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| ปี | นักแสดง | บทบาท | ภาพยนตร์ | อ้างอิง |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1927/28  (1st)  | Jannings !Emil Jannings ‡ | Grand Duke Sergius Alexander August Schilling | Last !The Last Command The Way of All Flesh |  |
| 1927/28  (1st)  | Barthelmess !Richard Barthelmess | Elkins !Nickie Elkins Patent Leather Kid | Noose !The Noose The Patent Leather Kid |  |
| 1928/29 (2nd)  | Baxter !Warner Baxter ‡ | Cisco !The Cisco Kid | In Old Arizona |  |
| 1928/29 (2nd)  | Bancroft !George Bancroft | Lang !Thunderbolt Jim Lang | Thunderbolt |  |
| 1928/29 (2nd)  | Morris !Chester Morris | Williams !Chick Williams (No. 1065) | Alibi |  |
| 1928/29 (2nd)  | Muni !Paul Muni | Dyke !James Dyke | Valiant !The Valiant |  |
| 1928/29 (2nd)  | Stone !Lewis Stone | Pahlen !Count Pahlen | Patriot !The Patriot |  |
| 1929/30  (3rd)  | Arliss !George Arliss ‡ | Benjamin Disraeli | Disraeli |  |
| 1929/30  (3rd)  | Arliss !George Arliss | Raja !The Raja | Green !The Green Goddess |  |
| 1929/30  (3rd)  | Beery !Wallace Beery | Schmidt !Butch "Machine Gun" Schmidt | Big !The Big House |  |
| 1929/30  (3rd)  | Chevalier !Maurice Chevalier  | Mirande !Pierre Mirande   Count Alfred Renard | Big !The Big Pond   The Love Parade |  |
| 1929/30  (3rd)  | Colman !Ronald Colman  | Drummond !Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond   Michel | Bulldog !Bulldog Drummond   Condemned |  |
| 1929/30  (3rd)  | Tibbett !Lawrence Tibbett | Yegor !Yegor | Rogue !The Rogue Song |  |
| 1930/31  (4th)  | Barrymore !Lionel Barrymore ‡ | Ashe !Stephen Ashe | Free !A Free Soul |  |
| 1930/31  (4th)  | Cooper !Jackie Cooper | Skinner !Skippy Skinner | Skippy |  |
| 1930/31  (4th)  | Dix !Richard Dix | Cravat !Yancey Cravat | Cimarron |  |
| 1930/31  (4th)  | March !Fredric March | Cavendish !Tony Cavendish | Royal !The Royal Family of Broadway |  |
| 1930/31  (4th)  | Menjou !Adolphe Menjou | Burns !Walter Burns | Front !The Front Page |  |
| 1931/32  (5th)  | Beery !Wallace Beery ‡ | Purcell !Andy Purcell – The Champ | Champ !The Champ |  |
| 1931/32  (5th)  | March !Fredric March ‡ | Jekyll !Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |  |
| 1931/32  (5th)  | Lunt !Alfred Lunt | Actor !The Actor | Guardsman !The Guardsman |  |
| 1932/33  (6th)  | Laughton !Charles Laughton ‡ | Henry !King Henry VIII of England | Private !The Private Life of Henry VIII |  |
| 1932/33  (6th)  | Howard !Leslie Howard | Standish !Peter Standish | Berkeley Square |  |
| 1932/33  (6th)  | Muni !Paul Muni | Allen !James Allen | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang |  |
| 1934  (7th)  | Gable !Clark Gable ‡ | Warne !Peter Warne | It Happened One Night |  |
| 1934  (7th)  | Morgan !Frank Morgan | de' Medici !Alessandro – Duke of Florence | Affairs !The Affairs of Cellini |  |
| 1934  (7th)  | Powell !William Powell | Charles !Nick Charles | Thin !The Thin Man |  |
| 1935  (8th)  | McLaglen !Victor McLaglen ‡ | Nolan !Gypo Nolan | Informer !The Informer |  |
