A list of actors and films that won and were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama.
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1940s
- 1943note : Paul Lukas for Watch on the Rhine as Kurt Muller
- 1944note : Alexander Knox for Wilson as President Woodrow Wilson
- 1945note : Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend as Don Birnam
- 1946note : Gregory Peck for The Yearling as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
- 1947note : Ronald Colman for A Double Life as Anthony "Tony" John
- 1948note : Laurence Olivier for Hamlet as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- 1949note : Broderick Crawford for All the King's Men as Willie Stark
- Richard Todd for The Hasty Heart as Corporal Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
1950s
- 1950: José Ferrer for Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac
- Louis Calhern for The Magnificent Yankee as Oliver Wendell Holmes
- James Stewart for Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd
- 1951: Fredric March for Death of a Salesman as William "Willy" Loman
- Kirk Douglas for Detective Story as Detective James "Jim" McLeod
- Arthur Kennedy for Bright Victory as Larry Nevins
- 1952: Gary Cooper for High Noon as Marshal William "Will" Kane
- Ray Milland for The Thief as Dr. Allan Fields
- Charles Boyer for The Happy Time as Jacques Bonnard
- 1953: Spencer Tracy for The Actress as Clinton Jones
- 1954: Marlon Brando for On the Waterfront as Terry Malloy
- 1955: Ernest Borgnine for Marty as Marty Piletti
- 1956: Kirk Douglas for Lust for Life as Vincent van Gogh
- Karl Malden for Baby Doll as Archie Lee Meighan
- Gary Cooper for Friendly Persuasion as Jess Birdwell
- Burt Lancaster for The Rainmaker as Bill Starbuck
- Charlton Heston for The Ten Commandments as Moses
- 1957: Alec Guinness for The Bridge on the River Kwai as Colonel Nicholson
- Marlon Brando for Sayonara as Major Lloyd "Ace" Gruver
- 1958: David Niven for Separate Tables as Major David Angus Pollock
- Tony Curtis for The Defiant Ones as John "Joker" Jackson
- Robert Donat for The Inn of the Sixth Happiness as the Mandarin of Yangcheng
- Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones as Noah Cullen
- Spencer Tracy for The Old Man and the Sea as Santiago / The Old Man
- 1959: Anthony Franciosa for Career as Sam Lawson
- Richard Burton for Look Back in Anger as Jimmy Porter
- Charlton Heston for Ben-Hur as Judah Ben-Hur
- Fredric March for Middle of the Night as Jerry Kingsley
- Joseph Schildkraut for The Diary of Anne Frank as Otto Frank
1960s
- 1960: Burt Lancaster for Elmer Gantry as Elmer Gantry
- Trevor Howard for Sons and Lovers as Walter Morel
- Laurence Olivier for Spartacus as Senator Marcus Linius Crassus
- Dean Stockwell for Sons and Lovers as Paul Morel
- Spencer Tracy for Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond
- 1961: Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg as Hans Rolfe
- Warren Beatty for Splendor in the Grass as Bud Stamper
- Maurice Chevalier for Fanny as Pannisse
- Paul Newman for The Hustler as Eddie "Fast Eddie" Felson
- Sidney Poitier for A Raisin in the Sun as Walter Lee Younger
- 1962: Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird as Atticus Finch
- Laurence Harvey for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Wilhelm Grimm / The Cobbler
- Burt Lancaster for Birdman of Alcatraz as Robert Franklin Stroud
- Jack Lemmon for Days of Wine and Roses as Joe Clay
- James Mason for Lolita as Humbert Humbert
- Paul Newman for Sweet Bird of Youth as Chance Wayne
- Peter O'Toole for Lawrence of Arabia as T. E. Lawrence
- Anthony Quinn for Lawrence of Arabia as Auda Abu Tayi
- 1963: Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field as Homer Smith
- Marlon Brando for The Ugly American as Harrison Carter MacWhite
- Stathis Giallelis for America America as Stavros Topouzoglou
- Rex Harrison for Cleopatra as Julius Caesar
- Steve McQueen for Love with the Proper Stranger as Rocky Papasano
- Paul Newman for Hud as Hud Bannon
- Gregory Peck for Captain Newman, M.D. as Captain Josiah Newman
- Tom Tryon for The Cardinal as Stephen Fermoyle
- 1964: Peter O'Toole for Becket as King Henry II of England
- Richard Burton for Becket as Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Anthony Franciosa for Rio Conchos as Juan Luis Rodriguez
