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How would you have voted if you could have? These are the original Academy Award nominees for Best Actor from 1927-28 to today. Pick your winners!

Who's the best actor of 1927-28?

12% (2) Richard Barthelmess in The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid
56% (9) Charles Chaplin in The Circus
31% (5) Emil Jannings in The Last Command and The Way Of All Flesh

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1928-29?

18% (3) George Bancroft in Thunderbolt
37% (6) Warner Baxter in In Old Arizona
6% (1) Chester Morris in Alibi
18% (3) Paul Muni in The Valiant
18% (3) Lewis Stone in The Patriot

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1929-30?

21% (3) George Arliss in Disraeli and The Green Goddess
21% (3) Wallace Beery in The Big House
21% (3) Maurice Chevalier in The Big Pond and The Love Parade
28% (4) Ronald Colman in Bulldog Drummond and Condemned
7% (1) Lawrence Tibbett in The Rogue Song

14 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1930-31?

40% (6) Lionel Barrymore in A Free Soul
6% (1) Jackie Cooper in Skippy
20% (3) Richard Dix in Cimarron
33% (5) Fredric March in The Royal Family Of Broadway
0% (0) Adolphe Menjou in The Front Page

15 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1931-32?

0% (0) Wallace Beery in The Champ
26% (4) Alfred Lunt in The Guardsman
73% (11) Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

15 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1932-33?

12% (2) Leslie Howard in Berkeley Square
37% (6) Charles Laughton in The Private Life Of Henry VIII
50% (8) Paul Muni in I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1934?

75% (12) Clark Gable in It Happened One Night
12% (2) Frank Morgan in Affairs Of Cellini
12% (2) William Powell in The Thin Man

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1935?

37% (6) Clark Gable in Mutiny On The Bounty
31% (5) Charles Laughton in Mutiny On The Bounty
25% (4) Victor McLaglen in The Informer
6% (1) Franchot Tone in Mutiny On The Bounty

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1936?

37% (6) Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
18% (3) Walter Huston in Dodsworth
18% (3) Paul Muni in The Story Of Louis Pasteur
18% (3) William Powell in My Man Godfrey
6% (1) Spencer Tracy in San Francisco

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1937?

12% (2) Charles Boyer in Conquest
12% (2) Fredric March in A Star Is Born
12% (2) Robert Montgomery in Night Must Fall
37% (6) Paul Muni in The Life Of Emile Zola
25% (4) Spencer Tracy in Captains Courageous

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1938?

6% (1) Charles Boyer in Algiers
50% (8) James Cagney in Angels With Dirty Faces
12% (2) Robert Donat in The Citadel
18% (3) Leslie Howard in Pygmalion
12% (2) Spencer Tracy in Boys Town

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1939?

0% (0) Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips
47% (8) Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind
23% (4) Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights
0% (0) Mickey Rooney in Babes In Arms
29% (5) James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

17 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1940?

20% (3) Charles Chaplin in The Great Dictator
40% (6) Henry Fonda in The Grapes Of Wrath
0% (0) Raymond Massey in Abe Lincoln In Illinois
26% (4) Laurence Olivier in Rebecca
13% (2) James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story

15 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1941?

12% (2) Gary Cooper in Sergeant York
18% (3) Cary Grant in Penny Serenade
6% (1) Walter Huston in All That Money Can Buy (a.k.a. The Devil And Daniel Webster)
6% (1) Robert Montgomery in Here Comes Mr. Jordan
56% (9) Orson Welles in Citizen Kane

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1942?

50% (8) James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy
6% (1) Ronald Colman in Random Harvest
12% (2) Gary Cooper in The Pride Of The Yankees
18% (3) Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Miniver
12% (2) Monty Woolley in The Pied Piper

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1943?

68% (11) Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
12% (2) Gary Cooper in For Whom The Bell Tolls
0% (0) Paul Lukas in Watch On The Rhine
12% (2) Walter Pidgeon in Madame Curie
6% (1) Mickey Rooney in The Human Comedy

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1944?

13% (2) Charles Boyer in Gaslight
6% (1) Bing Crosby in Going My Way
33% (5) Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way
33% (5) Cary Grant in None But The Lonely Heart
13% (2) Alexander Knox in Wilson

15 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1945?

12% (2) Bing Crosby in The Bells Of St. Mary's
25% (4) Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh
43% (7) Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend
18% (3) Gregory Peck in The Keys Of The Kingdom
0% (0) Cornel Wilde in A Song To Remember

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1946?

