<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Indicates posthumous winner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> * </Th> <Td> Indicates posthumous nominee </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Actor </Th> <Th> Role (s) </Th> <Th> Film </Th> <Th> Ref . </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 1920s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1927 / 28 (1st) </Th> <Td> Jannings! Emil Jannings </Td> <Td> Grand Duke Sergius Alexander August Schilling </Td> <Td> Last! The Last Command The Way of All Flesh </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barthelmess! Richard Barthelmess </Td> <Td> Elkins! Nickie Elkins Patent Leather Kid </Td> <Td> Noose! The Noose The Patent Leather Kid </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1928 / 29 (2nd) </Th> <Td> Baxter! Warner Baxter </Td> <Td> Cisco! The Cisco Kid </Td> <Td> In Old Arizona </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bancroft! George Bancroft </Td> <Td> Lang! Thunderbolt Jim Lang </Td> <Td> Thunderbolt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morris! Chester Morris </Td> <Td> Williams! Chick Williams (No. 1065) </Td> <Td> Alibi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Muni! Paul Muni </Td> <Td> Dyke! James Dyke </Td> <Td> Valiant! The Valiant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stone! Lewis Stone </Td> <Td> Pahlen! Count Pahlen </Td> <Td> Patriot! The Patriot </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 1930s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1929 / 30 (3rd) </Th> <Td> Arliss! George Arliss </Td> <Td> Benjamin Disraeli </Td> <Td> Disraeli </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arliss! George Arliss </Td> <Td> Raja! The Raja </Td> <Td> Green! The Green Goddess </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beery! Wallace Beery </Td> <Td> Schmidt! Butch "Machine Gun" Schmidt </Td> <Td> Big! The Big House </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chevalier! Maurice Chevalier </Td> <Td> Mirande! Pierre Mirande Count Alfred Renard </Td> <Td> Big! The Big Pond The Love Parade </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colman! Ronald Colman </Td> <Td> Drummond! Capt . Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond Michel </Td> <Td> Bulldog! Bulldog Drummond Condemned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tibbett! Lawrence Tibbett </Td> <Td> Yegor! Yegor </Td> <Td> Rogue! The Rogue Song </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1930 / 31 (4th) </Th> <Td> Barrymore! Lionel Barrymore </Td> <Td> Ashe! Stephen Ashe </Td> <Td> Free! A Free Soul </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cooper! Jackie Cooper </Td> <Td> Skinner! Skippy Skinner </Td> <Td> Skippy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dix! Richard Dix </Td> <Td> Cravat! Yancey Cravat </Td> <Td> Cimarron </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March! Fredric March </Td> <Td> Cavendish! Tony Cavendish </Td> <Td> Royal! The Royal Family of Broadway </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Menjou! Adolphe Menjou </Td> <Td> Burns! Walter Burns </Td> <Td> Front! The Front Page </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1931 / 32 (5th) </Th> <Td> Beery! Wallace Beery (TIE) </Td> <Td> Purcell! Andy Purcell--The Champ </Td> <Td> Champ! The Champ </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March! Fredric March (TIE) </Td> <Td> Jekyll! Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde </Td> <Td> Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lunt! Alfred Lunt </Td> <Td> Actor! The Actor </Td> <Td> Guardsman! The Guardsman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1932 / 33 (6th) </Th> <Td> Laughton! Charles Laughton </Td> <Td> Henry! King Henry VIII of England </Td> <Td> Private! The Private Life of Henry VIII </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Howard! Leslie Howard </Td> <Td> Standish! Peter Standish </Td> <Td> Berkeley Square </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Muni! Paul Muni </Td> <Td> Allen! James Allen </Td> <Td> I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1934 (7th) </Th> <Td> Gable! Clark Gable </Td> <Td> Warne! Peter Warne </Td> <Td> It Happened One Night </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morgan! Frank Morgan </Td> <Td> de' Medici! Alessandro--Duke of Florence </Td> <Td> Affairs! The Affairs of Cellini </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Powell! William Powell </Td> <Td> Charles! Nick Charles </Td> <Td> Thin! The Thin Man </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1935 (8th) </Th> <Td> McLaglen! Victor McLaglen </Td> <Td> Nolan! Gypo Nolan </Td> <Td> Informer! The Informer </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gable! Clark Gable </Td> <Td> Christian! Lieutenant Fletcher Christian </Td> <Td> Mutiny on the Bounty </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Laughton! Charles Laughton </Td> <Td> Bligh! Captain William Bligh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tone! Franchot Tone </Td> <Td> Byam! Midshipman Roger Byam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Muni! Paul Muni </Td> <Td> Radek! Joe Radek </Td> <Td> Black Fury </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1936 (9th) </Th> <Td> Muni! Paul Muni </Td> <Td> Pasteur! Louis Pasteur </Td> <Td> Story! The Story of Louis Pasteur </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cooper! Gary Cooper </Td> <Td> Deeds! Longfellow Deeds </Td> <Td> Mr. Deeds Goes to Town </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Huston! Walter Huston </Td> <Td> Dodsworth! Sam Dodsworth </Td> <Td> Dodsworth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Powell! William Powell </Td> <Td> Park! Godfrey Park </Td> <Td> My Man Godfrey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tracy! Spencer Tracy </Td> <Td> Mullin! Father Tim Mullin </Td> <Td> San Francisco </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1937 (10th) </Th> <Td> Tracy! Spencer Tracy </Td> <Td> Manuel Fidello </Td> <Td> Captains Courageous </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boyer! Charles Boyer </Td> <Td> Bonaparte! Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte </Td> <Td> Conquest </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March! Fredric March </Td> <Td> Maine! Norman Maine </Td> <Td> Star! A Star Is Born </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Montgomery! Robert Montgomery </Td> <Td> Danny </Td> <Td> Night Must Fall </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Muni! Paul Muni </Td> <Td> Zola! Émile Zola </Td> <Td> Life! The Life of Emile Zola </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1938 (11th) </Th> <Td> Tracy! Spencer Tracy </Td> <Td> Flanagan! Father Flanagan </Td> <Td> Boys Town </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boyer! Charles Boyer </Td> <Td> Pepe le Moko </Td> <Td> Algiers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cagney! James Cagney </Td> <Td> Sullivan! Rocky Sullivan </Td> <Td> Angels with Dirty Faces </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Donat! Robert Donat </Td> <Td> Manson! Dr. Andrew Manson </Td> <Td> Citadel! The Citadel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Howard! Leslie Howard </Td> <Td> Higgins! Professor Henry Higgins </Td> <Td> Pygmalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1939 (12th) </Th> <Td> Donat! Robert Donat </Td> <Td> Charles Edward Chipping </Td> <Td> Goodbye, Mr. Chips </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gable! Clark Gable </Td> <Td> Butler! Rhett Butler </Td> <Td> Gone with the Wind </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olivier! Laurence Olivier </Td> <Td> Heathcliff </Td> <Td> Wuthering Heights </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rooney! Mickey Rooney </Td> <Td> Moran! Mickey Moran </Td> <Td> Babes in Arms </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stewart! James Stewart </Td> <Td> Smith! Jefferson Smith </Td> <Td> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 1940s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1940 (13th) </Th> <Td> Stewart! James Stewart </Td> <Td> Macaulay "Mike" Connor </Td> <Td> Philadelphia! The Philadelphia Story </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chaplin! Charlie Chaplin </Td> <Td> Hynkel! Adenoid Hynkel / The Barber </Td> <Td> Great! The Great Dictator </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fonda! Henry Fonda </Td> <Td> Joad! Tom Joad </Td> <Td> Grapes! The Grapes of Wrath </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Massey! Raymond Massey </Td> <Td> Lincoln! Abraham Lincoln </Td> <Td> Abe! Abe Lincoln in Illinois </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olivier! Laurence Olivier </Td> <Td> de Winter! Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter </Td> <Td> Rebecca </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1941 (14th) </Th> <Td> Cooper! Gary Cooper </Td> <Td> Sgt . Alvin York </Td> <Td> Sergeant York </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Grant! Cary Grant </Td> <Td> Adams! Roger Adams </Td> <Td> Penny Serenade </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Huston! Walter Huston </Td> <Td> Scratch! Mr. Scratch </Td> <Td> The Devil and Daniel Webster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Montgomery! Robert Montgomery </Td> <Td> Pendleton! Joe Pendleton </Td> <Td> Here Comes Mr. Jordan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Welles! Orson Welles </Td> <Td> Kane! Charles Foster Kane </Td> <Td> Citizen Kane </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1942 (15th) </Th> <Td> Cagney! James Cagney </Td> <Td> Cohan! George M. Cohan </Td> <Td> Yankee Doodle Dandy </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colman! Ronald Colman </Td> <Td> Rainer! Charles Rainier </Td> <Td> Random Harvest </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cooper! Gary Cooper </Td> <Td> Gehrig! Lou Gehrig </Td> <Td> Pride! The Pride of the Yankees </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pidgeon! Walter Pidgeon </Td> <Td> Miniver! Clem Miniver </Td> <Td> Mrs. Miniver </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Woolley! Monty Woolley </Td> <Td> Howard </Td> <Td> Pied! The Pied Piper </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1943 (16th) </Th> <Td> Lukas! Paul Lukas </Td> <Td> Muller! Kurt Muller </Td> <Td> Watch on the Rhine </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bogart! Humphrey Bogart </Td> <Td> Blaine! Rick Blaine </Td> <Td> Casablanca </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cooper! Gary Cooper </Td> <Td> Jordan! Robert Jordan </Td> <Td> For Whom the Bell Tolls </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pidgeon! Walter Pidgeon </Td> <Td> Curie! Pierre Curie </Td> <Td> Madame Curie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rooney! Mickey Rooney </Td> <Td> Macauley! Homer Macauley </Td> <Td> Human! The Human Comedy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1944 (17th) </Th> <Td> Crosby! Bing Crosby </Td> <Td> O'Malley! Father Chuck O'Malley </Td> <Td> Going My Way </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boyer! Charles Boyer </Td> <Td> Anton! Gregory Anton </Td> <Td> Gaslight </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fitzgerald! Barry Fitzgerald </Td> <Td> Fitzgibbon! Father Fitzgibbon </Td> <Td> Going My Way </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Grant! Cary Grant </Td> <Td> Mott! Ernie Mott </Td> <Td> None but the Lonely Heart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Knox! Alexander Knox </Td> <Td> Wilson! Woodrow Wilson </Td> <Td> Wilson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1945 (18th) </Th> <Td> Milland! Ray Milland </Td> <Td> Birnam! Don Birnam </Td> <Td> Lost! The Lost Weekend </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crosby! Bing Crosby </Td> <Td> O'Malley! Father Chuck O'Malley </Td> <Td> Bells! The Bells of St. Mary's </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kelly! Gene Kelly </Td> <Td> Brady! Joseph Brady </Td> <Td> Anchors Aweigh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peck! Gregory Peck </Td> <Td> Francis! Father Francis </Td> <Td> Keys! The Keys of the Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wilde! Cornel Wilde </Td> <Td> Chopin! Frédéric Chopin </Td> <Td> Song! A Song to Remember </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1946 (19th) </Th> <Td> March! Fredric March </Td> <Td> Stephenson! Al Stephenson </Td> <Td> Best! The Best Years of Our Lives </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olivier! Laurence Olivier </Td> <Td> Henry! King Henry V of England </Td> <Td> Henry V </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Parks! Larry Parks </Td> <Td> Jolson! Al Jolson </Td> <Td> Jolson! The Jolson Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peck! Gregory Peck </Td> <Td> Baxter! Ezra "Penny" Baxter </Td> <Td> Yearling! The Yearling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stewart! James Stewart </Td> <Td> Bailey! George Bailey </Td> <Td> It's a Wonderful Life </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1947 (20th) </Th> <Td> Colman! Ronald Colman </Td> <Td> John! Anthony John </Td> <Td> Double! A Double Life </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Garfield! John Garfield </Td> <Td> Davis! Charlie Davis </Td> <Td> Body and Soul </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peck! Gregory Peck </Td> <Td> Green! Philip Schuyler Green </Td> <Td> Gentleman's Agreement </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Powell! William Powell </Td> <Td> Day! Clarence Day, Sr . </Td> <Td> Life with Father </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Redgrave! Michael Redgrave </Td> <Td> Mannon! Orin Mannon </Td> <Td> Mourning Becomes Electra </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1948 (21st) </Th> <Td> Olivier! Laurence Olivier </Td> <Td> Hamlet, Prince of Denmark </Td> <Td> Hamlet </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ayres! Lew Ayres </Td> <Td> Richardson! Dr. Robert Richardson </Td> <Td> Johnny Belinda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clift! Montgomery Clift </Td> <Td> Stevenson! Ralph "Steve" Stevenson </Td> <Td> Search! The Search </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dailey! Dan Dailey </Td> <Td> Johnson! "Skid" Johnson </Td> <Td> When My Baby Smiles at Me </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Webb! Clifton Webb </Td> <Td> Belevedre! Lynn Aloysius Belvedere </Td> <Td> Sitting Pretty </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1949 (22nd) </Th> <Td> Crawford! Broderick Crawford </Td> <Td> Willie Stark </Td> <Td> All the King's Men </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Douglas! Kirk Douglas </Td> <Td> Kelly! Michael "Midge" Kelly </Td> <Td> Champion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peck! Gregory Peck </Td> <Td> Savage! Brig . General Frank Savage </Td> <Td> Twelve O'Clock High </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Todd! Richard Todd </Td> <Td> MacLachlan! Cpl . Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan </Td> <Td> Hasty! The Hasty Heart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wayne! John Wayne </Td> <Td> Stryker! Sergeant John M. Stryker </Td> <Td> Sands of Iwo Jima </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 1950s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1950 (23rd) </Th> <Td> Ferrer! José Ferrer </Td> <Td> de Bergerac! Cyrano de Bergerac </Td> <Td> Cyrano de Bergerac </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Calhern! Louis Calhern </Td> <Td> Holmes! Oliver Wendell Holmes </Td> <Td> Magnificent! The Magnificent Yankee </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Holden! William Holden </Td> <Td> Gillis! Joe Gillis </Td> <Td> Sunset Boulevard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stewart! James Stewart </Td> <Td> Dowd! Elwood P. Dowd </Td> <Td> Harvey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tracy! Spencer Tracy </Td> <Td> Banks! Stanley T. Banks </Td> <Td> Father of the Bride </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1951 (24th) </Th> <Td> Bogart! Humphrey Bogart </Td> <Td> Allnut! Charlie Allnut </Td> <Td> African! The African Queen </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brando! Marlon Brando </Td> <Td> Kowalski! Stanley Kowalski </Td> <Td> Streetcar! A Streetcar Named Desire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clift! Montgomery Clift </Td> <Td> Eastman! George Eastman </Td> <Td> Place! A Place in the Sun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kennedy! Arthur Kennedy </Td> <Td> Nevins! Larry Nevins </Td> <Td> Bright Victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March! Fredric March </Td> <Td> Loman! Willy Loman </Td> <Td> Death of a Salesman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1952 (25th) </Th> <Td> Cooper! Gary Cooper </Td> <Td> Kane! Marshal Will Kane </Td> <Td> High Noon </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brando! Marlon Brando </Td> <Td> Zapata! Emiliano Zapata </Td> <Td> Viva Zapata! </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Douglas! Kirk Douglas </Td> <Td> Shields! Jonathan Shields </Td> <Td> Bad! The Bad and the Beautiful </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ferrer! José Ferrer </Td> <Td> Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec Comte Alphonse de Toulouse - Lautrec </Td> <Td> Moulin Rouge </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Guinness! Alec Guinness </Td> <Td> name! Holland </Td> <Td> Lavender! The Lavender Hill Mob </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1953 (26th) </Th> <Td> Holden! William Holden </Td> <Td> Sefton! Sgt . J.J. Sefton </Td> <Td> Stalag 17 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brando! Marlon Brando </Td> <Td> Antony! Mark Antony </Td> <Td> Julius Caesar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burton! Richard Burton </Td> <Td> Gallio! Marcellus Gallio </Td> <Td> Robe! The Robe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clift! Montgomery Clift </Td> <Td> Prewitt! Pvt . Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt </Td> <Td> From Here to Eternity </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lancaster! Burt Lancaster </Td> <Td> Warden! 1st Sgt . Milton Warden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1954 (27th) </Th> <Td> Brando! Marlon Brando </Td> <Td> Terry Malloy </Td> <Td> On the Waterfront </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bogart! Humphrey Bogart </Td> <Td> Queeg! Lt. Cmdr . Philip Francis Queeg </Td> <Td> Caine! The Caine Mutiny </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crosby! Bing Crosby </Td> <Td> Elgin! Frank Elgin </Td> <Td> Country! The Country Girl </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mason! James Mason </Td> <Td> Maine! Norman Maine </Td> <Td> Star! A Star Is Born </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Herlihy! Dan O'Herlihy </Td> <Td> Crusoe! Robinson Crusoe </Td> <Td> Adventures of Robinson Crusoe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1955 (28th) </Th> <Td> Borgnine! Ernest Borgnine </Td> <Td> Piletti! Marty Piletti </Td> <Td> Marty </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cagney! James Cagney </Td> <Td> Snyder! Martin Snyder </Td> <Td> Love Me or Leave Me </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dean! James Dean * </Td> <Td> Trask! Cal Trask </Td> <Td> East of Eden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sinatra! Frank Sinatra </Td> <Td> Machine! Frankie Machine </Td> <Td> Man! The Man with the Golden Arm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tracy! Spencer Tracy </Td> <Td> Macreedy! John J. Macreedy </Td> <Td> Bad Day at Black Rock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1956 (29th) </Th> <Td> Brynner! Yul Brynner </Td> <Td> Mongkut! King Mongkut of Siam </Td> <Td> King! The King and I </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dean! James Dean * </Td> <Td> Rink! Jett Rink </Td> <Td> Giant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Douglas! Kirk Douglas </Td> <Td> van Gogh! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> Lust for Life </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hudson! Rock Hudson </Td> <Td> Benedict! Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr . </Td> <Td> Giant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olivier! Laurence Olivier </Td> <Td> Richard! King Richard III of England </Td> <Td> Richard III </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1957 (30th) </Th> <Td> Guinness! Alec Guinness </Td> <Td> Nicholson! Lt. Colonel L. Nicholson, D.S.O. </Td> <Td> Bridge! The Bridge on the River Kwai </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brando! Marlon Brando </Td> <Td> Gruver! Major Lloyd "Ace" Gruver, USAF </Td> <Td> Sayonara </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Franciosa! Anthony Franciosa </Td> <Td> Pope! Polo Pope </Td> <Td> Hateful! A Hatful of Rain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Laughton! Charles Laughton </Td> <Td> Robarts! Sir Wilfrid Robarts </Td> <Td> Witness for the Prosecution </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quinn! Anthony Quinn </Td> <Td> Gino </Td> <Td> Wild Is the Wind </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1958 (31st) </Th> <Td> Niven! David Niven </Td> <Td> Pollock! Major Angus Pollock </Td> <Td> Separate Tables </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Curtis! Tony Curtis </Td> <Td> Jackson! John "Joker" Jackson </Td> <Td> Defiant! The Defiant Ones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Newman! Paul Newman </Td> <Td> Pollitt! Brick Pollitt </Td> <Td> Cat on a Hot Tin Roof </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Poitier! Sidney Poitier </Td> <Td> Noah! Noah Cullen </Td> <Td> Defiant! The Defiant Ones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tracy! Spencer Tracy </Td> <Td> Old! The Old Man </Td> <Td> Old! The Old Man and the Sea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1959 (32nd) </Th> <Td> Heston! Charlton Heston </Td> <Td> Ben Hur! Judah Ben - Hur </Td> <Td> Ben - Hur </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harvey! Laurence Harvey </Td> <Td> Lampton! Joe Lampton </Td> <Td> Room at the Top </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lemmon! Jack Lemmon </Td> <Td> Jerry / Daphne </Td> <Td> Some Like It Hot </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Muni! Paul Muni </Td> <Td> Abelman! Dr. Sam Abelman </Td> <Td> Last! The Last Angry Man </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stewart! James Stewart </Td> <Td> Biegler! Paul Biegler </Td> <Td> Anatomy of a Murder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 1960s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1960 (33rd) </Th> <Td> Lancaster! Burt Lancaster </Td> <Td> Gantry! Elmer Gantry </Td> <Td> Elmer Gantry </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Howard! Trevor Howard </Td> <Td> Morel! Walter Morel </Td> <Td> Sons and Lovers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lemmon! Jack Lemmon </Td> <Td> Baxter! C.C. "Bud" Baxter </Td> <Td> Apartment! The Apartment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olivier! Laurence Olivier </Td> <Td> Rice! Archie Rice </Td> <Td> Entertainer! The Entertainer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tracy! Spencer Tracy </Td> <Td> Drummond! Henry Drummond </Td> <Td> Inherit the Wind </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1961 (34th) </Th> <Td> Schell! Maximilian Schell </Td> <Td> Rolfe! Hans Rolfe </Td> <Td> Judgment at Nuremberg </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boyer! Charles Boyer </Td> <Td> Cesar </Td> <Td> Fanny </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Newman! Paul Newman </Td> <Td> Felson! Eddie Felson </Td> <Td> Hustler! The Hustler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tracy! Spencer Tracy </Td> <Td> Haywood! Chief Judge Dan Haywood </Td> <Td> Judgment at Nuremberg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Whitman! Stuart Whitman </Td> <Td> Fuller! Jim Fuller </Td> <Td> Mark! The Mark </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1962 (35th) </Th> <Td> Peck! Gregory