 (4th) |
Barrymore !Lionel Barrymore |
Free !A Free Soul |
Ashe !Stephen Ashe |
[14] |
Cooper !Jackie Cooper |
Skippy |
Skinner !Skippy Skinner |
Dix !Richard Dix |
Cimarron |
Cravat !Yancey Cravat |
March !Fredric March |
Royal !The Royal Family of Broadway |
Cavendish !Tony Cavendish |
Menjou !Adolphe Menjou |
Front !The Front Page |
Burns !Walter Burns |
1931/32 (5th) |
Beery !Wallace Beery [C] |
Champ !The Champ |
Purcell !Andy "Champ" Purcell |
[15] |
March !Fredric March [C] |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Jekyll !Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde |
Lunt !Alfred Lunt |
Guardsman !The Guardsman |
Actor !The Actor |
1932/33 (6th) |
Laughton !Charles Laughton |
Private !The Private Life of Henry VIII |
Henry !King Henry VIII of England |
[16] |
Howard !Leslie Howard |
Berkeley Square |
Standish !Peter Standish |
Muni !Paul Muni |
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang |
Allen !James Allen |
1934 (7th) |
Gable !Clark Gable |
It Happened One Night |
Warne !Peter Warne |
[17] |
Morgan !Frank Morgan |
Affairs !The Affairs of Cellini |
de' Medici !Alessandro – Duke of Florence |
Powell !William Powell |
Thin !The Thin Man |
Charles !Nick Charles |
1935 (8th) |
McLaglen !Victor McLaglen |
Informer !The Informer |
Nolan !Gypo Nolan |
[18] |
Gable !Clark Gable |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
Christian !Lieutenant Fletcher Christian |
Laughton !Charles Laughton |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
Bligh !Captain William Bligh |
Tone !Franchot Tone |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
Byam !Midshipman Roger Byam |
Muni !Paul Muni [D] |
Black Fury |
Radek !Joe Radek |
1936 (9th) |
Muni !Paul Muni |
Story !The Story of Louis Pasteur |
Pasteur !Louis Pasteur |
[19] |
Cooper !Gary Cooper |
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
Deeds !Longfellow Deeds |
Huston !Walter Huston |
Dodsworth |
Dodsworth !Sam Dodsworth |
Powell !William Powell |
My Man Godfrey |
Park !Godfrey Park |
Tracy !Spencer Tracy |
San Francisco |
Mullin !Father Tim Mullin |
1937 (10th) |
Tracy !Spencer Tracy |
Captains Courageous |
Manuel |
[20] |
Boyer !Charles Boyer |
Conquest |
Bonaparte !Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte |
March !Fredric March |
Star !A Star Is Born |
Maine !Norman Maine |
Montgomery !Robert Montgomery |
Night Must Fall |
Danny |
Muni !Paul Muni |
Life !The Life of Emile Zola |
Zola !Émile Zola |
1938 (11th) |
Tracy !Spencer Tracy |
Boys Town |
Flanagan !Father Flanagan |
[21] |
Boyer !Charles Boyer |
Algiers |
Pepe le Moko |
Cagney !James Cagney |
Angels with Dirty Faces |
Sullivan !Rocky Sullivan |
Donat !Robert Donat |
Citadel !The Citadel |
Manson !Dr. Andrew Manson |
Howard !Leslie Howard |
Pygmalion |
Higgins !Professor Henry Higgins |
1939 (12th) |
Donat !Robert Donat |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
Charles Edward Chipping |
[22] |
Gable !Clark Gable |
Gone with the Wind |
Butler !Rhett Butler |
Olivier !Laurence Olivier |
Wuthering Heights |
Heathcliff |
Rooney !Mickey Rooney |
Babes in Arms |
Moran !Mickey Moran |
Stewart !James Stewart |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
Smith !Jefferson Smith |
1940 (13th) |
Stewart !James Stewart |
Philadelphia !The Philadelphia Story |
Macaulay "Mike" Connor |
[23] |
Chaplin !Charles Chaplin |
Great !The Great Dictator |
Hynkel !Adenoid Hynkel/The Barber |
Fonda !Henry Fonda |
Grapes !The Grapes of Wrath |
Joad !Tom Joad |
Massey !Raymond Massey |
Abe !Abe Lincoln in Illinois |
Lincoln !Abraham Lincoln |
Olivier !Laurence Olivier |
Rebecca |
de Winter !'Maxim' de Winter |
1941 (14th) |
Cooper !Gary Cooper |
Sergeant York |
Sgt. Alvin C. York |
[24] |
Grant !Cary Grant |
Penny Serenade |
Adams !Roger Adams |
Huston !Walter Huston |
Devil !The Devil and Daniel Webster |
Scratch !Mr. Scratch |
Montgomery !Robert Montgomery |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
Pendleton !Joe Pendleton |
Welles !Orson Welles |
Citizen Kane |
Kane !Charles Foster Kane |
1942 (15th) |
Cagney !James Cagney |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Cohan !George M. Cohan |
[25] |
