1997 bis 1999

1997

Jack Nicholson – Besser geht’s nicht

Peter Fonda – Ulee’s Gold

Ian Holm – Das süße Jenseits

1998

Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters

Tom Hanks – Der Soldat James Ryan

Edward Norton – American History X

1999

Kevin Spacey – American Beauty

Jim Carrey – Der Mondmann

Russell Crowe – Insider (The Insider)

Richard Farnsworth – Eine wahre Geschichte – The Straight Story (The Straight Story)

Edward Norton – Fight Club

2000 bis 2009

2000

Tom Hanks – Cast Away

Christian Bale – American Psycho

Russell Crowe – Gladiator

Michael Douglas – Die WonderBoys (Wonder Boys)

Geoffrey Rush – Quills – Macht der Besessenheit (Quills)

2001

Billy Bob Thornton – The Man Who Wasn’t There

Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind

Guy Pearce – Memento

Denzel Washington – Training Day

Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom

2002

Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York

Adrien Brody – Der Pianist

Nicolas Cage – Adaptation

Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt

Robin Williams – One Hour Photo

2003

Bill Murray – Lost in Translation

Johnny Depp – Fluch der Karibik

Paul Giamatti – American Splendor

Ben Kingsley – Haus aus Sand und Nebel

Sean Penn – Mystic River

2004

Paul Giamatti – Sideways

Jim Carrey – Vergiss mein nicht!

Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda

Leonardo DiCaprio – Aviator

Jamie Foxx – Ray

2005

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote

Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow

Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain

Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line

David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck

2006

Forest Whitaker – Der letzte König von Schottland – In den Fängen der Macht

Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat

Leonardo DiCaprio – Departed – Unter Feinden

Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson

Peter O’Toole – Venus

2007

Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood

George Clooney – Michael Clayton

Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild

Frank Langella – Starting Out in the Evening

Viggo Mortensen – Tödliche Versprechen – Eastern Promises

2008

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler – Ruhm, Liebe, Schmerz

Benicio Del Toro – The Argentine

Richard Jenkins – Ein Sommer in New York – The Visitor

Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon

Sean Penn – Milk

2009

Jeremy Renner – Tödliches Kommando – The Hurt Locker

Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

George Clooney – Up in the Air

Sharlto Copley – District 9

Joaquin Phoenix – Two Lovers

2010 bis 2019

2010

Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

Jeff Bridges – True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network

James Franco – 127 Hours

Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

Édgar Ramírez – Carlos – Der Schakal

2011

Michael Fassbender – Shame

George Clooney – The Descendants – Familie und andere Angelegenheiten

Jean Dujardin – The Artist

Gary Oldman – Dame, König, As, Spion (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Michael Shannon – Take Shelter

2012

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

John Hawkes – The Sessions – Wenn Worte berühren (The Sessions)

Denis Lavant – Holy Motors

Joaquin Phoenix – The Master

Denzel Washington – Flight

2013

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis

Mads Mikkelsen – Die Jagd

Joaquin Phoenix – Her

2014

Michael Keaton – Birdman oder (Die unverhoffte Macht der Ahnungslosigkeit)

Ralph Fiennes – Grand Budapest Hotel

Brendan Gleeson – Am Sonntag bist du tot (Calvary)

Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler – Jede Nacht hat ihren Preis (Nightcrawler)

Timothy Spall – Mr. Turner – Meister des Lichts

2015

Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs

Matt Damon – Der Marsianer – Rettet Mark Watney (The Martian)

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant – Der Rückkehrer (The Revenant)

Michael B. Jordan – Creed – Rocky’s Legacy (Creed)

Ian McKellen – Mr. Holmes

2016

Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

Adam Driver – Paterson

Ryan Gosling – La La Land

Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic – Einmal Wildnis und zurück (Captain Fantastic)

Denzel Washington – Fences

2017

Gary Oldman – Die dunkelste Stunde (Darkest Hour)

Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name

James Franco – The Disaster Artist

Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out

Robert Pattinson – Good Time

2018

Ethan Hawke – First Reformed

Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born

Christian Bale – Vice – Der zweite Mann (Vice)

Joaquin Phoenix – A Beautiful Day (You Were Never Really Here)

John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman

2019

Adam Driver – Marriage Story

Antonio Banderas – Leid und Herrlichkeit (Dolor y gloria)

Robert De Niro – The Irishman

Joaquin Phoenix – Joker

Adam Sandler – Der schwarze Diamant (Uncut Gems)

Ab 2020

2020

Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins – The Father

Steven Yeun – Minari – Wo wir Wurzeln schlagen (Minari)

2021

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

Nicolas Cage – Pig

Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!

Oscar Isaac – The Card Counter

Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car (Doraibu mai kā)

2022

Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Austin Butler – Elvis

Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Bill Nighy – Living – Einmal wirklich leben (Living)