Best Film Performances By Year
by Movie-ManDan | created - 29 Jan 2018 | updated - 2 days ago | PublicONLY FILMS I HAVE SEEN.
Most number 1s: Al Pacino=4
Leonardo DiCaprio=3
Dustin Hoffman=3
Laurence Olivier=3
Most Appearances: Robert De Niro=13
Leonardo DiCaprio=12
Al Pacino=10
Dustin Hoffman=7
Most Films by Year: Casablanca=7
The Best Years of Our Lives=6
Hamlet=6
Citizen Kane=5
The Godfather Part II=5
Most Appearances In One Year: Jim Carrey:1994
Amy Adams & Isabelle Huppert: 2016
Kate Winslet: 2008
Nick Nolte: 1998
Daniel Day-Lewis: 1993
Richard Dreyfuss: 1977
Marlon Brando: 1953
1. Danielle Deadwyler
Actress | Station Eleven
Danielle Deadwyler was born on May 3, 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Station Eleven (2021), The Harder They Fall (2021) and Till (2022).
2022 1. Danielle Deadwyler for 'Till' 2. Brendan Fraser for 'The Whale' 3. Mia Goth for 'Pearl' 4. Austin Butler for 'Elvis' 5. Michelle Williams for 'The Fabelmans' 6. Paul Dano for 'The Fabelmans' 7. Cate Blanchett for 'Tár' 8. Hong Chau for 'The Whale' 9. David Howard Thornton for 'Terrifier 2' 10. Carey Mulligan for 'She Said' HMs: Colin Farrell-'The Banshees of Inisherin' | Zoe Kazan-'She Said' | Gabriel LaBelle-'The Fabelmans' | Joséphine Sanz-'Petite Maman' | Michelle Yeoh-'Everything Everywhere All At Once'
2. Jessica Chastain
Actress | Zero Dark Thirty
Jessica Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in a middle-class household in a Northern California suburb. Her mother, Jerri Chastain, is a vegan chef whose family is originally from Kansas, and her stepfather is a fireman. She discovered dance at the age of nine and ...
2021
1. Jessica Chastain for 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye'
2. Kristen Stewart for 'Spencer'
3. Will Smith for 'King Richard'
4. Justin Timberlake for 'Palmer'
5. Tim Blake Nelson for 'Old Henry'
6. Alana Haim for 'Licorice Pizza'
7. Cooper Hoffman for 'Licorice Pizza'
8. Honour Swinton-Byrne for 'The Souvenir Part II'
9. Alan Kim for 'Minari'
10. Youn Yuh-Jung for 'Minari'
HMs: Benedict Cumberbatch-’Power of the Dog’ | Leslie Odom Jr.-'One Night In Miami...' | Tessa Thompson-'Passing'
Actor of the year: Adam Driver
3. Chadwick Boseman
Actor | Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on...
2020 1. Chadwick Boseman for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' 2. Anthony Hopkins for ‘The Father’ 3. Sidney Flanagan for 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' 4. Talia Ryder for 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' 5. Frances McDormand for ‘Nomadland’ 6. Olivia Colman for 'The Father' 7. Sarah Paulson for 'Run' 8. Viola Davis for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' 9. Delroy Lindo for 'Da 5 Bloods' 10. Elisabeth Moss for 'The Invisible Man' HMs: Brian Dennehy-'Driveways' | Kris Hitchen-‘Sorry We Missed You’ | Debbie Honeywood-'Sorry We Missed You' | Lucas Jaye-'Driveways' | Carey Mulligan-'Promising Young Woman' | Gary Oldman-‘Mank’
4. Jacob Tremblay
Actor | Room
Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut as Blue in the live action animated film The Smurfs 2 (2013). His breakout performance was in the dark drama Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim. In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's ...
Decade 2010s 1. Jacob Tremblay for 'Room' 2. Brie Larson for 'Room' 3. Casey Affleck for 'Manchester By the Sea' 4. Gary Oldman for ‘Darkest Hour’ 5. Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘Lincoln’ 6. Channing Tatum for 'Foxcatcher' 7. Julianne Moore for ‘Still Alice’ 8. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Wolf of Wall Street' 9. J.K. Simmons for ‘Whiplash’ 10. James Franco for 'The Disaster Artist'
5. Steve Coogan
Actor | Philomena
Steve Coogan was born on October 14, 1965 in Middleton, Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Philomena (2013), Alan Partridge (2013) and 24 Hour Party People (2002). He was previously married to Caroline Hickman.
2019
1. Steve Coogan for 'Stan & Ollie'
2. John C. Reilly for 'Stan & Ollie'
3. Joaquin Phoenix for 'Joker'
4. Willem Dafoe for 'The Lighthouse'
5. Adam Driver for 'Marriage Story'
6. Robert De Niro for ‘The Irishman’
7. Saoirse Ronan for 'Little Women'
8. Nicole Kidman for 'Destroyer'
9. Scarlett Johansson for 'Marriage Story'
10. Robert Pattinson for 'The Lighthouse'
HMs: Awkwafina-‘The Farewell’ | Ana de Armas-'Knives Out' | Leonardo DiCaprio-'Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood' | Taron Egerton-'Rocketman' | Tom Hanks-'A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood' | Al Pacino-'The Irishman' | Joe Pesci-'The Irishman' | Brad Pitt-'Ad Astra' | Adam Sandler-'Uncut Gems'
Actor of the Year: Keanu Reeves
Actress of the Year: Scarlett Johansson
6. David Howard Thornton
Actor | Terrifier 2
David Howard Thornton was born on November 30th, 1979 in Huntsville, Alabama. He is an actor known for work in stage, film, and voice over. He is best known for his roles as Grandpa Who in the 1st- 5th national tours of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical", the voice of Shizoku ...
2018
1. David Howard Thornton for 'Terrifier'
2. Sairose Ronan for 'Mary Queen of Scots'
3. Melissa McCathy for 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'
4. Willem Dafoe for 'At Eternity's Gate'
5. Brady Janreau for 'The Rider'
6. Emma Stone for 'The Favourite'
7. Elise Fisher for 'Eighth Grade'
8. Mahershala Ali for 'Green Book'
9. Rami Malek for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
10. Charlize Theron for 'Tully'
HMs: Bradley Cooper-'A Star Is Born' | Lady Gaga-'A Star Is Born' | Richard E. Grant-'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' | William Hurt-'The Miracle Season' | Ethan Hawke-'First Reformed' | Joaquin Phoenix-'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot' | John Washington-'Blackkklansman'
Actor of the Year: Josh Brolin
7. Gary Oldman
Actor | The Dark Knight
Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...
2017
1. Gary Oldman for 'Darkest Hour'
2. James Franco for 'The Disaster Artist'
3. Ensemble for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'
4. Saoirse Ronan for 'Lady Bird'
5. Allison Janney for 'I Tonya'
6. Sally Hawkins for 'Shape of Water'
7. Meryl Streep for 'The Post'
8. Tom Hanks for 'The Post'
9. Jessica Chastain for ‘Molly’s Game’
10. McKenna Grace for ‘Gifted’
HMs: Daniel Day-Lewis-'Phantom Thread' | Judi Dench- 'Victoria & Abdul' | Laurie Metcalfe-'Lady Bird' | Margot Robbie-'I, Tonya' | | Jacob Tremblay-'Wonder'
Actor of the Year: Gary Oldman
Actress of the Year: McKenna Grace
Film with most: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. Casey Affleck
Actor | Manchester by the Sea
An accomplished and striking performer, Academy Award® winner Casey Affleck has established himself as a powerful leading man with performances in multiple projects.
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts. His mother, Chris Anne (née Boldt), is a school teacher, and ...
2016
1. Casey Affleck for 'Manchester By the Sea'
2. Denzel Washington for 'Fences'
3. Mahershala Ali for 'Moonlight'
4. Natalie Portman for 'Jackie'
5. James McAvoy for 'Split'
6. Andrew Garfield for 'Hacksaw Ridge'
7. Viola Davis for 'Fences'
8. Oakes Fegley for 'Pete's Dragon'
9. Amy Adams for 'Arrival' and 'Nocturnal Animals'
10. Isabelle Huppert for 'Elle' and 'Things To Come'
HMs: Jeff Bridges-'Hell Or High Water' | Sandra Hüller-'Toni Erdmann' | Dev Patel-'Lion' | Peter Simonischek-'Toni Erdmann' | Hailee Steinfeld-'The Edge of Seventeen' | Michelle Williams-'Manchester By the Sea'
Actor of the Year: Andrew Garfield
Actress of the Year: Amy Adams, Isabelle Huppert
Surprise of the Year: Ben Affleck's little brother
9. Jacob Tremblay
Actor | Room
Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut as Blue in the live action animated film The Smurfs 2 (2013). His breakout performance was in the dark drama Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim. In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's ...
2015
1. Jacob Tremblay for 'Room'
2. Brie Larson for 'Room'
3. Cate Blanchet for 'Carol'
4. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'The Revenant'
4. Saoirse Ronan for 'Brooklyn'
5. Paul Dano for 'Love & Mercy'
7. Rooney Mara for 'Carol'
8. Mark Ruffalo for 'Spotlight'
9. Matt Damon for 'The Martian'
10. Rachel McAdams for 'Spotlight'
HMs: Joan Allen-'Room' | Christian Bale-'The Big Short' | John Cusack-'Love & Mercy' | Tom Hardy-'The Revenant' | Michael Keaton-'Spotlight' | Leiv Schrieber-'Spotlight' | Amy Shumer-'Trainwreck' | Sylvester Stallone-'Creed'
Surprise of the Year: the leads in 'Room'
Film with most: Spotlight
10. Channing Tatum
Actor | 21 Jump Street
Channing Tatum was born in a small town, Cullman, Alabama, 50 miles north of Birmingham. He is the son of Kay (Faust), an airline worker, and Glenn Matthew Tatum, who worked in construction. Growing up, he was full of energy and somewhat troublesome, so his parents decided to enroll him in ...
