2003
Alec Baldwin in The Cooler
Albert Finney in Big Fish
William H. Macy in Seabiscuit
Tim Robbins in Mystic River
Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass
Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai

2002
Chris Cooper in Adaptation
Ed Harris in The Hours
Paul Newman in Road To Perdition
Dennis Quaid in Far From Heaven
John C. Reilly in Chicago

2001
Jim Broadbent in Iris
Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
Hayden Christensen in Life As a House
Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast
Jude Law in A. I.: Artificial Intelligence
Jon Voight in Ali

2000
Jeff Bridges in The Contender
Willem Dafoe in Shadow Of the Vampire
Benicio Del Toro in Traffic
Albert Finney in Erin Brockovich
Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator

1999
Michael Caine in The Cider House Rules
Tom Cruise in Magnolia
Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile
Jude Law in The Talented Mr. Ripley
Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense

1998
Robert Duvall in A Civil Action
Ed Harris in The Truman Show
Bill Murray in Rushmore
Geoffrey Rush in Shakespeare In Love
Donald Sutherland in Without Limits
Billy Bob Thornton in A Simple Plan

1997
Rupert Everett in My Best Friend's Wedding
Anthony Hopkins in Amistad
Greg Kinnear in As Good As It Gets
Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights
Jon Voight in John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting

1996
Cuba Gooding, Jr. in Jerry Maguire
Samuel L. Jackson in A Time To Kill
Edward Norton in Primal Fear
Paul Scofield in The Crucible
James Woods in Ghosts Of Mississippi

1995
Ed Harris in Apollo 13
John Leguizamo in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar
Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys
Tim Roth in Rob Roy
Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects

1994
Kevin Bacon in The River Wild
Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
Martin Landau in Ed Wood
Gary Sinise in Forrest Gump
John Turturro in Quiz Show

1993
Leonardo DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List
Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive
John Malkovich in In the Line Of Fire
Sean Penn in Carlito's Way

1992
Gene Hackman in Unforgiven
Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men
Chris O'Donnell in Scent Of a Woman
Al Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross
David Paymer in Mr. Saturday Night

1991
Ned Beatty in Hear My Song
John Goodman in Barton Fink
Harvey Keitel in Bugsy
Ben Kingsley in Bugsy
Jack Palance in City Slickers

1990
Armand Assante in Q & A
Bruce Davison in Longtime Companion
Hector Elizondo in Pretty Woman
Andy Garcia in The Godfather Part III
Al Pacino in Dick Tracy
Joe Pesci in GoodFellas

1989
Danny Aiello in Do the Right Thing
Marlon Brando in A Dry White Season
Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ed Harris in Jacknife
Denzel Washington in Glory
Bruce Willis in In Country

1988
Alec Guinness in Little Dorrit
Neil Patrick Harris in Clara's Heart
Raul Julia in Moon Over Parador
Martin Landau in Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Lou Diamond Phillips in Stand and Deliver
River Phoenix in Running On Empty

1987
Sean Connery in The Untouchables
Richard Dreyfuss in Nuts
R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
Morgan Freeman in Street Smart
Rob Lowe in Square Dance

1986
Tom Berenger in Platoon
Michael Caine in Hannah and Her Sisters
Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet
Dennis Hopper in Hoosiers
Ray Liotta in Something Wild

1985
Klaus Maria Brandauer in Out Of Africa
Joel Grey in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
John Lone in Year Of the Dragon
Eric Roberts in Runaway Train
Eric Stoltz in Mask

1984
Adolph Caesar in A Soldier's Story
Richard Crenna in The Flamingo Kid
Jeffrey Jones in Amadeus
Noriyuki Morita in The Karate Kid
Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields

1983
Steven Bauer in Scarface
Charles Durning in To Be Or Not To Be
Gene Hackman in Under Fire
Jack Nicholson in Terms Of Endearment
Kurt Russell in Silkwood

1982
Louis Gossett, Jr. in An Officer and A Gentleman
Raul Julia in Tempest
David Keith in An Officer and A Gentleman
James Mason in The Verdict
Jim Metzler in Tex

1981
James Coco in Only When I Laugh
John Gielgud in Arthur
Jack Nicholson in Reds
Howard E. Rollins, Jr. in Ragtime
Orson Welles in Butterfly

1980
Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People
Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People
Joe Pesci in Raging Bull
Jason Robards, Jr. in Melvin and Howard
Scott Wilson in The Ninth Configuration

1979
Melvyn Douglas in Being There
Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now
Frederic Forrest in The Rose
Justin Henry in Kramer vs. Kramer
Laurence Olivier in A Little Romance

1978
Bruce Dern in Coming Home
John Hurt in Midnight Express
Dudley Moore in Foul Play
Robert Morley in Who Is Killing the Great Chefs Of Europe?
Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter

1977
Mikhail Baryshnikov in The Turning Point
Peter Firth in Equus
Alec Guinness in Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope
Jason Robards, Jr. in Julia
Maximilian Schell in Julia

1976
Marty Feldman in Silent Movie
Ron Howard in The Shootist
Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man
Jason Robards, Jr. in All the President's Men
Oskar Werner in Voyage Of the Damned

1975
Richard Benjamin in The Sunshine Boys
John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon
Charles Durning in Dog Day Afternoon
Henry Gibson in Nashville
Burgess Meredith in The Day Of the Locust

1974
Eddie Albert in The Longest Yard
Fred Astaire in The Towering Inferno
Bruce Dern in The Great Gatsby
John Huston in Chinatown
Sam Waterston in The Great Gatsby

1973
Martin Balsam in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Jack Gilford in Save the Tiger
John Houseman in The Paper Chase
Randy Quaid in The Last Detail
Max von Sydow in The Exorcist

1972
James Caan in The Godfather
James Coco in Man Of la Mancha
Joel Grey in Cabaret
Alec McCowen in Travels With My Aunt
Clive Revill in Avanti!

