Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Other nominees: Terence Stamp (Billy Budd), Telly Savalas (Birdman of Alcatraz), Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia), and Victor Buono (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)

Melvyn Douglas, Hud (1963)

Other nominees: Bobby Darin (Captain Newman M.D.), John Huston (The Cardinal), Hugh Griffith (Tom Jones), and Nick Adams (Twlight of Honor)

Peter Ustinov, Topkapi (1964)

Other nominees: Lee Tracy (The Best Man), John Gielgud (Becket), Stanley Holloway (My Fair Lady), and Edmond O'Brien (Seven Days in May)

Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns (1965)

Other nominees: Tom Courtenay (Doctor Zhivago), Ian Bannen (The Flight of the Phoenix), Frank Finlay (Othello), and Michael Dunn (Ship of Fools)

Walter Matthau, The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Other nominees: James Mason (Georgy Girl), Robert Shaw (A Man for All Seasons), Mako (The Sand Pebbles), and George Segal (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

George Kennedy, Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Other nominees: Gene Hackman (Bonnie and Clyde), Michael J. Pollard (Bonnie and Clyde), John Cassavetes (The Dirty Dozen), and Cecil Kellaway (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)

Jack Albertson, The Subject Was Roses (1968)

Other nominees: Seymour Cassel (Faces), Jack Wild (Oliver!), Gene Wilder (The Producers), and Daniel Massey (Star!)

Gig Young, They Shoot Horses Don't They? (1969)

Other nominees: Anthony Quayle (Anne of the Thousand Days), Elliott Gould (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), Jack Nicholson (Easy Rider), and Rupert Crosse (The Reivers)

John Mills, Ryan's Daughter (1970)

Other nominees: Gene Hackman (I Never Sang for My Father), Chief Dan George (Little Big Man), John Marley (Love Story), and Richard S. Castellano (Lovers and Others Strangers)

Ben Johnson, The Last Picture Show (1971)

Other nominees: Leonard Frey (Fiddler on the Roof), Roy Scheider (The French Connection), Jeff Bridges (The Last Picture Show), and Richard Jaeckel (Sometimes a Great Notion)

Joel Grey, Cabaret (1972)

Other nominees: James Caan (The Godfather), Robert Duvall (The Godfather), Al Pacino (The Godfather), and Eddie Albert (The Heartbreak Kid)

John Houseman, The Paper Chase (1973)

Other nominees: Vincent Gardenia (Bang the Drum Slowly), Jason Miller (The Exorcist), Randy Quaid (The Last Detail), and Jack Gilford (Save the Tiger)

Robert De Niro, The Godfather Part II (1974)

Other nominees: Michael V. Gazzo (The Godfather Part II), Lee Strasberg (The Godfather Part II), Jeff Bridges (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot), and Fred Astaire (The Towering Inferno)

George Burns, The Sunshine Boys (1975)

Other nominees: Burgess Meredith (The Day of the Locust), Chris Sarandon (Dog Day Afternoon), Brad Dourif (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), and Jack Warden (Shampoo)

Jason Robards, All the President's Men (1976)

Other nominees: Laurence Olivier (Marathon Man), Ned Beatty (Network), Burgess Meredith (Rocky), and Burt Young (Rocky)

Jason Robards, Julia (1977)

Other nominees: Peter Firth (Equus), Maximilian Schell (Julia), Alec Guinness (Star Wars), and Mikhail Baryshnikov (The Turning Point)

Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter (1978)

Other nominees: Richard Farnsworth (Comes a Horseman), Bruce Dern (Coming Home), Jack Warden (Heaven Can Wait), and John Hurt (Midnight Express)

Melvyn Douglas, Being There (1979)

Other nominees: Robert Duvall (Apocalypse Now), Mickey Rooney (The Black Stallion), Justin Henry (Kramer vs. Kramer), and Frederic Forrest (The Rose)

Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People (1980)

Other nominees: Michael O'Keefe (The Great Santini), Jason Robards (Melvin and Howard), Judd Hirsch (Ordinary People), and Joe Pesci (Raging Bull)

John Gielgud, Arthur (1981)

Other nominees: Ian Holm (Chariots of Fire), James Coco (Only When I Laugh), Howard E. Rollins Jr. (Ragtime), and Jack Nicholson (Reds)

Louis Gossett Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Other nominees: Charles Durning (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), James Mason (The Verdict), Robert Preston (Victor Victoria), and John Lithgow (The World According to Garp)

Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment (1983)

Other nominees: Rip Torn (Cross Creek), Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff), John Lithgow (Terms of Endearment), and Charles Durning (To Be or Not to Be)

Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields (1984)

Other nominees: Pat Mortia (The Karate Kid), Ralph Richardson (Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes), John Malkovich (Places in the Heart), and Adolph Caesar (A Soldier's Story)

Don Ameche, Cocoon (1985)

Other nominees: Robert Loggia (Jagged Edge), Klaus Maria Brandauer (Out of Africa), William Hickey (Prizzi's Honor), and Eric Roberts (Runaway Train)

Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

Other nominees: Dennis Hopper (Hoosiers), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Willem Dafoe (Platoon), and Denholm Elliott (A Room with a View)

Sean Connery, The Untouchables (1987)

Other nominees: Albert Brooks (Broadcast News), Denzel Washington (Cry Freedom), Vincent Gardenia (Moonstruck), and Morgan Freeman (Street Smart)

Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Other nominees: Alec Guinness (Little Dorrit), Dean Stockwell (Married to the Mob), River Phoenix (Running on Empty), and Martin Landau (Tucker: A Man and His Dream)

Denzel Washington, Glory (1989)

Other nominees: Martin Landau (Crimes and Misdemeanors), Danny Aiello (Do the Right Thing), Dan Aykroyd (Driving Miss Daisy), and Marlon Brando (A Dry White Season)

Joe Pesci, Goodfellas (1990)

Other nominees: Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves), Al Pacino (Dick Tracy), Andy Garcia (The Godfather Part III), and Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion)

Jack Palance, City Slickers (1991)

Other nominees: Michael Lerner (Barton Fink), Harvey Keitel (Bugsy), Ben Kingsley (Bugsy), and Tommy Lee Jones (JFK)

Gene Hackman, Unforgiven (1992)

Other nominees: Jaye Davidson (The Crying Game), Jack Nicholson (A Few Good Men), Al Pacino (Glengarry Glen Ross), and David Paymer (Mr. Saturday Night)

Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive (1993)

Other nominees: John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire), Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father), Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List), and Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape)

Martin Landau, Ed Wood (1994)

Other nominees: Chazz Palminteri (Bullets Over Broadway), Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump), Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), and Paul Scofield (Quiz Show)

Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects (1995)

Other nominees: Ed Harris (Apollo 13), James Cromwell (Babe), Tim Roth (Rob Roy), and Brad Pitt (Twelve Monkeys)

Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire (1996)

Other nominees: William H. Macy (Fargo), James Woods (Ghosts of Mississippi), Edward Norton (Primal Fear), and Armin Mueller-Stahl (Shine)

Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting (1997)

Other nominees: Anthony Hopkins (Amistad), Greg Kinnear (As Good as It Gets), Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights), and Robert Forster (Jackie Brown)

James Coburn, Affliction (1998)

Other nominees: Robert Duvall (A Civil Action), Geoffrey Rush (Shakespeare in Love), Billy Bob Thornton (A Simple Plan), and Ed Harris (The Truman Show)

Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules (1999)

Other nominees: Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile), Tom Cruise (Magnolia), Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense), and Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley)

Benicio Del Toro, Traffic (2000)

Other nominees: Jeff Bridges (The Contender), Albert Finney (Erin Brockovich), Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator), and Willem Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire)

Jim Broadbent, Iris (2001)

Other nominees: Jon Voight (Ali), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast), and Ethan Hawke (Training Day)

Chris Cooper, Adaptation (2002)

Other nominees: Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can), John C. Reilly (Chicago), Ed Harris (The Hours) and Paul Newman (Road to Perdition)

Tim Robbins, Mystic River (2003)

Other nominees: Benicio Del Toro (21 Grams), Alec Baldwin (The Cooler), Djimon Hounsou (In America), and Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai)

Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Other nominees: Alan Alda (The Aviator), Clive Owen (Closer), Jamie Foxx (Collateral), and Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)

George Clooney, Syriana (2005)

Other nominees: Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain), Paul Giammati (Cinderella Man), Matt Dillon (Crash), and William Hurt (A History of Violence)

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Other nominees: Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond), Mark Wahlberg (The Departed), Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls), and Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)

Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men (2007)

Other nominees: Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War), Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild), and Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (2008)

Other nominees: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), Josh Brolin (Milk), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road), and Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)