Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun actor

Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun actor este unul dintre premiile acordate actorilor care lucrează în industria filmului în cadrul ceremoniei Premiilor Oscar. Premiul este acordat de Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominalizările sunt făcute de membrii Academiei care sunt actori și actrițe.

Premiul se decernează anual începând cu 1929 pentru filmul din anul 1928. În tabelul de mai jos apar anii pentru care s-a acordat Premiul Oscar (ceremonia a avut loc în anul următor).

Câștigători și nominalizați

Anii 1920

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1927/1928		Emil Jannings  – The Last Command Marele Duce Sergius Alexander  – The Way of All Flesh August Schilling	Richard Barthelmess – The Noose – Nickie Elkins Richard Barthelmess – The Patent Leather Kid – Patent Leather Kid
1928/1929		Warner Baxter  – In Old Arizona The Cisco Kid	George Bancroft – Thunderbolt – Thunderbolt Jim Lang Chester Morris – Alibi – Chick Williams (No. 1065) Paul Muni – The Valiant – James Dyke Lewis Stone – The Patriot – contele Pahlen

Anii 1930

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1929/1930		George Arliss  – Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli	George Arliss – The Green Goddess – The Raja of Rukh Wallace Beery – The Big House – 'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt Maurice Chevalier – The Big Pond – Pierre Mirande Maurice Chevalier – The Love Parade – contele Alfred Renard Ronald Colman – Bulldog Drummond – căpt.Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond Ronald Colman – Condemned – Michel Lawrence Tibbett – The Rogue Song – Yegor
1930/1931		Lionel Barrymore  – A Free Soul Stephen Ashe	Adolphe Menjou – The Front Page – Walter Burns Jackie Cooper – Skippy – Skippy Skinner Richard Dix – Cimarron – Yancey Cravat Fredric March – The Royal Family of Broadway – Tony Cavendish
1931/1932		Wallace Beery  – The Champ Andy "Champ" Purcell	Alfred Lunt – The Guardsman – Actorul
		Fredric March  – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde dr. Henry L. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1932/1933		Charles Laughton  – The Private Life of Henry VIII regele Henric al VIII-lea	Leslie Howard – Berkeley Square – Peter Standish Paul Muni – I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang – James Allen
1934		Clark Gable  – It Happened One Night Peter Warne	Frank Morgan – The Affairs of Cellini – Alessandro - Duce de Florența William Powell – The Thin Man – Nick Charles
1935		Victor McLaglen  – The Informer Gypo Nolan	Clark Gable – Mutiny on the Bounty – Fletcher Christian Charles Laughton – Mutiny on the Bounty – William Bligh Franchot Tone – Mutiny on the Bounty – Roger Byam
1936		Paul Muni  – The Story of Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur	Gary Cooper – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – Longfellow Deeds Walter Huston – Dodsworth – Sam Dodsworth William Powell – My Man Godfrey – Godfrey Park Spencer Tracy – San Francisco – părintele Tim Mullin
1937		Spencer Tracy  – Captains Courageous Manuel	Charles Boyer – Conquest – împăratul Napoleon Bonaparte Fredric March – A Star Is Born – Norman Maine Robert Montgomery – Night Must Fall – Danny Paul Muni – The Life of Emile Zola – Émile Zola
1938		Spencer Tracy  – Boys Town Flanagan	Charles Boyer – Algiers – Pepe le Moko James Cagney – Angels with Dirty Faces – Rocky Sullivan Robert Donat – The Citadel – dr. Andrew Manson Leslie Howard – Pygmalion – profesorul Henry Higgins
1939		Robert Donat  – Goodbye, Mr. Chips Charles Edward Chipping	Clark Gable – Gone with the Wind – Rhett Butler Laurence Olivier – Wuthering Heights – Heathcliff Mickey Rooney – Babes in Arms – Mickey Moran James Stewart – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Jefferson Smith

