1940
- 1944 - Akim Tamiroff, ``For Whom the Bell Tolls``
- 1945 - Barry Fitzgerald, ``Going My Way``
- 1946 - J. Carrol Naish, ``A Medal for Benny``
- 1947 - Clifton Webb, ``The Razor`s Edge``
- 1948 - Edmund Gwenn, ``Miracle On 34th Street``
- 1949 - Walter Huston, ``The Treasure of the Sierra Madre``
1950
- 1950 - James Whitmore, ``Battleground``
- 1951 - Edmund Gwenn, ``Mister 880``
- 1952 - Peter Ustinov, ``Quo Vadis``
- 1953 - Millard Mitchell, ``My Six Convicts``
- 1954 - Frank Sinatra, ``From Here to Eternity``
- 1955 - Edmond O`Brien, ``The Barefoot Contessa``
- 1956 - Arthur Kennedy, ``Trial``
- 1957 - Earl Holliman, ``The Rainmaker``
- 1958 - Red Buttons, ``Sayonara``
- 1959 - Burl Ives, ``The Big Country``
1960
- 1960 - Stephen Boyd, ``Ben-Hur``
- 1961 - Sal Mineo, ``Exodus``
- 1962 - George Chakiris, ``West Side Story``
- 1963 - Omar Sharif, ``Lawrence of Arabia``
- 1964 - John Huston, ``The Cardinal``
- 1965 - Edmond O`Brien, ``Seven Days in May``
- 1966 - Oskar Werner, ``The Spy Who Came in from the Cold``
- 1967 - Richard Attenborough, ``The Sand Pebbles``
- 1968 - Richard Attenborough, ``Doctor Dolittle``
- 1969 - Daniel Massey, ``Star!``
1970
- 1970 - Gig Young, ``They Shoot Horses, Don`t They?``
- 1971 - John Mills, ``Ryan`s Daughter``
- 1972 - Ben Johnson, ``The Last Picture Show``
- 1973 - Joel Grey, ``Cabaret``
- 1974 - John Houseman, ``The Paper Chase``
- 1975 - Fred Astaire, ``The Towering Inferno``
- 1976 - Richard Benjamin, ``The Sunshine Boys``
- 1977 - Laurence Olivier, ``Marathon Man``
- 1978 - Peter Firth, ``Equus``
- 1979 - John Hurt, ``Midnight Express``
1980
- 1980 - Robert Duvall, ``Apocalypse Now``
- 1981 - Timothy Hutton, ``Ordinary People``
- 1982 - John Gielgud, ``Arthur``
- 1983 - Louis Gossett, Jr., ``An Officer and A Gentleman``
- 1984 - Jack Nicholson, ``Terms of Endearment``
- 1985 - Haing Ngor, ``The Killing Fields``
- 1986 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, ``Out of Africa``
- 1987 - Tom Berenger, ``Platoon``
- 1988 - Sean Connery, ``The Untouchables``
- 1989 - Martin Landau, ``The Man and His Dream``
1990
- 1990 - Denzel Washington, ``Glory``
- 1991 - Bruce Davison, ``Longtime Companion``
- 1992 - Jack Palance, ``City Slickers``
- 1993 - Gene Hackman, ``Unforgiven``
- 1994 - Tommy Lee Jones, ``The Fugitive``
- 1995 - Martin Landau, ``Ed Wood``
- 1996 - Brad Pitt, ``Twelve Monkeys``
- 1997 - Edward Norton, ``Primal Fear``
- 1998 - Burt Reynolds, ``Boogie Nights``
- 1999 - Ed Harris, ``The Truman Show``
2000
- 2000 - Tom Cruise, ``Magnolia`` Frank rolü ile
- 2001 - Benicio del Toro, ``Traffic`` Javier Rodriguez rolü ile
- 2002 - Jim Broadbent, ``Iris``
- 2003 - Chris Cooper, ``Adaptation`` John Laroche rolü ile
- 2004 - Tim Robbins, ``Mystic River`` Dave Boyle rolü ile
- Alec Baldwin - ``The Cooler`` Shelly Kaplow rolü ile
- Albert Finney - ``Big Fish`` Edward Bloom rolü ile
- William H. Macy - ``Seabiscuit`` aTick Tock McGlaughlin rolü ile
- Peter Sarsgaard - ``Shattered Glass`` Charles Lane rolüyle
- Ken Watanabe - ``The Last Samurai`` Katsumoto rolü ile
- 2005 - Clive Owen, ``Closer`` Larry rolü ile
- David Carradine - ``Kill Bill Vol. 2`` Bill rolü ile
- Thomas Haden Church - ``Sideways`` Jack rolü ile
- Jamie Foxx - ``Collateral`` Max rolü ile
- Morgan Freeman - ``Million Dollar Baby`` Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris rolü ile
- 2006 - George Clooney, ``Syriana`` Bob Barnes rolü ile
- Matt Dillon - ``Crash`` Çavuş Jack Ryan rolü ile '
- Will Ferrell - ``The Producers`` Franz Liebkind rolü ile
- Paul Giamatti - ``Cinderella Man``
- Bob Hoskins - ``Mrs. Henderson Presents`` Vivian Van Damm rolü ile
- 2007 - Eddie Murphy, ``Dreamgirls`` James `Thunder` Early rolü ile
- Ben Affleck - ``Hollywoodland`` George Reeves rolü ile
- Jack Nicholson - ``The Departed`` Frank rolü ile
- Brad Pitt - ``Babel`` Richard Jones rolü ile
- Mark Wahlberg - ``The Departed`` Dignam rolü ile