Golden Globe For Bedste Skuespiller - Drama

Tidligere var der kun en enkelt pris for "Bedste Skuespiller" men opdelingne med "Bedste skuespiller – komedie/musical" gjorde det lettere.

Prisens formelle titel har varieret en del. I 2005 var det officielle navn "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama". Pr. 2021 er navnet blevet lavet om til "Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama".

Prisen gives til mandlige skuespillere. Kvindelige skuespillere modtager prisen Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama.

Bemærkning:

• "†" indikerer at skuespilleren også vandt en Academy Award.

1940'erne

• 1943: Paul Lukas – Watch on the Rhine
• 1944: Alexander Knox – Wilson
• 1945: Ray Milland – Forspildte dage
• 1946: Gregory Peck – Hjortekalven
• 1947: Ronald Colman – Jalousi
• 1948: Laurence Olivier – Hamlet
• 1949: Broderick Crawford – Alle kongens mænd

1950'erne

• 1950: José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac
• 1951 Fredric March – Death of a Salesman
• 1952 Gary Cooper – High Noon
• 1953 Spencer Tracy – The Actress
• 1954 Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront
• 1955 Ernest Borgnine – Marty
• 1956 Kirk Douglas – Lust for Life
• 1957 Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai

1958: David Niven – Separate Tables

• Tony Curtis – The Defiant Ones
• Robert Donat – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
• Sidney Poitier – The Defiant Ones
• Spencer Tracy – The Old Man and the Sea

1959: Anthony Franciosa – Career

• Richard Burton – Look Back in Anger
• Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur †
• Fredric March – Middle of the Night
• Joseph Schildkraut – The Diary of Anne Frank as Otto Frank

1960'erne

1960: Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry †

• Trevor Howard – Sons and Lovers
• Laurence Olivier – Spartacus
• Dean Stockwell – Sons and Lovers
• Spencer Tracy – Inherit the Wind

1961: Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg †

• Warren Beatty – Splendor in the Grass
• Maurice Chevalier – Fanny
• Paul Newman – The Hustler
• Sidney Poitier – A Raisin in the Sun

1962: Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird †

• Bobby Darin – Pressure Point
• Laurence Harvey – The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
• Jackie Gleason – Gigot
• Burt Lancaster – Birdman of Alcatraz
• Jack Lemmon – Days of Wine and Roses
• James Mason – Lolita
• Paul Newman – Sweet Bird of Youth
• Peter O'Toole – Lawrence of Arabia
• Anthony Quinn – Lawrence of Arabia

1963: Sidney Poitier – Lilies of the Field †

• Marlon Brando – The Ugly American
• Stathis Giallelis – America, America
• Rex Harrison – Cleopatra
• Steve McQueen – Love with the Proper Stranger
• Paul Newman – Hud
• Gregory Peck – Captain Newman, M.D.
• Tom Tryon – The Cardinal

1964: Peter O'Toole – Becket

• Richard Burton – Becket
• Anthony Franciosa – Rio Conchos
• Fredric March – 7 dage i maj
• Anthony Quinn – Alexis Zorbas

1965: Omar Sharif – Doktor Zhivago

• Rex Harrison – The Agony and the Ecstasy
• Sidney Poitier – A Patch of Blue
• Rod Steiger – The Pawnbroker
• Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools

1966: Paul Scofield – A Man for All Seasons †

• Richard Burton – Hvem er bange for Virginia Woolf?
• Michael Caine – Alfie
• Steve McQueen – The Sand Pebbles
• Max von Sydow – Hawaii

1967: Rod Steiger – In the Heat of the Night †

• Alan Bates – Far from the Madding Crowd
• Warren Beatty – Bonnie and Clyde
• Paul Newman – Cool Hand Luke
• Sidney Poitier – In the Heat of the Night
• Spencer Tracy – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (posthumous)

1968: Peter O'Toole – The Lion in Winter

• Alan Arkin – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• Alan Bates – The Fixer
• Tony Curtis – The Boston Strangler
• Cliff Robertson – Charly †

