Actor In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy

2003
Jack Black in The School Of Rock
Johnny Depp in Pirates Of the Caribbean: The Curse Of the Black Pearl
Bill Murray in Lost In Translation
Jack Nicholson in Something's Gotta Give
Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa

2002
Nicolas Cage in Adaptation
Kieran Culkin in Igby Goes Down
Richard Gere in Chicago
Hugh Grant in About a Boy
Adam Sandler in Punch-Drunk Love

2001
Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
Hugh Jackman in Kate & Leopold
Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!
John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Billy Bob Thornton in Bandits

2000
Jim Carrey in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
George Clooney in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
John Cusack in High Fidelity
Robert De Niro in Meet the Parents
Mel Gibson in What Women Want

1999
Jim Carrey in Man On the Moon
Robert De Niro in Analyze This
Rupert Everett in An Ideal Husband
Hugh Grant in Notting Hill
Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown

1998
Antonio Banderas in The Mask Of Zorro
Warren Beatty in Bulworth
Michael Caine in Little Voice
John Travolta in Primary Colors
Robin Williams in Patch Adams

1997
Jim Carrey in Liar Liar
Dustin Hoffman in Wag the Dog
Samuel L. Jackson in Jackie Brown
Kevin Kline in In & Out
Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets

1996
Antonio Banderas in Evita
Kevin Costner in Tin Cup
Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire
Nathan Lane in The Birdcage
Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor

1995
Michael Douglas in The American President
Harrison Ford in Sabrina
Steve Martin in Father Of the Bride Part II
Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar
John Travolta in Get Shorty

1994
Jim Carrey in The Mask
Johnny Depp in Ed Wood
Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Junior
Terence Stamp in The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of the Desert

1993
Johnny Depp in Benny & Joon
Tom Hanks in Sleepless In Seattle
Kevin Kline in Dave
Colm Meaney in The Snapper
Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire

1992
Nicolas Cage in Honeymoon In Vegas
Billy Crystal in Mr. Saturday Night
Marcello Mastroianni in Used People
Tim Robbins in Bob Roberts
Tim Robbins in The Player

1991
Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King
Billy Crystal in City Slickers
Dustin Hoffman in Hook
Kevin Kline in Soapdish
Robin Williams in The Fisher King

1990
Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone
Gérard Depardieu in Green Card
Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands
Richard Gere in Pretty Woman
Patrick Swayze in Ghost

1989
Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally…
Michael Douglas in The War Of the Roses
Morgan Freeman in Driving Miss Daisy
Steve Martin in Parenthood
Jack Nicholson in Batman

1988
Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
John Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda
Robert De Niro in Midnight Run
Tom Hanks in Big
Bob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1987
Nicolas Cage in Moonstruck
Danny DeVito in Throw Momma From the Train
William Hurt in Broadcast News
Steve Martin in Roxanne
Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing
Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam

1986
Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Jeff Daniels in Something Wild
Danny DeVito in Ruthless People
Paul Hogan in "Crocodile" Dundee
Jack Lemmon in That's Life!

1985
Jeff Daniels in The Purple Rose Of Cairo
Griffin Dunne in After Hours
Michael J. Fox in Back To the Future
James Garner in Murphy's Romance
Jack Nicholson in Prizzi's Honor

1984
Steve Martin in All Of Me
Dudley Moore in Micki & Maude
Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop
Bill Murray in Ghostbusters
Robin Williams in Moscow On the Hudson

1983
Woody Allen in Zelig
Michael Caine in Educating Rita
Tom Cruise in Risky Business
Eddie Murphy in Trading Places
Mandy Patinkin in Yentl

1982
Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie
Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year
Al Pacino in Author! Author!
Robert Preston in Victor/Victoria
Henry Winkler in Night Shift

1981
Alan Alda in The Four Seasons
George Hamilton in Zorro, the Gay Blade
Steve Martin in Pennies From Heaven
Walter Matthau in First Monday In October
Dudley Moore in Arthur

1980
Neil Diamond in The Jazz Singer
Tommy Lee Jones in Coal Miner's Daughter
Paul Le Mat in Melvin and Howard
Walter Matthau in Hopscotch
Ray Sharkey in The Idolmaker

1979
George Hamilton in Love At First Bite
Dudley Moore in 10
Burt Reynolds in Starting Over
Roy Scheider in All That Jazz
Peter Sellers in Being There

1978
Alan Alda in Same Time, Next Year
Warren Beatty in Heaven Can Wait
Gary Busey in The Buddy Holly Story
Chevy Chase in Foul Play
George C. Scott in Movie, Movie
John Travolta in Grease

1977
Woody Allen in Annie Hall
Mel Brooks in High Anxiety
Robert De Niro in New York, New York
Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl
John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever

1976
Mel Brooks in Silent Movie
Kris Kristofferson in A Star Is Born
Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Jack Weston in The Ritz
Gene Wilder in Silver Streak

