Oscar for bedste mandlige hovedrolle

Skuespilleren Daniel Day-Lewis er den eneste skuespiller, der har modtaget tre Oscars for bedste mandlige hovedrolle (My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood og Lincoln).

Oscaren for bedste mandlige hovedrolle (officiel titel Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role) gives ved Oscar-uddelingen til en mandlig skuespiller for hans præstation i en film fra det forløbne år.

Vindere og nominerede

Det følgende er en kronologisk oversigt over vinderne og de nominerede. Vinderne er fremhævet med fed.

1920'erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
1927/28 (1.)
	Emil Jannings		Hans sidste kommando Al Kødets Gang	Grand Duke Sergius Alexander August Schilling
	Richard Barthelmess		Forbryderen Manden uden Fædreland	Nickie Elkins Patent Leather Kid
1928/29 (2.)
	Warner Baxter		In Old Arizona	The Cisco Kid
	George Bancroft		Fra New Yorks Underverden	Thunderbolt Jim Lang
	Chester Morris		Alibi	Chick Williams (No. 1065)
	Paul Muni		The Valiant	James Dyke
Lewis Stone		The Patriot	Count Pahlen

1930'erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
1929/30 (3.)
	George Arliss		Disraeli	Benjamin Disraeli
	George Arliss		Den grønne Gudinde	The Raja of Rukh
	Wallace Beery		Mennesker bag Gitret	'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt
	Maurice Chevalier		Hendes franske Forlovede	Pierre Mirande
	Maurice Chevalier		Prinsgemalen	Count Alfred Renard
	Ronald Colman		Kaptajn Bulldog Drummond	Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
	Ronald Colman		Straffekolonien	Michel
	Lawrence Tibbett		Zigøjner-Kærlighed	Yegor
1930/31 (4.)
	Lionel Barrymore		Frie Sjæle	Stephen Ashe
	Adolphe Menjou		The Front Page	Walter Burns
	Jackie Cooper		Skippy	Skippy Skinner
	Richard Dix		Cimarron	Yancey Cravat
	Fredric March		Den kongelige familie	Tony Cavendish
1931/32 (5.)
	Wallace Beery (uafgjort)		Champ, Mesterbokseren	'Andy "Champ" Purcell
	Fredric March (uafgjort)		Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Dr. Henry L. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Alfred Lunt		The Guardsman	The Actor
1932/33 (6.)
	Charles Laughton		Henrik den Ottendes privatliv	Henrik 8. af England
	Leslie Howard		Gengangeren på Berkeley Square	Peter Standish
	Paul Muni		Jeg er en flygtning	James Allen
1934 (7.)
	Clark Gable		Det hændte en nat	Peter Warner
	Frank Morgan		Florentinske Nætter	Alessandro - Hertug af Firenze
	William Powell		Den tynde mand	Nick Charles
1935 (8.)
	Victor McLaglen		Forræderen	Gypo Nolan
	Clark Gable		Mytteri på Bounty	Fletcher Christian
	Charles Laughton			William Bligh
	Franchot Tone			Roger Byam
	Paul Muni		Dynamit	Joe Radek
1936 (9.)
	Paul Muni		Louis Pasteur - menneskehedens velgører	Louis Pasteur
	Gary Cooper		En gentleman kommer til byen	Longfellow Deeds
	Walter Huston		Hr. og Fru Dodsworth intime	Sam Dodsworth
	William Powell		Godfrey ordner alt	Godfrey Park
	Spencer Tracy		San Francisco	Father Tim Mullin
1937 (10.)
	Spencer Tracy		Havets helte	Manuel
	Charles Boyer		Marie Walewska	Napoleon Bonaparte
	Fredric March		Hollywood bag kulisserne	Norman Maine
	Robert Montgomery		Når mørket sænker sig	Danny
	Paul Muni		Emile Zola's liv	Émile Zola
1938 (11.)
	Spencer Tracy		Drengebyen	Father Flanagan
	Charles Boyer		Algiers	Pépé le Moko
	James Cagney		Angels with Dirty Faces	Rocky Sullivan
	Robert Donat		Borgen	Dr. Andrew Manson
	Leslie Howard		Pygmalion	Professor Henry Higgins
1939 (12.)
	Robert Donat		Farvel, Mr. Chips	Charles Edward Chipping
	Clark Gable		Borte med blæsten	Rhett Butler
	Laurence Olivier		Stormfulde højder	Heathcliff
	Mickey Rooney		Vi charmører	Mickey Moran
	James Stewart		Mr. Smith kommer til Washington	Jefferson Smith