12% (2) Fredric March in The Best Years Of Our Lives
18% (3) Laurence Olivier in Henry V
12% (2) Larry Parks in The Jolson Story
18% (3) Gregory Peck in The Yearling
37% (6) James Stewart in It's A Wonderful Life

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1947?

6% (1) Ronald Colman in A Double Life
0% (0) John Garfield in Body And Soul
31% (5) Gregory Peck in Gentleman's Agreement
31% (5) William Powell in Life With Father
31% (5) Michael Redgrave in Mourning Becomes Electra

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1948?

6% (1) Lew Ayres in Johnny Belinda
25% (4) Montgomery Clift in The Search
0% (0) Dan Dailey in When My Baby Smiles At Me
62% (10) Laurence Olivier in Hamlet
6% (1) Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1949?

12% (2) Broderick Crawford in All The King's Men
12% (2) Kirk Douglas in Champion
31% (5) Gregory Peck in Twelve O'Clock High
18% (3) Richard Todd in The Hasty Heart
25% (4) John Wayne in Sands Of Iwo Jima

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1950?

0% (0) Louis Calhern in The Magnificent Yankee
0% (0) Jose Ferrer in Cyrano De Bergerac
56% (9) William Holden in Sunset Boulevard
25% (4) James Stewart in Harvey
18% (3) Spencer Tracy in Father Of The Bride

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1951?

31% (5) Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
50% (8) Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire
12% (2) Montgomery Clift in A Place In The Sun
0% (0) Arthur Kennedy in Bright Victory
6% (1) Fredric March in Death Of A Salesman

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1952?

6% (1) Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata!
68% (11) Gary Cooper in High Noon
0% (0) Kirk Douglas in The Bad And The Beautiful
0% (0) Jose Ferrer in Moulin Rouge
25% (4) Alec Guinness in The Lavender Hill Mob

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1953?

12% (2) Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar
18% (3) Richard Burton in The Robe
56% (9) Montgomery Clift in From Here To Eternity
6% (1) William Holden in Stalag 17
6% (1) Burt Lancaster in From Here To Eternity

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1954?

31% (5) Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny
50% (8) Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront
6% (1) Bing Crosby in The Country Girl
12% (2) James Mason in A Star Is Born
0% (0) Dan O'Herlihy in Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1955?

18% (3) Ernest Borgnine in Marty
6% (1) James Cagney in Love Me Or Leave Me
31% (5) James Dean in East Of Eden
37% (6) Frank Sinatra in The Man With The Golden Arm
6% (1) Spencer Tracy in Bad Day At Black Rock

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1956?

6% (1) Yul Brynner in The King And I
18% (3) James Dean in Giant
31% (5) Kirk Douglas in Lust For Life
6% (1) Rock Hudson in Giant
37% (6) Laurence Olivier in Richard III

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1957?

12% (2) Marlon Brando in Sayonara
0% (0) Anthony Franciosa in A Hatful Of Rain
81% (13) Alec Guinness in The Bridge On The River Kwai
0% (0) Charles Laughton in Witness For The Prosecution
6% (1) Anthony Quinn in Wild Is The Wind

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1958?

25% (4) Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones
31% (5) Paul Newman in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
0% (0) David Niven in Separate Tables
12% (2) Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones
31% (5) Spencer Tracy in The Old Man And The Sea

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1959?

6% (1) Laurence Harvey in Room At The Top
37% (6) Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur
50% (8) Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot
0% (0) Paul Muni in The Last Angry Man
6% (1) James Stewart in Anatomy Of A Murder

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1960?

0% (0) Trevor Howard in Sons And Lovers
18% (3) Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry
50% (8) Jack Lemmon in The Apartment
18% (3) Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer
12% (2) Spencer Tracy in Inherit The Wind

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1961?

0% (0) Charles Boyer in Fanny
56% (9) Paul Newman in The Hustler
25% (4) Maximilian Schell in Judgment At Nuremberg
12% (2) Spencer Tracy in Judgment At Nuremberg
6% (1) Stuart Whitman in The Mark

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1962?

0% (0) Burt Lancaster in Birdman Of Alcatraz
12% (2) Jack Lemmon in Days Of Wine And Roses
6% (1) Marcello Mastroianni in Divorce--Italian Style
18% (3) Peter O'Toole in Lawrence Of Arabia
62% (10) Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1963?

6% (1) Albert Finney in Tom Jones
6% (1) Richard Harris in This Sporting Life
6% (1) Rex Harrison in Cleopatra
31% (5) Paul Newman in Hud
50% (8) Sidney Poitier in Lilies Of The Field

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1964?

12% (2) Richard Burton in Becket
18% (3) Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady
18% (3) Peter O'Toole in Becket
18% (3) Anthony Quinn in Zorba The Greek
31% (5) Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1965?