1971
Tom Baker in Nicholas and Alexandra
Art Garfunkel in Carnal Knowledge
Ben Johnson in The Last Picture Show
Paul Mann in Fiddler On the Roof
Jan-Michael Vincent in Going Home

1970
Chief Dan George in Little Big Man
Trevor Howard in Ryan's Daughter
George Kennedy in Airport
John Marley in Love Story
John Mills in Ryan's Daughter

1969
Red Buttons in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider
Anthony Quayle in Anne Of the Thousand Days
Mitch Vogel in The Reivers
Gig Young in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1968
Beau Bridges in For Love Of Ivy
Ossie Davis in The Scalphunters
Hugh Griffith in The Fixer
Hugh Griffith in Oliver!
Daniel Massey in Star!
Martin Sheen in The Subject Was Roses

1967
Richard Attenborough in Doctor Dolittle
John Cassavetes in The Dirty Dozen
George Kennedy in Cool Hand Luke
Michael J. Pollard in Bonnie and Clyde
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in Wait Until Dark

1966
Richard Attenborough in The Sand Pebbles
Mako in The Sand Pebbles
John Saxon in The Appaloosa
George Segal in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Robert Shaw in A Man For All Seasons

1965
Red Buttons in Harlow
Frank Finlay in Othello
Hardy Krüger in The Flight Of the Phoenix — Actor Refused Nomination; Removed From Final Ballot
Telly Savalas in Battle Of the Bulge
Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came In From the Cold

1964
Cyril Delevanti in The Night Of the Iguana
Stanley Holloway in My Fair Lady
Edmond O'Brien in Seven Days In May
Gilbert Roland in Cheyenne Autumn — Actor Refused Nomination
Lee Tracy in The Best Man

1963
Lee J. Cobb in Come Blow Your Horn
Bobby Darin in Captain Newman, M.D.
Melvyn Douglas in Hud
Hugh Griffith in Tom Jones
John Huston in The Cardinal
Paul Mann in America, America
Roddy McDowall in Cleopatra
Gregory Rozakis in America, America

1962
Ed Begley in Sweet Bird Of Youth
Victor Buono in What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
Harry Guardino in The Pigeon That Took Rome
Ross Martin in Experiment In Terror
Paul Newman in Adventures Of a Young Man
Cesar Romero in If a Man Answers
Telly Savalas in Bird Man Of Alcatraz
Peter Sellers in Lolita
Omar Sharif in Lawrence Of Arabia
Harold J. Stone in The Chapman Report

1961
George Chakiris in West Side Story
Montgomery Clift in Judgment At Nuremberg
Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
Tony Randall in Lover Come Back
George C. Scott in The Hustler

1960
Lee Kinsolving in The Dark At the Top Of the Stairs
Sal Mineo in Exodus
Ray Stricklyn in The Plunderers
Woody Strode in Spartacus
Peter Ustinov in Spartacus

1959
Fred Astaire in On the Beach
Stephen Boyd in Ben-Hur
Tony Randall in Pillow Talk
Robert Vaughn in The Young Philadelphians
Joseph Welch in Anatomy Of a Murder

1958
Harry Guardino in Houseboat
Burl Ives in The Big Country
David Ladd in The Proud Rebel
Gig Young in Teacher's Pet
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in Home Before Dark

1957
Red Buttons in Sayonara
Lee J. Cobb in 12 Angry Men
Sessue Hayakawa in The Bridge On the River Kwai
Nigel Patrick in Raintree County
Ed Wynn in The Great Man

1956
Eddie Albert in The Teahouse Of the August Moon
Earl Holliman in The Rainmaker
Oscar Homolka in War and Peace
Anthony Quinn in Lust For Life
Eli Wallach in Baby Doll

1955
Arthur Kennedy in Trial

1954
Edmond O'Brien in The Barefoot Contessa

1953
Frank Sinatra in From Here To Eternity

1952
Kurt Kasznar in The Happy Time
Millard Mitchell in My Six Convicts
Gilbert Roland in The Bad and The Beautiful

1951
Peter Ustinov in Quo Vadis?

1950
Edmund Gwenn in Mister 880
George Sanders in All About Eve
Erich von Stroheim in Sunset Boulevard

1949
David Brian in Intruder In the Dust
James Whitmore in Battleground

1948
Walter Huston in The Treasure Of the Sierra Madre

1947
Edmund Gwenn in Miracle On 34th Street

1946
Clifton Webb in The Razor's Edge

1945
J. Carroll Naish in A Medal For Benny

1944
Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way