1927-1928: Emil Jannings, The Last Command, The Way of All Flesh
1928-1929: Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona
1929-1930: George Arliss, Disraeli
1930-1931: Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul
1931-1932: Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Wallace Beery, The Champ; Tie
1932-1933: Charles Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII
1934: Clark Gable, It Happened One Night
1935: Victor McLaglen, The Informer