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Best Actor and Supporting Actor Award Winners

This list compiles together on one page for easy reference:

The 1920s

Best Actor
(Academy Award)
1927/28 Emil Jannings
(The Way of All Flesh,
The Last Command)
1928/29 Warner Baxter
(In Old Arizona)
1929/30 George Arliss
(Disraeli)

The 1930s

Best Actor
(Academy Award)
1930/31 Lionel Barrymore
(A Free Soul)
1931/32 Fredric March
(Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)
Wallace Beery
(The Champ)
1932/33 Charles Laughton
(The Private Life of Henry VIII)
1934 Clark Gable
(It Happened One Night)
1935 Victor McLaglen
(The Informer)
Best Supporting Actor
(Academy Award)
1936 Paul Muni
(The Story of Louis Pasteur)
Walter Brennan
(Come and Get It)
1937 Spencer Tracy
(Captains Courageous)
Joseph Schildkraut
(The Life of Emile Zola)
1938 Spencer Tracy
(Boys Town)
Walter Brennan
(Kentucky)
1939 Robert Donat
(Goodbye Mr Chips)
Thomas Mitchell
(Stagecoach)

The 1940s

Best Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actor
(Academy Award)
1940 James Stewart
(The Philadelphia Story)
Walter Brennan
(The Westerner)
1941 Gary Cooper
(Sergeant York)
Donald Crisp
(How Green Was My Valley)
1942 James Cagney
(Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Van Heflin
(Johnny Eager)
1943 Paul Lukas
(Watch on the Rhine)
Charles Coburn
(The More the Merrier)
Best Actor (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Supporting Actor
(Golden Globe)
1944 Bing Crosby
(Going My Way)
Barry Fitzgerald
(Going My Way)
Paul Lukas
(Watch on the Rhine)
Akim Tamiroff
(For Whom the Bell Tolls)
1945 Ray Milland
(The Lost Weekend)
James Dunn
(A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
Alexander Knox
(Wilson)
Barry Fitzgerald
(Going My Way)
1946 Fredric March
(The Best Years of Our Lives)
Harold Russell
(The Best Years of Our Lives)
Ray Milland
(The Lost Weekend)
J Carrol Naish
(A Medal for Benny)
1947 Ronald Colman
(A Double Life)
Edmund Gwenn
(Miracle on 34th Street)
Gregory Peck
(The Yearling)
Clifton Webb
(The Razor's Edge)
1948 Laurence Olivier
(Hamlet)
Walter Huston
(The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Ronald Colman
(A Double Life)
Edmund Gwenn
(Miracle on 34th Street)
1949 Broderick Crawford
(All the King's Men)
Dean Jagger
(Twelve O'Clock High)
Laurence Olivier
(Hamlet)
Walter Huston
(The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)

The 1950s

Best Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Actor (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Supporting Actor
(Golden Globe)
1950 Jose Ferrer
(Cyrano de Bergerac)
George Sanders
(All About Eve)
Broderick Crawford
(All the King's Men)
Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) James Whitmore
(Battleground)
1951 Humphrey Bogart
(The African Queen)
Karl Malden
(A Streetcar Named Desire)
Jose Ferrer
(Cyrano de Bergerac)
Fred Astaire
(Three Little Words)
Edmund Gwenn
(Mister 880)
1952 Gary Cooper
(High Noon)
Anthony Quinn
(Viva Zapata!)
Fredric March
(Death of a Salesman)
Danny Kaye
(On the Riviera)
Peter Ustinov
(Quo Vadis?)
1953 William Holden
(Stalag 17)
Frank Sinatra
(From Here to Eternity)
Gary Cooper
(High Noon)
Donald O'Connor
(Singin' in the Rain)
Millard Mitchell
(My Six Convicts)
1954 Marlon Brando
(On the Waterfront)
Edmund O'Brien
(The Barefoot Contessa)
Spencer Tracy
(The Actress)
David Niven
(The Moon is Blue)
Frank Sinatra
(From Here to Eternity)
1955 Ernest Borgnine
(Marty)
Jack Lemmon
(Mister Roberts)
Marlon Brando
(On the Waterfront)
James Mason
(A Star is Born)
Edmond O'Brien
(The Barefoot Contessa)
1956 Yul Brynner
(The King and I)
Anthony Quinn
(Lust for Life)
Ernest Borgnine
(Marty)
Tom Ewell
(The Seven Year Itch)
Arthur Kennedy
(Trial)
1957 Alec Guinness
(The Bridge on the River Kwai)
Red Buttons
(Sayonara)
Kirk Douglas
(Lust for Life)
Cantinflas
(Around the World in 80 Days)
Earl Holliman
(The Rainmaker)
1958 David Niven
(Separate Tables)
Burl Ives
(The Big Country)
Alec Guinness
(The Bridge on the River Kwai)
Frank Sinatra
(Pal Joey)
Red Buttons
(Sayonara)
1959 Charlton Heston
(Ben-Hur)
Hugh Griffith
(Ben-Hur)
David Niven
(Separate Tables)
Danny Kaye
(Me and the Colonel)
Burl Ives
(The Big Country)

