Here are the real winners for Best Actor: 1996: Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire 1997: Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting 2003: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2005: Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line 2013: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club/ Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street (Tied) 2016: Ryan Gosling, La La Land/ Denzel Washington, Fences (Tied) 2020: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Posthumously 🙏🏽😇🙅🏽♂️❤️)
The nominees of 2021: Anthony Ramos (In The Heights) Matt Damon (The Last Duel) Bradley Cooper (Nightmare Alley or Soggy Bottom) Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen)
Best nominated performances: Russell Crowe = A Beautiful Mind Daniel Day-Lewis = Gangs of New York Nicolas Cage = Adaptation Leonardo DiCaprio = The Aviator Leonardo DiCaprio = Wolf of Wall Street Leonardo DiCaprio = Hollywood Don Cheadle = Hotel Rwanda Viggo Mortensen = Eastern Promises Viggo Mortensen = Green Book Mickey Rourke = The Wrestler Frank Langella = Frost/Nixon Bradley Cooper = Silver Linings Playbook Christian Bale = American Hustle / Vice Bruce Dern = Nebraska Chiwetel Ejiofor = 12 Years A Slave Michael Keaton = Birdman Matt Damon = The Martian Bryan Cranston = Trumbo Daniel Kaluuya = Get Out Adam Driver = Marriage Story Riz Ahmed = Sound of Metal Steven Yeun = Minari
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1977: John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever 🕺
2010: Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
2021: The nominees
Anthony Ramos (In The Heights)
Matt Damon (The Last Duel)
Who else?
Here are the real winners for Best Actor:
1996: Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
1997: Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting
2003: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2005: Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line
2013: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club/ Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street (Tied)
2016: Ryan Gosling, La La Land/ Denzel Washington, Fences (Tied)
2020: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Posthumously 🙏🏽😇🙅🏽♂️❤️)
The nominees of 2021:
Anthony Ramos (In The Heights)
Matt Damon (The Last Duel)
Bradley Cooper (Nightmare Alley or Soggy Bottom)
Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen)
2021: Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick… Boom)/ Will Smith (King Richard) tied
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog is fantastic.
Best nominated performances:
Russell Crowe = A Beautiful Mind
Daniel Day-Lewis = Gangs of New York
Nicolas Cage = Adaptation
Leonardo DiCaprio = The Aviator
Leonardo DiCaprio = Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio = Hollywood
Don Cheadle = Hotel Rwanda
Viggo Mortensen = Eastern Promises
Viggo Mortensen = Green Book
Mickey Rourke = The Wrestler
Frank Langella = Frost/Nixon
Bradley Cooper = Silver Linings Playbook
Christian Bale = American Hustle / Vice
Bruce Dern = Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor = 12 Years A Slave
Michael Keaton = Birdman
Matt Damon = The Martian
Bryan Cranston = Trumbo
Daniel Kaluuya = Get Out
Adam Driver = Marriage Story
Riz Ahmed = Sound of Metal
Steven Yeun = Minari
1994: Laurence Fisburne, What’s Love Got To Do With It?/ Tom Hanks, Philadelphia (Tied)