1940’erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
1940 (13.)
	James Stewart		Natten før brylluppet	Macaulay Connor
	Charlie Chaplin		Diktatoren	Adenoid Hynkel (Diktator af Tomania) En Jødisk frisør
	Henry Fonda		Vredens druer	Tom Joad
	Raymond Massey		Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Abraham Lincoln
	Laurence Olivier		Rebecca	'Maxim' de Winter
1941 (14.)
	Gary Cooper		Sergeant York	Alvin C. York
	Cary Grant		Penny Serenade	Roger Adams
	Walter Huston		Du kan ikke købe alt for penge	Mr. Scratch
	Robert Montgomery		Her kommer Mr. Jordan	Joe Pendleton
	Orson Welles		Citizen Kane	Charles Foster Kane
1942 (15.)
	James Cagney		Yankee Doodle Dandy	George M. Cohan
	Ronald Colman		Tilfældets høst	Charles Rainier
	Gary Cooper		Når mænd er bedst	Lou Gehrig
	Walter Pidgeon		Mrs. Miniver	Clem Miniver
	Monty Woolley		Manden med pilefløjterne	Howard
1943 (16.)
	Paul Lukas		Een for alle	Kurt Muller
	Humphrey Bogart		Casablanca	Rick Blaine
	Gary Cooper		Hvem ringer klokkerne for?	Robert Jordan
	Walter Pidgeon		Madame Curie	Pierre Curie
	Mickey Rooney		Sådan er livet	Homer Macauley
1944 (17.)
	Bing Crosby		Går du min vej?	Fader Chuck O'Malley
	Charles Boyer		Gaslys	Gregory Anton
	Barry Fitzgerald		Går du min vej?	Father Fitzgibbon
	Cary Grant		None but the Lonely Heart	Ernie Mott
	Alexander Knox		Wilson	Woodrow Wilson
1945 (18.)
	Ray Milland		Forspildte dage	Don Birnam
	Bing Crosby		Sct. Mary's klokker	Father Chuck O'Malley
	Gene Kelly		Orlov i Hollywood	Joseph Brady
	Gregory Peck		Himmeriges nøgler	Father Francis
	Cornel Wilde		Den store drøm	Frédéric Chopin
1946 (19.)
	Fredric March		De bedste år	Al Stephenson
	Laurence Olivier		Henrik V	Henrik 5. af England
	Larry Parks		Hele verdens sanger	Al Jolson
	Gregory Peck		Hjortekalven	Ezra 'Penny' Baxter
	James Stewart		Det er herligt at leve	George Bailey
1947 (20.)
	Ronald Colman		Jalousi	Anthony John
	John Garfield		Lev farligt	Charlie Davis
	Gregory Peck		Mand og mand imellem	Philip Schuyler Green
	William Powell		Vi og vores far	Clarence Day, Sr.
	Michael Redgrave		Sorg klæder Elektra	Orin Mannon
1948 (21.)
	Laurence Olivier		Hamlet	Hamlet, Prins af Danmark
	Lew Ayres		Johnny Belinda	Dr. Robert Richardson
	Montgomery Clift		Et barn eftersøges	Ralph 'Steve' Stevenson
	Dan Dailey		When My Baby Smiles at Me	'Skid' Johnson
	Clifton Webb		Her går det godt	Lynn Belvedere
1949 (22.)
	Broderick Crawford		Alle kongens mænd	Willie Stark
	Kirk Douglas		Champion	Michael 'Midge' Kelly
	Gregory Peck		Drenge bliver mænd	General Savage
	Richard Todd		Det heftige sind	Cpl. Lachlan 'Lachie' MacLachlan
	John Wayne		Heltene fra Iwo Jima	Sgt. John M. Stryker

