A list of actors and films that won and were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
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1950s
- 1950: Fred Astaire for Three Little Words as Bert Kalmar
- Dan Dailey for When Willie Comes Marching Home as William "Bill" Kluggs
- Harold Lloyd for Mad Wednesday as Harold Diddlebock
- 1951: Danny Kaye for On the Rivera as Jack Martin / Captain Henri Duran
- Bing Crosby for Here Comes the Groom as Pete Garvey
- Gene Kelly for An American in Paris as Jerry Mulligan
- 1952: Donald O'Connor for Singin' in the Rain as Cosmo Brown
- Danny Kaye for Hans Christian Andersen as Hans Christian Andersen
- Clifton Webb for Stars and Stripes Forever as John Philip Sousa
- 1953: David Niven for The Moon is Blue as David Slater
- 1954: James Mason for A Star Is Born as Norman Maine
- 1955: Tom Ewell for The Seven Year Itch as Richard Sherman
- 1956: Cantinflas for Around the World in 80 Days as Jean Passepartout
- Marlon Brando for The Teahouse of the August Moon as Sakini
- Glenn Ford for The Teahouse of the August Moon as Captain Fisby
- Yul Brynner for The King and I as King Mongkut of Siam
- Danny Kaye for The Court Jester as Hubert Hawkins
- 1957: Frank Sinatra for Pal Joey as Joey Evans
- Maurice Chevalier for Love in the Afternoon as Claude Chavasse
- Glenn Ford for Don't Go Near the Water Lieutenant Max Siegel
- David Niven for My Man Godfrey as Godfrey Smith
- Tony Randall for Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? as Rockwell "Rock" Hunter
- 1958: Danny Kaye for Me and the Colonel as S.J. Jacobowsky
- Maurice Chevalier for Gigi as Honoré Lachaille
- Louis Jourdan for Gigi as Gaston Lachaille
- Clark Gable for Teacher's Pet as James Gannon
- Cary Grant for Indiscreet as Philip Adams
- 1959: Jack Lemmon for Some Like It Hot as Jerry / Daphne
- Clark Gable for But Not for Me as Russell "Russ" Ward
- Cary Grant for Operation Petticoat as Lieutenant Commander Matthew "Matt" Sherman
- Dean Martin for Who Was That Lady? as Michael Haney
- Sidney Poitier for Porgy and Bess as Porgy
1960s
- 1960: Jack Lemmon for The Apartment as C.C. "Bud" Baxter
- Dick Bogarde for Song Without End as Frank Liszt
- Cantinflas for Pepe as Pepe
- Cary Grant for The Grass Is Greener as Victor, Earl of Rhyall
- Bob Hope for The Facts of Life as Larry Gilbert
- 1961: Glenn Ford for Pocketful of Miracles as Dave
- Fred Astaire for The Pleasure of His Company as Biddeford "Pogo" Poole
- Richard Beymer for West Side Story as Tony
- Bob Hope for Bachelor in Paradise as Adam "A.J." Niles / Jack Adams
- Fred MacMurray for The Absent-Minded Professor as Ned Brainard
- 1962: Marcello Mastroianni for Divorce Italian Style as Ferdinando Cefalù
- Stephen Boyd for Billy Rose's Jumbo as Sam Rawlins
- Jimmy Durante for Billy Rose's Jumbo as Anthony "Pop" Wonder
- Cary Grant for That Touch of Mink as Philip Shayne
- Charlton Heston for The Pigeon that Took Rome as Captain Paul MacDougall
- Karl Malden for Gypsy as Herbie Sommers
- Robert Preston for The Music Man as Harold Hill
- James Stewart for Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Roger Hobbs
- 1963: Alberto Sordi for To Bed or Not to Bed as Amedeo Ferretti
- Albert Finney for Tom Jones as Tom Jones
- James Garner for The Wheeler Dealers as Henry Tyroon
- Cary Grant for Charade as Brian Cruikshank
- Jack Lemmon for Irma la Douce as Nestor Paptu / Lord X
- Jack Lemmon for Under the Yum Yum Tree as Hogan
- Frank Sinatra for Come Blow Your Horn as Alan Barker
- Jonathan Winters for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Lennie Pike
- 1964: Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins
- Marcello Mastroianni for Marriage Italian Style as Domenico Soriano
- Peter Sellers for The Pink Panther as Inspector Jacques Clouseau
- Peter Ustinov for Topkapi as Arthur Simpson
- Dick Van Dyke for Mary Poppins as Bert / Mr. Dawkes Sr.
