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Academy Awards Nominees for Best Lead and Supporting Actor

Best Actor

 

1927-28

 
Emil Jannings *. The Last Command (1928)
Emil Jannings *. The Way of All Flesh (1927)
Richard Barthelmess. The Noose (1928)
Richard Barthelmess. The Patent Leather Kid (1927)

1928-29

 
Warner Baxter *. In Old Arizona (1928)
George Bancroft. Thunderbolt (1929)
Chester Morris. Alibi (1929)
Paul Muni. The Valiant (1929)
Lewis Stone. The Patriot (1928)

1929-30

 
George Arliss. Disraeli (1929)
George Arliss. The Green Goddess (1930)
Wallace Beery. The Big House (1930)
Maurice Chevalier. The Big Pond (1930)
Maurice Chevalier. The Love Parade (1929)
Ronald Colman. Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Ronald Colman. Condemned To Devil's Island (1929)
Lawrence Tibbett. The Rogue Song (1930)

1930-31

 
Lionel Barrymore *. A Free Soul (1931)
Adolphe Menjou. The Front Page (1931)
Jackie Cooper. Skippy (1931)
Richard Dix. Cimarron (1931)
Fredric March. The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)

1931-32

 
Wallace Beery *. The Champ (1931)
Fredric March *. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Alfred Lunt. The Guardsman (1931)

1932-33

 
Charles Laughton. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Leslie Howard. Berkeley Square (1933)
Paul Muni. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)

1934

 
Clark Gable *. It Happened One Night (1934)
Frank Morgan. The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
William Powell. The Thin Man (1934)

1935

 
Victor McLaglen *. The Informer (1935)
Clark Gable. Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)
Charles Laughton. Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)
Paul Muni. Black Fury (1935)
Franchot Tone. Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)

1936

 
Paul Muni *. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Gary Cooper. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
Walter Huston. Dodsworth (1936)
William Powell. Dodsworth (1936)
Spencer Tracy. San Francisco (1936)

1937

 
Spencer Tracy *. Captains Courageous (1937)
Charles Boyer. Conquest (1937)
Fredric March. A Star Is Born (1937)
Robert Montgomery. Night Must Fall (1937)
Paul Muni. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

1938

 
Spencer Tracy *. Boys Town (1938)
Charles Boyer. Algiers (1938)
James Cagney. Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
Robert Donat. The Citadel (1938)
Leslie Howard. Pygmalion (1938)

1939

 
Robert Donat *. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Clark Gable. Gone With the Wind (1939)
Laurence Olivier. Wuthering Heights (1939)
Mickey Rooney. Babes In Arms (1939)
James Stewart. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

1940

 
James Stewart *. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Charlie Chaplin. The Great Dictator (1940)
Henry Fonda. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Raymond Massey. Abe Lincoln In Illinois (1940)
Laurence Olivier. Rebecca (1940)

1941

 
Gary Cooper *. Sergeant York (1941)
Cary Grant. Penny Serenade (1941)
Walter Huston. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Robert Montgomery. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Orson Welles. Citizen Kane (1941)

1942

 
James Cagney *. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Ronald Colman. Random Harvest (1942)
Gary Cooper. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Walter Pidgeon. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Monty Woolley. The Pied Piper (1942)

1943

 
Paul Lukas *. Watch On the Rhine (1943)
Humphrey Bogart. Casablanca (1942)
Gary Cooper. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Walter Pidgeon. Madame Curie (1943)
Mickey Rooney. The Human Comedy (1943)

1944

 
Bing Crosby *. Going My Way (1944)
Charles Boyer. Gaslight (1944)
Barry Fitzgerald. Going My Way (1944)
Cary Grant. None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
Alexander Knox. Wilson (1944)

1945

 
Ray Milland *. The Lost Weekend (1945)
Bing Crosby. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Gene Kelly. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Gregory Peck. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Cornel Wilde. A Song To Remember (1945)

1946

 
Fredric March *. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Laurence Olivier. Henry V (1944)
Larry Parks. The Jolson Story (1946)
Gregory Peck. The Yearling (1946)
James Stewart. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

1947

 
Ronald Colman *. A Double Life (1947)
John Garfield. Body and Soul (1947)
Gregory Peck. Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
William Powell. Life With Father (1947)
Michael Redgrave. Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

1948

 
Laurence Olivier *. Hamlet (1948)
Lew Ayres. Johnny Belinda (1948)
Montgomery Clift. The Search (1948)
Dan Dailey. When My Baby Smiles At Me (1948)
Clifton Webb. Sitting Pretty (1948)

1949

 
Broderick Crawford *. All the King's Men (1949)
Kirk Douglas. Champion (1949)
Gregory Peck. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Richard Todd. Hasty Heart (1949)
John Wayne. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

