| 2023 |
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer |
Emma Stone, Poor Things |
| 2022 |
Brendan Fraser, The Whale |
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 2021 |
Will Smith, King Richard |
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye |
| 2020 |
Anthony Hopkins, The Father |
Frances McDormand, Nomadland |
| 2019 |
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker |
Renee Zellweger, Judy |
| 2018 |
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody |
Olivia Colman, The Favourite |
| 2017 |
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour |
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
| 2016 |
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea |
Emma Stone, La La Land |
| 2015 |
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant |
Brie Larson, Room |
| 2014 |
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything |
Julianne Moore, Still Alice |
| 2013 |
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club |
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine |
| 2012 |
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln |
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook |
| 2011 |
Jean Dujardin, The Artist |
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady |
| 2010 |
Colin Firth, The King's Speech |
Natalie Portman, Black Swan |
| 2009 |
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart |
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side |
| 2008 |
Sean Penn, Milk |
Kate Winslet, The Reader |
| 2007 |
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood |
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose |
| 2006 |
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland |
Helen Mirren, The Queen |
| 2005 |
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote |
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line |
| 2004 |
Jamie Foxx, Ray |
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby |
| 2003 |
Sean Penn, Mystic River |
Charlize Theron, Monster |
| 2002 |
Adrien Brody, The Pianist |
Nicole Kidman, The Hours |
| 2001 |
Denzel Washington, Training Day |
Halle Berry, Monster's Ball |
| 2000 |
Russell Crowe, Gladiator |
Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich |
| 1999 |
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty |
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry |
| 1998 |
Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful |
Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love |
| 1997 |
Jack Nicholson, As Good as It Gets |
Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets |
| 1996 |
Geoffrey Rush, Shine |
Frances McDormand, Fargo |
| 1995 |
Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas |
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking |
| 1994 |
Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump |
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky |
| 1993 |
Tom Hanks, Philadelphia |
Holly Hunter, The Piano |
| 1992 |
Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman |
Emma Thompson, Howards End |
| 1991 |
Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs |
Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs |
| 1990 |
Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune |
Kathy Bates, Misery |
| 1989 |
Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot |
Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1988 |
Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man |
Jodie Foster, The Accused |
| 1987 |
Michael Douglas, Wall Street |
Cher, Moonstruck |
| 1986 |
Paul Newman, The Color of Money |
Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God |
| 1985 |
William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful |
| 1984 |
F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus |
Sally Field, Places in the Heart |
| 1983 |
Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies |
Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment |
| 1982 |
Ben Kingsley, Gandhi |
Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice |
| 1981 |
Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond |
Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond |
| 1980 |
Robert De Niro, Raging Bull |
Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter |
| 1979 |
Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer |
Sally Field, Norma Rae |
| 1978 |
Jon Voight, Coming Home |
Jane Fonda, Coming Home |
| 1977 |
Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl |
Diane Keaton, Annie Hall |
| 1976 |
Peter Finch, Network |
Faye Dunaway, Network |
| 1975 |
Jack Nicholson, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Louise Fletcher, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1974 |
Art Carney, Harry and Tonto |
Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| 1973 |
Jack Lemmon, Save the Tiger |
Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class |
| 1972 |
Marlon Brando, The Godfather |
Liza Minnelli, Cabaret |
| 1971 |
Gene Hackman, The French Connection |
Jane Fonda, Klute |
| 1970 |
George C. Scott, Patton |
Glenda Jackson, Women in Love |
| 1969 |
John Wayne, True Grit |
Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| 1968 |
Cliff Robertson, Charly |
Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter AND Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl |
| 1967 |
Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night |
Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| 1966 |
Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons |
Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| 1965 |
Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou |
Julie Christie, Darling |
| 1964 |
Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady |
Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins |
| 1963 |
Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field |
Patricia Neal, Hud |
| 1962 |
Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird |
Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker |
| 1961 |
Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg |
Sophia Loren, Two Women |
| 1960 |
Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry |
Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8 |
| 1959 |
Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur |
Simone Signoret, Room at the Top |
| 1958 |
David Niven, Separate Tables |
Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! |
| 1957 |
Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai |
Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve |
| 1956 |
Yul Brynner, The King and I |
Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia |
| 1955 |
Ernest Borgnine, Marty |
Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo |
| 1954 |
Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront |
Grace Kelly, The Country Girl |
| 1953 |
William Holden, Stalag 17 |
Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday |
| 1952 |
Gary Cooper, High Noon |
Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba |
| 1951 |
Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen |
Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1950 |
José Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac |
Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday |
| 1949 |
Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men |
Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress |
| 1948 |
Laurence Olivier, Hamlet |
Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda |
| 1947 |
Ronald Colman, A Double Life |
Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter |
| 1946 |
Fredric March, The Best Years of Our Lives |
Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own |
| 1945 |
Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend |
Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce |
| 1944 |
Bing Crosby, Going My Way |
Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight |
| 1943 |
Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine |
Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette |
| 1942 |
James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver |
| 1941 |
Gary Cooper, Sergeant York |
Joan Fontaine, Suspicion |
| 1940 |
James Stewart, The Philadelphia Story |
Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle |
| 1939 |
Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind |
| 1938 |
Spencer Tracy, Boys Town |
Bette Davis, Jezebel |
| 1937 |
Spencer Tracy, Captains Courageous |
Luise Rainer, The Good Earth |
| 1936 |
Paul Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur |
Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld |
| 1935 |
Victor McLaglen, The Informer |
Bette Davis, Dangerous |
| 1934 |
Clark Gable, It Happened One Night |
Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night |
| 1932/33 |
Charles Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII |
Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory |
| 1931/32 |
Wallace Beery, The Champ and Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet |
| 1930/31 |
Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul |
Marie Dressler, Min and Bill |
| 1929/30 |
George Arliss, Disraeli |
Norma Shearer, The Divorcee |
| 1928/29 |
Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona |
Mary Pickford, Coquette |
| 1927/28 |
Emil Jannings, The Last Command |
Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven |
