SAG Award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture
by andrewjocunning | created - 26 Oct 2020 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicMost wins: 1. Daniel Day-Lewis = 3 wins
1. Cillian Murphy
Actor | 28 Days Later...
Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law ...
2023: Oppenheimer
- Bradley Cooper - Maestro
- Colman Domingo - Rustin
- Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers
- Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction
2. Brendan Fraser
Actor | The Mummy
Brendan James Fraser was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Canadian parents Carol Mary (Genereux), a sales counselor, and Peter Fraser, a journalist and travel executive. He is of Irish, Scottish, German, Czech, and French-Canadian ancestry. As his parents frequently moved, Brendan can claim ...
2022: The Whale
- Austin Butler - Elvis
- Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
- Bill Nighy - Living
- Adam Sandler - Hustle
3. Will Smith
Producer | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden ...
2021: King Richard
- Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos
- Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog
- Andrew Garfield - Tick, tick... Boom!
- Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth
4. Chadwick Boseman
Actor | Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on...
2020: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
- Anthony Hopkins - The Father
- Gary Oldman - Mank
- Steven Yeun - Minari
5. Joaquin Phoenix
Actor | Walk the Line
Joaquin Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Arlyn (Dunetz) and John Bottom, and is the middle child in a brood of five. His parents, from the continental United States, were then serving as Children of God missionaries. His mother is from a Jewish family from New ...
2019: Joker
- Christian Bale - Ford v Ferrari
- Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Adam Driver - Marriage Story
- Taron Egerton - Rocketman
6. Rami Malek
Actor | Bohemian Rhapsody
Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He won a Critics' Choice Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his lead role as Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot. He also received Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors ...
2018: Bohemian Rhapsody
- Christian Bale - Vice
- Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
- Viggo Mortensen - Green Book
- John David Washington - BlacKkKlansman
7. Gary Oldman
Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...
2017: Darkest Hour
- Timothée Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name
- James Franco - The Disaster Artist
- Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
- Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.
8. Denzel Washington
Actor | Fences
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...
2016: Fences
- Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
- Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
- Ryan Gosling - La La Land
- Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
9. Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor | Inception
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...
2015: The Revenant
- Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
- Johnny Depp - Black Mass
- Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
- Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
10. Eddie Redmayne
Actor | Les Misérables
British actor Eddie Redmayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor (for The Theory of Everything (2014)).
Edward John David Redmayne was born and raised in London, England, the son of Patricia (Burke) and Richard Charles Tunstall Redmayne, a businessman. His great-grandfather was Sir Richard ...
2014: The Theory of Everything
- Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
- Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
- Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
- Michael Keaton - Birdman
11. Matthew McConaughey
Actor | Interstellar
American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business. He is ...
2013: Dallas Buyers Club
- Bruce Dern - Nebraska
- Chiwetel Ejiofer - 12 Years a Slave
- Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
- Forest Whitaker - The Butler
12. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing ...
2012: Lincoln
- Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
- John Hawkes - The Sessions
- Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
- Denzel Washington - Flight
13. Jean Dujardin
Actor | The Artist
In 1995 he began his first one man show, the same year he met Bruno Salomone, Eric Collado, Emmanuel Joucla and Eric Massot with whom he created the "Nous Ç Nous". In 1999, he became "Loulou" in Un gars, une fille (1999). This part permitted him to show his talent to a larger public. Since the end ...
2011: The Artist
- Demián Bichir - A Better Life
- George Clooney - The Descendants
- Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar
- Brad Pitt - Moneyball
14. Colin Firth
Actor | A Single Man
Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's...
2010: The King's Speech
- Jeff Bridges - True Grit
- Robert Duvall - Get Low
- Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
- James Franco - 127 Hours
15. Jeff Bridges
Actor | The Big Lebowski
Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, the son of well-known film and TV star Lloyd Bridges and his long-time wife Dorothy Dean Bridges (née Simpson). He grew up amid the happening Hollywood scene with big brother Beau Bridges. Both boys popped up, without ...
2009: Crazy Heart
- George Clooney - Up in the Air
- Colin Firth - A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman - Invictus
- Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
16. Sean Penn
Actor | Mystic River
Sean Penn is a powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work, who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private life and political viewpoints.
Sean Justin Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the ...
2008: Milk
- Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
- Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
- Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
17. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing ...
2007: There Will Be Blood
- George Clooney - Michael Clayton
- Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
- Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
- Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
18. Forest Whitaker
Actor | The Last King of Scotland
Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to...
2006: The Last King of Scotland
- Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
- Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
- Peter O'Toole - Venus
- Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
19. Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor | The Master
Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport to Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee, and was mostly of German, Irish, English and Dutch ancestry. After becoming involved in ...
2005: Capote
- Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
- Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
- Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
- David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck
20. Jamie Foxx
Actor | Collateral
Jamie Foxx is an American actor, singer and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his work in the biographical film Ray (2004). The same year, he was nominated for the Academy...
2004: Ray
- Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
- Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
- Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
- Paul Giamatti - Sideways
21. Johnny Depp
Actor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. He was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one ...
2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Peter Dinklage - The Station Agent
- Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
- Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
- Sean Penn - Mystic River
22. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing ...
2002: Gangs of New York
- Adrien Brody - The Pianist
- Nicolas Cage - Adaptation.
- Richard Gere - Chicago
- Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
23. Russell Crowe
Actor | Les Misérables
Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham),...
2001: A Beautiful Mind
- Kevin Kline - Life as a House
- Sean Penn - I Am Sam
- Denzel Washington - Training Day
- Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom
24. Benicio Del Toro
Actor | Sicario
Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-1990s as one of the most watchable and charismatic character actors to come along in years. A favorite of film buffs, Del Toro gained mainstream public attention as the conflicted but basically honest Mexican policeman in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000).
...
2000: Traffic
- Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot
- Russell Crowe - Gladiator
- Tom Hanks - Cast Away
- Geoffrey Rush - Quills
25. Kevin Spacey
Actor | The Usual Suspects
Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...
1999: American Beauty
- Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon
- Russell Crowe - The Insider
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Flawless
- Denzel Washington - The Hurricane
26. Roberto Benigni
Actor | La vita è bella
Roberto Benigni was born on October 27, 1952 in Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Tiger and the Snow (2005) and Down by Law (1986). He has been married to Nicoletta Braschi since December 26, 1991.
1998: Life Is Beautiful
- Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love
- Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan
- Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters
- Nick Nolte - Affliction
27. Jack Nicholson
Actor | Chinatown
Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through ...
1997: As Good As It Gets
- Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
- Robert Duvall - The Apostle
- Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
- Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog
28. Geoffrey Rush
Actor | The King's Speech
Geoffrey Roy Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His mother was of German descent and his father had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. ...
1996: Shine
- Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
- Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
- Woody Harrelson - The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
29. Nicolas Cage
Actor | Face/Off
Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. Cage changed his...
1995: Leaving Las Vegas
- Anthony Hopkins - Nixon
- James Earl Jones - Cry, the Beloved Country
- Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking
- Massimo Troisi - Il Postino: The Postman
30. Tom Hanks
Producer | Cast Away
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has ...
1994: Forrest Gump
- Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption
- Paul Newman - Nobody's Fool
- Tim Robbins - The Shawshank Redemption
- John Travolta - Pulp Fiction
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