| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|
1990
(3rd) | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Kenneth Branagh | Henry V |
| France}} Gérard Depardieu{{ref|C|[C]}} | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| SWE}} Philip Zandén | Skyddsängeln |
1991
(4th) | {{flagicon|France}} Michel Bouquet | Toto the Hero | Toto le héros |
| Italy}} Claudio Amendola | Ultrà |
| France}} Richard Anconina | Le Petit Criminel |
1992
(5th) | {{flagicon|Finland}} Matti Pellonpää | La Vie de Bohème |
| France}} Denis Lavant | The Lovers on the Bridge | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf |
| Italy}} Enrico Lo Verso | The Stolen Children | Il ladro di bambini |
1993
(6th) | {{flagicon|France}} Daniel Auteuil | Un cœur en hiver |
| Italy}} Carlo Cecchi | Morte di un matematico napoletano |
| Belgium}} Jan Decleir | Daens |
1994
(7th) | No award given |
1995
(8th) | No award given |
1996
(9th) | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Ian McKellen | Richard III |
1997
(10th) | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Bob Hoskins | Twenty Four Seven |
| Switzerland}} Mario Adorf | Rossini |
| Poland}} Jerzy Stuhr | Love Stories | Historie miłosne |
| FRA}} Philippe Torreton | Captain Conan | Capitaine Conan |
1998
(11th) | {{flagicon|Italy}} Roberto Benigni | Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella |
| Spain}} Javier Bardem | Live Flesh | Carne trémula |
| United Kingdom}} Peter Mullan{{ref|C|[C]}} | My Name Is Joe |
| Denmark}} Ulrich Thomsen | The Celebration | Festen |
1999
(12th) | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Ralph Fiennes | Sunshine |
| Denmark}} Anders W. Berthelsen | Mifune's Last Song | Mifunes sidste sang |
| United Kingdom}} Rupert Everett | An Ideal Husband |
| GER}} Götz George | After the Truth | Nichts als die Wahrheit |
| FRA}} Philippe Torreton | Ça commence aujourd'hui |
| United Kingdom}} Ray Winstone | The War Zone |
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| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|
2000
(13th) | {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergi López | Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien |
| United Kingdom}} Jamie Bell | Billy Elliot |
| SUI}} Bruno Ganz | Bread and Tulips | Pane e tulipani |
| ISL}} Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Angels of the Universe | Englar alheimsins |
| POL}} Krzysztof Siwczyk | Wojaczek |
| SWE}} Stellan Skarsgård | Aberdeen |
2001
(14th) | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Ben Kingsley | Sexy Beast |
| Denmark}} Jesper Christensen | The Bench | Bænken |
| Bosnia}} Branko Đurić | No Man's Land |
United Kingdom}} Cast of Last Orders
Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay,
David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins,
Ray Winstone | Last Orders |
| Italy}} Michel Piccoli | I'm Going Home | Je rentre à la maison |
| SWE}} Stellan Skarsgård | Taking Sides |
2002
(15th) | {{flagicon|Italy}} Sergio Castellitto | Mostly Martha
My Mother's Smile | Bella Martha
L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre) |
| Spain}} Javier Bardem | Mondays in the Sun | Los lunes al sol |
| Spain}} Javier Cámara | Talk to Her | Hable con ella |
| United Kingdom}} Martin Compston | Sweet Sixteen |
| Belgium}} Olivier Gourmet{{ref|C|[C]}} | The Son | Le fils |
| Finland}} Markku Peltola | The Man Without a Past | Mies vailla menneisyyttä |
| United Kingdom}} Timothy Spall | All or Nothing |
2003
(16th) | {{flagicon|Germany}} Daniel Brühl | Good Bye Lenin! |
| United Kingdom}} Chiwetel Ejiofor | Dirty Pretty Things |
| Iceland}} Tómas Lemarquis | Noi the Albino | Nói albinói |
| Italy}} Luigi Lo Cascio | The Best of Youth | La meglio gioventù |
| France}} Jean Rochefort | The Man on the Train | L'homme du train |
| Switzerland}} Bruno Todeschini | His Brother | Son frère |
2004
(17th) | {{flagicon|Spain}} Javier Bardem{{ref|V|[V]}} | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro |
| Germany}} Daniel Brühl | The Edukators | Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei |
| Switzerland}} Bruno Ganz | Downfall | Der Untergang |
| France}} Gérard Jugnot | The Chorus | Les choristes |
| Ukraine}} Bogdan Stupka | Our Own | Svoi |
| Germany}} Birol Ünel | Head-On | Gegen die Wand |
2005
(18th) | {{flagicon|France}} Daniel Auteuil | Hidden | Caché |
| France}} Romain Duris | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté |
| Germany}} Henry Hübchen | Go for Zucker | Alles auf Zucker! |
| Germany}} Ulrich Matthes | The Ninth Day | Der neunte Tag |
| Belgium}} Jérémie Renier | The Child | L'enfant |
| Denmark}} Ulrich Thomsen | Brothers | Brødre |
2006
(19th) | {{flagicon|Germany}} Ulrich Mühe | The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen |
| France}} Patrick Chesnais | Not Here to Be Loved | Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé |
| Denmark}} Jesper Christensen | Manslaughter | Drabet |
| Denmark}} Mads Mikkelsen | After the Wedding | Efter brylluppet |
| Ireland}} Cillian Murphy | The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Breakfast on Pluto |
| Italy}} Silvio Orlando | The Caiman | Il caimano |
