Academy Award for Best Actor (Nominees and Winners)
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- 1928
- Emil Jannings - The Last Command / The Way of All Flesh
- Richard Barthelmess - The Noose / The Patent Leather Kid
- Charlie Chaplin - The Circus
- 1929
- Warner Baxter - In Old Arizona
- George Bancroft - Thunderbolt
- Chester Morris - Alibi
- Paul Muni - The Valiant
- Lewis Stone - The Patriot
- 1930
- George Arliss - Disraeli
- George Arliss - The Green Goddess
- Wallace Beery - The Big House
- Maurice Chevalier - The Big Pond / The Love Parade
- Ronald Colman - Bulldog Drummond / Condemned
- Lawrence Tibbett - The Rogue Song
- 1931
- Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul
- Adolphe Menjou - The Front Page
- Jackie Cooper - Skippy
- Richard Dix - Cimarron
- Fredric March - The Royal Family of Broadway
- 1932
- Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Wallace Beery - The Champ
- Alfred Lunt - The Guardsman
- 1933
- Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII
- Leslie Howard - Berkeley Square
- Paul Muni - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
- 1934
- Clark Gable - It Happened One Night
- Frank Morgan - The Affairs of Cellini
- William Powell - The Thin Man
- 1935
- Victor McLaglen - The Informer
- Clark Gable - Mutiny on the Bounty
- Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty
- Franchot Tone - Mutiny on the Bounty
- 1936
- Paul Muni - The Story of Louis Pasteur
- Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- Walter Huston - Dodsworth
- William Powell - My Man Godfrey
- Spencer Tracy - San Francisco
- 1937
- Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous
- Charles Boyer - Conquest
- Fredric March - A Star Is Born
- Robert Montgomery - Night Must Fall
- Paul Muni - The Life of Emile Zola
- 1938
- Spencer Tracy - Boys Town
- Charles Boyer - Algiers
- James Cagney - Angels with Dirty Faces
- Robert Donat - The Citadel
- Leslie Howard - Pygmalion
- 1939
- Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Clark Gable - Gone with the Wind
- Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights
- Mickey Rooney - Babes in Arms
- James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- 1940
- James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story
- Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator
- Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath
- Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- Laurence Olivier - Rebecca
- 1941
- Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
- Cary Grant - Penny Serenade
- Walter Huston - All That Money Can Buy
- Robert Montgomery - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
- Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
- 1942
- James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Ronald Colman - Random Harvest
- Gary Cooper - The Pride of the Yankees
- Walter Pidgeon - Mrs. Miniver
- Monty Woolley - The Pied Piper
- 1943
- Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine
- Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
- Gary Cooper - For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Walter Pidgeon - Madame Curie
- Mickey Rooney - The Human Comedy
- 1944
- Bing Crosby - Going My Way
- Charles Boyer - Gaslight
- Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way
- Cary Grant - None but the Lonely Heart
- Alexander Knox - Wilson
- 1945
- Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
- Bing Crosby - The Bells of St. Mary's
- Gene Kelly - Anchors Aweigh
- Gregory Peck - The Keys of the Kingdom
- Cornel Wilde - A Song to Remember
- 1946
- Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives
- Laurence Olivier - Henry V
- Larry Parks - The Jolson Story
- Gregory Peck - The Yearling
- James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life
- 1947
- Ronald Colman - A Double Life
- John Garfield - Body and Soul
- Gregory Peck - Gentleman's Agreement
- Michael Redgrave - Mourning Becomes Electra
- William Powell - Life with Father
- 1948
- Laurence Olivier - Hamlet
- Lew Ayres - Johnny Belinda
- Montgomery Clift - The Search
- Dan Dailey - When My Baby Smiles at Me
- Clifton Webb - Sitting Pretty
- 1949
- Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men
- Kirk Douglas - Champion
- Gregory Peck - Twelve O'Clock High
- Richard Todd - The Hasty Heart
- John Wayne - Sands of Iwo Jima
- 1950
- José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac
- Louis Calhern - The Magnificent Yankee
- William Holden - Sunset Boulevard
- James Stewart - Harvey
- Spencer Tracy - Father of the Bride
- 1951
- Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen
- Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire
- Montgomery Clift - A Place in the Sun
- Arthur Kennedy - Bright Victory
- Fredric March - Death of a Salesman
- 1952
- Gary Cooper - High Noon
- Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata!
