De Oscar voor beste mannelijke hoofdrol (ook bekend als de Academy Award voor beste mannelijke hoofdrol, tot en met de 48e ceremonie in 1976 de Oscar/Academy Award voor beste acteur genoemd) is een jaarlijkse prijs van de Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Het is een van de belangrijkste Oscars, voor de beste acteur in een hoofdrol van het voorgaande jaar. Welke acteurs daarvoor in aanmerking komen wordt bepaald door mensen die werkzaam zijn in de filmindustrie. Uiteindelijk worden er maximaal vijf bekendgemaakt die zijn genomineerd voor de prijs. Tijdens de jaarlijkse uitreiking wordt bekendgemaakt welke van deze vijf acteurs de prijs wint.
Winnaars en genomineerden De winnaars staan bovenaan in vette letters op een gele achtergrond. De overige acteurs en films die werden genomineerd staan eronder vermeld in alfabetische volgorde.The Official Academy Awards Database
1927-1929 Jaar Acteur Film 1927-28 Emil Jannings The Last Command en The Way of All Flesh Richard Barthelmess The Noose en The Patent Leather Kid 1928-29Er waren bij deze uitreiking geen nominaties, tijdens de ceremonie werden alleen de winnaars bekendgemaakt. Op basis van interne gegevens is achteraf bepaald welke films door de verschillende takken van de Academy in beraad waren genomen. Warner Baxter In Old Arizona George Bancroft Thunderbolt Chester Morris Alibi Paul Muni The Valiant Lewis Stone The Patriot
1930-1939 Jaar Acteur Film 1929-30 George Arliss Disraeli George Arliss The Green Goddess Wallace Beery The Big House Maurice Chevalier The Big Pond en The Love Parade Ronald Colman Bulldog Drummond en Condemned Lawrence Tibbett The Rogue Song 1930-31 Lionel Barrymore A Free Soul Jackie Cooper Skippy Richard Dix Cimarron Fredric March The Royal Family of Broadway Adolphe Menjou The Front Page 1931-32Gedeelde winst. Wallace Beery had een stem minder dan Fredric March. De regels destijds vermeldden dat als een genomineerde binnen drie stemmen van de eerste plaats kwam, het resultaat als een gelijkspel zou worden beschouwd. Fredric March Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Wallace Beery The Champ Alfred Lunt The Guardsman 1932-33Paul Muni werd tweede, Leslie Howard derde. Charles Laughton The Private Life of Henry VIII Leslie Howard Berkeley Square Paul Muni I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1934Frank Morgan werd tweede, William Powell derde. Clark Gable It Happened One Night Frank Morgan The Affairs of Cellini William Powell The Thin Man 1935Paul Muni werd tweede, Charles Laughton derde. Victor McLaglen The Informer Clark Gable Mutiny on the Bounty Charles Laughton Mutiny on the Bounty Paul MuniWrite-in nominatie, niet officieel genomineerd door de Academy. Black Fury Franchot Tone Mutiny on the Bounty 1936 Paul Muni The Story of Louis Pasteur Gary Cooper Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Walter Huston Dodsworth William Powell My Man Godfrey Spencer Tracy San Francisco 1937 Spencer Tracy Captains Courageous Charles Boyer Conquest Fredric March A Star Is Born Robert Montgomery Night Must Fall Paul Muni The Life of Emile Zola 1938 Spencer Tracy Boys Town Charles Boyer Algiers James Cagney Angels with Dirty Faces Robert Donat The Citadel Leslie Howard Pygmalion 1939 Robert Donat Goodbye, Mr. Chips Clark Gable Gone with the Wind Laurence Olivier Wuthering Heights Mickey Rooney Babes in Arms James Stewart Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1940-1949 Jaar Acteur Film 1940 James Stewart The Philadelphia Story Charlie Chaplin The Great Dictator Henry Fonda The Grapes of Wrath Raymond Massey Abe Lincoln in Illinois Laurence Olivier Rebecca 1941 Gary Cooper Sergeant York Cary Grant Penny Serenade Walter Huston The Devil and Daniel Webster Robert Montgomery Here Comes Mr. Jordan Orson Welles Citizen Kane 1942 James Cagney Yankee Doodle Dandy Ronald Colman Random Harvest Gary Cooper The Pride of the