2014
1. Channing Tatum for 'Foxcatcher'
2. J.K. Simmons for 'Whiplash'
3. Julianne Moore for 'Still Alice'
4. Robert Duvall for 'The Judge'
5. Eddie Redmayne for 'The Theory of Everything'
6. David Oyelowo for 'Selma'
7. Benedict Cumberbatch for 'The Imitation Game'
8. Steve Carrell for 'Foxcatcher'
9. Reese Witherspoon for 'Wild'
10. Mark Ruffalo for 'Foxcatcher'
HMs: Haluk Bilginer-'Winter Sleep' | Bradley Cooper-'American Sniper' | Michael Keaton-'Birdman' | Matthew McConaughey-'Interstellar' | Mike Smith-'Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It' | Meryl Streep-'Into The Woods' | Miles Teller-'Whiplash'
Actor/Surprise of the Year: Channing Tatum
Film with most: Foxcatcher
11. Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor | Inception
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...
2013
1. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
2. Jared Leto for 'Dallas Buyers Club'
3. Judi Dench for ‘Philomena’
4. Brie Larson for 'Short Term 12'
5. Matthew Mcconaughey for 'Dallas Buyers Club'
6. Chiwetel Ejiofor for '12 Years a Slave'
7. Charlotte Gainsbourg for 'Nymphomaniac'
8. Robert Redford for 'All Is Lost'
9. Cate Blanchett for 'Blue Jasmine'
10. Jessica Chastain for for 'Zero Dark Thirty'
HMs: Steve Coogan-'Philomena' | Leonardo DiCaprio-'The Great Gatsby' | Adèle Exarchopoulos-'Blue Is The Warmest Colour' | Oscar Isaac-'Inside Llewyn Davis' | Michael B. Jordan-'Fruitvale Station' | Joaquin Phoenix-'Her'
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress of the Year: Cate Blanchett & Charlotte Gainsbourg
12. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing ...
2012
1. Daniel Day-Lewis for 'Lincoln'
2. Joaquin Phoenix for 'The Master'
3. Emmanuelle Riva for 'Amour'
4. Jean-Louis Trintignant for 'Amour'
5. Michael Shannon for 'The Iceman'
6. Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'The Master'
7. Christoph Waltz for 'Django Unchained'
8. Denzel Washington for 'Flight'
9. Bradley Cooper for 'Silver Linings Playbook'
10. Irrfan Khan for 'Life of Pi'
HMs: Ben Affleck-'Argo' | Javier Bardem-'Skyfall' | Judi Dench-'Skyfall'
Surprise of the Year: the leads in 'Amour'
13. Meryl Streep
Actress | Out of Africa
Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...
2011
1. Meryl Streep for 'The Iron Lady'
2. George Clooney for 'The Descendants'
3. Jeong-hie Yun for 'Poetry'
4. Melissa McCarthy for 'Bridesmaids'
5. Michelle Williams for 'My Week With Marilyn'
6. Peyman Moaadi for 'A Separation'
7. Leila Hatami for 'A Separation'
8. Mohamed Saïd Fellag for 'Monsieur Lazhar'
9. Kevin Spacey for ‘Horrible Bosses’
10. Brad Pitt for ‘Moneyball’
HMs: Gary Oldman-'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
Actor of the Year: Kevin Spacey
14. Colin Firth
Actor | A Single Man
Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's...
2010
1. Colin Firth for 'The King's Speech'
2. Geoffrey Rush for ‘The King’s Speech’
3. Julianne Moore for 'The Kids Are All Right'
4. Annette Bening for 'The Kids Are All Right'
5. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Shutter Island'
6. Mark Ruffalo for 'The Kids Are All Right'
7. Rob Corddry for 'Hot Tub Time Machine'
8. James Franco for '127 Hours'
9. Michelle Williams for 'Blue Valentine'
10. Jennifer Lawrence for 'Winter's Bone'
HMs: Ricardo Darín-'Secret In Their Eyes' | Leonardo DiCaprio-'Inception' | Stephen Dorff-'Somewhere' | Elle Fanning-'Somewhere' | Ryan Gosling-'Blue Valentine' | Ewan MacGregor-'The Ghost Writer'
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress of the Year: Michelle Williams
Films with most: The Kids Are All Right
15. Charlize Theron
Producer | Monster
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner ...
Decade 2000s 1. Charlize Theron for 'Monster' 2. Daniel Day Lewis for 'There Will Be Blood' 3. Adrian Brody for 'The Pianist' 4. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'The Aviator' 5. Russell Crowe for 'A Beautiful Mind' 6. Willem Dafoe for 'Shadow of the Vampire' 7. Angelina Jolie for 'Changeling' 8. Adam Sandler for 'Reign Over Me' 9. Ellen Burstyn for 'Requiem For A Dream' 10. Helen Mirren for ‘The Queen’
16. Colin Firth
Actor | A Single Man
Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's...
2009
1. Colin Firth for 'A Single Man'
2. Christoph Waltz for 'Inglorious Basterds'
3. Zach Galifinakis for 'The Hangover'
4. Carey Mulligan for 'An Education'
5. Robert Duvall for ‘Get Low’
6. Sandra Bullock for 'The Blind Side'
7. Bradley Cooper for 'The Hangover'
8. George Clooney for 'Up In The Air'
9. Tobey Maguire for 'Brothers'
10. Gabourey Sidibe for 'Precious'
HMs: Jeff Bridges-'Crazy Heart' | Isabelle Fuhrman-'Orphan' | Ed Helms-'The Hangover' | Diane Kruger-'Inglorious Basterds' | Melanie Laurent-'Inglorious Basterds' | Brad Pitt-'Inglorious Basterds' | Jeremy Renner-'The Hurt Locker' | Peter Sarsgaard-'An Education'
Surprise of the Year: the cast of unknowns in 'The Hangover'; Christoph Waltz
Films with most: Inglorious Basterds
17. Angelina Jolie
Actress | Maleficent
Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...
2008
1. Angelina Jolie for 'Changeling'
2. Kate Winslet for 'The Reader' and 'Revolutionary Road'
3. Anne Hathaway for 'Rachel Getting Married'
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'Synecdoche, New York'
5. Michael Kelley for ‘Changeling’
6. Sean Penn for ‘Milk’
7. Mickey Rourke for ‘The Wrestler’
8. Heath Ledger for 'The Dark Knight'
9. Tom Hardy for 'Bronson'
10. James Franco for 'Pineapple Express'
HMs: Leonardo DiCaprio-'Revolutionary Road' | Clint Eastwood-'Gran Torino' | Ralph Fiennes-'The Reader' | Frank Langella-'Frost/Nixon' | John Malkovich-'Changeling' | Dev Patel-‘Slumdog Millionaire’ | Michael Sheen-‘Frost/Nixon’
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Downey Jr.
Actress of the Year: Kate Winslet, and Angelina Jolie
Films with most: Changeling
18. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing ...
2007
1. Daniel Day-Lewis for 'There Will Be Blood'
2. Adam Sandler for 'Reign Over Me'
3. Javier Bardem for 'No Country For Old Men'
4. Ellen Page for 'Juno'
5. Julie Christie for 'Away From Her'
6. Laura Vasiliu for '4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days'
7. Anamaria Marinca for '4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days'
8. Gordon Pinset for 'Away From Her'
9. Don Cheadle for 'Reign Over Me'
10. George Clooney for 'Michael Clayton'
HMs: Casey Affleck-'...Jesse James...' | Mathieu Amalric-'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' | Josh Brolin-'No Country For Old Men' | Nicole Kidman-'Margot at the Wedding'
Actor of the Year: Casey Affleck
Surprise of the Year: Adam Sandler gives Day-Lewis a run for his money
19. Helen Mirren
Actress | The Queen
Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. ...
2006
1. Helen Mirren for 'The Queen'
2. Judi Dench for 'Notes On a Scandal'
3. Tobey Jones for 'Infamous'
4. Will Smith for 'The Pursuit of Happyness'
5. Ensemble for 'The Departed'
6. Cate Blanchet for 'Notes On a Scandal'
7. Forest Whitaker for 'The Last King of Scotland'
8. Penelope Cruz for 'Volver'
9. Ivana Baquero for 'Pan's Labyrinth'
10. Kate Winslet for 'Little Children'
HMs: Sacha Baron Cohen for 'Borat' | Debbie Doebereiner-'Bubble' | Noah Emerich-'Little Children' | Ellen Page-‘Hard Candy’ | Sylvester Stallone-'Rocky Balboa' | Mike Smith for 'Trailer Park Boys' | Patrick Wilson-'Little Children'
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress of the Year: Dame Judi Dench
Films with most: Little Children
20. Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor | The Master
Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport to Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee, and was mostly of German, Irish, English and Dutch ancestry. After becoming involved in ...
2005 1. Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'Capote' 2. Naomi Watts for 'King Kong' 3. Felicity Huffman for 'Transamerica' 4. Liv Ullmann for 'Saraband' 5. Erland Josephson for 'Saraband' 6. Russell Crowe for 'Cinderella Man' 7. Choi Min-sik for 'Oldboy' 8. Ewan McGregor for 'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' 9. Alessio Boni for 'The Best of Youth' 10. Scarlett Johansson for 'Match Point' HMs: Eric Bana-'Munich' | Colin Farrell-'The New World' | Jodie Foster-'Flightplan' | William Hurt-'A History of Violence' | Tommy Lee Jones-'Three Burials' | Viggo Mortenson-'A History of Violence' | David Strathairn-Good Night and Good Luck | Mark Wahlberg-'Four Brothers'
21. Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor | Inception
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...