Colman !Ronald Colman |
Random Harvest |
Rainer !Charles Rainier |
Cooper !Gary Cooper |
Pride !The Pride of the Yankees |
Gehrig !Lou Gehrig |
Pidgeon !Walter Pidgeon |
Mrs. Miniver |
Miniver !Clem Miniver |
Woolley !Monty Woolley |
Pied !The Pied Piper |
Howard |
1943 (16th) |
Lukas !Paul Lukas |
Watch on the Rhine |
Muller !Kurt Muller |
[26] |
Bogart !Humphrey Bogart |
Casablanca |
Blaine !Rick Blaine |
Cooper !Gary Cooper |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
Jordan !Robert Jordan |
Pidgeon !Walter Pidgeon |
Madame Curie |
Curie !Pierre Curie |
Rooney !Mickey Rooney |
Human !The Human Comedy |
Macauley !Homer Macauley |
1944 (17th) |
Crosby !Bing Crosby |
Going My Way |
O'Malley !Father Chuck O'Malley |
[27] |
Boyer !Charles Boyer |
Gaslight |
Anton !Gregory Anton |
Fitzgerald !Barry Fitzgerald |
Going My Way |
Fitzgibbon !Father Fitzgibbon |
Grant !Cary Grant |
None but the Lonely Heart |
Mott !Ernie Mott |
Knox !Alexander Knox |
Wilson |
Wilson !Woodrow Wilson |
1945 (18th) |
Milland !Ray Milland |
Lost !The Lost Weekend |
Birnam !Don Birnam |
[28] |
Crosby !Bing Crosby |
Bells !The Bells of St. Mary's |
O'Malley !Father Chuck O'Malley |
Kelly !Gene Kelly |
Anchors Aweigh |
Brady !Joseph Brady |
Peck !Gregory Peck |
Keys !The Keys of the Kingdom |
Francis !Father Francis |
Wilde !Cornel Wilde |
Song !A Song to Remember |
Chopin !Frédéric Chopin |
1946 (19th) |
March !Fredric March |
Best !The Best Years of Our Lives |
Stephenson !Al Stephenson |
[29] |
Olivier !Laurence Olivier |
Henry V |
Henry !King Henry V of England |
Parks !Larry Parks |
Jolson !The Jolson Story |
Jolson !Al Jolson |
Peck !Gregory Peck |
Yearling !The Yearling |
Baxter !Ezra "Penny" Baxter |
Stewart !James Stewart |
It's a Wonderful Life |
Bailey !George Bailey |
1947 (20th) |
Colman !Ronald Colman |
Double !A Double Life |
John !Anthony John |
[30] |
Garfield !John Garfield |
Body and Soul |
Davis !Charlie Davis |
Peck !Gregory Peck |
Gentleman's Agreement |
Green !Philip Schuyler Green |
Powell !William Powell |
Life with Father |
Day !Clarence Day, Sr. |
Redgrave !Michael Redgrave |
Mourning Becomes Electra |
Mannon !Orin Mannon |
1948 (21st) |
Olivier !Laurence Olivier |
Hamlet |
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark |
[31] |
Ayres !Lew Ayres |
Johnny Belinda |
Richardson !Dr. Robert Richardson |
Clift !Montgomery Clift |
Search !The Search |
Stevenson !Ralph "Steve" Stevenson |
Dailey !Dan Dailey |
When My Baby Smiles at Me |
Johnson !"Skid" Johnson |
Webb !Clifton Webb |
Sitting Pretty |
Belevedre !Lynn Aloysius Belvedere |
1949 (22nd) |
Crawford !Broderick Crawford |
All the King's Men |
Willie Stark |
[32] |
Douglas !Kirk Douglas |
Champion |
Kelly !Michael "Midge" Kelly |
Peck !Gregory Peck |
Twelve O'Clock High |
Savage !Brig. General Frank Savage |
Todd !Richard Todd |
Hasty !The Hasty Heart |
MacLachlan !Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan |
Wayne !John Wayne |
Sands of Iwo Jima |
Stryker !Sergeant John M. Stryker |
1950 (23rd) |
Ferrer !José Ferrer |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
de Bergerac !Cyrano de Bergerac |
[33] |
Calhern !Louis Calhern |
Magnificent !The Magnificent Yankee |
Holmes !Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Holden !William Holden |
Sunset Boulevard |
Gillis !Joe Gillis |
Stewart !James Stewart |
Harvey |
Dowd !Elwood P. Dowd |
Tracy !Spencer Tracy |
Father of the Bride |
Banks !Stanley T. Banks |
1951 (24th) |
Bogart !Humphrey Bogart |
African !The African Queen |
Allnut !Charlie Allnut |
[34] |
Brando !Marlon Brando |
Streetcar !A Streetcar Named Desire |
Kowalski !Stanley Kowalski |
Clift !Montgomery Clift |
Place !A Place in the Sun |
Eastman !George Eastman |
Kennedy !Arthur Kennedy |
Bright Victory |
Nevins !Larry Nevins |
March !Fredric March |
Death of a Salesman |
Loman !Willy Loman |
1952 (25th) |
Cooper !Gary Cooper |
High Noon |
Kane !Marshal Will Kane |
[35] |
Brando !Marlon Brando |
Viva Zapata! |
Zapata !Emiliano Zapata |
Douglas !Kirk Douglas |
Bad !The Bad and the Beautiful |
Shields !Jonathan Shields |
Ferrer !José Ferrer |
Moulin Rouge |
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec |
