Academy Awards: Best actor in a leading role

Submitted by rudolf55 on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 10:19
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  1. 2009

  2. Colin Firth - A Single Man
  3. George Clooney - Up In The Air
  4. Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
  5. Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
  6. Morgan Freeman - Invictus

  8. 2008

  9. Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  10. Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
  11. Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
  12. Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
  13. Sean Penn - Milk

  15. 2007

  16. Daniel-Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
  17. George Clooney - Michael Clayton
  18. Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
  19. Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley Of Elah
  20. Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

  22. 2006

  23. Forest Whitaker - The Last King Of Scotland
  24. Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
  25. Peter O'Toole - Venus
  26. Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
  27. Will Smith - The Pursuit Of Happyness

  29. 2005

  30. David Strathairn - Good Night And Good Luck
  31. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
  32. Joaquin Phoenix - Walk The Line
  33. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
  34. Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow

  36. 2004

  37. Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
  38. Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
  39. Jamie Foxx - Ray
  40. Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
  41. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator

  43. 2003

  44. Ben Kingsley - House Of Sand And Fog
  45. Bill Murray - Lost In Translation
  46. Johnny Depp - Pirates Of The Caribean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
  47. Jude Law - Cold Mountain
  48. Sean Penn - Mystic River

  50. 2002

  51. Adrien Brody - The Pianist
  52. Daniel-Day Lewis - Gangs Of New York
  53. Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
  54. Michael Caine - The Quiet American
  55. Nicolas Cage - Adaptation.

  57. 2001

  58. Denzel Washington - Training Day
  59. Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
  60. Sean Penn - I Am Sam
  61. Tom Wilkinson - In The Bedroom
  62. Will Smith - Ali

  64. 2000

  65. Ed Harris - Pollock
  66. Geoffrey Rush - Quills
  67. Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls
  68. Russell Crowe - Gladiator
  69. Tom Hanks - Cast Away

  71. 1999

  72. Denzel Washington - The Hurricane
  73. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
  74. Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story
  75. Russel Crowe - The Insider
  76. Sean Penn - Sweet And Lowdown

  78. 1998

  79. Edward Norton - American History X
  80. Ian McKellen - Gods And Monsters
  81. Nick Nolte - Affliction
  82. Roberto Benigni - La Vita È Bella
  83. Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan

  85. 1997

  86. Dustin Hoffman - Wag The Dog
  87. Jack Nicholson - As Good As It Gets
  88. Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
  89. Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
  90. Robert Duvall - The Apostle

  92. 1996

  93. Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
  94. Geoffrey Rush - Shine
  95. Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
  96. Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
  97. Woody Harrelson - The People Vs. Larry Flynt

  99. 1995

  100. Anthony Hopkins - Nixon
  101. Massimo Troisi - Il Postino
  102. Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
  103. Richard Dreyfuss - Mr. Holland's Opus
  104. Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking

  106. 1994

  107. John Travolta - Pulp Fiction
  108. Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption
  109. Nigel Hawthorne - The Madness Of King George
  110. Paul Newman - Nobody's Fool
  111. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

  113. 1993

  114. Anthony Hopkins - The Remains Of The Day
  115. Daniel Day-Lewis - In The Name Of The Father
  116. Laurence Fishburn - What's Love Got To Do With It
  117. Liam Neeson - Schindler's List
  118. Tom Hanks - Philadelphia

  120. 1992

  121. Al Pacino - Scent Of A Woman
  122. Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
  123. Denzel Washington - Malcolm X
  124. Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin
  125. Stephen Rea - The Crying Game

  127. 1991

  128. Anthony Hopkins - The Silence Of The Lambs
  129. Nick Nolte - The Prince Of Tides
  130. Robert De Niro - Cape Fear
  131. Robin Williams - The Fisher King
  132. Warren Beatty - Bugsy

  134. 1990

  135. Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano De Bergerac
  136. Jeremy Irons - Reversal Of Fortune
  137. Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves
  138. Richard Harris - The Field
  139. Robert De Niro - Awakenings

  141. 1989

  142. Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot: The Story Of Christy Brown
  143. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
  144. Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy
  145. Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society
  146. Tom Cruise - Born On The Fourth Of July

  148. 1988

  149. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
  150. Edward James Olmos - Stand And Deliver
  151. Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning
  152. Max Von Sydow - Pelle Erobreren
  153. Tom Hanks - Big

  155. 1987

  156. Jack Nicholson - Ironweed
  157. Marcello Mastroianni - Oci Ciornie
  158. Michael Douglas - Wall Street
  159. Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam
  160. William Hurt - Broadcast News

