Last update: 19th August, 2025
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Best Actor Award WinnersThis list compiles together on one page for easy reference:
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1920s and 1930s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 1929 | Emil Jannings (The Way of All Flesh, The Last Command) |
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| 1930 | Warner Baxter (In Old Arizona) |
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| 1931 | George Arliss (Disraeli) |
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| 1932 | Lionel Barrymore (A Free Soul) |
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| 1933 | Fredric March (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) Wallace Beery (The Champ) |
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| 1934 | Charles Laughton (The Private Life of Henry VIII) |
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| 1935 | Clark Gable (It Happened One Night) |
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| 1936 | Victor McLaglen (The Informer) |
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| 1937 | Paul Muni (The Story of Louis Pasteur) |
Walter Brennan (Come and Get It) |
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| 1938 | Spencer Tracy (Captains Courageous) |
Joseph Schildkraut (The Life of Emile Zola) |
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| 1939 | Spencer Tracy (Boys Town) |
Walter Brennan (Kentucky) |
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1940s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 1940 | Robert Donat (Goodbye Mr Chips) |
Thomas Mitchell (Stagecoach) |
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| 1941 | James Stewart (The Philadelphia Story) |
Walter Brennan (The Westerner) |
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| 1942 | Gary Cooper (Sergeant York) |
Donald Crisp (How Green Was My Valley) |
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| 1943 | James Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy) |
Van Heflin (Johnny Eager) |
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| 1944 | Paul Lukas (Watch on the Rhine) |
Charles Coburn (The More the Merrier) |
Paul Lukas (Watch on the Rhine) |
Akim Tamiroff (For Whom the Bell Tolls) |
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| 1945 | Bing Crosby (Going My Way) |
Barry Fitzgerald (Going My Way) |
Alexander Knox (Wilson) |
Barry Fitzgerald (Going My Way) |
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| 1946 | Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend) |
James Dunn (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) |
Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend) |
J Carrol Naish (A Medal for Benny) |
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| 1947 | Fredric March (The Best Years of Our Lives) |
Harold Russell (The Best Years of Our Lives) |
Gregory Peck (The Yearling) |
Clifton Webb (The Razor's Edge) |
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| 1948 | Ronald Colman (A Double Life) |
Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th Street) |
Ronald Colman (A Double Life) |
Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th Street) |
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| 1949 | Laurence Olivier (Hamlet) |
Walter Huston (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) |
Laurence Olivier (Hamlet) |
Walter Huston (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) |
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1950s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 1950 | Broderick Crawford (All the King's Men) |
Dean Jagger (Twelve O'Clock High) |
Broderick Crawford (All the King's Men) |
James Whitmore (Battleground) |
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| 1951 | Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac) |
George Sanders (All About Eve) |
Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac) |
Fred Astaire (Three Little Words) |
Edmund Gwenn (Mister 880) |
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| 1952 | Humphrey Bogart (The African Queen) |
Karl Malden (A Streetcar Named Desire) |
Fredric March (Death of a Salesman) |
Danny Kaye (On the Riviera) |
Peter Ustinov (Quo Vadis?) |
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| 1953 | Gary Cooper (High Noon) |
Anthony Quinn (Viva Zapata!) |
Gary Cooper (High Noon) |
Donald O'Connor (Singin' in the Rain) |
Millard Mitchell (My Six Convicts) |
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| 1954 | William Holden (Stalag 17) |
Frank Sinatra (From Here to Eternity) |
Spencer Tracy (The Actress) |
David Niven (The Moon is Blue) |
Frank Sinatra (From Here to Eternity) |
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| 1955 | Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront) |
Edmund O'Brien (The Barefoot Contessa) |
Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront) |
James Mason (A Star is Born) |
Edmond O'Brien (The Barefoot Contessa) |
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| 1956 | Ernest Borgnine (Marty) |
Jack Lemmon (Mister Roberts) |
Ernest Borgnine (Marty) |
Tom Ewell (The Seven Year Itch) |
Arthur Kennedy (Trial) |
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| 1957 | Yul Brynner (The King and I) |
Anthony Quinn (Lust for Life) |
Kirk Douglas (Lust for Life) |
Cantinflas (Around the World in 80 Days) |
Earl Holliman (The Rainmaker) |
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| 1958 | Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai) |
Red Buttons (Sayonara) |
Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai) |
Frank Sinatra (Pal Joey) |
Red Buttons (Sayonara) |
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| 1959 | David Niven (Separate Tables) |
Burl Ives (The Big Country) |
David Niven (Separate Tables) |
Danny Kaye (Me and the Colonel) |
Burl Ives (The Big Country) |
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1960s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 1960 | Charlton Heston (Ben-Hur) |
Hugh Griffith (Ben-Hur) |