Yankees Walter Pidgeon Mrs. Miniver Monty Woolley The Pied Piper 1943 Paul Lukas Watch on the Rhine Humphrey Bogart Casablanca Gary Cooper For Whom the Bell Tolls Walter Pidgeon Madame Curie Mickey Rooney The Human Comedy 1944 Bing Crosby Going My Way Charles Boyer Gaslight Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way Cary Grant None But the Lonely Heart Alexander Knox Wilson 1945 Ray Milland The Lost Weekend Bing Crosby The Bells of St. Mary's Gene Kelly Anchors Aweigh Gregory Peck The Keys of the Kingdom Cornel Wilde A Song to Remember 1946 Fredric March The Best Years of Our Lives Laurence Olivier Henry V Larry Parks The Jolson Story Gregory Peck The Yearling James Stewart It's a Wonderful Life 1947 Ronald Colman A Double Life John Garfield Body and Soul Gregory Peck Gentleman's Agreement Michael Redgrave Mourning Becomes Electra William Powell Life with Father 1948 Laurence Olivier Hamlet Lew Ayres Johnny Belinda Montgomery Clift The Search Dan Dailey When My Baby Smiles at Me Clifton Webb Sitting Pretty 1949 Broderick Crawford All the King's Men Kirk Douglas Champion Gregory Peck Twelve O'Clock High Richard Todd The Hasty Heart John Wayne Sands of Iwo Jima
1950-1959 Jaar Acteur Film 1950 José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac Louis Calhern The Magnificent Yankee William Holden Sunset Blvd. James Stewart Harvey Spencer Tracy Father of the Bride 1951 Humphrey Bogart The African Queen Marlon Brando A Streetcar Named Desire Montgomery Clift A Place in the Sun Arthur Kennedy Bright Victory Fredric March Death of a Salesman 1952 Gary Cooper High Noon Marlon Brando Viva Zapata! Kirk Douglas The Bad and the Beautiful José Ferrer Moulin Rouge Alec Guinness The Lavender Hill Mob 1953 William Holden Stalag 17 Marlon Brando Julius Caesar Richard Burton The Robe Montgomery Clift From Here to Eternity Burt Lancaster From Here to Eternity 1954 Marlon Brando On the Waterfront Humphrey Bogart The Caine Mutiny Bing Crosby The Country Girl James Mason A Star Is Born Dan O'Herlihy The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 1955 Ernest Borgnine Marty James Cagney Love Me or Leave Me James Dean East of Eden Frank Sinatra The Man with the Golden Arm Spencer Tracy Bad Day at Black Rock 1956 Yul Brynner The King and I James Dean Giant Kirk Douglas Lust for Life Rock Hudson Giant Laurence Olivier Richard III 1957 Alec Guinness The Bridge on the River Kwai Marlon Brando Sayonara Anthony Franciosa A Hatful of Rain Charles Laughton Witness for the Prosecution Anthony Quinn Wild Is the Wind 1958 David Niven Separate Tables Tony Curtis The Defiant Ones Paul Newman Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Sidney Poitier The Defiant Ones Spencer Tracy The Old Man and the Sea 1959 Charlton Heston Ben-Hur Laurence Harvey Room at the Top Jack Lemmon Some Like It Hot Paul Muni The Last Angry Man James Stewart Anatomy of a Murder
1960-1969 Jaar Acteur Film 1960 Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry Trevor Howard Sons and Lovers Jack Lemmon The Apartment Laurence Olivier The Entertainer Spencer Tracy Inherit the Wind 1961 Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg Charles Boyer Fanny Paul Newman The Hustler Spencer Tracy Judgment at Nuremberg Stuart Whitman The Mark 1962 Gregory Peck To Kill a Mockingbird Burt Lancaster Birdman of Alcatraz Jack Lemmon Days of Wine and Roses Marcello Mastroianni Divorzio all'italiana Peter O'Toole Lawrence of Arabia 1963 Sidney Poitier Lilies of the Field Albert Finney Tom Jones Richard Harris This Sporting Life Rex Harrison Cleopatra Paul Newman Hud 1964 Rex Harrison My Fair Lady Richard Burton Becket Peter O'Toole Becket Anthony Quinn Zorba the Greek Peter Sellers Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1965 Lee Marvin Cat Ballou Richard Burton The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Laurence Olivier Othello Rod Steiger The