1950

 
Jose Ferrer *. Cyrano De Bergerac (1950)
Louis Calhern. The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
William Holden. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
James Stewart. Harvey (1950)
Spencer Tracy. Father of the Bride (1950)

1951

 
Humphrey Bogart *. The African Queen (1951)
Marlon Brando. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Montgomery Clift. A Place In the Sun (1951)
Arthur Kennedy. Bright Victory (1951)
Fredric March. Death of a Salesman (1951)

1952

 
Gary Cooper *. High Noon (1952)
Marlon Brando. Viva Zapata! (1952)
Kirk Douglas. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Jose Ferrer. Moulin Rouge (1952)
Alec Guinness. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

1953

 
William Holden *. Stalag 17 (1953)
Marlon Brando. Julius Caesar (1953)
Richard Burton. The Robe (1953)
Montgomery Clift. From Here To Eternity (1953)
Burt Lancaster. From Here To Eternity (1953)

1954

 
Marlon Brando *. On the Waterfront (1954)
Humphrey Bogart. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Bing Crosby. The Country Girl (1954)
James Mason. A Star Is Born (1954)
Dan O'Herlihy. Robinson Crusoe (1954)

1955

 
Ernest Borgnine *. Marty (1955)
James Cagney. Love Me Or Leave Me (1955)
James Dean. East of Eden (1955)
Frank Sinatra. The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)
Spencer Tracy. Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)

1956

 
Yul Brynner *. The King and I (1956)
James Dean. Giant (1956)
Kirk Douglas. Lust For Life (1956)
Rock Hudson. Giant (1956)
Laurence Olivier. Richard III (1955)

1957

 
Alec Guinness *. The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
Marlon Brando. Sayonara (1957)
Anthony Franciosa. A Hatful of Rain (1957)
Charles Laughton. Witness For the Prosecution (1957)
Anthony Quinn. Wild Is the Wind (1957)

1958

 
David Niven *. Separate Tables (1958)
Tony Curtis. The Defiant Ones (1958)
Paul Newman. Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Sidney Poitier. The Defiant Ones (1958)
Spencer Tracy. The Old Man and the Sea (1958)

1959

 
Charlton Heston *. Ben-Hur (1959)
Laurence Harvey. Room At the Top (1959)
Jack Lemmon. Some Like It Hot (1959)
Paul Muni. The Last Angry Man (1959)
James Stewart. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

1960

 
Burt Lancaster *. Elmer Gantry (1960)
Trevor Howard. Sons and Lovers (1960)
Jack Lemmon. The Apartment (1960)
Laurence Olivier. The Entertainer (1960)
Spencer Tracy. Inherit the Wind (1960)

1961

 
Maximilian Schell *. Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Charles Boyer. Fanny (1961)
Paul Newman. The Hustler (1961)
Spencer Tracy. Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Stuart Whitman. The Mark (1961)

1962

 
Gregory Peck *. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Burt Lancaster. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Jack Lemmon. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Marcello Mastroianni. Divorce, Italian Style (1961)
Peter O'Toole. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

1963

 
Sidney Poitier *. Lilies of the Field (1963)
Albert Finney. Tom Jones (1963)
Richard Harris. This Sporting Life (1963)
Rex Harrison. Cleopatra (1963)
Paul Newman. Hud (1963)

1964

 
Rex Harrison *. My Fair Lady (1964)
Richard Burton. Becket (1964)
Peter O'Toole. Becket (1964)
Anthony Quinn. Zorba the Greek (1964)
Peter Sellers. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

1965

 
Lee Marvin *. Cat Ballou (1965)
Richard Burton. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1965)
Laurence Olivier. Othello (1965)
Rod Steiger. The Pawnbroker (1965)
Oskar Werner. Ship of Fools (1965)

1966

 
Paul Scofield *. A Man For All Seasons (1966)
Alan Arkin. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Richard Burton. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Michael Caine. Alfie (1966)
Steve McQueen. The Sand Pebbles (1966)

1967

 
Rod Steiger *. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Warren Beatty. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Dustin Hoffman. The Graduate (1967)
Paul Newman. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Spencer Tracy. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)

1968

 
Cliff Robertson *. Charly (1968)
Alan Arkin. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Alan Bates. The Fixer (1968)
Ron Moody. Oliver! (1968)
Peter O'Toole. The Lion In Winter (1968)

1969

 
John Wayne *. True Grit (1969)
Richard Burton. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Dustin Hoffman. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Peter O'Toole. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Jon Voight. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

1970

 
George C. Scott *. Patton (1970)
Melvyn Douglas. I Never Sang For My Father (1970)
James Earl Jones. The Great White Hope (1970)
Jack Nicholson. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Ryan O'Neal. Love Story (1970)

