1952
British Ralph Richardson for his part in The Sound Barrier
Foreign Marlon Brando for his part in Viva Zapata!
1953
British John Gielgud for his part in Julius Caesar
Foreign Marlon Brando for his part in Julius Caesar
1954
British Kenneth More for his part in Doctor in the House
Foreign Marlon Brando for his part in On the Waterfront
1955
British Laurence Olivier for his part in Richard III
Foreign Ernest Borgnine for his part in Marty
1956
British Peter Finch for his part in A Town Like Alice
Foreign François Perier for his part in Gervaise
1957
British Alec Guinness for his part in The Bridge on the River Kwai
Foreign Henry Fonda for his part in 12 Angry Men
1958
British Trevor Howard for his part in The Key
Foreign Sidney Poitier for his part in The Defiant Ones
1959
British Peter Sellers for his part in I'm All Right, Jack
Foreign Jack Lemmon for his part in Some Like It Hot
1960
British Peter Finch for his part in The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Foreign Jack Lemmon for his part in The Apartment
1961
British Peter Finch for his part in No Love for Johnnie
Foreign Paul Newman for his part in The Hustler
1962
British Peter O'Toole for his part in Lawrence of Arabia
Foreign Burt Lancaster for his part in The Bird Man of Alcatraz
1963
British Dirk Bogarde for his part in The Servant
Foreign Marcello Mastroianni for his part in Divorce, Italian Style
1964
British Richard Attenborough for his parts in Guns at Batasi
and Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Foreign Marcello Mastroianni for his part in Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1965
British Dirk Bogarde for his part in Darling
Foreign Lee Marvin for his parts in The Killers
and Cat Ballou
1966
British Richard Burton for his part in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Foreign Rod Steiger for his part in The Pawnbroker
1967
British Paul Scofield for his part in A Man for All Seasons
Foreign Rod Steiger for his part in In the Heat of the Night
1966
British Richard Burton for his part in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Foreign Rod Steiger for his part in The Pawnbroker
- this was the last year two awards were given; the two categories were combined
1968
Spencer Tracy for his part in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
1969
Dustin Hoffman for his parts in Midnight Cowboy
and John and Mary
1970
Robert Redford for his parts in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1971
Peter Finch for his part in Sunday, Bloody Sunday
1972
Gene Hackman for his parts in The French Connection
and The Poseidon Adventure
1973
Walter Matthau for his parts in Pete 'n' Tillie
and Charley Varrick
1974
Jack Nicholson for his parts in Chinatown
and The Last Detail
1975
Al Pacino for his parts in The Godfather Part II
and Dog Day Afternoon
1976
Jack Nicholson for his part in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1977
Peter Finch for his part in Network
1978
Richard Dreyfuss for his part in The Goodbye Girl
1979
Jack Lemmon for his part in The China Syndrome
1980
John Hurt for his part in The Elephant Man
1981
Burt Lancaster for his part in Atlantic City
1982
Ben Kingsley for his part in Gandhi
1983
Jointly Michael Caine for his part in Educating Rita
and Dustin Hoffman for his part in Tootsie
1984
Haing S. Ngor for his part in The Killing Fields
- The award then became for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1985
William Hurt for his part in Kiss of the Spider Woman
1986
Bob Hoskins for his part in Mona Lisa
1987
Sean Connery for his part in The Name of the Rose
1988
John Cleese for his part in A Fish Called Wanda
1989
Daniel Day Lewis for his part in My Left Foot
1990
Philippe Noiret for his part in Cinema Paradiso
1991
Anthony Hopkins for his part in The Silence of the Lambs
1992
Robert Downey Jr for his part in Chaplin
1993
Anthony Hopkins for his part in The Remains of the Day
1994
Hugh Grant for his part in Four Weddings and a Funeral
1995
Nigel Hawthorne for his part in The Madness of King George
1996
Geoffrey Rush for his part in Shine
1997
Robert Carlyle for his part in The Full Monty
1998
Roberto Benigni for his part in Life is Beautiful (La Vita è Bella)
1999
Kevin Spacey for his part in American Beauty
2000
Jamie Bell for his part in Billy Elliot
2001
Russell Crowe for his part in A Beautiful Mind
2002
Daniel Day Lewis for his part in Gangs of New York
2003
Bill Murray for his part in Lost In Translation
2004
Jamie Foxx for his part in Ray
Last updated: 08-21-2005 03:07:54
