1998 - James Coburn [1928-] - (Affliction)
1997 - Robin Williams [1952-] - (Good Will Hunting)
1996 - Cuba Gooding Jr. [1968-] - (Jerry Maguire)
1995 - Kevin Spacey [1959-] - (The Usual Suspects)
1994 - Martin Landau [1931-] - (Ed Wood)
1993 - Tommy Lee Jones [1946-] - (The Fugitive)
1992 - Gene Hackman [1930-] - (Unforgiven)
1991 - Jack Palance [1919-] - (City Slickers)
1990 - Joe Pesci [1943-] - (Goodfellas)
1989 - Denzel Washington [1954-] - (Glory)
1988 - Kevin Kline [1947-] - (A Fish Called Wanda)
1987 - Sean Connery [1930-] - (The Untouchables)
1986 - Michael Caine [1933-] - (Hannah and Her Sisters)
1985 - Don Ameche [1908-1993] - (Cocoon)
1984 - Haing S. Ngor [1940-1996] - (The Killing Fields)
1983 - Jack Nicholson [1937-] - (Terms of Endearment)
1982 - Louis Gossett Jr. [1936-] - (Officer and a Gentleman)
1981 - John Gielgud [1904-] - (Arthur)
1980 - Timothy Hutton [1960-] - (Ordinary People)
1979 - Melvyn Douglas [1901-1981] - (Being There)
1978 - Christopher Walken [1943-] - (The Deer Hunter)
1977 - Jason Robards [1922-] - (Julia)
1976 - Jason Robards [1922-] - (All the President's Men)
1975 - George Burns [1896-1996] - (The Sunshine Boys)
1974 - Robert De Niro [1943-] - (The Godfather: Part II)
1973 - John Houseman [1902-1988] - (The Paper Chase)
1972 - Joel Grey [1932-] - (Cabaret)
1971 - Ben Johnson [1918-1996] - (The Last Picture Show)
1970 - John Mills [1908-] - (Ryan's Daughter)
1969 - Gig Young [1913-1978] - (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)
1968 - Jack Albertson [1907-1981] - (The Subject Was Roses)
1967 - George Kennedy [1925-] - (Cool Hand Luke)
1966 - Walter Matthau [1920-] - (The Fortune Cookie)
1965 - Martin Balsam [1919-1996] - (A Thousand Clowns)
1964 - Peter Ustinov [1921-] - (Topkapi)
1963 - Melvyn Douglas [1901-1981] - (Hud)
1962 - Ed Begley [1901-1970] - (Sweet Bird of Youth)
1961 - George Chakiris [1934-] - (West Side Story)
1960 - Peter Ustinov [1921-] - (Spartacus)
1959 - Hugh Griffith [1912-1980] - (Ben Hur)
1958 - Burl Ives [1909-1995] - (The Big Country)
1957 - Red Buttons [1919-] - (Sayonara)
1956 - Anthony Quinn [1915-] - (Lust for Life)
1955 - Jack Lemmon [1925-] - (Mister Roberts)
1954 - Edmond O'Brien [1915-1985] - (The Barefoot Contessa)
1953 - Frank Sinatra [1915-1998] - (From Here to Eternity)
1952 - Anthony Quinn [1915-] - (Viva Zapata!)
1951 - Karl Malden [1914-] - (A Streetcar Named Desire)
1950 - George Sanders [1906-1972] - (All About Eve)
1949 - Dean Jagger [1903-1991] - (Twelve O' Clock High)
1948 - Walter Huston [1884-1950] - (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
1947 - Edmund Gwenn [1875-1959] - (Miracle on 34th St.)
1946 - Harold Russell [1914-] - (The Best Years of Our Lives)
1945 - James Dunn [1905-1967] - (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
1944 - Barry Fitzgerald [1888-1961] - (Going My Way)
1943 - Charles Coburn [1877-1961] - (The More the Merrier)
1942 - Van Heflin [1910-1971] - (Johnny Eager)
1941 - Donald Crisp [1880-1974] - (How Green Was My Valley)
1940 - Walter Brennan [1894-1974] - (The Westerner)
1939 - Thomas Mitchell [1892-1962] - (Stagecoach)
1938 - Walter Brennan [1894-1974] - (Kentucky)
1937 - Joseph Schildkraut [1895-1964] - (The Life of Emile Zola)
1936 - Walter Brennan [1894-1974] - (Come and Get It)