was the first recipient of this award-winning for
The Sound Barrier (1952) won three times for
Viva Zapata! (1952),
Julius Caesar (1953), and
On the Waterfront (1954)|alt=Black and white photo of Marlon Brando in the film, A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 won for
Julius Caesar (1953) won for
Richard III (1955) won for
Marty (1955) won five times in
1956,
1960,
1961,
1971, and
1976|alt=Peter Finch 2.jpg won for
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) won for
12 Angry Men (1957) became the first black actor to win for
The Defiant Ones (1958)|alt=Black and white photo of Sidney Poitier in 1963 won for ''
I'm All Right Jack'' (1958) won thrice for
Some Like It Hot (1959),
The Apartment (1960) and
The China Syndrome (1979)|alt=Jack Lemmon - 1968.jpg won for
The Hustler (1961) won for
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) won twice for
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and
Atlantic City (1981) won twice in
Divorce Italian Style (1963), and
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1964) won for
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold / ''
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1966)|alt=Photo of Richard Burton in The Robe, 1953 won for
Guns at Batasi /
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1968) won for
The Killers / Cat Ballou (1965) won for
A Man for All Seasons (1966) won twice for
The Pawnbroker (1966) and
In the Heat of the Night (1967) won for ''
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?'' (1968) won twice for
Midnight Cowboy /
John and Mary (1969), and
Tootsie (1983)|alt=Photo of Dustin Hoffman attending the French premiere of his film, Quartet in 2013 won for three films in 1970 won for
The French Connection and
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)|alt=GeneHackmanJun08.jpg won for
Charley Varrick / ''
Pete 'n' Tillie'' (1973) won twice for
The Last Detail /
Chinatown (1974), and ''
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975)|alt=Photo of Jack Nicholson attending the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 won for
The Godfather Part II /
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)|alt=Photo of Al Pacino attending the Venice Film Festival in 2004 won for
The Elephant Man (1980) won for
Gandhi (1982) won for
Educating Rita (1983) won for
The Name of the Rose (1987) won for
A Fish Called Wanda (1988) won four times for
My Left Foot (1989),
Gangs of New York (2002),
There Will Be Blood (2007) and
Lincoln (2012) won thrice for
The Silence of the Lambs (1991),
The Remains of the Day (1993) and
The Father (2020) |alt=Photo of Sir Anthony Hopkins at the 2009 Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy won for
Chaplin (1992) won for
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) won for
Shine (1996) won for
The Full Monty (1997) won for
Life Is Beautiful (1998) won for
American Beauty (1999) won for
Billy Elliot (2000) won for
A Beautiful Mind (2001)|alt=Photo of Crowe at the London film premiere for State of Play, 21 April 2009 won for
Lost in Translation (2003) won for
Ray (2004) won for
Capote (2005) won for
The Last King of Scotland (2006) won twice for
A Single Man (2009) and ''
The King's Speech'' (2010)|alt=Photo of Colin Firth at the
San Diego Comic-Con International in 2017 won for
The Artist (2011) won for
12 Years a Slave (2013)|alt=Chiwetel Ejiofor TIFF 2015.jpg won for
The Theory of Everything (2014) won for
The Revenant (2015) won for
Manchester by the Sea (2016) won for
Darkest Hour (2017) won for
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) won for
Joker (2019) won for
Elvis (2022) won for
Oppenheimer (2023) won for
The Brutalist (2024)
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Multiple nominations==