| Who They Beat | Best Actor |
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| Humphrey Bogart, Bing Crosby, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier | |
| Laurence Olivier, Rod Steiger | |
| Tom Hanks | |
| George Clooney, Brad Pitt | |
| William Holden, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy | |
| Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck, James Stewart | |
| Gregory Peck | |
| Rex Harrison, Paul Newman | |
| Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster | |
| Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson | |
| William Hurt, Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams | |
| Warren Beatty, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman | |
| Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Spencer Tracy | |
| Robert De Niro, William Holden | |
| Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy | |
| Javier Bardem, Tom Hanks, Geoffrey Rush | |
| Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro | |
| Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight | |
| Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino | |
| Melvyn Douglas, Jack Nicholson | |
| Paul Newman, Spencer Tracy | |
| Henry Fonda, Laurence Olivier | |
| Walter Huston, Orson Welles, Marlon Brando, Jose Ferrer, Alec Guinness | |
| Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Paul Muni | |
| | Who They Beat | Best Actor |
|---|
| Ben Kingsley, Brad Pitt | |
| Christian Bale | |
| Peter Finch, Walter Matthau, George C. Scott | |
| William Hurt | |
| Russell Crowe, Sean Penn, Denzel Washington | |
| Michael Caine | |
| Walter Matthau, Al Pacino, Maximillian Schell, Matt Damon, Robert Duvall, Dustin Hoffman | |
| Jack Lemmon, Laurence Olivier, Spencer Tracy | |
| Jack Nicholson, Jon Voight | |
| Bing Crosby, Gregory Peck | |
| Alan Arkin | |
| George Arliss, Wallace Beery, Ronald Colman | |
| George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman | |
| Anthony Quinn | |
| James Cagney, Frank Sinatra, Spencer Tracy | |
| Gregory Peck, John Wayne | |
| Russell Crowe, Sean Penn | |
| Paul Muni | |
| Paul Muni | |
| Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, Tom Hanks | |
| Jack Lemmon, Paul Muni, James Stewart | |
| Laurence Olivier | |
| Alan Arkin, Michael Caine | |
| Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Robert Redford | |
| | Who They Beat | Best Actor |
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| Billy Bob Thornton | |
| Richard Dreyfuss, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Penn | |
| Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, James Stewart | |
| Heath Ledger | |
| Clint Eastwood | |
| Warren Beatty, Robert De Niro, Laurence Olivier | |
| Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper | |
| Burt Lancaster, Jack Lemmon | |
| Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington | |
| Woody Allen | |
| Morgan Freeman, Robin Williams, George Clooney, Tommy Lee Jones, Denzel Washington | |
| Jeff Bridges | |
| Marlon Brando, Fredric March | |
| Marlon Brando, Charles Laughton, Anthony Quinn | |
| Fredric March, Paul Muni, James Cagney, Robert Donat | |
| Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper | |
| Barry Fitzgerald | |
| Dustin Hoffman, Jack Lemmon, Paul Newman | |
| Robert Duvall, Jack Lemmon | |
| Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges | |
| Fredric March | |
| Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman, Spencer Tracy | |
| Warren Beatty, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Paul Newman | |
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