Pawnbroker Oskar Werner Ship of Fools 1966 Paul Scofield A Man for All Seasons Alan Arkin The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Richard Burton Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Michael Caine Alfie Steve McQueen The Sand Pebbles 1967 Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night Warren Beatty Bonnie and Clyde Dustin Hoffman The Graduate Paul Newman Cool Hand Luke Spencer Tracy Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1968 Cliff Robertson Charly Alan Arkin The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Alan Bates The Fixer Ron Moody Oliver! Peter O'Toole The Lion in Winter 1969 John Wayne True Grit Richard Burton Anne of the Thousand Days Dustin Hoffman Midnight Cowboy Peter O'Toole Goodbye, Mr. Chips Jon Voight Midnight Cowboy
1970-1979 Jaar Acteur Film 1970 George C. Scott Patton Melvyn Douglas I Never Sang for My Father James Earl Jones The Great White Hope Jack Nicholson Five Easy Pieces Ryan O'Neal Love Story 1971 Gene Hackman The French Connection Peter Finch Sunday Bloody Sunday Walter Matthau Kotch George C. Scott The Hospital Topol Fiddler on the Roof 1972 Marlon Brando The Godfather Michael Caine Sleuth Laurence Olivier Sleuth Peter O'Toole The Ruling Class Paul Winfield Sounder 1973 Jack Lemmon Save the Tiger Marlon Brando Last Tango in Paris Jack Nicholson The Last Detail Al Pacino Serpico Robert Redford The Sting 1974 Art Carney Harry and Tonto Albert Finney Murder on the Orient Express Dustin Hoffman Lenny Jack Nicholson Chinatown Al Pacino The Godfather Part II 1975 Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Walter Matthau The Sunshine Boys Al Pacino Dog Day Afternoon Maximilian Schell The Man in the Glass Booth James Whitmore Give 'em Hell, Harry! 1976 Peter Finch Network Robert De Niro Taxi Driver Giancarlo Giannini Seven Beauties William Holden Network Sylvester Stallone Rocky 1977 Richard Dreyfuss The Goodbye Girl Woody Allen Annie Hall Richard Burton Equus Marcello Mastroianni A Special Day John Travolta Saturday Night Fever 1978 Jon Voight Coming Home Warren Beatty Heaven Can Wait Gary Busey The Buddy Holly Story Robert De Niro The Deer Hunter Laurence Olivier The Boys from Brazil 1979 Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer Jack Lemmon The China Syndrome Roy Scheider All That Jazz Peter Sellers Being There Al Pacino ...And Justice for All
1980-1989 Jaar Acteur Film 1980 Robert De Niro Raging Bull Robert Duvall The Great Santini John Hurt The Elephant Man Jack Lemmon Tribute Peter O'Toole The Stunt Man 1981 Henry Fonda On Golden Pond Warren Beatty Reds Burt Lancaster Atlantic City Dudley Moore Arthur Paul Newman Absence of Malice 1982 Ben Kingsley Gandhi Dustin Hoffman Tootsie Jack Lemmon Missing Paul Newman The Verdict Peter O'Toole My Favorite Year 1983 Robert Duvall Tender Mercies Michael Caine Educating Rita Tom Conti Reuben, Reuben Tom Courtenay The Dresser Albert Finney The Dresser 1984 F. Murray Abraham Amadeus Jeff Bridges Starman Albert Finney Under the Volcano Tom Hulce Amadeus Sam Waterston The Killing Fields 1985 William Hurt Kiss of the Spider Woman Harrison Ford Witness James Garner Murphy's Romance Jack Nicholson Prizzi's Honor Jon Voight Runaway Train 1986 Paul Newman The Color of Money Dexter Gordon 'Round Midnight Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa William Hurt Children of a Lesser God James Woods Salvador 1987 Michael Douglas Wall Street William Hurt Broadcast News Marcello Mastroianni Dark Eyes Jack Nicholson Ironweed Robin Williams Good Morning, Vietnam 1988 Dustin Hoffman Rain Man Gene Hackman Mississippi Burning Tom Hanks Big Edward James Olmos Stand and Deliver Max von Sydow Pelle the Conqueror 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot Kenneth Branagh Henry V Tom Cruise Born on the Fourth of July Morgan Freeman Driving Miss Daisy Robin Williams Dead Poets Society
1990-1999