Academy Awards: Best actor in a leading role

Submitted by rudolf55 on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 10:19
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  1. 2008

  2. Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  3. Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
  4. Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
  5. Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
  6. Sean Penn - Milk

  8. 2007

  9. Daniel-Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
  10. George Clooney - Michael Clayton
  11. Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
  12. Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley Of Elah
  13. Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

  15. 2006

  16. Forest Whitaker - The Last King Of Scotland
  17. Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
  18. Peter O'Toole - Venus
  19. Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
  20. Will Smith - The Pursuit Of Happyness

  22. 2005

  23. David Strathairn - Good Night And Good Luck
  24. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
  25. Joaquin Phoenix - Walk The Line
  26. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
  27. Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow

  29. 2004

  30. Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
  31. Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
  32. Jamie Foxx - Ray
  33. Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
  34. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator

  36. 2003

  37. Ben Kingsley - House Of Sand And Fog
  38. Bill Murray - Lost In Translation
  39. Johnny Depp - Pirates Of The Caribean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
  40. Jude Law - Cold Mountain
  41. Sean Penn - Mystic River

  43. 2002

  44. Adrien Brody - The Pianist
  45. Daniel-Day Lewis - Gangs Of New York
  46. Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
  47. Michael Caine - The Quiet American
  48. Nicolas Cage - Adaptation.

  50. 2001

  51. Denzel Washington - Training Day
  52. Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
  53. Sean Penn - I Am Sam
  54. Tom Wilkinson - In The Bedroom
  55. Will Smith - Ali

  57. 2000

  58. Ed Harris - Pollock
  59. Geoffrey Rush - Quills
  60. Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls
  61. Russell Crowe - Gladiator
  62. Tom Hanks - Cast Away

  64. 1999

  65. Denzel Washington - The Hurricane
  66. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
  67. Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story
  68. Russel Crowe - The Insider
  69. Sean Penn - Sweet And Lowdown

  71. 1998

  72. Edward Norton - American History X
  73. Ian McKellen - Gods And Monsters
  74. Nick Nolte - Affliction
  75. Roberto Benigni - La Vita È Bella
  76. Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan

  78. 1997

  79. Dustin Hoffman - Wag The Dog
  80. Jack Nicholson - As Good As It Gets
  81. Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
  82. Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
  83. Robert Duvall - The Apostle

  85. 1996

  86. Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
  87. Geoffrey Rush - Shine
  88. Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
  89. Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
  90. Woody Harrelson - The People Vs. Larry Flynt

  92. 1995

  93. Anthony Hopkins - Nixon
  94. Massimo Troisi - Il Postino
  95. Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
  96. Richard Dreyfuss - Mr. Holland's Opus
  97. Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking

  99. 1994

  100. John Travolta - Pulp Fiction
  101. Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption
  102. Nigel Hawthorne - The Madness Of King George
  103. Paul Newman - Nobody's Fool
  104. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

  106. 1993

  107. Anthony Hopkins - The Remains Of The Day
  108. Daniel Day-Lewis - In The Name Of The Father
  109. Laurence Fishburn - What's Love Got To Do With It
  110. Liam Neeson - Schindler's List
  111. Tom Hanks - Philadelphia

  113. 1992

  114. Al Pacino - Scent Of A Woman
  115. Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
  116. Denzel Washington - Malcolm X
  117. Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin
  118. Stephen Rea - The Crying Game

  120. 1991

  121. Anthony Hopkins - The Silence Of The Lambs
  122. Nick Nolte - The Prince Of Tides
  123. Robert De Niro - Cape Fear
  124. Robin Williams - The Fisher King
  125. Warren Beatty - Bugsy

  127. 1990

  128. Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano De Bergerac
  129. Jeremy Irons - Reversal Of Fortune
  130. Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves
  131. Richard Harris - The Field
  132. Robert De Niro - Awakenings

  134. 1989

  135. Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot: The Story Of Christy Brown
  136. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
  137. Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy
  138. Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society
  139. Tom Cruise - Born On The Fourth Of July

  141. 1988

  142. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
  143. Edward James Olmos - Stand And Deliver
  144. Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning
  145. Max Von Sydow - Pelle Erobreren
  146. Tom Hanks - Big

  148. 1987

  149. Jack Nicholson - Ironweed
  150. Marcello Mastroianni - Oci Ciornie
  151. Michael Douglas - Wall Street
  152. Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam
  153. William Hurt - Broadcast News

