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| 1973  (46th)  | Nicholson !Jack Nicholson | Signalman First Class Billy L. "Badass" Buddusky | Last !The Last Detail |  |
| 1973  (46th)  | Pacino !Al Pacino | Serpico !Frank Serpico | Serpico |  |
| 1973  (46th)  | Redford !Robert Redford | Hooker !Johnny "Kelly" Hooker | Sting !The Sting |  |
| 1974  (47th)  | Carney !Art Carney ‡ | Coombes !Harry Coombes | Harry and Tonto |  |
| 1974  (47th)  | Finney !Albert Finney | Poirot !Hercule Poirot | Murder on the Orient Express |  |
| 1974  (47th)  | Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman | Bruce !Lenny Bruce | Lenny |  |
| 1974  (47th)  | Nicholson !Jack Nicholson | Gittes !J. J. "Jake" Gittes | Chinatown |  |
| 1974  (47th)  | Pacino !Al Pacino | Corleone !Michael Corleone | Godfather !The Godfather Part II |  |
| 1975  (48th)  | Nicholson !Jack Nicholson ‡ | McMurphy !Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |  |
| 1975  (48th)  | Matthau !Walter Matthau | Clark !Willy Clark | Sunshine !The Sunshine Boys |  |
| 1975  (48th)  | Pacino !Al Pacino | Wortzik !Sonny Wortzik | Dog Day Afternoon |  |
| 1975  (48th)  | Schell !Maximilian Schell | Goldman !Arthur Goldman | Man !The Man in the Glass Booth |  |
| 1975  (48th)  | Whitmore !James Whitmore | Truman !Harry S. Truman | Give 'em Hell, Harry! |  |
| 1976  (49th)  | Finch !Peter Finch ^ | Beale !Howard Beale | Network |  |
| 1976  (49th)  | De Niro !Robert De Niro | Bickle !Travis Bickle | Taxi Driver |  |
| 1976  (49th)  | Giannini !Giancarlo Giannini | Frafuso !Pasqualino Frafuso | Seven Beauties |  |
| 1976  (49th)  | Holden !William Holden | Schumacher !Max Schumacher | Network |  |
| 1976  (49th)  | Stallone !Sylvester Stallone | Balboa !Rocky Balboa | Rocky |  |
| 1977  (50th)  | Dreyfuss !Richard Dreyfuss ‡ | Garfield !Elliot Garfield | Goodbye !The Goodbye Girl |  |
| 1977  (50th)  | Allen !Woody Allen | Singer !Alvy Singer | Annie Hall |  |
| 1977  (50th)  | Burton !Richard Burton | Dysart !Martin Dysart | Equus |  |
| 1977  (50th)  | Mastroianni !Marcello Mastroianni | Gabriele | Special !A Special Day |  |
| 1977  (50th)  | Travolta !John Travolta | Manero !Anthony "Tony" Manero | Saturday Night Fever |  |
| 1978  (51st)  | Voight !Jon Voight ‡ | Martin !Luke Martin | Coming Home |  |
| 1978  (51st)  | Beatty !Warren Beatty | Pendleton !Joe Pendleton | Heaven Can Wait |  |
| 1978  (51st)  | Busey !Gary Busey | Holly !Buddy Holly | Buddy !The Buddy Holly Story |  |
| 1978  (51st)  | De Niro !Robert De Niro | Vronsky !Michael Vronsky | Deer !The Deer Hunter |  |
| 1978  (51st)  | Olivier !Laurence Olivier | Lieberman !Ezra Lieberman | Boys !The Boys from Brazil |  |
| 1979  (52nd)  | Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman ‡ | Kramer !Ted Kramer | Kramer vs. Kramer |  |
| 1979  (52nd)  | Lemmon !Jack Lemmon | Godell !Jack Godell | China !The China Syndrome |  |
| 1979  (52nd)  | Pacino !Al Pacino | Kirkland !Arthur Kirkland | And !...And Justice for All |  |
| 1979  (52nd)  | Scheider !Roy Scheider | Gideon !Joe Gideon | All That Jazz |  |
| 1979  (52nd)  | Sellers !Peter Sellers | Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner | Being There |  |
| 1980  (53rd)  | De Niro !Robert De Niro ‡ | LaMotta !Jake LaMotta | Raging Bull |  |
| 1980  (53rd)  | Duvall !Robert Duvall | Meechum !Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur "Bull" Meechum | Great !The Great Santini |  |
| 1980  (53rd)  | Hurt !John Hurt | Merrick !John Merrick | Elephant !The Elephant Man |  |
| 1980  (53rd)  | Lemmon !Jack Lemmon | Templeton !Scottie Templeton | Tribute |  |
| 1980  (53rd)  | O'Toole !Peter O'Toole | Cross !Eli Cross | Stunt !The Stunt Man |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Fonda !Henry Fonda ‡ | Thayer !Norman Thayer Jr. | On Golden Pond |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Beatty !Warren Beatty | Reed !John Silas "Jack" Reed | Reds |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Lancaster !Burt Lancaster | Pascal !Lou Pascal | Atlantic City |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Moore !Dudley Moore | Bach !Arthur Bach | Arthur |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Newman !Paul Newman | Gallagher !Michael Colin Gallagher | Absence of Malice |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | Kingsley !Ben Kingsley ‡ | Gandhi !Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Gandhi |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman | Dorsey !Michael Dorsey, aka Dorothy Michaels | Tootsie |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | Lemmon !Jack Lemmon | Horman !Ed Horman | Missing |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | Newman !Paul Newman | Galvin !Frank Galvin | Verdict !The Verdict |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | O'Toole !Peter O'Toole | Swann !Alan Swann | My Favorite Year |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | Duvall !Robert Duvall ‡ | Sledge !Mac Sledge | Tender Mercies |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | Caine !Michael Caine | Bryant !Dr. Frank Bryant | Educating Rita |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | Conti !Tom Conti | McGland !Gowan McGland | Reuben, Reuben |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | Courtenay !Tom Courtenay | Norman | Dresser !The Dresser |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | Finney !Albert Finney | Sir | Dresser !The Dresser |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Abraham !F. Murray Abraham ‡ | Salieri !Antonio Salieri | Amadeus |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Bridges !Jeff Bridges | Starman | Starman |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Finney !Albert Finney | Firmin !Geoffrey Firmin | Under the Volcano |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Hulce !Tom Hulce | Amadeus !Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Amadeus |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Waterston !Sam Waterston | Schanberg !Sydney Schanberg | Killing !The Killing Fields |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Hurt !William Hurt ‡ | Molina !Luis Molina | Kiss of the Spider Woman |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Ford !Harrison Ford | Book !Detective Captain John Book | Witness |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Garner !James Garner | Jones !Murphy Jones | Murphy's Romance |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Nicholson !Jack Nicholson | Partanna !Charley Partanna | Prizzi's Honor |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Voight !Jon Voight | Manheim !Oscar "Manny" Manheim | Runaway Train |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Newman !Paul Newman ‡ | Felson !Fast Eddie Felson | Color !The Color of Money |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Gordon !Dexter Gordon | Turner !Dale Turner | Round Midnight |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Hoskins !Bob Hoskins | George | Mona Lisa |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Hurt !William Hurt | Leeds !James Leeds | Children of a Lesser God |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Woods !James Woods | Boyle !Richard Boyle | Salvador |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Douglas !Michael Douglas ‡ | Gekko !Gordon Gekko | Wall Street |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Hurt !William Hurt | Grunick !Tom Grunick | Broadcast News |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Mastroianni !Marcello Mastroianni | Romano | Dark Eyes |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Nicholson !Jack Nicholson | Phelan !Francis Phelan | Ironweed |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Williams !Robin Williams | Cronauer !Adrian Cronauer | Good Morning, Vietnam |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman ‡ | Babbitt !Raymond Babbitt | Rain Man |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | Hackman !Gene Hackman | Anderson !Agent Rupert Anderson | Mississippi Burning |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | Hanks !Tom Hanks | Baskin !Josh Baskin | Big |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | Olmos !Edward James Olmos | Escalante !Jaime Escalante | Stand and Deliver |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | von Sydow !Max von Sydow | Lassefar | Pelle the Conqueror |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis ‡ | Brown !Christy Brown | My Left Foot |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Branagh !Kenneth Branagh | Henry !King Henry V of England | Henry V |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Cruise !Tom Cruise | Kovic !Ron Kovic | Born on the Fourth of July |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Freeman !Morgan Freeman | Colburn !Hoke Colburn | Driving Miss Daisy |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Williams !Robin Williams | Keating !John Charles "Keats" Keating | Dead Poets Society |  |
| 1990  (63rd)  | Irons !Jeremy Irons ‡ | Claus von Bülow | Reversal of Fortune |  |
| 1990  (63rd)  | Costner !Kevin Costner | Dunbar !Lieutenant John J. Dunbar | Dances with Wolves |  |
| 1990  (63rd)  | De Niro !Robert De Niro | Lowe !Leonard Lowe | Awakenings |  |
| 1990  (63rd)  | Depardieu !Gérard Depardieu | de Bergerac !Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac |  |
| 1990  (63rd)  | Harris !Richard Harris | McCage !"Bull" McCabe | Field !The Field |  |
| 1991  (64th)  | Hopkins !Anthony Hopkins ‡ | Dr. Hannibal Lecter | Silence !The Silence of the Lambs |  |
| 1991  (64th)  | Beatty !Warren Beatty | Siegel !Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel | Bugsy |  |
| 1991  (64th)  | De Niro !Robert De Niro | Cady !Maximilian "Max" Cady | Cape Fear |  |
| 1991  (64th)  | Nolte !Nick Nolte | Wingo !Tom Wingo | Prince !The Prince of Tides |  |
| 1991  (64th)  | Williams !Robin Williams | Sagan !Henry "Parry" Sagan | Fisher !The Fisher King |  |
| 1992  (65th)  | Pacino !Al Pacino ‡ | Slade !Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade | Scent of a Woman |  |
| 1992  (65th)  | Downey Jr. !Robert Downey Jr. | Chaplin !Charlie Chaplin | Chaplin |  |
| 1992  (65th)  | Eastwood !Clint Eastwood | Munny !William "Will" Munny | Unforgiven |  |
| 1992  (65th)  | Rea !Stephen Rea | Fergus | Crying !The Crying Game |  |
| 1992  (65th)  | Washington !Denzel Washington | Malcolm X | Malcolm X |  |
| 1993  (66th)  | Hanks !Tom Hanks ‡ | Beckett !Andrew Beckett | Philadelphia |  |
| 1993  (66th)  | Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis | Conlon !Gerry Conlon | In the Name of the Father |  |
| 1993  (66th)  | Fishburne !Laurence Fishburne | Turner !Ike Turner | What's Love Got to Do with It |  |
| 1993  (66th)  | Hopkins !Anthony Hopkins | Stevens !James Stevens | Remains !The Remains of the Day |  |
| 1993  (66th)  | Neeson !Liam Neeson | Schindler !Oskar Schindler | Schindler's List |  |
| 1994  (67th)  | Hanks !Tom Hanks ‡ | Gump !Forrest Gump | Forrest Gump |  |
| 1994  (67th)  | Freeman !Morgan Freeman | Redding !Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding | Shawshank !The Shawshank Redemption |  |
