Best Actor Drama Golden Globe

Best Actor Drama Golden Globe

Established

1951

First Winner

Fredric March

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Best Actor Drama Golden Globe

About

Honor awarded for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The award is handed out at the annual Golden Globe Award ceremony.

Trivia

The category was originally the singular Best Actor in a Motion Picture category before being divided into the separate Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama and Best Actor - Musical or Comedy categories.

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Best Actor Drama Golden Globe Winners

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio, 49

2004, 2015

1

Will Smith

Will Smith, 55

2021

2

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise, 61

1989

3

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks, 67

1993, 1994, 2000

4

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey, 62

1998

5

Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)

2020

6

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey, 54

2013

7

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage, 60

1995

8

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington, 69

1999

9

Al Pacino

Al Pacino, 84

1973, 1992

10

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro, 80

1980

11

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson, 87

1974, 1975, 2002

12

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix, 49

2019

13

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne, 42

2014

14

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando (1924-2004)

1954, 1972

15

John Wayne

John Wayne (1907-1979)

1969

16

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman, 86

1979, 1988

17

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas, 79

1987

18

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (1916-2020)

1956

19

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins (1942-2014)

1986

20

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck (1916-2003)

1962

21

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis, 66

2007, 2012

22

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons, 75

1990

23

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014)

2005

24

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)

1963

25

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman, 94

1971

26

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley, 80

1982

27

Jon Voight

Jon Voight, 85

1978, 1985

28

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness (1914-2000)

1957

29

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012)

1955

30

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

1964, 1968

31

Richard Burton

Richard Burton (1925-1984)

1977

32

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper (1901-1961)

1952

33

Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif (1932-2015)

1965

34

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte, 83

1991

35

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy (1900-1967)

1953

36

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda (1905-1982)

1981

37

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham, 84

1984

38

David Niven

David Niven (1910-1983)

1958

39

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster (1913-1994)

1960

40

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger (1925-2002)

1967

41

George C. Scott

George C. Scott (1927-1999)

1970

42

Fredric March

Fredric March (1897-1975)

1951

43

Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell (1930-2014)

1961

44

Peter Finch

Peter Finch (1916-1977)

1976

45

Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay, 87

1983

46

Paul Scofield

Paul Scofield (1922-2008)

1966

47

Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa (1928-2006)

1959

48

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