2007
(20th) | {{flagicon|Israel}} Sasson Gabai | The Band's Visit | Bikur Ha-Tizmoret |
| Italy}} Elio Germano | My Brother is an Only Child | Mio fratello è figlio unico |
| Serbia}} Miki Manojlović | Irina Palm |
| United Kingdom}} James McAvoy | The Last King of Scotland |
| France}} Michel Piccoli | Belle Toujours |
| United Kingdom}} Ben Whishaw | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer |
2008
(21st) | {{flagicon|Italy}} Toni Servillo | Il Divo
Gomorra |
| Ireland}} Michael Fassbender | Hunger |
Denmark}} Thure Lindhardt
{{flagicon|Denmark}} Mads Mikkelsen | Flame & Citron | Flammen & Citronen |
| United Kingdom}} James McAvoy | Atonement |
| Germany}} Jürgen Vogel | The Wave | Die Welle |
| Germany}} Elmar Wepper | Cherry Blossoms | Kirschbluten - Hanami |
2009
(22nd) | {{flagicon|France}} Tahar Rahim | A Prophet | Un prophète |
| Germany}} Moritz Bleibtreu | The Baader Meinhof Complex | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex |
| United Kingdom}} Steve Evets | Looking for Eric |
| Germany}} David Kross | The Reader |
| United Kingdom}} Dev Patel | Slumdog Millionaire |
| Italy}} Filippo Timi | Vincere |
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| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | Character |
|---|
2010
(23rd) | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Ewan McGregor | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost |
| Denmark}} Jakob Cedergren | Submarino | Nick |
| Italy}} Elio Germano{{ref|C|[C]}} | Our Life | La nostra vita | Claudio |
| Romania}} George Piştereanu | If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle | Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier | Silviu |
| Spain}} Luis Tosar | Cell 211 | Celda 211 | Malamadre |
2011
(24th) | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Colin Firth | The King's Speech | King George VI |
| France}} Jean Dujardin{{ref|C|[C]}} | The Artist | George Valentin |
| Sweden}} Mikael Persbrandt | In a Better World | Hævnen | Anton |
| France}} Michel Piccoli | We Have a Pope | Habemus Papam | Cardinal Melville/The Pope |
| France}} André Wilms | Le Havre | Marcel Marx |
2012
(25th) | {{flagicon|France}} Jean-Louis Trintignant | Amour | Georges Laurent |
France}} François Cluzet
{{flagicon|France}} Omar Sy | The Intouchables | Intouchables | Philippe
Driss Bassary |
| Ireland}}/{{flagicon|Germany}} Michael Fassbender{{ref|V|[V]}} | Shame | Brandon Sullivan |
| Denmark}} Mads Mikkelsen{{ref|C|[C]}} | The Hunt | Jagten | Lucas |
| United Kingdom}} Gary Oldman | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley/"Beggarman" |
2013
(26th) | {{flagicon|Italy}} Toni Servillo | The Great Beauty | La grande belleza | Jep Gambardella |
| United Kingdom}} Jude Law | Anna Karenina | Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin |
| Belgium}} Johan Heldenbergh | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Didier Bontinck |
| France}} Fabrice Luchini | In the House | Dans la maison | Germain Germain |
| Germany}} Tom Schilling | Oh Boy! | Niko Fischer |
2014
(27th) | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Timothy Spall{{ref|C|[C]}} | Mr. Turner | Joseph Mallord William Turner |
| Ireland}} Brendan Gleeson | Calvary | Father James |
| United Kingdom}} Tom Hardy | Locke | Ivan Locke |
| Russia}} Aleksei Serebryakov | Leviathan | Левиафан | Kolya Sergyev |
| Sweden}} Stellan Skarsgård | Nymphomaniac | Seligman |
2015
(28th) |
| United Kingdom}} Michael Caine | Youth | Youth - La giovinezza | Fred Ballinger |
| United Kingdom}} Tom Courtenay{{ref|B|[B]}} | 45 Years | Geoff Mercer |
| Ireland}} Colin Farrell | The Lobster | David |
| Germany}} Christian Friedel | 13 Minutes | Elser - Er hätte die Welt verändert | Georg Elser |
| France}} Vincent Lindon{{ref|C|[C]}} | The Measure of a Man | La Loi du marché | Thierry Taugourdeau |
2016
(29th) |
| Austria}} Peter Simonischek | Toni Erdmann | Winfried Conradi / Toni Erdmann |
| Spain}} Javier Cámara | Truman | Tomás |
| UK}} Hugh Grant | Florence Foster Jenkins | St. Clair Bayfield |
| UK}} Dave Johns | I, Daniel Blake | Daniel Blake |
| Germany}} Burghart Klaußner | The People vs. Fritz Bauer | Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer | Fritz Bauer |
| Sweden}} Rolf Lassgård | A Man Called Ove | En man som heter Ove | Ove |
2017
(30th) |
| Denmark}} Claes Bang | The Square | Christian |
| Argentina}} Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Sean Dalmazo |
| Ireland}} Colin Farrell | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Steven Murphy |
| Austria}} Josef Hader | Farewell to Europe | Vor der Morgenröte | Stefan Zweig |
| France}} Jean-Louis Trintignant | Happy End | Georges Laurent |
2018
(31st) |
| Italy}} Marcello Fonte{{ref|C|[C]}} | Dogman | Marcello |
| Denmark}} Jakob Cedergren | The Guilty | Den skyldige | Asger Holm |
| United Kingdom}} Rupert Everett | The Happy Prince | Oscar Wilde |
| Sweden}} Sverrir Gudnason | Borg vs McEnroe | Borg | Björn Borg |
| Poland}} Tomasz Kot | Cold War | Zimna wojna | Wiktor Warski |
| Belgium}} Victor Polster | Girl | Lara |
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