Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

2004 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerHotel RwandaDon CheadlePaul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.Amazon2004 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesFinding NeverlandJohnny DeppAmazonKinseyLiam NeesonAmazonThe Assassination of Richard NixonSean PennAmazonThe Motorcycle DiariesGael García BernalAmazonThe Sea InsideJavier BardemAmazonThe WoodsmanKevin BaconAmazon

1996 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerKiller: A Journal of MurderJames WoodsCarl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him ...AmazonShineGeoffrey RushPianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.Amazon1996 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesFargoWilliam H. MacyAmazonJudeChristopher EcclestonAmazonSling BladeBilly Bob ThorntonAmazonThe English PatientRalph FiennesAmazon

1997 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe ApostleRobert DuvallAfter his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.Amazon1997 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAmistadDjimon HounsouAmazonBoogie NightsMark WahlbergAmazonGood Will HuntingMatt DamonAmazonL.A. ConfidentialRussell CroweAmazonTitanicLeonardo DiCaprioAmazon

1998 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerAmerican History XEdward NortonA former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.Amazon1998 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAfflictionNick NolteAmazonGods and MonstersIan McKellenAmazonLove Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconDerek JacobiAmazonThe GeneralBrendan GleesonAmazonWildeStephen FryAmazon

1999 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe LimeyTerence StampAn extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.Amazon1999 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAmerican BeautyKevin SpaceyAmazonThe HurricaneDenzel WashingtonAmazonThe InsiderRussell CroweAmazonThe InsiderAl PacinoAmazonThe Straight StoryRichard FarnsworthAmazon

2000 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerQuillsGeoffrey RushIn a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.Amazon2000 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesBilly ElliotJamie BellAmazonFinding ForresterSean ConneryAmazonGladiatorRussell CroweAmazonPollockEd HarrisAmazonRemember the TitansDenzel WashingtonAmazon

2001 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerL.I.E.Brian CoxA 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.Amazon2001 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesA Beautiful MindRussell CroweAmazonI Am SamSean PennAmazonMementoGuy PearceAmazonMonster's BallBilly Bob ThorntonAmazonTraining DayDenzel WashingtonAmazon

2002 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerGangs of New YorkDaniel Day-LewisIn 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.AmazonThe Quiet AmericanMichael CaineAn old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.Amazon2002 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nominees25th HourEdward NortonAmazonAbout SchmidtJack NicholsonAmazonOne Hour PhotoRobin WilliamsAmazonRoad to PerditionTom HanksAmazon

2003 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerMystic RiverSean PennThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.Amazon2003 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesCold MountainJude LawAmazonIn AmericaPaddy ConsidineAmazonShattered GlassHayden ChristensenAmazonThe CoolerWilliam H. MacyAmazonThe Last SamuraiTom CruiseAmazon

2019 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerFord v FerrariChristian BaleAmerican car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.Amazon2019 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nominees1917George MacKayAmazonDark WatersMark RuffaloAmazonJokerJoaquin PhoenixAmazonMarriage StoryAdam DriverAmazonPain and GloryAntonio BanderasAmazon