1971

 
Gene Hackman *. The French Connection (1971)
Peter Finch. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Walter Matthau. Kotch (1971)
George C. Scott. The Hospital (1971)
Chaim Topol. Fiddler On the Roof (1971)

1972

 
Marlon Brando *. The Godfather (1972)
Michael Caine. Sleuth (1972)
Laurence Olivier. Sleuth (1972)
Peter O'Toole. The Ruling Class (1972)
Paul Winfield. Sounder (1972)

1973

 
Jack Lemmon *. Save the Tiger (1973)
Marlon Brando. Last Tango In Paris (1972)
Jack Nicholson. The Last Detail (1973)
Al Pacino. Serpico (1973)
Robert Redford. The Sting (1973)

1974

 
Art Carney *. Harry and Tonto (1974)
Albert Finney. Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
Dustin Hoffman. Lenny (1974)
Jack Nicholson. Chinatown (1974)
Al Pacino. The Godfather, Part II (1974)

1975

 
Jack Nicholson *. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Walter Matthau. The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Al Pacino. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Maximilian Schell. The Man In the Glass Booth (1975)
James Whitmore. Give 'Em Hell, Harry! (1975)

1976

 
Peter Finch *. Network (1976)
Robert De Niro. Taxi Driver (1976)
Giancarlo Giannini. Seven Beauties (1975)
William Holden. Network (1976)
Sylvester Stallone. Rocky (1976)

1977

 
Richard Dreyfuss *. The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Woody Allen. Annie Hall (1977)
Richard Burton. Equus (1977)
Marcello Mastroianni. Una Giornata Particolare (1977)
John Travolta. Saturday Night Fever (1977)

1978

 
Jon Voight *. Coming Home (1978)
Warren Beatty. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Gary Busey. The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Robert De Niro. The Deer Hunter (1978)
Laurence Olivier. The Boys From Brazil (1978)

1979

 
Dustin Hoffman *. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
Jack Lemmon. The China Syndrome (1979)
Al Pacino. ...And Justice For All (1979)
Roy Scheider. All That Jazz (1979)
Peter Sellers. Being There (1979)

1980

 
Robert De Niro *. Raging Bull (1980)
Robert Duvall. The Great Santini (1979)
John Hurt. The Elephant Man (1980)
Jack Lemmon. Tribute (1980)
Peter O'Toole. The Stunt Man (1980)

1981

 
Henry Fonda *. On Golden Pond (1981)
Warren Beatty. Reds (1981)
Burt Lancaster. Atlantic City (1980)
Dudley Moore. Arthur (1981)
Paul Newman. Absence of Malice (1981)

1982

 
Ben Kingsley *. Gandhi (1982)
Dustin Hoffman. Tootsie (1982)
Jack Lemmon. Missing (1982)
Paul Newman. The Verdict (1982)
Peter O'Toole. My Favorite Year (1982)

1983

 
Robert Duvall *. Tender Mercies (1983)
Michael Caine. Educating Rita (1983)
Tom Conti. Reuben, Reuben (1983)
Tom Courtenay. The Dresser (1983)
Albert Finney. The Dresser (1983)

1984

 
F. Murray Abraham *. Amadeus (1984)
Jeff Bridges. Starman (1984)
Albert Finney. Under the Volcano (1984)
Tom Hulce. Amadeus (1984)
Sam Waterston. The Killing Fields (1984)

1985

 
William Hurt *. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Harrison Ford. Witness (1985)
James Garner. Murphy's Romance (1985)
Jack Nicholson. Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Jon Voight. Runaway Train (1985)

1986

 
Paul Newman *. The Color of Money (1986)
Dexter Gordon. 'Round Midnight (1986)
Bob Hoskins. Mona Lisa (1986)
William Hurt. Children of a Lesser God (1986)
James Woods. Salvador (1986)

1987

 
Michael Douglas *. Wall Street (1987)
William Hurt. Broadcast News (1987)
Marcello Mastroianni. Dark Eyes (1987)
Jack Nicholson. Ironweed (1987)
Robin Williams. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

1988

 
Dustin Hoffman *. Rain Man (1988)
Gene Hackman. Mississippi Burning (1988)
Tom Hanks. Big (1988)
Edward James Olmos. Stand and Deliver (1988)
Max von Sydow. Pelle the Conqueror (1987)

1989

 
Daniel Day-Lewis *. My Left Foot (1989)
Kenneth Branagh. Henry V (1989)
Tom Cruise. Born On the Fourth of July (1989)
Morgan Freeman. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Robin Williams. Dead Poets Society (1989)