| 1935  (8th)  | Gable !Clark Gable | Christian !Lieutenant Fletcher Christian | Mutiny on the Bounty |  |
| 1935  (8th)  | Laughton !Charles Laughton | Bligh !Captain William Bligh | Mutiny on the Bounty |  |
| 1935  (8th)  | Tone !Franchot Tone | Byam !Midshipman Roger Byam | Mutiny on the Bounty |  |
| 1935  (8th)  | Muni !Paul Muni  | Radek !Joe Radek | Black Fury |  |
| 1936  (9th)  | Muni !Paul Muni ‡ | Pasteur !Louis Pasteur | Story !The Story of Louis Pasteur |  |
| 1936  (9th)  | Cooper !Gary Cooper | Deeds !Longfellow Deeds | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |  |
| 1936  (9th)  | Huston !Walter Huston | Dodsworth !Sam Dodsworth | Dodsworth |  |
| 1936  (9th)  | Powell !William Powell | Park !Godfrey Park | My Man Godfrey |  |
| 1936  (9th)  | Tracy !Spencer Tracy | Mullin !Father Tim Mullin | San Francisco |  |
| 1937  (10th)  | Tracy !Spencer Tracy ‡ | Manuel Fidello | Captains Courageous |  |
| 1937  (10th)  | Boyer !Charles Boyer | Bonaparte !Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte | Conquest |  |
| 1937  (10th)  | March !Fredric March | Maine !Norman Maine | Star !A Star Is Born |  |
| 1937  (10th)  | Montgomery !Robert Montgomery | Danny | Night Must Fall |  |
| 1937  (10th)  | Muni !Paul Muni | Zola !Émile Zola | Life !The Life of Emile Zola |  |
| 1938  (11th)  | Tracy !Spencer Tracy ‡ | Flanagan !Father Flanagan | Boys Town |  |
| 1938  (11th)  | Boyer !Charles Boyer | Pepe le Moko | Algiers |  |
| 1938  (11th)  | Cagney !James Cagney | Sullivan !Rocky Sullivan | Angels with Dirty Faces |  |
| 1938  (11th)  | Donat !Robert Donat | Manson !Dr. Andrew Manson | Citadel !The Citadel |  |
| 1938  (11th)  | Howard !Leslie Howard | Higgins !Professor Henry Higgins | Pygmalion |  |
| 1939  (12th)  | Donat !Robert Donat ‡ | Charles Edward Chipping | Goodbye, Mr. Chips |  |
| 1939  (12th)  | Gable !Clark Gable | Butler !Rhett Butler | Gone with the Wind |  |
| 1939  (12th)  | Olivier !Laurence Olivier | Heathcliff | Wuthering Heights |  |
| 1939  (12th)  | Rooney !Mickey Rooney | Moran !Mickey Moran | Babes in Arms |  |
| 1939  (12th)  | Stewart !James Stewart | Smith !Jefferson Smith | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |  |
| 1940  (13th)  | Stewart !James Stewart ‡ | Macaulay "Mike" Connor | Philadelphia !The Philadelphia Story |  |
| 1940  (13th)  | Chaplin !Charlie Chaplin | Hynkel !Adenoid Hynkel / The Barber | Great !The Great Dictator |  |
| 1940  (13th)  | Fonda !Henry Fonda | Joad !Tom Joad | Grapes !The Grapes of Wrath |  |
| 1940  (13th)  | Massey !Raymond Massey | Lincoln !Abraham Lincoln | Abe !Abe Lincoln in Illinois |  |
| 1940  (13th)  | Olivier !Laurence Olivier | de Winter !Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter | Rebecca |  |
| 1941  (14th)  | Cooper !Gary Cooper ‡ | Sgt. Alvin York | Sergeant York |  |
| 1941  (14th)  | Grant !Cary Grant | Adams !Roger Adams | Penny Serenade |  |
| 1941  (14th)  | Huston !Walter Huston | Scratch !Mr. Scratch | The Devil and Daniel Webster |  |