2004
1. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'The Aviator'
2. Jamie Foxx for 'Ray'
3. Kevin Spacey for 'Beyond the Sea'
4. Hilary Swank for 'Million Dollar Baby'
5. Imelda Staunton for 'Vera Drake'
6. Christian Bale for 'The Machinist'
7. Ensemble for 'Eternal Sunshine'
8. Don Cheadle for 'Hotel Rwanda'
9. Kevin Kline for 'De-Lovely'
10. Al Pacino for 'Merchant of Venice'
HMs: Jeff Bridges-'The Door In The Floor' | Matt Damon-'The Bourne Supremecy' | Clint Eastwood-'Million Dollar Baby' | Morgan Freeman-'Million Dollar Baby' | Uma Thurman-‘Kill Bill 2’
Actor of the year: Gael García Bernal, Jamie Foxx
22. Charlize Theron
Producer | Monster
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner ...
2003
1. Charlize Theron for 'Monster'
2. Tim Robbins for 'Mystic River'
3. Sean Penn for 'Mystic River'
4. Olivier Gourmet for 'The Son'
5. Tom Cruise for 'The Last Samurai'
6. Evan Rachel Wood for 'Thirteen'
7. Holly Hunter for 'Thirteen'
8. Kevin Spacey for 'The Life of David Gale'
9. Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'Owning Mahowny'
10. Russell Crowe for 'Master & Commander'
HMs: Sean Astin-'Return of the King' | Jack Black-'School of Rock' | Nicolas Cage-‘Matchstick Men’ | Jennifer Connelly-'House of Sand & Fog' | Benicio Del Toro-'21 Grams' | Ben Kingsley-'House of Sand & Fog' | Samantha Morton-'In America' | Bill Murray-'Lost In Translation' | Naomi Watts-'21 Grams'
Actors of the Year: Johnny Depp, Sean Penn
Actress of the Year: Halle Berry
Surprise of the year: Theron's radical physical transformation
23. Adrien Brody
Actor | The Pianist
Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the ...
2002
1. Adrien Brody for 'The Pianist'
2. Jack Nicholson for 'About Schmidt'
3. Kevin Kline for 'The Emperor's Club'
4. Daniel Day-Lewis for 'Gangs of New York'
5. Julianne Moore for 'Far From Heaven' and 'The Hours'
6. Meryl Streep for 'Adaptation' and 'The Hours'
7. Edward Norton for '25th Hour'
8. Denzel Washington for 'John Q'
9. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Catch Me If You Can'
10. Nicole Kidman for 'The Hours'
HMs: Nicolas Cage-'Adaptation' | Matt Damon-'The Bourne Identity' | Tom Hanks-'Road To Perdition' | Bill Paxton-'Frailty' | Adam Sandler-'Punch-Drunk Love' | Renee Zellwegger-'Chicago' | Catherine Zeta-Jones-'Chicago'
Actor of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress of the Year: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep
Surprise of the year: young Adrian Brody outacts every legend and icon that did a movie in 2002
24. Russell Crowe
Actor | Les Misérables
Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham),...
2001
1. Russell Crowe for 'A Beautiful Mind'
2. Denzel Washington for 'Training Day'
3. Tom Wilkinson for 'In The Bedroom'
4. Sissy Spacek for 'In The Bedroom'
5. Thora Birch for 'Ghost World'
6. Jennifer Connelly for 'A Beautiful Mind'
7. Haley Joel Osment for 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence'
8. Ewan MacGregor for 'Moulin Rouge!'
9. Brad Renfro for 'Bully'
10. Naomi Watts for 'Mulholland Drive'
HMs: Gene Hackman-‘Royal Tenenbaums’ | Ethan Hawke-‘Training Day’ | Billy Bob Thornton-‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’
Actor of the Year: Billy Bob Thornton
Surprise of the year: the performances by children
25. Willem Dafoe
Actor | Spider-Man
Having made over one hundred films in his legendary career, Willem Dafoe is internationally respected for bringing versatility, boldness, and daring to some of the most iconic films of our time. His artistic curiosity in exploring the human condition leads him to projects all over the world, large ...
2000
1. Willem Dafoe for 'Shadow of the Vampire'
2. Ellen Burstyn for 'Requiem For A Dream'
3. Benicio Del Toro for 'Traffic'
4. Julia Roberts for 'Erin Brockovich'
5. Jason Isaacs for 'The Patriot'
6. Ed Harris for 'Pollock'
7. Bjrok for 'Dancer In The Dark'
8. Maggie Cheung for 'In The Mood For Love'
9. Michael Douglas for 'Traffic' and 'Wonder Boys'
10. Laura Linney for 'You Can Count On Me'
HMs: Don Cheadle-'Traffic' | Tom Hanks for 'Cast Away' | Kate Hudson-'Almost Famous' | Jared Leto-'Requiem For A Dream' | Mark Ruffalo-'You Can Count On Me'
Actor of the Year: Michael Douglas
Actress of the Year: Frances McDormand
Surprise of the Year: Dafoe's dead-on portrayal
Films with most: Traffic
26. Edward Norton
Actor | Fight Club
American actor, filmmaker and activist Edward Harrison Norton was born on August 18, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in Columbia, Maryland.
His mother, Lydia Robinson "Robin" (Rouse), was a foundation executive and teacher of English, and a daughter of famed real estate developer ...
Decade 1990s 1. Edward Norton for 'American History X' 2. Kevin Spacey for 'American Beauty' 3. Nicolas Cage for 'Leaving Las Vegas' 4. Hilary Swank for 'Boys Don't Cry' 5. Robert De Niro for 'Casino' 6. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Titanic' 7. Kathy Bates for 'Misery' 8. Giovanni Ribisi for 'The Other Sister' 9. Jodie Foster for 'Silence of the Lambs' 10. David Thewlis for ‘Naked’
27. Kevin Spacey
Actor | L.A. Confidential
Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...
1999
1. Kevin Spacey for 'American Beauty'
2. Hilary Swank for 'Boys Don't Cry'
3. Giovanni Ribisi for 'The Other Sister'
4. Russell Crowe for 'The Insider'
5. Al Pacino for 'The Insider'
6. Sam Rockwell for 'The Green Mile'
7. Cecilia Roth for 'All About My Mother'
8. Glenn Close for 'Cookie's Fortune'
9. Denzel Washington for 'The Hurricane'
10. Michael Clarke Duncan for 'The Green Mile'
HMs: Annette Bening-'American Beauty' | Tom Cruise for 'Magnolia' | Tom Hanks-'The Green Mile' | Julianne Moore-'Magnolia' | Haley Joel Osment-‘The Sixth Sense’ | John C. Reilly-'Magnolia' | Chloe Sevigny-‘Boys Don’t Cry’
Actor of the year: Tom Cruise
Surprise of the Year: the six best performances
Films with most: The Green Mile
28. Edward Norton
Actor | Fight Club
American actor, filmmaker and activist Edward Harrison Norton was born on August 18, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in Columbia, Maryland.
His mother, Lydia Robinson "Robin" (Rouse), was a foundation executive and teacher of English, and a daughter of famed real estate developer ...
1998
1. Edward Norton for 'American History X'
2. Roberto Benigni for 'Life Is Beautiful'
3. Robin Williams for 'What Dreams May Come'
4. Cate Blanchett for 'Elizabeth'
5. Tom Hanks for 'Saving Private Ryan'
6. Nick Nolte for 'The Thin Red Line' and 'Affliction'
7. Gwyneth Paltrow for 'Shakespeare In Love'
8. Jeremy Irons for 'Lolita'
9. James Coburn for ‘Affliction’
10. Jim Carrey for 'The Truman Show'
HMs: Jeff Bridges-'Big Lebowski' | Judi Dench-'Shakespeare In Love' | Joseph Fiennes-'Shakespeare In Love' | John Goodman-'Big Lebowski' | Samuel L. Jackson-'The Negotiator' | Sean Penn-'The Thin Red Line' Kevin Spacey-'The Negotiator'
Actor of the Year: Nick Nolte & Edward Norton
Surprise of the Year: the performance of the year
29. Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor | Inception
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...
1997
1. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Titanic'
2. Jack Nicholson for 'As Good As It Gets'
3. Judi Dench for 'Mrs. Brown'
4. Peter Fonda for ‘Ulee’s Gold’
5. Djimon Hounsou for 'Amistad'
6. Robin Williams for 'Good Will Hunting'
7. Vincent D'Onofrio for 'Men In Black'
8. Robert Duvall for 'The Apostle'
9. Will Smith for 'Men In Black'
10. Christine Dunford for ‘Ulee’s Gold’
HMs: Billy Connelly-'Mrs. Brown' | Matt Damon-'Good Will Hunting' | Aaron Eckhart-'In The Company of Men' | Jodie Foster-'Contact' | Helen Hunt-'As Good As It Gets' | Greg Kinnear-'As Good As it Gets' | Sylvester Stallone-'Cop Land' | Kate Winslet-'Titanic'
Actor of the Year: Al Pacino, John Travolta
Actress of the Year: Joan Allen
Surprise of the Year: the eight best performances of the year
30. Edward Norton
Actor | Fight Club
American actor, filmmaker and activist Edward Harrison Norton was born on August 18, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in Columbia, Maryland.
