Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
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The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actor - Musical or Comedy.
The formal title has varied since its inception and as of 2005 is officially called: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama".
Notes:
- "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning performance.
- "‡" indicates an Academy Award—nominated performance that same year
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Winners and nominees [edit]
1940s [edit]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Paul Lukas † | Kurt Muller | Watch on the Rhine |
| 1944 | Alexander Knox ‡ | Woodrow Wilson | Wilson |
| 1945 | Ray Milland † | Don Birnam | The Lost Weekend |
| 1946 | Gregory Peck ‡ | Penny Baxter | The Yearling |
| 1947 | Ronald Colman † | Anthony John | A Double Life |
| 1948 | Laurence Olivier † | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | Hamlet |
| 1949 | Broderick Crawford † | Willie Stark | All the King's Men |
1950s [edit]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | José Ferrer † | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 1951 | Fredric March | Willy Loman | Death of a Salesman |
| 1952 | Gary Cooper † | Marshal Will Kane | High Noon |
| 1953 | Spencer Tracy | Clinton Jones | The Actress |
| 1954 | Marlon Brando † | Terry Malloy | On the Waterfront |
| 1955 | Ernest Borgnine † | Marty Piletti | Marty |
| 1956 | Kirk Douglas ‡ | Vincent van Gogh | Lust for Life |
| 1957 | Alec Guinness † | Colonel Nicholson | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 1958 | David Niven † | Major Pollock | Separate Tables |
| Tony Curtis | John "Joker" Jackson | The Defiant Ones | |
| Robert Donat | The Mandarin of Yang Cheng | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | |
| Sidney Poitier | Noah Cullen | The Defiant Ones | |
| Spencer Tracy | Santiago (The Old Man) | The Old Man and the Sea | |
| 1959 | Anthony Franciosa | Sam Lawson | Career |
| Richard Burton | Jimmy Porter | Look Back in Anger | |
| Charlton Heston † | Judah Ben-Hur | Ben-Hur | |
| Fredric March | Jerry Kingsley | Middle of the Night | |
| Joseph Schildkraut | Otto Frank | The Diary of Anne Frank |
1960s [edit]
1970s [edit]
1980s [edit]
1990s [edit]
2000s [edit]
2010s [edit]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colin Firth † | King George VI | The King's Speech |
| Jesse Eisenberg ‡ | Mark Zuckerberg | The Social Network ‡ | |
| James Franco ‡ | Aron Ralston | 127 Hours ‡ | |
| Ryan Gosling | Dean | Blue Valentine | |
| Mark Wahlberg | Micky Ward | The Fighter | |
| 2011 | George Clooney ‡ | Matt King | The Descendants |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | J. Edgar Hoover | J. Edgar | |
| Michael Fassbender | Brandon Sullivan | Shame | |
| Ryan Gosling | Stephen Meyers | The Ides of March | |
| Brad Pitt ‡ | Billy Beane | Moneyball ‡ | |
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis † | Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln |
| Richard Gere | Robert Miller | Arbitrage | |
| John Hawkes | Mark O'Brien | The Sessions | |
| Joaquin Phoenix ‡ | Freddie Quell | The Master | |
| Denzel Washington ‡ | William "Whip" Whitaker | Flight |
See also [edit]
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- List of actors who have won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, a SAG, and a Critic's Choice Award for a single performance
References [edit]
- ^ "Golden Globes announce TV, film award nominees". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. December 22, 2000. p. 8B. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
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