1990

 
Jeremy Irons *. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Kevin Costner. Dances With Wolves (1990)
Robert De Niro. Awakenings (1990)
Gerard Depardieu. Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
Richard Harris. The Field (1990)

1991

 
Anthony Hopkins *. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Warren Beatty. Bugsy (1991)
Robert De Niro. Cape Fear (1991)
Nick Nolte. The Prince of Tides (1991)
Robin Williams. The Fisher King (1991)

1992

 
Al Pacino *. Scent of a Woman (1992)
Robert Downey Jr.. Chaplin (1992)
Clint Eastwood. Unforgiven (1992)
Stephen Rea. The Crying Game (1992)
Denzel Washington. Malcolm X (1992)

1993

 
Tom Hanks *. Philadelphia (1993)
Daniel Day-Lewis. In the Name of the Father (1993)
Laurence Fishburne. What's Love Got To Do With It (1993)
Anthony Hopkins. The Remains of the Day (1993)
Liam Neeson. Schindler's List (1993)

1994

 
Tom Hanks *. Forrest Gump (1994)
Morgan Freeman. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Nigel Hawthorne. The Madness of King George (1994)
Paul Newman. Nobody's Fool (1994)
John Travolta. Pulp Fiction (1994)

1995

 
Nicolas Cage *. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Richard Dreyfuss. Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Anthony Hopkins. Nixon (1995)
Sean Penn. Dead Man Walking (1995)
Massimo Troisi. Il Postino (1994)

1996

 
Geoffrey Rush *. Shine (1996)
Tom Cruise. Jerry Maguire (1996)
Ralph Fiennes. The English Patient (1996)
Woody Harrelson. The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Billy Bob Thornton. Sling Blade (1996)

1997

 
Jack Nicholson *. As Good As It Gets (1997)
Matt Damon. Good Will Hunting (1997)
Robert Duvall. The Apostle (1997)
Peter Fonda. Ulee's Gold (1997)
Dustin Hoffman. Wag the Dog (1997)

1998

 
Roberto Benigni *. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Tom Hanks. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Ian McKellen. Gods and Monsters (1998)
Nick Nolte. Affliction (1998)
Edward Norton. American History X (1998)

1999

 
Kevin Spacey *. American Beauty (1999)
Russell Crowe. The Insider (1999)
Richard Farnsworth. The Straight Story (1999)
Sean Penn. Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Denzel Washington. The Hurricane (1999)

2000

 
Russell Crowe *. Gladiator (2000)
Javier Bardem. Before Night Falls (2000)
Tom Hanks. Cast Away (2000)
Ed Harris. Pollock (2000)
Geoffrey Rush. Quills (2000)

2001

 
Denzel Washington *. Training Day (2001)
Russell Crowe. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Sean Penn. I Am Sam (2001)
Will Smith. Ali (2001)
Tom Wilkinson. In the Bedroom (2001)

2002

 
Adrien Brody *. The Pianist (2002)
Nicolas Cage. Adaptation (2002)
Michael Caine. The Quiet American (2002)
Daniel Day-Lewis. Gangs of New York (2002)
Jack Nicholson. About Schmidt (2002)

2003

 
Sean Penn *. Mystic River (2003)
Johnny Depp. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Ben Kingsley. House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Jude Law. Cold Mountain (2003)
Bill Murray. Lost In Translation (2003)

2004

 
Jamie Foxx *. Ray (2004)
Don Cheadle. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Johnny Depp. Finding Neverland (2004)
Leonardo DiCaprio. The Aviator (2004)
Clint Eastwood. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

2005

 
Philip Seymour Hoffman *. Capote (2005)
Terrence Howard. Hustle & Flow (2005)
Heath Ledger. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Joaquin Phoenix. Walk the Line (2005)
David Strathairn. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

2006

 
Forest Whitaker. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Leonardo DiCaprio. Blood Diamond (2006)
Ryan Gosling. Half Nelson (2006)
Peter O'Toole. Venus (2006)
Will Smith. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

2007

 
Daniel Day-Lewis *. There Will Be Blood (2007)
George Clooney. Michael Clayton (2007)
Johnny Depp. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Tommy Lee Jones. In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Viggo Mortensen. Eastern Promises (2007)

2008

 
Sean Penn *. Milk (2008)
Richard Jenkins. The Visitor (2008)
Frank Langella. Frost/Nixon (2008)
Brad Pitt. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Mickey Rourke. The Wrestler (2008)

2009

 
Jeff Bridges *. Crazy Heart (2009)
George Clooney. Up In the Air (2009)
Colin Firth. A Single Man (2009)
Morgan Freeman. Invictus (2009)
Jeremy Renner. The Hurt Locker (2009)