His mother, Lydia Robinson "Robin" (Rouse), was a foundation executive and teacher of English, and a daughter of famed real estate developer ...
1996
1. Edward Norton for 'Primal Fear'
2. Frances McDormand for 'Fargo'
3. William H. Macy for 'Fargo'
4. Ensemble for 'Secrets & Lies'
5. Emily Watson for 'Breaking the Waves'
6. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Romeo + Juliet'
7. Geoffrey Rush for 'Shine'
8. Kris Kristofferson for ‘Lone Star ’
9. Emilio Estevez for 'The War At Home'
10. Eddie Murphy for 'The Nutty Professor'
HMs: Neve Campbell-'Scream' | Tom Cruise-‘Jerry Maguire’ | Ralph Fiennes-'The English Patient' | Jonathan Lipnicki for 'Jerry Maguire' | Heather Matarazzo-'Welcome to the Dollhouse' | Liam Neeson-'Michael Collins' | Martin Sheen-'The War At Home' | Armin Mueller-Stahl-'Shine'
Actor of the Year: Edward Norton & Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress of the year: Neve Campbell & Frances McDormand
Surprise of the Year: Edward Norton and Frances McDormand
31. Nicolas Cage
Actor | Face/Off
Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. Cage changed his...
1995
1. Nicolas Cage for 'Leaving Las Vegas'
2. Robert De Niro for 'Casino'
3. Leonardo DiCaprio for 'The Basketball Diaries'
4. Kevin Spacey for 'The Usual Suspects'
5. Pruitt Taylor-Vince for 'Heavy'
6. Susan Sarandon for 'Dead Man Walking'
7. Meryl Streep for 'The Bridges of Madison County'
8. Anthony Hopkins for 'Nixon'
9. Mira Sorvino for 'Mighty Aphrodite'
10. Mel Gibson for 'Braveheart'
HMs: Joan Allen-'Nixon' | Jim Carrey-‘Batman Forever’ | Robert De Niro-'Heat' | Tommy Lee Jones-‘Batman Forever’ | Al Pacino-'Heat’ | Sean Penn-'Dead Man Walking' | Elizabeth Shue-'Leaving Las Vegas' | John Travolta-'Get Shorty' | Liv Tyler-'Heavy'
Actor of the Year: Robert De Niro
Films with most: The Usual Suspects
32. David Thewlis
Actor | Naked
David Thewlis was born David Wheeler in 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, to Maureen (Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler, and lived with his parents above their combination wallpaper and toy shop during his childhood. Originally, he came to London with his band Door 66, however he changed his plans and...
1994
1. David Thewlis for 'Naked'
2. Tim Robbins for 'The Shawshank Redemption'
3. Martin Landau for 'Ed Wood'
4. Dianne Wiest for ‘Bullets Over Broadway’
5. Juliette Binoche for ‘Three Colours: Blue’
6. Jim Carrey for 'Dumb & Dumber' 'The Mask' and 'Ace Ventura'
7. Anthony Hopkins for ‘Shadowlands’
8. Samuel L. Jackson for 'Pulp Fiction'
9. Morgan Freeman-'Shawshank Redemption'
10. Natalie Portman for 'The Professional'
HMs: Jeff Daniels-'Dumb & Dumber' | Ralph Fiennes-'Quiz Show' | Irène Jacob-'Red' | Brad Renfro-‘The Client’ | Susan Sarandon-‘The Client’ | Jon Turturro-‘Quiz Show’ | Zbigniew Zamachowski-'White'
Actor of the Year: Jim Carrey
Actress of the Year: Kirsten Dunst & Susan Sarandon
Surprise of the Year: Martin Landau
33. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing ...
1993
1. Daniel Day-Lewis for 'In The Name of the Father' and 'Age of Innocence'
2. Robin Williams for 'Mrs. Doubtfire'
3. Ralph Fiennes for 'Schindler's List'
4. Angela Bassett for 'What's Love Got To Do With It'
5. Jeremy Irons for 'M. Butterfly'
6. Tom Hanks for ‘Philadelphia’
7. Rosie Perez for ‘Fearless’
8. Liam Neeson for ‘Schindler’s List’
9. Ensemble for 'The Piano'
10. Kevin Kline for ‘Dave’
HMs: Sean Astin-‘Rudy’ | Jesse Bradford-‘King of the Hill’ | Robert De Niro-'A Bronx Tale' | Laurence Fishburne-'What's Love Got To Do With It' | Harrison Ford-'The Fugitive' | Tommy Lee Jones-‘The Fugitive’ | Bill Murray-'Groundhog Day' | Al Pacino-'Carlito's Way'
Actor of the Year: Daniel Day-Lewis
Actress of the Year: Emma Thompson
34. Denzel Washington
Actor | Fences
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...
1992
1. Denzel Washington for 'Malcolm X'
2. Al Pacino for 'Scent of a Woman'
3. Jaye Davidson for 'The Crying Game'
4. Gene Hackman for 'Unforgiven'
5. Tupac Shakur for 'Juice'
6. Harvey Keitel for 'Bad Lieutenant'
7. Robert Downey Jr. for 'Chaplin'
8. Clint Eastwood fot for 'Unforgiven'
9. Jack Nicholson for 'Hoffa'
10. Jeremy Irons for 'Damage'
HMs: Juliette Binoche-'Damage' | Tom Cruise-'A Few Good Men' | Omar Epps-'Juice' | Morgan Freeman-'Unforgiven' | Consuelo Gómez-'El Mariachi' | Bill Paxton-'One False Move' | Stephen Rea-'The Crying Game' | Tim Robbins-'The Player' | Robin Williams-'Aladdin'
Actor of the Year: Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Harvey Keitel
Surprise of the Year: 2Pac & Jaye Davidson
Films with most: Unforgiven
35. Anthony Hopkins
Actor | The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. In 1965, ...
1991
1. Anthony Hopkins for 'Silence of the Lambs'
2. Jodie Foster for 'Silence of the Lambs'
3. Anna Chlumsky for 'My Girl'
4. Susan Sarandon for 'Thelma & Louise'
5. Geena Davis for 'Thelma & Louise'
6. Reese Witherspoon for 'The Man In the Moon'
7. Val Kilmer for 'The Doors'
8. Robert De Niro for ‘Cape Fear’
9. Kerry Fox for 'An Angel At My Table'
10. Laurence Fishburne for 'Boyz N the Hood'
HMs: Warren Beatty-'Bugsy' | Kevin Costner-‘JFK’ | Robert De Niro-'Guilty By Suspicion' | Cuba Gooding Jr.-'Boyz N the Hood' | River Phoenix-‘My Own Private Idaho’ | Mimi Rogers-'The Rapture' | Emma Thompson-‘Dead Again’
Actor of the Year: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte
36. Kathy Bates
Actress | Misery
Multi-talented, multi-award-winning actress Kathleen (Doyle) Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She is the youngest of three girls born to Bertye Kathleen (Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. Her grandfather was author Finis L. Bates...
1990
1. Kathy Bates for 'Misery'
2. Whoopi Goldberg for 'Ghost'
3. Joe Pesci for 'Goodfellas'
4. Jeremy Irons for 'Reversal of Fortune'
5. Tim Robbins for 'Jacob's Ladder'
6. Kevin Costner for 'Dances With Wolves'
7. Jason Patric for 'After Dark, My Sweet'
8. Tim Roth for 'Vincent and Theo'
9. Lorraine Bracco for 'Goodfellas'
10. Angelica Huston for 'The Grifters'
HMs: Alec Baldwin-'The Hunt For Red October' | James Caan-'Misery' | Johnny Depp-'Edward Scissorhands' | Graham Greene-'Dances With Wolves' | Al Pacino-'Dick Tracy' | Paul Sorvino-'Goodfellas'
Actor of the Year: Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro
Actress of the Year: Angelica Huston
37. Meryl Streep
Actress | Out of Africa
Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...
Decade 1980s 1. Meryl Streep for 'Sophie's Choice' 2. Kenneth Branagh for 'Henry V' 3. Ben Kingsley for 'Gandhi' 4. Robert De Niro for 'Raging Bull' 5. Daniel Day-Lewis for 'My Left Foot' 6. Dustin Hoffman for 'Rain Man' 7. Willem Dafoe for 'The Last Temptation of Christ' 8. F. Murray Abraham for 'Amadeus' 9. Jodie Foster for 'The Accused' 10. Robert Duvall for 'The Great Santini'
38. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing ...
1989
1. Daniel Day-Lewis for 'My Left Foot'
2. Kenneth Branagh for 'Henry V'
3. Robert De Niro for 'Jacknife'
4. Tom Cruise for 'Born on the 4th of July'
5. Gary Oldman for ‘Chattahoochee’
6. Brenda Fricker for 'My Left Foot'
7. Denzel Washington for 'Glory'
8. Glenn Close for 'Dangerous Liaisons'
9. Martin Landau for 'Crimes & Misdemeanours'
10. Jessica Lange for 'Music Box'
HMs: Danny Aeillo-'Do The Right Thing' | John Cusack-'Say Anything...' | Morgan Freeman-'Glory' | Ed Harris-'Jacknife' | Spike Lee-'Do The Right Thing' | Ione Skye-'Say Anything...' | Robin Williams-‘Dead Poets Society’
Actor of the Year: Ed Harris
Surprise of the Year: Kenneth Branagh gives one of the best Elizabethan performances in the history of film
39. Dustin Hoffman
Actor | Tootsie
Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, ...
