Best Actor - Academy Awards Nominees

2025

A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown (2024)

2025

Ralph Fiennes

Conclave

2025

Sebastian Stan

The Apprentice

2024

Bradley Cooper

Maestro

2024

Jeffrey Wright

American Fiction

2024

Paul Giamatti

The Holdovers

2023

Austin Butler

Elvis (2022)

2023

Colin Farrell

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

2023

Bill Nighy

Living

2023

Paul Mescal

Aftersun

2022

Chadwick Boseman

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2021

Gary Oldman

Mank (2020)

2021

Steven Yeun

Minari (2021)

2021

Riz Ahmed

Sound of Metal (2020)

2020

Marriage Story

Marriage Story (2019)

2020

Antonio Banderas

Pain and Glory (2019)

2020

Jonathan Pryce

The Two Popes (2019)

2020

Leonardo DiCaprio

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

2019

Christian Bale

Vice (2018)

2019

Bradley Cooper

A Star Is Born (2018)

2019

Viggo Mortensen

Green Book (2018)

2019

Willem Dafoe

At Eternity's Gate

2018

Daniel Day-Lewis

Phantom Thread (2017)

2018

Daniel Kaluuya

Get Out (2017)

2018

Denzel Washington

Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

2018

Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name (2017)

2017

Ryan Gosling

La La Land (2016)

2017

Andrew Garfield

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

2017

Denzel Washington

Fences (2016)

2017

Viggo Mortensen

Captain Fantastic (2016)

2016

Bryan Cranston

Trumbo (2015)

2016

Matt Damon

The Martian (2015)

2016

Michael Fassbender

Steve Jobs (2015)

2016

Eddie Redmayne

The Danish Girl (2015)

2015

Benedict Cumberbatch

The Imitation Game (2014)

2015

Bradley Cooper

American Sniper (2014)

2015

Steve Carell

Foxcatcher (2014)

2015

Michael Keaton

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

2014

Christian Bale

American Hustle (2013)

2014

Bruce Dern

Nebraska (2013)

2014

Chiwetel Ejiofor

12 Years a Slave (2013)

2014

Leonardo DiCaprio

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

2013

Bradley Cooper

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

2013

Joaquin Phoenix

The Master (2012)

2013

Hugh Jackman

Les Misérables (2012)

2013

Denzel Washington

Flight (2012)

2012

George Clooney

The Descendants (2011)

2012

Brad Pitt

Moneyball (2011)

2012

Gary Oldman

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

2011

Jeff Bridges

True Grit (2010)

2011

James Franco

127 Hours (2010)

2011

Jesse Eisenberg

The Social Network (2010)

2010

Morgan Freeman

Invictus (2009)

2010

George Clooney

Up in the Air (2009)

2009

Brad Pitt

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

2009

Frank Langella

Frost/Nixon (2008)

2009

Mickey Rourke

The Wrestler (2008)

2009

Richard Jenkins

The Visitor (2008)

2008

Johnny Depp

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

2008

George Clooney

Michael Clayton (2007)

2008

Tommy Lee Jones

In the Valley of Elah (2007)

2008

Viggo Mortensen

Eastern Promises (2007)

2007

Ryan Gosling

Half Nelson (2006)

2007

Leonardo DiCaprio

Blood Diamond (2006)

2007

Will Smith

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

2007

Peter O'Toole

Venus

2006

David Strathairn

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

2006

Heath Ledger

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

2006

Joaquin Phoenix

Walk the Line (2005)

2006

Terrence Howard

Hustle & Flow

2005

Johnny Depp

Finding Neverland (2004)

2005

Clint Eastwood

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

2005

Don Cheadle

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

2005

Leonardo DiCaprio

The Aviator (2004)

2004

Johnny Depp

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

2004

Ben Kingsley

House of Sand and Fog (2003)

2004

Bill Murray

Lost in Translation (2003)

2004

Jude Law

Cold Mountain (2003)

2003

Nicolas Cage

Adaptation. (2002)

2003

Daniel Day-Lewis

Gangs of New York (2002)

2003

Jack Nicholson

About Schmidt (2002)

