The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actor - Musical or Comedy.
The formal title has varied since its inception and as of 2005 is officially called: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Pictu...
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The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actor - Musical or Comedy.
The formal title has varied since its inception and as of 2005 is officially called: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama".
Notes:
1958: David Niven - Separate Tables
1959: Anthony Franciosa - Career
1960: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry †
1961: Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg †
1962: Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird †
1963: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field †
1964: Peter O'Toole - Becket
1965: Omar Sharif - Doctor Zhivago
1966: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons †
1967: Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night †
1968: Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter
1969: John Wayne - True Grit †
1970: George C. Scott - Patton as George S. Patton †...
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