Der Beste Schauspieler in einem Drama (Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama) bei der Golden Globe Award zeichnet den besten Drama-Schauspieler des Jahres aus. Es wird oft auch nur "Bester Schauspieler" genannt.
Die Besten Schauspieler in einem Drama:
- 2005 Leonardo DiCaprio (Aviator)
- 2004 Sean Penn (Mystic River)
- 2003 Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)
- 2002 Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)
- 2001 Tom Hanks (Cast Away)
- 2000 Denzel Washington (The Hurricane)
- 1999 Jim Carrey (Die Truman Show)
- 1998 Peter Fonda (Ulee's Gold)
- 1997 Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
- 1996 Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas)
- 1995 Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
- 1994 Tom Hanks (Philadelphia)
- 1993 Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman)
- 1992 Nick Nolte (The Prince of Tides)
- 1991 Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune)
- 1990 Tom Cruise (Geboren am 4. Juli)
- 1989 Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)
- 1988 Michael Douglas (Wall Street)
- 1987 Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa)
- 1986 Jon Voight (Runaway Train
- 1985 F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)
- 1984 Tom Courtenay (The Dresser)
- 1983 Ben Kingsley (Gandhi)
- 1982 Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond)
- 1981 Robert De Niro (Raging Bull)
- 1980 Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer)
- 1979 Jon Voight (Coming Home)
- 1978 Richard Burton (Equus)
- 1977 Peter Finch (Network)
- 1976 Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
- 1975 Jack Nicholson (Chinatown)
- 1974 Al Pacino (Serpico)
- 1973 Marlon Brando (The Godfather (Refused))
- 1972 Gene Hackman (The French Connection)
- 1971 George C. Scott (Patton)
- 1970 John Wayne (True Grit)
- 1969 Peter O'Toole (The Lion in Winter)
- 1968 Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night)
- 1967 Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons)
- 1966 Omar Sharif(Doctor Zhivago)
- 1965 Peter O'Toole (Becket)
- 1964 Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field)
- 1963 Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird)
- 1962 Maximilian Schell (Judgment at Nuremberg)
- 1961 Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry)
- 1960 Anthony Franciosa (Career)
- 1959 David Niven (Separate Tables)
- 1958 Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai)
- 1957 Kirk Douglas (Lust for Life)
- 1956 Ernest Borgnine (Marty)
- 1955 Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront)
- 1954 Spencer Tracy (The Actress)
- 1953 Gary Cooper (High Noon)
- 1952 Fredric March (Death of a Salesman)
- 1951 José Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac)
- 1950 Broderick Crawford (All the King's Men)
- 1949 Laurence Olivier (Hamlet)
- 1948 Ronald Colman (A Double Life)
- 1947 Gregory Peck (The Yearling)
- 1946 Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend)
- 1945 Alexander Knox (Wilson)
- 1944 Paul Lukas (Watch on the Rhine)
Siehe auch: Golden Globe Award/Bester Schauspieler - Musical oder Comedy, Golden Globe Award/Beste Schauspielerin - Drama