1988
1. Dustin Hoffman for 'Rain Man'
2. Willem Dafoe for 'Last Temptation of Christ'
3. Jodie Foster for 'The Accused'
4. Kevin Kline for 'A Fish Called Wanda'
5. Kelly McGillis for 'The Accused'
6. River Phoenix for 'Running on Empty'
7. Jeremy Irons for 'Dead Ringers'
8. Gene Hackman for 'Mississippi Burning'
9. Tom Cruise for 'Rain Man'
10. Robert De Niro for 'Midnight Run'
HMs: John Cleese-'A Fish Called Wanda' | Jamie Lee Curtis-'A Fish Called Wanda' | Emilio Estevez-'Young Guns' | Bruno Ganz-‘Wings of Desire’ | Tom Hanks-'Big' | Bob Hoskins-'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' | Michael Palin-'A Fish Called Wanda' | Alan Rickman-'Die Hard'
Actor of the Year: Willem Dafoe
Actress of the Year: Barbara Hershey
Surprise of the Year: Willem Dafoe's performances as Jesus Christ
Films with most: A Fish Called Wanda
40. Glenn Close
Actress | Fatal Attraction
Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. Both of her parents were from upper-class families.
Glenn was a noted ...
1987
1. Glenn Close for 'Fatal Attraction'
2. Robin Williams for 'Good Morning, Vietnam'
3. Sean Connery for 'The Untouchables'
4. Morgan Freeman for 'Street Smart'
5. Robert Downey Jr. for 'Less Than Zero'
6. Vincent D’Onofrio for ‘Full Metal Jacket’
7. Cher for 'Moonstruck'
8. R. Lee Ermy for ‘Full Metal Jacket’
9. Lindsay Crouse for 'House of Games'
10. Richard E. Grant for ‘Withnail & I’
Hms: John Candy-'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' | Michael Douglas-'Fatal Attraction' | Holly Hunter-'Broadcast News' | William Hurt-‘Broadcast News’ | Steve Martin-'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'
Actor of the Year: Robert De Niro
Surprise of the Year: Sean Connery
41. River Phoenix
Actor | My Own Private Idaho
River Phoenix was born River Jude Bottom in Madras, Oregon. His mother, Arlyn (Dunetz), a Bronx-born secretary, and his father, John Bottom, a carpenter, met in California in 1968. They worked as itinerant fruit pickers, and later joined the Children of God religious group (John was originally ...
1986
1. River Phoenix for 'Stand By Me'
2. Marlee Matlin for 'Children of a Lesser God'
3. Gary Oldman for 'Sid & Nancy'
4. Corey Feldman for 'Stand By Me'
5. Charlie Sheen for 'Platoon'
6. William Hurt for 'Children of a Lesser God'
7. Michael Caine for 'Hannah & Her Sisters'
8. Woody Allen for 'Hannah & Her Sisters'
9. Bob Hoskins for 'Mona Lisa'
10. Kathleen Turner for 'Peggy Sue Got Married'
HMs: Sandrine Bonnaire-'Vagabond' | Helena Bonham Carter-'A Room With a View' | Mia Farrow-'Hannah & Her Sisters' | Melanie Griffith-'Something Wild' | | Sigourney Weaver-'Aliens' | Chloe Webb-‘Sid & Nancy’
Actor of the Year: Charlie Sheen
Surprise of the Year: Marlee Matlin
Films with most: Hannah and Her Sisters
42. Whoopi Goldberg
Actress | Ghost
Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi's recent ancestors were from Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. She worked in...
1985 1. Whoopi Goldberg for 'The Colour Purple' 2. Cher for 'Mask' 3. Mia Farrow for 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' 4. Meryl Streep for 'Out of Africa' 5. Sean Penn for 'The Falcon and the Snowman' 6. Albert Brooks for 'Lost In America' 7. Raul Julia for 'Kiss of the SpiderWoman' 8. Eric Stoltz for 'Mask' 9. William Hurt for 'Kiss of the SpiderWoman' 10. Christopher Lloyd for 'Back to the Future' HMs: Sean Astin-'The Goonies' | Corey Feldman-'The Goonies' | Crispin Glover-'Back to the Future' | Michael J. Fox-'Back to the Future' | Timothy Hutton-'The Falcon and the Snowman' | Tatsuya Nakadai-'Ran' | Oprah Winfrey-'The Colour Purple'
43. F. Murray Abraham
Actor | Amadeus
Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham was born on October 24, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in El Paso, Texas. His father, Fred Abraham, was a Syrian (Antiochian Orthodox Christian) immigrant. His mother, Josephine (Stello) Abraham, was the daughter of Italian immigrants. Born...
1984
1. F. Murray Abraham for 'Amadeus'
2. Tom Hulce for 'Amadeus'
3. Philip Baker Hall for 'Secret Honour'
4. Eddie Murphy for 'Beverly Hills Cop'
5. Harry Dean Stanton for 'Paris, Texas'
6. Robin Williams for 'Moscow On The Hudson'
7. Anthony Hopkins for 'The Bounty'
8. Frances McDormand for 'Blood Simple.'
9. Heather Langenkamp for 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'
10. Robert De Niro for 'Once Upon a Time in America'
HMs: Michael Biehn-'The Terminator' | Linda Hamilton-'The Terminator' | James Woods-'Once Upon a Time In America'
Surprise of the Year: the leads in 'Amadeus'
44. Robert Duvall
Actor | The Apostle
Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL), then served a ...
1983 1. Robert Duvall for 'Tender Mercies' 2. Sean Penn for 'Bad Boys' 3. Al Pacino for 'Scarface' 4. Robert De Niro for 'The King of Comedy' 5. Mel Brooks for 'To Be Or Not To Be' 6. Bertil Guve for 'Fanny & Alexander' 7. Glenn Close for 'The Big Chill' 8. Mariel Hemingway for 'Star 80' 9. Kevin Kline for 'The Big Chill' 10. Dennis Quaid for 'The Right Stuff' HMs: Tom Cruise-'Risky Business' | Scott Glenn-'The Right Stuff' | William Hurt-'The Big Chill' | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio-'Scarface' | Eric Roberts-'Star 80' | Cliff Robertson-'Star 80' | Fred Ward-'The Right Stuff'
45. Meryl Streep
Actress | Out of Africa
Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...
1982
1. Meryl Streep for 'Sophie's Choice'
2. Ben Kingsley for 'Gandhi'
3. Dustin Hoffman for 'Tootsie'
4. Paul Newman for ‘The Verdict’
5. Jeremy Irons for 'Moonlighting'
6. Henry Thomas for ‘ET’
7. Jessica Lange for 'Tootsie'
8. Kevin Kline for 'Sophie's Choice'
9. Peter MacNicol for 'Sophie's Choice'
10. Sean Penn for 'Fast Time At Ridgemont High'
HMs: Glenn Close-'The World According to Garp' | Terri Garr-'Tootsie' | Louis Gossett Jr.-‘Officer and a Gentleman’ | James Mason-'The Verdict' | Aileen Quinn-'Annie' | Sylvester Stallone-'First Blood' | Mr. T-'Rocky III'
Surprise of the Year: Meryl Streep
46. John Travolta
Actor | Pulp Fiction
John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His father owned a tire repair shop called Travolta Tires in Hillsdale, ...
1981
1. John Travolta for 'Blow-Out'
2. Katharine Hepburn for 'On Golden Pond'
3. Mary Steenburgen for 'Melvin & Howard'
4. Diane Keaton for 'Reds'
5. Henry Fonda for ‘On Golden Pond’
6. Treat Williams for 'Prince of the City'
7. Meryl Streep for 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'
8. Susan Sarandon for 'Atlantic City'
9. Howard Rollins Jr. for 'Ragtime'
10. Fernando Ramos da Silva for 'Pixote'
HMs: Nancy Allen-'Blow-Out' | Warren Beatty-‘Reds’ | Jane Fonda-'On Golden Pond' | Andre Gregory-'My Dinner With Andre' | Paul Le Mat-'Melvin & Howard' | John Lithgow-'Blow-Out' | Wallace Shawn-'My Dinner With Andre'
Surprise of the Year: Wallace Shawn and Angry Gregory yacking at a dinner table
47. Robert De Niro
Actor | Cape Fear
One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained ...
1980 1. Robert De Niro for 'Raging Bull' 2. Robert Duvall for 'The Great Santini' 3. Jack Nicholson for 'The Shining' 4. Sissy Spacek for 'Coal Miner's Daughter' 5. Timothy Hutton for ‘Ordinary People’ 6. Michael O’Keefe for ‘The Great Santini’ 7. Shelley Duvall for 'The Shining' 8. Danny Lloyd for 'The Shining' 9. Peter Sellers for ‘Being There’ 10. Gena Rowlands for 'Gloria' HMs: Jane Fonda-'9 to 5' | Tatsuya Nakadai-'Kagemusha' | Betsy Palmer-'Friday the 13th' | Mickey Rooney-‘The Black Stallion’ | Jane Seymour-‘Somewhere In Time’ | Dolly Parton-'9-5' | Christopher Reeve-'Somewhere In Time' | Joe Spinell-‘Maniac’ | Lily Tomlin-'9-5'
48. Dustin Hoffman
Actor | Tootsie
Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, ...
Decade 1970s 1. Dustin Hoffman for 'Kramer vs. Kramer' 2. Al Pacino for 'Serpico' 3. Al Pacino for 'The Godfather Part II' 4. Marlon Brando for 'Last Tango in Paris' 5. Malcolm McDowell for 'A Clockwork Orange' 6. Al Pacino for 'Dog Day Afternoon' 7. Robert De Niro for 'Taxi Driver' 8. Meryl Streep for 'Kramer vs. Kramer' 9. Justin Henry for 'Kramer vs. Kramer' 10. Tatum O'Neal for 'Paper Moon'
49. Dustin Hoffman
Actor | Tootsie
Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, ...