Anii 1940

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1940		James Stewart  – The Philadelphia Story Macaulay Connor	Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator – Adenoid Hynkel (dictator al Tomaniei)/un frizer evreu Henry Fonda – The Grapes of Wrath – Tom Joad Raymond Massey – Abe Lincoln in Illinois – Abraham Lincoln Laurence Olivier – Rebecca – 'Maxim' de Winter
1941		Gary Cooper  – Sergeant York Alvin C. York	Cary Grant – Penny Serenade – Roger Adams Walter Huston – The Devil and Daniel Webster – Mr. Scratch Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Joe Pendleton Orson Welles – Citizen Kane – Charles Foster Kane
1942		James Cagney  – Yankee Doodle Dandy George M. Cohan	Ronald Colman – Random Harvest – Charles Rainier Gary Cooper – The Pride of the Yankees – Lou Gehrig Walter Pidgeon – Mrs. Miniver – Clem Miniver Monty Woolley – The Pied Piper – Howard
1943		Paul Lukas  – Watch on the Rhine Kurt Muller	Humphrey Bogart – Casablanca – Rick Blaine Gary Cooper – For Whom the Bell Tolls – Robert Jordan Walter Pidgeon – Madame Curie – Pierre Curie Mickey Rooney – The Human Comedy – Homer Macauley
1944		Bing Crosby  – Going My Way Chuck O'Malley	Charles Boyer – Gaslight – Gregory Anton Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way – Fitzgibbon Cary Grant – None but the Lonely Heart – Ernie Mott Alexander Knox – Wilson – Woodrow Wilson
1945		Ray Milland  – The Lost Weekend Don Birnam	Bing Crosby – The Bells of St. Mary's – Chuck O'Malley Gene Kelly – Anchors Aweigh – Joseph Brady Gregory Peck – The Keys of the Kingdom – părintele Francis Cornel Wilde – A Song to Remember – Frédéric Chopin
1946		Fredric March  – The Best Years of Our Lives Al Stephenson	Laurence Olivier – Henry V – regele Henric al V-lea Larry Parks – The Jolson Story – Al Jolson Gregory Peck – The Yearling – Ezra 'Penny' Baxter James Stewart – It's a Wonderful Life – George Bailey
1947		Ronald Colman  – A Double Life Anthony John	John Garfield – Body and Soul – Charlie Davis Gregory Peck – Gentleman's Agreement – Philip Schuyler Green William Powell – Life with Father – Clarence Day, Sr. Michael Redgrave – Mourning Becomes Electra – Orin Mannon
1948		Laurence Olivier  – Hamlet Hamlet, Prinț al Danemarcei	Lew Ayres – Johnny Belinda – dr. Robert Richardson Montgomery Clift – The Search – Ralph 'Steve' Stevenson Dan Dailey – When My Baby Smiles at Me – 'Skid' Johnson Clifton Webb – Sitting Pretty – Lynn Belvedere
1949		Broderick Crawford  – All the King's Men Willie Stark	Kirk Douglas – Champion – Michael 'Midge' Kelly Gregory Peck – Twelve O'Clock High – generalul Savage Richard Todd – The Hasty Heart – Lachlan 'Lachie' MacLachlan John Wayne – Sands of Iwo Jima – sgt. John M. Stryker

