Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2020 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Joker Joaquin Phoenix](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/joker-todd-phillips-movie-image.jpg)
Joker
Joaquin Phoenix
2019 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Bohemian Rhapsody Rami Malek](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bohemian-rhapsody-bryan-singer-movie-image.jpg)
Bohemian Rhapsody
Rami Malek
2018 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Darkest Hour Gary Oldman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/darkest-hour-joe-wright-image.jpg)
Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman
2017 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/manchester-by-the-sea-kenneth-lonergan-image.jpg)
Manchester by the Sea
Casey Affleck
2016 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Revenant Leonardo DiCaprio](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-revenant-image.jpg)
The Revenant
Leonardo DiCaprio
2015 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Theory of Everything Eddie Redmayne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-theory-of-everything-james-marsh-image.jpg)
The Theory of Everything
Eddie Redmayne
2014 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Dallas Buyers Club Matthew McConaughey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dallas-buyers-club-jean-marc-vallee-image.jpg)
Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey
2013 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lincoln-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis
2012 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Artist Jean Dujardin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-artist-michel-hazanavicius-image.jpg)
The Artist
Jean Dujardin
2011 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The King's Speech Colin Firth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-kings-speech-tom-hooper-image.jpg)
The King’s Speech
Colin Firth
2010 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crazy-heart-scott-cooper-image.jpg)
Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges
2009 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Milk Sean Penn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/milk-gus-van-sant-image.jpg)
Milk
Sean Penn
2008 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![There Will Be Blood Daniel Day-Lewis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/there-will-be-blood-paul-thomas-anderson-image.jpg)
There Will Be Blood
Daniel Day-Lewis
2007 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Last King of Scotland Forest Whitaker](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-king-of-scotland-kevin-macdonald-image.jpg)
The Last King of Scotland
Forest Whitaker
2006 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/capote-image.jpg)
Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Ray Jamie Foxx](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ray-taylor-hackford-image.jpg)
Ray
Jamie Foxx
2004 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Mystic River Sean Penn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mystic-river-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Mystic River
Sean Penn
2003 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Pianist Adrien Brody](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-pianist-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
The Pianist
Adrien Brody
2002 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Training Day Denzel Washington](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/training-day-image.jpg)
Training Day
Denzel Washington
2001 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Gladiator Russell Crowe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gladiator-ridley-scott-image.jpg)
Gladiator
Russell Crowe
2000 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![American Beauty Kevin Spacey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-beauty-sam-mendes-image.jpg)
American Beauty
Kevin Spacey
1999 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Life Is Beautiful Roberto Benigni](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/life-is-beautiful-roberto-benigni-image.jpg)
Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni
1998 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![As Good as It Gets Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/as-good-as-it-gets-james-l.-brooks-image.jpg)
As Good as It Gets
Jack Nicholson
1997 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Shine Geoffrey Rush](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shine-scott-hicks-image.jpg)
Shine
Geoffrey Rush
1996 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Leaving Las Vegas Nicolas Cage](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/leaving-las-vegas-mike-figgis-image.jpg)
Leaving Las Vegas
Nicolas Cage
1995 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Forrest Gump Tom Hanks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/forrest-gump-robert-zemeckis-image.jpg)
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks
1994 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Philadelphia Tom Hanks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/philadelphia-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
Philadelphia
Tom Hanks
1993 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Scent of a Woman Al Pacino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/scent-of-a-woman-martin-brest-image.jpg)
Scent of a Woman
Al Pacino
1992 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Silence of the Lambs Anthony Hopkins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-silence-of-the-lambs-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins
1991 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Reversal of Fortune Jeremy Irons](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reversal-of-fortune-image.jpg)
Reversal of Fortune
Jeremy Irons
1990 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![My Left Foot Daniel Day-Lewis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-left-foot-jim-sheridan-image.jpg)
My Left Foot
Daniel Day-Lewis
1989 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Rain Man Dustin Hoffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rain-man-image.jpg)
Rain Man
Dustin Hoffman
