| Year | Name | Movie | Age |
|---|
| 1970 |
George C. Scott |
Patton |
43 |
| 1971 |
Gene Hackman |
The French Connection |
40 |
| 1972 |
Marlon Brando |
The Godfather |
48 |
| 1973 |
Jack Lemmon |
Save the Tiger |
48 |
| 1974 |
Art Carney |
Harry and Tonto |
56 |
| 1975 |
Jack Nicholson |
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest |
38 |
| 1976 |
Peter Finch |
Network |
60 |
| 1977 |
Richard Dreyfuss |
The Goodbye Girl |
32 |
| 1978 |
Jon Voight |
Coming Home |
40 |
| 1979 |
Dustin Hoffman |
Kramer vs. Kramer |
42 |
| 1980 |
Robert De Niro |
Raging Bull |
37 |
| 1981 |
Henry Fonda |
On Golden Pond |
76 |
| 1982 |
Ben Kingsley |
Gandhi |
39 |
| 1983 |
Robert Duvall |
Tender Mercies |
55 |
| 1984 |
F. Murray Abraham |
Amadeus |
45 |
| 1985 |
William Hurt |
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
35 |
| 1986 |
Paul Newman |
The Color of Money |
61 |
| 1987 |
Michael Douglas |
Wall Street |
33 |
| 1988 |
Dustin Hoffman |
Rain Man |
51 |
| 1989 |
Daniel Day-Lewis |
My Left Foot |
32 |
| 1990 |
Jeremy Irons |
Reversal of Fortune |
43 |
| 1991 |
Anthony Hopkins |
The Silence of the Lambs |
55 |
| 1992 |
Al Pacino |
Scent of a Woman |
42 |
| 1993 |
Tom Hanks |
Philadelphia |
37 |
| 1994 |
Tom Hanks |
Forrest Gump |
38 |
| 1995 |
Nicolas Cage |
Leaving Las Vegas |
31 |
| 1996 |
Geoffrey Rush |
Shine |
45 |
| 1997 |
Jack Nicholson |
As Good As it Gets |
60 |
| 1998 |
Roberto Benigni |
Life is Beautiful |
46 |
| 1999 |
Kevin Spacey |
American Beauty |
40 |
| 2000 |
Russell Crowe |
Gladiator |
36 |
| 2001 |
Denzel Washington |
Training Day |
47 |
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