Anii 1950

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1950		José Ferrer  – Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac	Louis Calhern – The Magnificent Yankee – Oliver Wendell Holmes William Holden – Sunset Boulevard – Joe Gillis James Stewart – Harvey – Elwood P. Dowd Spencer Tracy – Father of the Bride – Stanley T. Banks
1951		Humphrey Bogart  – The African Queen Charlie Allnut	Marlon Brando – A Streetcar Named Desire – Stanley Kowalski Montgomery Clift – A Place in the Sun – George Eastman Arthur Kennedy – Bright Victory – Larry Nevins Fredric March – Death of a Salesman – Willy Loman
1952		Gary Coopert  – High Noon Will Kane	Marlon Brando – Viva Zapata! – Emiliano Zapata Kirk Douglas – The Bad and the Beautiful – Jonathan Shields José Ferrer – Moulin Rouge – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Alec Guinness – The Lavender Hill Mob – Henry Holland
1953		William Holden  – Stalag 17 sgt. J.J. Sefton	Marlon Brando – Julius Caesar – Marc Antoniu Richard Burton – The Robe – Marcellus Gallio Montgomery Clift – From Here to Eternity – Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt Burt Lancaster – From Here to Eternity – Milton Warden
1954		Marlon Brando  – On the Waterfront Terry Malloy	Humphrey Bogart – The Caine Mutiny – Philip Francis Queeg Bing Crosby – The Country Girl – Frank Elgin James Mason – A Star Is Born – Norman Maine Dan O'Herlihy – Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – Robinson Crusoe
1955		Ernest Borgnine  – Marty Marty Piletti	James Cagney – Love Me or Leave Me – Martin Snyder James Dean (nominalizare postumă) – East of Eden – Cal Trask Frank Sinatra – The Man with the Golden Arm – Frankie Machine Spencer Tracy – Bad Day at Black Rock – John J. Macreedy
1956		Yul Brynner  – The King and I regele Mongkut al Siam	James Dean (nominalizare postumă) – Giant – Jett Rink Kirk Douglas – Lust for Life – Vincent van Gogh Rock Hudson – Giant – Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr. Laurence Olivier – Richard III – regele Richard al III-lea
1957		Alec Guinness  – The Bridge on the River Kwai colonelul Nicholson	Marlon Brando – Sayonara – Lloyd 'Ace' Gruver Anthony Franciosa – A Hatful of Rain – Polo Pope Charles Laughton – Witness for the Prosecution – Sir Wilfrid Robarts Anthony Quinn – Wild Is the Wind – Gino
1958		David Niven  – Separate Tables Angus Pollock	Tony Curtis – The Defiant Ones – John 'Joker' Jackson Paul Newman – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Brick Pollitt Sidney Poitier – The Defiant Ones – Noah Cullen Spencer Tracy – The Old Man and the Sea – Bătrânul
1959		Charlton Heston  – Ben-Hur Judah Ben-Hur	Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top – Joe Lampton Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot – Jerry Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man – dr. Sam Abelman James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder – Paul Biegler

Anii 1960

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1960		Burt Lancaster  – Elmer Gantry Elmer Gantry	Trevor Howard – Sons and Lovers – Walter Morel Jack Lemmon – The Apartment – C. C. 'Bud' Baxter Laurence Olivier – The Entertainer – Archie Rice Spencer Tracy – Inherit the Wind – Henry Drummond
1961		Maximilian Schell  – Judgment at Nuremberg Hans Rolfe	Charles Boyer – Fanny – Cesar Paul Newman – The Hustler – Eddie Felson Spencer Tracy – Judgment at Nuremberg – Dan Haywood Stuart Whitman – The Mark – Jim Fuller
1962		Gregory Peck  – To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch	Burt Lancaster – Birdman of Alcatraz – Robert Stroud Jack Lemmon – Days of Wine and Roses – Joe Clay Marcello Mastroianni – Divorce, Italian Style – Ferdinando Cefalù Peter O'Toole – Lawrence of Arabia – T. E. Lawrence
1963		Sidney Poitier  – Lilies of the Field Homer Smith	Albert Finney – Tom Jones – Tom Jones Richard Harris – This Sporting Life – Frank Machin Rex Harrison – Cleopatra – Iulius Caesar Paul Newman – Hud – Hud Bannon
1964		Rex Harrison  – My Fair Lady profesorul Henry Higgins	Richard Burton – Becket – Thomas Becket Peter O'Toole – Becket – regele Henric al II-lea Anthony Quinn – Zorba the Greek – Alexis Zorba Peter Sellers – Dr. Strangelove – Lionel Mandrake/președintele Merkin Muffley/dr. Strangelove
1965		Lee Marvin  – Cat Ballou Kid Shelleen Tim Strawn	Richard Burton – The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – Alec Leamas Laurence Olivier – Othello – Othello Rod Steiger – The Pawnbroker – Sol Nazerman Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools – Willie Schumann
1966		Paul Scofield  – A Man for All Seasons Sir Thomas More	Alan Arkin – The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming – Lt. Rozanov Richard Burton – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – George Michael Caine – Alfie – Alfie Elkins Steve McQueen – The Sand Pebbles – Jake Holman
1967		Rod Steiger  – In the Heat of the Night Bill Gillespie	Warren Beatty – Bonnie and Clyde – Clyde Barrow Dustin Hoffman – The Graduate – Benjamin Braddock Paul Newman – Cool Hand Luke – Luke Jackson Spencer Tracy (nominalizare postumă) – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner – Matt Drayton
1968		Cliff Robertson  – Charly Charly Gordon	Alan Arkin – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter – John Singer Alan Bates – The Fixer – Yakov Bok Ron Moody – Oliver! – Fagin Peter O'Toole – The Lion in Winter – regele Henric al II-lea
1969		John Wayne  – True Grit Rooster Cogburn	Richard Burton – Anne of the Thousand Days – regele Henric al VIII-lea Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy – Enrico Salvatore 'Ratso' Rizzo Peter O'Toole – Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Arthur Chipping Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy – Joe Buck

