| Year |
Winnner |
| 1951 |
Fred Astaire, Three Little Words |
| 1952 |
Danny Kaye, On the Riviera |
| 1953 |
Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain |
| 1954 |
David Niven, The Moon is Blue |
| 1955 |
James Mason, A Star Is Born |
| 1956 |
Tom Ewell, The Seven Year Itch |
| 1957 |
Cantinflas, Around the World in Eighty Days |
| 1958 |
Frank Sinatra, Pal Joey |
| 1959 |
Danny Kaye, Me and the Colonel |
| 1960 |
Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot |
| 1961 |
Jack Lemmon, The Apartment |
| 1962 |
Glenn Ford, Pocketful of Miracles |
| 1963 |
Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce - Italian Style |
| 1964 |
Alberto Sordi, To Bed or Not to Bed |
| 1965 |
Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady |
| 1966 |
Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou |
| 1967 |
Alan Arkin, The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming |
| 1968 |
Richard Harris, Camelot |
| 1969 |
Ron Moody, Oliver! |
| 1970 |
Peter O'Toole, Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| 1971 |
Albert Finney, Scrooge |
| 1972 |
Topol, Fiddler on the Roof |
| 1973 |
Jack Lemmon, Avanti |
| 1974 |
George Segal, A Touch of Class |
| 1975 |
Art Carney, Harry and Tonto |
| 1976 |
Walter Matthau, The Sunshine Boys |
| 1977 |
Kris Kristofferson, A Star Is Born |
| 1978 |
Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl |
| 1979 |
Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait |
| 1980 |
Peter Sellers, Being There |
| 1981 |
Ray Sharkey, The Idolmaker |
| 1982 |
Dudley Moore, Arthur |
| 1983 |
Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie |
| 1984 |
Michael Caine, Educating Rita |
| 1985 |
Dudley Moore, Micki and Maude |
| 1986 |
Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor |
| 1987 |
Paul Hogan, Crocodile Dundee |
| 1988 |
Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam |
| 1989 |
Tom Hanks, Big |
| 1990 |
Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1991 |
Gérard Depardieu, Green Card |
| 1992 |
Robin Williams, The Fisher King |
| 1993 |
Tim Robbins, The Player |
| 1994 |
Robin Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire |
| 1995 |
Hugh Grant, Four Weddings and a Funeral |
| 1996 |
John Travolta, Get Shorty |
| 1997 |
Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire |
| 1998 |
Jack Nicholson, As Good as It Gets |
| 1999 |
Michael Caine, Little Voice |
| 2000 |
Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon |
| 2001 |
George Clooney, O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| 2002 |
Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums |
| 2003 |
Richard Gere, Chicago |
| 2004 |
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation |
| 2005 |
Jamie Foxx, Ray |
| 2006 |
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line |
| 2007 |
Sacha Baron Cohen , Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make
Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan |
| 2008 |
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| 2009 |
Colin Farrell, In Bruges |