1979
1. Dustin Hoffman for 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2. Sally Field for 'Norma Rae'
3. Al Pacino for '...and Justice For All'
4. Meryl Streep for 'Kramer vs Kramer'
5. Justin Henry for 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
6. Christopher Walken for 'The Deer Hunter'
7. Jack Lemmon for 'The China Syndrome'
8. Jane Fonda for 'The China Syndrome'
9. Martin Sheen for 'Apocalypse Now'
10. Dudley Moore for '10'
HMs: Woody Allen-'Manhattan' | Bo Derek-'10' | Michael Douglas-'The China Syndrome' | Robert Duvall-'Apocalypse Now' | Mariel Hemingway-'Manhattan' | Roy Scheider-'All That Jazz'
Actress of the Year: Meryl Streep
50. Ingrid Bergman
Actress | Casablanca
Ingrid Bergman was one of the greatest actresses from Hollywood's lamented Golden Era. Her natural and unpretentious beauty and her immense acting talent made her one of the most celebrated figures in the history of American cinema. Bergman is also one of the most Oscar-awarded actresses, tied with ...
1978
1. Ingrid Bergman for 'Autumn Sonata'
2. Liv Ullmann for 'Autumn Sonata'
3. Dustin Hoffman for 'Straight Time'
4. Jamie Lee Curtis for 'Halloween'
5. Donald Pleasance for 'Halloween'
6. Gary Busey for 'The Buddy Holly Story'
7. John Belushi for 'Animal House'
8. Jane Fonda for 'Coming Home'
9. Harvey Keitel for 'Fingers'
10. Richard Gere for 'Days of Heaven'
HMs: Jill Clayburgh-'An Unmarried Woman' | John Travolta-'Grease' | Jon Voight-'Coming Home'
Actor of the Year: Gary Busey
51. Diane Keaton
Actress | Annie Hall
Diane Keaton was born Diane Hall in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Deanne (Keaton), an amateur photographer, and John Newton Ignatius "Jack" Hall, a civil engineer and real estate broker. She studied Drama at Santa Ana College, before dropping out in favor of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New ...
1977
1. Diane Keaton for 'Annie Hall'
2. Shelley Duvall for '3 Women'
3. Sissy Spacek for '3 Women'
4. Mel Brooks for 'High Anxiety'
5. Richard Dreyfuss for 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
6. Woody Allen for 'Annie Hall'
7. Richard Dreyfuss for 'The Goodbye Girl'
8. John Nance for 'Eraserhead'
9. Terri Garr for 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
10. Alec Guinness for 'Star Wars'
HMs: George Burns-'Oh God!' | John Denver-'Oh God!' | Melinda Dillon-'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' | Marsha Mason-'The Goodbye Girl' | John Travolta-'Saturday Night Fever'
Actor of the Year: Richard Dreyfuss
52. Robert De Niro
Actor | Cape Fear
One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained ...
1976
1. Robert De Niro for 'Taxi Driver'
2. Peter Finch for 'Network'
3. Sissy Spacek for 'Carrie'
4. Piper Laurie for 'Carrie'
5. Sylvester Stallone for 'Rocky'
6. Talia Shire for 'Rocky'
7. Faye Dunaway for 'Network'
8. Michael Caine for 'The Man Who Would Be King'
9. Sean Connery for 'The Man Who Would Be King'
10. William Holden for 'Network'
HMs: Dustin Hoffman-‘Marathon Man’ | Laurence Olivier-‘Marathon Man’
Actor of the Year: Dustin Hoffman
53. Al Pacino
Actor | Serpico
Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.
He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...
1975
1. Al Pacino for 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2. Jack Nicholson for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'
3. Gena Rowlands for 'A Woman Under the Influence'
4. Louise Fletcher for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'
5. Roy Scheider for 'Jaws'
6. Gene Hackman for 'Night Moves'
7. Ellen Burstyn for 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'
8. Robert Mitchum for 'Farewell, My Lovely'
9. Ryan O'Neal for 'Barry Lyndon'
10. Tim Curry for 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'
Has: Woody Allen-'Love & Death' | Peter Falk-'A Woman Under the Influence' | Diane Keaton-'Love & Death' | Lily Tomlin-'Nashville'
Actor of the Year: Jack Nicholson
54. Al Pacino
Actor | Serpico
Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.
He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...
1974
1. Al Pacino for 'The Godfather Part II'
2. Liv Ullmann for 'Scenes From a Marriage'
3. Erland Josephson for 'Scenes From a Marriage'
4. Robert De Niro for 'The Godfather Part II' and 'Mean Streets'
5. Jack Nicholson for 'The Last Detail'
6. Dustin Hoffman for 'Lenny'
7. Gene Hackman for 'The Conversation'
8. Art Carney for 'Harry and Tonto'
9. Diane Keaton for 'The Godfather Part II'
10. Harvey Keitel for ‘Mean Streets’
HMs: John Cazale-'The Godfather Part II' | Jean-Pierre Léaud-'The Mother & The Whore' | Jack Nicholson-‘Chinatown’ | Randy Quaid-'The Last Detail' | Lee Strasberg-'The Godfather Part II' | Gene Wilder-'Young Frankenstein'
Actor of the Year: Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson
55. Al Pacino
Actor | Serpico
Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.
He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...
1973
1. Al Pacino for 'Serpico'
2. Marlon Brando for 'Last Tango in Paris'
3. Tatum O'Neal for 'Paper Moon'
4. Ellen Burstyn for 'The Exorcist'
5. Linda Blair for 'The Exorcist'
6. Ensemble for 'Cries and Whispers'
7. Jack Lemmon for 'Save The Tiger'
8. Elliot Gould for 'The Long Goodbye'
9. James Coburn for ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’
10. Kris Kristofferson for ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’
Actor of the Year: Al Pacino
56. Al Pacino
Actor | Serpico
Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.
He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...
1972 1. Al Pacino for 'The Godfather' 2. Malcolm McDowell for 'A Clockwork Orange' 3. Max Von Sydow for 'The Emigrants' 4. Liv Ullman for 'The Emigrants' 5. Marlon Brando for 'The Godfather' 6. James Caan for 'The Godfather' 7. Barbara Streisand for 'What's Up Doc?' 8. Woody Allen for 'Play It Again, Sam' 9. Diane Keaton for 'Play It Again, Sam' 10. Susannah York for 'Images' HMs: Bruce Lee-'Way of the Dragon' | Ryan O'Neal-'What's Up, Doc?'
57. Gene Hackman
Actor | The French Connection
Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, partly by way of Canada, where his mother was born. After ...
1971 1. Gene Hackman for 'The French Connection' 2. Béatrice Romand for 'Claire's Knee' 3. Laurence de Monaghan for 'Claire's Knee' 4. Topol for 'Fiddler on the Roof' 5. Cloris Leachman for 'The Last Picture Show' 6. Cybill Shepherd for 'The Last Picture Show' 7. Al Pacino for 'Panic in Needle Park' 8. Jeff Bridges for 'The Last Picture Show' 9. Julie Christie for 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller' 10. Gene Wilder for 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' HMs: Warren Beatty-'McCabe & Mrs. Miller'
58. George C. Scott
Actor | Patton
George C. Scott was an immensely talented actor, a star of the big screen, stage and television. He was born on October 18, 1927 in Wise, Virginia, to Helena Agnes (Slemp) and George Dewey Scott. At the age of eight, his mother died, and his father, an executive at Buick, raised him. In 1945, he ...
1970 1. George C. Scott for 'Patton' 2. Jack Nicholson for 'Five Easy Pieces' 3. Richard Harris for ‘Cromwell’ 4. Alec Guinness for ‘Cromwell’ 5. Jack Lemmon for 'The Out Of Towners' 6. Stéphane Audran for 'Le Boucher' 5. Jean Yanne for 'Le Boucher' 7. Donald Sutherland for 'M*A*S*H' 8. Sandy Dennis for 'The Out Of Towners' 9. Karen Black for 'Five Easy Pieces' 10. Kim Hunter for 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' HMs: Elliot Gould-'M*A*S*H' | Sally Kirkland-M*A*S*H
59. Peter O'Toole
Actor | Lawrence of Arabia
A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a...
Decade 1960s 1. Peter O'Toole for 'Lawrence of Arabia' 2. James Mason for 'Lolita' 3. Anne Bancroft for 'The Miracle Worker' 4. Patty Duke for 'The Miracle Worker' 5. Peter Sellers for 'Dr. Strangelove' 6. Bette Davis for 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?' 7. Joan Crawford for 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?' 8. Dustin Hoffman for 'Midnight Cowboy' 9. George C. Scott for 'Dr. Strangelove' 10. Alec Guinness for 'Tunes of Glory'
60. Dustin Hoffman
Actor | Tootsie
Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, ...
1969 1. Dustin Hoffman for 'Midnight Cowboy' 2. Jon Voight for 'Midnight Cowboy' 3. William Holden for ‘The Wild Bunch’ 4. Ernest Borgnine for ‘The Wild Bunch’ 5. Robert Ryan for ‘The Wild Bunch’ 6. Anthony Perkins for 'Pretty Poison'
61. Charlton Heston
Actor | Ben-Hur
With features chiseled in stone, and renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in Biblical epics, the tall, well-built and ruggedly handsome Charlton Heston was one of Hollywood's top leading men of his prime and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty ...
