2005 78th Academy Awards
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote (2005)
2004 77th Academy Awards
Jamie Foxx - Ray (2004)
2003 76th Academy Awards
Sean Penn - Mystic River (2003)
2002 75th Academy Awards
Adrien Brody - Pianist, The (2002)
2001 74th Academy Awards
Denzel Washington - Training Day (2001)
2000 73rd Academy Awards
Russell Crowe - Gladiator (2000)
1999 72nd Academy Awards
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty (1999)
1998 71st Academy Awards
Roberto Benigni - Vita è bella, La (1997) (Life Is Beautiful (1997)
1997 70th Academy Awards
Jack Nicholson - As Good As It Gets (1997)
1996 69th Academy Awards
Geoffrey Rush - Shine (1996)
1995 68th Academy Awards
Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
1994 67th Academy Awards
Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump (1994)
1993 66th Academy Awards
Tom Hanks - Philadelphia (1993)
1992 65th Academy Awards
Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman (1992)
1991 64th Academy Awards
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
1990 63rd Academy Awards
Jeremy Irons - Reversal Of Fortune (1990)
1989 62nd Academy Awards
Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot (1989)
1988 61st Academy Awards
Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man (1988)
1987 60th Academy Awards
Michael Douglas - Wall Street (1987)
1986 59th Academy Awards
Paul Newman - Color of Money, The (1986)
1985 58th Academy Awards
William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
1984 57th Academy Awards
F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus (1984)
1983 56th Academy Awards
Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies (1983)
1982 55th Academy Awards
Ben Kingsley - Gandhi (1982)
1981 54th Academy Awards
Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond (1981)
1980 53rd Academy Awards
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (1980)
1979 52nd Academy Awards
Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
1978 51st Academy Awards
Jon Voight - Coming Home (1978)
1977 50th Academy Awards
Richard Dreyfuss - Goodbye Girl, The (1977)
1976 49th Academy Awards
Peter Finch - Network (1976)
1975 48th Academy Awards
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
1974 47th Academy Awards
Art Carney - Harry and Tonto (1974)
1973 46th Academy Awards
Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger (1973)
1972 45th Academy Awards
Marlon Brando - Godfather, The (1972)
1971 44th Academy Awards
Gene Hackman - French Connection, The (1971)
1970 43rd Academy Awards
George C. Scott - Patton (1970)
1969 42nd Academy Awards
John Wayne - True Grit (1969)
1968 41st Academy Awards
Cliff Robertson - Charly (1968)
1967 40th Academy Awards
Rod Steiger - In The Heat of the Night (1967)
1966 39th Academy Awards
Paul Scofield - Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
1965 38th Academy Awards
Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou (1965)
1964 37th Academy Awards
Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady (1964)
1963 36th Academy Awards
Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field (1963)
1962 35th Academy Awards
Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
1961 34th Academy Awards
Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
1960 33rd Academy Awards
Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry (1960)
1959 32nd Academy Awards
Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur (1959)
1958 31st Academy Awards
David Niven - Separate Tables (1958)
1957 30th Academy Awards
Alec Guinness - Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
1956 29th Academy Awards
Yul Brynner - King and I, The (1956)
1955 28th Academy Awards
Ernest Borgnine - Marty (1955)
1954 27th Academy Awards
Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront (1954)
1953 26th Academy Awards
William Holden - Stalag 17 (1953)
1952 25th Academy Awards
Gary Cooper - High Noon (1952)
1951 24th Academy Awards
Humphrey Bogart - African Queen (1951)
1950 23rd Academy Awards
José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
1949 22nd Academy Awards
Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men (1949)
1948 21st Academy Awards
Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948)
1947 20th Academy Awards
Ronald Colman - Double Life, A (1947)
1946 19th Academy Awards
Fredric March - Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
1945 18th Academy Awards
Ray Milland - Lost Weekend, The (1945)
1944 17th Academy Awards
Bing Crosby - Going My Way (1944)
1943 16th Academy Awards
Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine (1943)
1942 15th Academy Awards
James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
1941 14th Academy Awards
Gary Cooper - Sergeant York (1941)
1940 13th Academy Awards
James Stewart - Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
1939 12th Academy Awards
Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
1938 11th Academy Awards
Spencer Tracy - Boys Town (1938)
1937 10th Academy Awards
Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous (1937)
1936 9th Academy Awards
Paul Muni - Story of Louis Pasteur, The (1935)
1935 8th Academy Awards
Victor McLaglen - Informer, The (1935)
1934 7th Academy Awards
Clark Gable - It Happened One Night (1934)
1933 6th Academy Awards
Charles Laughton - Private Life of Henry VIII, The (1933)
1932 5th Academy Awards
Wallace Beery - Champ, The (1931)
Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
1931 4th Academy Awards
Lionel Barrymore - Free Soul, A (1931)
1930 3rd Academy Awards
George Arliss - Disraeli (1929)
1929 2nd Academy Awards
Warner Baxter - In Old Arizona (1929)
1928 1st Academy Awards
Emil Jannings - Last Command, The (1928) and Way of All Flesh, The (1927)