2010

 
Colin Firth *. The King's Speech (2010)
Javier Bardem. Biutiful (2010)
Jeff Bridges. True Grit (2010)
Jesse Eisenberg. The Social Network (2010)
James Franco. 127 Hours (2010)

2011

 
Jean Dujardin *. The Artist (2011)
Demian Bichir. A Better Life (2011)
George Clooney. The Descendants (2011)
Gary Oldman. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
Brad Pitt. Moneyball (2011)

2012

 
Daniel Day-Lewis *. Lincoln (2012)
Bradley Cooper. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Hugh Jackman. Les Miserables (2012)
Joaquin Phoenix. The Master (2012)
Denzel Washington. Flight (2012)

2013

 
Matthew McConaughey *. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Christian Bale. American Hustle (2013)
Bruce Dern. Nebraska (2013)
Leonardo DiCaprio. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Chiwetel Ejiofor. 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Best Supporting Actor

 

1936

 
Walter Brennan *. Come and Get It (1936)
Mischa Auer. My Man Godfrey (1936)
Stuart Erwin. Pigskin Parade (1936)
Basil Rathbone. Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Akim Tamiroff. The General Died At Dawn (1936)

1937

 
Joseph Schildkraut *. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Ralph Bellamy. The Awful Truth (1937)
Warner Mitchell. The Hurricane (1937)
H.B. Warner. Lost Horizon (1937)
Roland Young. Topper (1937)

1938

 
Walter Brennan *. Kentucky (1938)
John Garfield. Four Daughters (1938)
Gene Lockhart. Algiers (1938)
Robert Morley. Marie Antoinette (1938)
Basil Rathbone. If I Were King (1938)

1939

 
Thomas Mitchell *. Stagecoach (1939)
Brian Aherne. Juarez (1939)
Harry Carey. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
Brian Donlevy. Beau Geste (1939)
Claude Rains. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

1940

 
Walter Brennan *. The Westerner (1940)
Albert Basserman. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
William Gargan. They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Jack Oakie. The Great Dictator (1940)
James Stephenson. The Letter (1940)

1941

 
Donald Crisp *. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Walter Brennan. Sergeant York (1941)
Charles Coburn. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
James Gleason. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Sydney Greenstreet. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

1942

 
Van Heflin *. Johnny Eager (1942)
William Bendix. Wake Island (1942)
Walter Huston. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Frank Morgan. Tortilla Flat (1942)
Henry Travers. Mrs. Miniver (1942)

1943

 
Charles Coburn *. The More the Merrier (1943)
Charles Bickford. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
J. Carrol Naish. Sahara (1943)
Claude Rains. Casablanca (1942)
Akim Tamiroff. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

1944

 
Barry Fitzgerald *. Going My Way (1944)
Hume Cronyn. The Seventh Cross (1944)
Claude Rains. Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Clifton Webb. Laura (1944)
Monty Woolley. Since You Went Away (1944)

1945

 
James Dunn *. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945)
Michael Chekhov. Spellbound (1945)
John Dall. The Corn Is Green (1945)
Robert Mitchum. Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
J. Carrol Naish. A Medal For Benny (1945)

1946

 
Harold Russell *. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Charles Coburn. A.J. Cronin's The Green Years (1946)
William Demarest. The Jolson Story (1946)
Claude Rains. Notorious (1946)
Clifton Webb. The Razor's Edge (1946)

1947

 
Edmund Gwenn *. Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
Charles Bickford. The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Thomas Gomez. Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
Robert Ryan. Crossfire (1947)
Richard Widmark. Kiss of Death (1947)

1948

 
Walter Huston *. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Charles Bickford. Johnny Belinda (1948)
Jose Ferrer. Joan of Arc (1948)
Oskar Homolka. I Remember Mama (1948)
Cecil Kellaway. The Luck of the Irish (1948)

1949

 
Dean Jagger *. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
John Ireland. All the King's Men (1949)
Arthur Kennedy. Champion (1949)
Ralph Richardson. The Heiress (1949)
James Whitmore. Battleground (1949)

1950

 
George Sanders *. All About Eve (1950)
Jeff Chandler. Broken Arrow (1950)
Edmund Gwenn. Mister 880 (1950)
Sam Jaffe. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Erich von Stroheim. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

1951

 
Karl Malden *. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Leo Genn. Quo Vadis (1951)
Kevin McCarthy. Death of a Salesman (1951)
Peter Ustinov. Quo Vadis (1951)
Gig Young. Come Fill the Cup (1951)

1952

 
Anthony Quinn *. Viva Zapata! (1952)
Richard Burton. My Cousin Rachel (1952)
Arthur Hunnicutt. The Big Sky (1952)
Victor McLaglen. The Quiet Man (1952)
Jack Palance. Sudden Fear (1952)