  162. 1986

  163. Bob Hoskins - Mona Lisa
  164. Dexter Gordon - 'Round Midnight
  165. James Woods - Salvador
  166. Paul Newman - The Color Of Money
  167. William Hurt - Children Of A Lesser God

  169. 1985

  170. Harrison Ford - Witness
  171. Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
  172. James Garner - Murphy's Romance
  173. Jon Voight - Runaway Train
  174. William Hurt - Kiss Of The Spider Woman

  176. 1984

  177. Albert Finney - Under The Volcano
  178. F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
  179. Jeff Bridges - Starman
  180. Sam Waterston - The Killing Fields
  181. Tom Hulce - Amadeus

  183. 1983

  184. Albert Finey - The Dresser
  185. Michael Caine - Educating Rita
  186. Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
  187. Tom Conti - Reuben, Reuben
  188. Tom Courtenay - The Dresser

  190. 1982

  191. Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
  192. Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie
  193. Jack Lemmon - Missing
  194. Paul Newman - The Verdict
  195. Peter O'Toole - My Favorite Year

  197. 1981

  198. Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
  199. Dudley Moore - Arthur
  200. Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond
  201. Paul Newman - Absence Of Malice
  202. Warren Beatty - Reds

  204. 1980

  205. Jack Lemmon - Tribute
  206. John Hurt - The Elephant Man
  207. Peter O'Toole - The Stunt Man
  208. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
  209. Robert Duvall - The Great Santini

  211. 1979

  212. Al Pacino - ...And Justice For All
  213. Dustin Hoffman - Kramer Vs. Kramer
  214. Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome
  215. Peter Sellers - Being There
  216. Roy Scheider - All That Jazz

  218. 1978

  219. Gary Busey - The Buddy Holly Story
  220. Jon Voight - Coming Home
  221. Laurence Olivier - The Boys From Brazil
  222. Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter
  223. Warren Beatty - Heaven Can Wait

  225. 1977

  226. John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever
  227. Marcello Mastroianni - Una Giornata Particolare
  228. Richard Burton - Equus
  229. Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
  230. Woody Allen - Annie Hall

  232. 1976

  233. Giancarlo Giannini - Pasqualino Settebellezze
  234. Peter Finch - Network
  235. Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
  236. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
  237. William Holden - Network

  239. 1975

  240. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
  241. Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
  242. James Whitmore - Give 'Em Hell, Harry!
  243. Maximilian Schell - The Man In The Glass Booth
  244. Walther Matthau - The Sunshine Boys

  246. 1974

  247. Albert Finney - Murder On The Orient Express
  248. Al Pacino - The Godfather: Part II
  249. Art Carney - Harry And Tonto
  250. Dustin Hoffman - Lenny
  251. Jack Nicholson - Chinatown

  253. 1973

  254. Al Pacino - Serpico
  255. Jack Lemmon - Save The Tiger
  256. Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
  257. Marlon Brando - Ultimo Tango A Parigi
  258. Robert Redford - The Sting

  260. 1972

  261. Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
  262. Marlon Brando - The Godfather
  263. Michael Caine - Sleuth
  264. Paul Winfield - Sounder
  265. Peter O'Toole - The Ruling Class

  267. 1971

  268. Gene Hackman - The French Connection
  269. George C. Scott - The Hospital
  270. Peter Finch - Sunday Bloody Sunday
  271. Topol - Fiddler On The Roof
  272. Walther Matthau - Kotch

  274. 1970

  275. George C. Scott - Patton
  276. Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces
  277. James Earl Jones - The Great White Hope
  278. Melvyn Douglas - I Never Sang For My Father
  279. Ryan O'Neal - Love Story

  281. 1969

  282. Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
  283. John Wayne - True Grit
  284. Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy
  285. Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  286. Richard Burton - Anne Of The Thousand Days

  288. 1968

  289. Alan Arkin - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
  290. Alan Bates - The Fixer
  291. Cliff Robertson - Charly
  292. Peter O'Toole - The Lion In Winter
  293. Ron Moody - Oliver!