  155. 1986

  156. Bob Hoskins - Mona Lisa
  157. Dexter Gordon - 'Round Midnight
  158. James Woods - Salvador
  159. Paul Newman - The Color Of Money
  160. William Hurt - Children Of A Lesser God

  162. 1985

  163. Harrison Ford - Witness
  164. Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
  165. James Garner - Murphy's Romance
  166. Jon Voight - Runaway Train
  167. William Hurt - Kiss Of The Spider Woman

  169. 1984

  170. Albert Finney - Under The Volcano
  171. F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
  172. Jeff Bridges - Starman
  173. Sam Waterston - The Killing Fields
  174. Tom Hulce - Amadeus

  176. 1983

  177. Albert Finey - The Dresser
  178. Michael Caine - Educating Rita
  179. Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
  180. Tom Conti - Reuben, Reuben
  181. Tom Courtenay - The Dresser

  183. 1982

  184. Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
  185. Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie
  186. Jack Lemmon - Missing
  187. Paul Newman - The Verdict
  188. Peter O'Toole - My Favorite Year

  190. 1981

  191. Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
  192. Dudley Moore - Arthur
  193. Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond
  194. Paul Newman - Absence Of Malice
  195. Warren Beatty - Reds

  197. 1980

  198. Jack Lemmon - Tribute
  199. John Hurt - The Elephant Man
  200. Peter O'Toole - The Stunt Man
  201. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
  202. Robert Duvall - The Great Santini

  204. 1979

  205. Al Pacino - ...And Justice For All
  206. Dustin Hoffman - Kramer Vs. Kramer
  207. Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome
  208. Peter Sellers - Being There
  209. Roy Scheider - All That Jazz

  211. 1978

  212. Gary Busey - The Buddy Holly Story
  213. Jon Voight - Coming Home
  214. Laurence Olivier - The Boys From Brazil
  215. Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter
  216. Warren Beatty - Heaven Can Wait

  218. 1977

  219. John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever
  220. Marcello Mastroianni - Una Giornata Particolare
  221. Richard Burton - Equus
  222. Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
  223. Woody Allen - Annie Hall

  225. 1976

  226. Giancarlo Giannini - Pasqualino Settebellezze
  227. Peter Finch - Network
  228. Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
  229. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
  230. William Holden - Network

  232. 1975

  233. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
  234. Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
  235. James Whitmore - Give 'Em Hell, Harry!
  236. Maximilian Schell - The Man In The Glass Booth
  237. Walther Matthau - The Sunshine Boys

  239. 1974

  240. Albert Finney - Murder On The Orient Express
  241. Al Pacino - The Godfather: Part II
  242. Art Carney - Harry And Tonto
  243. Dustin Hoffman - Lenny
  244. Jack Nicholson - Chinatown

  246. 1973

  247. Al Pacino - Serpico
  248. Jack Lemmon - Save The Tiger
  249. Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
  250. Marlon Brando - Ultimo Tango A Parigi
  251. Robert Redford - The Sting

  253. 1972

  254. Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
  255. Marlon Brando - The Godfather
  256. Michael Caine - Sleuth
  257. Paul Winfield - Sounder
  258. The Ruling Class - Peter O'Toole

  260. 1971

  261. Gene Hackman - The French Connection
  262. George C. Scott - The Hospital
  263. Peter Finch - Sunday Bloody Sunday
  264. Topol - Fiddler On The Roof
  265. Walther Matthau - Kotch

  267. 1970

  268. George C. Scott - Patton
  269. Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces
  270. James Earl Jones - The Great White Hope
  271. Melvyn Douglas - I Never Sang For My Father
  272. Ryan O'Neal - Love Story

  274. 1969

  275. Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
  276. John Wayne - True Grit
  277. Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy
  278. Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  279. Richard Burton - Anne Of The Thousand Days

  281. 1968

  282. Alan Arkin - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
  283. Alan Bates - The Fixer
  284. Cliff Robertson - Charly
  285. Peter O'Toole - The Lion In Winter
  286. Ron Moody - Oliver!

  288. 1967

  289. Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate
  290. Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke
  291. Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
  292. Rod Steiger - In The Heat Of The Night
  293. Warren Beatty - Bonnie And Clyde

  295. 1966

  296. Alan Arkin - The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
  297. Michael Caine - Alfie
  298. Paul Scofield - A Man For All Seasons
  299. Richard Burton - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
  300. Steve McQueen - The Sand Pebbles

  302. 1965

  303. Laurence Olivier - Othello
  304. Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou
  305. Oskar Werner - Ship Of Fools
  306. Richard Burton - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
  307. Rod Steiger - The Pawnbroker

  309. 1964

  310. Anthony Quinn - Alexis Zorbas
  311. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
  312. Peter O'Toole - Becket
  313. Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
  314. Richard Burton - Becket

  316. 1963

  317. Albert Finney - Tom Jones
  318. Paul Newman - Hud
  319. Rex Harrison - Cleopatra
  320. Richard Harris - This Sporting Life
  321. Sidney Poitier - Lilies Of The Field

  323. 1962

  324. Burt Lancaster - Birdman Of Alcatraz
  325. Gregory Peck - To Kill A Mockingbird
  326. Jack Lemmon - Days Of Wine And Roses
  327. Marcello Mastroianni - Divorzio All'Italiana
  328. Peter O'Toole - Lawrence Of Arabia

  330. 1961

  331. Charles Boyer - Fanny
  332. Maximilian Shell - Judgment At Nuremberg
  333. Paul Newman - The Hustler
  334. Spencer Tracy - Judgment At Nuremberg
  335. Stuart Whitman - The Mark

  337. 1960

  338. Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
  339. Jack Lemmon - The Apartment
  340. Laurence Olivier - The Entertainer
  341. Spencer Tracy - Inherit The Wind
  342. Trevor Howard - Sons And Lovers

  344. 1959

  345. Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
  346. Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
  347. James Stewart - Anatomy Of A Murder
  348. Laurence Harvey - Room At The Top
  349. Paul Muni - The Last Angry Man

  351. 1958

  352. David Niven - Seperate Tables
  353. Paul Newman - Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
  354. Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones
  355. Spencer Tracy - The Old Man And The Sea
  356. Tony Curtis - The Defiant Ones

  358. 1957

  359. Alec Guiness - The Bridge On The River Kwai
  360. Anthony Franciosa - A Hatful Of Rain
  361. Anthony Quinn - Wild Is The Wind
  362. Charles Laughton - Witness For The Prosecution
  363. Marlon Brando - Sayonara

  365. 1956

  366. James Dean - Giant
  367. Kirk Douglas - Lust For Life
  368. Laurence Olivier - Richard III
  369. Rock Hudson - Giant
  370. The King And I - Yul Brynner

  372. 1955

  373. Ernest Borgnine - Marty
  374. James Cagney - Love Me Or Leave Me
  375. James Dean - East Of Eden
  376. Frank Sinatra - The Man With The Golden Arm
  377. Spencer Tracy - Bad Day At Black Rock

  379. 1954

  380. Bing Crosby - The Country Girl
  381. Dan O'Herlihy - Robinson Crusoe
  382. Humphrey Bogart - The Caine Mutiny
  383. James Mason - A Star Is Born
  384. Marlon Brando - On The Waterfront

  386. 1953

  387. Burt Lancaster - From Here To Eternity
  388. Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar
  389. Montgomery Clift - From Here To Eternity
  390. Richard Burton - The Robe
  391. William Holden - Stalag 17

  393. 1952

  394. Alec Guiness - The Lavender Hill Mob
  395. Gary Cooper - High Noon
  396. José Ferrer - Moulin Rouge
  397. Kirk Douglas - The Bad And The Beautiful
  398. Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata!

  400. 1951

  401. Arthur Kennedy - Bright Victory
  402. Fredric March - Death Of A Salesman
  403. Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen
  404. Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire
  405. Montgomery Clift - A Place In The Sun

  407. 1950

  408. James Stewart - Harvey
  409. José Ferrer - Cyrano De Bergerac
  410. Louis Calhern - The Magnificent Yankee
  411. William Holden - Sunset Blvd.
  412. Spencer Tracy - Father Of The Bride

  414. 1949

  415. Broderick Crawford - All The King's Men
  416. Gregory Peck - Twelve O'Clock High
  417. John Wayne - Sands Of Iwo Jima
  418. Kirk Douglas - Champion
  419. Richard Todd - The Hasty Hear

  421. 1948

  422. Clifton Webb - Sitting Pretty
  423. Dan Dailey - When My Baby Smiles At Me
  424. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet
  425. Lew Ayres - Johnny Belinda
  426. Montgomery Clift - The Search

