In the first three years of the awards, actors were nominated as the best 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.[3] However, during the 3rd ceremony held in 1930, only one of those films was cited in each winner's final award, even though each of the acting winners had two films following their names on the ballots.[4] The following year, this unwieldy and confusing system was replaced by the current system in which an actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film.[3] Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937, the category was officially limited to five nominations per year.[3]
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.[5] For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31.[6] For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932 to December 31, 1933.[6] Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.[6]
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 |
Benjamin Disraeli |
[13] |
Arliss !George Arliss[B] |
Green !The Green Goddess |
Raja !The Raja of Rukh |
Beery !Wallace Beery |
Big !The Big House |
Schmidt !'Machine Gun' Butch 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 L. Jekyll/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 !Master's Mate Fletcher Christian |
Laughton !Charles Laughton |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
Bligh !Lieutenant William Bligh, Captain |
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 Émile 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
The Comte 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 |
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 !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 !Sergeant First Class 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 J. "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 T. "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 |