1953

 
Frank Sinatra *. From Here To Eternity (1953)
Eddie Albert. Roman Holiday (1953)
Brandon de Wilde. Shane (1953)
Jack Palance. Shane (1953)
Robert Strauss. Stalag 17 (1953)

1954

 
Edmond O'Brien *. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Lee J. Cobb. On the Waterfront (1954)
Karl Malden. On the Waterfront (1954)
Rod Steiger. On the Waterfront (1954)
Tom Tully. The Caine Mutiny (1954)

1955

 
Jack Lemmon *. Mister Roberts (1955)
Arthur Kennedy. Trial (1955)
Joe Mantell. Marty (1955)
Sal Mineo. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Arthur O'Connell. Picnic (1955)

1956

 
Anthony Quinn *. Lust For Life (1956)
Don Murray. Bus Stop (1956)
Anthony Perkins. Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Mickey Rooney. The Bold and the Brave (1956)
Robert Stack. Written On the Wind (1956)

1957

 
Red Buttons *. Sayonara (1957)
Vittorio de Sica. A Farewell To Arms (1957)
Sessue Hayakawa. The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
Arthur Kennedy. Peyton Place (1957)
Russ Tamblyn. Peyton Place (1957)

1958

 
Burl Ives *. The Big Country (1958)
Theodore Bikel. The Defiant Ones (1958)
Lee J. Cobb. The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Arthur Kennedy. Some Came Running (1958)
Gig Young. Teacher's Pet (1958)

1959

 
Hugh Griffith *. Ben-Hur (1959)
Arthur O'Connell. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
George C. Scott. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Robert Vaughn. The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Ed Wynn. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

1960

 
Peter Ustinov *. Spartacus (1960)
Peter Falk. Murder, Inc. (1960)
Jack Kruschen. The Apartment (1960)
Sal Mineo. Exodus (1960)
Chill Wills. The Alamo (1960)

1961

 
George Chakiris *. West Side Story (1961)
Montgomery Clift. Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Peter Falk. Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Jackie Gleason. The Hustler (1961)
George C. Scott. The Hustler (1961)

1962

 
Ed Begley *. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Victor Buono. What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
Telly Savalas. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Omar Sharif. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Terence Stamp. Billy Budd (1962)

1963

 
Melvyn Douglas *. Hud (1963)
Nick Adams. Twilight of Honor (1963)
Bobby Darin. Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
Hugh Griffith. Tom Jones (1963)
John Huston. The Cardinal (1963)

1964

 
Peter Ustinov *. Topkapi (1964)
John Gielgud. Becket (1964)
Stanley Holloway. My Fair Lady (1964)
Edmond O'Brien. Seven Days In May (1964)
Lee Tracy. The Best Man (1964)

1965

 
Martin Balsam *. A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Ian Bannen. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Tom Courtenay. Dr. Zhivago (1965)
Michael Dunn. Ship of Fools (1965)
Frank Finlay. Othello (1965)

1966

 
Walter Matthau *. The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Mako. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
James Mason. Georgy Girl (1966)
George Segal. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Robert Shaw. A Man For All Seasons (1966)

1967

 
George Kennedy *. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
John Cassavetes. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Gene Hackman. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Cecil Kellaway. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
Michael J. Pollard. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

1968

 
Jack Albertson *. The Subject Was Roses (1968)
Seymour Cassel. Faces (1968)
Daniel Massey. Star! (1968)
Jack Wild. Oliver! (1968)
Gene Wilder. The Producers (1968)

1969

 
Gig Young *. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Rupert Crosse. The Reivers (1969)
Elliott Gould. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
Jack Nicholson. Easy Rider (1969)
Anthony Quayle. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

1970

 
John Mills *. Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Richard S. Castellano. Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Chief Dan George. Little Big Man (1970)
Gene Hackman. I Never Sang For My Father (1970)
John Marley. Love Story (1970)

1971

 
Ben Johnson. The Last Picture Show (1971)
Jeff Bridges. The Last Picture Show (1971)
Leonard Frey. Fiddler On the Roof (1971)
Richard Jaeckel. Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)
Roy Scheider. The French Connection (1971)

1972

 
Joel Grey *. Cabaret (1972)
Eddie Albert. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
James Caan. The Godfather (1972)
Robert Duvall. The Godfather (1972)
Al Pacino. The Godfather (1972)

1973

 
John Houseman *. The Paper Chase (1973)
Vincent Gardenia. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Jack Gilford. Save the Tiger (1973)
Jason Miller. The Exorcist (1973)
Randy Quaid. The Last Detail (1973)