The 1960s

Best Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Actor (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actor
(Golden Globe)
1960 Burt Lancaster
(Elmer Gantry)
Peter Ustinov
(Spartacus)
Anthony Franciosa
(Career)
Jack Lemmon
(Some Like It Hot)
Stephen Boyd
(Ben-Hur)
1961 Maximilian Schell
(Judgment at Nuremberg)
George Chakiris
(West Side Story)
Burt Lancaster
(Elmer Gantry)
Jack Lemmon
(The Apartment)
Sal Mineo
(Exodus)
1962 Gregory Peck
(To Kill a Mockingbird)
Ed Begley
(Sweet Bird of Youth)
Maximilian Schell
(Judgment at Nuremberg)
Glenn Ford
(Pocketful of Miracles)
George Chakiris
(West Side Story)
1963 Sidney Poitier
(Lilies of the Field)
Melvyn Douglas
(Hud)
Gregory Peck
(To Kill a Mockingbird)
Marcello Mastroianni
(Divorce - Italian Style)
Omar Sharif
(Lawrence of Arabia)
1964 Rex Harrison
(My Fair Lady)
Peter Ustinov
(Topkapi)
Sidney Poitier
(Lilies of the Field)
Alberto Sordi
(To Bed or Not to Bed)
John Huston
(The Cardinal)
1965 Lee Marvin
(Cat Ballou)
Martin Balsam
(A Thousand Clowns)
Peter O'Toole
(Becket)
Rex Harrison
(My Fair Lady)
Edmond O'Brien
(Seven Days in May)
1966 Paul Scofield
(A Man for All Seasons)
Walter Matthau
(The Fortune Cookie)
Omar Sharif
(Doctor Zhivago)
Lee Marvin
(Cat Ballou)
Oskar Werner
(The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)
1967 Rod Steiger
(In the Heat of the Night)
George Kennedy
(Cool Hand Luke)
Paul Scofield
(A Man for All Seasons)
Alan Arkin
(The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming)
Richard Attenborough
(The Sand Pebbles)
1968 Cliff Robertson
(Charly)
Jack Albertson
(The Subject Was Roses)
Rod Steiger
(In the Heat of the Night)
Richard Harris
(Camelot)
Richard Attenborough
(Doctor Doolittle)
1969 John Wayne
(True Grit)
Gig Young
(They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)
Peter O'Toole
(The Lion in Winter)
Ron Moody
(Oliver!)
Daniel Massey
(Star!)