1988 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Wall Street Michael Douglas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wall-street-oliver-stone-image.jpg)
Wall Street
Michael Douglas
1987 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Color of Money Paul Newman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-color-of-money-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Color of Money
Paul Newman
1986 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Kiss of the Spider Woman William Hurt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kiss-of-the-spider-woman-hector-babenco-image.jpg)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
William Hurt
1985 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Amadeus F. Murray Abraham](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/amadeus-image.jpg)
Amadeus
F. Murray Abraham
1984 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Tender Mercies Robert Duvall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tender-mercies-image.jpg)
Tender Mercies
Robert Duvall
1983 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Gandhi Ben Kingsley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gandhi-richard-attenborough-image.jpg)
Gandhi
Ben Kingsley
1982 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![On Golden Pond Henry Fonda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-golden-pond-mark-rydell-image.jpg)
On Golden Pond
Henry Fonda
1981 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Raging Bull Robert De Niro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/raging-bull-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Raging Bull
Robert De Niro
1980 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Kramer vs. Kramer Dustin Hoffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kramer-vs.-kramer-robert-benton-image.jpg)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Dustin Hoffman
1979 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Coming Home Jon Voight](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coming-home-hal-ashby-image.jpg)
Coming Home
Jon Voight
1978 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Goodbye Girl Richard Dreyfuss](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-goodbye-girl-herbert-ross-image.jpg)
The Goodbye Girl
Richard Dreyfuss
1977 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Network Peter Finch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/network-sidney-lumet-image.jpg)
Network
Peter Finch
1976 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-milos-forman-image.jpg)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Jack Nicholson
1975 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Harry and Tonto Art Carney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/harry-and-tonto-paul-mazursky-image.jpg)
Harry and Tonto
Art Carney
1974 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Save the Tiger Jack Lemmon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/save-the-tiger-john-g.-avildsen-image.jpg)
Save the Tiger
Jack Lemmon
1973 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Godfather Marlon Brando](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-godfather-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
The Godfather
Marlon Brando
1972 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The French Connection Gene Hackman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-french-connection-william-friedkin-image.jpg)
The French Connection
Gene Hackman
1971 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Patton George C. Scott](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/patton-franklin-j.-schaffner-image.jpg)
Patton
George C. Scott
1970 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![True Grit John Wayne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/true-grit-henry-hathaway-image.jpg)
True Grit
John Wayne
1969 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Charly Cliff Robertson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/charly-ralph-nelson-image.jpg)
Charly
Cliff Robertson
1968 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![In the Heat of the Night Rod Steiger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-heat-of-the-night-norman-jewison-image.jpg)
In the Heat of the Night
Rod Steiger
1967 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![A Man for All Seasons Paul Scofield](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-man-for-all-seasons-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
A Man for All Seasons
Paul Scofield
1966 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Cat Ballou Lee Marvin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cat-ballou-elliot-silverstein-image.jpg)
Cat Ballou
Lee Marvin
1965 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![My Fair Lady Rex Harrison](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-fair-lady-george-cukor-image.jpg)
My Fair Lady
Rex Harrison
1964 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Lilies of the Field Sidney Poitier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lilies-of-the-field-ralph-nelson-image.jpg)
Lilies of the Field
Sidney Poitier
1963 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![To Kill a Mockingbird Gregory Peck](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/to-kill-a-mockingbird-robert-mulligan-image.jpg)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gregory Peck
1962 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/judgment-at-nuremberg-stanley-kramer-image.jpg)
Judgment at Nuremberg
Maximilian Schell
1961 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Elmer Gantry Burt Lancaster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/elmer-gantry-richard-brooks-image.jpg)
Elmer Gantry
Burt Lancaster
1960 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Ben-Hur Charlton Heston](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ben-hur-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Ben-Hur
Charlton Heston
1959 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Separate Tables David Niven](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/separate-tables-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
Separate Tables
David Niven
1958 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Bridge on the River Kwai Alec Guinness](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alec Guinness
