| Name |
Year |
Film |
| Emil Jannings |
1927/28 |
"THE LAST COMMAND", "THE WAY OF ALL FLESH" |
| Warner Baxter |
1928/29 |
"IN OLD ARIZONA" |
| George Arliss |
1929/30 |
"DISRAELI" |
| Lionel Barrymore |
1930/31 |
"A FREE SOUL" |
| Wallace Beery, Fredric March |
1931/32 |
"THE CHAMP"(Beery); "DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE"(March) |
| Charles Laughton |
1932/33 |
"THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII" |
| Clark Gable |
1934 |
"IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" |
| Victor McLaglen |
1935 |
"THE INFORMER" |
| Paul Muni |
1936 |
"THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR" |
| Spencer Tracy |
1937 |
"CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS" |
| Spencer Tracy |
1938 |
"BOYS TOWN" |
| Robert Donat |
1939 |
"GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS" |
| James Stewart |
1940 |
"THE PHILADELPHIA STORY" |
| Gary Cooper |
1941 |
"SERGEANT YORK" |
| James Cagney |
1942 |
"YANKEE DOODLE DANDY" |
| Paul Lukas |
1943 |
"WATCH ON THE RHINE" |
| Bing Crosby |
1944 |
"GOING MY WAY" |
| Ray Milland |
1945 |
"THE LOST WEEKEND" |
| Fredric March |
1946 |
"THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES" |
| Ronald Colman |
1947 |
"A DOUBLE LIFE" |
| Laurence Olivier |
1948 |
"HAMLET" |
| Broderick Crawford |
1949 |
"ALL THE KING'S MEN" |
| Jose Ferrer |
1950 |
"CYRANO DE BERGERAC" |
| Humphrey Bogart |
1951 |
"THE AFRICAN QUEEN" |
| Gary Cooper |
1952 |
"HIGH NOON" |
| William Holden |
1953 |
"STALAG 17" |
| Marlon Brando |
1954 |
"ON THE WATERFRONT" |
| Ernest Borgnine |
1955 |
"MARTY" |
| Yul Brynner |
1956 |
"THE KING AND I" |
| Alec Guinness |
1957 |
"THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI" |
| David Niven |
1958 |
"SEPARATE TABLES" |
| Charlton Heston |
1959 |
"BEN-HUR" |
| Burt Lancaster |
1960 |
"ELMER GANTRY" |
| Maxmilian Schell |
1961 |
"JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG" |
| Gregory Peck |
1962 |
"TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" |
| Sidney Poitier |
1963 |
"LILIES OF THE FIELD" |
| Rex Harrison |
1964 |
"MY FAIR LADY" |
| Lee Marvin |
1965 |
"CAT BALLOU" |
| Paul Scofield |
1966 |
"A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS" |
| Rod Steiger |
1967 |
"IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT" |
| Cliff Robertson |
1968 |
"CHARLY" |
| John Wayne |
1969 |
"TRUE GRIT" |
| George C. Scott |
1970 |
"PATTON" |
| Gene Hackman |
1971 |
"THE FRENCH CONNECTION" |
| Marlon Brando |
1972 |
"THE GODFATHER" |
| Jack Lemmon |
1973 |
"SAVE THE TIGER" |
| Art Carney |
1974 |
"HARRY AND TONTO" |
| Jack Nicholson |
1975 |
"ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST" |
| Peter Finch |
1976 |
"NETWORK" |
| Richard Dreyfuss |
1977 |
"THE GOODBYE GIRL" |
| Jon Voight |
1978 |
"COMING HOME" |
| Dustin Hoffman |
1979 |
"KRAMER VS. KRAMER" |
| Robert De Niro |
1980 |
"RAGING BULL" |
| Henry Fonda |
1981 |
"ON GOLDEN POND" |
| Ben Kingsley |
1982 |
"GANDHI" |
| Robert Duvall |
1983 |
"TENDER MERCIES" |
| F. Murray Abraham |
1984 |
"AMADEUS" |
| William Hurt |
1985 |
"KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN" |
| Paul Newman |
1986 |
"THE COLOR OF MONEY" |
| Michael Douglas |
1987 |
"WALL STREET" |
| Dustin Hoffman |
1988 |
"RAIN MAN" |
| Daniel Day-Lewis |
1989 |
"MY LEFT FOOT" |
| Jeremy Irons |
1990 |
"REVERSAL OF FORTUNE" |
| Anthony Hopkins |
1991 |
"THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" |
| Al Pacino |
1992 |
"SCENT OF A WOMAN" |
| Tom Hanks |
1993 |
"PHILADELPHIA" |
| Tom Hanks |
1994 |
"FORREST GUMP" |
| Nicolas Cage |
1995 |
"LEAVING LAS VEGAS" |
| Geoffrey Rush |
1996 |
"SHINE" |
| Jack Nicholson |
1997 |
"AS GOOD AS IT GETS" |
| Roberto Benigni |
1998 |
"LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL" |
| Kevin Spacey |
1999 |
"AMERICAN BEAUTY" |
| Russell Crowe |
2000 |
"GLADIATOR" |
| Denzel Washington |
2001 |
"TRAINING DAY" |
| Adrien Brody |
2002 |
"THE PIANIST" |