2001 Denzel Washington - Training Day as "Alonzo Harris"

2002 Adrien Brody - The Pianist as Władysław Szpilman

2003 Sean Penn - Mystic River as "Jimmy Markum"

2004 Jamie Foxx - Ray as Ray Charles

2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote as Truman Capote

2006 - Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin