Golden Globe for bedste skuespiller - drama

Golden Globe Award for bedste skuespiller – drama blev første gang uddelt i 1951 af Hollywood Foreign Press Association som en adskilt kategori. Tidligere var der kun en enkelt pris for "Bedste Skuespiller" men opdelingne med "Bedste skuespiller – komedie/musical" gjorde det lettere.

Prisens formelle titel har varieret en del. I 2005 var det officielle navn "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama". Pr. 2021 er navnet blevet lavet om til "Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama".

Bemærkning:
 "†" indikerer at skuespilleren også vandt en Academy Award.

Vindere og nominerede

1940'erne 
 1943: Paul Lukas – Watch on the Rhine 
 1944: Alexander Knox – Wilson
 1945: Ray Milland – Forspildte dage
 1946: Gregory Peck – Hjortekalven
 1947: Ronald Colman – Jalousi
 1948: Laurence Olivier – Hamlet
 1949: Broderick Crawford – Alle kongens mænd

 1950'erne 
 1950: José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac
 1951 Fredric March – Death of a Salesman
 1952 Gary Cooper – High Noon
 1953 Spencer Tracy – The Actress
 1954 Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront
 1955 Ernest Borgnine – Marty
 1956 Kirk Douglas – Lust for Life
 1957 Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai1958: David Niven – Separate Tables
 Tony Curtis – The Defiant Ones
 Robert Donat – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
 Sidney Poitier – The Defiant Ones
 Spencer Tracy – The Old Man and the Sea

1959: Anthony Franciosa – Career
 Richard Burton – Look Back in Anger
 Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur †
 Fredric March – Middle of the Night
 Joseph Schildkraut – The Diary of Anne Frank as Otto Frank

1960'erne 
1960: Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry †
 Trevor Howard – Sons and Lovers
 Laurence Olivier – Spartacus
 Dean Stockwell – Sons and Lovers
 Spencer Tracy – Inherit the Wind

1961: Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg †
 Warren Beatty – Splendor in the Grass
 Maurice Chevalier – Fanny
 Paul Newman – The Hustler
 Sidney Poitier – A Raisin in the Sun

1962: Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird †
 Bobby Darin – Pressure Point
 Laurence Harvey – The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
 Jackie Gleason – Gigot
 Burt Lancaster – Birdman of Alcatraz
 Jack Lemmon – Days of Wine and Roses
 James Mason – Lolita
 Paul Newman – Sweet Bird of Youth
 Peter O'Toole – Lawrence of Arabia
 Anthony Quinn – Lawrence of Arabia

1963: Sidney Poitier – Lilies of the Field †
 Marlon Brando – The Ugly American
 Stathis Giallelis – America, America
 Rex Harrison – Cleopatra
 Steve McQueen – Love with the Proper Stranger
 Paul Newman – Hud
 Gregory Peck – Captain Newman, M.D.
 Tom Tryon – The Cardinal

1964: Peter O'Toole – Becket
 Richard Burton – Becket
 Anthony Franciosa – Rio Conchos
 Fredric March – Seven Days in May
 Anthony Quinn – Alexis Zorbas1965: Omar Sharif – Doktor Zhivago Rex Harrison – The Agony and the Ecstasy
 Sidney Poitier – A Patch of Blue
 Rod Steiger – The Pawnbroker
 Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools1966: Paul Scofield – A Man for All Seasons †
 Richard Burton – Hvem er bange for Virginia Woolf?
 Michael Caine – Alfie
 Steve McQueen – The Sand Pebbles
 Max von Sydow – Hawaii1967: Rod Steiger – In the Heat of the Night †
 Alan Bates – Far from the Madding Crowd
 Warren Beatty – Bonnie and Clyde
 Paul Newman – Cool Hand Luke
 Sidney Poitier – In the Heat of the Night
 Spencer Tracy – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (posthumous)1968: Peter O'Toole – The Lion in Winter
 Alan Arkin – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
 Alan Bates – The Fixer
 Tony Curtis – The Boston Strangler
 Cliff Robertson – Charly †

1969: John Wayne – De frygtløse †
 Alan Arkin – Popi
 Richard Burton – Anne of the Thousand Days
 Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy
 Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy

1970'erne 
1970: George C. Scott – Patton som George S. Patton †
 Melvyn Douglas – I Never Sang for My Father
 James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope
 Jack Nicholson – Five Easy Pieces
 Ryan O'Neal – Love Story

1971: Gene Hackman – The French Connection †
 Peter Finch – Sunday Bloody Sunday
 Malcolm McDowell – A Clockwork Orange
 Jack Nicholson – Carnal Knowledge
 George C. Scott – The Hospital

1972: Marlon Brando – The Godfather †
 Michael Caine – Sleuth
 Laurence Olivier – Sleuth
 Al Pacino – The Godfather
 Jon Voight – Deliverance

1973: Al Pacino – Serpico
 Robert Blake – Electra Glide in Blue
 Jack Lemmon – Save the Tiger †
 Steve McQueen – Papillon
 Jack Nicholson – The Last Detail1974: Jack Nicholson – Chinatown
 James Caan – The Gambler
 Gene Hackman – The Conversation
 Dustin Hoffman – Lenny
 Al Pacino – The Godfather: Part II

1975: Jack Nicholson – Gøgereden †
 Gene Hackman – French Connection II
 Al Pacino – Dog Day Afternoon
 Maximilian Schell – The Man in the Glass Booth
 James Whitmore – Give 'em Hell, Harry!

1976: Peter Finch – Network as Howard Beale (posthumous) †
 David Carradine – Bound for Glory
 Robert De Niro – Taxi Driver
 Dustin Hoffman – Marathon Man
 Sylvester Stallone – Rocky

1977: Richard Burton – Equus
 Marcello Mastroianni – A Special Day (Una giornata particolare)
 Al Pacino – Bobby Deerfield
 Gregory Peck – MacArthur
 Henry Winkler – Heroes1978: Jon Voight – Coming Home †
 Brad Davis – Midnight Express
 Robert De Niro – The Deer Hunter
 Anthony Hopkins – Magic
 Gregory Peck – The Boys from Brazil1979: Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer †
 Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome
 Al Pacino – ...And Justice for All
 Jon Voight – The Champ
 James Woods – The Onion Field

 1980'erne 1980: Robert De Niro – Raging Bull †
 John Hurt – The Elephant Man
 Jack Lemmon – Tribute
 Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man
 Donald Sutherland – Ordinary People

1981: Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond †
 Warren Beatty – Reds
 Timothy Hutton – Taps
 Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City
 Treat Williams – Prince of the City1982: Ben Kingsley – Gandhi †
 Albert Finney – Shoot the Moon
 Richard Gere – An Officer and a Gentleman
 Jack Lemmon – Missing
 Paul Newman – The Verdict

1983: Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies †
 Tom Courtenay – The Dresser
 Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben
 Richard Farnsworth – The Grey Fox
 Albert Finney – The Dresser
 Al Pacino – Scarface
 Eric Roberts – Star 801984: F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus †
 Jeff Bridges – Starman
 Albert Finney – Under the Volcano
 Tom Hulce – Amadeus
 Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields

1985: Jon Voight – Runaway Train
 Harrison Ford – Witness
 Gene Hackman – Twice in a Lifetime
 William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman †
 Raúl Juliá – Kiss of the Spider Woman1986: Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa
 Harrison Ford – The Mosquito Coast
 Dexter Gordon – Round Midnight
 William Hurt – Children of a Lesser God
 Jeremy Irons – The Mission
 Paul Newman – The Color of Money †

1987: Michael Douglas – Wall Street †
 John Lone – The Last Emperor
 Jack Nicholson – Ironweed
 Nick Nolte – Weeds
 Denzel Washington – Cry Freedom1988: Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man †
 Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning
 Tom Hulce – Dominick and Eugene
 Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver
 Forest Whitaker – Bird

1989: Tom Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July
 Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown †
 Jack Lemmon – Dad
 Al Pacino – Sea of Love
 Robin Williams – Dead Poets Society

 1990'erne 1990: Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune †
 Kevin Costner – Dances With Wolves
 Richard Harris – The Field
 Al Pacino – The Godfather: Part III
 Robin Williams – Awakenings

1991: Nick Nolte – The Prince of Tides
 Warren Beatty – Bugsy
 Kevin Costner – JFK
 Robert De Niro – Cape Fear
 Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs †1992: Al Pacino – Scent of a Woman †
 Tom Cruise – A Few Good Men
 Robert Downey Jr. – Chaplin
 Jack Nicholson – Hoffa
 Denzel Washington – Malcolm X