13% (2) Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
20% (3) Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou
26% (4) Laurence Olivier in Othello
33% (5) Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker
6% (1) Oskar Werner in Ship Of Fools

15 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1966?

25% (4) Alan Arkin in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
31% (5) Richard Burton in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
18% (3) Michael Caine in Alfie
18% (3) Steve McQueen in The Sand Pebbles
6% (1) Paul Scofield in A Man For All Seasons

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1967?

0% (0) Warren Beatty in Bonnie And Clyde
31% (5) Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate
31% (5) Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke
18% (3) Rod Steiger in In The Heat Of The Night
18% (3) Spencer Tracy in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1968?

13% (2) Alan Arkin in The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
0% (0) Alan Bates in The Fixer
6% (1) Ron Moody in Oliver!
60% (9) Peter O'Toole in The Lion In Winter
20% (3) Cliff Robertson in Charly

15 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1969?

6% (1) Richard Burton in Anne Of The Thousand Days
25% (4) Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy
6% (1) Peter O'Toole in Goodbye, Mr. Chips
37% (6) Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy
25% (4) John Wayne in True Grit

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1970?

6% (1) Melvyn Douglas in I Never Sang For My Father
0% (0) James Earl Jones in The Great White Hope
50% (8) Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces
0% (0) Ryan O'Neal in Love Story
43% (7) George C. Scott in Patton

16 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1971?

29% (5) Peter Finch in Sunday, Bloody Sunday
47% (8) Gene Hackman in The French Connection
17% (3) Walter Matthau in Kotch
5% (1) George C. Scott in The Hospital
0% (0) Topol in Fiddler On The Roof

17 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1972?

84% (16) Marlon Brando in The Godfather
5% (1) Michael Caine in Sleuth
0% (0) Laurence Olivier in Sleuth
10% (2) Peter O'Toole in The Ruling Class
0% (0) Paul Winfield in Sounder

19 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1973?

20% (4) Marlon Brando in Last Tango In Paris
15% (3) Jack Lemmon in Save The Tiger
10% (2) Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail
35% (7) Al Pacino in Serpico
20% (4) Robert Redford in The Sting

20 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1974?

4% (1) Art Carney in Harry And Tonto
14% (3) Albert Finney in Murder On The Orient Express
4% (1) Dustin Hoffman in Lenny
19% (4) Jack Nicholson in Chinatown
57% (12) Al Pacino in The Godfather, Part II

21 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1975?

14% (3) Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys
57% (12) Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
28% (6) Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon
0% (0) Maximilian Schell in The Man In The Glass Booth
0% (0) James Whitmore in Give 'Em Hell, Harry!

21 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1976?

58% (14) Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
12% (3) Peter Finch in Network
4% (1) Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties
8% (2) William Holden in Network
16% (4) Sylvester Stallone in Rocky

24 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1977?

17% (3) Woody Allen in Annie Hall
11% (2) Richard Burton in Equus
47% (8) Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl
11% (2) Marcello Mastroianni in A Special Day
11% (2) John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever

17 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1978?

0% (0) Warren Beatty in Heaven Can Wait
0% (0) Gary Busey in The Buddy Holly Story
54% (12) Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter
13% (3) Laurence Olivier in The Boys From Brazil
31% (7) Jon Voight in Coming Home

22 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1979?

55% (11) Dustin Hoffman in Kramer Vs. Kramer
5% (1) Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome
20% (4) Al Pacino in ...And Justice For All
5% (1) Roy Scheider in All That Jazz
15% (3) Peter Sellers in Being There

20 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1980?

91% (21) Robert De Niro in Raging Bull
0% (0) Robert Duvall in The Great Santini
8% (2) John Hurt in The Elephant Man
0% (0) Jack Lemmon in Tribute
0% (0) Peter O'Toole in The Stunt Man

23 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1981?

11% (2) Warren Beatty in Reds
50% (9) Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond
16% (3) Burt Lancaster in Atlantic City
0% (0) Dudley Moore in Arthur
22% (4) Paul Newman in Absence Of Malice

18 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1982?

33% (6) Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie
44% (8) Ben Kingsley in Gandhi
0% (0) Jack Lemmon in Missing
16% (3) Paul Newman in The Verdict
5% (1) Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year

18 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1983?

27% (5) Michael Caine in Educating Rita
0% (0) Tom Conti in Reuben, Reuben
0% (0) Tom Courtenay in The Dresser
55% (10) Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies
16% (3) Albert Finney in The Dresser

18 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1984?