Anthony Franciosa (Career) |
Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot) |
Stephen Boyd (Ben-Hur) |
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| 1961 | Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry) |
Peter Ustinov (Spartacus) |
Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry) |
Jack Lemmon (The Apartment) |
Sal Mineo (Exodus) |
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| 1962 | Maximilian Schell (Judgment at Nuremberg) |
George Chakiris (West Side Story) |
Maximilian Schell (Judgment at Nuremberg) |
Glenn Ford (Pocketful of Miracles) |
George Chakiris (West Side Story) |
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| 1963 | Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird) |
Ed Begley (Sweet Bird of Youth) |
Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird) |
Marcello Mastroianni (Divorce - Italian Style) |
Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia) |
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| 1964 | Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field) |
Melvyn Douglas (Hud) |
Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field) |
Alberto Sordi (To Bed or Not to Bed) |
John Huston (The Cardinal) |
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| 1965 | Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady) |
Peter Ustinov (Topkapi) |
Peter O'Toole (Becket) |
Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady) |
Edmond O'Brien (Seven Days in May) |
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| 1966 | Lee Marvin (Cat Ballou) |
Martin Balsam (A Thousand Clowns) |
Omar Sharif (Doctor Zhivago) |
Lee Marvin (Cat Ballou) |
Oskar Werner (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold) |
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| 1967 | Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons) |
Walter Matthau (The Fortune Cookie) |
Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons) |
Alan Arkin (The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming) |
Richard Attenborough (The Sand Pebbles) |
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| 1968 | Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night) |
George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke) |
Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night) |
Richard Harris (Camelot) |
Richard Attenborough (Doctor Doolittle) |
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| 1969 | Cliff Robertson (Charly) |
Jack Albertson (The Subject Was Roses) |
Peter O'Toole (The Lion in Winter) |
Ron Moody (Oliver!) |
Daniel Massey (Star!) |
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1970s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 1970 | John Wayne (True Grit) |
Gig Young (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) |
John Wayne (True Grit) |
Peter O'Toole (Goodbye, Mr Chips) |
Gig Young (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) |
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| 1971 | George C Scott (Patton) |
John Mills (Ryan's Daughter) |
George C Scott (Patton) |
Albert Finney (Scrooge) |
John Mills (Ryan's Daughter) |
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| 1972 | Gene Hackman (The French Connection) |
Ben Johnson (The Last Picture Show) |
Gene Hackman (The French Connection) |
Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) |
Ben Johnson (The Last Picture Show) |
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| 1973 | Marlon Brando (The Godfather) |
Joel Grey (Cabaret) |
Marlon Brando (The Godfather) |
Jack Lemmon (Avanti) |
Joel Grey (Cabaret) |
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| 1974 | Jack Lemmon (Save the Tiger) |
John Houseman (The Paper Chase) |
Al Pacino (Serpico) |
George Segal (A Touch of Class) |
John Houseman (The Paper Chase) |
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| 1975 | Art Carney (Harry and Tonto) |
Robert De Niro (The Godfather, Part II) |
Jack Nicholson (Chinatown) |
Art Carney (Harry and Tonto) |
Fred Astaire (The Towering Inferno) |
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| 1976 | Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) |
George Burns (The Sunshine Boys) |
Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) |
Walter Matthau (The Sunshine Boys) |
Richard Benjamin (The Sunshine Boys) |
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| 1977 | Peter Finch (Network) |
Jason Robards (All the President's Men) |
Peter Finch (Network) |
Kris Kristofferson (A Star is Born) |
Laurence Olivier (Marathon Man) |
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| 1978 | Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl) |
Jason Robards (Julia) |
Richard Burton (Equus) |
Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl) |
Peter Firth (Equus) |
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| 1979 | Jon Voight (Coming Home) |
Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) |
Jon Voight (Coming Home) |
Warren Beatty (Heaven Can Wait) |
John Hurt (Midnight Express) |
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1980s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 1980 | Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs Kramer) |
Melvyn Douglas (Being There) |
Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs Kramer) |
Peter Sellers (Being There) |
Melvyn Douglas (Being There) Robert Duvall (Apocalypse Now) |
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| 1981 | Robert De Niro (Raging Bull) |
Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) |
Robert De Niro (Raging Bull) |
Ray Sharkey (The Idolmaker) |
Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) |
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| 1982 | Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond) |
John Gielgud (Arthur) |
Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond) |
Dudley Moore (Arthur) |
John Gielgud (Arthur) |
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| 1983 | Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) |
Louis Gossett, Jr (An Officer and a Gentleman) |
Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) |
Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie) |
Louis Gossett Jr (An Officer and a Gentleman) |
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| 1984 | Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies) |
Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment) |
Tom Courtenay (The Dresser) Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies) |
Michael Caine (Educating Rita) |
Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment) |
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| 1985 | F Murray Abraham (Amadeus) |
Haing S Ngor (The Killing Fields) |
F Murray Abraham (Amadeus) |
Dudley Moore (Micki and Maude) |
Haing S Ngor (The Killing Fields) |
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| 1986 | William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman) |
Don Ameche (Cocoon) |
Jon Voight (Runaway Train) |
Jack Nicholson (Prizzi's Honor) |
Klaus Maria Brandauer (Out of Africa) |
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| 1987 | Paul Newman (The Color of Money) |
Michael Caine (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa) |
Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) |
Tom Berenger (Platoon) |
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| 1988 | Michael Douglas (Wall Street) |
Sean Connery (The Untouchables) |
Michael Douglas (Wall Street) |
Robin Williams (Good Morning, Vietnam) |
Sean Connery (The Untouchables) |
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| 1989 | Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) |
Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda) |
Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) |
Tom Hanks (Big) |
Martin Landau (Tucker: The Man and His Dream) |
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1990s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 1990 | Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot) |
Denzel Washington (Glory) |
Tom Cruise (Born on the Fourth of July) |
Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy) |
Denzel Washington (Glory) |
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| 1991 | Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) |
Joe Pesci (Goodfellas) |
Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) |
Gerard Depardieu (Green Card) |
Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion) |
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| 1992 | Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) |
Jack Palance (City Slickers) |
Nick Nolte (Prince of Tides) |
Robin Williams (The Fisher King) |
Jack Palance (City Slickers) |
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| 1993 | Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) |
Gene Hackman (Unforgiven) |
Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) |
Tim Robbins (The Player) |
Gene Hackman (Unforgiven) |
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| 1994 | Tom Hanks (Philadelphia) |
Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive) |
Tom Hanks (Philadelphia) |
Robin Williams (Mrs Doubtfire) |
Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive) |
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| 1995 | Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) |
Martin Landau (Ed Wood) |
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) |
Hugh Grant (Four Weddings and a Funeral) |
Martin Landau (Ed Wood) |
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| 1996 | Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) |
Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) |
Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) |
John Travolta (Get Shorty) |
Brad Pitt (12 Monkeys) |
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| 1997 | Geoffrey Rush (Shine) |
Cuba Gooding, Jr (Jerry Maguire) |
Geoffrey Rush (Shine) |
Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire) |
Edward Norton (Primal Fear) |
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| 1998 | Jack Nicholson (As Good as It Gets) |
Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting) |
Peter Fonda (Ulee's Gold) |
Jack Nicholson (As Good as It Gets) |
Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights) |
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| 1999 | Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful) |
James Coburn (Affliction) |
Jim Carrey (The Truman Show) |
Michael Caine (Little Voice) |
Ed Harris (The Truman Show) |
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2000s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 2000 | Kevin Spacey (American Beauty) |
Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules) |
Denzel Washington (The Hurricane) |
Jim Carrey (Man on the Moon) |
Tom Cruise (Magnolia) |
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| 2001 | Russell Crowe (Gladiator) |
Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) |
Tom Hanks (Cast Away) |
George Clooney (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) |
Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) |
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| 2002 | Denzel Washington (Training Day) |
Jim Broadbent (Iris) |
Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind) |
Gene Hackman (The Royal Tenenbaums) |
Jim Broadbent (Iris) |
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| 2003 | Adrien Brody (The Pianist) |
Chris Cooper (Adaptation) |
Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt) |
Richard Gere (Chicago) |
Chris Cooper (Adaptation) |
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| 2004 | Sean Penn (Mystic River) |
Tim Robbins (Mystic River) |
Sean Penn (Mystic River) |
Bill Murray (Lost in Translation) |
Tim Robbins (Mystic River) |
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| 2005 | Jamie Foxx (Ray) |
Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) |
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator) |
Jamie Foxx (Ray) |
Clive Owen (Sideways) |
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| 2006 | Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) |
George Clooney (Syriana) |
