Alternate Acting Oscar Winners by Year

Here are all of my alternate acting Oscar winners. (I'm linking this post on the new Stats page, and I'll keep it up-to-date as I add/edit ballots.)

Best Actor:

1930: Emil Jannings, The Blue Angel

1931: Charles Chaplin, City Lights

1932: Paul Muni, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1933: Charles Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII

1934: Clark Gable, It Happened One Night

1935: Charles Laughton, Mutiny on the Bounty

1936: William Powell, My Man Godfrey

1937: Edward Arnold, Easy Living

1938: James Cagney, Angels with Dirty Faces

1939: James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1940: Cary Grant, His Girl Friday

1941: Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon

1942: Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca

1943: Mickey Rooney, The Human Comedy

1944: Cary Grant, Arsenic and Old Lace

1945: Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend

1946: James Stewart, It’s a Wonderful Life

1947: Tyrone Power, Nightmare Alley

1948: Richard Attenborough, Brighton Rock

1949: Joseph Cotten, The Third Man

 

1950: William Holden, Sunset Blvd.

1951: Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire

1952: Takashi Shimura, Ikiru

1953: Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity

1954: Ray Milland, Dial M for Murder

1955: Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter

1956: John Wayne, The Searchers

1957: Max von Sydow, The Seventh Seal

1958: James Stewart, Vertigo

1959: Richard Burton, Look Back in Anger

1960: Jack Lemmon, The Apartment

1961: Sidney Poitier, A Raisin in the Sun

1962: Peter O’Toole, Lawrence of Arabia

1963: Paul Newman, Hud

1964: Richard Burton, The Night of the Iguana

1965: Orson Welles, Chimes at Midnight

1966: Richard Burton, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1967: Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke

1968: Toshirô Mifune, Hell in the Pacific

1969: Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy

1970: Jack Nicholson, Five Easy Pieces

1971: George C. Scott, The Hospital

1972: Marlon Brando, The Godfather

1973: Elliott Gould, The Long Goodbye

1974: Gene Hackman, The Conversation

1975: Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon

1976: Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver

1977: Harvey Keitel, The Duellists

1978: Steve McQueen, An Enemy of the People

1979: Roy Scheider, All That Jazz

1980: Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People

1981: Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982: Albert Finney, Shoot the Moon

1983: Tom Conti, Reuben, Reuben

1984: John Hurt, The Hit

1985: Jackie Chan, Police Story

1986: Gary Oldman, Sid & Nancy

1987: Christian Bale, Empire of the Sun

1988: Bruce Willis, Die Hard

1989: Jeff Bridges, The Fabulous Baker Boys

1990: Alec Baldwin, Miami Blues

1991: River Phoenix, My Own Private Idaho

1992: Denzel Washington, Malcolm X

1993: David Thewlis, Naked

1994: Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction

1995: Pruitt Taylor Vince, Heavy

1996: Jeffrey Wright, Basquiat

1997: Ian Holm, The Sweet Hereafter

1998: Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters

1999: Russell Crowe, The Insider

2000: Russell Crowe, Gladiator

2001: George Clooney, Ocean's Eleven

2002: Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me If You Can

2003: Jack Black, School of Rock

2004: Jude Law, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2005: Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence

2006: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

2007: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2008: Colin Farrell, In Bruges

2009: Colin Firth, A Single Man

2010: George Clooney, The American

2011: Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

2012: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors

2013: Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis

2014: Michael Keaton, Birdman

2015: Matt Damon, The Martian

2016: Ryan Gosling, The Nice Guys

2017: Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread

2018: Christian Malheiros, Socrates

2019: George MacKay, 1917

2020: Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round

2021: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Drive My Car

2022: Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

2023: Koji Yakusho, Perfect Days

Best Actress:

1930: Marlene Dietrich, The Blue Angel

1931: Barbara Stanwyck, The Miracle Woman

1932: Greta Garbo, Grand Hotel

1933: Laura Hope Crews, The Silver Cord

1934: Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night

1935: Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams

1936: Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey

1937: Jean Arthur, Easy Living

1938: Katharine Hepburn, Bringing Up Baby

1939: Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind

1940: Vivien Leigh, Waterloo Bridge

1941: Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve

1942: Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca

1943: Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier

1944: Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight

1945: Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter

1946: Ingrid Bergman, Notorious

1947: Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus

1948: Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit

1949: Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress

1950: Bette Davis, All About Eve

1951: Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire

1952: Maureen O’Hara, The Quiet Man

1953: Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday

1954: Judy Garland, A Star Is Born

1955: Jane Wyman, All That Heaven Allows

1956: Deborah Kerr, Tea and Sympathy

1957: Audrey Hepburn, Love in the Afternoon

1958: Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1959: Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot

1960: Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment

1961: Ruby Dee, A Raisin in the Sun

1962: Anna Karina, Vivre Sa Vie

1963: Ingrid Thulin, The Silence

1964: Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins

1965: Julie Christie, Darling

1966: Bibi Andersson, Persona

1967: Catherine Deneuve, Belle de Jour

1968: Mia Farrow, Rosemary’s Baby

1969: Liv Ullmann, The Passion of Anna

1970: Barbara Loden, Wanda

1971: Jane Fonda, Klute

1972: Liza Minnelli, Cabaret

1973: Tatum O’Neal, Paper Moon

1974: Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence

1975: Delphine Seyrig, Jeanne Dielman

1976: Liv Ullmann, Face to Face

1977: Diane Keaton, Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1978: Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata

1979: Sigourney Weaver, Alien

1980: Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter

1981: Isabelle Adjani, Possession

1982: Diane Keaton, Shoot the Moon

1983: Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment

1984: Frances McDormand, Blood Simple

1985: Grazyna Szapolowska, No End

1986: Sigourney Weaver, Aliens

1987: Holly Hunter, Broadcast News

1988: Jamie Lee Curtis, A Fish Called Wanda

1989: Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys

1990: Cher, Mermaids

1991: Juliette Binoche, The Lovers on the Bridge

1992: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Single White Female

1993: Juliette Binoche, Three Colors: Blue

1994: Irène Jacob, Three Colors: Red

1995: Isabelle Huppert, La Cérémonie

1996: Maggie Cheung, Comrades: Almost a Love Story

1997: Pam Grier, Jackie Brown

1998: Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth

1999: Lara Belmont, The War Zone

2000: Sandra Bullock, 28 Days

2001: Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde

2002: Jodie Foster, Panic Room

2003: Sarah Polley, My Life Without Me

2004: Maggie Cheung, Clean

2005: Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice

2006: Penélope Cruz, Volver

2007: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

2008: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

2009: Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2010: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone

2011: Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia

2012: Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina

2013: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color

2014: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night

2015: Rooney Mara, Carol

2016: Isabelle Huppert, Elle

2017: Vicky Krieps, Phantom Thread

2018: Natalie Portman, Annihilation

2019: Lupita Nyong’o, Us

2020: Paula Beer, Undine

2021: Kristen Stewart, Spencer

2022: Zoë Kravitz, Kimi

2023: Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall

Best Supporting Actor:

1930: Louis Wolheim, All Quiet on the Western Front

1931: Peter Lorre, M

1932: Frank McHugh, One Way Passage

1933: John Barrymore, Dinner at Eight

1934: Michel Simon, L’Atalante

1935: Basil Rathbone, Anna Karina

1936: Humphrey Bogart, The Petrified Forest

1937: Erich von Stroheim, Grand Illusion

1938: Lew Ayres, Holiday

1939: Thomas Mitchell, Only Angels Have Wings

1940: Frank Morgan, The Shop Around the Corner

1941: Sydney Greenstreet, The Maltese Falcon

1942: Claude Rains, Casablanca

1943: Dana Andrews, The Ox-Bow Incident

1944: Edward G. Robinson, Double Indemnity

1945: James Dunn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1946: Claude Rains, Notorious

1947: Thomas Gomez, Ride the Pink Horse

1948: Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1949: Orson Welles, The Third Man

1950: George Sanders, All About Eve

1951: Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train

1952: Donald O’Connor, Singin’ in the Rain

1953: Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity

1954: Toshirô Mifune, Seven Samurai

1955: Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts

1956: James Dean, Giant

1957: Gunnar Björnstrand, The Seventh Seal

1958: Dean Martin, Some Came Running

1959: Walter Brennan, Rio Bravo

1960: Renato Salvatori, Rocco and His Brothers

1961: Anthony Quinn, The Guns of Navarone

1962: Robert Ryan, Billy Budd

1963: Walter Matthau, Charade

1964: Peter Ustinov, Topkapi

1965: Toshirô Mifune, Red Beard

1966: Hugh Griffith, How to Steal a Million

1967: Gene Hackman, Bonnie and Clyde

1968: Henry Fonda, Once Upon a Time in the West

1969: Jack Nicholson, Easy Rider

1970: Trevor Howard, Ryan’s Daughter

1971: Ben Johnson, The Last Picture Show

1972: Ernest Borgnine, The Poseidon Adventure

1973: Robert Ryan, The Iceman Cometh

1974: John Cazale, The Godfather Part II

1975: Robert Shaw, Jaws

1976: Jason Robards, All the President’s Men

1977: Alec Guinness, Star Wars

1978: Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter

1979: Laurence Olivier, A Little Romance

1980: Harrison Ford, The Empire Strikes Back

1981: Rod Steiger, The Chosen

1982: Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner

1983: Mickey Rourke, Rumble Fish

1984: M. Emmet Walsh, Blood Simple

1985: John Heard, The Trip to Bountiful

1986: Michael Caine, Mona Lisa

1987: Robert Downey Jr., Less Than Zero

1988: Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda

1989: Sean Connery, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1990: Gary Oldman, State of Grace