Guinness !Alec Guinness |
Lavender !The Lavender Hill Mob |
name !Holland |
1953 (26th) |
Holden !William Holden |
Stalag 17 |
Sefton !Sgt. J.J. Sefton |
[36] |
Brando !Marlon Brando |
Julius Caesar |
Antony !Mark Antony |
Burton !Richard Burton |
Robe !The Robe |
Gallio !Marcellus Gallio |
Clift !Montgomery Clift |
From Here to Eternity |
Prewitt !Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt |
Lancaster !Burt Lancaster |
From Here to Eternity |
Warden !1st Sgt. Milton Warden |
1954 (27th) |
Brando !Marlon Brando |
On the Waterfront |
Terry Malloy |
[37] |
Bogart !Humphrey Bogart |
Caine !The Caine Mutiny |
Queeg !Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg |
Crosby !Bing Crosby |
Country !The Country Girl |
Elgin !Frank Elgin |
Mason !James Mason |
Star !A Star Is Born |
Maine !Norman Maine |
O'Herlihy !Dan O'Herlihy |
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
Crusoe !Robinson Crusoe |
1955 (28th) |
Borgnine !Ernest Borgnine |
Marty |
Piletti !Marty Piletti |
[38] |
Cagney !James Cagney |
Love Me or Leave Me |
Snyder !Martin Snyder |
Dean !James Dean *[39] |
East of Eden |
Trask !Cal Trask |
Sinatra !Frank Sinatra |
Man !The Man with the Golden Arm |
Machine !Frankie Machine |
Tracy !Spencer Tracy |
Bad Day at Black Rock |
Macreedy !John J. Macreedy |
1956 (29th) |
Brynner !Yul Brynner |
King !The King and I |
Mongkut !King Mongkut of Siam |
[40] |
Dean !James Dean *[39] |
Giant |
Rink !Jett Rink |
Douglas !Kirk Douglas |
Lust for Life |
van Gogh !Vincent van Gogh |
Hudson !Rock Hudson |
Giant |
Benedict !Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr. |
Olivier !Laurence Olivier |
Richard III |
Richard !King Richard III of England |
1957 (30th) |
Guinness !Alec Guinness |
Bridge !The Bridge on the River Kwai |
Nicholson !Lt. Colonel L. Nicholson, D.S.O. |
[41] |
Brando !Marlon Brando |
Sayonara |
Gruver !Major Lloyd "Ace" Gruver, USAF |
Franciosa !Anthony Franciosa |
Hateful !A Hatful of Rain |
Pope !Polo Pope |
Laughton !Charles Laughton |
Witness for the Prosecution |
Robarts !Sir Wilfrid Robarts |
Quinn !Anthony Quinn |
Wild Is the Wind |
Gino |
1958 (31st) |
Niven !David Niven |
Separate Tables |
Pollock !Major Angus Pollock |
[42] |
Curtis !Tony Curtis |
Defiant !The Defiant Ones |
Jackson !John 'Joker' Jackson |
Newman !Paul Newman |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
Pollitt !Brick Pollitt |
Poitier !Sidney Poitier |
Defiant !The Defiant Ones |
Noah !Noah Cullen |
Tracy !Spencer Tracy |
Old !The Old Man and the Sea |
Old !The Old Man |
1959 (32nd) |
Heston !Charlton Heston |
Ben-Hur |
Ben Hur !Judah Ben-Hur |
[43] |
Harvey !Laurence Harvey |
Room at the Top |
Lampton !Joe Lampton |
Lemmon !Jack Lemmon |
Some Like It Hot |
Jerry / Daphne |
Muni !Paul Muni |
Last !The Last Angry Man |
Abelman !Dr. Sam Abelman |
Stewart !James Stewart |
Anatomy of a Murder |
Biegler !Paul Biegler |
1960 (33rd) |
Lancaster !Burt Lancaster |
Elmer Gantry |
Gantry !Elmer Gantry |
[44] |
Howard !Trevor Howard |
Sons and Lovers |
Morel !Walter Morel |
Lemmon !Jack Lemmon |
Apartment !The Apartment |
Baxter !C. C. "Bud" Baxter |
Olivier !Laurence Olivier |
Entertainer !The Entertainer |
Rice !Archie Rice |
Tracy !Spencer Tracy |
Inherit the Wind |
Drummond !Henry Drummond |
1961 (34th) |
Schell !Maximilian Schell |
Judgment at Nuremberg |
Rolfe !Hans Rolfe |
[45] |
Boyer !Charles Boyer |
Fanny |
Cesar |
Newman !Paul Newman |
Hustler !The Hustler |
Felson !Eddie Felson |
Tracy !Spencer Tracy |
Judgment at Nuremberg |
Haywood !Chief Judge Dan Haywood |
Whitman !Stuart Whitman |
Mark !The Mark |
Fuller !Jim Fuller |
1962 (35th) |
Peck !Gregory Peck |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
Finch !Atticus Finch |
[46] |
Lancaster !Burt Lancaster |
Birdman of Alcatraz |
Stroud !Robert Franklin Stroud |
Lemmon !Jack Lemmon |
Days of Wine and Roses |
Clay !Joe Clay |
Mastroianni !Marcello Mastroianni |
Divorce Italian Style |
Cefalù !Ferdinando Cefalù |
O'Toole !Peter O'Toole |
Lawrence of Arabia |
Lawrence !T. E. Lawrence |
1963 (36th) |
Poitier !Sidney Poitier |
Lilies of the Field |
Smith !Homer Smith |
[47] |
Finney !Albert Finney |