The 1970s

Best Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Actor (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actor
(Golden Globe)
1970 George C Scott
(Patton)
John Mills
(Ryan's Daughter)
John Wayne
(True Grit)
Peter O'Toole
(Goodbye, Mr Chips)
Gig Young
(They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)
1971 Gene Hackman
(The French Connection)
Ben Johnson
(The Last Picture Show)
George C Scott
(Patton)
Albert Finney
(Scrooge)
John Mills
(Ryan's Daughter)
1972 Marlon Brando
(The Godfather)
Joel Grey
(Cabaret)
Gene Hackman
(The French Connection)
Topol
(Fiddler on the Roof)
Ben Johnson
(The Last Picture Show)
1973 Jack Lemmon
(Save the Tiger)
John Houseman
(The Paper Chase)
Marlon Brando
(The Godfather)
Jack Lemmon
(Avanti)
Joel Grey
(Cabaret)
1974 Art Carney
(Harry and Tonto)
Robert De Niro
(The Godfather, Part II)
Al Pacino
(Serpico)
George Segal
(A Touch of Class)
John Houseman
(The Paper Chase)
1975 Jack Nicholson
(One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
George Burns
(The Sunshine Boys)
Jack Nicholson
(Chinatown)
Art Carney
(Harry and Tonto)
Fred Astaire
(The Towering Inferno)
1976 Peter Finch
(Network)
Jason Robards
(All the President's Men)
Jack Nicholson
(One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Walter Matthau
(The Sunshine Boys)
Richard Benjamin
(The Sunshine Boys)
1977 Richard Dreyfuss
(The Goodbye Girl)
Jason Robards
(Julia)
Peter Finch
(Network)
Kris Kristofferson
(A Star is Born)
Laurence Olivier
(Marathon Man)
1978 Jon Voight
(Coming Home)
Christopher Walken
(The Deer Hunter)
Richard Burton
(Equus)
Richard Dreyfuss
(The Goodbye Girl)
Peter Firth
(Equus)
1979 Dustin Hoffman
(Kramer vs Kramer)
Melvyn Douglas
(Being There)
Jon Voight
(Coming Home)
Warren Beatty
(Heaven Can Wait)
John Hurt
(Midnight Express)

The 1980s

Best Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Actor (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actor
(Golden Globe)
1980 Robert De Niro
(Raging Bull)
Timothy Hutton
(Ordinary People)
Dustin Hoffman
(Kramer vs Kramer)
Peter Sellers
(Being There)
Melvyn Douglas
(Being There)
Robert Duvall
(Apocalypse Now)
1981 Henry Fonda
(On Golden Pond)
John Gielgud
(Arthur)
Robert De Niro
(Raging Bull)
Ray Sharkey
(The Idolmaker)
Timothy Hutton
(Ordinary People)
1982 Ben Kingsley
(Gandhi)
Louis Gossett, Jr
(An Officer and a Gentleman)
Henry Fonda
(On Golden Pond)
Dudley Moore
(Arthur)
John Gielgud
(Arthur)
1983 Robert Duvall
(Tender Mercies)
Jack Nicholson
(Terms of Endearment)
Ben Kingsley
(Gandhi)
Dustin Hoffman
(Tootsie)
Louis Gossett Jr
(An Officer and a Gentleman)
1984 F Murray Abraham
(Amadeus)
Haing S Ngor
(The Killing Fields)
Tom Courtenay
(The Dresser)
Robert Duvall
(Tender Mercies)
Michael Caine
(Educating Rita)
Jack Nicholson
(Terms of Endearment)
1985 William Hurt
(Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Don Ameche
(Cocoon)
F Murray Abraham
(Amadeus)
Dudley Moore
(Micki and Maude)
Haing S Ngor
(The Killing Fields)
1986 Paul Newman
(The Color of Money)
Michael Caine
(Hannah and Her Sisters)
Jon Voight
(Runaway Train)
Jack Nicholson
(Prizzi's Honor)
Klaus Maria Brandauer
(Out of Africa)
1987 Michael Douglas
(Wall Street)
Sean Connery
(The Untouchables)
Bob Hoskins
(Mona Lisa)
Paul Hogan
(Crocodile Dundee)
Tom Berenger
(Platoon)
1988 Dustin Hoffman
(Rain Man)
Kevin Kline
(A Fish Called Wanda)
Michael Douglas
(Wall Street)
Robin Williams
(Good Morning, Vietnam)
Sean Connery
(The Untouchables)
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis
(My Left Foot)
Denzel Washington
(Glory)
Dustin Hoffman
(Rain Man)
Tom Hanks
(Big)
Martin Landau
(Tucker: The Man and His Dream)