- 1965: Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn
- Jack Lemmon for The Great Race as Professor Fate / Prince Frederick Hapnick
- Jerry Lewis for Boeing Boeing as Robert Reed
- Jason Robards for A Thousand Clowns as Murray Burns
- Alberto Sordi for Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines as Count Emilio Ponticelli
- 1966: Alan Arkin for The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming as Lieutenant Yuri Rozanov
- Alan Bates for Georgy Girl as Jos Jones
- Michael Caine for Gambit as Harry Dean
- Lionel Jeffries for The Spy with a Cold Nose as Stanley Farquhar
- Walter Matthau for The Fortune Cookie as William "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich
- 1967: Richard Harris for Camelot as King Arthur
- Richard Burton for The Taming of the Shrew as Petruchio
- Rex Harrison for Doctor Dolittle as Dr. John Dolittle
- Dustin Hoffman for The Graduate as Benjamin Braddock
- Ugo Tognazzi for L'immorale as Sergio Masini
- 1968: Ron Moody for Oliver! as Fagin
- Jack Lemmon for The Odd Couple as Felix Ungar
- Walter Matthau for The Odd Couple as Oscar Madison
- Fred Astaire for Finian's Rainbow as Finian McLongernan
- Zero Mostel for The Producers as Max Bialystock
- 1969: Peter O'Toole for Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Arthur Chipping
- Dustin Hoffman for John and Mary as John
- Lee Marvin for Paint Your Wagon as Ben Rumson
- Steve McQueen as The Reivers as Boon Hogganbeck
- Anthony Quinn for The Secret of Santa Vittoria as Italo Bombolini
1970s
- 1970: Albert Finney for Scrooge as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Elliot Gould for M*A*S*H as Captain John "Trapper" McIntyre
- Donald Sutherland for M*A*S*H as Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce
- Richard Benjamin for Diary of a Mad Housewife as Jonathan Balser
- Jack Lemmon for The Out-of-Towners as George Kellerman
- 1971: Chaim Topol for Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye
- Bud Cort for Harold and Maude as Harold Chasen
- Dean Jones for The Million Dollar Duck as Albert Dooley
- Walter Matthau for Kotch as Joseph P. Kotcher
- Gene Wilder for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka
- 1972: Jack Lemmon for Avanti! as Wendell Armbruster
- Edward Albert for Butterflies Are Free as Don Baker
- Charles Grodin for The Heartbreak Kid as Lenny Cantrow
- Walter Matthau for Pete 'n' Tillie as Pete Seltzer
- Peter O'Toole for Man of La Mancha as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes
- 1973: George Segal for A Touch of Class as Steve Blackburn
- Carl Anderson for Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas Iscariot
- Ted Neeley for Jesus Christ Superstar as Jesus Christ
- Richard Dreyfuss for American Graffiti as Curt Henderson
- Ryan O'Neal for Paper Moon as Moses "Moze" Pray
- 1974: Art Carney for Harry and Tonto as Harry Coombes
- Jack Lemmon for The Front Page as Hildebrand "Hildy" Johnson
- Walter Matthau for The Front Page as Walter Burns
- James Earl Jones for Claudine as Rupert "Roop" Marshall
- Burt Reynolds for The Longest Yard as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe
- 1975: Tie
- George Burns for The Sunshine Boys as Al Lewis
- Walter Matthau for The Sunshine Boys as Willy Clark
- Warren Beatty for Shampoo as George Roundy
- James Caan for Funny Lady as Billy Rose
- Peter Sellers for The Return of the Pink Panther as Inspector Jacques Clouseau
- 1976: Kris Kristofferson for A Star Is Born as John Howard
- Mel Brooks for Silent Movie as Mel Funn
- Peter Sellers for The Pink Panther Strikes Again as Inspector Jacques Clouseau
- Jack Weston for The Ritz as Gaetano Proclo
- Gene Wilder for Silver Streak as George Caldwell