| 1941  (14th)  | Montgomery !Robert Montgomery | Pendleton !Joe Pendleton | Here Comes Mr. Jordan |  |
| 1941  (14th)  | Welles !Orson Welles | Kane !Charles Foster Kane | Citizen Kane |  |
| 1942  (15th)  | Cagney !James Cagney ‡ | Cohan !George M. Cohan | Yankee Doodle Dandy |  |
| 1942  (15th)  | Colman !Ronald Colman | Rainer !Charles Rainier | Random Harvest |  |
| 1942  (15th)  | Cooper !Gary Cooper | Gehrig !Lou Gehrig | Pride !The Pride of the Yankees |  |
| 1942  (15th)  | Pidgeon !Walter Pidgeon | Miniver !Clem Miniver | Mrs. Miniver |  |
| 1942  (15th)  | Woolley !Monty Woolley | Howard | Pied !The Pied Piper |  |
| 1943  (16th)  | Lukas !Paul Lukas ‡ | Muller !Kurt Muller | Watch on the Rhine |  |
| 1943  (16th)  | Bogart !Humphrey Bogart | Blaine !Rick Blaine | Casablanca |  |
| 1943  (16th)  | Cooper !Gary Cooper | Jordan !Robert Jordan | For Whom the Bell Tolls |  |
| 1943  (16th)  | Pidgeon !Walter Pidgeon | Curie !Pierre Curie | Madame Curie |  |
| 1943  (16th)  | Rooney !Mickey Rooney | Macauley !Homer Macauley | Human !The Human Comedy |  |
| 1944  (17th)  | Crosby !Bing Crosby ‡ | O'Malley !Father Chuck O'Malley | Going My Way |  |
| 1944  (17th)  | Boyer !Charles Boyer | Anton !Gregory Anton | Gaslight |  |
| 1944  (17th)  | Fitzgerald !Barry Fitzgerald | Fitzgibbon !Father Fitzgibbon | Going My Way |  |
| 1944  (17th)  | Grant !Cary Grant | Mott !Ernie Mott | None but the Lonely Heart |  |
| 1944  (17th)  | Knox !Alexander Knox | Wilson !Woodrow Wilson | Wilson |  |
| 1945  (18th)  | Milland !Ray Milland ‡ | Birnam !Don Birnam | Lost !The Lost Weekend |  |
| 1945  (18th)  | Crosby !Bing Crosby | O'Malley !Father Chuck O'Malley | Bells !The Bells of St. Mary's |  |
| 1945  (18th)  | Kelly !Gene Kelly | Brady !Joseph Brady | Anchors Aweigh |  |
| 1945  (18th)  | Peck !Gregory Peck | Francis !Father Francis | Keys !The Keys of the Kingdom |  |
| 1945  (18th)  | Wilde !Cornel Wilde | Chopin !Frédéric Chopin | Song !A Song to Remember |  |
| 1946  (19th)  | March !Fredric March ‡ | Stephenson !Al Stephenson | Best !The Best Years of Our Lives |  |
| 1946  (19th)  | Olivier !Laurence Olivier | Henry !King Henry V of England | Henry V |  |
| 1946  (19th)  | Parks !Larry Parks | Jolson !Al Jolson | Jolson !The Jolson Story |  |
| 1946  (19th)  | Peck !Gregory Peck | Baxter !Ezra "Penny" Baxter | Yearling !The Yearling |  |
| 1946  (19th)  | Stewart !James Stewart | Bailey !George Bailey | It's a Wonderful Life |  |
| 1947  (20th)  | Colman !Ronald Colman ‡ | John !Anthony John | Double !A Double Life |  |
| 1947  (20th)  | Garfield !John Garfield | Davis !Charlie Davis | Body and Soul |  |
| 1947  (20th)  | Peck !Gregory Peck | Green !Philip Schuyler Green | Gentleman's Agreement |  |
| 1947  (20th)  | Powell !William Powell | Day !Clarence Day, Sr. | Life with Father |  |
| 1947  (20th)  | Redgrave !Michael Redgrave | Mannon !Orin Mannon | Mourning Becomes Electra |  |
| 1948  (21st)  | Olivier !Laurence Olivier ‡ | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | Hamlet |  |
| 1948  (21st)  | Ayres !Lew Ayres | Richardson !Dr. Robert Richardson | Johnny Belinda |  |