The 1990s

Best Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Actor (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actor
(Golden Globe)
1990 Jeremy Irons
(Reversal of Fortune)
Joe Pesci
(Goodfellas)
Tom Cruise
(Born on the Fourth of July)
Morgan Freeman
(Driving Miss Daisy)
Denzel Washington
(Glory)
1991 Anthony Hopkins
(The Silence of the Lambs)
Jack Palance
(City Slickers)
Jeremy Irons
(Reversal of Fortune)
Gerard Depardieu
(Green Card)
Bruce Davison
(Longtime Companion)
1992 Al Pacino
(Scent of a Woman)
Gene Hackman
(Unforgiven)
Nick Nolte
(Prince of Tides)
Robin Williams
(The Fisher King)
Jack Palance
(City Slickers)
1993 Tom Hanks
(Philadelphia)
Tommy Lee Jones
(The Fugitive)
Al Pacino
(Scent of a Woman)
Tim Robbins
(The Player)
Gene Hackman
(Unforgiven)
1994 Tom Hanks
(Forrest Gump)
Martin Landau
(Ed Wood)
Tom Hanks
(Philadelphia)
Robin Williams
(Mrs Doubtfire)
Tommy Lee Jones
(The Fugitive)
1995 Nicolas Cage
(Leaving Las Vegas)
Kevin Spacey
(The Usual Suspects)
Tom Hanks
(Forrest Gump)
Hugh Grant
(Four Weddings and a Funeral)
Martin Landau
(Ed Wood)
1996 Geoffrey Rush
(Shine)
Cuba Gooding, Jr
(Jerry Maguire)
Nicolas Cage
(Leaving Las Vegas)
John Travolta
(Get Shorty)
Brad Pitt
(12 Monkeys)
1997 Jack Nicholson
(As Good as It Gets)
Robin Williams
(Good Will Hunting)
Geoffrey Rush
(Shine)
Tom Cruise
(Jerry Maguire)
Edward Norton
(Primal Fear)
1998 Roberto Benigni
(Life is Beautiful)
James Coburn
(Affliction)
Peter Fonda
(Ulee's Gold)
Jack Nicholson
(As Good as It Gets)
Burt Reynolds
(Boogie Nights)
1999 Kevin Spacey
(American Beauty)
Michael Caine
(The Cider House Rules)
Jim Carrey
(The Truman Show)
Michael Caine
(Little Voice)
Ed Harris
(The Truman Show)

The 2000s

Best Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actor
(Academy Award)
Best Actor (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actor
(Golden Globe)
2000 Russell Crowe
(Gladiator)
Benicio Del Toro
(Traffic)
Denzel Washington
(The Hurricane)
Jim Carrey
(Man on the Moon)
Tom Cruise
(Magnolia)
2001 Denzel Washington
(Training Day)
Jim Broadbent
(Iris)
Tom Hanks
(Cast Away)
George Clooney
(O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Benicio Del Toro
(Traffic)
2002 Adrien Brody
(The Pianist)
Chris Cooper
(Adaptation)
Russell Crowe
(A Beautiful Mind)
Gene Hackman
(The Royal Tenenbaums)
Jim Broadbent
(Iris)
2003 Sean Penn
(Mystic River)
Tim Robbins
(Mystic River)
Jack Nicholson
(About Schmidt)
Richard Gere
(Chicago)
Chris Cooper
(Adaptation)
2004 Jamie Foxx
(Ray)
Morgan Freeman
(Million Dollar Baby)
Sean Penn
(Mystic River)
Bill Murray
(Lost in Translation)
Tim Robbins
(Mystic River)
2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman
(Capote)
George Clooney
(Syriana)
Leonardo DiCaprio
(The Aviator)
Jamie Foxx
(Ray)
Clive Owen
(Sideways)
2006

Philip Seymour Hoffman
(Capote)
Joaquin Phoenix
(Walk the Line)
George Clooney
(Syriana)


Last updated: 5 Mar 2006


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