2003
Russell Crowe in Master and Commander: The Far Side Of the World
Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai
Ben Kingsley in House Of Sand and Fog
Jude Law in Cold Mountain
Sean Penn in Mystic River

2002
Adrien Brody in The Pianist
Michael Caine in The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs Of New York
Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can
Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt

2001
Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind
Kevin Spacey in The Shipping News
Will Smith in Ali
Billy Bob Thornton in The Man Who Wasn't There
Denzel Washington in Training Day

2000
Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls
Russell Crowe in Gladiator
Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys
Tom Hanks in Cast Away
Geoffrey Rush in Quills

1999
Russell Crowe in The Insider
Matt Damon in The Talented Mr. Ripley
Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story
Kevin Spacey in American Beauty
Denzel Washington in The Hurricane

1998
Jim Carrey in The Truman Show
Stephen Fry in Wilde
Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan
Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters
Nick Nolte in Affliction

1997
Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting
Daniel Day-Lewis in The Boxer
Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
Peter Fonda in Ulee's Gold
Djimon Hounsou in Amistad

1996
Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient
Mel Gibson in Ransom
Woody Harrelson in The People vs. Larry Flynt
Liam Neeson in Michael Collins
Geoffrey Rush in Shine

1995
Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas
Richard Dreyfuss in Mr. Holland's Opus
Anthony Hopkins in Nixon
Ian McKellen in Richard III
Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking

1994
Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
Paul Newman in Nobody's Fool
Brad Pitt in Legends Of the Fall
John Travolta in Pulp Fiction

1993
Daniel Day-Lewis in In the Name Of the Father
Harrison Ford in The Fugitive
Tom Hanks in Philadelphia
Anthony Hopkins in The Remains Of the Day
Liam Neeson in Schindler's List

1992
Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men
Robert Downey, Jr. in Chaplin
Jack Nicholson in Hoffa
Al Pacino in Scent Of a Woman
Denzel Washington in Malcolm X

1991
Warren Beatty in Bugsy
Kevin Costner in JFK
Robert De Niro in Cape Fear
Anthony Hopkins in The Silence Of the Lambs
Nick Nolte in The Prince Of Tides

1990
Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves
Richard Harris in The Field
Jeremy Irons in Reversal Of Fortune
Al Pacino in The Godfather Part III
Robin Williams in Awakenings

1989
Tom Cruise in Born On the Fourth Of July
Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot
Jack Lemmon in Dad
Al Pacino in Sea Of Love
Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society

1988
Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning
Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
Tom Hulce in Dominick & Eugene
Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver
Forest Whitaker in Bird

1987
Michael Douglas in Wall Street
John Lone in The Last Emperor
Jack Nicholson in Ironweed
Nick Nolte in Weeds
Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom

1986
Harrison Ford in The Mosquito Coast
Dexter Gordon in 'Round Midnight
Bob Hoskins in Mona Lisa
William Hurt in Children Of a Lesser god
Jeremy Irons in The Mission
Paul Newman in The Color Of Money

1985
Harrison Ford in Witness
Gene Hackman in Twice In a Lifetime
William Hurt in Kiss Of the Spider Woman
Raul Julia in Kiss Of the Spider Woman
Jon Voight in Runaway Train

1984
F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus
Jeff Bridges in John Carpenter's Starman
Albert Finney in Under the Volcano
Tom Hulce in Amadeus
Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields

1983
Tom Conti in Reuben, Reuben
Tom Courtenay in The Dresser
Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies
Richard Farnsworth in The Grey Fox
Albert Finney in The Dresser
Al Pacino in Scarface
Eric Roberts in Star 80

1982
Albert Finney in Shoot the Moon
Richard Gere in An Officer and A Gentleman
Ben Kingsley in Gandhi
Jack Lemmon in Missing
Paul Newman in The Verdict

1981
Warren Beatty in Reds
Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond
Timothy Hutton in Taps
Burt Lancaster in Atlantic City
Treat Williams in Prince Of the City

1980
Robert De Niro in Raging Bull
John Hurt in The Elephant Man
Jack Lemmon in Tribute
Peter O'Toole in The Stunt Man
Donald Sutherland in Ordinary People

1979
Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer
Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome
Al Pacino in …And Justice For All
Jon Voight in The Champ
James Woods in The Onion Field

1978
Brad Davis in Midnight Express
Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter
Anthony Hopkins in Magic
Gregory Peck in The Boys From Brazil
Jon Voight in Coming Home

1977
Richard Burton in Equus
Marcello Mastroianni in A Special Day
Al Pacino in Bobby Deerfield
Gregory Peck in MacArthur
Henry Winkler in Heroes

1976
David Carradine in Bound For Glory
Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
Peter Finch in Network
Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man
Sylvester Stallone in Rocky

1975
Gene Hackman in French Connection II
Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon
Maximilian Schell in The Man In the Glass Booth
James Whitmore in Give 'Em Hell, Harry!