| 1994  (67th)  | Hawthorne !Nigel Hawthorne | George !King George III | Madness !The Madness of King George |  |
| 1994  (67th)  | Newman !Paul Newman | Sullivan !Donald "Sully" Sullivan | Nobody's Fool |  |
| 1994  (67th)  | Travolta !John Travolta | Vega !Vincent Vega | Pulp Fiction |  |
| 1995  (68th)  | Cage !Nicolas Cage ‡ | Sanderson !Ben Sanderson | Leaving Las Vegas |  |
| 1995  (68th)  | Dreyfuss !Richard Dreyfuss | Holland !Glenn Holland | Mr. Holland's Opus |  |
| 1995  (68th)  | Hopkins !Anthony Hopkins | Nixon !Richard Nixon | Nixon |  |
| 1995  (68th)  | Penn !Sean Penn | Poncelet !Matthew Poncelet | Dead Man Walking |  |
| 1995  (68th)  | Troisi !Massimo Troisi * | Ruoppolo !Mario Ruoppolo | Il Postino |  |
| 1996  (69th)  | Rush !Geoffrey Rush ‡ | Helfgott !David Helfgott | Shine |  |
| 1996  (69th)  | Cruise !Tom Cruise | Maguire !Jerry Maguire | Jerry Maguire |  |
| 1996  (69th)  | Fiennes !Ralph Fiennes | de Almásy !Count László de Almásy | English !The English Patient |  |
| 1996  (69th)  | Harrelson !Woody Harrelson | Flynt !Larry Flynt | People !The People vs. Larry Flynt |  |
| 1996  (69th)  | Thornton !Billy Bob Thornton | Childers !Karl Childers | Sling Blade |  |
| 1997  (70th)  | Nicholson !Jack Nicholson ‡ | Udall !Melvin Udall | As Good as It Gets |  |
| 1997  (70th)  | Damon !Matt Damon | Hunting !Will Hunting | Good Will Hunting |  |
| 1997  (70th)  | Duvall !Robert Duvall | Dewey !Euliss "Sonny" Dewey | Apostle !The Apostle |  |
| 1997  (70th)  | Fonda !Peter Fonda | Jackson !Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson | Ulee's Gold |  |
| 1997  (70th)  | Hoffman !Dustin Hoffman | Motss !Stanley Motss | Wag the Dog |  |
| 1998  (71st)  | Benigni !Roberto Benigni ‡ | Orefice !Guido Orefice | Life Is Beautiful |  |
| 1998  (71st)  | Hanks !Tom Hanks | Miller !Captain John Miller | Saving Private Ryan |  |
| 1998  (71st)  | McKellen !Ian McKellen | Whale !James Whale | Gods and Monsters |  |
| 1998  (71st)  | Nolte !Nick Nolte | Whitehouse !Wade Whitehouse | Affliction |  |
| 1998  (71st)  | Norton !Edward Norton | Winyard !Derek Vinyard | American History X |  |
| 1999  (72nd)  | Spacey !Kevin Spacey ‡ | Burnham !Lester Burnham | American Beauty |  |
| 1999  (72nd)  | Crowe !Russell Crowe | Wingand !Jeffrey Wigand | Insider !The Insider |  |
| 1999  (72nd)  | Farnsworth !Richard Farnsworth | Straight !Alvin Straight | Straight !The Straight Story |  |
| 1999  (72nd)  | Penn !Sean Penn | Ray !Emmet Ray | Sweet and Lowdown |  |
| 1999  (72nd)  | Washington !Denzel Washington | Carter !Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter | Hurricane !The Hurricane |  |
| 2000  (73rd)  | Crowe !Russell Crowe ‡ | Meridius !Maximus Decimus Meridius | Gladiator |  |
| 2000  (73rd)  | Bardem !Javier Bardem | Arenas !Reinaldo Arenas | Before Night Falls |  |
| 2000  (73rd)  | Hanks !Tom Hanks | Noland !Chuck Noland | Cast Away |  |
| 2000  (73rd)  | Harris !Ed Harris | Pollock !Jackson Pollock | Pollock |  |
| 2000  (73rd)  | Rush !Geoffrey Rush | de Sade !The Marquis de Sade | Quills |  |
| 2001  (74th)  | Washington !Denzel Washington ‡ | Harris !Detective Alonzo Harris | Training Day |  |
| 2001  (74th)  | Crowe !Russell Crowe | Nash !John Forbes Nash Jr. | Beautiful !A Beautiful Mind |  |
| 2001  (74th)  | Penn !Sean Penn | Dawson !Sam Dawson | I Am Sam |  |
| 2001  (74th)  | Smith !Will Smith | Ali !Muhammad Ali | Ali |  |
| 2001  (74th)  | Wilkinson !Tom Wilkinson | Fowler !Dr. Matt Fowler | In the Bedroom |  |
| 2002  (75th)  | Brody !Adrien Brody ‡ | Szpilman !Władysław Szpilman | Pianist !The Pianist |  |
| 2002  (75th)  | Cage !Nicolas Cage | Kaufman !Charlie Kaufman Donald Kaufman | Adaptation |  |
| 2002  (75th)  | Caine !Michael Caine | Fowler !Thomas Fowler | Quiet !The Quiet American |  |