1950’erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
1950 (23.)
	José Ferrer		Cyrano de Bergerac - den sidste musketer	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		Brudens far	Stanley T. Banks
1951 (24.)
	Humphrey Bogart		Afrikas dronning	Charlie Allnut
	Marlon Brando		Omstigning til Paradis	Stanley Kowalski
	Montgomery Clift		En plads i solen	George Eastman
	Arthur Kennedy		Tilbage til livet	Larry Nevins
	Fredric March		En sælgers død	Willy Loman
1952 (25.)
	Gary Cooper		Sheriffen	Marshal Will Kane
	Marlon Brando		Viva Zapata!	Emiliano Zapata
	Kirk Douglas		Illusionernes by	Jonathan Shields
	José Ferrer		Moulin Rouge	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
	Alec Guinness		Masser af guld	Henry Holland
1953 (26.)
	William Holden		Stalag 17	Sergent J.J. Sefton
	Marlon Brando		Julius Caesar	Macus Antonius
	Richard Burton		Men jeg så ham dø	Marcellus Gallio
	Montgomery Clift		Herfra til evigheden	Menig Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt
	Burt Lancaster		Herfra til evigheden	1. Sergent Milton Warden
1954 (27.)
	Marlon Brando		I storbyens havn	Terry Malloy
	Humphrey Bogart		Mytteriet på Caine	Orlogskaptajn Philip Francis Queeg
	Bing Crosby		The Country Girl	Frank Elgin
	James Mason		En stjerne fødes	Norman Maine
	Dan O'Herlihy		Robinson Crusoe	Robinson Crusoe
1955 (28.)
	Ernest Borgnine		Marty	Marty Piletti
	James Cagney		Gift med en gangster	Martin Snyder
	James Dean (posthumt nominering)		Øst for paradis	Cal Trask
	Frank Sinatra		Manden med den gyldne arm	Frankie Machine
	Spencer Tracy		En mand steg af toget	John J. Macreedy
1956 (29.)
	Yul Brynner		Kongen og jeg	Kong Mongkut af Siam
	James Dean (posthumt nominering)		Giganten	Jett Rink
	Kirk Douglas		Filmen om Van Gogh	Vincent van Gogh
	Rock Hudson		Giganten	Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr.
	Laurence Olivier		Richard den Tredje	Richard 3. af England
1957 (30.)
	Alec Guinness		Broen over floden Kwai	Colonel Nicholson
	Marlon Brando		Sayonara... farlig kærlighed	Major Lloyd 'Ace' Gruver — USAF
	Anthony Franciosa		Narkomanen	Polo Pope
	Charles Laughton		Anklagerens vidne	Sir Wilfrid Robarts
	Anthony Quinn		Vild er vinden	Gino
1958 (31.)
	David Niven		Fra bord til bord	Major Angus Pollock
	Tony Curtis		Lænken	John 'Joker' Jackson
	Paul Newman		Kat på et varmt bliktag	Brick Pollitt
	Sidney Poitier		Lænken	Noah Cullen
	Spencer Tracy		Den gamle mand og havet	The Old Man
1959 (32.)
	Charlton Heston		Ben-Hur	Judah Ben-Hur
	Laurence Harvey		En plads på toppen	Joe Lampton
	Jack Lemmon		Ingen er fuldkommen	Jerry
	Paul Muni		Den sidste vrede mand	Dr. Sam Abelman
	James Stewart		Et mord analyseres	Paul Biegler