- 1977: Richard Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl as Elliot Garfield
- Woody Allen for Annie Hall as Alvy Singer
- Mel Brooks for High Anxiety as Dr. Richard Thorndyke
- Robert De Niro for New York, New York as Jimmy Doyle
- John Travolta for Saturday Night Fever as Anthony "Tony" Manero
- 1978: Warren Beatty for Heaven Can Wait as Joe Pendleton
- Alan Alda for Same Time, Next Year as George
- Gary Busey for The Buddy Holly Story as Buddy Holly
- Chevy Chase for Foul Play as Lieutenant Tony Carlson
- George C. Scott for Movie Movie as Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
- John Travolta for Grease as Danny Zuko
- 1979: Peter Sellers for Being There as Chance / Chauncey Gardiner
- George Hamilton for Love at First Bite as Count Dracula
- Dudley Moore for 10 as George Webber
- Burt Reynolds for Starting Over as Phil Potter
- Roy Scheider for All That Jazz as Joe Gideon
1980s
- 1980: Ray Sharkey for The Idolmaker as Vincent "Vinnie" Vaccari
- Neil Diamond for The Jazz Singer as Yussel Rabinovitch / Jess Robin
- Tommy Lee Jones for Coal Miner's Daughter as Oliver "Dolittle" Lynn
- Paul Le Mat for Melvin and Howard as Melvin Dummar
- Walter Matthau for Hopscotch as Agent Miles Kendig
- 1981: Dudley Moore for Arthur as Arthur Bach
- Alan Alda for The Four Seasons as Jack Burroughs
- George Hamilton for Zorro, the Gay Blade as Diego de la Vega / Zorro / Ramón de la Vega / Bunny Wigglesworth
- Steve Martin for Pennies from Heaven as Arthur Parker
- Walter Matthau for First Monday in October as Daniel "Dan" Snow
- 1982: Dustin Hoffman for Tootsie as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
- Peter O'Toole for My Favorite Year as Alan Swann
- Al Pacino for Author! Author! as Ivan Travalian
- Robert Preston for Victor/Victoria as Carroll "Toddy" Todd
- Henry Winkler for Night Shift as Charles "Chuck" Lumley
- 1983: Michael Caine for Educating Rita as Dr. Frank Bryant
- Woody Allen for Zelig as Leonard Zelig
- Tom Cruise for Risky Business as Joel Goodson
- Eddie Murphy for Trading Places as Billy Ray Valentine
- Mandy Patinkin for Yentl as Avigdor
- 1984: Dudley Moore for Micki & Maude as Rob Salinger
- Steve Martin for All of Me as Roger Cobb
- Eddie Murphy for Beverly Hills Cop as Detective Axel Foley
- Bill Murray for Ghostbusters as Peter Venkman
- Robin Williams for Moscow on the Hudson as Vladimir Ivanov
- 1985: Jack Nicholson for Prizzi's Honor as Charley Partanna
- Jeff Daniels for The Purple Rose of Cairo as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepard
- Griffin Dunne for After Hours as Paul Hackett
- Michael J. Fox for Back to the Future as Marty McFly
- James Garner for Murphy's Romance as Murphy Jones
- 1986: Paul Hogan for "Crocodile" Dundee as Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee
- Matthew Broderick for Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Ferris Bueller
- Jeff Daniels for Something Wild as Charles "Charlie" Driggs
- Danny DeVito for Ruthless People as Sam Stone
- Jack Lemmon for That's Life as Harvey Fairchild
- 1987: Robin Williams for Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer
- Nicolas Cage for Moonstruck as Ronny Cammareri
- Danny DeVito for Throw Momma from the Train as Owen Lift
- William Hurt for Broadcast News as Tom Grunick
- Steve Martin for Roxanne as Charlie "C.D." Bales
- Patrick Swayze for Dirty Dancing as Johnny Castle
- 1988: Tom Hanks for Big as Josh Baskin
- Michael Caine for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Lawrence Jamieson
- John Cleese for A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach
- Robert De Niro for Midnight Run as Jack Walsh
- Bob Hoskins for Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Eddie Valliant
- 1989: Morgan Freeman for Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
- Billy Crystal for When Harry Met Sally... as Harry Burns
- Michael Douglas for The War of the Roses as Oliver Rose
- Steve Martin for Parenthood as Gilbert "Gil" Buckman
- Jack Nicholson for Batman as Jack Napier / The Joker
1990s
- 1990: Gérard Depardieu for Green Card as Georges Fauré
- Macaulay Culkin for Home Alone as Kevin McCallister
- Johnny Depp for Edward Scissorhands as Edward Scissorhands
- Richard Gere for Pretty Woman as Edward Lewis
- Patrick Swayze for Ghost as Sam Wheat
- 1991: Robin Williams for The Fisher King as Henry "Parry" Sagan
- Jeff Bridges for The Fisher King as Jack Lucas
- Billy Crystal for City Slickers as Mitch Robbins
- Dustin Hoffman for Hook as Captain Hook
- Kevin Kline for Soapdish as Jeffrey Anderson / Dr. Rod Randall
- 1992: Tim Robbins for The Player as Griffin Mill
- Nicolas Cage for Honeymoon in Vegas as Jack Singer
- Billy Crystal for Mr. Saturday Night as Buddy Young Jr.
- Marcello Mastroianni for Used People as Joe Meladandri
- Tim Robbins for Bob Roberts as Robert "Bob" Roberts
- 1993: Robin Williams for Mrs. Doubtfire as Daniel Hillard / Euphegenia Doubtfire
- Johnny Depp for Benny & Joon as Sam
- Tom Hanks for Sleepless in Seattle as Sam Baldwin
- Kevin Kline for Dave as Dave Kovic / President William "Bill" Mitchell
- Colm Meaney for The Snapper as Des Curley
- 1994: Hugh Grant for Four Weddings and a Funeral as Charles
- Jim Carrey for The Mask as Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask
- Johnny Depp for Ed Wood as Ed Wood
- Arnold Schwarzenegger for Junior as Dr. Alexander "Alex" Hesse
- Terence Stamp for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Ralph / Bernadette Bassenger
- 1995: John Travolta for Get Shorty as Ernesto "Chili" Palmer
- Michael Douglas for The American President as President Andrew "Andy" Shepard
- Harrison Ford for Sabrina as Linus Larrabee
- Steve Martin for Father of the Bride Part II as George Banks
- Patrick Swayze for To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Vida Boheme
- 1996: Tom Cruise for Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire
- Antonio Banderas for Evita as Ché
- Kevin Costner for Tin Cup as Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy
- Nathan Lane for The Birdcage as Albert Goldman
- Eddie Murphy for The Nutty Professor as Sherman Klump / Buddy Love
- 1997: Jack Nicholson for As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall
- Jim Carrey for Liar Liar as Fletcher Reede
- Dustin Hoffman for Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss
- Samuel L. Jackson for Jackie Brown as Ordell Robbie
- Kevin Kline for In & Out as Howard Brackett
- 1998: Michael Caine for Little Voice as Ray Say
- Antonio Banderas for The Mask of Zorro as Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro
- Warren Beatty for Bulworth as Senator Jay Bulworth
- John Travolta for Primary Colors as Governor Jack Stanton
- Robin Williams for Patch Adams as Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams
- 1999: Jim Carrey for Man on the Moon as Andy Kaufman / Tony Clifton
- Robert De Niro for Analyze This as Paul Vitti
- Rupert Everett for An Ideal Husband as Lord Arthur Goring
- Hugh Grant for Notting Hill as William "Will" Thacker
- Sean Penn for Sweet and Lowdown as Emmet Ray
2000s
- 2000: George Clooney for O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Ulysses Everett McGill
- Jim Carrey for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as The Grinch
- John Cusack for High Fidelity as Rob Gordon
- Robert De Niro for Meet the Parents as Jack Byrnes
- Mel Gibson for What Women Want as Nick Marshall