2003

Michael Caine

The Quiet American

2002

Tom Wilkinson

In the Bedroom (2001)

2002

Russell Crowe

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

2002

Will Smith

Ali (2001)

2002

Sean Penn

I Am Sam (2001)

2001

Tom Hanks

Cast Away (2000)

2001

Geoffrey Rush

Quills (2000)

2000

Denzel Washington

The Hurricane (1999)

2000

Russell Crowe

The Insider (1999)

2000

Sean Penn

Sweet and Lowdown

2000

Richard Farnsworth

The Straight Story (1999)

1999

Tom Hanks

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

1999

Edward Norton

American History X (1998)

1999

Nick Nolte

Affliction (1998)

1998

Dustin Hoffman

Wag the Dog (1997)

1998

Matt Damon

Good Will Hunting (1997)

1998

Robert Duvall

The Apostle

1998

Peter Fonda

Ulee's Gold (1997)

1997

Tom Cruise

Jerry Maguire (1996)

1997

Billy Bob Thornton

Sling Blade (1996)

1997

Ralph Fiennes

The English Patient (1996)

1997

Woody Harrelson

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

1996

Anthony Hopkins

Nixon

1996

Richard Dreyfuss

Mr. Holland's Opus

1996

Sean Penn

Dead Man Walking (1995)

1995

Morgan Freeman

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

1995

John Travolta

Pulp Fiction (1994)

1995

Paul Newman

Nobody's Fool (1994)

1995

Nigel Hawthorne

The Madness of King George (1994)

1994

Anthony Hopkins

The Remains of the Day (1993)

1994

Daniel Day-Lewis

In the Name of the Father (1993)

1994

Laurence Fishburne

What's Love Got to Do with It

1994

Liam Neeson

Schindler's List (1993)

1993

Robert Downey Jr.

Chaplin (1992)

1993

Clint Eastwood

Unforgiven (1992)

1993

Denzel Washington

Malcolm X (1992)

1993

Stephen Rea

The Crying Game (1992)

1992

Robert De Niro

Cape Fear (1991)

1992

Robin Williams

The Fisher King (1991)

1992

Nick Nolte

The Prince of Tides (1991)

1992

Warren Beatty

Bugsy (1991)

1991

Richard Harris

The Field

1991

Robert De Niro

Awakenings (1990)

1991

Kevin Costner

Dances with Wolves (1990)

1990

Morgan Freeman

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

1990

Tom Cruise

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

1990

Robin Williams

Dead Poets Society (1989)

1990

Kenneth Branagh

Henry V (1989)

1989

Tom Hanks

Big (1988)

1989

Gene Hackman

Mississippi Burning (1988)

1989

Max von Sydow

Pelle the Conqueror (1987)

1988

Jack Nicholson

Ironweed

1988

Robin Williams

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

1988

William Hurt

Broadcast News (1987)

1988

Marcello Mastroianni

Dark Eyes

1987

Bob Hoskins

Mona Lisa

1987

James Woods

Salvador

1987

William Hurt

Children of a Lesser God (1986)

1986

James Garner

Murphy's Romance

1986

Harrison Ford

Witness (1985)

1986

Jon Voight

Runaway Train (1985)

1986

Jack Nicholson

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

1985

Albert Finney

Under the Volcano

1985

Jeff Bridges

Starman (1984)

1985

Tom Hulce

Amadeus (1984)

1984

Albert Finney

The Dresser (1983)

1984

Michael Caine

Educating Rita (1983)

1984

Tom Courtenay

The Dresser (1983)

1983

Dustin Hoffman

Tootsie (1982)

1983

Jack Lemmon

Missing (1982)

1983

Paul Newman

The Verdict (1982)

1983

Peter O'Toole

My Favorite Year

1982

Paul Newman

Absence of Malice (1981)

1982

Warren Beatty

Reds (1981)

1982

Burt Lancaster

Atlantic City (1980)

1981

Jack Lemmon

Tribute

1981

Robert Duvall

The Great Santini

1981

Peter O'Toole

The Stunt Man

1981

John Hurt

The Elephant Man (1980)