  295. 1967

  296. Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate
  297. Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke
  298. Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
  299. Rod Steiger - In The Heat Of The Night
  300. Warren Beatty - Bonnie And Clyde

  302. 1966

  303. Alan Arkin - The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
  304. Michael Caine - Alfie
  305. Paul Scofield - A Man For All Seasons
  306. Richard Burton - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
  307. Steve McQueen - The Sand Pebbles

  309. 1965

  310. Laurence Olivier - Othello
  311. Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou
  312. Oskar Werner - Ship Of Fools
  313. Richard Burton - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
  314. Rod Steiger - The Pawnbroker

  316. 1964

  317. Anthony Quinn - Alexis Zorbas
  318. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
  319. Peter O'Toole - Becket
  320. Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
  321. Richard Burton - Becket

  323. 1963

  324. Albert Finney - Tom Jones
  325. Paul Newman - Hud
  326. Rex Harrison - Cleopatra
  327. Richard Harris - This Sporting Life
  328. Sidney Poitier - Lilies Of The Field

  330. 1962

  331. Burt Lancaster - Birdman Of Alcatraz
  332. Gregory Peck - To Kill A Mockingbird
  333. Jack Lemmon - Days Of Wine And Roses
  334. Marcello Mastroianni - Divorzio All'Italiana
  335. Peter O'Toole - Lawrence Of Arabia

  337. 1961

  338. Charles Boyer - Fanny
  339. Maximilian Shell - Judgment At Nuremberg
  340. Paul Newman - The Hustler
  341. Spencer Tracy - Judgment At Nuremberg
  342. Stuart Whitman - The Mark

  344. 1960

  345. Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
  346. Jack Lemmon - The Apartment
  347. Laurence Olivier - The Entertainer
  348. Spencer Tracy - Inherit The Wind
  349. Trevor Howard - Sons And Lovers

  351. 1959

  352. Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
  353. Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
  354. James Stewart - Anatomy Of A Murder
  355. Laurence Harvey - Room At The Top
  356. Paul Muni - The Last Angry Man

  358. 1958

  359. David Niven - Seperate Tables
  360. Paul Newman - Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
  361. Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones
  362. Spencer Tracy - The Old Man And The Sea
  363. Tony Curtis - The Defiant Ones

  365. 1957

  366. Alec Guiness - The Bridge On The River Kwai
  367. Anthony Franciosa - A Hatful Of Rain
  368. Anthony Quinn - Wild Is The Wind
  369. Charles Laughton - Witness For The Prosecution
  370. Marlon Brando - Sayonara

  372. 1956

  373. James Dean - Giant
  374. Kirk Douglas - Lust For Life
  375. Laurence Olivier - Richard III
  376. Rock Hudson - Giant
  377. Yul Brynner - The King And I

  379. 1955

  380. Ernest Borgnine - Marty
  381. James Cagney - Love Me Or Leave Me
  382. James Dean - East Of Eden
  383. Frank Sinatra - The Man With The Golden Arm
  384. Spencer Tracy - Bad Day At Black Rock

  386. 1954

  387. Bing Crosby - The Country Girl
  388. Dan O'Herlihy - Robinson Crusoe
  389. Humphrey Bogart - The Caine Mutiny
  390. James Mason - A Star Is Born
  391. Marlon Brando - On The Waterfront

  393. 1953

  394. Burt Lancaster - From Here To Eternity
  395. Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar
  396. Montgomery Clift - From Here To Eternity
  397. Richard Burton - The Robe
  398. William Holden - Stalag 17

  400. 1952

  401. Alec Guiness - The Lavender Hill Mob
  402. Gary Cooper - High Noon
  403. José Ferrer - Moulin Rouge
  404. Kirk Douglas - The Bad And The Beautiful
  405. Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata!

  407. 1951

  408. Arthur Kennedy - Bright Victory
  409. Fredric March - Death Of A Salesman
  410. Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen
  411. Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire
  412. Montgomery Clift - A Place In The Sun

  414. 1950

  415. James Stewart - Harvey
  416. José Ferrer - Cyrano De Bergerac
  417. Louis Calhern - The Magnificent Yankee
  418. William Holden - Sunset Blvd.
  419. Spencer Tracy - Father Of The Bride

  421. 1949

  422. Broderick Crawford - All The King's Men
  423. Gregory Peck - Twelve O'Clock High
  424. John Wayne - Sands Of Iwo Jima
  425. Kirk Douglas - Champion
  426. Richard Todd - The Hasty Hear

  428. 1948

  429. Clifton Webb - Sitting Pretty
  430. Dan Dailey - When My Baby Smiles At Me
  431. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet
  432. Lew Ayres - Johnny Belinda
  433. Montgomery Clift - The Search