Tom Jones |
Jones !Tom Jones |
Harris !Richard Harris |
This Sporting Life |
Machin !Frank Machin |
Harrison !Rex Harrison |
Cleopatra |
Caesar !Julius Caesar |
Newman !Paul Newman |
Hud |
Bannon !Hud Bannon |
1964 (37th) |
Harrison !Rex Harrison |
My Fair Lady |
Higgins !Professor Henry Higgins |
[48] |
Burton !Richard Burton |
Becket |
Becket !Thomas Becket |
O'Toole !Peter O'Toole |
Becket |
Henry !King Henry II of England |
Quinn !Anthony Quinn |
Zorba the Greek |
Zorba !Alexis Zorba |
Sellers !Peter Sellers |
Dr. Strangelove |
Mandrake !Group Captain Lionel Mandrake President Merkin Muffley Dr. Strangelove |
1965 (38th) |
Marvin !Lee Marvin |
Cat Ballou |
Shelleen !Kid Shelleen Tim Strawn |
[49] |
Burton !Richard Burton |
Spy !The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
Leamas !Alec Leamas |
Olivier !Laurence Olivier |
Othello |
Othello |
Steiger !Rod Steiger |
Pawnbroker !The Pawnbroker |
Nazerman !Sol Nazerman |
Werner !Oskar Werner |
Ship of Fools |
Schumann !Willie Schumann |
1966 (39th) |
Scofield !Paul Scofield |
Man !A Man for All Seasons |
More !Sir Thomas More |
[50] |
Arkin !Alan Arkin |
Russians !The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming |
Bozanov !Lt. Rozanov |
Burton !Richard Burton |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
George |
Caine !Michael Caine |
Alfie |
Elkins !Alfie Elkins |
McQueen !Steve McQueen |
Sand !The Sand Pebbles |
Holman !Jake Holman |
1967 (40th) |
Steiger !Rod Steiger |
In the Heat of the Night |
Police Chief Bill Gillespie |
[51] |
Beatty !Warren Beatty |
Bonnie and Clyde |
Barrow !Clyde Barrow |
Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman |
Graduate !The Graduate |
Braddock !Benjamin Braddock |
Newman !Paul Newman |
Cool Hand Luke |
Jackson !Lucas "Cool Hand Luke" Jackson |
Tracy !Spencer Tracy *[39] |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
Drayton !Matt Drayton |
1968 (41st) |
Robertson !Cliff Robertson |
Charly |
Gordon !Charly Gordon |
[52] |
Arkin !Alan Arkin |
Heart !The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
Singer !John Singer |
Bates !Alan Bates |
Fixer !The Fixer |
Bok !Yakov Bok |
Moody !Ron Moody |
Oliver! |
Fagin |
O'Toole !Peter O'Toole |
Lion !The Lion in Winter |
Henry !King Henry II of England |
1969 (42nd) |
Wayne !John Wayne |
True Grit |
Cogburn !Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn |
[53] |
Burton !Richard Burton |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
Henry !King Henry VIII of England |
Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman |
Midnight Cowboy |
Rizzo !Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" "Rico" Rizzo |
O'Toole !Peter O'Toole |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
Chipping !Arthur Chipping |
Voight !Jon Voight |
Midnight Cowboy |
Buck !Joe Buck |
1970 (43rd) |
Scott !George C. Scott §[54] |
Patton |
Patton !General George S. Patton, Jr. |
[55] |
Douglas !Melvyn Douglas |
I Never Sang for My Father |
Garrison !Tom Garrison |
Jones !James Earl Jones |
Great !The Great White Hope |
Jefferson !Jack Jefferson |
Nicholson !Jack Nicholson |
Five Easy Pieces |
Dupea !Robert Eroica Dupea |
O'Neal !Ryan O'Neal |
Love Story |
Barrett !Oliver Barrett IV |
1971 (44th) |
Hackman !Gene Hackman |
French !The French Connection |
Doyle !Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle |
[56] |
Finch !Peter Finch |
Sunday Bloody Sunday |
Hirsh !Dr. Daniel Hirsh |
Matthau !Walter Matthau |
Kotch |
Kotcher !Joseph P. Kotcher |
Scott !George C. Scott |
Hospital !The Hospital |
Bock !Dr. Herbert Bock |
Topol |
Fiddler on the Roof |
Tevye !Tevye |
1972 (45th) |
Brando !Marlon Brando §[54] |
Godfather !The Godfather |
Corleone !Vito Corleone |
[57] |
Caine !Michael Caine |
Sleuth |
Tindle !Milo Tindle |
Olivier !Laurence Olivier |
Sleuth |
Wyke !Andrew Wyke |
O'Toole !Peter O'Toole |
Ruling !The Ruling Class |
Gurney !Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney |
Winfield !Paul Winfield |
Sounder |
Morgan !Nathan Lee Morgan |
1973 (46th) |
Lemmon !Jack Lemmon |
Save the Tiger |
Stoner !Harry Stoner |
[58] |
Brando !Marlon Brando |
Last Tango in Paris |
Paul |
Nicholson !Jack Nicholson |