- Frederic March for Seven Days in May as President Jordan Lyman
- Anthony Quinn for Zorba the Greek as Alexis Zorba
- 1965: Omar Sharif for Doctor Zhivago as Dr. Yuri Zhivago
- Rex Harrison for The Agony and the Ecstasy as Pope Julius II
- Sidney Poitier for A Patch of Blue as Gordon Ralfe
- Rod Steiger for The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman
- Oskar Werner for Ship of Fools as Dr. Willie Schumann
- 1966: Paul Scofield for A Man for All Seasons as Thomas More
- Richard Burton for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as George
- Michael Caine for Alfie as Alfie Elkins
- Steve McQueen for The Sand Pebbles as Jake Holman
- Max von Sydow for Hawaii as Abner Hale
- 1967: Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night as Chief William "Bill" Gillespie
- Alan Bates for Far from the Madding Crowd as Gabriel Oak
- Warren Beatty for Bonnie and Clyde as Clyde Barrow
- Paul Newman for Cool Hand Luke as Lucas "Luke" Jackson
- Sidney Poitier for In the Heat of the Night as Detective Virgil Tibbs
- Spencer Tracy for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Matt Drayton
- 1968: Peter O'Toole for The Lion in Winter as King Henry II of England
- Alan Arkin for The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as John Singer
- Alan Bates for The Fixer as Yakov Bok
- Tony Curtis for The Boston Strangler as Albert DeSalvo
- Cliff Robertson for Charly as Charly Gordon
- 1969: John Wayne for True Grit as Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn
- Alan Arkin for Popi as Abraham "Popi" Rodriguez
- Richard Burton for Anne of the Thousand Days as King Henry VIII of England
- Dustin Hoffman for Midnight Cowboy as Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
- Jon Voight for Midnight Cowboy as Joe Buck
1970s
- 1970: George C. Scott for Patton as General George S. Patton
- Melvyn Douglas for I Never Sang for My Father as Tom Garrison
- James Earl Jones for The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson
- Jack Nicholson for Five Easy Pieces as Robert "Bobby" Dupea
- Ryan O'Neal for Love Story as Oliver Barrett IV
- 1971: Gene Hackman for The French Connection as Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
- Peter Finch for Sunday Bloody Sunday as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
- Malcolm McDowell for A Clockwork Orange as Alex DeLarge
- Jack Nicholson for Carnal Knowledge as Jonathan Fuerst
- George C. Scott for The Hospital as Dr. Herbert "Herb" Bock
- 1972: Marlon Brando for The Godfather as Vito Corleone
- Michael Caine for Sleuth as Milo Tindle
- Laurence Olivier for Sleuth as Andrew Wyke
- Al Pacino for The Godfather as Michael Corleone
- Jon Voight for Deliverance as Ed Gentry
- 1973: Al Pacino for Serpico as Officer Frank Serpico
- Robert Blake for Electra Glide in Blue as John Wintergreen
- Jack Lemmon for Save the Tiger as Harry Stoner
- Steve McQueen for Papillon as Henri "Papillon" Charrière
- Jack Nicholson for The Last Detail as Billy "Badass" Buddusky
- 1974: Jack Nicholson for Chinatown as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
- James Caan for The Gambler as Axel Freed
- Gene Hackman for The Conversation as Harry Caul
- Dustin Hoffman for Lenny as Lenny Bruce
- Al Pacino for The Godfather Part II as Michael Corleone
- 1975: Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy
- Gene Hackman for French Connection II as Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
- Al Pacino for Dog Day Afternoon as Sonny Wortzik
- Maximilian Schell for The Man in the Glass Booth as Arthur Goldman
- James Whitmore for Give 'em Hell, Harry! as President Harry S. Truman
- 1976: Peter Finch for Network as Howard Beale
- David Carradine for Bound for Glory as Woody Guthrie
- Robert De Niro for Taxi Driver as Travis Bickle
- Dustin Hoffman for Marathon Man as Thomas "Babe" Levy
- Sylvester Stallone for Rocky as Robert "Rocky" Balboa
- 1977: Richard Burton for Equus as Dr. Martin Dysart
- Marcello Mastroianni for A Special Day as Gabriele
- Al Pacino for Bobby Deerfield as Bobby Deerfield
- Gregory Peck for MacArthur as General Douglas MacArthur
- Henry Winkler for Heroes as Jack Dunne
- 1978: Jon Voight for Coming Home as Luke Martin
- Brad Davis for Midnight Express as Billy Hayes
- Robert De Niro for The Deer Hunter as Staff Sergeant Michael "Mike" Vronsky