1980

Al Pacino

...And Justice for All (1979)

1980

Jack Lemmon

The China Syndrome (1979)

1980

Roy Scheider

All That Jazz (1979)

1980

Peter Sellers

Being There (1979)

1979

Robert De Niro

The Deer Hunter (1978)

1979

Warren Beatty

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

1979

Laurence Olivier

The Boys from Brazil (1978)

1978

John Travolta

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

1978

Woody Allen

Annie Hall (1977)

1978

Marcello Mastroianni

A Special Day (1977)

1978

Richard Burton

Equus (1977)

1977

Giancarlo Giannini

Seven Beauties

1977

Robert De Niro

Taxi Driver (1976)

1977

Sylvester Stallone

Rocky (1976)

1977

William Holden

Network (1976)

1976

Al Pacino

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

1976

Walter Matthau

The Sunshine Boys

1976

Maximilian Schell

The Man in the Glass Booth

1975

Al Pacino

The Godfather Part II (1974)

1975

Albert Finney

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

1975

Jack Nicholson

Chinatown (1974)

1975

Dustin Hoffman

Lenny (1974)

1974

Al Pacino

Serpico (1973)

1974

Jack Nicholson

The Last Detail

1974

Marlon Brando

Last Tango in Paris

1974

Robert Redford

The Sting (1973)

1973

Michael Caine

Sleuth (1972)

1973

Peter O'Toole

The Ruling Class

1973

Laurence Olivier

Sleuth (1972)

1972

George C. Scott

The Hospital

1972

Peter Finch

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

1972

Walter Matthau

Kotch

1971

Jack Nicholson

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

1971

James Earl Jones

The Great White Hope

1971

Ryan O'Neal

Love Story (1970)

1971

Melvyn Douglas

I Never Sang for My Father

1970

Jon Voight

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

1970

Dustin Hoffman

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

1970

Peter O'Toole

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

1970

Richard Burton

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

1969

Alan Arkin

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

1969

Peter O'Toole

The Lion in Winter (1968)

1969

Alan Bates

The Fixer

1968

Dustin Hoffman

The Graduate (1967)

1968

Paul Newman

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

1968

Warren Beatty

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

1968

Spencer Tracy

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

1967

Alan Arkin

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

1967

Michael Caine

Alfie (1966)

1967

Steve McQueen

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

1967

Richard Burton

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

1966

Rod Steiger

The Pawnbroker

1966

Laurence Olivier

Othello (1951)

1966

Richard Burton

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)

1966

Ship of Fools

Ship of Fools (1965)

1965

Peter O'Toole

Becket (1964)

1965

Peter Sellers

Dr. Strangelove

1965

Anthony Quinn

Zorba the Greek (1964)

1965

Richard Burton

Becket (1964)

1964

Albert Finney

Tom Jones (1963)

1964

Richard Harris

This Sporting Life

1964

Paul Newman

Hud (1963)

1964

Rex Harrison

Cleopatra (1963)

1963

Jack Lemmon

Days of Wine and Roses

1963

Peter O'Toole

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

1963

Burt Lancaster

Birdman of Alcatraz

1963

Marcello Mastroianni

Divorce, Italian Style

1962

Paul Newman

The Hustler (1961)

1962

Spencer Tracy

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

1962

Charles Boyer

Fanny (1961)

1961

Jack Lemmon

The Apartment (1960)

1961

Laurence Olivier

The Entertainer

1961

Spencer Tracy

Inherit the Wind (1960)

1961

Trevor Howard

Sons and Lovers (1960)

1960

Jack Lemmon

Some Like It Hot (1959)

1960

James Stewart

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

1960

Laurence Harvey

Room at the Top (1958)

1960

Paul Muni

The Last Angry Man

1959

Paul Newman

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

1959

Sidney Poitier

The Defiant Ones (1958)

1959

Spencer Tracy

The Old Man and the Sea

1959

Tony Curtis

The Defiant Ones (1958)

1958

Marlon Brando

Sayonara (1957)