- 2001: Gene Hackman for The Royal Tenenbaums as Royal Tenenbaum
- Hugh Jackman for Kate & Leopold as Leopold Mountbatten, Duke of Albany
- Ewan McGregor for Moulin Rouge! as Christian
- John Cameron Mitchell for Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Hansell Schmidt / Hedwig Robinson
- Billy Bob Thornton for Bandits as Terry Collins
- 2002: Richard Gere for Chicago as William "Billy" Flynn
- Nicolas Cage for Adaptation. as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
- Kieran Culkin for Igby Goes Down as Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr.
- Hugh Grant for About a Boy as Will Freeman
- Adam Sandler for Punch-Drunk Love as Barry Egan
- 2003: Bill Murray for Lost in Translation as Bob Harris
- Jack Black for School of Rock as Dewey Finn
- Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Captain Jack Sparrow
- Jack Nicholson for Something's Gotta Give as Harry Sanborn
- Billy Bob Thornton for Bad Santa as Willie T. Soke
- 2004: Jamie Foxx for Ray as Ray Charles
- Jim Carrey for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Joel Barish
- Paul Giamatti for Sideways as Miles Raymond
- Kevin Kline for De-Lovely as Cole Porter
- Kevin Spacey for Beyond the Sea as Bobby Darin
- 2005: Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line as Johnny Cash
- Pierce Brosnan for The Matador as Julian Noble
- Jeff Daniels for The Squid and the Whale as Bernard Berkman
- Johnny Depp for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka
- Nathan Lane for The Producers as Max Bialystock
- Cillian Murphy for Breakfast on Pluto as Patrick Braden / Patricia "Kitten" Braden
- 2006: Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat as Borat Sagdiyev
- Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Captain Jack Sparrow
- Aaron Eckhart for Thank You for Smoking as Nick Naylor
- Chiwetel Ejiofor for Kinky Boots as Simon / Lola Carter
- Will Ferrell for Stranger Than Fiction as Harold Crick
- 2007: Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker
- Ryan Gosling for Lars and the Real Girl as Lars Lindstrom
- Tom Hanks for Charlie Wilson's War as Congressman Charlie Wilson
- Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Savages as Jon Savage
- John C. Reilly for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Dewey Cox
- 2008: Colin Farrell for In Bruges as Ray
- Javier Bardem for Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Juan Antonio
- James Franco for Pineapple Express as Saul Silver
- Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges as Ken Daley
- Dustin Hoffman for Last Chance Harvey as Harvey Shine
- 2009: Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes as Detective Sherlock Holmes
- Matt Damon for The Informant as Mark Whitacre
- Daniel Day-Lewis for Nine as Guido Contini
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt for (500) Days of Summer as Tom Hansen
- Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man as Larry Gopnik
2010s
- 2010: Paul Giamatti for Barney's Version as Barney Panofsky
- Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland as the Mad Hatter
- Johnny Depp for The Tourist as Frank Tupelo
- Jake Gyllenhaal for Love & Other Drugs as Jamie Randall
- Kevin Spacey for Casino Jack as Jack Abramoff
- 2011: Jean Dujardin for The Artist as George Valentin
- Brendan Gleeson for The Guard as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50 as Adam Lerner
- Ryan Gosling for Crazy, Stupid, Love as Jacob Palmer
- Owen Wilson for Midnight in Paris as Gil Pender
- 2012: Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables as Jean Valjean
- Jack Black for Bernie as Bernie Tiede
- Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr.
