2025:
Michael B. Jordan in SINNERS
2024:
Adrien Brody in THE BRUTALIST
2023:
Cillian Murphy in OPPENHEIMER
2022:
Brendan Fraser in THE WHALE
2021:
Will Smith in KING RICHARD
2020:
Anthony Hopkins in THE FATHER
2019:
Joaquin Phoenix in JOKER
2018:
Rami Malek in BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
2017:
Gary Oldman in DARKEST HOUR
2016:
Casey Affleck in MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
2015:
Leonardo DiCaprio in THE REVENANT
2014:
Eddie Redmayne in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
2013:
Matthew McConaughey in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
2012:
Daniel Day-Lewis in LINCOLN
2011:
Jean Dujardin in THE ARTIST
2010:
Colin Firth in THE KING'S SPEECH
2009:
Jeff Bridges in CRAZY HEART
2008:
Sean Penn in MILK
2007:
Daniel Day-Lewis in THERE WILL BE BLOOD
2006:
Forest Whitaker in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
2005:
Philip Seymour Hoffman in CAPOTE
2004:
Jamie Foxx in RAY
2003:
Sean Penn in MYSTIC RIVER
2002:
Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST
2001:
Denzel Washington in TRAINING DAY
2000:
Russell Crowe in GLADIATOR
1999:
Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY
1998:
Roberto Benigni in LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
1997:
Jack Nicholson in AS GOOD AS IT GETS
1996:
Geoffrey Rush in SHINE
1995:
Nicolas Cage in LEAVING LAS VEGAS
1994:
Tom Hanks in FORREST GUMP
1993:
Tom Hanks in PHILADELPHIA
1992:
Al Pacino in SCENT OF A WOMAN
1991:
Anthony Hopkins in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1990:
Jeremy Irons in REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
1989:
Daniel Day-Lewis in MY LEFT FOOT
1988:
Dustin Hoffman in RAIN MAN
1987:
Michael Douglas in WALL STREET
1986:
Paul Newman in THE COLOR OF MONEY
1985:
William Hurt in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
1984:
F. Murray Abraham in AMADEUS
1983:
Robert Duvall in TENDER MERCIES
1982:
Ben Kingsley in GANDHI
1981:
Henry Fonda in ON GOLDEN POND
1980:
Robert De Niro in RAGING BULL
1979:
Dustin Hoffman in KRAMER VS KRAMER
1978:
Jon Voight in COMING HOME
1977:
Richard Dreyfuss in THE GOODBYE GIRL
1976:
Peter Finch in NETWORK
1975:
Jack Nicholson in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
1974:
Art Carney in HARRY AND TONTO
1973:
Jack Lemmon in SAVE THE TIGER
1972:
Marlon Brando in THE GODFATHER
1971:
Gene Hackman in THE FRENCH CONNECTION
1970:
George C. Scott in PATTON
1969:
John Wayne in TRUE GRIT
1968:
Cliff Robertson in CHARLY
1967:
Rod Steiger in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
1966:
Paul Scofield in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
1965:
Lee Marvin in CAT BALLOU
1964:
Rex Harrison in MY FAIR LADY
1963:
Sidney Poitier in LILIES OF THE FIELD
1962:
Gregory Peck in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
1961:
Maxmilian Schell in JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
1960:
Burt Lancaster in ELMER GANTRY
1959:
Charlton Heston in BEN-HUR
1958:
David Niven in SEPARATE TABLES
1957:
Alec Guinness in THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
1956:
Yul Brynner in THE KING AND I
1955:
Ernest Borgnine in MARTY
1954:
Marlon Brando in ON THE WATERFRONT
1953:
William Holden in STALAG 17
1952:
Gary Cooper in HIGH NOON
1951:
Humphrey Bogart in THE AFRICAN QUEEN
1950:
Jose Ferrer in CYRANO DE BERGERAC
1949:
Broderick Crawford in ALL THE KING'S MEN
1948:
Laurence Olivier in HAMLET
1947:
Ronald Colman in A DOUBLE LIFE
1946:
Fredric March in THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
1945:
Ray Milland in THE LOST WEEKEND
1944:
Bing Crosby in GOING MY WAY
1943:
Paul Lukas in WATCH ON THE RHINE
1942:
James Cagney in YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
1941:
Gary Cooper in SERGEANT YORK
1940:
James Stewart in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
1939:
Robert Donat in GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
1938:
Spencer Tracy in BOYS TOWN
1937:
Spencer Tracy in CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
1936:
Paul Muni in THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
1935:
Victor McLaglen in THE INFORMER
1934:
Clark Gable in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1932 / 33:
Charles Laughton in THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII
1931 / 32:
(tie) Wallace Beery in THE CHAMP and Fredric March in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
1930 / 31:
Lionel Barrymore in A FREE SOUL
1929 / 30:
George Arliss in DISRAELI
1928 / 29:
Warner Baxter in IN OLD ARIZONA
1927 / 28:
Emil Jannings in THE LAST COMMAND and THE WAY OF ALL FLESH
