Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) Performances I've Seen

  1. 1950- Fred Astaire- Three Little Words
  2. 1951- Danny Kaye- On the Riviera
  3. 1952- Donald O'Connor- Singin' in the Rain
  4. 1953- David Niven- The Moon Is Blue
  5. 1954- James Mason- A Star Is Born
  6. 1955- Tom Ewell- The Seven Year Itch
  7. 1956- Cantinflas- Around the World in Eighty Days
  8. 1957- Frank Sinatra- Pal Joey
  9. 1958- Danny Kaye- Me and the Colonel
  10. 1959- Jack Lemmon- Some Like It Hot
  11. 1960- Jack Lemmon- The Apartment
  12. 1961- Glenn Ford- A Pocketful of Miracles
  13. 1962- Marcello Mastroianni- Divorce, Italian Style
  14. 1963- Alberto Sordi- To Bed or Not to Bed
  15. 1964- Rex Harrison- My Fair Lady
  16. 1965- Lee Marvin- Cat Ballou
  17. 1966- Alan Arkin- The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
  18. 1967- Richard Harris- Camelot
  19. 1968- Ron Moody- Oliver!
  20. 1969- Peter O'Toole- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  21. 1970- Albert Finney- Scrooge
  22. 1971- Topol- Fiddler on the Roof
  23. 1972- Jack Lemmon- Avanti!
  24. 1973- George Segal- A Touch of Class
  25. 1974- Art Carney- Harry and Tonto
  26. 1975- Walter Matthau- The Sunshine Boys
  27. 1976- Kris Kristofferson- A Star Is Born
  28. 1977- Richard Dreyfuss- The Goodbye Girl
  29. 1978- Warren Beatty- Heaven Can Wait
  30. 1979- Peter Sellers- Being There
  31. 1980- Ray Sharkey- The Idolmaker
  32. 1981- Dudley Moore- Arthur
  33. 1982- Dustin Hoffman- Tootsie
  34. 1983- Michael Caine- Educating Rita
  35. 1984- Dudley Moore- Micki + Maude
  36. 1985- Jack Nicholson- Prizzi's Honor
  37. 1986- Paul Hogan- Crocodile Dundee
  38. 1987- Robin Williams- Good Morning, Vietnam
  39. 1988- Tom Hanks- Big
  40. 1989- Morgan Freeman- Driving Miss Daisy
  41. 1990- Gerard Depardieu- Green Card
  42. 1991- Robin Williams- The Fisher King
  43. 1992- Tim Robbins- The Player
  44. 1993- Robin Williams- Mrs. Doubtfire
  45. 1994- Hugh Grant- Four Weddings and a Funeral
  46. 1995- John Travolta- Get Shorty
  47. 1996- Tom Cruise- Jerry Maguire
  48. 1997- Jack Nicholson- As Good as It Gets
  49. 1998- Michael Caine- Little Voice
  50. 1999- Jim Carrey- Man on the Moon
  51. 2000- George Clooney- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  52. 2001- Gene Hackman- The Royal Tenenbaums
  53. 2002- Richard Gere- Chicago
  54. 2003- Bill Murray- Lost in Translation
  55. 2004- Jamie Foxx- Ray
  56. 2005- Joaquin Phoenix- Walk the Line
  57. 2006- Sacha Baron Cohen- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  58. 2007- Johnny Depp- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  59. 2008- Colin Farrell- In Bruges