66% (12) F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus
11% (2) Jeff Bridges in Starman
5% (1) Albert Finney in Under The Volcano
11% (2) Tom Hulce in Amadeus
5% (1) Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields

18 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1985?

36% (7) Harrison Ford in Witness
10% (2) James Garner in Murphy's Romance
26% (5) William Hurt in Kiss Of The Spider Woman
15% (3) Jack Nicholson in Prizzi's Honor
10% (2) Jon Voight in Runaway Train

19 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1986?

0% (0) Dexter Gordon in 'Round Midnight
22% (4) Bob Hoskins in Mona Lisa
0% (0) William Hurt in Children Of A Lesser God
44% (8) Paul Newman in The Color Of Money
33% (6) James Woods in Salvador

18 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1987?

40% (8) Michael Douglas in Wall Street
0% (0) William Hurt in Broadcast News
0% (0) Marcello Mastroianni in Dark Eyes
5% (1) Jack Nicholson in Ironweed
55% (11) Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam

20 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1988?

10% (2) Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning
10% (2) Tom Hanks in Big
70% (14) Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
5% (1) Edward James Olmos in Stand And Deliver
5% (1) Max Von Sydow in Pelle The Conqueror

20 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1989?

15% (3) Kenneth Branagh in Henry V
10% (2) Tom Cruise in Born On The Fourth Of July
21% (4) Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot
5% (1) Morgan Freeman in Driving Miss Daisy
47% (9) Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society

19 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1990?

29% (7) Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves
37% (9) Robert De Niro in Awakenings
0% (0) Gerard Depardieu in Cyrano De Bergerac
0% (0) Richard Harris in The Field
33% (8) Jeremy Irons in Reversal Of Fortune

24 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1991?

3% (1) Warren Beatty in Bugsy
29% (8) Robert De Niro in Cape Fear
51% (14) Anthony Hopkins in The Silence Of The Lambs
11% (3) Nick Nolte in The Prince Of Tides
3% (1) Robin Williams in The Fisher King

27 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1992?

16% (4) Robert Downey, Jr. in Chaplin
4% (1) Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven
41% (10) Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman
4% (1) Stephen Rea in The Crying Game
33% (8) Denzel Washington in Malcolm X

24 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1993?

9% (2) Daniel Day-Lewis in In The Name Of The Father
4% (1) Laurence Fishburne in What's Love Got To Do With It
27% (6) Tom Hanks in Philadelphia
13% (3) Anthony Hopkins in The Remains Of The Day
45% (10) Liam Neeson in Schindler's List

22 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1994?

13% (3) Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption
47% (11) Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
4% (1) Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness Of King George
21% (5) Paul Newman in Nobody's Fool
13% (3) John Travolta in Pulp Fiction

23 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1995?

35% (7) Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas
15% (3) Richard Dreyfuss in Mr. Holland's Opus
15% (3) Anthony Hopkins in Nixon
30% (6) Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking
5% (1) Massimo Troisi in The Postman

20 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1996?

42% (8) Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire
31% (6) Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient
15% (3) Woody Harrelson in The People Vs. Larry Flynt
10% (2) Geoffrey Rush in Shine
0% (0) Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade

19 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1997?

25% (5) Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting
25% (5) Robert Duvall in The Apostle
5% (1) Peter Fonda in Ulee's Gold
5% (1) Dustin Hoffman in Wag The Dog
40% (8) Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets

20 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1998?

8% (2) Roberto Benigni in Life Is Beautiful
26% (6) Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan
34% (8) Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters
8% (2) Nick Nolte in Affliction
21% (5) Edward Norton in American History X

23 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 1999?

4% (1) Russell Crowe in The Insider
4% (1) Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story
14% (3) Sean Penn in Sweet And Lowdown
61% (13) Kevin Spacey in American Beauty
14% (3) Denzel Washington in The Hurricane

21 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 2000?

9% (2) Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls
57% (12) Russell Crowe in Gladiator
19% (4) Tom Hanks in Cast Away
9% (2) Ed Harris in Pollock
4% (1) Geoffrey Rush in Quills

21 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 2001?

21% (4) Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind
15% (3) Sean Penn in I Am Sam
10% (2) Will Smith in Ali
31% (6) Denzel Washington in Training Day
21% (4) Tom Wilkinson in In The Bedroom

19 voters have answered this question.

Who's the best actor of 2002?

27% (6) Adrien Brody in The Pianist
0% (0) Nicolas Cage in Adaptation
13% (3) Michael Caine in The Quiet American
54% (12) Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs Of New York
4% (1) Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt

22 voters have answered this question.

This poll was created on 2003-02-09 02:10:07 by Brian C. Watson
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