1975
Warren Beatty in Shampoo
George Burns in The Sunshine Boys
James Caan in Funny Lady
Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys
Peter Sellers in The Return Of the Pink Panther

1974
Art Carney in Harry & Tonto
James Earl Jones in Claudine
Jack Lemmon in The Front Page
Walter Matthau in The Front Page
Burt Reynolds in The Longest Yard

1973
Carl Anderson in Jesus Christ Superstar
Richard Dreyfuss in American Graffiti
Ted Neely in Jesus Christ Superstar
Ryan O'Neal in Paper Moon
George Segal in A Touch Of Class

1972
Edward Albert in Butterflies Are Free
Charles Grodin in The Heartbreak Kid
Jack Lemmon in Avanti!
Walter Matthau in Pete 'n' Tillie
Peter O'Toole in Man Of la Mancha

1971
Bud Cort in Harold and Maude
Dean Jones in The Million Dollar Duck
Walter Matthau in Kotch
Topol in Fiddler On the Roof
Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1970
Richard Benjamin in Diary Of a Mad Housewife
Albert Finney in Scrooge
Elliott Gould in M*A*S*H
Jack Lemmon in The Out-Of-Towners
Donald Sutherland in M*A*S*H

1969
Dustin Hoffman in John and Mary
Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon
Steve McQueen in The Reivers
Peter O'Toole in Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Anthony Quinn in The Secret Of Santa Vittoria

1968
Fred Astaire in Finian's Rainbow
Jack Lemmon in The Odd Couple
Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple
Ron Moody in Oliver!
Zero Mostel in The Producers

1967
Richard Burton in The Taming Of the Shrew
Richard Harris in Camelot
Rex Harrison in Doctor Dolittle
Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate
Ugo Tognazzi in The Climax

1966
Alan Arkin in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
Alan Bates in Georgy Girl
Michael Caine in Gambit
Lionel Jeffries in The Spy With a Cold Nose
Walter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie

1965
Jack Lemmon in The Great Race
Jerry Lewis in Boeing Boeing
Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou
Jason Robards, Jr. in A Thousand Clowns
Alberto Sordi in Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines

1964
Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady
Marcello Mastroianni in Marriage Italian Style
Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther
Peter Ustinov in Topkapi
Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins

1963
Albert Finney in Tom Jones
James Garner in The Wheeler Dealers
Cary Grant in Charade
Jack Lemmon in Irma la Douce
Jack Lemmon in Under the Yum Yum Tree
Frank Sinatra in Come Blow Your Horn
Alberto Sordi in To Bed… Or Not To Bed
Terry-Thomas in The Mouse On the Moon
Jonathan Winters in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1962
Stephen Boyd in Billy Rose's Jumbo
Jimmy Durante in Billy Rose's Jumbo
Cary Grant in That Touch Of Mink
Charlton Heston in The Pigeon That Took Rome
Karl Malden in Gypsy
Marcello Mastroianni in Divorce — Italian Style
Robert Preston in Meredith Willson's The Music Man
Alberto Sordi in The Best Of Enemies
James Stewart in Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1961
Fred Astaire in The Pleasure Of His Company
Richard Beymer in West Side Story
Glenn Ford in Pocketful Of Miracles
Bob Hope in Bachelor In Paradise
Fred MacMurray in The Absent-Minded Professor

1960
Dirk Bogarde in Song Without End — The Story Of Franz Liszt
Cantinflas in Pepe
Cary Grant in The Grass Is Greener
Bob Hope in The Facts Of Life
Jack Lemmon in The Apartment

1959
Clark Gable in But Not For Me
Cary Grant in Operation Petticoat
Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot
Dean Martin in Who Was That Lady?
Sidney Poitier in Porgy and Bess

1958
Maurice Chevalier in Gigi
Clark Gable in Teacher's Pet
Cary Grant in Indiscreet
Louis Jordan in Gigi
Danny Kaye in Me and the Colonel

1957
Maurice Chevalier in Love In the Afternoon
Glenn Ford in Don't Go Near the Water
David Niven in My Man Godfrey
Tony Randall in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey

1956
Marlon Brando in The Teahouse Of the August Moon
Yul Brynner in The King and I
Cantinflas in Around the World In 80 Days
Glenn Ford in The Teahouse Of the August Moon
Danny Kaye in The Court Jester

1955
Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch

1954
James Mason in A Star Is Born

1953
David Niven in The Moon Is Blue

1952
Danny Kaye in Hans Christian Andersen
Donald O'Connor in Singin' In the Rain
Clifton Webb in Stars and Stripes Forever

1951
Bing Crosby in Here Comes the Groom
Danny Kaye in On the Riviera
Gene Kelly in An American In Paris

1950
Fred Astaire in Three Little Words
Dan Dailey in When Willie Comes Marching Home
Harold Lloyd in Mad Wednesday



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