Last !The Last Detail |
Signalman First Class Billy L. "Badass" Buddusky |
Pacino !Al Pacino |
Serpico |
Serpico !Frank Serpico |
Redford !Robert Redford |
Sting !The Sting |
Hooker !Johnny "Kelly" Hooker |
1974 (47th) |
Carney !Art Carney |
Harry and Tonto |
Coombes !Harry Coombes |
[59] |
Finney !Albert Finney |
Murder on the Orient Express |
Poirot !Hercule Poirot |
Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman |
Lenny |
Bruce !Lenny Bruce |
Nicholson !Jack Nicholson |
Chinatown |
Gittes !J. J. "Jake" Gittes |
Pacino !Al Pacino |
Godfather !The Godfather Part II |
Corleone !Michael Corleone |
1975 (48th) |
Nicholson !Jack Nicholson |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
McMurphy !Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy |
[60] |
Matthau !Walter Matthau |
Sunshine !The Sunshine Boys |
Clark !Willy Clark |
Pacino !Al Pacino |
Dog Day Afternoon |
Wortzik !Sonny Wortzik |
Schell !Maximilian Schell |
Man !The Man in the Glass Booth |
Goldman !Arthur Goldman |
Whitmore !James Whitmore |
Give 'em Hell, Harry! |
Truman !Harry S. Truman |
1976 (49th) |
Finch !Peter Finch ^[39] |
Network |
Beale !Howard Beale |
[61] |
De Niro !Robert De Niro |
Taxi Driver |
Bickle !Travis Bickle |
Giannini !Giancarlo Giannini |
Seven Beauties |
Frafuso !Pasqualino Frafuso |
Holden !William Holden |
Network |
Schumacher !Max Schumacher |
Stallone !Sylvester Stallone |
Rocky |
Balboa !Rocky Balboa |
1977 (50th) |
Dreyfuss !Richard Dreyfuss |
Goodbye !The Goodbye Girl |
Garfield !Elliot Garfield |
[62] |
Allen !Woody Allen |
Annie Hall |
Singer !Alvy Singer |
Burton !Richard Burton |
Equus |
Dysart !Martin Dysart |
Mastroianni !Marcello Mastroianni |
Special !A Special Day |
Gabriele |
Travolta !John Travolta |
Saturday Night Fever |
Manero !Anthony "Tony" Manero |
1978 (51st) |
Voight !Jon Voight |
Coming Home |
Martin !Luke Martin |
[63] |
Beatty !Warren Beatty |
Heaven Can Wait |
Pendleton !Joe Pendleton |
Busey !Gary Busey |
Buddy !The Buddy Holly Story |
Holly !Buddy Holly |
De Niro !Robert De Niro |
Deer !The Deer Hunter |
Vronsky !Michael Vronsky |
Olivier !Laurence Olivier |
Boys !The Boys from Brazil |
Lieberman !Ezra Lieberman |
1979 (52nd) |
Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman |
Kramer vs. Kramer |
Kramer !Ted Kramer |
[64] |
Lemmon !Jack Lemmon |
China !The China Syndrome |
Godell !Jack Godell |
Pacino !Al Pacino |
And !...And Justice for All |
Kirkland !Arthur Kirkland |
Scheider !Roy Scheider |
All That Jazz |
Gideon !Joe Gideon |
Sellers !Peter Sellers |
Being There |
Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner |
1980 (53rd) |
De Niro !Robert De Niro |
Raging Bull |
LaMotta !Jake LaMotta |
[65] |
Duvall !Robert Duvall |
Great !The Great Santini |
Meechum !Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur "Bull" Meechum |
Hurt !John Hurt |
Elephant !The Elephant Man |
Merrick !John Merrick |
Lemmon !Jack Lemmon |
Tribute |
Templeton !Scottie Templeton |
O'Toole !Peter O'Toole |
Stunt !The Stunt Man |
Cross !Eli Cross |
1981 (54th) |
Fonda !Henry Fonda |
On Golden Pond |
Thayer !Norman Thayer, Jr. |
[66] |
Beatty !Warren Beatty |
Reds |
Reed !John Silas "Jack" Reed |
Lancaster !Burt Lancaster |
Atlantic City |
Pascal !Lou Pascal |
Moore !Dudley Moore |
Arthur |
Bach !Arthur Bach |
Newman !Paul Newman |
Absence of Malice |
Gallagher !Michael Colin Gallagher |
1982 (55th) |
Kingsley !Ben Kingsley |
Gandhi |
Gandhi !Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
[67] |
Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman |
Tootsie |
Dorsey !Michael Dorsey, aka Dorothy Michaels |
Lemmon !Jack Lemmon |
Missing |
Horman !Ed Horman |
Newman !Paul Newman |
Verdict !The Verdict |
Galvin !Frank Galvin |
O'Toole !Peter O'Toole |
My Favorite Year |
Swann !Alan Swann |
1983 (56th) |
Duvall !Robert Duvall |
Tender Mercies |
Sledge !Mac Sledge |
[68] |
Caine !Michael Caine |
Educating Rita |
Bryant !Dr. Frank Bryant |
Conti !Tom Conti |
Reuben, Reuben |
McGland !Gowan McGland |
Courtenay !Tom Courtenay |
Dresser !The Dresser |
Norman |
Finney !Albert Finney |
Dresser !The Dresser |
Sir |
1984 (57th) |
Abraham !F. Murray Abraham |