1960'erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
1960 (33.)
	Burt Lancaster		Elmer Gantry	Elmer Gantry
	Trevor Howard		Sønner og elskere	Walter Morel
	Jack Lemmon		Nøglen under måtten	C. C. 'Bud' Baxter
	Laurence Olivier		Tribunehelten	Archie Rice
	Spencer Tracy		Solen stod stille	Henry Drummond
1961 (34.)
	Maximilian Schell		Dommen i Nürnberg	Hans Rolfe
	Charles Boyer		Fanny	Cesar
	Paul Newman		Hajen	Eddie Felson
	Spencer Tracy		Dommen i Nürnberg	Dommer Dan Haywood
	Stuart Whitman		Brændemærket	Jim Fuller
1962 (35.)
	Gregory Peck		Dræb ikke en sangfugl	Atticus Finch
	Burt Lancaster		Manden fra Alcatraz	Robert Stroud
	Jack Lemmon		Hektiske dage	Joe Clay
	Marcello Mastroianni		Skilsmisse på italiensk	Ferdinando Cefalù
	Peter O'Toole		Lawrence af Arabien	T. E. Lawrence
1963 (36.)
	Sidney Poitier		Markens liljer	Homer Smith
	Albert Finney		Tom Jones	Tom Jones
	Richard Harris		Livets pris	Frank Machin
	Rex Harrison		Cleopatra	Julius Caesar
	Paul Newman		Den utæmmelige	Hud Bannon
1964 (37.)
	Rex Harrison		My Fair Lady	Professor Henry Higgins
	Richard Burton		Becket	Thomas Becket
	Peter O'Toole		Becket	Henrik 2. af England
	Anthony Quinn		Zorba, grækeren	Alexis Zorba
	Peter Sellers		Dr. Strangelove	Kaptajn Lionel Mandrake Præsident Merkin Muffley Dr. Strangelove
1965 (38.)
	Lee Marvin		Cat Ballou	Kid Shelleen Tim Strawn
	Richard Burton		Spionen der kom ind fra kulden	Alec Leamas
	Laurence Olivier		Othello	Othello
	Rod Steiger		Pantelåneren	Sol Nazerman
	Oskar Werner		Narreskibet	Willie Schumann
1966 (39.)
	Paul Scofield		En mand til alle tider	Sir Thomas More
	Alan Arkin		Russerne kommer, russerne kommer!	Lt. Rozanov
	Richard Burton		Hvem er bange for Virginia Woolf?	George
	Michael Caine		Alfie	Alfie Elkins
	Steve McQueen		Kanonbåden San Pablo	Jake Holman
1967 (40.)
	Rod Steiger		I nattens hede	Politichef Bill Gillespie
	Warren Beatty		Bonnie and Clyde	Clyde Barrow
	Dustin Hoffman		Fagre voksne verden	Benjamin Braddock
	Paul Newman		Skrappe Luke	Luke Jackson
	Spencer Tracy (posthumt nominering)		Gæt hvem der kommer til middag	Matt Drayton
1968 (41.)
	Cliff Robertson		Charly	Charly Gordon
	Alan Arkin		Hjertet er en ensom vandrer	John Singer
	Alan Bates		Jøden fra Kiev	Yakov Bok
	Ron Moody		Oliver!	Fagin
	Peter O'Toole		Løve ved vintertide	Henrik 2. af England
1969 (42.)
	John Wayne		De frygtløse	Rooster Cogburn
	Richard Burton		Anne, dronning i tusind dage	King Henry VIII of England
	Dustin Hoffman		Midnight Cowboy	Enrico Salvatore 'Ratso' Rizzo
	Peter O'Toole		Farvel, Mr. Chips	Arthur Chipping
	Jon Voight		Midnight Cowboy	Joe Buck