1974

 
Robert De Niro *. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Fred Astaire. The Towering Inferno (1974)
Jeff Bridges. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Michael V. Gazzo. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Lee Strasberg. The Godfather, Part II (1974)

1975

 
George Burns *. The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Brad Dourif. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Burgess Meredith. The Day of the Locust (1975)
Chris Sarandon. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Jack Warden. Shampoo (1975)

1976

 
Jason Robards *. All the President's Men (1976)
Ned Beatty. Network (1976)
Burgess Meredith. Rocky (1976)
Laurence Olivier. Marathon Man (1976)
Burt Young. Rocky (1976)

1977

 
Jason Robards *. Julia (1977)
Mikhail Baryshnikov. The Turning Point (1977)
Peter Firth. Equus (1977)
Alec Guinness. Star Wars (1977)
Maximilian Schell. Julia (1977)

1978

 
Christopher Walken *. The Deer Hunter (1978)
Bruce Dern. Coming Home (1978)
Richard Farnsworth. Comes a Horseman (1978)
John Hurt. Midnight Express (1978)
Jack Warden. Heaven Can Wait (1978)

1979

 
Melvyn Douglas *. Being There (1979)
Robert Duvall. Apocalypse Now (1979)
Frederic Forrest. The Rose (1979)
Justin Henry. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
Mickey Rooney. The Black Stallion (1979)

1980

 
Timothy Hutton *. Ordinary People (1980)
Judd Hirsch. Ordinary People (1980)
Michael O'Keefe. The Great Santini (1979)
Joe Pesci. Raging Bull (1980)
Jason Robards. Melvin and Howard (1980)

1981

 
John Gielgud *. Arthur (1981)
James Coco. Only When I Laugh (1981)
Ian Holm. Chariots of Fire (1981)
Jack Nicholson. Reds (1981)
Howard Rollins. Ragtime (1981)

1982

 
Louis Gossett Jr.. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Charles Durning. The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (1982)
John Lithgow. The World According To Garp (1982)
James Mason. The Verdict (1982)
Robert Preston. Victor/Victoria (1982)

1983

 
Jack Nicholson *. Terms of Endearment (1983)
Charles Durning. To Be Or Not To Be (1983)
John Lithgow. Terms of Endearment (1983)
Sam Shepard. The Right Stuff (1983)
Rip Torn. Cross Creek (1983)

1984

 
Haing S. Ngor *. The Killing Fields (1984)
Adolph Caesar. A Soldier's Story (1984)
John Malkovich. Places In the Heart (1984)
Pat Morita. The Karate Kid (1984)
Ralph Richardson. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

1985

 
Don Ameche *. Cocoon (1985)
Klaus Maria Brandauer. Out of Africa (1985)
William Hickey. Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Robert Loggia. Jagged Edge (1985)
Eric Roberts. Runaway Train (1985)

1986

 
Michael Caine *. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Tom Berenger. Platoon (1986)
Willem Dafoe. Platoon (1986)
Denholm Elliott. A Room With a View (1986)
Dennis Hopper. Hoosiers (1986)

1987

 
Sean Connery *. The Untouchables (1987)
Albert Brooks. Broadcast News (1987)
Morgan Freeman. Street Smart (1987)
Vincent Gardenia. Moonstruck (1987)
Denzel Washington. Cry Freedom (1987)

1988

 
Kevin Kline *. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Alec Guinness. Little Dorrit (1988)
Martin Landau. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
River Phoenix. Running On Empty (1988)
Dean Stockwell. Married To the Mob (1988)

1989

 
Denzel Washington *. Glory (1989)
Danny Aiello. Do the Right Thing (1989)
Dan Aykroyd. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Marlon Brando. A Dry White Season (1989)
Martin Landau. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

1990

 
Joe Pesci *. Goodfellas (1990)
Bruce Davison. Longtime Companion (1990)
Andy Garcia. The Godfather, Part III (1990)
Graham Greene. Dances With Wolves (1990)
Al Pacino. Dick Tracy (1990)

1991

 
Jack Palance *. City Slickers (1991)
Tommy Lee Jones. JFK (1991)
Harvey Keitel. Bugsy (1991)
Ben Kingsley. Bugsy (1991)
Michael Lerner. Barton Fink (1991)

1992

 
Gene Hackman *. Unforgiven (1992)
Jaye Davidson. The Crying Game (1992)
Jack Nicholson. A Few Good Men (1992)
Al Pacino. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
David Paymer. Mr. Saturday Night (1992)

1993

 
Tommy Lee Jones *. The Fugitive (1993)
Leonardo DiCaprio. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Ralph Fiennes. Schindler's List (1993)
John Malkovich. In the Line of Fire (1993)
Pete Postlethwaite. In the Name of the Father (1993)

