Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Every winner and nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama since 1946, newest first.
2026🏆 Winner
Wagner Moura
The Secret Agent
2024🏆 Winner
Adrien Brody
The Brutalist
2023🏆 Winner
Cillian Murphy
Oppenheimer4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Hugh JackmanThe SonNominee
Brendan FraserThe WhaleNominee
Bill NighyLivingNominee
Jeremy PopeThe InspectionNominee2021🏆 Winner
Will Smith
King Richard
2020🏆 Winner
Joaquin Phoenix
Joker
2019🏆 Winner
Rami Malek
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018🏆 Winner
Gary Oldman
Darkest Hour1 nominee
Nominees (1)
2017🏆 Winner
Casey Affleck
Manchester by the Sea
2016🏆 Winner
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant
2015🏆 Winner
Billy Bob Thornton
Fargo
2012
Arbitrage1 nominee
2011🏆 Winner
Steve Buscemi
Boardwalk Empire2 nominees
Nominees (2)
J. EdgarNominee
The Ides of MarchNominee2010🏆 Winner
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
2009🏆 WinnerJeff BridgesCrazy Heart
2007🏆 Winner
Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland2 nominees
Nominees (2)
James McAvoyAtonementNominee
Michael ClaytonNominee2006🏆 Winner
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Capote2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Peter O'TooleVenusNominee
2005🏆 WinnerLeonardo DiCaprio
The Aviator1 nominee
Nominees (1)
2004🏆 Winner
Sean Penn
Mystic River2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Javier BardemThe Sea InsideNominee
Liam NeesonKinseyNominee2003🏆 Winner
Jack Nicholson
About Schmidt1 nominee
Nominees (1)
2002🏆 Winner
Russell Crowe
A Beautiful Mind1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Adrien BrodyThe PianistNominee2001🏆 Winner
Tom Hanks
Cast Away
2000🏆 Winner
Denzel Washington
The Hurricane1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1999
The Straight Story2 nominees
Nominees (2)
The Straight StoryNominee
Stephen FryWildeNominee1998🏆 Winner
Peter Fonda
Ulee's Gold
1996🏆 Winner
Nicolas Cage
Leaving Las Vegas1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Liam NeesonMichael CollinsNominee1995🏆 WinnerTom Hanks
Forrest Gump
1994🏆 WinnerTom Hanks
Philadelphia1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Pulp FictionNominee1993🏆 Winner
Al Pacino
Scent of a Woman1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Liam NeesonSchindler's ListNominee1992🏆 Winner
Nick Nolte
The Prince of Tides1 nominee
Nominees (1)
A Few Good MenNominee1990🏆 Winner
Tom Cruise
Born on the Fourth of July2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Richard HarrisThe FieldNominee
Robin WilliamsAwakeningsNominee1989
Dead Poets Society1 nominee
1987
Weeds2 nominees
1986
William Hurt
Children of a Lesser God2 nominees
1985🏆 Winner
Jon Voight
Runaway Train1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1984
Albert Finney
Under the Volcano1 nominee
1983🏆 Winner
Tom Courtenay
Tender Mercies1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Albert FinneyThe DresserNominee1982🏆 Winner
Ben Kingsley
Gandhi2 nominees
Nominees (2)
An Officer and a GentlemanNominee
Albert FinneyShoot the MoonNominee1980🏆 Winner
Robert De Niro
Raging Bull3 nominees
Nominees (3)
Peter O'TooleThe Stunt ManNominee
John HurtThe Elephant ManNominee1979Jon Voight
The Champ1 nominee
1978🏆 WinnerJon Voight
Coming Home1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1977
Gregory Peck
MacArthur1 nominee
1976🏆 WinnerJack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975🏆 WinnerJack Nicholson
Chinatown
1974🏆 WinnerAl Pacino
Serpico1 nominee
Nominees (1)
The ConversationNominee1973🏆 Winner
Marlon Brando
The Godfather1 nominee
Nominees (1)
The Last DetailNominee1972Jon Voight
Deliverance1 nominee
1971🏆 Winner
Gene Hackman
The French Connection
1970
Five Easy Pieces2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Five Easy PiecesNominee
Ryan O'NealLove StoryNominee1969🏆 Winner
John Wayne
True Grit2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Alan ArkinPopiNominee
Jon VoightMidnight CowboyNominee1968🏆 WinnerPeter O'Toole
The Lion in Winter2 nominees
Nominees (2)
CharlyNominee
1967🏆 Winner
Paul Scofield
A Man for All Seasons
1966🏆 Winner
Omar Sharif
Doctor Zhivago
1965🏆 WinnerDoctor Zhivago2 nominees
1964🏆 WinnerPeter O'Toole
Becket1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1963🏆 Winner
Sidney Poitier
Lilies of the Field1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1962🏆 Winner
Maximilian Schell
Judgment at Nuremberg2 nominees
Nominees (2)
1961Sidney Poitier
A Raisin in the Sun3 nominees
Nominees (3)
1960
Spartacus1 nominee
1958🏆 Winner
David Niven
Separate Tables3 nominees
Nominees (3)
Henry Fonda12 Angry MenNominee1957🏆 Winner
Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956🏆 Winner
Kirk Douglas
Lust for Life
1955🏆 Winner
Ernest Borgnine
Marty
1953🏆 Winner
Spencer Tracy
The Actress
1952
Charles Boyer
The Happy Time1 nominee
1951Kirk Douglas
Detective Story1 nominee
1950🏆 Winner
Broderick Crawford
All the King's Men1 nominee
Nominees (1)
James StewartHarveyNominee1948🏆 Winner
Ronald Colman
A Double Life
1946Gregory Peck
The Yearling1 nominee
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Chadwick Boseman
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