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2020 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Joker
Joaquin Phoenix
2019 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bohemian Rhapsody
Rami Malek
2018 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman
2017 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Manchester by the Sea
Casey Affleck
2016 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Revenant
Leonardo DiCaprio
2015 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Theory of Everything
Eddie Redmayne
2014 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey
2013 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis
2012 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Descendants
George Clooney
2011 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The King’s Speech
Colin Firth
2010 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges
2009 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke
2008 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
There Will Be Blood
Daniel Day-Lewis
2007 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Last King of Scotland
Forest Whitaker
2006 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Aviator
Leonardo DiCaprio
2004 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Mystic River
Sean Penn
2003 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
About Schmidt
Jack Nicholson
2002 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
A Beautiful Mind
Russell Crowe
2001 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cast Away
Tom Hanks
2000 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Hurricane
Denzel Washington
1999 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Truman Show
Jim Carrey
1998 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Ulee’s Gold
Peter Fonda
1997 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Shine
Geoffrey Rush
1996 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Leaving Las Vegas
Nicolas Cage
1995 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks
1994 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Philadelphia
Tom Hanks
1993 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Scent of a Woman
Al Pacino
1992 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Prince of Tides
Nick Nolte
1991 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Reversal of Fortune
Jeremy Irons
1990 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Born on the Fourth of July
Tom Cruise
1989 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Rain Man
Dustin Hoffman
1988 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Wall Street
Michael Douglas
1987 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Mona Lisa
Bob Hoskins
1986 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Runaway Train
Jon Voight
1985 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Amadeus
F. Murray Abraham
1984 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Tender Mercies
Robert Duvall
1984 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Dresser
Tom Courtenay
1983 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Gandhi
Ben Kingsley
1982 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
On Golden Pond
Henry Fonda
1981 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Raging Bull
Robert De Niro
1980 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Kramer vs. Kramer
Dustin Hoffman
1979 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Coming Home
Jon Voight
1978 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Equus
Richard Burton
1977 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Network
Peter Finch
1976 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Jack Nicholson
1975 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Chinatown
Jack Nicholson
1974 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Serpico
Al Pacino
1973 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Godfather
Marlon Brando
1972 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The French Connection
Gene Hackman
1971 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Patton
George C. Scott
1970 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
True Grit
John Wayne
1969 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Lion in Winter
Peter O’Toole
1968 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
In the Heat of the Night
Rod Steiger
1967 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
A Man for All Seasons
Paul Scofield
1966 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Doctor Zhivago
Omar Sharif
1965 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Becket
Peter O’Toole
1964 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lilies of the Field
Sidney Poitier
1963 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gregory Peck
1962 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Judgment at Nuremberg
Maximilian Schell
1961 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Elmer Gantry
Burt Lancaster
1960 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Career
Anthony Franciosa
1959 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Separate Tables
David Niven
1958 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alec Guinness
1957 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lust for Life
Kirk Douglas
1956 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Marty
Ernest Borgnine
1955 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando
1954 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Actress
Spencer Tracy
1953 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
High Noon
Gary Cooper
1952 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Death of a Salesman
Fredric March
1951 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cyrano de Bergerac
José Ferrer
1950 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
All the King’s Men
Broderick Crawford
1949 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Hamlet
Laurence Olivier
1948 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
A Double Life
Ronald Colman
1947 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Yearling
Gregory Peck
1946 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Lost Weekend
Ray Milland
1945 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Wilson
Alexander Knox
1944 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