- Anthony Hopkins for Magic as Charles "Corky" Withers / Fats
- Gregory Peck for The Boys from Brazil as Dr. Josef Mengele
- 1979: Dustin Hoffman for Kramer vs. Kramer as Ted Kramer
- Jack Lemmon for The China Syndrome as Jack Godell
- Al Pacino for ...And Justice for All as Arthur Kirkland
- Jon Voight for The Champ as Billy "Champ" Flynn
- James Woods for The Onion Field as Gregory "Greg" Powell
1980s
- 1980: Robert De Niro for Raging Bull as Jake LaMotta
- John Hurt for The Elephant Man as John Merrick
- Jack Lemmon for Tribute as Scottie Templeton
- Peter O'Toole for The Stunt Man as Eli Cross
- Donald Sutherland for Ordinary People as Calvin Jarrett
- 1981: Henry Fonda for On Golden Pond as Norman Thayer
- Warren Beatty for Reds as John Reed
- Timothy Hutton for Taps as Brian Moreland
- Burt Lancaster for Atlantic City as Lou Pascal
- Treat Williams for Prince of the City as Detective Daniel "Danny" Ciello
- 1982: Ben Kingsley for Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi
- Albert Finney for Shoot the Moon as George Dunlap
- Richard Gere for An Officer and a Gentleman as Zachary "Zack" Mayo
- Jack Lemmon for missing. as Edmund "Ed" Horman
- Paul Newman for The Verdict as Frank Galvin
- 1983: Tie
- Tom Courtenay for The Dresser as Norman
- Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies as Mac Sledge
- Tom Conti for Reuben, Reuben as Gowan McGland
- Richard Farnsworth for The Grey Fox as Bill Miner / George Edwards / the Grey Fox
- Albert Finney for The Dresser as Sir
- Al Pacino for Scarface as Antonio "Tony" Montana
- Eric Roberts for Star 80 as Paul Snider
- 1984: F. Murray Abraham for Amadeus as Antonio Salieri
- Jeff Bridges for Starman as Starman / Scott Hayden
- Albert Finney for Under the Volcano as Geoffrey Firmin
- Tom Hulce for Amadeus as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Sam Waterston for The Killing Fields as Sydney Schanberg
- 1985: Jon Voight for Runaway Train as Oscar "Manny" Manheim
- Harrison Ford for Witness as Detective Sergeant John Book
- Gene Hackman for Twice in a Lifetime as Harry MacKenzie
- William Hurt for Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina
- Raúl Juliá for Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentin Arregui
- 1986: Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa as George
- Harrison Ford for The Mosquito Coast as Allie Fox
- Dexter Gordon for Round Midnight as Dale Turner
- William Hurt for Children of a Lesser God as James Leeds
- Jeremy Irons for The Mission as Father Gabriel
- Paul Newman for The Color of Money as Eddie "Fast Eddie" Felson
- 1987: Michael Douglas for Wall Street as Gordon Gekko
- John Lone for The Last Emperor as Emperor Puyi
- Jack Nicholson for Ironweed as Francis Phelan
- Nick Nolte for Weeds as Lee Umstetter
- Denzel Washington for Cry Freedom as Steve Biko
- 1988: Dustin Hoffman for Rain Man as Raymond Babbitt
- Gene Hackman for Mississippi Burning as Special Agent Rupert Anderson
- Tom Hulce for Dominick and Eugene as Dominick "Nicky" Luciano
- Edward James Olmos for Stand and Deliver as Jaime Escalante
- Forest Whitaker for Bird as Charlie "Bird" Parker
- 1989: Tom Cruise for Born on the Fourth of July as Ron Kovic
- Daniel Day-Lewis for My Left Foot as Christy Brown
- Jack Lemmon for Dad as Jake Tremont
- Al Pacino for Sea of Love as Detective Frank Keller
- Robin Williams for Dead Poets Society as John "Keats" Keating
1990s
- 1990: Jeremy Irons for Reversal of Fortune as Claus von Bülow
- Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves as Lieutenant John Dunbar / Dances with Wolves
- Richard Harris for The Field as Bull McCabe
- Al Pacino for The Godfather Part III as Michael Corleone
- Robin Williams for Awakenings as Dr. Malcolm Sayers
- 1991: Nick Nolte for The Prince of Tides as Tom Wingo
- Warren Beatty for Bugsy as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
- Kevin Costner for JFK as Jim Garrison
- Robert De Niro for Cape Fear as Maximilian "Max" Cady
- Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- 1992: Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade
- Tom Cruise for A Few Good Men as Lieutenant Daniel "Danny" Kaffee
- Robert Downey Jr. for Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin
- Jack Nicholson for Hoffa as Jimmy Hoffa