| 2002  (75th)  | Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis | Cutting !William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting | Gangs of New York |  |
| 2002  (75th)  | Nicholson !Jack Nicholson | Schmidt !Warren R. Schmidt | About Schmidt |  |
| 2003  (76th)  | Penn !Sean Penn ‡ | Markum !Jimmy Markum | Mystic River |  |
| 2003  (76th)  | Depp !Johnny Depp | Sparrow !Captain Jack Sparrow | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |  |
| 2003  (76th)  | Kingsley !Ben Kingsley | Behrani !Massoud Amir Behrani | House of Sand and Fog |  |
| 2003  (76th)  | Law !Jude Law | Inman !W. P. Inman | Cold Mountain |  |
| 2003  (76th)  | Murray !Bill Murray | Harris !Bob Harris | Lost in Translation |  |
| 2004  (77th)  | Foxx !Jamie Foxx ‡ | Charles !Ray Charles | Ray |  |
| 2004  (77th)  | Cheadle !Don Cheadle | Rusesabagina !Paul Rusesabagina | Hotel Rwanda |  |
| 2004  (77th)  | Depp !Johnny Depp | Barrie !J. M. Barrie | Finding Neverland |  |
| 2004  (77th)  | DiCaprio !Leonardo DiCaprio | Hughes !Howard Hughes | Aviator !The Aviator |  |
| 2004  (77th)  | Eastwood !Clint Eastwood | Dunn !Frankie Dunn | Million Dollar Baby |  |
| 2005  (78th)  | Hoffman !Philip Seymour Hoffman ‡ | Capote !Truman Capote | Capote |  |
| 2005  (78th)  | Howard !Terrence Howard | Djay | Hustle & Flow |  |
| 2005  (78th)  | Ledger !Heath Ledger | de Mar !Ennis Del Mar | Brokeback Mountain |  |
| 2005  (78th)  | Phoenix !Joaquin Phoenix | Cash !Johnny Cash | Walk the Line |  |
| 2005  (78th)  | Strathairn !David Strathairn | Murrow !Edward R. Murrow | Good Night, and Good Luck |  |
| 2006  (79th)  | Whitaker !Forest Whitaker ‡ | Amin !Idi Amin | Last !The Last King of Scotland |  |
| 2006  (79th)  | DiCaprio !Leonardo DiCaprio | Archer !Danny Archer | Blood Diamond |  |
| 2006  (79th)  | Gosling !Ryan Gosling | Dunne !Dan Dunne | Half Nelson |  |
| 2006  (79th)  | O'Toole !Peter O'Toole | Russell !Maurice Russell | Venus |  |
| 2006  (79th)  | Smith !Will Smith | Gardner !Chris Gardner | Pursuit !The Pursuit of Happyness |  |
| 2007  (80th)  | Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis ‡ | Plainview !Daniel Plainview | There Will Be Blood |  |
| 2007  (80th)  | Clooney !George Clooney | Clayton !Michael Clayton | Michael Clayton |  |
| 2007  (80th)  | Depp !Johnny Depp | Barker !Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |  |
| 2007  (80th)  | Jones !Tommy Lee Jones | Deerfield !Hank Deerfield | In the Valley of Elah |  |
| 2007  (80th)  | Mortensen !Viggo Mortensen | Luzhin !Nikolai Luzhin | Eastern Promises |  |
| 2008  (81st)  | Penn !Sean Penn ‡ | Milk !Harvey Milk | Milk |  |
| 2008  (81st)  | Jenkins !Richard Jenkins | Vale !Walter Vale | Visitor !The Visitor |  |
| 2008  (81st)  | Langella !Frank Langella | Nixon !Richard Nixon | Frost/Nixon |  |
| 2008  (81st)  | Pitt !Brad Pitt | Button !Benjamin Button | Curious !The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |  |
| 2008  (81st)  | Rourke !Mickey Rourke | Robinson !Randy "The Ram" Robinson | Wrestler !The Wrestler |  |
| 2009  (82nd)  | Bridges !Jeff Bridges ‡ | Blake !Otis "Bad" Blake | Crazy Heart |  |
| 2009  (82nd)  | Clooney !George Clooney | Bingham !Ryan Bingham | Up in the Air |  |
| 2009  (82nd)  | Firth !Colin Firth | Falconer !George Falconer | Single !A Single Man |  |
| 2009  (82nd)  | Freeman !Morgan Freeman | Mandela !Nelson Mandela | Invictus |  |
| 2009  (82nd)  | Renner !Jeremy Renner | James !SFC William James | Hurt !The Hurt Locker |  |
| 2010  (83rd)  | Firth !Colin Firth ‡ | George !King George VI | King's !The King's Speech |  |
| 2010  (83rd)  | Bardem !Javier Bardem | Uxbal | Biutiful !Biutiful |  |
| 2010  (83rd)  | Bridges !Jeff Bridges | Cogburn !Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn | True Grit |  |