- Kirk Douglas - The Bad and the Beautiful
- José Ferrer - Moulin Rouge
- Alec Guinness - The Lavender Hill Mob
- 1953
- William Holden - Stalag 17
- Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar
- Richard Burton - The Robe
- Montgomery Clift - From Here to Eternity
- Burt Lancaster - From Here to Eternity
- 1954
- Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
- Humphrey Bogart - The Caine Mutiny
- Bing Crosby - The Country Girl
- James Mason - A Star Is Born
- Dan O'Herlihy - The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
- 1955
- Ernest Borgnine - Marty
- James Cagney - Love Me or Leave Me
- James Dean - East of Eden
- Frank Sinatra - The Man with the Golden Arm
- Spencer Tracy - Bad Day at Black Rock
- 1956
- Yul Brynner - The King and I
- James Dean - Giant
- Kirk Douglas - Lust for Life
- Rock Hudson - Giant
- Laurence Olivier - Richard III
- 1957
- Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Marlon Brando - Sayonara
- Anthony Franciosa - A Hatful of Rain
- Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution
- Anthony Quinn - Wild Is the Wind
- 1958
- David Niven - Separate Tables
- Tony Curtis - The Defiant Ones
- Paul Newman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones
- Spencer Tracy - The Old Man and the Sea
- 1959
- Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
- Laurence Harvey - Room at the Top
- Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
- Paul Muni - The Last Angry Man
- James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder
- 1960
- Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
- Trevor Howard - Sons and Lovers
- Jack Lemmon - The Apartment
- Laurence Olivier - The Entertainer
- Spencer Tracy - Inherit the Wind
- 1961
- Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg
- Charles Boyer - Fanny
- Paul Newman - The Hustler
- Spencer Tracy - Judgment at Nuremberg
- Stuart Whitman - The Mark
- 1962
- Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
- Burt Lancaster - Birdman of Alcatraz
- Jack Lemmon - Days of Wine and Roses
- Marcello Mastroianni - Divorce, Italian Style
- Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia
- 1963
- Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
- Albert Finney - Tom Jones
- Richard Harris - This Sporting Life
- Rex Harrison - Cleopatra
- Paul Newman - Hud
- 1964
- Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
- Richard Burton - Becket
- Peter O'Toole - Becket
- Anthony Quinn - Zorba the Greek
- Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- 1965
- Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou
- Richard Burton - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- Laurence Olivier - Othello
- Rod Steiger - The Pawnbroker
- Oskar Werner - Ship of Fools
- 1966
- Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons
- Alan Arkin - The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
- Richard Burton - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Michael Caine - Alfie
- Steve McQueen - The Sand Pebbles
- 1967
- Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night
- Warren Beatty - Bonnie and Clyde
- Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate
- Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke
- Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- 1968
- Cliff Robertson - Charly
- Alan Arkin - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
- Alan Bates - The Fixer
- Ron Moody - Oliver!
- Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter
- 1969
- John Wayne - True Grit
- Richard Burton - Anne of the Thousand Days
- Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
- Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy
- 1970
- George C. Scott - Patton
- Melvyn Douglas - I Never Sang for My Father
- James Earl Jones - The Great White Hope
- Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces
- Ryan O'Neal - Love Story
- 1971
- Gene Hackman - The French Connection
- Peter Finch - Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Walter Matthau - Kotch
- George C. Scott - The Hospital
- Topol - Fiddler on the Roof
- 1972
- Marlon Brando - The Godfather
- Michael Caine - Sleuth
- Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
- Peter O'Toole - The Ruling Class
- Paul Winfield - Sounder
- 1973
- Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger
- Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris
- Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
- Al Pacino - Serpico
- Robert Redford - The Sting
- 1974
- Art Carney - Harry and Tonto
- Albert Finney - Murder on the Orient Express
- Dustin Hoffman - Lenny
- Jack Nicholson - Chinatown
- Al Pacino - The Godfather, Part II
- 1975
- Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Walter Matthau - The Sunshine Boys
- Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
- Maximilian Schell - The Man in the Glass Booth
- James Whitmore - Give 'em Hell, Harry!