Amadeus |
Salieri !Antonio Salieri |
[69] |
Bridges !Jeff Bridges |
Starman |
Starman |
Finney !Albert Finney |
Under the Volcano |
Firmin !Geoffrey Firmin |
Hulce !Tom Hulce |
Amadeus |
Amadeus !Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Waterston !Sam Waterston |
Killing !The Killing Fields |
Schanberg !Sydney Schanberg |
1985 (58th) |
Hurt !William Hurt |
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Molina !Luis Molina |
[70] |
Ford !Harrison Ford |
Witness |
Book !Detective Captain John Book |
Garner !James Garner |
Murphy's Romance |
Jones !Murphy Jones |
Nicholson !Jack Nicholson |
Prizzi's Honor |
Partanna !Charley Partanna |
Voight !Jon Voight |
Runaway Train |
Manheim !Oscar "Manny" Manheim |
1986 (59th) |
Newman !Paul Newman |
Color !The Color of Money |
Felson !Fast Eddie Felson |
[71] |
Gordon !Dexter Gordon |
Round Midnight |
Turner !Dale Turner |
Hoskins !Bob Hoskins |
Mona Lisa |
George |
Hurt !William Hurt |
Children of a Lesser God |
Leeds !James Leeds |
Woods !James Woods |
Salvador |
Boyle !Richard Boyle |
1987 (60th) |
Douglas !Michael Douglas |
Wall Street |
Gekko !Gordon Gekko |
[72] |
Hurt !William Hurt |
Broadcast News |
Grunick !Tom Grunick |
Mastroianni !Marcello Mastroianni |
Dark Eyes |
Romano |
Nicholson !Jack Nicholson |
Ironweed |
Phelan !Francis Phelan |
Williams !Robin Williams |
Good Morning, Vietnam |
Cronauer !Adrian Cronauer |
1988 (61st) |
Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman |
Rain Man |
Babbitt !Raymond Babbitt |
[73] |
Hackman !Gene Hackman |
Mississippi Burning |
Anderson !Agent Rupert Anderson |
Hanks !Tom Hanks |
Big |
Baskin !Josh Baskin |
Olmos !Edward James Olmos |
Stand and Deliver |
Escalante !Jaime Escalante |
von Sydow !Max von Sydow |
Pelle the Conqueror |
Lassefar |
1989 (62nd) |
Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis |
My Left Foot |
Brown !Christy Brown |
[74] |
Branagh !Kenneth Branagh |
Henry V |
Henry !King Henry V of England |
Cruise !Tom Cruise |
Born on the Fourth of July |
Kovic !Ron Kovic |
Freeman !Morgan Freeman |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Colburn !Hoke Colburn |
Williams !Robin Williams |
Dead Poets Society |
Keating !John Charles "Keats" Keating |
1990 (63rd) |
Irons !Jeremy Irons |
Reversal of Fortune |
Claus von Bülow |
[75] |
Costner !Kevin Costner |
Dances with Wolves |
Dunbar !Lieutenant John J. Dunbar |
De Niro !Robert De Niro |
Awakenings |
Lowe !Leonard Lowe |
Depardieu !Gérard Depardieu |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
de Bergerac !Cyrano de Bergerac |
Harris !Richard Harris |
Field !The Field |
McCage !"Bull" McCabe |
1991 (64th) |
Hopkins !Anthony Hopkins |
Silence !The Silence of the Lambs |
Dr. Hannibal Lecter |
[76] |
Beatty !Warren Beatty |
Bugsy |
Siegel !Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel |
De Niro !Robert De Niro |
Cape Fear |
Cady !Maximilian "Max" Cady |
Nolte !Nick Nolte |
Prince !The Prince of Tides |
Wingo !Tom Wingo |
Williams !Robin Williams |
Fisher !The Fisher King |
Sagan !Henry "Parry" Sagan |
1992 (65th) |
Pacino !Al Pacino |
Scent of a Woman |
Slade !Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade |
[77] |
Downey, Jr. !Robert Downey, Jr. |
Chaplin |
Chaplin !Charlie Chaplin |
Eastwood !Clint Eastwood |
Unforgiven |
Munny !William "Will" Munny |
Rea !Stephen Rea |
Crying !The Crying Game |
Fergus |
Washington !Denzel Washington |
Malcolm X |
Malcolm X |
1993 (66th) |
Hanks !Tom Hanks |
Philadelphia |
Beckett !Andrew Beckett |
[78] |
Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis |
In the Name of the Father |
Conlon !Gerry Conlon |
Fishburne !Laurence Fishburne |
What's Love Got to Do with It |
Turner !Ike Turner |
Hopkins !Anthony Hopkins |
Remains !The Remains of the Day |
Stevens !James Stevens |
Neeson !Liam Neeson |
Schindler's List |
Schindler !Oskar Schindler |
1994 (67th) |
Hanks !Tom Hanks |
Forrest Gump |
Gump !Forrest Gump |
[79] |
Freeman !Morgan Freeman |
Shawshank !The Shawshank Redemption |
Redding !Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding |
Hawthorne !Nigel Hawthorne |
Madness !The Madness of King George |
George !King George III |