1969: John Wayne – De frygtløse †

• Alan Arkin – Popi
• Richard Burton – Anne of the Thousand Days
• Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy
• Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy

1970'erne

1970: George C. Scott – Patton som George S. 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
• Malcolm McDowell – A Clockwork Orange
• Jack Nicholson – Carnal Knowledge
• George C. Scott – The Hospital

1972: Marlon Brando – The Godfather †

• Michael Caine – Sleuth
• Laurence Olivier – Sleuth
• Al Pacino – The Godfather
• Jon Voight – Deliverance

1973: Al Pacino – Serpico

• Robert Blake – Electra Glide in Blue
• Jack Lemmon – Save the Tiger †
• Steve McQueen – Papillon
• Jack Nicholson – The Last Detail

1974: Jack Nicholson – Chinatown

• James Caan – The Gambler
• Gene Hackman – The Conversation
• Dustin Hoffman – Lenny
• Al Pacino – The Godfather: Part II

1975: Jack Nicholson – Gøgereden †

• Gene Hackman – French Connection II
• Al Pacino – Dog Day Afternoon
• Maximilian Schell – The Man in the Glass Booth
• James Whitmore – Give 'em Hell, Harry!

1976: Peter Finch – Network as Howard Beale (posthumous) †

• David Carradine – Bound for Glory
• Robert De Niro – Taxi Driver
• Dustin Hoffman – Marathon Man
• Sylvester Stallone – Rocky

1977: Richard Burton – Equus

• Marcello Mastroianni – A Special Day (Una giornata particolare)
• Al Pacino – Bobby Deerfield
• Gregory Peck – MacArthur
• Henry Winkler – Heroes

1978: Jon Voight – Coming Home †

• Brad Davis – Midnight Express
• Robert De Niro – The Deer Hunter
• Anthony Hopkins – Magic
• Gregory Peck – The Boys from Brazil

1979: Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer †

• Jack Lemmon – Kinasyndromet
• Al Pacino – ...And Justice for All
• Jon Voight – The Champ
• James Woods – The Onion Field

1980'erne

1980: Robert De Niro – Raging Bull †

• John Hurt – The Elephant Man
• Jack Lemmon – Tribute
• Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man
• Donald Sutherland – Ordinary People

1981: Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond †

• Warren Beatty – Reds
• Timothy Hutton – Taps
• Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City
• Treat Williams – Prince of the City

1982: Ben Kingsley – Gandhi †

• Albert Finney – Shoot the Moon
• Richard Gere – An Officer and a Gentleman
• Jack Lemmon – Missing
• Paul Newman – The Verdict

1983: Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies †

• Tom Courtenay – The Dresser
• Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben
• Richard Farnsworth – The Grey Fox
• Albert Finney – The Dresser
• Al Pacino – Scarface
• Eric Roberts – Star 80

1984: F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus †

• Jeff Bridges – Starman
• Albert Finney – Under the Volcano
• Tom Hulce – Amadeus
• Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields

1985: Jon Voight – Runaway Train

• Harrison Ford – Witness
• Gene Hackman – Twice in a Lifetime
• William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman †
• Raúl Juliá – Kiss of the Spider Woman

1986: Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa

• Harrison Ford – The Mosquito Coast
• Dexter Gordon – Round Midnight
• William Hurt – Children of a Lesser God
• Jeremy Irons – The Mission
• Paul Newman – The Color of Money †

1987: Michael Douglas – Wall Street †

• John Lone – The Last Emperor
• Jack Nicholson – Ironweed
• Nick Nolte – Weeds
• Denzel Washington – Cry Freedom

1988: Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man †

• Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning
• Tom Hulce – Dominick and Eugene
• Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver
• Forest Whitaker – Bird

1989: Tom Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July

• Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown †
• Jack Lemmon – Dad
• Al Pacino – Sea of Love
• Robin Williams – Dead Poets Society

1990'erne

1990: Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune †

• Kevin Costner – Dances With Wolves
• Richard Harris – The Field
• Al Pacino – The Godfather: Part III
• Robin Williams – Awakenings

1991: Nick Nolte – The Prince of Tides

• Warren Beatty – Bugsy
• Kevin Costner – JFK
• Robert De Niro – Cape Fear
• Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs †

1992: Al Pacino – Scent of a Woman †

• Tom Cruise – A Few Good Men
• Robert Downey Jr. – Chaplin
• Jack Nicholson – Hoffa
• Denzel Washington – Malcolm X

1993: Tom Hanks – Philadelphia †

• Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father
• Harrison Ford – Flygtningen
• Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day
• Liam Neeson – Schindler's List

1994: Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump †

• Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption
• Paul Newman – Nobody's Fool
• Brad Pitt – Legends of the Fall
• John Travolta – Pulp Fiction

1995: Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas †

• Richard Dreyfuss – Mr. Holland's Opus
• Anthony Hopkins – Nixon
• Ian McKellen – Richard III
• Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking

1996: Geoffrey Rush – Shine †

• Ralph Fiennes – Den engelske patient (film)
• Mel Gibson – Ransom
• Woody Harrelson – Folket mod Larry Flynt
• Liam Neeson – Michael Collins

1997: Peter Fonda – Ulee's Gold

• Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting
• Daniel Day-Lewis – The Boxer
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Titanic
• Djimon Hounsou – Amistad

1998: Jim Carrey – The Truman Show

• Stephen Fry – Wilde
• Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan
• Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters
• Nick Nolte – Affliction

1999: Denzel Washington – The Hurricane

• Russell Crowe – The Insider
• Matt Damon – The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story
• Kevin Spacey – American Beauty †

2000'erne

2000: Russell Crowe – Gladiator †

• Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls
• Tom Hanks – Cast Away
• Michael Douglas – Wonder Boys
• Geoffrey Rush – Quills

2001: Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind

• Will Smith – Ali
• Kevin Spacey – The Shipping News
• Billy Bob Thornton – The Man Who Wasn't There
• Denzel Washington – Training Day †

2002: Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt

• Adrien Brody – The Pianist †
• Michael Caine – The Quiet American
• Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Catch Me If You Can

2003: Sean Penn – Mystic River †

• Russell Crowe – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Tom Cruise – The Last Samurai
• Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog
• Jude Law – Cold Mountain

2004: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator

• Javier Bardem – The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)
• Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda
• Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland
• Liam Neeson – Kinsey

2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote †

• Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man
• Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
• David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck

2006: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland †

• Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Peter O'Toole – Venus
• Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness

2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood †

• George Clooney – Michael Clayton
• James McAvoy – Atonement
• Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
• Denzel Washington – American Gangster

2008: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

• Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn – Milk †
• Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2009: Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart †

• George Clooney - Up in the Air
• Colin Firth - A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman - Invictus
• Tobey Maguire - Brothers

2010'erne

2010: Colin Firth - Kongens store tale †

• Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
• James Franco - 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine
• Mark Wahlberg - The Fighter

2011: George Clooney - The Descendants

• Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar
• Michael Fassbender - Shame
• Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March
• Brad Pitt - Moneyball

2012: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln (film) †

• Richard Gere - Arbitrage
• John Hawkes - The Sessions
• Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
• Denzel Washington - Flight

2013 - Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club †

• Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
• Idris Elba - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
• Robert Redford - All is Lost

2014 - Eddie Redmayne - Teorien om alting (film fra 2014) †

• Steve Carell - Foxcather
• Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler (film)
• David Oyelowo - Selma (film)

2015 - Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant †

• Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
• Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
• Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
• Will Smith - Concussion

2016 - Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea †

• Joel Edgerton - Loving
• Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
• Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic - en ualmindelig far
• Denzel Washington - Fences

2017 - Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour (film) †

• Timothée Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name
• Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
• Tom Hanks - The Post
• Denzel Washington - Roman J, Israel, Esq.

2018 - Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody (film) †

• Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
• Willem Dafoe - At Eternity's Gate
• Lucas Hedges - Boy Erased
• John David Washington - BlacKkKlansman

2019 - Joaquin Phoenix - Joker (film fra 2019) †

• Christian Bale - Ford v. Ferrari
• Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory
• Adam Driver - Marriage Story
• Jonathan Pryce - The Two Popes

2020'erne

2020s