1957 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The King and I Yul Brynner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-king-and-i-walter-lang-image.jpg)
The King and I
Yul Brynner
1956 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Marty Ernest Borgnine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marty-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
Marty
Ernest Borgnine
1955 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![On the Waterfront Marlon Brando](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-the-waterfront-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando
1954 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Stalag 17 William Holden](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/stalag-17-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
Stalag 17
William Holden
1953 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![High Noon Gary Cooper](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/high-noon-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
High Noon
Gary Cooper
1952 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The African Queen Humphrey Bogart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-african-queen-john-huston-image.jpg)
The African Queen
Humphrey Bogart
1951 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Cyrano de Bergerac José Ferrer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cyrano-de-bergerac-michael-gordon-image.jpg)
Cyrano de Bergerac
José Ferrer
1950 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![All the King's Men Broderick Crawford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-the-kings-men-robert-rossen-image.jpg)
All the King’s Men
Broderick Crawford
1949 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Hamlet Laurence Olivier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hamlet-laurence-olivier-image.jpg)
Hamlet
Laurence Olivier
1948 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![A Double Life Ronald Colman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-double-life-george-cukor-image.jpg)
A Double Life
Ronald Colman
1947 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Best Years of Our Lives Fredric March](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-best-years-of-our-lives-william-wyler-image.jpg)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Fredric March
1946 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Lost Weekend Ray Milland](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lost-weekend-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Lost Weekend
Ray Milland
1945 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Going My Way Bing Crosby](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/going-my-way-leo-mccarey-image.jpg)
Going My Way
Bing Crosby
1944 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Watch on the Rhine Paul Lukas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/watch-on-the-rhine-herman-shumlin-hal-mohr-image.jpg)
Watch on the Rhine
Paul Lukas
1943 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Yankee Doodle Dandy James Cagney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/yankee-doodle-dandy-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
James Cagney
1942 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Sergeant York Gary Cooper](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sergeant-york-howard-hawks-image.jpg)
Sergeant York
Gary Cooper
1941 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Philadelphia Story James Stewart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-philadelphia-story-george-cukor-image.jpg)
The Philadelphia Story
James Stewart
1940 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Goodbye, Mr. Chips Robert Donat](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/goodbye-mr.-chips-sam-wood-sidney-franklin-image.jpg)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Robert Donat
1939 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Boys Town Spencer Tracy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/boys-town-norman-taurog-image.jpg)
Boys Town
Spencer Tracy
1938 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Captains Courageous Spencer Tracy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/captains-courageous-victor-fleming-image.jpg)
Captains Courageous
Spencer Tracy
1937 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Story of Louis Pasteur Paul Muni](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-story-of-louis-pasteur-william-dieterle-image.jpg)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Paul Muni
1936 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Informer Victor McLaglen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-informer-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Informer
Victor McLaglen
1935 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![It Happened One Night Clark Gable](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/it-happened-one-night-frank-capra-image.jpg)
It Happened One Night
Clark Gable
1934 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Private Life of Henry VIII. Charles Laughton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-private-life-of-henry-viii.-image.jpg)
The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Charles Laughton
1932 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Fredric March](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dr.-jekyll-and-mr.-hyde-rouben-mamoulian-image.jpg)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fredric March
1932 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Champ Wallace Beery](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-champ-king-vidor-image.jpg)
The Champ
Wallace Beery
1931 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![A Free Soul Lionel Barrymore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-free-soul-clarence-brown-image.jpg)
A Free Soul
Lionel Barrymore
1930s Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![Disraeli George Arliss](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/disraeli-image.jpg)
Disraeli
George Arliss
1930 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![In Old Arizona Warner Baxter](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-old-arizona-irving-cummings-image.jpg)
In Old Arizona
Warner Baxter
1929 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role
![The Last Command Emil Jannings](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-command-josef-von-sternberg-image.jpg)