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) |
Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) |
George Clooney (Syriana) |
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| 2007 | Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) |
Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) |
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) |
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) |
Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls) |
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| 2008 | Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) |
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) |
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) |
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd) |
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) |
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| 2009 | Sean Penn (Milk) |
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) |
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) |
Colin Farrell (In Bruges) |
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) |
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2010s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 2010 | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) |
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) |
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) |
Robert Downey Jr (Sherlock Holmes) |
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) |
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| 2011 | Colin Firth (The King's Speech) |
Christian Bale (The Fighter) |
Colin Firth (The King's Speech) |
Paul Giamatti (Barney's Version) |
Christian Bale (The Fighter) |
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| 2012 | Jean Dujardin (The Artist) |
Christopher Plummer (Beginners) |
George Clooney (The Descendants) |
Jean Dujardin (The Artist) |
Christopher Plummer (Beginners) |
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| 2013 | Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) |
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) |
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) |
Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables) |
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) |
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| 2014 | Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) |
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) |
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) |
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) |
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) |
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| 2015 | Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) |
J. K. Simmons (Whiplash) |
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) |
Michael Keaton (Birdman) |
J. K. Simmons (Whiplash) |
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| 2016 | Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) |
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) |
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) |
Matt Damon (The Martian) |
Sylvester Stallone (Creed) |
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| 2017 | Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) |
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) |
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) |
Ryan Gosling (La La Land) |
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals) |
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| 2018 | Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) |
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) |
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) |
James Franco (The Disaster Artist) |
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) |
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| 2019 | Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) |
Mahershala Ali (Green Book) |
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) |
Christian Bale (Vice) |
Mahershala Ali (Green Book) |
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2020s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Supporting) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | Golden Globe (Supporting) | |
| 2020 | Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) |
Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) |
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) |
Taron Egerton (Rocketman) |
Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) |
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| 2021 | Anthony Hopkins (The Father) |
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) |
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) |
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) |
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) |
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| 2022 | Will Smith (King Richard) |
Troy Kotsur (CODA) |
Will Smith (King Richard) |
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick... Boom!) |
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) |
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| 2023 | Brendan Fraser (The Whale) |
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) |
Austin Butler (Elvis) |
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin) |
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) |
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| 2024 | Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) |
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) |
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) |
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) |
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) |
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| 2025 | Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) |
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) |
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) |
Sebastian Stan (A Different Man) |
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) |
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Last update: 19th August, 2025