2011

2010

2009

2008

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990

1989

1988

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

1981

1980

1979

1978

1977

1976

1975

1974

1973

1972

1970

1969

1968

1967

1966

1966

1965

1965

1964

1963

1963

1962

1962

1961

1961

1960

1960

1959

1958

1956

1955

1954

1954

1953

1953

1952

1951

1951

1950

1949

1948

1948

1946

1944

1943

1943

1941

1939

1938

1937

1932

1930

2023
Cillian Murphy

2022
Brendan Fraser

2021
Will Smith

2020
Anthony Hopkins

2019
Joaquin Phoenix

2018
Rami Malek

2017
Gary Oldman

2016
Casey Affleck

2015
Leonardo DiCaprio

2014
Eddie Redmayne

2013
Matthew McConaughey

2012
Daniel Day-Lewis

2011
Jean Dujardin

2010
Colin Firth

2009
Jeff Bridges

2008
Sean Penn

2007
Daniel Day-Lewis

2006
Forest Whitaker

2005
Philip Seymour Hoffman

2004
Jamie Foxx

2003
Sean Penn

2002
Adrien Brody

2001
Denzel Washington

2000
Russell Crowe

1999
Kevin Spacey

1998
Roberto Benigni

1997
Jack Nicholson

1995
Nicolas Cage

1994
Tom Hanks

1993
Tom Hanks

1992
Al Pacino

1991
Anthony Hopkins

1990
Jeremy Irons

1989
Daniel Day-Lewis

1988
Dustin Hoffman

1987
Michael Douglas

1986
Paul Newman

1984
F. Murray Abraham

1983
Robert Duvall

1982
Ben Kingsley

1981
Henry Fonda

1980
Robert De Niro

1979
Dustin Hoffman

1977
Richard Dreyfuss

1976
Peter Finch

1975
Jack Nicholson

1973
Jack Lemmon

1972
Marlon Brando

1971
Gene Hackman

1970
George C. Scott

1969
John Wayne

1967
Rod Steiger

1966
Paul Scofield

1965
Lee Marvin

1964
Rex Harrison

1963
Sidney Poitier

1962
Gregory Peck

1961
Maximilian Schell

1959
Charlton Heston

1958
David Niven

1957
Alec Guinness

1956
Yul Brynner

1955
Ernest Borgnine

1954
Marlon Brando

1953
William Holden

1952
Gary Cooper

1951
Humphrey Bogart

1949
Broderick Crawford

1948
Laurence Olivier

1946
Fredric March

1945
Ray Milland

1944
Bing Crosby

1942
James Cagney

1941
Gary Cooper

1940
James Stewart

1939
Robert Donat

1938
Spencer Tracy

1937
Spencer Tracy

1934
Clark Gable

1931
Wallace Beery

2024
Mikey Madison

2023
Emma Stone

2022
Michelle Yeoh

2021
Jessica Chastain

2020
Frances McDormand

2019
Renèe Zellweger

2018
Olivia Colman

2017
Frances McDormand

2016
Emma Stone

2015
Brie Larson

2014
Julianne Moore

2013
Cate Blanchett

2012
Jennifer Lawrence

2011
Meryl Streep

2010
Natalie Portman

2009
Sandra Bullock

2008
Kate Winslet

2007
Marion Cotillard

2006
Helen Mirren

2005
Reese Witherspoon

2004
Hilary Swank

2003
Charlize Theron

2002
Nicole Kidman

2001
Halle Berry

2000
Julia Roberts

1999
Hilary Swank

1998
Gwyneth Paltrow

1997
Helen Hunt

1996
Frances McDormand

1995
Susan Sarandon

1993
Holly Hunter

1992
Emma Thompson

1991
Jodie Foster

1990
Kathy Bates

1989
Jessica Tandy

1988
Jodie Foster

1987
Cher

1986
Marlee Matlin

1984
Sally Field

1983
Shirley MacLaine

1982
Meryl Streep

1981
Katharine Hepburn

1980
Sissy Spacek

1979
Sally Field

1977
Diane Keaton

1976
Faye Dunaway

1975
Louise Fletcher

1974
Ellen Burstyn

1972
Liza Minnelli

1971
Jane Fonda

1968
Katharine Hepburn

1967
Katharine Hepburn

1966
Elizabeth Taylor

1964
Julie Andrews

1963
Patricia Neal

1962
Anne Bancroft

1954
Grace Kelly

1953
Audrey Hepburn

1952
Shirley Booth

1951
Vivien Leigh

1950
Judy Holliday

1948
Jane Wyman

1945
Joan Crawford

1944
Ingrid Bergman

1943
Jennifer Jones

1942
Greer Garson

1941
Joan Fontaine

1939
Vivien Leigh

1937
Luise Rainer

1936
Luise Rainer

1934
Claudette Colbert

1927
Janet Gaynor

2023

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2024
Sean Baker

2023
Christopher Nolan

2022
Daniel Scheinert

2022
Dan Kwan

2021
Jane Campion

2020
Chloé Zhao

2019
Bong Joon Ho

2018
Alfonso Cuarón

2017
Guillermo del Toro

2016
Damien Chazelle

2015
Alejandro González Iñárritu

2014
Alejandro González Iñárritu

2013
Alfonso Cuarón

2012
Ang Lee

2011
Michel Hazanavicius

2010
Tom Hooper

2009
Kathryn Bigelow

2008
Danny Boyle

2007
Joel Coen

2006
Martin Scorsese

2005
Ang Lee

2004
Clint Eastwood

2003
Peter Jackson

2002
Roman Polanski

2001
Ron Howard

2000
Steven Soderbergh

1999
Sam Mendes

1998
Steven Spielberg

1997
James Cameron

1996
Anthony Minghella

1995
Mel Gibson

1994
Robert Zemeckis

1993
Steven Spielberg

