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Actors
Golden Globe nominees and winners in the acting categories for motion pictures.
Milestones
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
30
4
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
12
2
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
12
2
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
9
1
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
19
5
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
20
6
👏 Total nominations:
102
🏆 Total wins:
20
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
+6Nominees & Winners in the Acting Category (Motion Pictures)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
30
Nominated
Sidney Poitier
1959
The Defiant Ones
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Sidney Poitier
1962
A Raisin in the Sun
Won
Sidney Poitier
1964
Lilies of the Field
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Sidney Poitier
1966
A Patch of Blue
Nominated
Sidney Poitier
1968
In the Heat of the Night
Nominated
James Earl Jones
1971
The Great White Hope
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Dexter Gordon
1987
Round Midnight
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Denzel Washington
1988
Cry Freedom
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Forest Whitaker
1989
Bird
Nominated
Denzel Washington
1993
Malcolm X
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Morgan Freeman
1995
The Shawshank Redemption
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Djimon Hounsou
1998
Amistad
Won
Denzel Washington
2000
The Hurricane
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Denzel Washington
2002
Training Day
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Will Smith
2002
Ali
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Don Cheadle
2005
Hotel Rwanda
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Terrence Howard
2006
Hustle & Flow
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Will Smith
2007
The Pursuit of Happyness
(Academy Award nominee)
Won
Forest Whitaker
2007
The Last King of Scotland
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Denzel Washington
2008
American Gangster
Nominated
Morgan Freeman
2010
Invictus
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Denzel Washington
2013
Flight
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Chiwetel Ejiofor
2014
12 Years a Slave
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Idris Elba
2014
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Nominated
David Oyelowo
2015
Selma
Nominated
Will Smith
2016
Concussion
Nominated
Denzel Washington
2017
Fences
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Denzel Washington
2018
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
John David Washington
2019
BlacKkKlansman
Won
Chadwick Boseman
2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
12
Nominated
Claudia McNeil
1962
A Raisin in the Sun
Nominated
Diana Ross
1973
Lady Sings the Blues
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Cicely Tyson
1973
Sounder
(Academy Award nominee)
Won
Whoopi Goldberg
1986
The Color Purple
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Halle Berry
2002
Monster's Ball
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Gabourey Sidibe
2010
Precious
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Halle Berry
2011
Frankie and Alice
Nominated
Viola Davis
2012
The Help
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Ruth Negga
2017
Loving
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Cynthia Erivo
2020
Harriet
(Academy Award nominee)
Pending
Viola Davis
2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Won
Andra Day
2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
12
Nominated
Sidney Poitier
1960
Porgy and Bess
Nominated
Carl Anderson
1974
Jesus Christ Superstar
Nominated
James Earl Jones
1975
Claudine
Nominated
Eddie Murphy
1984
Trading Places
Nominated
Eddie Murphy
1985
Beverly Hills Cop
Won
Morgan Freeman
1990
Driving Miss Daisy
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Eddie Murphy
1997
The Nutty Professor
Nominated
Samuel L. Jackson
1998
Jackie Brown
Won
Jamie Foxx
2005
Ray
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Chiwetel Ejiofor
2007
Kinky Boots
Nominated
Daniel Kaluuya
2018
Get Out
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Eddie Murphy
2020
Dolemite Is My Name
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
9
Nominated
Dorothy Dandridge
1960
Porgy and Bess
Nominated
Diahann Carroll
1975
Claudine
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Irene Cara
1981
Fame
Nominated
Jennifer Beals
1984
Flashdance
Nominated
Whoopi Goldberg
1993
Sister Act
Won
Angela Bassett
1994
What's Love Got to Do With It
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Pam Grier
1998
Jackie Brown
Nominated
Beyoncé
2007
Dreamgirls
Nominated
Quvenzhané Wallis
2015
Annie
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
19
Nominated
Ossie Davis
1969
The Scalphunters
Nominated
Howard Rollins
1982
Ragtime
(Academy Award nominee)
Won
Louis Gossett Jr.
1983
An Officer and a Gentleman
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Adolph Caesar
1985
A Soldier's Story
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Morgan Freeman
1988
Street Smart
(Academy Award nominee)
Won
Denzel Washington
1990
Glory
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Samuel L. Jackson
1995
Pulp Fiction
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Cuba Gooding Jr.