  435. 1947

  436. Gregory Peck - Gentleman's Agreement
  437. John Garfield - Body And Soul
  438. Michael Redgrave - Mourning Becomes Electra
  439. Ronald Colman - A Double Life
  440. William Powell - Life With Father

  442. 1946

  443. Fredric March - The Best Years Of Our Lives
  444. Gregory Peck - The Yearling
  445. James Stewart - It's A Wonderful Life
  446. Larry Parks - The Jolson Story
  447. Laurence Oliver - The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France

  449. 1945

  450. Bing Crosby - The Bells Of St. Mary's
  451. Cornel Wilde - A Song To Remember
  452. Gene Kelly - Anchors Aweigh
  453. Gregory Peck - The Keys Of The Kingdom
  454. Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend

  456. 1944

  457. Alexander Knox - Wilson
  458. Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way
  459. Bing Crosby - Going My Way
  460. Cary Grant - None But The Lonely Heart
  461. Charles Boyer - Gaslight

  463. 1943

  464. Gary Cooper - For Whom The Bell Tolls
  465. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
  466. Mickey Rooney - The Human Comedy
  467. Paul Lukas - Watch On The Rhine
  468. Walter Pidgeon - Madame Curie

  470. 1942

  471. Gary Cooper - Pride Of The Yankees
  472. James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
  473. Monty Woolley - The Pied Piper
  474. Ronald Colman - Random Harvest
  475. Walter Pidgeon - Mrs. Miniver

  477. 1941

  478. Cary Grant - Penny Serenade
  479. Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
  480. Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
  481. Robert Montgomery - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  482. Walter Huston - All That Money Can Buy

  484. 1940

  485. Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator
  486. Henry Fonda - The Grapes Of Wrath
  487. James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story
  488. Laurence Olivier - Rebecca
  489. Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln In Illinois

  491. 1939

  492. Clark Gable - Gone With The Wind
  493. James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
  494. Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights
  495. Mickey Rooney - Babes In Arms
  496. Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips

  498. 1938

  499. Charles Boyer - Algiers
  500. James Cagney - Angels With Dirty Faces
  501. Leslie Howard - Pygmalion
  502. Robert Donat - The Citadel
  503. Spencer Tracy - Boys Town

  505. 1937

  506. Charles Boyer - Conquest
  507. Fredric March - A Star Is Born
  508. Paul Muni - The Life Of Emile Zola
  509. Robert Montgomery - Night Must Fall
  510. Spencer Tracy - Captain Courageous

  512. 1936

  513. Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
  514. Paul Muni - The Story Of Louis Pasteur
  515. Spencer Tracy - San Francisco
  516. Walter Huston - Dodsworth
  517. William Powell - My Man Godfrey

  519. 1935

  520. Charles Laughton - Mutiny On The Bounty
  521. Clark Gable - Mutiny On The Bounty
  522. Franchot Tone - Mutiny On The Bounty
  523. Paul Muni - Black Fury
  524. Victor McLaglen - The Informer

  526. 1934

  527. Clark Gable - It Happened One Night
  528. Frank Morgan - The Affairs Of Cellini
  529. William Powell - The Thin Man

  531. 1933

  532. Charles Laughton - The Private Life Of Henry VIII
  533. Leslie Howard - Berkeley Square
  534. Paul Muni - I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang

  536. 1932

  537. Alfred Lunt - The Guardsman
  538. Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
  539. Wallace Beery - The Champ

  541. 1931

  542. Adolphe Menjou - The Front Page
  543. Fredric March - The Royal Family Of Broadway
  544. Jackie Cooper - Skippy
  545. Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul
  546. Richard Dix - Cimarron

  548. 1930

  549. George Arliss - Disraeli
  550. George Arliss - The Green Godess
  551. Lawrence Tibbett - The Rogue Song
  552. Maurice Chevalier - The Big Pond
  553. Maurice Chevalier - The Love Parade
  554. Ronald Colman - Bulldog Drummond
  555. Ronald Colman - Condemned
  556. Wallace Beery - The Big House

  558. 1928-1929

  559. Chester Morris - Alibi
  560. George Bancroft - Thunderbolt
  561. Lewis Stone - The Patriot
  562. Paul Muni - The Valiant
  563. Warner Baxter - In Old Arizona

  565. 1927-1928

  566. Emil Jannings - The Last Command
  567. Richard Barthelmess - The Noose
  568. Richard Barthelmess - The Patent Leather Kid
Author Comments: 

No scores. Even if I were to give scores, they'd be for the actual performance. Maybe stars.