| ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE | ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE |
| 1997 * Jack Nicholson - AS GOOD AS IT GETS | 1997 * Robin Williams - GOOD WILL HUNTING |
| 1996 * Geoffrey Rush - SHINE | 1996 * Cuba Gooding, Jr. - JERRY MAGUIRE |
| 1995 * Nicolas Cage - LEAVING LAS VEGAS | 1995 * Kevin Spacey - THE USUAL SUSPECTS |
| 1994 * Tom Hanks - FORREST GUMP | 1994 * Martin Landau - ED WOOD |
| 1993 * Tom Hanks - PHILADELPHIA | 1993 * Tommy Lee Jones - THE FUGITIVE |
| 1992 * Al Pacino - SCENT OF A WOMAN | 1992 * Gene Hackman - UNFORGIVEN |
| 1991 * Anthony Hopkins - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS | 1991 * Jack Palance - CITY SLICKERS |
| 1990 * Jeremy Irons - REVERSAL OF FORTUNE | 1990 * Joe Pesci - GOOD FELLAS |
| 1989 * Daniel Day Lewis - MY LEFT FOOT | 1989 * Denzel Washington - GLORY |
| 1988 * Dustin Hoffman - RAIN MAN | 1988 * Kevin Kline - A FISH CALLED WANDA |
| 1987 * Michael Douglas - WALL STREET | 1987 * Sean Connery - THE UNTOUCHABLES |
| 1986 * Paul Newman - THE COLOR OF MONEY | 1986 * Michael Caine - HANNAH AND HER SISTERS |
| 1985 * William Hurt - KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN | 1985 * Don Ameche - COCOON |
| 1984 * F. Murray Abraham - AMADEUS | 1984 * Haing S. Ngor - THE KILLING FIELDS |
| 1983 * Robert Duvall - TENDER MERCIES | 1983 * Jack Nicholson - TERMS OF ENDEARMENT |
| 1982 * Ben Kingsley - GANDHI | 1982 * Louis Gossett, Jr. - AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN |
| 1981 * Henry Fonda - ON GOLDEN POND | 1981 * John Gielgud - ARTHUR |
| 1980 * Robert De Niro - RAGING BULL | 1980 * Timothy Hutton - ORDINARY PEOPLE |
| 1979 * Dustin Hoffman - KRAMER VS. KRAMER | 1979 * Melvyn Douglas - BEING THERE |
| 1978 * Jon Voight - COMING HOME | 1978 * Christopher Walken - THE DEER HUNTER |
| 1977 * Richard Dreyfuss - THE GOODBYE GIRL | 1977 * Jason Robards - JULIA |
| 1976 * Peter Finch - NETWORK | 1976 * Jason Robards - ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN |
| 1975 * Jack Nicholson - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST | 1975 * George Burns - THE SUNSHINE BOYS |
| 1974 * Art Carney - HARRY AND TONTO | 1974 * Robert De Niro - THE GODFATHER PART II |
| 1973 * Jack Lemmon - SAVE THE TIGER | 1973 * John Houseman - THE PAPER CHASE |
| 1972 * Marlon Brando - THE GODFATHER | 1972 * Joel Grey - CABARET |
| 1971 * Gene Hackman - THE FRENCH CONNECTION | 1971 * Ben Johnson - THE LAST PICTURE SHOW |
| 1970 * George C. Scott - PATTON | 1970 * John Mills - RYAN'S DAUGHTER |
| 1969 * John Wayne - TRUE GRIT | 1969 * Gig Young - THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? |
| 1968 * Cliff Robertson - CHARLY | 1968 * Jack Albertson - THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES |
| 1967 * Rod Steiger - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT | 1967 * George Kennedy - COOL HAND LUKE |
| 1966 * Paul Scofield - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS | 1966 * Walter Matthau - THE FORTUNE COOKIE |
| 1965 * Lee Marvin - CAT BALLOU | 1965 * Martin Balsam - A THOUSAND CLOWNS |
| 1964 * Rex Harrison - MY FAIR LADY | 1964 * Peter Ustinov - TOPKAPI |
| 1963 * Sidney Poitier - LILIES OF THE FIELD | 1963 * Melvyn Douglas - HUD |
| 1962 * Gregory Peck - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 1962 * Ed Begley - SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH |
| 1961 * Maximilian Schell - JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG | 1961 * George Chakiris - WEST SIDE STORY |
| 1960 * Burt Lancaster - ELMER GANTRY | 1960 * Peter Ustinov - SPARTACUS |
| 1959 * Charlton Heston - BEN-HUR | 1959 * Hugh Griffith - BEN-HUR |
| 1958 * David Niven - SEPARATE TABLES | 1958 * Burl Ives - THE BIG COUNTRY |
| 1957 * Alec Guinness - THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI | 1957 Red Buttons - SAYONARA |
| 1956 * Yul Brynner - THE KING AND I | 1956 Anthony Quinn - LUST FOR LIFE |
| 1955 * Ernest Borgnine - MARTY | 1955 Jack Lemmon - MISTER ROBERTS |
| 1954 * Marlon Brando - ON THE WATERFRONT | 1954 Edmond O'Brien - THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA |
| 1953 * William Holden - STALAG 17 | 1953 Frank Sinatra - FROM HERE TO ETERNITY |
| 1952 * Gary Cooper - HIGH NOON | 1952 Anthony Quinn - VIVA ZAPATA! |
| 1951 * Humphrey Bogart - THE AFRICAN QUEEN | 1951 Karl Malden - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE |
| 1950 * Jose Ferrer - CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1950) | 1950 George Sanders - ALL ABOUT EVE |
| 1949 * Broderick Crawford - ALL THE KING'S MEN | 1949 Dean Jagger - TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH |
| 1948 * Laurence Olivier - HAMLET (1948) | 1948 Walter Huston - THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE |
| 1947 * Ronald Colman - A DOUBLE LIFE | 1947 Edmund Gwenn - MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET |
| 1946 * Fredric March - THE BEST YEARS OF OUR
LIVES | 1946 Harold Russell - THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES |
| 1945 * Ray Milland - THE LOST WEEKEND | 1945 James Dunn - A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN |
| 1944 * Bing Crosby - GOING MY WAY | 1944 Barry Fitzgerald - GOING MY WAY |
| 1943 * Paul Lukas - WATCH ON THE RHINE | 1943 Charles Coburn - THE MORE THE MERRIER |
| 1942 * James Cagney - YANKEE DOODLE DANDY | 1942 Van Heflin - JOHNNY EAGER |
| 1941 * Gary Cooper - SERGEANT YORK | 1941 Donald Crisp - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY |
| 1940 * James Stewart - THE PHILADELPHIA STORY | 1940 Walter Brennan - THE WESTERNER |
| 1939 * Robert Donat - GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1939) | 1939 Thomas Mitchell - STAGECOACH |
| 1938 * Spencer Tracy - BOYS TOWN | 1938 Walter Brennan - KENTUCKY |
| 1937 * Spencer Tracy - CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS | 1937 Joseph Schildkraut - THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA |
| 1936 * Paul Muni - THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR | 1936 Walter Brennan - COME AND GET I |
| 1935 * Victor McLaglen - THE INFORMER | |
| 1934 * Clark Gable - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT |
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| 1932/1933 Charles Laughton - THE PRIVATE LIFE OF
HENRY VIII | |
| 1931/1932 Wallace Beery - THE CHAMP (1931/32) | |
| 1931/1932Fredric March - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
(1931/32) | |
| 1930/1931 Lionel Barrymore - A FREE SOUL | |
| 1929/1930 George Arliss - DISRAELI | |
| 1928/1929 Warner Baxter - IN OLD ARIZONA 1927/1928 | |
| 1927/1928 Emil Jannings - THE LAST COMMAND and
THE WAY OF ALL FLESH | |
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