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Danh sách cụ thể > Thập niên 1990

| Năm | Diễn viên | Phim | Vai diễn | Chú thích |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1990  (63)  | Jeremy Irons ‡ | Reversal of Fortune | Claus von Bülow |  |
| 1990  (63)  | Kevin Costner | Khiêu vũ với bầy sói | Trung úy John J. Dunbar |  |
| 1990  (63)  | Robert De Niro | Awakenings | Leonard Lowe |  |
| 1990  (63)  | Gérard Depardieu | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac |  |
| 1990  (63)  | Richard Harris | The Field | "Bull" McCabe |  |
| 1991  (64)  | Anthony Hopkins ‡ | Sự im lặng của bầy cừu | Tiến sĩ Hannibal Lecter |  |
| 1991  (64)  | Warren Beatty | Bugsy | Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel |  |
| 1991  (64)  | Robert De Niro | Cape Fear | Maximilian "Max" Cady |  |
| 1991  (64)  | Nick Nolte | The Prince of Tides | Tom Wingo |  |
| 1991  (64)  | Robin Williams | The Fisher King | Henry "Parry" Sagan |  |
| 1992  (65)  | Al Pacino ‡ | Scent of a Woman | Trung tá Frank Slade |  |
| 1992  (65)  | Robert Downey Jr. | Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin |  |
| 1992  (65)  | Clint Eastwood | Unforgiven | William "Will" Munny |  |
| 1992  (65)  | Stephen Rea | The Crying Game | Fergus |  |
| 1992  (65)  | Denzel Washington | Malcolm X | Malcolm X |  |
| 1993  (66)  | Tom Hanks ‡ | Philadelphia | Andrew Beckett |  |
| 1993  (66)  | Daniel Day-Lewis | In the Name of the Father | Gerry Conlon |  |
| 1993  (66)  | Laurence Fishburne | What's Love Got to Do with It | Ike Turner |  |
| 1993  (66)  | Anthony Hopkins | The Remains of the Day | James Stevens |  |
| 1993  (66)  | Liam Neeson | Bản danh sách của Schindler | Oskar Schindler |  |
| 1994  (67)  | Tom Hanks ‡ | Forrest Gump | Forrest Gump |  |
| 1994  (67)  | Morgan Freeman | The Shawshank Redemption | Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding |  |
| 1994  (67)  | Nigel Hawthorne | The Madness of King George | Vua George III |  |
| 1994  (67)  | Paul Newman | Nobody's Fool | Donald "Sully" Sullivan |  |
| 1994  (67)  | John Travolta | Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega |  |
| 1995  (68)  | Nicolas Cage ‡ | Leaving Las Vegas | Ben Sanderson |  |
| 1995  (68)  | Richard Dreyfuss | Mr. Holland's Opus | Glenn Holland |  |
| 1995  (68)  | Anthony Hopkins | Nixon | Richard Nixon |  |
| 1995  (68)  | Sean Penn | Dead Man Walking | Matthew Poncelet |  |
| 1995  (68)  | Massimo Troisi * | Il Postino | Mario Ruoppolo |  |
| 1996  (69)  | Geoffrey Rush ‡ | Shine | David Helfgott |  |
| 1996  (69)  | Tom Cruise | Jerry Maguire | Jerry Maguire |  |
| 1996  (69)  | Ralph Fiennes | The English Patient | Bá tước Laszlo de Almásy |  |
| 1996  (69)  | Woody Harrelson | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Larry Flynt |  |
| 1996  (69)  | Billy Bob Thornton | Sling Blade | Karl Childers |  |
| 1997  (70)  | Jack Nicholson ‡ | As Good as It Gets | Melvin Udall |  |
| 1997  (70)  | Matt Damon | Good Will Hunting | Will Hunting |  |
| 1997  (70)  | Robert Duvall | The Apostle | Euliss "Sonny" Dewey |  |
| 1997  (70)  | Peter Fonda | Ulee's Gold | Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson |  |
| 1997  (70)  | Dustin Hoffman | Wag the Dog | Stanley Motss |  |
| 1998  (71)  | Roberto Benigni ‡ | Life Is Beautiful | Guido Orefice |  |
| 1998  (71)  | Tom Hanks | Saving Private Ryan | Captain John Miller |  |
| 1998  (71)  | Ian McKellen | Gods and Monsters | James Whale |  |
| 1998  (71)  | Nick Nolte | Affliction | Wade Whitehouse |  |
| 1998  (71)  | Edward Norton | American History X | Derek Vinyard |  |
| 1999  (72)  | Kevin Spacey ‡ | Vẻ đẹp Mỹ | Lester Burnham |  |
| 1999  (72)  | Russell Crowe | The Insider | Jeffrey Wigand |  |
| 1999  (72)  | Richard Farnsworth | The Straight Story | Alvin Straight |  |
| 1999  (72)  | Sean Penn | Sweet and Lowdown | Emmet Ray |  |
| 1999  (72)  | Denzel Washington | The Hurricane | Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter |  |