1968 1. Charlton Heston for 'Planet of the Apes' 2. Kim Hunter for 'Planet of the Apes' 3. Henry Fonda for 'Once Upon a Time in the West' 4. Steve McQueen for 'Bullitt' 5. Jason Robards for 'Once Upon a Time in the West' 6. Claudia Cardinale for 'Once Upon a Time in the West' 7. Charles Bronson for 'Once Upon a Time in the West' 8. Roddy McDowell for 'Planet of the Apes' 9. Douglas Rain for '2001: A Space Odyssey'
62. Richard Harris
Actor | Unforgiven
Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout ...
1967 1. Richard Harris for 'Camelot' 2. Anne Bancroft for 'The Graduate' 3. Vanessa Redgrave for 'Camelot' 4. Dustin Hoffman for 'The Graduate' 5. Warren Beatty for 'Bonnie and Clyde' 6. Faye Dunaway for 'Bonnie and Clyde' 7. Franco Nero for 'Camelot' 8. Sidney Poitier for 'In The Heat of the Night' 9. Robert Smith for 'In Cold Blood' 10. Scott Wilson for 'In Cold Blood' HMs: John McLiam-'In Cold Blood' | Estelle Parsons-'Bonnie and Clyde' | Kathrine Ross-'The Graduate'
63. Elizabeth Taylor
Actress | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early in her youth and kept the world hooked ...
1966 1. Elizabeth Taylor for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' 2. Richard Burton for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' 3. John Wayne for 'El Dorado' 4. Robert Mitchum for 'El Dorado' 5. Lee Van Cleef for ' The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' 6. Eli Wallach for ' The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' 7. James Caan for 'El Dorado' 8. George Segal for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' 9. Sandy Dennis for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' 10. Clint Eastwood for 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'
64. Laurence Olivier
Actor | Sleuth
Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, to Agnes Louise (Crookenden) and Gerard Kerr Olivier, a High ...
1965 1. Laurence Olivier for 'Othello' 2. Frank Finlay for 'Othello' 3. Julie Andrews for 'The Sound of Music' 4. Maggie Smith for 'Othello' 5. Christopher Plummer for 'The Sound of Music' 6. Steve McQueen for 'The Cincinnati Kid' 7. Lee Van Cleef for 'For A Few Dollars More' 8. Clint Eastwood for 'For A Few Dollars More'
65. Peter Sellers
Actor | Being There
Often credited as the greatest comedian of all time, Peter Sellers was born Richard Henry Sellers to a well-off acting family in 1925 in Southsea, a suburb of Portsmouth. He was the son of Agnes Doreen "Peg" (Marks) and William "Bill" Sellers. His parents worked in an acting company run by his ...
1964
1. Peter Sellers for 'Dr. Strangelove' and 'A Shot In The Dark'
2. Audrey Hepburn for 'My Fair Lady'
3. George C. Scott for 'Dr. Strangelove'
4. Anthony Quinn for 'Zorba the Greek'
5. Sterling Hayden for 'Dr. Strangelove'
6. Keenan Wynn for 'Dr. Strangelove'
7. Rex Harrison for 'My Fair Lady'
8. Sean Connery for 'Goldfinger'
9. Clint Eastwood for 'A Fistful of Dollars'
10. Alan Bates-'Zorba the Greek'
HMs: The Beatles-'A Hard Day's Night'
Actor of the Year: Peter Sellers
66. Sidney Poitier
Actor | In the Heat of the Night
Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. Sidney had little formal ...
1963 1. Sidney Poitier for 'Lilies of the Field' 2. Toshirô Mifune for 'High and Low' 3. Audrey Hepburn for 'Charade' 4. Steve McQueen for 'The Great Escape' 5. Marcello Mastroianni for '8 1/2' 6. Cary Grant for 'Charade' 7. Walter Matthau for 'Charade' 8. James Garner for 'The Great Escape' 9. Edie Adams for 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' 10. Spencer Tracey for 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' HMs: Tippi Hedron-'The Birds' | Ethel Merman for 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'
67. Peter O'Toole
Actor | Lawrence of Arabia
A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a...
1962
1. Peter O'Toole for 'Lawrence of Arabia'
2. James Mason for 'Lolita'
3. Anne Bancroft for 'The Miracle Worker'
4. Patty Duke for 'The Miracle Worker'
5. Bette Davis for 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?'
6. Joan Crawford for 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?'
7. Tom Courtenay for 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'
8. Gregory Peck for 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
9. Alec Guinness for 'Lawrence of Arabia'
10. Mary Badham for 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
HMs: Robert Mitchum-'Cape Fear'
Actor of the Year: Gregory Peck
68. Spencer Tracy
Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg
Spencer Tracy was the second son born on April 5, 1900, to truck salesman John Edward and Caroline Brown Tracy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While attending Marquette Academy, he and classmate Pat O'Brien quit school to enlist in the Navy at the start of World War I. Tracy was still at Norfolk Navy Yard...
1961 1. Ensemble for 'Judgement At Nuremberg' 2. James Cagney for ‘One, Two, Three’ 3. Toshirô Mifune for 'Yojimbo' 4. Paul Newman for 'The Hustler' 5. George C. Scott for 'The Hustler'
69. Alec Guinness
Actor | Star Wars
Alec Guinness was an English actor. He is known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence...
1960 1. Alec Guinness for ‘Tunes of Glory’ 2. Kirk Douglas for 'Spartacus' 3. Laurence Olivier for 'Spartacus' 4. Marcello Mastroianni for 'La Dolce Vita' 5. Anthony Perkins for 'Psycho' 6. Jack Lemmon for 'The Apartment' 7. Shirley MacLaine for 'The Apartment' 8. Janet Leigh for 'Psycho' 9. Fred MacMurray for 'The Apartment' 10. John Mills for 'Tunes of Glory' Has: Vera Miles-'Psycho'
70. Marlon Brando
Actor | Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ...
Decade 1950s 1. Marlon Brando for 'On the Waterfront' 2. Gloria Swanson for 'Sunset Boulevard' 3. Laurence Olivier for 'Richard III' 4. Alec Guinness for 'The Prisoner' 5. John Wayne for 'The Searchers' 6. Henry Fonda for '12 Angry Men' 7. Lee J. Cobb for '12 Angry Men' 8. James Dean for 'Rebel Without a Cause' 9. Audrey Hepburn for 'Sabrina' 10. Lee J. Cobb for 'On The Waterfront'
71. Jean-Pierre Léaud
Actor | Les quatre cents coups
Jean-Pierre Léaud is not everybody's cup of tea for sure, but will remain an important name in film history. As an actor he can be adored or hated for exactly the same reasons: he is one of those rare players that directors let improvise his dialogue, which gets on certain viewers' nerves while it ...
1959 1. Jean-Pierre Léaud for 'The 400 Blows' 2. Charlton Heston for 'Ben-Hur' 3. Marilyn Monroe for 'Some Like It Hot' 4. Tony Curtis for 'Some Like It Hot' 5. Jack Lemmon for 'Some Like It Hot' 6. James Stewart for 'Anatomy of a Murder' 7. James Mason for 'North By Northwest' 8. Eva Marie-Saint for 'North By Northwest' 9. Cary Grant for 'North By Northwest' 10. Jack Hawkins for 'Ben-Hur'
72. James Stewart
Actor | Vertigo
James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. He was of Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English descent. Stewart was educated at a local prep school, Mercersburg Academy, where he ...
1958 1. James Stewart for 'Vertigo' 2. Kim Novak for 'Vertigo' 3. Charlton Heston for 'Touch of Evil'
73. Henry Fonda
Actor | 12 Angry Men
This remarkable, soft-spoken American began in films as a diffident juvenile. With passing years, he matured into a star character actor who exemplified not only integrity and strength, but an ideal of the common man fighting against social injustice and oppression. He was born in Grand Island, ...
1957 1. Henry Fonda for '12 Angry Men' 2. Lee J. Cobb for '12 Angry Men' 3. Alec Guinness for 'Bridge on the River Kwai' 4. Kirk Douglas for 'Paths of Glory' 5. Tony Curtis for 'Sweet Smell of Success' 6. Burt Lancaster for 'Sweet Smell of Success' 7. William Holden for 'Bridge On the Rover Kwai' 8. Sessue Hayakawa for 'Bridge On the Rover Kwai'
74. John Wayne
Actor | True Grit
John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.
Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern ...
1956 1. John Wayne for 'The Searchers' 2. Kirk Douglas for ‘Lust For Life’ 3. Charlton Heston for 'The Ten Commandments' 4. Sterling Hayden for 'The Killing' 5. Jeffrey Hunter for 'The Searchers' 6. Vera Miles for ‘The Searchers’ 7. Natalie Wood for 'The Searchers' 8. Yul Brynner for 'The Ten Commandments'
75. Laurence Olivier
Actor | Sleuth
Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, to Agnes Louise (Crookenden) and Gerard Kerr Olivier, a High ...
1955 1. Laurence Olivier for 'Richard III' 2. Alec Guinness for 'The Prisoner' 3. James Dean for 'Rebel Without a Cause' and ‘East of Eden’ 4. Henry Fonda for 'Mister Roberts' 5. Deborah Kerr for 'The King & I' 6. Yul Brynner for 'The King & I' 7. James Cagney for 'Mister Roberts' 8. Jack Lemmon for 'Mister Roberts' 9. Jack Hawkins for ‘The Prisoner’ 10. Natalie Wood 'Rebel Without a Cause'
76. Marlon Brando
Actor | Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ...
