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Best Leading Actor

81 nominations · 15 winners · 15 years

79th (2026) 6
I Swear poster

I Swear

Robert Aramayo

I Swear

Winner

Blue Moon poster

Blue Moon

Ethan Hawke

Blue Moon

Bugonia poster

Bugonia

Jesse Plemons

Bugonia

One Battle After Another poster

One Battle After Another

Leonardo DiCaprio

One Battle After Another

Sinners poster

Sinners

Michael B. Jordan

Sinners

Marty Supreme poster

Marty Supreme

Timothée Chalamet

Marty Supreme

78th (2025) 6
The Brutalist poster

The Brutalist

Adrien Brody

The Brutalist

Winner

Sing Sing poster

Sing Sing

Colman Domingo

Sing Sing

Heretic poster

Heretic

Hugh Grant

Heretic

Conclave poster

Conclave

Ralph Fiennes

Conclave

The Apprentice poster

The Apprentice

Sebastian Stan

The Apprentice

A Complete Unknown poster

A Complete Unknown

Timothée Chalamet

A Complete Unknown

77th (2024) 6
Oppenheimer poster

Oppenheimer

Cillian Murphy

Oppenheimer

Winner

Saltburn poster

Saltburn

Barry Keoghan

Saltburn

Maestro poster

Maestro

Bradley Cooper

Maestro

Rustin poster

Rustin

Colman Domingo

Rustin

The Holdovers poster

The Holdovers

Paul Giamatti

The Holdovers

Past Lives poster

Past Lives

Teo Yoo

Past Lives

76th (2023) 6
Elvis poster

Elvis

Austin Butler

Elvis

Winner

Living poster

Living

Bill Nighy

Living

The Whale poster

The Whale

Brendan Fraser

The Whale

The Banshees of Inisherin poster

The Banshees of Inisherin

Colin Farrell

The Banshees of Inisherin

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande poster

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Daryl McCormack

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Aftersun poster

Aftersun

Paul Mescal

Aftersun

75th (2022) 6
King Richard poster

King Richard

Will Smith

King Richard

Winner

Ali & Ava poster

Ali & Ava

Adeel Akhtar

Ali & Ava

The Power of the Dog poster

The Power of the Dog

Benedict Cumberbatch

The Power of the Dog

Don't Look Up poster

Don't Look Up

Leonardo DiCaprio

Don't Look Up

Swan Song poster

Swan Song

Mahershala Ali

Swan Song

Boiling Point poster

Boiling Point

Stephen Graham

Boiling Point

74th (2021) 6
The Father poster

The Father

Anthony Hopkins

The Father

Winner

The White Tiger poster

The White Tiger

Adarsh Gourav

The White Tiger

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom poster

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Chadwick Boseman

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Another Round poster

Another Round

Mads Mikkelsen

Another Round

Sound of Metal poster

Sound of Metal

Riz Ahmed

Sound of Metal

The Mauritanian poster

The Mauritanian

Tahar Rahim

The Mauritanian

73rd (2020) 5
Joker poster

Joker

Joaquin Phoenix

Joker

Winner

Marriage Story poster

Marriage Story

Marriage Story

Adam Driver

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood poster

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time.. in Hollywood

Leonardo DiCaprio

Rocketman poster

Rocketman

Taron Egerton

Rocketman

The Two Popes poster

The Two Popes

The Two Popes

Jonathan Pryce

72nd (2019) 5
Bohemian Rhapsody poster

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody

Rami Malek

Winner

A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born

Bradley Cooper

A Star Is Born

Vice poster

Vice

Christian Bale

Vice

Green Book poster

Green Book

Green Book

Viggo Mortensen

Stan & Ollie poster

Stan & Ollie

Steve Coogan

Stan & Ollie

71st (2018) 5
Darkest Hour poster

Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

Gary Oldman

Winner

Call Me by Your Name poster

Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

Timothée Chalamet

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool poster

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Jamie Bell

Get Out poster

Get Out

Get Out

Daniel Kaluuya

Phantom Thread poster

Phantom Thread

Phantom Thread

Daniel Day-Lewis

70th (2017) 5
Manchester by the Sea poster

Manchester by the Sea

Casey Affleck

Manchester by the Sea

Winner

Captain Fantastic poster

Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic

Viggo Mortensen

Hacksaw Ridge poster

Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

Andrew Garfield

La La Land poster

La La Land

La La Land

Ryan Gosling

Nocturnal Animals poster

Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

Jake Gyllenhaal

69th (2016) 5
The Revenant poster

The Revenant

The Revenant

Leonardo DiCaprio

Winner

Trumbo poster

Trumbo

Bryan Cranston

Trumbo

Steve Jobs poster

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Michael Fassbender

The Danish Girl poster

The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl

Eddie Redmayne

The Martian poster

The Martian

The Martian

Matt Damon

68th (2015) 5
The Theory of Everything poster

The Theory of Everything

Eddie Redmayne

The Theory of Everything

Winner

The Imitation Game poster

The Imitation Game

Benedict Cumberbatch

The Imitation Game

Nightcrawler poster

Nightcrawler

Jake Gyllenhaal

Nightcrawler

Birdman of Alcatraz poster

Birdman of Alcatraz

Michael Keaton

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel poster

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ralph Fiennes

The Grand Budapest Hotel

67th (2014) 5
12 Years a Slave poster

12 Years a Slave

Chiwetel Ejiofor

12 Years a Slave

Winner

Nebraska poster

Nebraska

Bruce Dern

Nebraska

American Hustle poster

American Hustle

Christian Bale

American Hustle

The Wolf of Wall Street poster

The Wolf of Wall Street

Leonardo DiCaprio

The Wolf of Wall Street

Captain Phillips poster

Captain Phillips

Tom Hanks

Captain Phillips

66th (2013) 5
Lincoln poster

Lincoln

Daniel Day-Lewis

Lincoln

Winner

Argo poster

Argo

Ben Affleck

Argo

Silver Linings Playbook poster

Silver Linings Playbook

Bradley Cooper

Silver Linings Playbook

Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables

Hugh Jackman

Les Miserables

The Master poster

The Master

Joaquin Phoenix

The Master

65th (2012) 5
The Artist poster

The Artist

Jean Dujardin

The Artist

Winner

Moneyball poster

Moneyball

Brad Pitt

Moneyball

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy poster

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Descendants poster

The Descendants

George Clooney

The Descendants

Shame poster

Shame

Michael Fassbender

Shame