| 1948  (21st)  | Clift !Montgomery Clift | Stevenson !Ralph "Steve" Stevenson | Search !The Search |  |
| 1948  (21st)  | Dailey !Dan Dailey | Johnson !"Skid" Johnson | When My Baby Smiles at Me |  |
| 1948  (21st)  | Webb !Clifton Webb | Belevedre !Lynn Aloysius Belvedere | Sitting Pretty |  |
| 1949  (22nd)  | Crawford !Broderick Crawford ‡ | Willie Stark | All the King's Men |  |
| 1949  (22nd)  | Douglas !Kirk Douglas | Kelly !Michael "Midge" Kelly | Champion |  |
| 1949  (22nd)  | Peck !Gregory Peck | Savage !Brig. General Frank Savage | Twelve O'Clock High |  |
| 1949  (22nd)  | Todd !Richard Todd | MacLachlan !Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan | Hasty !The Hasty Heart |  |
| 1949  (22nd)  | Wayne !John Wayne | Stryker !Sergeant John M. Stryker | Sands of Iwo Jima |  |
| 1950  (23rd)  | Ferrer !José Ferrer ‡ | de Bergerac !Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac |  |
| 1950  (23rd)  | Calhern !Louis Calhern | Holmes !Oliver Wendell Holmes | Magnificent !The Magnificent Yankee |  |
| 1950  (23rd)  | Holden !William Holden | Gillis !Joe Gillis | Sunset Boulevard |  |
| 1950  (23rd)  | Stewart !James Stewart | Dowd !Elwood P. Dowd | Harvey |  |
| 1950  (23rd)  | Tracy !Spencer Tracy | Banks !Stanley T. Banks | Father of the Bride |  |
| 1951  (24th)  | Bogart !Humphrey Bogart ‡ | Allnut !Charlie Allnut | African !The African Queen |  |
| 1951  (24th)  | Brando !Marlon Brando | Kowalski !Stanley Kowalski | Streetcar !A Streetcar Named Desire |  |
| 1951  (24th)  | Clift !Montgomery Clift | Eastman !George Eastman | Place !A Place in the Sun |  |
| 1951  (24th)  | Kennedy !Arthur Kennedy | Nevins !Larry Nevins | Bright Victory |  |
| 1951  (24th)  | March !Fredric March | Loman !Willy Loman | Death of a Salesman |  |
| 1952  (25th)  | Cooper !Gary Cooper ‡ | Kane !Marshal Will Kane | High Noon |  |
| 1952  (25th)  | Brando !Marlon Brando | Zapata !Emiliano Zapata | Viva Zapata! |  |
| 1952  (25th)  | Douglas !Kirk Douglas | Shields !Jonathan Shields | Bad !The Bad and the Beautiful |  |
| 1952  (25th)  | Ferrer !José Ferrer | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec | Moulin Rouge |  |
| 1952  (25th)  | Guinness !Alec Guinness | name !Holland | Lavender !The Lavender Hill Mob |  |
| 1953  (26th)  | Holden !William Holden ‡ | Sefton !Sgt. J.J. Sefton | Stalag 17 |  |
| 1953  (26th)  | Brando !Marlon Brando | Antony !Mark Antony | Julius Caesar |  |
| 1953  (26th)  | Burton !Richard Burton | Gallio !Marcellus Gallio | Robe !The Robe |  |
| 1953  (26th)  | Clift !Montgomery Clift | Prewitt !Pvt. Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt | From Here to Eternity |  |
| 1953  (26th)  | Lancaster !Burt Lancaster | Warden !1st Sgt. Milton Warden | From Here to Eternity |  |
| 1954  (27th)  | Brando !Marlon Brando ‡ | Terry Malloy | On the Waterfront |  |
| 1954  (27th)  | Bogart !Humphrey Bogart | Queeg !Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg | Caine !The Caine Mutiny |  |