1974
James Caan in The Gambler
Gene Hackman in The Conversation
Dustin Hoffman in Lenny
Jack Nicholson in Chinatown
Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II

1973
Robert Blake in Electra Glide In Blue
Jack Lemmon in Save the Tiger
Steve McQueen in Papillon
Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail
Al Pacino in Serpico

1972
Marlon Brando in The Godfather
Michael Caine in Sleuth
Laurence Olivier in Sleuth
Al Pacino in The Godfather
Jon Voight in Deliverance

1971
Peter Finch in Sunday Bloody Sunday
Gene Hackman in The French Connection
Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange
Jack Nicholson in Carnal Knowledge
George C. Scott in The Hospital

1970
Melvyn Douglas in I Never Sang For My Father
James Earl Jones in The Great White Hope
Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces
Ryan O'Neal in Love Story
George C. Scott in Patton

1969
Alan Arkin in Popi
Richard Burton in Anne Of the Thousand Days
Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy
Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy
John Wayne in True Grit

1968
Alan Arkin in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Alan Bates in The Fixer
Tony Curtis in The Boston Strangler
Peter O'Toole in The Lion In Winter
Cliff Robertson in Charly

1967
Alan Bates in Far From the Madding Crowd
Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde
Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke
Sidney Poitier in In the Heat Of the Night
Rod Steiger in In the Heat Of the Night
Spencer Tracy in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

1966
Richard Burton in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Caine in Alfie
Steve McQueen in The Sand Pebbles
Paul Scofield in A Man For All Seasons
Max von Sydow in Hawaii

1965
Rex Harrison in The Agony and The Ecstasy
Sidney Poitier in A Patch Of Blue
Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago
Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker
Oskar Werner in Ship Of Fools

1964
Richard Burton in Becket
Anthony Franciosa in Rio Conchos
Fredric March in Seven Days In May
Peter O'Toole in Becket
Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek

1963
Marlon Brando in The Ugly American
Stathis Giallelis in America, America
Rex Harrison in Cleopatra
Steve McQueen in Love With the Proper Stranger
Paul Newman in Hud
Gregory Peck in Captain Newman, M.D.
Sidney Poitier in Lilies Of the Field
Tom Tryon in The Cardinal

1962
Bobby Darin in Pressure Point
Jackie Gleason in Gigot
Laurence Harvey in The Wonderful World Of the Brothers Grimm
Burt Lancaster in Bird Man Of Alcatraz
Jack Lemmon in Days Of Wine and Roses
James Mason in Lolita
Paul Newman in Sweet Bird Of Youth
Peter O'Toole in Lawrence Of Arabia
Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird
Anthony Quinn in Lawrence Of Arabia

1961
Warren Beatty in Splendor In the Grass
Maurice Chevalier in Fanny
Paul Newman in The Hustler
Sidney Poitier in A Raisin In the Sun
Maximilian Schell in Judgment At Nuremberg

1960
Trevor Howard in Sons and Lovers
Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry
Laurence Olivier in Spartacus
Dean Stockwell in Sons and Lovers
Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind

1959
Richard Burton in Look Back In Anger
Anthony Franciosa in Career
Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur
Fredric March in Middle Of the Night
Joseph Schildkraut in The Diary Of Anne Frank

1958
Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones
Robert Donat in The Inn Of the Sixth Happiness
David Niven in Separate Tables
Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones
Spencer Tracy in The Old Man and The Sea

1957
Marlon Brando in Sayonara
Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men
Anthony Franciosa in A Hatful Of Rain
Alec Guinness in The Bridge On the River Kwai
Charles Laughton in Witness For the Prosecution

1956
Gary Cooper in Friendly Persuasion
Kirk Douglas in Lust For Life
Charlton Heston in The Ten Commandments
Burt Lancaster in The Rainmaker
Karl Malden in Baby Doll

1955
Ernest Borgnine in Marty

1954
Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront

1953
Spencer Tracy in The Actress

1952
Charles Boyer in The Happy Time
Gary Cooper in High Noon
Ray Milland in The Thief

1951
Kirk Douglas in Detective Story
Arthur Kennedy in Bright Victory
Fredric March in Death Of a Salesman