- Denzel Washington for Malcolm X as Malcolm Little / Malcolm X
- 1993: Tom Hanks for Philadelphia as Andrew Beckett
- Daniel Day-Lewis for In the Name of the Father as Gerard "Gerry" Conlon
- Harrison Ford for The Fugitive as Dr. Richard Kimble
- Anthony Hopkins for The Remains of the Day as James Stevens
- Liam Neeson for Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler
- 1994: Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump
- Morgan Freeman for The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis "Red" Redding
- Paul Newman for Nobody's Fool as Donald "Sully" Sullivan
- Brad Pitt for Legends of the Fall as Tristan Ludlow
- John Travolta for Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega
- 1995: Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson
- Richard Dreyfuss for Mr. Holland's Opus as Glenn Holland
- Anthony Hopkins for Nixon as President Richard Nixon
- Ian McKellen for Richard III as King Richard III of England
- Sean Penn for Dead Man Walking as Matthew Poncelet
- 1996: Geoffrey Rush for Shine as David Helfgott
- Ralph Fiennes for The English Patient as Count László de Almásy
- Mel Gibson for Ransom as Tom Mullen
- Woody Harrelson for The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt
- Liam Neeson for Michael Collins as Michael Collins
- 1997: Peter Fonda for Ulee's Gold as Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson
- Matt Damon for Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting
- Daniel Day-Lewis for The Boxer as Danny Flynn
- Leonardo DiCaprio for Titanic as Jack Dawson
- Djimon Hounsou for Amistad as Joseph Cinqué
- 1998: Jim Carrey for The Truman Show as Truman Burbank
- Stephen Fry for Wilde as Oscar Wilde
- Tom Hanks for Saving Private Ryan as Captain John H. Miller
- Ian McKellen for Gods and Monsters as James Whale
- Nick Nolte for Affliction as Wade Whitehouse
- 1999: Denzel Washington for The Hurricane as Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter
- Russell Crowe for The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand
- Matt Damon for The Talented Mr. Ripley as Thomas "Tom" Ripley
- Richard Farnsworth for The Straight Story as Alvin Straight
- Kevin Spacey for American Beauty as Lester Burnham
2000s
- 2000: Tom Hanks for Cast Away as Chuck Noland
- Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls as Reinaldo Areinas
- Russell Crowe for Gladiator as Maximus Decimus Meridius
- Michael Douglas for Wonder Boys as Grady Tripp
- Geoffrey Rush for Quills as the Marquis de Sade
- 2001: Russell Crowe for A Beautiful Mind as John Nash
- Will Smith for Ali as Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali
- Kevin Spacey for The Shipping News as Quoyle
- Billy Bob Thornton for The Man Who Wasn't There as Ed Crane
- Denzel Washington for Training Day as Detective Alonzo Harris
- 2002: Jack Nicholson for About Schmidt as Warren Schmidt
- Adrien Brody for The Pianist as Władysław Szpilman
- Michael Caine for The Quiet American as Thomas Fowler
- Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York as William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting
- Leonardo DiCaprio for Catch Me If You Can as Frank Abagnale Jr.
- 2003: Sean Penn for Mystic River as Jimmy Markum
- Russell Crowe for Master and Commander as Captain Jack Aubrey
- Tom Cruise for The Last Samurai as Captain Nathan Algren
- Ben Kingsley for House of Sand and Fog as Colonel Massoud Behrani
- Jude Law for Cold Mountain as William "W.P." Inman
- 2004: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Aviator as Howard Hughes
- Javier Bardem for The Sea Inside as Ramón Sampedro
- Don Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda as Paul Rusesabagina
- Johnny Depp for Finding Neverland as James "J.M." Barrie
- Liam Neeson for Kinsey as Alfred Kinsey
- 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote as Truman Capote
- Russell Crowe for Cinderella Man as James J. Braddock
- Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow as DJay
- Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar
- David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck. as Edward R. Murrow
- 2006: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin
- Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond as Danny Archer
- Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed as Trooper William "Billy" Costigan Jr.