| 1954  (27th)  | Crosby !Bing Crosby | Elgin !Frank Elgin | Country !The Country Girl |  |
| 1954  (27th)  | Mason !James Mason | Maine !Norman Maine | Star !A Star Is Born |  |
| 1954  (27th)  | O'Herlihy !Dan O'Herlihy | Crusoe !Robinson Crusoe | Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |  |
| 1955  (28th)  | Borgnine !Ernest Borgnine ‡ | Piletti !Marty Piletti | Marty |  |
| 1955  (28th)  | Cagney !James Cagney | Snyder !Martin Snyder | Love Me or Leave Me |  |
| 1955  (28th)  | Dean !James Dean * | Trask !Cal Trask | East of Eden |  |
| 1955  (28th)  | Sinatra !Frank Sinatra | Machine !Frankie Machine | Man !The Man with the Golden Arm |  |
| 1955  (28th)  | Tracy !Spencer Tracy | Macreedy !John J. Macreedy | Bad Day at Black Rock |  |
| 1956  (29th)  | Brynner !Yul Brynner ‡ | Mongkut !King Mongkut of Siam | King !The King and I |  |
| 1956  (29th)  | Dean !James Dean * | Rink !Jett Rink | Giant |  |
| 1956  (29th)  | Douglas !Kirk Douglas | van Gogh !Vincent van Gogh | Lust for Life |  |
| 1956  (29th)  | Hudson !Rock Hudson | Benedict !Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr. | Giant |  |
| 1956  (29th)  | Olivier !Laurence Olivier | Richard !King Richard III of England | Richard III |  |
| 1957  (30th)  | Guinness !Alec Guinness ‡ | Nicholson !Lt. Colonel L. Nicholson, D.S.O. | Bridge !The Bridge on the River Kwai |  |
| 1957  (30th)  | Brando !Marlon Brando | Gruver !Major Lloyd "Ace" Gruver, USAF | Sayonara |  |
| 1957  (30th)  | Franciosa !Anthony Franciosa | Pope !Polo Pope | Hateful !A Hatful of Rain |  |
| 1957  (30th)  | Laughton !Charles Laughton | Robarts !Sir Wilfrid Robarts | Witness for the Prosecution |  |
| 1957  (30th)  | Quinn !Anthony Quinn | Gino | Wild Is the Wind |  |
| 1958  (31st)  | Niven !David Niven ‡ | Pollock !Major Angus Pollock | Separate Tables |  |
| 1958  (31st)  | Curtis !Tony Curtis | Jackson !John "Joker" Jackson | Defiant !The Defiant Ones |  |
| 1958  (31st)  | Newman !Paul Newman | Pollitt !Brick Pollitt | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |  |
| 1958  (31st)  | Poitier !Sidney Poitier | Noah !Noah Cullen | Defiant !The Defiant Ones |  |
| 1958  (31st)  | Tracy !Spencer Tracy | Old !The Old Man | Old !The Old Man and the Sea |  |
| 1959  (32nd)  | Heston !Charlton Heston ‡ | Ben Hur !Judah Ben-Hur | Ben-Hur |  |
| 1959  (32nd)  | Harvey !Laurence Harvey | Lampton !Joe Lampton | Room at the Top |  |
| 1959  (32nd)  | Lemmon !Jack Lemmon | Jerry / Daphne | Some Like It Hot |  |
| 1959  (32nd)  | Muni !Paul Muni | Abelman !Dr. Sam Abelman | Last !The Last Angry Man |  |
| 1959  (32nd)  | Stewart !James Stewart | Biegler !Paul Biegler | Anatomy of a Murder |  |
| 1960  (33rd)  | Lancaster !Burt Lancaster ‡ | Gantry !Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry |  |
| 1960  (33rd)  | Howard !Trevor Howard | Morel !Walter Morel | Sons and Lovers |  |
| 1960  (33rd)  | Lemmon !Jack Lemmon | Baxter !C. C. "Bud" Baxter | Apartment !The Apartment |  |
| 1960  (33rd)  | Olivier !Laurence Olivier | Rice !Archie Rice | Entertainer !The Entertainer |  |