Peck </Td> <Td> Finch! Atticus Finch </Td> <Td> To Kill a Mockingbird </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lancaster! Burt Lancaster </Td> <Td> Stroud! Robert Franklin Stroud </Td> <Td> Birdman of Alcatraz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lemmon! Jack Lemmon </Td> <Td> Clay! Joe Clay </Td> <Td> Days of Wine and Roses </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mastroianni! Marcello Mastroianni </Td> <Td> Cefalù! Ferdinando Cefalù </Td> <Td> Divorce Italian Style </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Toole! Peter O'Toole </Td> <Td> Lawrence! T.E. Lawrence </Td> <Td> Lawrence of Arabia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1963 (36th) </Th> <Td> Poitier! Sidney Poitier </Td> <Td> Smith! Homer Smith </Td> <Td> Lilies of the Field </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Finney! Albert Finney </Td> <Td> Jones! Tom Jones </Td> <Td> Tom Jones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harris! Richard Harris </Td> <Td> Machin! Frank Machin </Td> <Td> This Sporting Life </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harrison! Rex Harrison </Td> <Td> Caesar! Julius Caesar </Td> <Td> Cleopatra </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Newman! Paul Newman </Td> <Td> Bannon! Hud Bannon </Td> <Td> Hud </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1964 (37th) </Th> <Td> Harrison! Rex Harrison </Td> <Td> Higgins! Professor Henry Higgins </Td> <Td> My Fair Lady </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burton! Richard Burton </Td> <Td> Becket! Thomas Becket </Td> <Td> Becket </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Toole! Peter O'Toole </Td> <Td> Henry! King Henry II of England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quinn! Anthony Quinn </Td> <Td> Zorba! Alexis Zorba </Td> <Td> Zorba the Greek </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sellers! Peter Sellers </Td> <Td> Mandrake! Group Captain Lionel Mandrake President Merkin Muffley Dr. Strangelove </Td> <Td> Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1965 (38th) </Th> <Td> Marvin! Lee Marvin </Td> <Td> Shelleen! Kid Shelleen Tim Strawn </Td> <Td> Cat Ballou </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burton! Richard Burton </Td> <Td> Leamas! Alec Leamas </Td> <Td> Spy! The Spy Who Came in from the Cold </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olivier! Laurence Olivier </Td> <Td> Othello </Td> <Td> Othello </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steiger! Rod Steiger </Td> <Td> Nazerman! Sol Nazerman </Td> <Td> Pawnbroker! The Pawnbroker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Werner! Oskar Werner </Td> <Td> Schumann! Willie Schumann </Td> <Td> Ship of Fools </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1966 (39th) </Th> <Td> Scofield! Paul Scofield </Td> <Td> More! Sir Thomas More </Td> <Td> Man! A Man for All Seasons </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arkin! Alan Arkin </Td> <Td> Bozanov! Lt. Rozanov </Td> <Td> Russians! The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burton! Richard Burton </Td> <Td> George </Td> <Td> Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Caine! Michael Caine </Td> <Td> Elkins! Alfie Elkins </Td> <Td> Alfie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> McQueen! Steve McQueen </Td> <Td> Holman! Jake Holman </Td> <Td> Sand! The Sand Pebbles </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1967 (40th) </Th> <Td> Steiger! Rod Steiger </Td> <Td> Police Chief Bill Gillespie </Td> <Td> In the Heat of the Night </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beatty! Warren Beatty </Td> <Td> Barrow! Clyde Barrow </Td> <Td> Bonnie and Clyde </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hoffman! Dustin Hoffman </Td> <Td> Braddock! Benjamin Braddock </Td> <Td> Graduate! The Graduate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Newman! Paul Newman </Td> <Td> Jackson! Lucas "Cool Hand Luke" Jackson </Td> <Td> Cool Hand Luke </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tracy! Spencer Tracy * </Td> <Td> Drayton! Matt Drayton </Td> <Td> Guess Who's Coming to Dinner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1968 (41st) </Th> <Td> Robertson! Cliff Robertson </Td> <Td> Gordon! Charly Gordon </Td> <Td> Charly </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arkin! Alan Arkin </Td> <Td> Singer! John Singer </Td> <Td> Heart! The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bates! Alan Bates </Td> <Td> Bok! Yakov Bok </Td> <Td> Fixer! The Fixer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moody! Ron Moody </Td> <Td> Fagin </Td> <Td> Oliver! </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Toole! Peter O'Toole </Td> <Td> Henry! King Henry II of England </Td> <Td> Lion! The Lion in Winter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1969 (42nd) </Th> <Td> Wayne! John Wayne </Td> <Td> Cogburn! Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn </Td> <Td> True Grit </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burton! Richard Burton </Td> <Td> Henry! King Henry VIII of England </Td> <Td> Anne of the Thousand Days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hoffman! Dustin Hoffman </Td> <Td> Rizzo! Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" "Rico" Rizzo </Td> <Td> Midnight Cowboy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Toole! Peter O'Toole </Td> <Td> Chipping! Arthur Chipping </Td> <Td> Goodbye, Mr. Chips </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Voight! Jon Voight </Td> <Td> Buck! Joe Buck </Td> <Td> Midnight Cowboy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 1970s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1970 (43rd) </Th> <Td> Scott! George C. Scott § </Td> <Td> Patton! General George S. Patton Jr . </Td> <Td> Patton </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Douglas! Melvyn Douglas </Td> <Td> Garrison! Tom Garrison </Td> <Td> I Never Sang for My Father </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jones! James Earl Jones </Td> <Td> Jefferson! Jack Jefferson </Td> <Td> Great! The Great White Hope </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicholson! Jack Nicholson </Td> <Td> Dupea! Robert Eroica Dupea </Td> <Td> Five Easy Pieces </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Neal! Ryan O'Neal </Td> <Td> Barrett! Oliver Barrett IV </Td> <Td> Love Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1971 (44th) </Th> <Td> Hackman! Gene Hackman </Td> <Td> Doyle! Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle </Td> <Td> French! The French Connection </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Finch! Peter Finch </Td> <Td> Hirsh! Dr. Daniel Hirsh </Td> <Td> Sunday Bloody Sunday </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Matthau! Walter Matthau </Td> <Td> Kotcher! Joseph P. Kotcher </Td> <Td> Kotch </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scott! George C. Scott </Td> <Td> Bock! Dr. Herbert Bock </Td> <Td> Hospital! The Hospital </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Topol </Td> <Td> Tevye! Tevye </Td> <Td> Fiddler on the Roof </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1972 (45th) </Th> <Td> Brando! Marlon Brando § </Td> <Td> Corleone! Vito Corleone </Td> <Td> Godfather! The Godfather </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Caine! Michael Caine </Td> <Td> Tindle! Milo Tindle </Td> <Td> Sleuth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olivier! Laurence Olivier </Td> <Td> Wyke! Andrew Wyke </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Toole! Peter O'Toole </Td> <Td> Gurney! Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney </Td> <Td> Ruling! The Ruling Class </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Winfield! Paul Winfield </Td> <Td> Morgan! Nathan Lee Morgan </Td> <Td> Sounder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1973 (46th) </Th> <Td> Lemmon! Jack Lemmon </Td> <Td> Stoner! Harry Stoner </Td> <Td> Save the Tiger </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brando! Marlon Brando </Td> <Td> Paul </Td> <Td> Last Tango in Paris </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicholson! Jack Nicholson </Td> <Td> Signalman First Class Billy L. "Badass" Buddusky </Td> <Td> Last! The Last Detail </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pacino! Al Pacino </Td> <Td> Serpico! Frank Serpico </Td> <Td> Serpico </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Redford! Robert Redford </Td> <Td> Hooker! Johnny "Kelly" Hooker </Td> <Td> Sting! The Sting </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (47th) </Th> <Td> Carney! Art Carney </Td> <Td> Coombes! Harry Coombes </Td> <Td> Harry and Tonto </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Finney! Albert Finney </Td> <Td> Poirot! Hercule Poirot </Td> <Td> Murder on the Orient Express </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hoffman! Dustin Hoffman </Td> <Td> Bruce! Lenny Bruce </Td> <Td> Lenny </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicholson! Jack Nicholson </Td> <Td> Gittes! J.J. "Jake" Gittes </Td> <Td> Chinatown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pacino! Al Pacino </Td> <Td> Corleone! Michael Corleone </Td> <Td> Godfather! The Godfather Part II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (48th) </Th> <Td> Nicholson! Jack Nicholson </Td> <Td> McMurphy! Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy </Td> <Td> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Matthau! Walter Matthau </Td> <Td> Clark! Willy Clark </Td> <Td> Sunshine! The Sunshine Boys </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pacino! Al Pacino </Td> <Td> Wortzik! Sonny Wortzik </Td> <Td> Dog Day Afternoon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Schell! Maximilian Schell </Td> <Td> Goldman! Arthur Goldman </Td> <Td> Man! The Man in the Glass Booth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Whitmore! James Whitmore </Td> <Td> Truman! Harry S. Truman </Td> <Td> Give' em Hell, Harry! </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1976 (49th) </Th> <Td> Finch! Peter Finch ^ </Td> <Td> Beale! Howard Beale </Td> <Td> Network </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> De Niro! Robert De Niro </Td> <Td> Bickle! Travis Bickle </Td> <Td> Taxi Driver </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Giannini! Giancarlo Giannini </Td> <Td> Frafuso! Pasqualino Frafuso </Td> <Td> Seven Beauties </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Holden! William Holden </Td> <Td> Schumacher! Max Schumacher </Td> <Td> Network </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stallone! Sylvester Stallone </Td> <Td> Balboa! Rocky Balboa </Td> <Td> Rocky </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1977 (50th) </Th> <Td> Dreyfuss! Richard Dreyfuss </Td> <Td> Garfield! Elliot Garfield </Td> <Td> Goodbye! The Goodbye Girl </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Allen! Woody Allen </Td> <Td> Singer! Alvy Singer </Td> <Td> Annie Hall </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burton! Richard Burton </Td> <Td> Dysart! Martin Dysart </Td> <Td> Equus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mastroianni! Marcello Mastroianni </Td> <Td> Gabriele </Td> <Td> Special! A Special Day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Travolta! John Travolta </Td> <Td> Manero! Anthony "Tony" Manero </Td> <Td> Saturday Night Fever </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1978 (51st) </Th> <Td> Voight! Jon Voight </Td> <Td> Martin! Luke Martin </Td> <Td> Coming Home </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beatty! Warren Beatty </Td> <Td> Pendleton! Joe Pendleton </Td> <Td> Heaven Can Wait </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Busey! Gary Busey </Td> <Td> Holly! Buddy Holly </Td> <Td> Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> De Niro! Robert De Niro </Td> <Td> Vronsky! Michael Vronsky </Td> <Td> Deer! The Deer Hunter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olivier! Laurence Olivier </Td> <Td> Lieberman! Ezra Lieberman </Td> <Td> Boys! The Boys from Brazil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1979 (52nd) </Th> <Td> Hoffman! Dustin Hoffman </Td> <Td> Kramer! Ted Kramer </Td> <Td> Kramer vs. Kramer </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lemmon! Jack Lemmon </Td> <Td> Godell! Jack Godell </Td> <Td> China! The China Syndrome </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pacino! Al Pacino </Td> <Td> Kirkland! Arthur Kirkland </Td> <Td> And!...And Justice for All </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scheider! Roy Scheider </Td> <Td> Gideon! Joe Gideon </Td> <Td> All That Jazz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sellers! Peter Sellers </Td> <Td> Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner </Td> <Td> Being There </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 1980s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1980 (53rd) </Th> <Td> De Niro! Robert De Niro </Td> <Td> LaMotta! Jake LaMotta </Td> <Td> Raging Bull </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Duvall! Robert Duvall </Td> <Td> Meechum! Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur "Bull" Meechum </Td> <Td> Great! The Great Santini </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hurt! John Hurt </Td> <Td> Merrick! John Merrick </Td> <Td> Elephant! The Elephant Man </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lemmon! Jack Lemmon </Td> <Td> Templeton! Scottie Templeton </Td> <Td> Tribute </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Toole! Peter O'Toole </Td> <Td> Cross! Eli Cross </Td> <Td> Stunt! The Stunt Man </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1981 (54th) </Th> <Td> Fonda! Henry Fonda </Td> <Td> Thayer! Norman Thayer Jr . </Td> <Td> On Golden Pond </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beatty! Warren Beatty </Td> <Td> Reed! John Silas "Jack" Reed </Td> <Td> Reds </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lancaster! Burt Lancaster </Td> <Td> Pascal! Lou Pascal </Td> <Td> Atlantic City </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moore! Dudley Moore </Td> <Td> Bach! Arthur Bach </Td> <Td> Arthur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Newman! Paul Newman </Td> <Td> Gallagher! Michael Colin Gallagher </Td> <Td> Absence of Malice </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1982 (55th) </Th> <Td> Kingsley! Ben Kingsley </Td> <Td> Gandhi! Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi </Td> <Td> Gandhi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hoffman! Dustin Hoffman </Td> <Td> Dorsey! Michael Dorsey, aka Dorothy Michaels </Td> <Td> Tootsie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lemmon! Jack Lemmon </Td> <Td> Horman! Ed Horman </Td> <Td> Missing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Newman! Paul Newman </Td> <Td> Galvin! Frank Galvin </Td> <Td> Verdict! The Verdict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Toole! Peter O'Toole </Td> <Td> Swann! Alan Swann </Td> <Td> My Favorite Year </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (56th) </Th> <Td> Duvall! Robert Duvall </Td> <Td> Sledge! Mac Sledge </Td> <Td> Tender Mercies </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Caine! Michael Caine </Td> <Td> Bryant! Dr. Frank Bryant </Td> <Td> Educating Rita </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Conti! Tom Conti </Td> <Td> McGland! Gowan McGland </Td> <Td> Reuben, Reuben </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Courtenay! Tom Courtenay </Td> <Td> Norman </Td> <Td> Dresser! The Dresser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Finney! Albert Finney </Td> <Td> Sir </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1984 (57th) </Th> <Td> Abraham! F. Murray Abraham </Td> <Td> Salieri! Antonio Salieri </Td> <Td> Amadeus </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bridges! Jeff Bridges </Td> <Td> Starman </Td> <Td> Starman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Finney! Albert Finney </Td> <Td> Firmin! Geoffrey Firmin </Td> <Td> Under the Volcano </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hulce! Tom Hulce </Td> <Td> Amadeus! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart </Td> <Td> Amadeus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Waterston! Sam Waterston </Td> <Td> Schanberg! Sydney Schanberg </Td> <Td> Killing! The Killing Fields </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1985 (58th) </Th> <Td> Hurt! William Hurt </Td> <Td> Molina! Luis Molina </Td> <Td> Kiss of the Spider Woman </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ford! Harrison Ford </Td> <Td> Book! Detective Captain John Book </Td> <Td> Witness </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Garner! James Garner </Td> <Td> Jones! Murphy Jones </Td> <Td> Murphy's Romance </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicholson! Jack Nicholson </Td> <Td> Partanna! Charley Partanna </Td> <Td> Prizzi's Honor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Voight! Jon Voight </Td> <Td> Manheim! Oscar "Manny" Manheim </Td> <Td> Runaway Train </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1986 (59th) </Th> <Td> Newman! Paul Newman </Td> <Td> Felson! Fast Eddie Felson </Td> <Td> Color! The Color of Money </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gordon! Dexter Gordon </Td> <Td> Turner! Dale Turner </Td> <Td> Round Midnight </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hoskins! Bob Hoskins </Td> <Td> George </Td> <Td> Mona Lisa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hurt! William Hurt </Td> <Td> Leeds! James Leeds </Td> <Td> Children of a Lesser God </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Woods! James Woods </Td> <Td> Boyle! Richard Boyle </Td> <Td> Salvador </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (60th) </Th> <Td> Douglas! Michael Douglas </Td> <Td> Gekko! Gordon Gekko </Td> <Td> Wall Street </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hurt! William Hurt </Td> <Td> Grunick! Tom Grunick </Td> <Td> Broadcast News </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mastroianni! Marcello Mastroianni </Td> <Td> Romano </Td> <Td> Dark Eyes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicholson! Jack Nicholson </Td> <Td> Phelan! Francis Phelan </Td> <Td> Ironweed </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Williams! Robin Williams </Td> <Td> Cronauer! Adrian Cronauer </Td> <Td> Good Morning, Vietnam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1988 (61st) </Th> <Td> Hoffman! Dustin Hoffman </Td> <Td> Babbitt! Raymond Babbitt </Td> <Td> Rain Man </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hackman! Gene Hackman </Td> <Td> Anderson! Agent Rupert Anderson </Td> <Td> Mississippi Burning </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hanks! Tom Hanks </Td> <Td> Baskin! Josh Baskin </Td> <Td> Big </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olmos! Edward James Olmos </Td> <Td> Escalante! Jaime Escalante </Td> <Td> Stand and Deliver </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> von Sydow! Max von Sydow </Td> <Td> Lassefar </Td> <Td> Pelle the Conqueror </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1989 (62nd) </Th> <Td> Day - Lewis! Daniel Day - Lewis </Td> <Td> Brown! Christy Brown </Td> <Td> My Left Foot </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Branagh! Kenneth Branagh </Td> <Td> Henry! King Henry V of England </Td> <Td> Henry V </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cruise! Tom Cruise </Td> <Td> Kovic! Ron Kovic </Td> <Td> Born on the Fourth of July </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Freeman! Morgan Freeman </Td> <Td> Colburn! Hoke Colburn </Td> <Td> Driving Miss Daisy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Williams! Robin Williams </Td> <Td> Keating! John Charles "Keats" Keating </Td> <Td> Dead Poets Society </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 1990s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1990 (63rd) </Th> <Td> Irons! Jeremy Irons </Td> <Td> Claus von Bülow </Td> <Td> Reversal of Fortune </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Costner! Kevin Costner </Td> <Td> Dunbar! Lieutenant John J. Dunbar </Td> <Td> Dances with Wolves </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> De Niro! Robert De Niro </Td> <Td> Lowe! Leonard Lowe </Td> <Td> Awakenings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Depardieu! Gérard Depardieu </Td> <Td> de Bergerac! Cyrano de Bergerac </Td> <Td> Cyrano de Bergerac </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harris! Richard Harris </Td> <Td> McCage! "Bull" McCabe </Td> <Td> Field! The Field </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1991 (64th) </Th> <Td> Hopkins! Anthony Hopkins </Td> <Td> Dr. Hannibal Lecter </Td> <Td> Silence! The Silence of the Lambs </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beatty! Warren Beatty </Td> <Td> Siegel! Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel </Td> <Td> Bugsy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> De Niro! Robert De Niro </Td> <Td> Cady! Maximilian "Max" Cady </Td> <Td> Cape Fear </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nolte! Nick Nolte </Td> <Td> Wingo! Tom Wingo </Td> <Td> Prince! The Prince of Tides </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Williams! Robin Williams </Td> <Td> Sagan! Henry "Parry" Sagan </Td> <Td> Fisher! The Fisher King </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1992 (65th) </Th> <Td> Pacino! Al Pacino </Td> <Td> Slade! Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade </Td> <Td> Scent of a Woman </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Downey Jr .! Robert Downey Jr . </Td> <Td> Chaplin! Charlie Chaplin </Td> <Td> Chaplin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eastwood! Clint Eastwood </Td> <Td> Munny! William "Will" Munny </Td> <Td> Unforgiven </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rea! Stephen Rea </Td> <Td> Fergus </Td> <Td> Crying! The Crying Game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Washington! Denzel Washington </Td> <Td> Malcolm X </Td> <Td> Malcolm X </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1993 (66th) </Th> <Td> Hanks! Tom Hanks </Td> <Td> Beckett! Andrew Beckett </Td> <Td> Philadelphia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Day - Lewis! Daniel Day - Lewis </Td> <Td> Conlon! Gerry Conlon </Td> <Td> In the Name of the Father </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fishburne! Laurence Fishburne </Td> <Td> Turner! Ike Turner </Td> <Td> What's Love Got to Do with It </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hopkins! Anthony Hopkins </Td> <Td> Stevens! James Stevens </Td> <Td> Remains! The Remains of the Day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Neeson! Liam Neeson </Td> <Td> Schindler! Oskar Schindler </Td> <Td> Schindler's List </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1994 (67th) </Th> <Td> Hanks! Tom Hanks </Td> <Td> Gump! Forrest Gump </Td> <Td> Forrest Gump </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Freeman! Morgan Freeman </Td> <Td> Redding! Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding </Td> <Td> Shawshank! The Shawshank Redemption </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hawthorne! Nigel Hawthorne </Td> <Td> George! King George III </Td> <Td> Madness! The Madness of King George </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Newman! Paul Newman </Td> <Td> Sullivan! Donald "Sully" Sullivan </Td> <Td> Nobody's Fool </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Travolta! John Travolta </Td> <Td> Vega! Vincent Vega </Td> <Td> Pulp Fiction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1995 (68th) </Th> <Td> Cage! Nicolas Cage </Td> <Td> Sanderson! Ben Sanderson </Td> <Td> Leaving Las Vegas </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dreyfuss! Richard Dreyfuss </Td> <Td> Holland! Glenn Holland </Td> <Td> Mr. Holland's Opus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hopkins! Anthony Hopkins </Td> <Td> Nixon! Richard Nixon </Td> <Td> Nixon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Penn! Sean Penn </Td> <Td> Poncelet! Matthew Poncelet </Td> <Td> Dead Man Walking </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Troisi! Massimo Troisi * </Td> <Td> Ruoppolo! Mario Ruoppolo </Td> <Td> Il Postino </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (69th) </Th> <Td> Rush! Geoffrey Rush </Td> <Td> Helfgott! David Helfgott </Td> <Td> Shine </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cruise! Tom Cruise </Td> <Td> Maguire! Jerry Maguire </Td> <Td> Jerry Maguire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fiennes! Ralph Fiennes </Td> <Td> de Almásy! Count László de Almásy </Td> <Td> English! The English Patient </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harrelson! Woody Harrelson </Td> <Td> Flynt! Larry Flynt </Td> <Td> People! The People vs. Larry Flynt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thornton! Billy Bob Thornton </Td> <Td> Childers! Karl Childers </Td> <Td> Sling Blade </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1997 (70th) </Th> <Td> Nicholson! Jack Nicholson </Td> <Td> Udall! Melvin Udall </Td> <Td> As Good as It Gets </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Damon! Matt Damon </Td> <Td> Hunting! Will Hunting </Td> <Td> Good Will Hunting </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Duvall! Robert Duvall </Td> <Td> Dewey! Euliss "Sonny" Dewey </Td> <Td> Apostle! The Apostle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fonda! Peter Fonda </Td> <Td> Jackson! Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson </Td> <Td> Ulee's Gold </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hoffman! Dustin Hoffman </Td> <Td> Motss! Stanley Motss </Td> <Td> Wag the Dog </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1998 (71st) </Th> <Td> Benigni! Roberto Benigni </Td> <Td> Orefice! Guido Orefice </Td> <Td> Life Is Beautiful </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hanks! Tom Hanks </Td> <Td> Miller! Captain John Miller </Td> <Td> Saving Private Ryan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> McKellen! Ian McKellen </Td> <Td> Whale! James Whale </Td> <Td> Gods and Monsters </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nolte! Nick Nolte </Td> <Td> Whitehouse! Wade Whitehouse </Td> <Td> Affliction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norton! Edward Norton </Td> <Td> Winyard! Derek Vinyard </Td> <Td> American History X </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1999 (72nd) </Th> <Td> Spacey! Kevin Spacey </Td> <Td> Burnham! Lester Burnham </Td> <Td> American Beauty </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crowe! Russell Crowe </Td> <Td> Wingand! Jeffrey Wigand </Td> <Td> Insider! The Insider </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Farnsworth! Richard Farnsworth </Td> <Td> Straight! Alvin Straight </Td> <Td> Straight! The Straight Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Penn! Sean Penn </Td> <Td> Ray! Emmet Ray </Td> <Td> Sweet and Lowdown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Washington! Denzel Washington </Td> <Td> Carter! Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter </Td> <Td> Hurricane! The Hurricane </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 2000s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2000 (73rd) </Th> <Td> Crowe! Russell Crowe </Td> <Td> Meridius! Maximus Decimus Meridius </Td> <Td> Gladiator </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bardem! Javier Bardem </Td> <Td> Arenas! Reinaldo Arenas </Td> <Td> Before Night Falls </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hanks! Tom Hanks </Td> <Td> Noland! Chuck Noland </Td> <Td> Cast Away </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harris! Ed Harris </Td> <Td> Pollock! Jackson Pollock </Td> <Td> Pollock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rush! Geoffrey Rush </Td> <Td> de Sade! The Marquis de Sade </Td> <Td> Quills </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2001 (74th) </Th> <Td> Washington! Denzel Washington </Td> <Td> Harris! Detective Alonzo Harris </Td> <Td> Training Day </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crowe! Russell Crowe </Td> <Td> Nash! John Forbes Nash Jr . </Td> <Td> Beautiful! A Beautiful Mind </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Penn! Sean Penn </Td> <Td> Dawson! Sam Dawson </Td> <Td> I Am Sam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Smith! Will Smith </Td> <Td> Ali! Muhammad Ali </Td> <Td> Ali </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wilkinson! Tom Wilkinson </Td> <Td> Fowler! Dr. Matt Fowler </Td> <Td> In the Bedroom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2002 (75th) </Th> <Td> Brody! Adrien Brody </Td> <Td> Szpilman! Władysław Szpilman </Td> <Td> Pianist! The Pianist </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cage! Nicolas Cage </Td> <Td> Kaufman! Charlie Kaufman Donald Kaufman </Td> <Td> Adaptation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Caine! Michael Caine </Td> <Td> Fowler! Thomas Fowler </Td> <Td> Quiet! The Quiet American </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Day - Lewis! Daniel Day - Lewis </Td> <Td> Cutting! William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting </Td> <Td> Gangs of New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicholson! Jack Nicholson </Td> <Td> Schmidt! Warren R. Schmidt </Td> <Td> About Schmidt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2003 (76th) </Th> <Td> Penn! Sean Penn </Td> <Td> Markum! Jimmy Markum </Td> <Td> Mystic River </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Depp! Johnny Depp </Td> <Td> Sparrow! Captain Jack Sparrow </Td> <Td> Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kingsley! Ben Kingsley </Td> <Td> Behrani! Massoud Amir Behrani </Td> <Td> House of Sand and Fog </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Law! Jude Law </Td> <Td> Inman! W.P. Inman </Td> <Td> Cold Mountain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Murray! Bill Murray </Td> <Td> Harris! Bob Harris </Td> <Td> Lost in Translation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (77th) </Th> <Td> Foxx! Jamie Foxx </Td> <Td> Charles! Ray Charles </Td> <Td> Ray </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cheadle! Don Cheadle </Td> <Td> Rusesabagina! Paul Rusesabagina </Td> <Td> Hotel Rwanda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Depp! Johnny Depp </Td> <Td> Barrie! J.M. Barrie </Td> <Td> Finding Neverland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> DiCaprio! Leonardo DiCaprio </Td> <Td> Hughes! Howard Hughes </Td> <Td> Aviator! The Aviator </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eastwood! Clint Eastwood </Td> <Td> Dunn! Frankie Dunn </Td> <Td> Million Dollar Baby </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2005 (78th) </Th> <Td> Hoffman! Philip Seymour Hoffman </Td> <Td> Capote! Truman Capote </Td> <Td> Capote </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Howard! Terrence Howard </Td> <Td> Djay </Td> <Td> Hustle & Flow </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ledger! Heath Ledger </Td> <Td> de Mar! Ennis Del Mar </Td> <Td> Brokeback Mountain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Phoenix! Joaquin Phoenix </Td> <Td> Cash! Johnny Cash </Td> <Td> Walk the Line </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Strathairn! David Strathairn </Td> <Td> Murrow! Edward R. Murrow </Td> <Td> Good Night, and Good Luck </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2006 (79th) </Th> <Td> Whitaker! Forest Whitaker </Td> <Td> Amin! Idi Amin </Td> <Td> Last! The Last King of Scotland </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> DiCaprio! Leonardo DiCaprio </Td> <Td> Archer! Danny Archer </Td> <Td> Blood Diamond </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gosling! Ryan Gosling </Td> <Td> Dunne! Dan Dunne </Td> <Td> Half Nelson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'Toole! Peter O'Toole </Td> <Td> Russell! Maurice Russell </Td> <Td> Venus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Smith! Will Smith </Td> <Td> Gardner! Chris Gardner </Td> <Td> Pursuit! The Pursuit of Happyness </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2007 (80th) </Th> <Td> Day - Lewis! Daniel Day - Lewis </Td> <Td> Plainview! Daniel Plainview </Td> <Td> There Will Be Blood </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clooney! George Clooney </Td> <Td> Clayton! Michael Clayton </Td> <Td> Michael Clayton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Depp! Johnny Depp </Td> <Td> Barker! Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker </Td> <Td> Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jones! Tommy Lee Jones </Td> <Td> Deerfield! Hank Deerfield </Td> <Td> In the Valley of Elah </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mortensen! Viggo Mortensen </Td> <Td> Luzhin! Nikolai Luzhin </Td> <Td> Eastern Promises </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2008 (81st) </Th> <Td> Penn! Sean Penn </Td> <Td> Milk! Harvey Milk </Td> <Td> Milk </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jenkins! Richard Jenkins </Td> <Td> Vale! Walter Vale </Td> <Td> Visitor! The Visitor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Langella! Frank Langella </Td> <Td> Nixon! Richard Nixon </Td> <Td> Frost / Nixon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pitt! Brad Pitt </Td> <Td> Button! Benjamin Button </Td> <Td> Curious! The Curious Case of Benjamin Button </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rourke! Mickey Rourke </Td> <Td> Robinson! Randy "The Ram" Robinson </Td> <Td> Wrestler! The Wrestler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2009 (82nd) </Th> <Td> Bridges! Jeff Bridges </Td> <Td> Blake! Otis "Bad" Blake </Td> <Td> Crazy Heart </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clooney! George Clooney </Td> <Td> Bingham! Ryan Bingham </Td> <Td> Up in the Air </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Firth! Colin Firth </Td> <Td> Falconer! George Falconer </Td> <Td> Single! A Single Man </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Freeman! Morgan Freeman </Td> <Td> Mandela! Nelson Mandela </Td> <Td> Invictus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Renner! Jeremy Renner </Td> <Td> James! SFC William James </Td> <Td> Hurt! The Hurt Locker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> 2010s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (83rd) </Th> <Td> Firth! Colin Firth </Td> <Td> George! King George VI </Td> <Td> King's! The King's Speech </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bardem! Javier Bardem </Td> <Td> Uxbal </Td> <Td> Biutiful! Biutiful </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bridges! Jeff Bridges </Td> <Td> Cogburn! Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn </Td> <Td> True Grit </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eisenberg! Jesse Eisenberg </Td> <Td> Zuckerberg! Mark Zuckerberg </Td> <Td> Social! The Social Network </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Franco! James Franco </Td> <Td> Ralston! Aron Ralston </Td> <Td> 127 Hours </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2011 (84th) </Th> <Td> Dujardin! Jean Dujardin </Td> <Td> Valentin! George Valentin </Td> <Td> Artist! The Artist </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bichir! Demián Bichir </Td> <Td> Galindo! Carlos Galindo </Td> <Td> Better! A Better Life </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clooney! George Clooney </Td> <Td> King! Matthew King </Td> <Td> Descendants! The Descendants </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oldman! Gary Oldman </Td> <Td> Smiley! George Smiley </Td> <Td> Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pitt! Brad Pitt </Td> <Td> Beane! Billy Beane </Td> <Td> Moneyball </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2012 (85th) </Th> <Td> Day - Lewis! Daniel Day - Lewis </Td> <Td> Lincoln! Abraham Lincoln </Td> <Td> Lincoln </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cooper! Bradley Cooper </Td> <Td> Solitano! Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr . </Td> <Td> Silver Linings Playbook </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jackman! Hugh Jackman </Td> <Td> Valjean! Jean Valjean </Td> <Td> Les Misérables </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Phoenix! Joaquin Phoenix </Td> <Td> Quell! Freddie Quell </Td> <Td> Master! The Master </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Washington! Denzel Washington </Td> <Td> Whitaker! William "Whip" Whitaker, Sr . </Td> <Td> Flight </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2013 (86th) </Th> <Td> McConaughey! Matthew McConaughey </Td> <Td> Woodruff! Ron Woodroof </Td> <Td> Dallas Buyers Club </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bale! Christian Bale </Td> <Td> Rosenfeld! Irving Rosenfeld </Td> <Td> American Hustle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dern! Bruce Dern </Td> <Td> Grant! Woodrow "Woody" Grant </Td> <Td> Nebraska </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> DiCaprio! Leonardo DiCaprio </Td> <Td> Belfort! Jordan Belfort </Td> <Td> Wolf! The Wolf of Wall Street </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ejiofor! Chiwetel Ejiofor </Td> <Td> Northup! Solomon Northup </Td> <Td> 12 Years a Slave </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2014 (87th) </Th> <Td> Redmayne! Eddie Redmayne </Td> <Td> Hawking! Stephen Hawking </Td> <Td> Theory! The Theory of Everything </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carell! Steve Carell </Td> <Td> du Pont! John du Pont </Td> <Td> Foxcatcher </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cooper! Bradley Cooper </Td> <Td> Kyle! Chris Kyle </Td> <Td> American Sniper </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cumberbatch! Benedict Cumberbatch </Td> <Td> Turing! Alan Turing </Td> <Td> Imitation! The Imitation Game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Keaton! Michael Keaton </Td> <Td> Thomson! Riggan Thomson </Td> <Td> Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2015 (88th) </Th> <Td> DiCaprio! Leonardo DiCaprio </Td> <Td> Glass! Hugh Glass </Td> <Td> Revenant! The Revenant </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cranston! Bryan Cranston </Td> <Td> Trumbo! Dalton Trumbo </Td> <Td> Trumbo! Trumbo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Damon! Matt Damon </Td> <Td> Watney! Mark Watney </Td> <Td> Martian! The Martian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fassbender! Michael Fassbender </Td> <Td> Jobs! Steve Jobs </Td> <Td> Steve Jobs </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Redmayne! Eddie Redmayne </Td> <Td> Elbe! Lili Elbe </Td> <Td> Danish! The Danish Girl </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2016 (89th) </Th> <Td> Affleck! Casey Affleck </Td> <Td> Chandler! Lee Chandler </Td> <Td> Manchester by the Sea </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Garfield! Andrew Garfield </Td> <Td> Doss! Desmond Doss </Td> <Td> Hacksaw Ridge </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gosling! Ryan Gosling </Td> <Td> Wilder! Sebastian Wilder </Td> <Td> La La Land </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mortensen! Viggo Mortensen </Td> <Td> Cash! Ben Cash </Td> <Td> Captain Fantastic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Washington! Denzel Washington </Td> <Td> Maxson! Troy Maxson </Td> <Td> Fences </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2017 (90th) </Th> <Td> Oldman! Gary Oldman </Td> <Td> Churchill! Winston Churchill </Td> <Td> Darkest Hour </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chalamet! Timothée Chalamet </Td> <Td> Perlman! Elio Perlman </Td> <Td> Call Me by Your Name </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Day - Lewis! Daniel Day - Lewis </Td> <Td> Woodcock! Reynolds Woodcock </Td> <Td> Phantom Thread </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kaluuya! Daniel Kaluuya </Td> <Td> Washington! Chris Washington </Td> <Td> Get Out </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Washington! Denzel Washington </Td> <Td> Israel! Roman J. Israel </Td> <Td> Roman J. Israel, Esq . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Actor </Th> <Th> Role (s) </Th> <Th> Film </Th> <Th> Ref . </Th> </Tr>

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