1994

 
Martin Landau *. Ed Wood (1994)
Samuel L. Jackson. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Chazz Palminteri. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Paul Scofield. Quiz Show (1994)
Gary Sinise. Forrest Gump (1994)

1995

 
Kevin Spacey *. The Usual Suspects (1995)
James Cromwell. Babe (1995)
Ed Harris. Apollo 13 (1995)
Brad Pitt. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Tim Roth. Rob Roy (1995)

1996

 
Cuba Gooding Jr.. Jerry Maguire (1996)
William H. Macy. Fargo (1996)
Armin Mueller-Stahl. Shine (1996)
Edward Norton. Primal Fear (1996)
James Woods. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

1997

 
Robin Williams *. Good Will Hunting (1997)
Robert Forster. Jackie Brown (1997)
Anthony Hopkins. Amistad (1997)
Greg Kinnear. As Good As It Gets (1997)
Burt Reynolds. Boogie Nights (1997)

1998

 
James Coburn *. Affliction (1998)
Robert Duvall. A Civil Action (1998)
Ed Harris. The Truman Show (1998)
Geoffrey Rush. Shakespeare In Love (1998)
Billy Bob Thornton. A Simple Plan (1998)

1999

 
Michael Caine *. The Cider House Rules (1999)
Tom Cruise. Magnolia (1999)
Michael Clarke Duncan. The Green Mile (1999)
Jude Law. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Haley Joel Osment. The Sixth Sense (1999)

2000

 
Benicio Del Toro *. Traffic (2000)
Jeff Bridges. The Contender (2000)
Willem Dafoe. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Albert Finney. Erin Brockovich (2000)
Joaquin Phoenix. Gladiator (2000)

2001

 
Jim Broadbent *. Iris (2001)
Ethan Hawke. Training Day (2001)
Ben Kingsley. Sexy Beast (2000)
Ian McKellen. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Jon Voight. Ali (2001)

2002

 
Chris Cooper *. Adaptation (2002)
Ed Harris. The Hours (2002)
Paul Newman. Road To Perdition (2002)
John C. Reilly. Chicago (2002)
Christopher Walken. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

2003

 
Tim Robbins *. Mystic River (2003)
Alec Baldwin. The Cooler (2003)
Benicio Del Toro. 21 Grams (2003)
Djimon Hounsou. In America (2003)
Ken Watanabe. The Last Samurai (2003)

2004

 
Morgan Freeman *. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Alan Alda. The Aviator (2004)
Thomas Haden Church. Sideways (2004)
Jamie Foxx. Collateral (2004)
Clive Owen. Closer (2004)

2005

 
George Clooney *. Syriana (2005)
Matt Dillon. Crash (2005)
Paul Giamatti. Cinderella Man (2005)
Jake Gyllenhaal. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
William Hurt. A History of Violence (2005)

2006

 
Alan Arkin *. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Jackie Earle Haley. Little Children (2006)
Djimon Hounsou. Blood Diamond (2006)
Eddie Murphy. Dreamgirls (2006)
Mark Wahlberg. The Departed (2006)

2007

 
Javier Bardem *. No Country For Old Men (2007)
Casey Affleck. The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Philip Seymour Hoffman. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Hal Holbrook. Into the Wild (2007)
Tom Wilkinson. Michael Clayton (2007)

2008

 
Heath Ledger *. The Dark Knight (2008)
Josh Brolin. Milk (2008)
Robert Downey Jr.. Tropic Thunder (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman. Doubt (2008)
Michael Shannon. Revolutionary Road (2008)

2009

 
Christoph Waltz *. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Matt Damon. Invictus (2009)
Woody Harrelson. The Messenger (2009)
Christopher Plummer. The Last Station (2009)
Stanley Tucci. The Lovely Bones (2009)

2010

 
Christian Bale *. The Fighter (2010)
John Hawkes. Winter's Bone (2010)
Jeremy Renner. The Town (2010)
Mark Ruffalo. The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Geoffrey Rush. The King's Speech (2010)

2011

 
Christopher Plummer *. Beginners (2010)
Kenneth Branagh. My Week With Marilyn (2011)
Jonah Hill. Moneyball (2011)
Nick Nolte. Warrior (2011)
Max von Sydow. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

2012

 
Christoph Waltz *. Django Unchained (2012)
Alan Arkin. Argo (2012)
Robert De Niro. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Philip Seymour Hoffman. The Master (2012)
Tommy Lee Jones. Lincoln (2012)

2013

 
Jared Leto *. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Barkhad Abdi. Captain Phillips (2013)
Bradley Cooper. American Hustle (2013)
Michael Fassbender. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Jonah Hill. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)