1954 1. Marlon Brando for 'On The Waterfront' 2. Lee J. Cobb for 'On The Waterfront' 3. Audrey Hepburn for 'Sabrina' 4. James Stewart for 'Rear Window' 5. Humphrey Bogart for 'The Caine Mutiny' 6. Humphrey Bogart for 'Sabrina' 7. William Holden for 'Sabrina' 8. Ray Milland for 'Dial M For Murder' 9. Eva Marie Saint for 'On The Waterfront' 10. Robert Cummings for 'Dial M For Murder'
77. Marlon Brando
Actor | Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ...
1953 1. Marlon Brando for 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Wild One' 2. Chishū Ryū for 'Tokyo Story' 3. Chieko Higashiyama for 'Tokyo Story' 4. Montgomery Clift for 'From Here To Eternity' 5. Fred Astaire for 'The Band Wagon' 6. Cyd Charisse for 'The Band Wagon' 7. Oscar Levant for 'The Band Wagon'
78. Takashi Shimura
Actor | Shichinin no samurai
Japanese character actor Takashi Shimura was one of the finest film actors of the 20th century and a leading member of the "stock company" of master director Akira Kurosawa. A native of southern Japan, Shimura was a descendant of the samurai warrior class. Following university training, he founded ...
1952 1. Takashi Shimura for 'Ikiru' 2. Gary Cooper for 'High Noon' 3. Debbie Reynolds for 'Singin' In the Rain' 4. Donald O'Connor for 'Singin' In the Rain'
79. Marlon Brando
Actor | Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ...
1951 1. Marlon Brando for 'A Streetcar Named Desire' 2. Vivian Leigh for 'A Streetcar Named Desire' 3. Kim Hunter for 'A Streetcar Named Desire' 4. Gene Kelly for 'An American In Paris'
80. Gloria Swanson
Actress | Sunset Blvd.
Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Svensson in Chicago, Illinois. She was destined to be perhaps one of the biggest stars of the silent movie era. Her personality and antics in private definitely made her a favorite with America's movie-going public. Gloria certainly didn't intend on ...
1950 1. Gloria Swanson for 'Sunset Boulevard' 2. William Holden for 'Sunset Boulevard' 3. Bette Davis for 'All About Eve' 4. Anne Baxter for 'All About Eve' 5. Erich von Stroheim for 'Sunset Boulevard' 6. Robert Newton for 'Treasure Island' 7. Bobby Driscoll for 'Treasure Island'
81. Laurence Olivier
Actor | Sleuth
Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, to Agnes Louise (Crookenden) and Gerard Kerr Olivier, a High ...
Decade 1940s 1. Laurence Olivier for 'Hamlet' 2. Orson Welles for 'Citizen Kane' 3. James Cagney for 'White Heat' 4. James Stewart for 'It's a Wonderful Life' 5. Judith Anderson for 'Rebecca' 6. James Cagney for 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' 7. Ingrid Bergman for 'Casablanca' 8. Humphrey Bogart for 'The Maltese Falcon' 9. Lionel Barrymore for 'It's a Wonderful Life' 10. Broderick Crawford for 'All The King's Men'
82. James Cagney
Actor | Angels with Dirty Faces
One of Hollywood's preeminent male stars of all time, James Cagney was also an accomplished dancer and easily played light comedy. James Francis Cagney was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, to Carolyn (Nelson) and James Francis Cagney, Sr., who was a bartender and amateur ...
1949 1. James Cagney for 'White Heat' 2. Broderick Crawford for 'All The King's Men' 3. Orson Welles for ‘The Third Man’ 4. Joseph Cotton for 'The Third Man' 5. Edmund O'Brien for 'White Heat' 6. Steve Cochran for 'White Heat'
83. Laurence Olivier
Actor | Sleuth
Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, to Agnes Louise (Crookenden) and Gerard Kerr Olivier, a High ...
1948 1. Laurence Olivier for 'Hamlet' 2. Humphrey Bogart for ‘Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ 3. Moira Shearer for 'The Red Shoes' 4. Walter Huston for ‘Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ 5. Jean Simmons for 'Hamlet' 4. Basil Sydney for 'Hamlet' 5. Eileen Herlie for 'Hamlet' 6. Norman Wooland for 'Hamlet' 7. Felix Aylmer for 'Hamlet'
84. James Stewart
Actor | Vertigo
James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. He was of Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English descent. Stewart was educated at a local prep school, Mercersburg Academy, where he ...
1946 1. James Stewart for 'It's A Wonderful Life' 2. Lionel Barrymore for 'It's A Wonderful Life' 3. Dana Andrews for 'The Best Years of Our Lives' 4. Fredric March for 'The Best Years of Our Lives' 5. Ingrid Bergman for ‘Notorious’ 6. James Basket for 'Song Of The South' 7. Donna Reed for 'It's a Wonderful Life' 8. Henry Travers for 'It's a Wonderful Life' 9. Harold Russell for 'The Best Years of Our Lives' 10. Teresa Wright for 'The Best Years of Our Lives' Myrna Loy-'The Best Years of Our Lives' | Virginia Mayo-'The Best Years of Our Lives' | Claude Rains-‘Notorious’
85. Celia Johnson
Actress | Brief Encounter
Celia Johnson was an English actress, once nominated for an Academy Award. Johnson was born in the town of Richmond, Surrey in 1908. Richmond was incorporated into Greater London in 1965, as part of an administrative reform. Celia's parents were John Robert Johnson and Ethel Griffiths. Neither of ...
1945 1. Celia Johnson for 'Brief Encounter' 2. Ray Milland for 'The Lost Weekend' 3. Ingrid Bergman for 'Spellbound' 4. Trevor Howard for 'Brief Encounter'
86. Laurence Olivier
Actor | Sleuth
Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, to Agnes Louise (Crookenden) and Gerard Kerr Olivier, a High ...
1944 1. Laurence Olivier for 'Henry V' 2. Fred MacMurray for 'Double Indemnity' 3. Barbara Stanwick for 'Double Indemnity' 4. Edward G. Robinson for 'Double Indemnity' 5. Ingrid Bergman for 'Gaslight' 6. Cary Grant for 'Arsenic and Old Lace' 7. Gene Tierney for 'Laura' 8. Dana Andrews for 'Laura'
87. James Cagney
Actor | Angels with Dirty Faces
One of Hollywood's preeminent male stars of all time, James Cagney was also an accomplished dancer and easily played light comedy. James Francis Cagney was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, to Carolyn (Nelson) and James Francis Cagney, Sr., who was a bartender and amateur ...
1942 1. James Cagney for 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' 2. Ingrid Bergman for 'Casablanca' 3. Humphrey Bogart for 'Casablanca' 4. Paul Henreid for 'Casablanca' 5. Conrad Veilt for 'Casablanca' 6. Claude Rains for 'Casablanca' 7. Peter Lorre for 'Casablanca' 8. Dooley Wilson for 'Casablanca' 9. Joan Leslie for 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' 10. Walter Huston for 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'
88. Orson Welles
Actor | Citizen Kane
His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. He was ...
1941 1. Orson Welles for 'Citizen Kane' 2. Humphrey Bogart for 'The Maltese Falcon' 3. Mary Astor for 'The Maltese Falcon' 4. Dorothy Comingore for 'Citizen Kane' 5. Jospeh Cotton for 'Citizen Kane' 6. Peter Lorre for 'The Maltese Falcon' 7. Sydney Greenstreet for 'The Maltese Falcon' 8. Everett Sloane for 'Citizen Kane' 9. Ray Collins for 'Citizen Kane' 10. Roddy McDowell for 'How Green Was My Valley'
89. Judith Anderson
Actress | Rebecca
Dame Judith Anderson was born Frances Margaret Anderson on February 10, 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia. She began her acting career in Australia before moving to New York in 1918. There she established herself as one of the greatest theatrical actresses and was a major star on Broadway ...
1940
1. Judith Anderson for 'Rebecca'
2. Joan Fontaine for 'Rebecca'
3. Henry Fonda for 'The Grapes of Wrath'
4. Cary Grant for 'His Girl Friday'
5. Rosalind Russell for 'His Girl Friday'
6. Laurence Olivier for 'Rebecca'
7. Ralph Bellamy for 'His Girl Friday'
8. John Qualen for 'His Girl Friday'
9. Stan Laurel for 'Saps At Sea'
10. Oliver Hardy for 'Saps At Sea'
Actor of the Year: James Stewart
90. Clark Gable
Actor | It Happened One Night
William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, to Adeline (Hershelman) and William Henry Gable, an oil-well driller. He was of German, Irish, and Swiss-German descent. When he was seven months old, his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his maternal aunt and uncle ...
Decade 30s 1. Clark Gable for 'Gone With The Wind' 2. Vivian Leigh for 'Gone With the Wind' 3. Bela Lugosi for 'Dracula' 4. Groucho Marx for 'Duck Soup' 5. James Stewart for 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' 6. Charles Chaplin for 'City Lights' 7. Peter Lorre for 'M' 8. Elsa Lanchester for 'Bride of Frankenstein' 9. Stan Laurel for 'Way Out West' 10. Oliver Hardy for 'Way Out West'
91. Clark Gable
Actor | It Happened One Night
William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, to Adeline (Hershelman) and William Henry Gable, an oil-well driller. He was of German, Irish, and Swiss-German descent. When he was seven months old, his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his maternal aunt and uncle ...
1939 1. Clark Gable for 'Gone With The Wind' 2. Vivian Leigh for 'Gone With the Wind' 3. James Stewart for 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' 4. Judy Garland for 'The Wizard of Oz' 5. Hattie McDaniel for 'Gone With the Wind' 6. Leslie Howard for 'Gone With the Wind' 7. Margaret Hamilton for 'The Wizard of Oz' 8. Olivia DeHavilland for 'Gone With the Wind'
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