  428. 1947

  429. Gregory Peck - Gentleman's Agreement
  430. John Garfield - Body And Soul
  431. Michael Redgrave - Mourning Becomes Electra
  432. Ronald Colman - A Double Life
  433. William Powell - Life With Father

  435. 1946

  436. Fredric March - The Best Years Of Our Lives
  437. Gregory Peck - The Yearling
  438. James Stewart - It's A Wonderful Life
  439. Larry Parks - The Jolson Story
  440. Laurence Oliver - The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France

  442. 1945

  443. Bing Crosby - The Bells Of St. Mary's
  444. Cornel Wilde - A Song To Remember
  445. Gene Kelly - Anchors Aweigh
  446. Gregory Peck - The Keys Of The Kingdom
  447. Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend

  449. 1944

  450. Alexander Knox - Wilson
  451. Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way
  452. Bing Crosby - Going My Way
  453. Cary Grant - None But The Lonely Heart
  454. Charles Boyer - Gaslight

  456. 1943

  457. Gary Cooper - For Whom The Bell Tolls
  458. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
  459. Mickey Rooney - The Human Comedy
  460. Paul Lukas - Watch On The Rhine
  461. Walter Pidgeon - Madame Curie

  463. 1942

  464. Gary Cooper - Pride Of The Yankees
  465. James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
  466. Monty Woolley - The Pied Piper
  467. Ronald Colman - Random Harvest
  468. Walter Pidgeon - Mrs. Miniver

  470. 1941

  471. Cary Grant - Penny Serenade
  472. Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
  473. Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
  474. Robert Montgomery - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  475. Walter Huston - All That Money Can Buy

  477. 1940

  478. Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator
  479. Henry Fonda - The Grapes Of Wrath
  480. James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story
  481. Laurence Olivier - Rebecca
  482. Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln In Illinois

  484. 1939

  485. Clark Gable - Gone With The Wind
  486. James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
  487. Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights
  488. Mickey Rooney - Babes In Arms
  489. Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips

  491. 1938

  492. Charles Boyer - Algiers
  493. James Cagney - Angels With Dirty Faces
  494. Leslie Howard - Pygmalion
  495. Robert Donat - The Citadel
  496. Spencer Tracy - Boys Town

  498. 1937

  499. Charles Boyer - Conquest
  500. Fredric March - A Star Is Born
  501. Paul Muni - The Life Of Emile Zola
  502. Robert Montgomery - Night Must Fall
  503. Spencer Tracy - Captain Courageous

  505. 1936

  506. Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
  507. Paul Muni - The Story Of Louis Pasteur
  508. Spencer Tracy - San Francisco
  509. Walter Huston - Dodsworth
  510. William Powell - My Man Godfrey

  512. 1935

  513. Charles Laughton - Mutiny On The Bounty
  514. Clark Gable - Mutiny On The Bounty
  515. Franchot Tone - Mutiny On The Bounty
  516. Paul Muni - Black Fury
  517. Victor McLaglen - The Informer

  519. 1934

  520. Clark Gable - It Happened One Night
  521. Frank Morgan - The Affairs Of Cellini
  522. William Powell - The Thin Man

  524. 1933

  525. Charles Laughton - The Private Life Of Henry VIII
  526. Leslie Howard - Berkeley Square
  527. Paul Muni - I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang

  529. 1932

  530. Alfred Lunt - The Guardsman
  531. Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
  532. Wallace Beery - The Champ

  534. 1931

  535. Adolphe Menjou - The Front Page
  536. Fredric March - The Royal Family Of Broadway
  537. Jackie Cooper - Skippy
  538. Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul
  539. Richard Dix - Cimarron

  541. 1930

  542. George Arliss - Disraeli
  543. George Arliss - The Green Godess
  544. Lawrence Tibbett - The Rogue Song
  545. Maurice Chevalier - The Big Pond
  546. Maurice Chevalier - The Love Parade
  547. Ronald Colman - Bulldog Drummond
  548. Ronald Colman - Condemned
  549. Wallace Beery - The Big House

  551. 1928-1929

  552. Chester Morris - Alibi
  553. George Bancroft - Thunderbolt
  554. Lewis Stone - The Patriot
  555. Paul Muni - The Valiant
  556. Warner Baxter - In Old Arizona

  558. 1927-1928

  559. Emil Jannings - The Last Command
  560. Richard Barthelmess - The Noose
  561. Richard Barthelmess - The Patent Leather Kid
Author Comments: 

No scores. Even if I were to give scores, they'd be for the actual performance. Maybe stars.