1993: Tom Hanks – Philadelphia †
 Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father
 Harrison Ford – Flygtningen
 Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day
 Liam Neeson – Schindler's List1994: Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump †
 Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption
 Paul Newman – Nobody's Fool
 Brad Pitt – Legends of the Fall
 John Travolta – Pulp Fiction

1995: Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas †
 Richard Dreyfuss – Mr. Holland's Opus
 Anthony Hopkins – Nixon
 Ian McKellen – Richard III
 Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking1996: Geoffrey Rush – Shine †
 Ralph Fiennes – Den engelske patient (film)
 Mel Gibson – Ransom
 Woody Harrelson – Folket mod Larry Flynt
 Liam Neeson – Michael Collins

1997: Peter Fonda – Ulee's Gold
 Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting
 Daniel Day-Lewis – The Boxer
 Leonardo DiCaprio – Titanic
 Djimon Hounsou – Amistad1998: Jim Carrey – The Truman Show
 Stephen Fry – Wilde
 Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan
 Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters
 Nick Nolte – Affliction

1999: Denzel Washington – The Hurricane
 Russell Crowe – The Insider
 Matt Damon – The Talented Mr. Ripley
 Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story
 Kevin Spacey – American Beauty †

 2000'erne 2000: Russell Crowe – Gladiator †
 Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls
 Tom Hanks – Cast Away
 Michael Douglas – Wonder Boys
 Geoffrey Rush – Quills

2001: Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind
 Will Smith – Ali
 Kevin Spacey – The Shipping News
 Billy Bob Thornton – The Man Who Wasn't There
 Denzel Washington – Training Day †2002: Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt
 Adrien Brody – The Pianist †
 Michael Caine – The Quiet American
 Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York
 Leonardo DiCaprio – Catch Me If You Can

2003: Sean Penn – Mystic River  †
 Russell Crowe – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
 Tom Cruise – The Last Samurai
 Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog
 Jude Law – Cold Mountain

2004: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator
 Javier Bardem – The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)
 Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda
 Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland
 Liam Neeson – Kinsey2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote  †
 Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man
 Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
 Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
 David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck2006: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland  †
 Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
 Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
 Peter O'Toole – Venus
 Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood  †
 George Clooney – Michael Clayton
 James McAvoy – Atonement
 Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
 Denzel Washington – American Gangster2008: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
 Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
 Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
 Sean Penn – Milk †
 Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2009: Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart †
 George Clooney - Up in the Air
 Colin Firth - A Single Man
 Morgan Freeman - Invictus
 Tobey Maguire - Brothers

2010'erne 
2010: Colin Firth - Kongens store tale †

 Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
 James Franco - 127 Hours
 Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine
 Mark Wahlberg - The Fighter

2011: George Clooney - The Descendants

 Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar
 Michael Fassbender - Shame
 Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March
 Brad Pitt - Moneyball

2012: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln (film) †

 Richard Gere - Arbitrage
 John Hawkes - The Sessions
 Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
 Denzel Washington - Flight

2013 - Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club †

 Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
 Idris Elba - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
 Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
 Robert Redford - All is Lost

2014 - Eddie Redmayne - Teorien om alting (film fra 2014) †

 Steve Carell - Foxcather
 Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
 Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler (film)
 David Oyelowo - Selma (film)

2015 - Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant †

 Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
 Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
 Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
 Will Smith - Concussion

2016 - Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea †

 Joel Edgerton - Loving
 Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
 Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic - en ualmindelig far
 Denzel Washington - Fences

2017 - Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour (film) †

 Timothée Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name
 Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
 Tom Hanks - The Post
 Denzel Washington - Roman J, Israel, Esq.

2018 - Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody (film) †

 Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
 Willem Dafoe - At Eternity's Gate
 Lucas Hedges - Boy Erased
 John David Washington - BlacKkKlansman

2019 - Joaquin Phoenix - Joker (film fra 2019) †

 Christian Bale - Ford v. Ferrari
 Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory
 Adam Driver - Marriage Story
 Jonathan Pryce - The Two Popes

2020'erne 
2020 - Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

 Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
 Anthony Hopkins - The Father †
 Gary Oldman - Mank
 Tahar Rahim - The Mauritanian

Referencer 

Skuespiller - drama