- 1976
- Peter Finch - Network
- Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
- Giancarlo Giannini - Seven Beauties
- William Holden - Network
- Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
- 1977
- Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
- Woody Allen - Annie Hall
- Richard Burton - Equus
- Marcello Mastroianni - A Special Day
- John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever
- 1978
- Jon Voight - Coming Home
- Warren Beatty - Heaven Can Wait
- Gary Busey - The Buddy Holly Story
- Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter
- Laurence Olivier - The Boys from Brazil
- 1979
- Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome
- Roy Scheider - All That Jazz
- Peter Sellers - Being There
- Al Pacino - ...And Justice for All
- 1980
- Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
- Robert Duvall - The Great Santini
- John Hurt - The Elephant Man
- Jack Lemmon - Tribute
- Peter O'Toole - The Stunt Man
- 1981
- Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond
- Warren Beatty - Reds
- Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
- Dudley Moore - Arthur
- Paul Newman - Absence of Malice
- 1982
- Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
- Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie
- Jack Lemmon - Missing
- Paul Newman - The Verdict
- Peter O'Toole - My Favorite Year
- 1983
- Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
- Michael Caine - Educating Rita
- Tom Conti - Reuben, Reuben
- Tom Courtenay - The Dresser
- Albert Finney - The Dresser
- 1984
- F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
- Jeff Bridges - Starman
- Albert Finney - Under the Volcano
- Tom Hulce - Amadeus
- Sam Waterston - The Killing Fields
- 1985
- William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Harrison Ford - Witness
- James Garner - Murphy's Romance
- Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
- Jon Voight - Runaway Train
- 1986
- Paul Newman - The Color of Money
- Dexter Gordon - 'Round Midnight
- Bob Hoskins - Mona Lisa
- William Hurt - Children of a Lesser God
- James Woods - Salvador
- 1987
- Michael Douglas - Wall Street
- William Hurt - Broadcast News
- Marcello Mastroianni - Dark Eyes
- Jack Nicholson - Ironweed
- Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam
- 1988
- Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
- Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning
- Tom Hanks - Big
- Edward James Olmos - Stand and Deliver
- Max von Sydow - Pelle the Conqueror
- 1989
- Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot
- Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
- Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July
- Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy
- Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society
- 1990
- Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
- Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves
- Robert De Niro - Awakenings
- Gerard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac
- Richard Harris - The Field
- 1991
- Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
- Warren Beatty - Bugsy
- Robert De Niro - Cape Fear
- Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides
- Robin Williams - The Fisher King
- 1992
- Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
- Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin
- Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
- Stephen Rea - The Crying Game
- Denzel Washington - Malcolm X
- 1993
- Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
- Laurence Fishburne - What's Love Got to Do with It?
- Anthony Hopkins - The Remains of the Day
- Daniel Day-Lewis - In the Name of the Father
- Liam Neeson - Schindler's List
- 1994
- Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
- Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption
- Nigel Hawthorne - The Madness of King George
- Paul Newman - Nobody's Fool
- John Travolta - Pulp Fiction
- 1995
- Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
- Richard Dreyfuss - Mr. Holland's Opus
- Anthony Hopkins - Nixon
- Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking
- Massimo Troisi - Il Postino
- 1996
- Geoffrey Rush - Shine
- Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
- Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
- Woody Harrelson - The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
- 1997
- Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets
- Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
- Robert Duvall - The Apostle
- Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
- Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog
- 1998
- Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
- Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan
- Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters
- Nick Nolte - Affliction
- Edward Norton - American History X
- 1999
- Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
- Russell Crowe - The Insider
- Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story
- Sean Penn - Sweet and Lowdown
- Denzel Washington -The Hurricane
- 2000
- Russell Crowe - Gladiator
- Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls
- Tom Hanks - Cast Away
- Ed Harris - Pollock
- Geoffrey Rush - Quills
- 2001
- Denzel Washington - Training Day
- Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
- Sean Penn - I Am Sam
- Will Smith - Ali
- Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom
- 2002
- Adrien Brody - The Pianist
- Nicolas Cage - Adaptation.
- Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
- Michael Caine - The Quiet American
- Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
- 2003
- Sean Penn - Mystic River
- Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
- Jude Law - Cold Mountain
- Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
- 2004
- Jamie Foxx - Ray
- Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
- Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
- Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
- Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
- 2005
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
- Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
- Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
- Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
- David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.
- 2006
- Forest Whitaker -- The Last King of Scotland
- Leonardo DiCaprio -- Blood Diamond
- Ryan Gosling -- Half Nelson
- Peter O'Toole -- Venus
- Will Smith -- The Pursuit of Happyness
- 2007
- Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
- George Clooney - Michael Clayton
- Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
- Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
- 2008
- Sean Penn – Milk
- Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
- Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
- Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
- 2009
- Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
- George Clooney - Up in the Air
- Colin Firth - A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman – Invictus
- Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
- 2010
- Colin Firth - The King's Speech
- Javier Bardem - Biutiful
- Jeff Bridges - True Grit
- Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
- James Franco - 127 Hours
- 2011
- Jean Dujardin – The Artist
- Demián Bichir – A Better Life
- George Clooney – The Descendants
- Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Brad Pitt – Moneyball