- Peter O'Toole for Venus as Maurice Russell
- Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner
- 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview
- George Clooney for Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton
- James McAvoy for Atonement as Robbie Turner
- Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises as Nikolai Luzhin
- Denzel Washington for American Gangster as Frank Lucas
- 2008: Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson
- Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road as Frank Wheeler
- Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
- Sean Penn for Milk as Harvey Milk
- Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button
- 2009: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart as Otis "Bad Blake" Blake
- George Clooney for Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
- Colin Firth for A Single Man as George Falconer
- Morgan Freeman for Invictus as President Nelson Mandela
- Tobey Maguire for Brothers as Captain Sam Cahill
2010s
- 2010: Colin Firth for The King's Speech as King George VI
- Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
- James Franco for 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
- Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine as Dean Pereira
- Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter as Micky Ward
- 2011: George Clooney for The Descendants as Matthew "Matt" King
- Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar as J. Edgar Hoover
- Michael Fassbender for Shame as Brandon Sullivan
- Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March as Stephen Meyers
- Brad Pitt for Moneyball as Billy Beane
- 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln as President Abraham Lincoln
- Richard Gere for Arbitrage as Robert Miller
- John Hawkes for The Sessions as Mark O'Brien
- Joaquin Phoenix for The Master as Freddie Quell
- Denzel Washington for Flight as Captain William "Whip" Whitaker
- 2013: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof
- Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
- Idris Elba for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom as President Nelson Mandela
- Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips as Captain Richard Phillips
- Robert Redford for All Is Lost as Our Man
- 2014: Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking
- Steve Carell for Foxcatcher as John Eleuthère du Pont
- Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
- Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler as Louis "Lou" Bloom
- David Oyelowo for Selma as Martin Luther King Jr.
- 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant as Hugh Glass
- Bryan Cranston for Trumbo as Dalton Trumbo
- Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs
- Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl as Lili Elbe / Einar Wegener
- Will Smith for Concussion as Dr. Bennet Omalu
- 2016: Casey Affleck for Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler
- Joel Edgerton for Loving as Richard Loving
- Andrew Garfield for Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond Doss
- Viggo Mortensen for Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash
- Denzel Washington for Fences as Troy Maxson
- 2017: Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
- Timothée Chalamet for Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman
- Daniel Day-Lewis for Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock
- Tom Hanks for The Post as Ben Bradlee
- Denzel Washington for Roman J. Israel, Esq. as Roman J. Israel
- 2018: Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury
- Bradley Cooper for A Star Is Born as Jackson Maine
- Willem Dafoe for At Eternity's Gate as Vincent van Gogh
- Lucas Hedges for Boy Erased as Jared Eamons
- John David Washington for BlacKkKlansman as Ron Stallworth
- 2019: Joaquin Phoenix for Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker
- Christian Bale for Ford V Ferrari as Ken Miles
- Antonio Banderas for Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
- Adam Driver for Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
- Jonathan Pryce for The Two Popes as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio / Pope Francis
2020s
- 2020: Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green
- Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone
- Anthony Hopkins for The Father as Anthony
- Gary Oldman for Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Tahar Rahim for The Mauritanian as Mohamedou Ould Salahi
- 2021: Will Smith for King Richard as Richard Williams
- Mahershala Ali for Swan Song as Cameron Turner
- Javier Bardem for Being the Ricardos as Desi Arnaz
- Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank
- Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth
- 2022: Austin Butler for Elvis as Elvis Presley
- Brendan Fraser for The Whale as Charlie
- Hugh Jackman for The Son as Peter Miller
- Bill Nighy for Living as Mr. Rodney Williams
- Jeremy Pope for The Inspection as Ellis French
- 2023: Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer as Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
- Bradley Cooper for Maestro as Leonard Bernstein
- Leonardo DiCaprio for Killers of the Flower Moon as Ernest Burkhart
- Colman Domingo for Rustin as Bayard Rustin
- Barry Keoghan for Saltburn as Oliver Quick
- Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers as Adam
