|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1940 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1941|(13.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[James Stewart]]'''
| {{flagicon|United States}}
|  '''''[[Natten før brylluppet]]'''''
|  '''Macaulay Connor'''
|-
| [[Charlie Chaplin]]
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
| ''[[Diktatoren]]''
| Adenoid Hynkel (Diktator af Tomania)<br />En Jødisk frisør
|-
| [[Henry Fonda]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Vredens druer (film)|Vredens druer]]''
| Tom Joad
|-
| [[Raymond Massey]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]''
| [[Abraham Lincoln]]
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier]]
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
| ''[[Rebecca (film)|Rebecca]]''
| 'Maxim' de Winter
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1941 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1942|(14.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[Gary Cooper]]''' 
| {{flagicon|United States}}
|  '''''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]'''''
|  '''[[Alvin C. York]]''' 
|-
| [[Cary Grant]]
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Penny Serenade]]''
| Roger Adams
|-
| [[Walter Huston]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Du kan ikke købe alt for penge]]''
| Mr. Scratch
|-
| [[Robert Montgomery]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Her kommer Mr. Jordan]]''
| Joe Pendleton
|-
| [[Orson Welles]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Citizen Kane]]''
| Charles Foster Kane
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1942 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1943|(15.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[James Cagney]]'''
| {{flagicon|United States}}
|  '''''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'''''
|  '''[[George M. Cohan]]'''
|-
| [[Ronald Colman]]
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
| ''[[Tilfældets høst (film fra 1942)|Tilfældets høst]]''
| Charles Rainier
|-
| [[Gary Cooper]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Når mænd er bedst]]''
| [[Lou Gehrig]]
|-
| [[Walter Pidgeon]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]''
| Clem Miniver
|-
| [[Monty Woolley]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Manden med pilefløjterne]]''
| Howard
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1943 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1944|(16.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[Paul Lukas]]''' 
| {{flagicon|United States}}
|  '''''[[Een for alle]]'''''
|  '''Kurt Muller''' 
|-
| [[Humphrey Bogart]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''
| Rick Blaine
|-
| [[Gary Cooper]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Hvem ringer klokkerne for?]]''
| Robert Jordan
|-
| [[Walter Pidgeon]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| ''[[Madame Curie (film)|Madame Curie]]''
| [[Pierre Curie]]
|-
| [[Mickey Rooney]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Sådan er livet]]''
| Homer Macauley
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1944 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1945|(17.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[Bing Crosby]]'''
| {{flagicon|United States}}
|  '''''[[Går du min vej?]]'''''
|  '''Fader Chuck O'Malley'''
|-
| [[Charles Boyer]]
| {{flagicon|France}}
| ''[[Gaslys]]''
| Gregory Anton
|-
| [[Barry Fitzgerald]]
| {{flagicon|Ireland}}
| '''[[Går du min vej?|''Går du min vej?'']]'''
| Father Fitzgibbon
|-
| [[Cary Grant]]
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[None but the Lonely Heart (film)|None but the Lonely Heart]]''
| Ernie Mott
|-
| [[Alexander Knox]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| ''[[Wilson (1944 film)|Wilson]]''
| [[Woodrow Wilson]]
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1945 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1946|(18.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[Ray Milland]]'''
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
|  '''''[[Forspildte dage]]'''''
|  '''Don Birnam'''
|-
| [[Bing Crosby]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Sct. Mary's klokker]]''
| Father Chuck O'Malley
|-
| [[Gene Kelly]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Orlov i Hollywood]]''
| Joseph Brady
|-
| [[Gregory Peck]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Himmeriges nøgler]]''
| Father Francis
|-
| [[Cornel Wilde]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Den store drøm]]''
| [[Frédéric Chopin]]
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1946 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1947|(19.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[Fredric March]]'''
| {{flagicon|United States}}
|  '''''[[De bedste år]]'''''
|  '''Al Stephenson'''
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier]]
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
| ''[[Henrik V (film)|Henrik V]]''
| [[Henrik 5. af England]]
|-
| [[Larry Parks]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Hele verdens sanger]]''
| [[Al Jolson]]
|-
| [[Gregory Peck]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Hjortekalven]]''
| Ezra 'Penny' Baxter
|-
| [[James Stewart]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Det er herligt at leve]]''
| George Bailey
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1947 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1948|(20.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[Ronald Colman]]'''
| {{flagicon|UK}}
|  '''''[[Jalousi (film)|Jalousi]]'''''
|  '''Anthony John'''
|-
| [[John Garfield]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Lev farligt]]''
| Charlie Davis
|-
| [[Gregory Peck]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Mand og mand imellem]]''
| Philip Schuyler Green
|-
| [[William Powell]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Vi og vores far]]''
| Clarence Day, Sr.
|-
| [[Michael Redgrave]]
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
| ''[[Sorg klæder Elektra]]''
| Orin Mannon
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1948 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1949|(21.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[Laurence Olivier]]'''
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
|  '''''[[Hamlet (film fra 1948)|Hamlet]]'''''
|  '''[[Hamlet|Hamlet, Prins af Danmark]]'''
|-
| [[Lew Ayres]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Johnny Belinda (film fra 1948)|Johnny Belinda]]''
| Dr. Robert Richardson
|-
| [[Montgomery Clift]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Et barn eftersøges]]''
| Ralph 'Steve' Stevenson
|-
| [[Dan Dailey]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[When My Baby Smiles at Me]]''
| 'Skid' Johnson
|-
| [[Clifton Webb]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Her Går Det Godt (film)|Her går det godt]]''
| Lynn Belvedere
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |  1949 <br /><small>[[Oscaruddelingen 1950|(22.)]] </small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|  '''[[Broderick Crawford]]'''
| {{flagicon|United States}}
|  '''''[[Alle kongens mænd (film fra 1949)|Alle kongens mænd]]'''''
|  '''Willie Stark'''
|-
| [[Kirk Douglas]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Champion (film)|Champion]]''
| Michael 'Midge' Kelly
|-
| [[Gregory Peck]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Drenge bliver mænd]]''
| General Savage
|-
| [[Richard Todd]]
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
| ''[[Det heftige sind]]''
| Cpl. Lachlan 'Lachie' MacLachlan
|-
| [[John Wayne]]
| {{flagicon|United States}}
| ''[[Heltene fra Iwo Jima]]''
| Sgt. John M. Stryker
|}
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