1997
Jerry Maguire
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Samuel L. Jackson
1997
A Time to Kill
Nominated
Michael Clarke Duncan
2000
The Green Mile
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Jamie Foxx
2005
Collateral
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Morgan Freeman
2005
Million Dollar Baby
(Academy Award winner)
Won
Eddie Murphy
2007
Dreamgirls
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Barkhad Abdi
2014
Captain Phillips
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Idris Elba
2016
Beasts of No Nation
Nominated
Mahershala Ali
2017
Moonlight
(Academy Award winner)
Won
Mahershala Ali
2019
Green Book
(Academy Award winner)
Won
Daniel Kaluuya
2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Pending
Leslie Odom Jr.
2021
One Night in Miami
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
20
Nominated
Juanita Moore
1960
Imitation of Life
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Beah Richards
1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Abbey Lincoln
1969
For Love of Ivy
Nominated
Oprah Winfrey
1986
The Color Purple
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Cathy Tyson
1987
Mona Lisa
Won
Whoopi Goldberg
1991
Ghost
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Alfre Woodard
1993
Passion Fish
Nominated
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
1997
Secrets & Lies
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Queen Latifah
2003
Chicago
(Academy Award nominee)
Won
Jennifer Hudson
2007
Dreamgirls
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Viola Davis
2009
Doubt
(Academy Award nominee)
Won
Mo'Nique
2010
Precious
(Academy Award winner)
Won
Octavia Spencer
2012
The Help
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Lupita Nyong'o
2014
12 Years a Slave
(Academy Award winner)
Won
Viola Davis
2017
Fences
(Academy Award winner)
Nominated
Naomie Harris
2017
Moonlight
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Octavia Spencer
2017
Hidden Figures
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Mary J. Blige
2018
Mudbound
(Academy Award nominee)
Nominated
Octavia Spencer
2018
The Shape of Water
(Academy Award nominee)
Won
Regina King
2019
If Beale Street Could Talk
(Academy Award winner)
Nominees & Winners in the Acting Category Timeline (Motion Pictures)
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Dorothy Dandridge
Juanita Moore
Sidney Poitier
Claudia McNeil
🏆 Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Beah Richards
Ossie Davis
Abbey Lincoln
James Earl Jones
Diana Ross
Cicely Tyson
Carl Anderson
James Earl Jones
Diahann Carroll
Irene Cara
Howard Rollins
🏆 Louis Gossett Jr.
Eddie Murphy
Jennifer Beals
Eddie Murphy
Adolph Caesar
🏆 Whoopi Goldberg
Oprah Winfrey
Dexter Gordon
Cathy Tyson
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Forest Whitaker
🏆 Morgan Freeman
🏆 Denzel Washington
🏆 Whoopi Goldberg
Denzel Washington
Whoopi Goldberg
Alfre Woodard
🏆 Angela Bassett
Morgan Freeman
Samuel L. Jackson
Eddie Murphy
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Samuel L. Jackson
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Djimon Hounsou
Samuel L. Jackson
Pam Grier
🏆 Denzel Washington
Michael Clarke Duncan
Denzel Washington
Will Smith
Halle Berry
Queen Latifah
Don Cheadle
🏆 Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx
Morgan Freeman
Terrence Howard
Will Smith
🏆 Forest Whitaker
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Beyoncé
🏆 Eddie Murphy
🏆 Jennifer Hudson
Denzel Washington
Viola Davis
Morgan Freeman
Gabourey Sidibe
🏆 Mo'Nique
Halle Berry
Viola Davis
🏆 Octavia Spencer
Denzel Washington
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Idris Elba
Barkhad Abdi
Lupita Nyong'o
David Oyelowo
Quvenzhané Wallis
Will Smith
Idris Elba
Denzel Washington
Ruth Negga
Mahershala Ali
🏆 Viola Davis
Naomie Harris
Octavia Spencer
Denzel Washington
Daniel Kaluuya
Mary J. Blige
Octavia Spencer
John David Washington
🏆 Mahershala Ali
🏆 Regina King
Cynthia Erivo
Eddie Murphy
🏆 Chadwick Boseman
🤞Viola Davis
🏆 Andra Day
🏆 Daniel Kaluuya
🤞Leslie Odom Jr.
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🏆 Chadwick Boseman
🤞Viola Davis
🏆 Andra Day
🏆 Daniel Kaluuya
🤞Leslie Odom Jr.
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