| 1960  (33rd)  | Tracy !Spencer Tracy | Drummond !Henry Drummond | Inherit the Wind |  |
| 1961  (34th)  | Schell !Maximilian Schell ‡ | Rolfe !Hans Rolfe | Judgment at Nuremberg |  |
| 1961  (34th)  | Boyer !Charles Boyer | Cesar | Fanny |  |
| 1961  (34th)  | Newman !Paul Newman | Felson !Eddie Felson | Hustler !The Hustler |  |
| 1961  (34th)  | Tracy !Spencer Tracy | Haywood !Chief Judge Dan Haywood | Judgment at Nuremberg |  |
| 1961  (34th)  | Whitman !Stuart Whitman | Fuller !Jim Fuller | Mark !The Mark |  |
| 1962  (35th)  | Peck !Gregory Peck ‡ | Finch !Atticus Finch | To Kill a Mockingbird |  |
| 1962  (35th)  | Lancaster !Burt Lancaster | Stroud !Robert Franklin Stroud | Birdman of Alcatraz |  |
| 1962  (35th)  | Lemmon !Jack Lemmon | Clay !Joe Clay | Days of Wine and Roses |  |
| 1962  (35th)  | Mastroianni !Marcello Mastroianni | Cefalù !Ferdinando Cefalù | Divorce Italian Style |  |
| 1962  (35th)  | O'Toole !Peter O'Toole | Lawrence !T. E. Lawrence | Lawrence of Arabia |  |
| 1963  (36th)  | Poitier !Sidney Poitier ‡ | Smith !Homer Smith | Lilies of the Field |  |
| 1963  (36th)  | Finney !Albert Finney | Jones !Tom Jones | Tom Jones |  |
| 1963  (36th)  | Harris !Richard Harris | Machin !Frank Machin | This Sporting Life |  |
| 1963  (36th)  | Harrison !Rex Harrison | Caesar !Julius Caesar | Cleopatra |  |
| 1963  (36th)  | Newman !Paul Newman | Bannon !Hud Bannon | Hud |  |
| 1964  (37th)  | Harrison !Rex Harrison ‡ | Higgins !Professor Henry Higgins | My Fair Lady |  |
| 1964  (37th)  | Burton !Richard Burton | Becket !Thomas Becket | Becket |  |
| 1964  (37th)  | O'Toole !Peter O'Toole | Henry !King Henry II of England | Becket |  |
| 1964  (37th)  | Quinn !Anthony Quinn | Zorba !Alexis Zorba | Zorba the Greek |  |
| 1964  (37th)  | Sellers !Peter Sellers | Mandrake !Group Captain Lionel Mandrake President Merkin Muffley Dr. Strangelove | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |  |
| 1965  (38th)  | Marvin !Lee Marvin ‡ | Shelleen !Kid Shelleen Tim Strawn | Cat Ballou |  |
| 1965  (38th)  | Burton !Richard Burton | Leamas !Alec Leamas | Spy !The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |  |
| 1965  (38th)  | Olivier !Laurence Olivier | Othello | Othello |  |
| 1965  (38th)  | Steiger !Rod Steiger | Nazerman !Sol Nazerman | Pawnbroker !The Pawnbroker |  |
| 1965  (38th)  | Werner !Oskar Werner | Schumann !Willie Schumann | Ship of Fools |  |
| 1966  (39th)  | Scofield !Paul Scofield ‡ | More !Sir Thomas More | Man !A Man for All Seasons |  |
| 1966  (39th)  | Arkin !Alan Arkin | Bozanov !Lt. Rozanov | Russians !The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming |  |
| 1966  (39th)  | Burton !Richard Burton | George | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |  |
| 1966  (39th)  | Caine !Michael Caine | Elkins !Alfie Elkins | Alfie |  |
| 1966  (39th)  | McQueen !Steve McQueen | Holman !Jake Holman | Sand !The Sand Pebbles |  |
| 1967  (40th)  | Steiger !Rod Steiger ‡ | Police Chief Bill Gillespie | In the Heat of the Night |  |