1958

Anthony Quinn

Wild Is the Wind

1958

Charles Laughton

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

1957

Laurence Olivier

Richard III

1957

James Dean

Giant (1956)

1957

Kirk Douglas

Lust for Life (1956)

1956

Frank Sinatra

The Man with the Golden Arm

1956

Spencer Tracy

Bad Day at Black Rock

1956

James Dean

East of Eden (1955)

1956

James Cagney

Love Me or Leave Me

1955

Bing Crosby

The Country Girl (1954)

1955

Humphrey Bogart

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

1955

James Mason

A Star Is Born (2018)

1954

Marlon Brando

Julius Caesar

1954

Burt Lancaster

From Here to Eternity (1953)

1954

Montgomery Clift

From Here to Eternity (1953)

1954

Richard Burton

The Robe (1953)

1953

Alec Guinness

The Lavender Hill Mob

1953

Marlon Brando

Viva Zapata! (1952)

1953

José Ferrer

Moulin Rouge (1952)

1953

Kirk Douglas

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

Marlon Brando

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

1952

Montgomery Clift

A Place in the Sun (1951)

1952

Fredric March

Death of a Salesman

1952

Arthur Kennedy

Bright Victory

1951

James Stewart

Harvey (1950)

1951

William Holden

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

1951

Spencer Tracy

Father of the Bride (1950)

1950

Gregory Peck

Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

1950

Kirk Douglas

Champion

1950

John Wayne

Sands of Iwo Jima

1949

Montgomery Clift

The Search

1949

Lew Ayres

Johnny Belinda (1948)

1948

Gregory Peck

Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

1948

William Powell

Life with Father

1947

James Stewart

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

1947

Laurence Olivier

Henry V (1989)

1947

Gregory Peck

The Yearling (1946)

1946

Gene Kelly

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

1946

Gregory Peck

The Keys of the Kingdom

1946

Bing Crosby

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

1945

Barry Fitzgerald

Going My Way (1944)

1945

Charles Boyer

Gaslight (1944)

1945

Cary Grant

None but the Lonely Heart

1944

Gary Cooper

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

1944

Humphrey Bogart

Casablanca (1943)

1944

Mickey Rooney

The Human Comedy (1943)

1944

Walter Pidgeon

Madame Curie (1943)

1943

Gary Cooper

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

1943

Walter Pidgeon

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

1943

Ronald Colman

Random Harvest (1942)

1943

Monty Woolley

The Pied Piper

1942

Orson Welles

Citizen Kane (1941)

1942

Cary Grant

Penny Serenade

1942

Walter Huston

The Devil and Daniel Webster

1941

Henry Fonda

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

1941

Laurence Olivier

Rebecca (1940)

1941

Charlie Chaplin

The Great Dictator (1940)

1940

James Stewart

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

1940

Laurence Olivier

Wuthering Heights (1939)

1940

Clark Gable

Gone with the Wind (1939)

1940

Mickey Rooney

Babes in Arms

1939

Charles Boyer

Algiers

1939

James Cagney

Angels with Dirty Faces

1939

Leslie Howard

Pygmalion (1938)

1939

Robert Donat

The Citadel (1938)

1938

Fredric March

A Star Is Born (2018)

1938

Paul Muni

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

1938

Charles Boyer

Conquest

1937

Gary Cooper

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

1937

William Powell

My Man Godfrey (1936)

1937

Spencer Tracy

San Francisco (1936)

1937

Walter Huston

Dodsworth (1936)

1936

Clark Gable

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

1936

Paul Muni

Black Fury

1936

Charles Laughton

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

1936

Franchot Tone

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

1935

William Powell

The Thin Man (1934)

1935

Frank Morgan

The Affairs of Cellini

1934

Paul Muni

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1934

Leslie Howard

Berkeley Square

1931

Fredric March

The Royal Family of Broadway

1931

Adolphe Menjou

The Front Page

1930

Maurice Chevalier

The Big Pond

1930

Ronald Colman

Bulldog Drummond

1930

Wallace Beery

The Big House

1929

Paul Muni

The Valiant

1929

George Bancroft

Thunderbolt

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