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2019 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![Ford v Ferrari Christian Bale](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ford-v-ferrari-james-mangold-image.jpg)
Ford v Ferrari
Christian Bale
2018 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![At Eternity's Gate Willem Dafoe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/at-eternitys-gate-julian-schnabel-image.jpg)
At Eternity’s Gate
Willem Dafoe
2010 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![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
2009 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![The Hurt Locker Jeremy Renner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hurt-locker-kathryn-bigelow-image.jpg)
The Hurt Locker
Jeremy Renner
2008 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![The Visitor Richard Jenkins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-visitor-tom-mccarthy-image.jpg)
The Visitor
Richard Jenkins
2007 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![Eastern Promises Viggo Mortensen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/eastern-promises-david-cronenberg-image.jpg)
Eastern Promises
Viggo Mortensen
2006 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![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
2005 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/capote-image.jpg)
Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman
2004 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![Hotel Rwanda Don Cheadle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hotel-rwanda-terry-george-image.jpg)
Hotel Rwanda
Don Cheadle
2003 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![Mystic River Sean Penn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mystic-river-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Mystic River
Sean Penn
2002 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![Gangs of New York Daniel Day-Lewis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gangs-of-new-york-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Gangs of New York
Daniel Day-Lewis
2002 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![The Quiet American Michael Caine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-quiet-american-phillip-noyce-image.jpg)
The Quiet American
Michael Caine
2001 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![L.I.E. Brian Cox](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l.i.e.-michael-cuesta-image.jpg)
L.I.E.
Brian Cox
2000 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![Quills Geoffrey Rush](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/quills-philip-kaufman-image.jpg)
Quills
Geoffrey Rush
1999 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![The Limey Terence Stamp](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-limey-steven-soderbergh-image.jpg)
The Limey
Terence Stamp
1998 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![American History X Edward Norton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-history-x-tony-kaye-image.jpg)
American History X
Edward Norton
1997 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![The Apostle Robert Duvall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-apostle-robert-duvall-image.jpg)
The Apostle
Robert Duvall
1996 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![Killer: A Journal of Murder James Woods](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/killer-a-journal-of-murder-tim-metcalfe-image.jpg)
Killer: A Journal of Murder
James Woods
1996 The Satellite Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
![Shine Geoffrey Rush](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shine-scott-hicks-image.jpg)