Anii 1970

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1970		George C. Scott (refuzat)  – Patton George S. Patton	Melvyn Douglas – I Never Sang for My Father – Tom Garrison James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope – Jack Jefferson Jack Jefferson – Five Easy Pieces – Robert Eroica Dupea Ryan O'Neal – Love Story – Oliver Barrett IV
1971		Gene Hackman  – The French Connection Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle	Peter Finch – Sunday Bloody Sunday – dr. Daniel Hirsh Walter Matthau – Kotch – Walter Matthau George C. Scott – The Hospital – dr. Herbert Bock Chaim Topol – Fiddler on the Roof – Tevye
1972		Marlon Brando (refuzat)  – The Godfather Vito Corleone	Michael Caine – Sleuth – Milo Tindle Laurence Olivier – Sleuth – Andrew Wyke Peter O'Toole – The Ruling Class – Jack Gurney, conte de Gurney Paul Winfield – Sounder – Nathan Lee Morgan
1973		Jack Lemmon  – Save the Tiger Harry Stoner	Marlon Brando – Last Tango in Paris – Paul Jack Nicholson – The Last Detail – Billy Buddusky Al Pacino – Serpico – Frank Serpico Robert Redford – The Sting – Johnny Hooker
1974		Art Carney  – Harry and Tonto Harry Coombes	Albert Finney – Murder on the Orient Express – Hercule Poirot Dustin Hoffman – Lenny – Lenny Bruce Jack Nicholson – Chinatown – Jake 'J.J.' Gittes Al Pacino – The Godfather Part II – Michael Corleone
1975		Jack Nicholson  – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Randle Patrick McMurphy	Walter Matthau – The Sunshine Boys – Willy Clark Al Pacino – Dog Day Afternoon – Sonny Wortzik Maximilian Schell – The Man in the Glass Booth – Arthur Goldman James Whitmore – Give 'em Hell, Harry! – Harry S. Truman
1976		Peter Finch (câștigat postum)  – Network Howard Beale	Robert De Niro – Taxi Driver – Travis Bickle Giancarlo Giannini – Seven Beauties – Pasqualino Frafuso William Holden – Network – Max Schumacher Sylvester Stallone – Rocky – Rocky Balboa
1977		Richard Dreyfuss  – The Goodbye Girl Elliot Garfield	Woody Allen – Annie Hall – Alvy Singer Richard Burton – Equus – Martin Dysart Marcello Mastroianni – A Special Day – Gabriele John Travolta – Saturday Night Fever – Tony Manero
1978		Jon Voight  – Coming Home Joe Pendleton	Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait – Alvy Singer Gary Busey – The Buddy Holly Story – Buddy Holly Robert De Niro – The Deer Hunter – Michael Vronsky Laurence Olivier – The Boys from Brazil – Ezra Lieberman
1979		Dustin Hoffman  – Kramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer	Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome – Jack Godell Al Pacino – ...And Justice for All – Arthur Kirkland Roy Scheider – All That Jazz – Joe Gideon Peter Sellers – Being There – Chance