Newman !Paul Newman |
Nobody's Fool |
Sullivan !Donald "Sully" Sullivan |
Travolta !John Travolta |
Pulp Fiction |
Vega !Vincent Vega |
1995 (68th) |
Cage !Nicolas Cage |
Leaving Las Vegas |
Sanderson !Ben Sanderson |
[80] |
Dreyfuss !Richard Dreyfuss |
Mr. Holland's Opus |
Holland !Glenn Holland |
Hopkins !Anthony Hopkins |
Nixon |
Nixon !Richard Nixon |
Penn !Sean Penn |
Dead Man Walking |
Poncelet !Matthew Poncelet |
Troisi !Massimo Troisi *[39] |
Il Postino |
Ruoppolo !Mario Ruoppolo |
1996 (69th) |
Rush !Geoffrey Rush |
Shine |
Helfgott !David Helfgott |
[81] |
Cruise !Tom Cruise |
Jerry Maguire |
Maguire !Jerry Maguire |
Fiennes !Ralph Fiennes |
English !The English Patient |
de Almásy !Count Laszlo de Almásy |
Harrelson !Woody Harrelson |
People !The People vs. Larry Flynt |
Flynt !Larry Flynt |
Thornton !Billy Bob Thornton |
Sling Blade |
Childers !Karl Childers |
1997 (70th) |
Nicholson !Jack Nicholson |
As Good as It Gets |
Udall !Melvin Udall |
[82] |
Damon !Matt Damon |
Good Will Hunting |
Hunting !Will Hunting |
Duvall !Robert Duvall |
Apostle !The Apostle |
Dewey !Euliss "Sonny" Dewey |
Fonda !Peter Fonda |
Ulee's Gold |
Jackson !Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson |
Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman |
Wag the Dog |
Motss !Stanley Motss |
1998 (71st) |
Benigni !Roberto Benigni |
Life Is Beautiful |
Orefice !Guido Orefice |
[83] |
Hanks !Tom Hanks |
Saving Private Ryan |
Miller !Captain John Miller |
McKellen !Ian McKellen |
Gods and Monsters |
Whale !James Whale |
Nolte !Nick Nolte |
Affliction |
Whitehouse !Wade Whitehouse |
Norton !Edward Norton |
American History X |
Winyard !Derek Vinyard |
1999 (72nd) |
Spacey !Kevin Spacey |
American Beauty |
Burnham !Lester Burnham |
[84] |
Crowe !Russell Crowe |
Insider !The Insider |
Wingand !Jeffrey Wigand |
Farnsworth !Richard Farnsworth |
Straight !The Straight Story |
Straight !Alvin Straight |
Penn !Sean Penn |
Sweet and Lowdown |
Ray !Emmet Ray |
Washington !Denzel Washington |
Hurricne !The Hurricane |
Carter !Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter |
2000 (73rd) |
Crowe !Russell Crowe |
Gladiator |
Meridius !Maximus Decimus Meridius |
[85] |
Bardem !Javier Bardem |
Before Night Falls |
Arenas !Reinaldo Arenas |
Hanks !Tom Hanks |
Cast Away |
Noland !Chuck Noland |
Harris !Ed Harris |
Pollock |
Pollock !Jackson Pollock |
Rush !Geoffrey Rush |
Quills |
de Sade !The Marquis de Sade |
2001 (74th) |
Washington !Denzel Washington |
Training Day |
Harris !Detective Alonzo Harris |
[86] |
Crowe !Russell Crowe |
Beautiful !A Beautiful Mind |
Nash !John Forbes Nash, Jr. |
Penn !Sean Penn |
I Am Sam |
Dawson !Sam Dawson |
Smith !Will Smith |
Ali |
Ali !Muhammad Ali |
Wilkinson !Tom Wilkinson |
In the Bedroom |
Fowler !Dr. Matt Fowler |
2002 (75th) |
Brody !Adrien Brody |
Pianist !The Pianist |
Szpilman !Władysław Szpilman |
[87] |
Cage !Nicolas Cage |
Adaptation |
Kaufman !Charlie Kaufman Donald Kaufman |
Caine !Michael Caine |
Quiet !The Quiet American |
Fowler !Thomas Fowler |
Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis |
Gangs of New York |
Cutting !William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting |
Nicholson !Jack Nicholson |
About Schmidt |
Schmidt !Warren R. Schmidt |
2003 (76th) |
Penn !Sean Penn |
Mystic River |
Markum !Jimmy Markum |
[88] |
Depp !Johnny Depp |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
Sparrow !Jack Sparrow |
Kingsley !Ben Kingsley |
House of Sand and Fog |
Behrani !Massoud Amir Behrani |
Law !Jude Law |
Cold Mountain |
Inman !W. P. Inman |
Murray !Bill Murray |
Lost in Translation |
Harris !Bob Harris |
2004 (77th) |
Foxx !Jamie Foxx |
Ray |
Charles !Ray Charles |
[89] |
Cheadle !Don Cheadle |
Hotel Rwanda |
Rusesabagina !Paul Rusesabagina |
Depp !Johnny Depp |
Finding Neverland |
Barrie !J. M. Barrie |
DiCaprio !Leonardo DiCaprio |
Aviator !The Aviator |
Hughes !Howard Hughes |
Eastwood !Clint Eastwood |
Million Dollar Baby |
Dunn !Frankie Dunn |
2005 (78th) |
Hoffman !Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Capote |
Capote !Truman Capote |
[90] |
Howard !Terrence Howard |
Hustle & Flow |
Djay |
Ledger !Heath Ledger |