1992
Clint Eastwood

1991
Jonathan Demme

1990
Kevin Costner

1989
Oliver Stone

1988
Barry Levinson

1987
Bernardo Bertolucci

1986
Oliver Stone

1985
Sydney Pollack

1984
Milos Forman

1983
James L. Brooks

1982
Richard Attenborough

1981
Warren Beatty

1980
Robert Redford

1979
Robert Benton

1978
Michael Cimino

1977
Woody Allen

1976
John G. Avildsen

1975
Milos Forman

1974
Francis Ford Coppola

1973
George Roy Hill

1972
Bob Fosse

1971
William Friedkin

1970
Franklin J. Schaffner

1969
John Schlesinger

1968
Carol Reed

1967
Mike Nichols

1966
Fred Zinnemann

1965
Robert Wise

1964
George Cukor

1962
David Lean

1961
Robert Wise

1960
Billy Wilder

1959
William Wyler

1958
Vincente Minnelli

1957
David Lean

1956
George Stevens

1955
Delbert Mann

1954
Elia Kazan

1953
Fred Zinnemann

1952
John Ford

1951
George Stevens

1950
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1948
John Huston

1947
Elia Kazan

1946
William Wyler

1945
Billy Wilder

1944
Leo McCarey

1943
Michael Curtiz

1942
William Wyler

1941
John Ford

1940
John Ford

1939
Victor Fleming

1938
Frank Capra

1937
Leo McCarey

1936
Frank Capra

1934
Frank Capra

1932
Frank Lloyd

1929
Lewis Milestone

2021

2018

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

1984

1970

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1996

1993

1992

1989

1988

1983

1981

1974

1969

1968

1963

1960

1958

1957

1951

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2024

2023

2022

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990

1989

1988

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

1981

1980

1979

1978

1977

1976

1975

1974

1973

1972

1971

1970

1969

1968

1967

1966

1965

1964

1962

1961

1960

1959

1958

1957

1956

1955

1954

1953

1952

1951

1950

1949

1948

1947

1946

1945

1944

1943

1942

1941

1940

1939

1938

1937

1936

1935

1934

1932

1931

1930

1929

1928

1927

2018

2016

2014

2012

2001

1998

1997

1995

1993

1988

2010

2023
Robert Downey Jr.

2022
Ke Huy Quan

2020
Daniel Kaluuya

2019
Brad Pitt

2018
Mahershala Ali

2017
Sam Rockwell

2016
Mahershala Ali

2015
Mark Rylance

2014
J.K. Simmons

2013
Jared Leto

2012
Christoph Waltz

2011
Christopher Plummer

2010
Christian Bale

2009
Christoph Waltz

2008
Heath Ledger

2007
Javier Bardem

2006
Alan Arkin

2005
George Clooney

2004
Morgan Freeman

2003
Tim Robbins

2002
Chris Cooper

2001
Jim Broadbent

2000
Benicio Del Toro

1999
Michael Caine

1998
James Coburn

1997
Robin Williams

1996
Cuba Gooding Jr.

1995
Kevin Spacey

1994
Martin Landau

1993
Tommy Lee Jones

1992
Gene Hackman

1991
Jack Palance

1990
Joe Pesci

1989
Denzel Washington

1988
Kevin Kline

1987
Sean Connery

1986
Michael Caine

1984
Haing S. Ngor

1983
Jack Nicholson

1982
Louis Gossett Jr.

1981
John Gielgud

1980
Timothy Hutton

1979
Melvyn Douglas

1978
Christopher Walken

1976
Jason Robards

1975
George Burns

1974
Robert De Niro

1973
John Houseman

1972
Joel Grey

1971
Ben Johnson

1970
John Mills

1967
George Kennedy

1963
Melvyn Douglas

1962
Ed Begley

1961
George Chakiris

1960
Peter Ustinov

1959
Hugh Griffith

1958
Burl Ives

1953
Frank Sinatra

1951
Karl Malden

1950
George Sanders

1948
Walter Huston

1947
Edmund Gwenn

1946
Harold Russell

1944
Barry Fitzgerald

1943
Charles Coburn

1941
Donald Crisp

1939
Thomas Mitchell

1937
Joseph Schildkraut

2023
Da'Vine Joy Randolph

2022
Jamie Lee Curtis

2021
Ariana DeBose

2020
Yuh-Jung Youn

2019
Laura Dern

2018
Regina King

2017
Allison Janney

2016
Viola Davis

2015
Alicia Vikander

2014
Patricia Arquette

2013
Lupita Nyong'o

2012
Anne Hathaway

2011
Octavia Spencer

2010
Melissa Leo

2009
Mo'Nique

2008
Penélope Cruz

2007
Tilda Swinton

2006
Jennifer Hudson

2005
Rachel Weisz

2004
Cate Blanchett

2003
Renèe Zellweger

2002
Catherine Zeta-Jones

2001
Jennifer Connelly

2000
Marcia Gay Harden

1999
Angelina Jolie

1998
Judi Dench

1997
Kim Basinger

1996
Juliette Binoche

1995
Mira Sorvino

1994
Dianne Wiest

1993
Anna Paquin

1992
Marisa Tomei

1991
Mercedes Ruehl

1990
Whoopi Goldberg

1989
Brenda Fricker

1988
Geena Davis

1987
Olympia Dukakis

1986
Dianne Wiest

1984
Peggy Ashcroft

1983
Linda Hunt

1982
Jessica Lange

1981
Maureen Stapleton