1991: Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs

1992: Tom Hanks, A League of Their Own

1993: Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive

1994: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Three Colors: Red

1995: Don Cheadle, Devil in a Blue Dress

1996: Matthew Lillard, Scream

1997: Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting

1998: Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan

1999: Tom Cruise, Magnolia

2000: Joaquin Phoenix, Quills

2001: Paul Bettany, A Knight's Tale

2002: Brendan Fraser, The Quiet American

2003: Alec Baldwin, The Cooler

2004: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Along Came Polly

2005: Kevin Costner, The Upside of Anger

2006: Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn

2007: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

2008: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

2009: Niels Arestrup, A Prophet

2010: Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom

2011: Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life

2012: Matthew McConaughey, Mud

2013: Ben Mendelsohn, Starred Up

2014: Ethan Hawke, Boyhood

2015: Matthias Schoenaerts, Far from the Madding Crowd

2016: Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

2017: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

2018: Daniel Kaluuya, Widows

2019: Ben Mendelsohn, Babyteeth

2020: Colman Domingo, Zola

2021: Richard Ayoade, The Souvenir: Part II

2022: Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway

2023: Kiefer Sutherland, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Best Supporting Actress:

1930: Marie Dressler, Anna Christie

1931: Miriam Hopkins, The Smiling Lieutenant

1932: Joan Crawford, Grand Hotel

1933: Jean Harlow, Dinner at Eight

1934: Florelle, Les Misérables

1935: Margot Grahame, The Informer

1936: Bonita Granville, These Three

1937: Ginger Rogers, Stage Door

1938: Fay Bainter, Jezebel

1939: Jean Arthur, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1940: Ruth Hussey, The Philadelphia Story

1941: Veronica Lake, Sullivan’s Travels

1942: Agnes Moorehead, The Magnificent Ambersons

1943: Anne Baxter, Five Graves to Cairo

1944: Anne Revere, National Velvet

1945: Ann Blyth, Mildred Pierce

1946: Lauren Bacall, The Big Sleep

1947: Kathleen Byron, Black Narcissus

1948: Claire Trevor, Key Largo

1949: Judy Holliday, Adam’s Rib

1950: María Casares, Orpheus

1951: Shelley Winters, A Place in the Sun

1952: Jean Hagen, Singin’ in the Rain

1953: Gloria Grahame, The Big Heat

1954: Grace Kelly, Rear Window

1955: Rosalind Russell, Picnic

1956: Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind

1957: Ingrid Thulin, Wild Strawberries

1958: Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables

1959: Lee Remick, Anatomy of a Murder

1960: Janet Leigh, Psycho

1961: Rita Moreno, West Side Story

1962: Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate

1963: Patricia Neal, Hud

1964: Ava Gardner, The Night of the Iguana

1965: Eleanor Parker, The Sound of Music

1966: Sandy Dennis, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1967: Anne Bancroft, The Graduate

1968: Lynn Carlin, Faces

1969: Bibi Andersson, The Passion of Anna

1970: Diana Sands, The Landlord

1971: Ellen Burstyn, The Last Picture Show

1972: Harriet Andersson, Cries and Whispers

1973: Valentina Cortese, Day for Night

1974: Faye Dunaway, Chinatown

1975: Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

1976: Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver

1977: Vanessa Redgrave, Julia

1978: Theresa Russell, Straight Time

1979: Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer

1980: Carrie Fisher, The Empire Strikes Back

1981: Karen Allen, Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982: Sandra Bernhard, The King of Comedy

1983: Glenn Close, The Big Chill

1984: Nastassja Kinski, Paris, Texas

1985: Rosanna Arquette, After Hours

1986: Jennifer Grey, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

1987: Mary Stuart Masterson, Some Kind of Wonderful

1988: Lena Olin, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1989: Laura San Giacomo, Sex, Lies, and Videotape

1990: Annette Bening, The Grifters

1991: Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear

1992: Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny

1993: Gong Li, Farewell, My Concubine

1994: Faye Wong, Chungking Express

1995: Chloë Sevigny, Kids

1996: Parker Posey, The Daytrippers

1997: Christina Ricci, The Ice Storm

1998: Neve Campbell, Wild Things

1999: Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Shut

2000: Ziyi Zhang, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2001: Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom

2002: Claire Danes, Igby Goes Down

2003: Demi Moore, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

2004: Natalie Portman, Garden State

2005: Amy Adams, Junebug

2006: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

2007: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

2008: Samantha Morton, Synecdoche, New York

2009: Mo’Nique, Precious

2010: Lesley Manville, Another Year

2011: Carey Mulligan, Shame

2012: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises

2013: Mia Wasikowska, Only Lovers Left Alive

2014: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina

2015: Rebecca Ferguson, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2016: Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women

2017: Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread

2018: Elizabeth Debicki, Widows

2019: Florence Pugh, Little Women

2020: Yuh-jung Youn, Minari

2021: Mia Wasikowska, Bergman Island

2022: Hong Chau, Showing Up

2023: Paula Beer, Afire