| 2010  (83rd)  | Eisenberg !Jesse Eisenberg | Zuckerburg !Mark Zuckerberg | Social !The Social Network |  |
| 2010  (83rd)  | Franco !James Franco | Ralston !Aron Ralston | 127 Hours |  |
| 2011  (84th)  | Dujardin !Jean Dujardin ‡ | Valentin !George Valentin | Artist !The Artist |  |
| 2011  (84th)  | Bichir !Demián Bichir | Galindo !Carlos Galindo | Better !A Better Life |  |
| 2011  (84th)  | Clooney !George Clooney | King !Matthew King | Descendants !The Descendants |  |
| 2011  (84th)  | Oldman !Gary Oldman | Smiley !George Smiley | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |  |
| 2011  (84th)  | Pitt !Brad Pitt | Beane !Billy Beane | Moneyball |  |
| 2012  (85th)  | Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis ‡ | Lincoln !Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln |  |
| 2012  (85th)  | Cooper !Bradley Cooper | Solitano !Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr. | Silver Linings Playbook |  |
| 2012  (85th)  | Jackman !Hugh Jackman | Valjean !Jean Valjean | Les Misérables |  |
| 2012  (85th)  | Phoenix !Joaquin Phoenix | Quell !Freddie Quell | Master !The Master |  |
| 2012  (85th)  | Washington !Denzel Washington | Whitaker !William "Whip" Whitaker, Sr. | Flight |  |
| 2013  (86th)  | McConaughey !Matthew McConaughey ‡ | Woodruff !Ron Woodroof | Dallas Buyers Club |  |
| 2013  (86th)  | Bale !Christian Bale | Rosenfeld !Irving Rosenfeld | American Hustle |  |
| 2013  (86th)  | Dern !Bruce Dern | Grant !Woodrow "Woody" Grant | Nebraska |  |
| 2013  (86th)  | DiCaprio !Leonardo DiCaprio | Belfort !Jordan Belfort | Wolf !The Wolf of Wall Street |  |
| 2013  (86th)  | Ejiofor !Chiwetel Ejiofor | Northup !Solomon Northup | 12 Years a Slave |  |
| 2014  (87th)  | Redmayne !Eddie Redmayne ‡ | Hawking !Stephen Hawking | Theory !The Theory of Everything |  |
| 2014  (87th)  | Carell !Steve Carell | du Pont !John du Pont | Foxcatcher |  |
| 2014  (87th)  | Cooper !Bradley Cooper | Kyle !Chris Kyle | American Sniper |  |
| 2014  (87th)  | Cumberbatch !Benedict Cumberbatch | Turing !Alan Turing | Imitation !The Imitation Game |  |
| 2014  (87th)  | Keaton !Michael Keaton | Thomson !Riggan Thomson | Birdman |  |
| 2015  (88th)  | DiCaprio !Leonardo DiCaprio ‡ | Glass !Hugh Glass | Revenant !The Revenant |  |
| 2015  (88th)  | Cranston !Bryan Cranston | Trumbo !Dalton Trumbo | Trumbo !Trumbo |  |
| 2015  (88th)  | Damon !Matt Damon | Watney !Mark Watney | Martian !The Martian |  |
| 2015  (88th)  | Fassbender !Michael Fassbender | Jobs !Steve Jobs | Steve Jobs |  |
| 2015  (88th)  | Redmayne !Eddie Redmayne | Elbe !Lili Elbe | Danish !The Danish Girl |  |
| 2016  (89th)  | Affleck !Casey Affleck ‡ | Chandler !Lee Chandler | Manchester by the Sea |  |
| 2016  (89th)  | Garfield !Andrew Garfield | Doss !Desmond Doss | Hacksaw Ridge |  |
| 2016  (89th)  | Gosling !Ryan Gosling | Wilder !Sebastian Wilder | La La Land |  |
| 2016  (89th)  | Mortensen !Viggo Mortensen | Cash !Ben Cash | Captain Fantastic |  |
| 2016  (89th)  | Washington !Denzel Washington | Maxson !Troy Maxson | Fences |  |
| 2017  (90th)  | Oldman !Gary Oldman ‡ | Churchill !Winston Churchill | Darkest Hour |  |
| 2017  (90th)  | Chalamet !Timothée Chalamet | Perlman !Elio Perlman | Call Me by Your Name |  |
| 2017  (90th)  | Day-Lewis !Daniel Day-Lewis | Woodcock !Reynolds Woodcock | Phantom Thread |  |
| 2017  (90th)  | Kaluuya !Daniel Kaluuya | Washington !Chris Washington | Get Out |  |
| 2017  (90th)  | Washington !Denzel Washington | Israel !Roman J. Israel | Roman J. Israel, Esq. |  |
| 2018  (91st)  | Malek !Rami Malek ‡ | Mercury !Freddie Mercury | Bohemian Rhapsody |  |
| 2018  (91st)  | Bale !Christian Bale | Cheney !Dick Cheney | Vice |  |