Anii 1980

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1980		Robert De Niro  – Raging Bull Jake LaMotta	Robert Duvall – The Great Santini – Wilbur "Bull" Meechum John Hurt – The Elephant Man – John Merrick Jack Lemmon – Tribute – Scottie Templeton Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man – Eli Cross
1981		Henry Fonda  – On Golden Pond Norman Thayer, Jr.	Warren Beatty – Reds – John Reed Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City – Lou Pascal Dudley Moore – Arthur – Arthur Bach Paul Newman – Absence of Malice – Michael Colin Gallagher
1982		Ben Kingsley  – Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi	Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie – Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels Jack Lemmon – Missing – Ed Horman Paul Newman – The Verdict – Frank Galvin Peter O'Toole – My Favorite Year – Alan Swann
1983		Robert Duvall  – Tender Mercies Mac Sledge	Michael Caine – Educating Rita – dr. Frank Bryant Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben – Gowan McGland Tom Courtenay – The Dresser – Norman Albert Finney – The Dresser – Sir
1984		F. Murray Abraham  – Amadeus Antonio Salieri	Jeff Bridges – Starman – Starman Albert Finney – Under the Volcano – Geoffrey Firmin Tom Hulce – Amadeus – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields – Sydney Schanberg
1985		William Hurt  – Kiss of the Spider Woman Luis Molina	Harrison Ford – Witness – John Book James Garner – Murphy's Romance – Murphy Jones Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor – Charley Partanna Jon Voight – Runaway Train – Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
1986		Paul Newman  – The Color of Money Fast Eddie Felson	Dexter Gordon – Round Midnight – Dale Turner Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa – George William Hurt – Children of a Lesser God – James Leeds James Woods – Salvador – Richard Boyle
1987		Michael Douglas  – Wall Street Gordon Gekko	William Hurt – Broadcast News – Tom Grunick Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes – Romano Jack Nicholson – Ironweed – Francis Phelan Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam – Adrian Cronauer
1988		Dustin Hoffman  – Rain Man Raymond Babbitt	Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning – Rupert Anderson Tom Hanks – Big – Josh Baskin Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver – Jaime Escalante Max von Sydow – Pelle the Conqueror – Lassefar
1989		Daniel Day-Lewis  – My Left Foot Christy Brown	Kenneth Branagh – Henry V – regele Henric al V-lea Tom Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July – Ron Kovic Morgan Freeman – Driving Miss Daisy – Hoke Colburn Robin Williams – Dead Poets Society – John Keating

Anii 1990

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1990		Jeremy Irons  – Reversal of Fortune Claus von Bülow	Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves – John J. Dunbar Robert De Niro – Awakenings – Leonard Lowe Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac – Cyrano de Bergerac Richard Harris – The Field – 'Bull' McCabe
1991		Anthony Hopkins  – The Silence of the Lambs dr. Hannibal Lecter	Warren Beatty – Bugsy – Bugsy Siegel Robert De Niro – Cape Fear – Max Cady Nick Nolte – The Prince of Tides – Tom Wingo Robin Williams – The Fisher King – Parry
1992		Al Pacino  – Scent of a Woman Frank Slade	Robert Downey, Jr. – Chaplin – Charlie Chaplin Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven – William Munny Stephen Rea – The Crying Game – Fergus Denzel Washington – Malcolm X – Malcolm X
1993		Tom Hanks  – Philadelphia Andrew Beckett	Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father – Gerry Conlon Laurence Fishburne – What's Love Got to Do with It – Ike Turner Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day – James Stevens Liam Neeson – Schindler's List – Oskar Schindler
1994		Tom Hanks  – Forrest Gump Forrest Gump	Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption – Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding Nigel Hawthorne – The Madness of King George – regele George al III-lea Paul Newman – Nobody's Fool – Donald "Sully" Sullivan John Travolta – Pulp Fiction – Vincent Vega
1995		Nicolas Cage  – Leaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson	Richard Dreyfuss – Mr. Holland's Opus – Glenn Holland Anthony Hopkins – Nixon – Richard Nixon Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking – Matthew Poncelet Massimo Troisi (nominalizare postumă) – Il Postino – Mario Ruoppolo
1996		Geoffrey Rush  – Shine David Helfgott	Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire – Jerry Maguire Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient – contele Laszlo de Almásy Woody Harrelson – The People vs. Larry Flynt – Larry Flynt Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade – Karl Childers
1997		Jack Nicholson  – As Good as It Gets Melvin Udall	Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting – Will Hunting Robert Duvall – The Apostle – Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey — The Apostle E.F. Peter Fonda – Ulee's Gold – Ulysses 'Ulee' Jackson Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog – Stanley Motss
1998		Roberto Benigni  – Life Is Beautiful Guido Orefice	Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan – căpitanul John Miller Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters – James Whale Nick Nolte – Affliction – Wade Whitehouse Edward Norton – American History X – Derek Vinyard
1999		Kevin Spacey  – American Beauty Lester Burnham	Russell Crowe – The Insider – Jeffrey Wigand Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story – Alvin Straight Sean Penn – Sweet and Lowdown – Emmet Ray Denzel Washington – The Hurricane – Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter

Anii 2000

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
2000		Russell Crowe  – Gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius	Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls – Reinaldo Arenas Tom Hanks – Cast Away – Chuck Noland Ed Harris – Pollock – Jackson Pollock Geoffrey Rush – Quills – marchizul de Sade
2001		Denzel Washington  – Training Day detectivul Alonzo Harris	Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind – John Nash Sean Penn – I Am Sam – Sam Dawson Will Smith – Ali – Muhammad Ali Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom – dr. Matt Fowler
2002		Adrien Brody  – The Pianist Władysław Szpilman	Nicolas Cage – Adaptation. – Charlie Kaufman Donald Kaufman Michael Caine – The Quiet American – Thomas Fowler Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York – William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt – Warren R. Schmidt
2003		Sean Penn  – Mystic River Jimmy Markum	Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – căpitanul Jack Sparrow Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog – Massoud Amir Behrani Jude Law – Cold Mountain – Inman Bill Murray – Lost in Translation – Bob Harris
2004		Jamie Foxx  – Ray Ray Charles	Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda – Paul Rusesabagina Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland – Sir J.M. Barrie Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator – Howard Hughes Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby – Frankie Dunn
2005		Philip Seymour Hoffman  – Capote Truman Capote	Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow – Djay Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain – Ennis Del Mar Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line – Johnny Cash David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck – Edward R. Murrow
2006		Forest Whitaker  – The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin	Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond – Danny Archer Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson – Dan Dunne Peter O'Toole – Venus – Maurice Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness – Chris Gardner
2007		Daniel Day-Lewis  – There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview	George Clooney – Michael Clayton – Michael Clayton Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Sweeney Todd Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah – Hank Deerfield Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises – Nikolai Luzhin
2008		Sean Penn  – Milk Harvey Milk	Richard Jenkins – The Visitor – Walter Vale Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon – Richard Nixon Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler – Randy "The Ram" Robinson
2009		Jeff Bridges  – Crazy Heart Otis 'Bad' Blake	George Clooney – Up in the Air – Ryan Bingham Colin Firth – A Single Man – George Falconer Morgan Freeman – Invictus – Nelson Mandela Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker – William James

Anii 2010

Pentru anul	Portret actor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
2010		Colin Firth  – The King's Speech regele George al VI-lea	Javier Bardem – Biutiful – Uxbal Jeff Bridges – True Grit – Rooster Cogburn Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network – Mark Zuckerberg James Franco – 127 Hours – Aron Ralston
2011		Jean Dujardin  – The Artist George Valentin	Demián Bichir – A Better Life – Carlos Galindo George Clooney – The Descendants – Matt King Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – George Smiley Brad Pitt – Moneyball – Billy Beane
2012		Daniel Day-Lewis  – Lincoln Abraham Lincoln	Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook – Pat Solitano Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables – Jean Valjean Joaquin Phoenix – The Master – Freddie Quell Denzel Washington – Flight – căpitanul William 'Whip' Whitaker