| 1967  (40th)  | Beatty !Warren Beatty | Barrow !Clyde Barrow | Bonnie and Clyde |  |
| 1967  (40th)  | Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman | Braddock !Benjamin Braddock | Graduate !The Graduate |  |
| 1967  (40th)  | Newman !Paul Newman | Jackson !Lucas "Cool Hand Luke" Jackson | Cool Hand Luke |  |
| 1967  (40th)  | Tracy !Spencer Tracy * | Drayton !Matt Drayton | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |  |
| 1968  (41st)  | Robertson !Cliff Robertson ‡ | Gordon !Charly Gordon | Charly |  |
| 1968  (41st)  | Arkin !Alan Arkin | Singer !John Singer | Heart !The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |  |
| 1968  (41st)  | Bates !Alan Bates | Bok !Yakov Bok | Fixer !The Fixer |  |
| 1968  (41st)  | Moody !Ron Moody | Fagin | Oliver! |  |
| 1968  (41st)  | O'Toole !Peter O'Toole | Henry !King Henry II of England | Lion !The Lion in Winter |  |
| 1969  (42nd)  | Wayne !John Wayne ‡ | Cogburn !Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn | True Grit |  |
| 1969  (42nd)  | Burton !Richard Burton | Henry !King Henry VIII of England | Anne of the Thousand Days |  |
| 1969  (42nd)  | Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman | Rizzo !Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" "Rico" Rizzo | Midnight Cowboy |  |
| 1969  (42nd)  | O'Toole !Peter O'Toole | Chipping !Arthur Chipping | Goodbye, Mr. Chips |  |
| 1969  (42nd)  | Voight !Jon Voight | Buck !Joe Buck | Midnight Cowboy |  |
| 1970  (43rd)  | Scott !George C. Scott § | Patton !General George S. Patton Jr. | Patton |  |
| 1970  (43rd)  | Douglas !Melvyn Douglas | Garrison !Tom Garrison | I Never Sang for My Father |  |
| 1970  (43rd)  | Jones !James Earl Jones | Jefferson !Jack Jefferson | Great !The Great White Hope |  |
| 1970  (43rd)  | Nicholson !Jack Nicholson | Dupea !Robert Eroica Dupea | Five Easy Pieces |  |
| 1970  (43rd)  | O'Neal !Ryan O'Neal | Barrett !Oliver Barrett IV | Love Story |  |
| 1971  (44th)  | Hackman !Gene Hackman ‡ | Doyle !Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle | French !The French Connection |  |
| 1971  (44th)  | Finch !Peter Finch | Hirsh !Dr. Daniel Hirsh | Sunday Bloody Sunday |  |
| 1971  (44th)  | Matthau !Walter Matthau | Kotcher !Joseph P. Kotcher | Kotch |  |
| 1971  (44th)  | Scott !George C. Scott | Bock !Dr. Herbert Bock | Hospital !The Hospital |  |
| 1971  (44th)  | Topol | Tevye !Tevye | Fiddler on the Roof |  |
| 1972  (45th)  | Brando !Marlon Brando ‡ | Corleone !Vito Corleone | Godfather !The Godfather |  |
| 1972  (45th)  | Caine !Michael Caine | Tindle !Milo Tindle | Sleuth |  |
| 1972  (45th)  | Olivier !Laurence Olivier | Wyke !Andrew Wyke | Sleuth |  |
| 1972  (45th)  | O'Toole !Peter O'Toole | Gurney !Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney | Ruling !The Ruling Class |  |
| 1972  (45th)  | Winfield !Paul Winfield | Morgan !Nathan Lee Morgan | Sounder |  |
| 1973  (46th)  | Lemmon !Jack Lemmon ‡ | Stoner !Harry Stoner | Save the Tiger |  |
| 1973  (46th)  | Brando !Marlon Brando | Paul | Last Tango in Paris |  |