1970’erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
1970 (43.)
	George C. Scott (afviste)		Patton	Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
	Melvyn Douglas		I Never Sang for My Father	Tom Garrison
	James Earl Jones		Det store hvide håb	Jack Jefferson
	Jack Nicholson		Five Easy Pieces	Robert Eroica Dupea
	Ryan O'Neal		Love Story	Oliver Barrett IV
1971 (44.)
	Gene Hackman		The French Connection	Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
	Peter Finch		Sunday Bloody Sunday	Doctor Daniel Hirsh
	Walter Matthau		Kotch - en helvedes go' bedstefar	Joseph P. Kotcher
	George C. Scott		Hospitalet	Doctor Herbert Bock
	Chaim Topol		Spillemand på en tagryg	Tevye
1972 (45.)
	Marlon Brando (afviste)		The Godfather	Vito Corleone
	Michael Caine		Dobbeltspil	Milo Tindle
	Laurence Olivier			Andrew Wyke
	Peter O'Toole		Den herskende klasse	Jack Gurney, 14. jarl af Gurney
	Paul Winfield		Drømmen om et nyt liv	Nathan Lee Morgan
1973 (46.)
	Jack Lemmon		Manden i midten	Harry Stoner
	Marlon Brando		Sidste tango i Paris	Paul
	Jack Nicholson		Den hårde straf	Billy Buddusky
	Al Pacino		Serpico	Frank Serpico
	Robert Redford		Sidste stik	Johnny Hooker
1974 (47.)
	Art Carney		Harry & Tonto	Harry Coombes
	Albert Finney		Mordet i Orient-ekspressen	Hercule Poirot
	Dustin Hoffman		Lenny	Lenny Bruce
	Jack Nicholson		Chinatown	Jake 'J.J.' Gittes
	Al Pacino		The Godfather Part II	Michael Corleone
1975 (48.)
	Jack Nicholson		Gøgereden	Randle Patrick McMurphy
	Walter Matthau		Sunshine Boys	Willy Clark
	Al Pacino		En skæv eftermiddag	Sonny Wortzik
	Maximilian Schell		The Man in the Glass Booth	Arthur Goldman
	James Whitmore		Give 'em Hell, Harry!	Harry S. Truman
1976 (49.)
	Peter Finch (posthumt)		Nettet	Howard Beale
	Robert De Niro		Taxi Driver	Travis Bickle
	Giancarlo Giannini		Syv skønheder	Pasqualino Frafuso
	William Holden		Nettet	Max Schumacher
	Sylvester Stallone		Rocky	Rocky Balboa
1977 (50.)
	Richard Dreyfuss		Hvem sover hvor?	Elliot Garfield
	Woody Allen		Mig og Annie	Alvy Singer
	Richard Burton		Hesteguden	Martin Dysart
	Marcello Mastroianni		En ganske særlig dag	Gabriele
	John Travolta		Disco-feber	Tony Manero
1978 (51.)
	Jon Voight		Coming Home - På vej hjem	Luke Martin
	Warren Beatty		Himlen må vente	Joe Pendleton
	Gary Busey		The Buddy Holly Story	Buddy Holly
	Robert De Niro		The Deer Hunter	Michael Vronsky
	Laurence Olivier		Drengene fra Brasilien	Ezra Lieberman
1979 (52.)
	Dustin Hoffman		Kramer mod Kramer	Ted Kramer
	Jack Lemmon		Kinayndromet	Jack Godell
	Al Pacino		...And Justice for All	Arthur Kirkland
	Roy Scheider		All That Jazz	Joe Gideon
	Peter Sellers		Being There	Chance

1980’erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
1980 (53.)
	Robert De Niro		Tyren fra Bronx	Jake LaMotta
	Robert Duvall		En helvedes karl	Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur "Bull" Meechum
	John Hurt		Elefantmanden	John Merrick
Jack Lemmon		Han skal leve!	Scottie Templeton
Peter O'Toole		Med livet som indsats	Eli Cross
1981 (54.)
	Henry Fonda		Deres sensommer	Norman Thayer, Jr.
	Warren Beatty		Reds	John Reed
	Burt Lancaster		Atlantic City	Lou Pascal
Dudley Moore		Arthur	Arthur Bach
Paul Newman		I god tro	Michael Colin Gallagher
1982 (55.)
	Ben Kingsley		Gandhi	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
	Dustin Hoffman		Tootsie	Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
	Jack Lemmon		Savnet	Ed Horman
Paul Newman		Dommen	Frank Galvin
Peter O'Toole		Det var tider	Alan Swann
1983 (56.)
	Robert Duvall		Den sidste drøm	Mac Sledge
	Michael Caine		Lærenemme Rita	Prof. Frank Bryant
	Tom Conti		Dus med damerne	Gowan McGland
Tom Courtenay		Påklæderen	Norman
Albert Finney		Påklæderen	Sir
1984 (57.)
	F. Murray Abraham		Amadeus	Antonio Salieri
	Jeff Bridges		Starman	Starman
	Albert Finney		Under vulkanen	Geoffrey Firmin
Tom Hulce		Amadeus	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sam Waterston		The Killing Fields	Sydney Schanberg
1985 (58.)
	William Hurt		Edderkoppekvindens kys	Luis Molina
	Harrison Ford		Vidnet	Detective Captain John Book
	James Garner		Murphy, dit hjerte er i fare	Murphy Jones
Jack Nicholson		Familiens ære	Charley Partanna
Jon Voight		Runaway Train - Flugtekspressen	Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
1986 (59.)
	Paul Newman		Det handler om penge	Fast Eddie Felson
	Dexter Gordon		Round Midnight	Dale Turner
	Bob Hoskins		Mona Lisa	George
William Hurt		Kærlighed uden ord	James Leeds
James Woods		Salvador	Richard Boyle
1987 (60.)
	Michael Douglas		Wall Street	Gordon Gekko
	William Hurt		Broadcast News	Tom Grunick
	Marcello Mastroianni		Sorte øjne	Romano
Jack Nicholson		Jerneurt	Francis Phelan
Robin Williams		Good Morning, Vietnam	Adrian Cronauer
1988 (61.)
	Dustin Hoffman		Rain Man	Raymond Babbitt
	Gene Hackman		Mississippi Burning	Agent Rupert Anderson
	Tom Hanks		Big	Josh Baskin
Edward James Olmos		Vis hvad du kan	Jaime Escalante
Max von Sydow		Pelle Erobreren	Lassefar
1989 (62.)
	Daniel Day-Lewis		Min venstre fod	Christy Brown
	Kenneth Branagh		Henry V	Henrik 5. af England
	Tom Cruise		Født den 4. juli	Ron Kovic
Morgan Freeman		Driving Miss Daisy	Hoke Colburn
Robin Williams		Døde poeters klub	John Keating

