2000's

Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds- 82nd Academy Awards- 2009
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight- 81st Academy Awards- 2008
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men- 80th Academy Awards- 2007
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine- 79th Academy Awards- 2006
George Clooney, Syriana- 78th Academy Awards- 2005
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby- 77th Academy Awards- 2004
Tim Robbins, Mystic River- 76th Academy Awards- 2003
Chris Cooper, Adaptation.- 75th Academy Awards- 2002
Jim Broadbent, Iris- 74th Academy Awards- 2001
Benicio Del Toro, Traffic- 73rd Academy Awards- 2000

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1990's

Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules- 72nd Academy Awards- 1999
James Coburn, Affliction- 71st Academy Awards- 1998
Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting- 70th Academy Awards- 1997
Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jerry Maguire- 69th Academy Awards- 1996
Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects- 68th Academy Awards- 1995
Martin Landau, Ed Wood- 67th Academy Awards- 1994
Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive- 66th Academy Awards- 1993
Gene Hackman, Unforgiven- 65th Academy Awards- 1992
Jack Palance, City Slickers- 64th Academy Awards- 1991
Joe Pesci, Goodfellas- 63rd Academy Awards- 1990

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1980's

Denzel Washington, Glory- 62nd Academy Awards- 1989
Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda- 61st Academy Awards- 1988
Sean Connery, The Untouchables- 60th Academy Awards- 1987
Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters- 59th Academy Awards- 1986
Don Ameche, Cocoon- 58th Academy Awards- 1985
Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields- 57th Academy Awards- 1984
Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment- 56th Academy Awards- 1983
Louis Gossett, Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman- 55th Academy Awards- 1982
John Gielgud, Arthur- 54th Academy Awards- 1981
Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People- 53rd Academy Awards- 1980

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1970's

Melvyn Douglas, Being There- 52nd Academy Awards- 1979
Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter- 51st Academy Awards- 1978
Jason Robards, Julia- 50th Academy Awards- 1977
Jason Robards, All the President's Men- 49th Academy Awards- 1976
George Burns, The Sunshine Boys- 48th Academy Awards- 1975
Robert De Niro, The Godfather: Part II- 47th Academy Awards-1974
John Houseman, The Paper Chase- 46th Academy Awards- 1973
Joel Grey, Cabaret- 45th Academy Awards- 1972
Ben Johnson, The Last Picture Show- 44th Academy Awards- 1971
John Mills, Ryan's Daughter- 43rd Academy Awards- 1970

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1960's

Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?- 42nd Academy Awards- 1969
Jack Albertson, The Subject Was Roses- 41st Academy Awards- 1968
George Kennedy, Cool Hand Luke- 40th Academy Awards- 1967
Walter Matthau, The Fortune Cookie- 39th Academy Awards- 1966
Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns- 38th Academy Awards- 1965
Peter Ustinov, Topkapi- 37th Academy Awards- 1964
Melvyn Douglas, Hud- 36th Academy Awards- 1963
Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth- 35th Academy Awards- 1962
George Chakiris, West Side Story- 34th Academy Awards- 1961
Peter Ustinov, Spartacus- 33rd Academy Awards- 1960

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1950's

Hugh Griffith, Ben-Hur- 32nd Academy Awards- 1959
Burl Ives, The Big Country- 31st Academy Awards- 1958
Red Buttons, Sayonara- 30th Academy Awards- 1957
Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life- 29th Academy Awards- 1956
Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts- 28th Academy Awards- 1955
Edmond O'Brien, The Barefoot Contessa- 27th Academy Awards- 1954
Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity- 26th Academy Awards- 1953
Anthony Quinn, Viva Zapata!- 25th Academy Awards- 1952
Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire- 24th Academy Awards- 1951
George Sanders, All About Eve- 23rd Academy Awards- 1950

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1940's

Dean Jagger, Twelve O'Clock High- 22nd Academy Awards- 1949
Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre- 21st Academy Awards- 1948
Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street- 20th Academy Awards- 1947
Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives- 19th Academy Awards- 1946
James Dunn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn- 18th Academy Awards- 1945
Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way- 17th Academy Awards- 1944
Charles Coburn, The More the Merrier- 16th Academy Awards- 1943
Van Heflin, Johnny Eager- 15th Academy Awards- 1942
Donald Crisp, How Green Was My Valley- 14th Academy Awards- 1941
Walter Brennan, The Westerner- 13th Academy Awards- 1940

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1930's

Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach- 12th Academy Awards- 1939
Walter Brennan, Kentucky- 11th Academy Awards- 1938
Joseph Schildkraut, The Life of Emile Zola- 10th Academy Awards- 1937
Walter Brennan, Come and Get It- 9th Academy Awards- 1936*