Brokeback Mountain |
de Mar !Ennis Del Mar |
Phoenix !Joaquin Phoenix |
Walk the Line |
Cash !Johnny Cash |
Strathairn !David Strathairn |
Good Night, and Good Luck |
Murrow !Edward R. Murrow |
2006 (79th) |
Whitaker !Forest Whitaker |
Last !The Last King of Scotland |
Amin !Idi Amin |
[91] |
DiCaprio !Leonardo DiCaprio |
Blood Diamond |
Archer !Danny Archer |
Gosling !Ryan Gosling |
Half Nelson |
Dunne !Dan Dunne |
O'Toole !Peter O'Toole |
Venus |
Maurice !Maurice |
Smith !Will Smith |
Pursuit !The Pursuit of Happyness |
Gardner !Chris Gardner |
2007 (80th) |
Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis |
There Will Be Blood |
Plainview !Daniel Plainview |
[92] |
Clooney !George Clooney |
Michael Clayton |
Clayton !Michael Clayton |
Depp !Johnny Depp |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
Barker !Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker |
Jones !Tommy Lee Jones |
In the Valley of Elah |
Deerfield !Hank Deerfield |
Mortensen !Viggo Mortensen |
Eastern Promises |
Luzhin !Nikolai Luzhin |
2008 (81st) |
Penn !Sean Penn |
Milk |
Milk !Harvey Milk |
[93] |
Jenkins !Richard Jenkins |
Visitor !The Visitor |
Vale !Walter Vale |
Langella !Frank Langella |
Frost/Nixon |
Nixon !Richard Nixon |
Pitt !Brad Pitt |
Curious !The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Button !Benjamin Button |
Rourke !Mickey Rourke |
Wrestler !The Wrestler |
Robinson !Randy "The Ram" Robinson |
2009 (82nd) |
Bridges !Jeff Bridges |
Crazy Heart |
Blake !Otis "Bad" Blake |
[94] |
Clooney !George Clooney |
Up in the Air |
Bingham !Ryan Bingham |
Firth !Colin Firth |
Single !A Single Man |
Falconer !George Falconer |
Freeman !Morgan Freeman |
Invictus |
Mandela !Nelson Mandela |
Renner !Jeremy Renner |
Hurt !The Hurt Locker |
James !SFC William James |
2010 (83rd) |
Firth !Colin Firth |
King's !The King's Speech |
George !King George VI |
[95] |
Bardem !Javier Bardem |
Biutiful !Biutiful |
Uxbal |
Bridges !Jeff Bridges |
True Grit |
Cogburn !Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn |
Eisenberg !Jesse Eisenberg |
Social !The Social Network |
Zuckerburg !Mark Zuckerberg |
Franco !James Franco |
127 Hours |
Ralston !Aron Ralston |
2011 (84th) |
Dujardin !Jean Dujardin |
Artist !The Artist |
Valentin !George Valentin |
[96] |
Bichir !Demián Bichir |
Better !A Better Life |
Galindo !Carlos Galindo |
Clooney !George Clooney |
Descendants !The Descendants |
King !Matthew King |
Oldman !Gary Oldman |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
Smiley !George Smiley |
Pitt !Brad Pitt |
Moneyball |
Beane !Billy Beane |
2012 (85th) |
Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis |
Lincoln |
Lincoln !Abraham Lincoln |
[97] |
Cooper !Bradley Cooper |
Silver Linings Playbook |
Solitano !Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr. |
Jackman !Hugh Jackman |
Les Misérables |
Valjean !Jean Valjean |
Phoenix !Joaquin Phoenix |
Master !The Master |
Quell !Freddie Quell |
Washington !Denzel Washington |
Flight |
Whitaker !William "Whip" Whitaker, Sr. |
2013 (86th) |
McConaughey !Matthew McConaughey |
Dallas Buyers Club |
Woodruff !Ron Woodroof |
[98] |
Bale !Christian Bale |
American Hustle |
Rosenfeld !Irving Rosenfeld |
Dern !Bruce Dern |
Nebraska |
Grant !Woodrow "Woody" Grant |
DiCaprio !Leonardo DiCaprio |
Wolf !The Wolf of Wall Street |
Belfort !Jordan Belfort |
Ejiofor !Chiwetel Ejiofor |
12 Years a Slave |
Northup !Solomon Northup |
2014 (87th) |
Redmayne !Eddie Redmayne |
Theory !The Theory of Everything |
Hawking !Stephen Hawking |
[99] |
Carell !Steve Carell |
Foxcatcher |
du Pont !John du Pont |
Cooper !Bradley Cooper |
American Sniper |
Kyle !Chris Kyle |
Cumberbatch !Benedict Cumberbatch |
Imitation !The Imitation Game |
Turing !Alan Turing |
Keaton !Michael Keaton |
Birdman |
Thomson !Riggan Thomson |
2015 (88th) |
DiCaprio !Leonardo DiCaprio |
The Revenant |
Glass !Hugh Glass |
[100] |
Cranston !Bryan Cranston |
Trumbo !Trumbo |
Trumbo !Dalton Trumbo |
Damon !Matt Damon |
Martian !The Martian |
Watney !Mark Watney |
Fassbender !Michael Fassbender |
Steve Jobs |
Jobs !Steve Jobs |
Redmayne !Eddie Redmayne |
Danish !The Danish Girl |
Elbe !Lili Elbe |