1995 Nicolas Cage - LEAVING LAS VEGAS
1994 Tom Hanks - FORREST GUMP
1993 Tom Hanks - PHILADELPHIA
1992 Al Pacino - SCENT OF A WOMAN
1991 Anthony Hopkins - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1990 Jeremy Irons - REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis - MY LEFT FOOT
1988 Dustin Hoffman - RAIN MAN
1987 Michael Douglas - WALL STREET
1986 Paul Newman - THE COLOR OF MONEY
1985 William Hurt - KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
1984 F. Murray Abraham - AMADEUS
1983 Robert Duvall - TENDER MERCIES
1982 Ben Kingsley - GANDHI
1981 Henry Fonda - ON GOLDEN POND
1980 Robert De Niro - RAGING BULL
1979 Dustin Hoffman - KRAMER VS. KRAMER
1978 Jon Voight - COMING HOME
1977 Richard Dreyfuss - THE GOODBYE GIRL
1976 Peter Finch - NETWORK
1975 Jack Nicholson - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1974 Art Carney - HARRY AND TONTO
1973 Jack Lemmon - SAVE THE TIGER
1972 Marlon Brando - THE GODFATHER
1971 Gene Hackman - THE FRENCH CONNECTION
1970 George C. Scott - PATTON
1969 John Wayne - TRUE GRIT
1968 Cliff Robertson - CHARLY
1967 Rod Steiger - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
1966 Paul Scofield - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
1965 Lee Marvin - CAT BALLOU
1964 Rex Harrison - MY FAIR LADY
1963 Sidney Poitier - LILIES OF THE FIELD
1962 Gregory Peck - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
1961 Maximilian Schell - JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
1960 Burt Lancaster - ELMER GANTRY
1959 Charlton Heston - BEN-HUR
1958 David Niven - SEPARATE TABLES
1957 Alec Guinness - THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
1956 Yul Brynner - THE KING AND I
1955 Ernest Borgnine - MARTY
1954 Marlon Brando - ON THE WATERFRONT
1953 William Holden - STALAG 17
1952 Gary Cooper - HIGH NOON
1951 Humphrey Bogart - THE AFRICAN QUEEN
1950 Jose Ferrer - CYRANO DE BERGERAC
1949 Broderick Crawford - ALL THE KING'S MEN
1948 Laurence Olivier - HAMLET
1947 Ronald Colman - A DOUBLE LIFE
1946 Fredric March - THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
1945 Ray Milland - THE LOST WEEKEND
1944 Bing Crosby - GOING MY WAY
1943 Paul Lukas - WATCH ON THE RHINE
1942 James Cagney - YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
1941 Gary Cooper - SERGEANT YORK
1940 James Stewart - THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
1939 Robert Donat - GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
1938 Spencer Tracy - BOYS TOWN
1937 Spencer Tracy - CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
1936 Paul Muni - THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
1935 Victor McLaglen - THE INFORMER
1934 Clark Gable - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1933 Charles Laughton - THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII
1932 Wallace Beery - THE CHAMP Fredric March - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
1931 Lionel Barrymore - A FREE SOUL
1930 George Arliss - DISRAELI
1929 Warner Baxter - IN OLD ARIZONA
1928 Emil Jannings - THE LAST COMMAND Emil Jannings - THE WAY OF ALL FLESH