Década de 2010
| Año | Candidatos | Película | Papel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | .jpg/90px-Daniel_Day-Lewis2_Berlinale_2008_(2).jpg) | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| Bradley Cooper | Silver Linings Playbook | Pat Solitano | ||
| Hugh Jackman | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | ||
| Joaquin Phoenix | The Master | Freddie Quell | ||
| Denzel Washington | Flight | William «Whip» Whitaker | ||
| 2011 |  | Jean Dujardin | The Artist | George Valentin |
| Demián Bichir | A Better Life | Carlos Galindo | ||
| George Clooney | Los descendientes | Matt King | ||
| Gary Oldman | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley | ||
| Brad Pitt | Moneyball | Billy Beane | ||
| 2010 | _(56)_Colin_Firth.jpg/90px-Flickr_-_nicogenin_-_66%c3%a8me_Festival_de_Venise_(Mostra)_(56)_Colin_Firth.jpg) | Colin Firth | El discurso del rey | Jorge VI |
| James Franco | 127 horas | Aron Ralston | ||
| Jeff Bridges | True Grit | Alguacil Reuben J. «Rooster» Cogburn | ||
| Jesse Eisenberg | The social network | Mark Zuckerberg | ||
| Javier Bardem | Biutiful | Uxbal | ||
Década de 2000
| Año | Candidatos | Película | Papel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  | Jeff Bridges | Crazy Heart | Bad Blake |
| George Clooney | Up in the Air | Ryan Bringhman | ||
| Morgan Freeman | Invictus | Nelson Mandela | ||
| Colin Firth | A single man | George | ||
| Jeremy Renner | The Hurt Locker | Sargento William James | ||
| 2008 |  | Sean Penn | Milk | Harvey Milk |
| Richard Jenkins | The Visitor | Walter Vale | ||
| Frank Langella | Frost/Nixon | Richard Nixon | ||
| Brad Pitt | El curioso caso de Benjamin Button | Benjamin Button | ||
| Mickey Rourke | El luchador | Randy 'The Ram' Robison | ||
| 2007 | | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | Daniel Plainview |
| George Clooney | Michael Clayton | Michael Clayton | ||
| Johnny Depp | Sweeney Todd | Sweeney Todd | ||
| Tommy Lee Jones | In the Valley of Elah | Hank Deerfield | ||
| Viggo Mortensen | Eastern Promises | Nikolai Luzhin | ||
| 2006 |  | Forest Whitaker | El último rey de Escocia | Idi Amin |
| Leonardo Di Caprio | Diamante de sangre | Danny Archer | ||
| Ryan Gosling | Half Nelson | Dan Dunne | ||
| Peter O'Toole | Venus | Maurice | ||
| Will Smith | En busca de la felicidad | Chris Gardner | ||
| 2005 |  | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Capote | Truman Capote |
| Terrence Howard | Hustle & Flow | Djay | ||
| Heath Ledger | Brokeback Mountain | Ennis Del Mar | ||
| Joaquin Phoenix | Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | ||
| David Strathairn | Buenas noches, y buena suerte | Edward R. Murrow | ||
| 2004 |  | Jamie Foxx | Ray | Ray Charles |
| Don Cheadle | Hotel Rwanda | Paul Rusesabagina | ||
| Johnny Depp | Finding Neverland | James Matthew Barrie | ||
| Leonardo Di Caprio | El aviador | Howard Hughes | ||
| Clint Eastwood | Million Dollar Baby | Frankie Dunn | ||
| 2003 | | Sean Penn | Mystic River | Jimmy Markum |
| Johnny Depp | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Jack Sparrow | ||
| Ben Kingsley | Casa de arena y niebla | Behrani | ||
| Jude Law | Cold Mountain | Inman | ||
| Bill Murray | Lost in Translation | Bob Harris | ||
| 2002 | .jpg/90px-Adrien_Brody_2011_Shankbone_(2).jpg) | Adrien Brody | El pianista | Wladyslaw Szpilman |
| Nicolas Cage | Adaptation | Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman | ||
| Michael Caine | The Quiet American | Thomas Fowler | ||
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Gangs of New York | Bill Cutting 'el Carnicero' | ||
| Jack Nicholson | About Schmidt | Warren Schmidt | ||
| 2001 |  | Denzel Washington | Training Day | Alonzo Harris |
| Russell Crowe | A Beautiful Mind | John Forbes Nash | ||
| Sean Penn | I am Sam | Sam Dawson | ||
| Will Smith | Ali | Cassius Clay/ Muhammad Ali | ||
| Tom Wilkinson | En la habitación | Matt Fowler | ||
| 2000 |  | Russell Crowe | Gladiator | Maximus Decimus Meridius |
| Javier Bardem | Antes que anochezca | Reinaldo Arenas | ||
| Tom Hanks | Náufrago | Chuck Noland | ||
| Ed Harris | Pollock | Jackson Pollock | ||
| Geoffrey Rush | Quills | Marqués de Sade | ||