1990’erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
1990 (63.)
	Jeremy Irons		Frikendt..?	Claus von Bülow
	Kevin Costner		Danser med ulve	Lieutenant John J. Dunbar
	Robert De Niro		Awakenings	Leonard Lowe
	Gérard Depardieu		Cyrano de Bergerac	Cyrano de Bergerac
	Richard Harris		Manden fra Amerika	'Bull' McCabe
1991 (64.)
	Anthony Hopkins		Ondskabens Øjne	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
	Warren Beatty		Bugsy	Bugsy Siegel
	Robert De Niro		Cape Fear	Max Cady
	Nick Nolte		Savannah	Tom Wingo
	Robin Williams		The Fisher King	Parry
1992 (65.)
	Al Pacino		En duft af kvinde	Løjtnant Colonel 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 (66.)
	Tom Hanks		Philadelphia	Andrew Beckett
	Daniel Day-Lewis		In the Name of the Father	Gerry Conlon
	Laurence Fishburne		Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It	Ike Turner
	Anthony Hopkins		Resten af dagen	James Stevens
	Liam Neeson		Schindlers liste	Oskar Schindler
1994 (67.)
	Tom Hanks		Forrest Gump	Forrest Gump
	Morgan Freeman		En verden udenfor	Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
	Nigel Hawthorne		Den gale kong George	Georg 3. af Storbritannien
	Paul Newman		Hvem er fuldkommen?	Donald "Sully" Sullivan
	John Travolta		Pulp Fiction	Vincent Vega
1995 (68.)
	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 (posthumt nominering)		Postbudet	Mario Ruoppolo
1996 (69.)
	Geoffrey Rush		Shine	David Helfgott
	Tom Cruise		Jerry Maguire	Jerry Maguire
	Ralph Fiennes		The English Patient	Greve Laszlo de Almásy
	Woody Harrelson		Folket mod Larry Flynt	Larry Flynt
	Billy Bob Thornton		Sling Blade	Karl Childers
1997 (70.)
	Jack Nicholson		Det bli'r ikke bedre	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 (71.)
	Roberto Benigni		Livet er smukt	Guido Orefice
	Tom Hanks		Saving Private Ryan	Captain John Miller
	Ian McKellen		Gods and Monsters	James Whale
	Nick Nolte		Affliction	Wade Whitehouse
	Edward Norton		American History X	Derek Vinyard
1999 (72.)
	Kevin Spacey		American Beauty	Lester Burnham
	Russell Crowe		The Insider	Jeffrey Wigand
	Richard Farnsworth		The Straight Story	Alvin Straight
	Sean Penn		Dur og mol	Emmet Ray
	Denzel Washington		The Hurricane	Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter

2000’erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
2000 (73.)
	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	The Marquis de Sade
2001 (74.)
	Denzel Washington		Training Day	Detective Alonzo Harris
	Russell Crowe		Et smukt sind	John Nash
	Sean Penn		I Am Sam	Sam Dawson
	Will Smith		Ali	Muhammad Ali
	Tom Wilkinson		In the Bedroom	Dr. Matt Fowler
2002 (75.)
	Adrien Brody		Pianisten	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		Rundt om Schmidt	Warren R. Schmidt
2003 (76.)
	Sean Penn		Mystic River	Jimmy Markum
	Johnny Depp		Pirates of the Caribbean: Den sorte forbandelse	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 (77.)
	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 (78.)
	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 (79.)
	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		Jagten på lykke	Chris Gardner
2007 (80.)
	Daniel Day-Lewis		There Will Be Blood	Daniel Plainview
	George Clooney		Michael Clayton	Michael Clayton
	Johnny Depp		Sweeney Todd: Den djævelske barber fra Fleet Street	Sweeney Todd
	Tommy Lee Jones		In the Valley of Elah	Hank Deerfield
	Viggo Mortensen		Eastern Promises	Nikolai Luzhin
2008 (81.)
	Sean Penn		Milk	Harvey Milk
	Richard Jenkins		The Visitor	Walter Vale
	Frank Langella		Frost/Nixon	Richard Nixon
	Brad Pitt		Benjamin Buttons forunderlige liv	Benjamin Button
	Mickey Rourke		The Wrestler	Randy "The Ram" Robinson
2009 (82.)
	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	Oversergent William James

2010’erne

År	Skuespiller	Nationalitet	Film	Rolle(r)
2010 (83.)
	Colin Firth		Kongens store tale	George 6. af Storbritannien
	Javier Bardem		Biutiful	Uxbal
	Jeff Bridges		True Grit	Rooster Cogburn
	Jesse Eisenberg		The Social Network	Mark Zuckerberg
	James Franco		127 Hours	Aron Ralston
2011 (84.)
	Jean Dujardin		The Artist	George Valentin
	Demián Bichir		A Better Life	Carlos Galindo
	George Clooney		The Descendants	Matt King
	Gary Oldman		Dame, konge, es, spion	George Smiley
	Brad Pitt		Moneyball	Billy Beane
2012 (85.)
	Daniel Day-Lewis		Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln
	Bradley Cooper		Silver Linings Playbook	Pat Solitano, Jr.
	Hugh Jackman		Les Misérables	Jean Valjean
	Joaquin Phoenix		The Master	Freddie Quell
	Denzel Washington		Flight	Captain William 'Whip' Whitaker
2013 (86.)
	Matthew McConaughey		Dallas Buyers Club	Ron Woodroof
	Christian Bale		American Hustle	Irving Rosenfeld
	Bruce Dern		Nebraska	Woodrow T. "Woody" Grant
	Leonardo DiCaprio		The Wolf of Wall Street	Jordan Belfort
	Chiwetel Ejiofor		12 Years a Slave	Solomon Northup
2014 (87.)
	Eddie Redmayne		Teorien om alting	Stephen Hawking
	Steve Carell		The Foxcatcher	John Eleuthère du Pont
	Bradley Cooper		American Sniper	Chris Kyle
	Benedicht Cumberbatch		The Imitation Game	Alan Turing
	Michael Keaton		Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Riggan Thomson
2015 (88.)
	Leonardo DiCaprio		The Revenant	Hugh Glass
	Bryan Cranston		Trumbo	Dalton Trumbo
	Matt Damon		The Martian	Mark Whatney
	Michael Fassbender		Steve Jobs	Steve Jobs
	Eddie Redmayne		Den danske pige	Lili Elbe
2016 (89.)
	Casey Affleck		Manchester by the Sea	Lee Chandler
	Andrew Garfield		Hacksaw Ridge	Desmond T. Doss
	Ryan Gosling		La La Land	Sebastian Wilder
	Viggo Mortensen		Captain Fantastic	Ben Cash
	Denzel Washington		Fences	Troy Maxson
2017 (90.)
	Gary Oldman		Darkest Hour	Winston Churchill
	Timothée Chalamet		Call Me by Your Name	Elio Perlman
	Daniel Day-Lewis		Phantom Thread	Reynolds Woodcock
	Daniel Kaluuya		Get Out	Chris Washington
	Denzel Washington		Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Roman J. Israel
2018 (91.)
	Rami Malek		Bohemian Rhapsody	Freddie Mercury
	Christian Bale		Vice	Dick Cheney
	Bradley Cooper		A Star Is Born	Jackson "Jack" Maine
	Willem Dafoe		At Eternity's Gate	Vincent van Gogh
	Viggo Mortensen		Green Book	Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga
2019