- Ewan McGregor for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Dr. Alfred "Fred" Jones
- Bill Murray for Hyde Park on Hudson as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 2013: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort
- Christian Bale for American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld
- Bruce Dern for Nebraska! as Woodrow "Woody" Grant
- Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis as Llewyn Davis
- Joaquin Phoenix for her as Theodore Twombly
- 2014: Michael Keaton for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Riggan Thomson / Birdman
- Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H.
- Bill Murray for St. Vincent as Vincent MacKenna
- Joaquin Phoenix for Inherent Vice as Larry "Doc" Sportello
- Christoph Waltz for Big Eyes as Walter Keane
- 2015: Matt Damon for The Martian as Mark Watney
- Christian Bale for The Big Short as Michael Burry
- Steve Carell for The Big Short as Mark Baum
- Al Pacino for Danny Collins as Danny Collins
- Mark Ruffalo for Infinitely Polar Bear as Cameron Stuart
- 2016: Ryan Gosling for La La Land as Sebastian Wilder
- Colin Farrell for The Lobster as David Matthews
- Hugh Grant for Florence Foster Jenkins as St. Clair Bayfield
- Jonah Hill for War Dogs as Efraim Diveroli
- Ryan Reynolds for Deadpool as Wade Wilson / Deadpool
- 2017: James Franco for The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau
- Steve Carell for Battle of the Sexes as Bobby Riggs
- Ansel Elgort for Baby Driver as Miles / Baby
- Hugh Jackman for The Greatest Showman as P.T. Barnum
- Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out as Chris Washington
- 2018: Christian Bale for Vice as Vice President Dick Cheney
- Lin-Manuel Miranda for Mary Poppins Returns as Jack
- Viggo Mortensen for Green Book as Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga
- Robert Redford for The Old Man & the Gun as Forrest Tucker
- John C. Reilly for Stan & Ollie as Oliver "Ollie" Hardy
- 2019: Taron Egerton for Rocketman as Elton John
- Daniel Craig for Knives Out as Detective Benoit Blanc
- Roman Griffin Davis for Jojo Rabbit as Johannes "Jojo" Beltzer
- Leonardo DiCaprio for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
- Eddie Murphy for Dolemite Is My Name as Rudy Ray Moore / Dolemite
2020s
- 2020: Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Borat Sagdiyev
- James Corden for The Prom as Barry Glickman
- Lin-Manuel Miranda for Hamilton as Alexander Hamilton
- Dev Patel for The Personal History of David Copperfield as David Copperfield
- Andy Samberg for Palm Springs as Nyles
- 2021: Andrew Garfield for tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan "Jon" Larson
- Leonardo DiCaprio for Don't Look Up as Dr. Randall Mindy
- Peter Dinklage for Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac
- Cooper Hoffman for Licorice Pizza as Gary Valentine
- Anthony Ramos for In the Heights as Usnavi de la Vega
- 2022: Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin
- Diego Calva for Babylon as Manuel "Manny" Torres
- Daniel Craig for Glass Onion as Detective Benoit Blanc
- Adam Driver for White Noise as Jack Gladney
- Ralph Fiennes for The Menu as Chef Julian Slowik
- 2023: Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers as Paul Hunham
- Nicolas Cage for Dream Scenario as Dr. Paul Matthews
- Timothée Chalamet for Wonka as Willy Wonka
- Matt Damon for Air as Sonny Vaccaro
- Joaquin Phoenix for Beau Is Afraid as Beau Wasserman
- Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction as Theolonius "Monk" Ellis