1. TOM HANKS as Andrew Beckett in PHILADELPHIA (1993)--Won Best Actor Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: Daniel Day-Lewis, In the Name of the Father)

3. JACK NICHOLSON as McMurphy in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)--Won Best Actor Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon)

5. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS as Daniel Plainview in THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007)--Won Best Actor Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises)

7. DUSTIN HOFFMAN as Raymond Babbitt in RAIN MAN (1988)--Won Best Actor Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: Tom Hanks, Big)

9. LEONARDO DICAPRIO as Howard Hughes in THE AVIATOR (2004)--Nominated for Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Jamie Foxx, Ray

11. SEAN PENN as Matthew Poncelet in DEAD MAN WALKING (1995)--Nominated for Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas

13. JACK NICHOLSON as Jack Torrance in THE SHINING (1980)--Should've been nominated for Best Actor Oscar (who won in Oscar category that year: Robert De Niro, Raging Bull)

15. CHARLIZE THERON as Aileen Wuornos in MONSTER (2003)--Won Best Actress Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give)

17. ROBERT DE NIRO as Jake La Motta in RAGING BULL (1980)--Won Best Actor Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: John Hurt, The Elephant Man)

19. ANTHONY HOPKINS as Corky/Voice of Fats the Dummy in MAGIC (1978)--Should've been nominated for Best Actor Oscar (who won in Oscar category that year: Jon Voight, Coming Home)

21. RUSSELL CROWE as John Nash in A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)--Nominated for Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Denzel Washington, Training Day

23. DENZEL WASHINGTON as Pvt. Trip in GLORY (1989)--Won Best Supporting Actor Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: Marlon Brando, A Dry White Season)

25. TOM HANKS as Forrest Gump in FORREST GUMP (1994)--Won Best Actor Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption)

27. KEVIN SPACEY as Lester Burnham in AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999)--Won Best Actor Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: Russell Crowe, The Insider)

29. ANTHONY HOPKINS as Hannibal Lecter in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)--Won Best Actor Oscar (stiffest competition in Oscar category that year: Robin Williams, The Fisher King)

31. KEVIN BACON as Henri Young in MURDER IN THE FIRST (1995)--Should've been nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar (who won in Oscar category that year: Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects)

33. GENE WILDER as Willy Wonka in WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)--Should've been nominated for Best Actor Oscar (who won in Oscar category that year: Gene Hackman, The French Connection)

35. JIMMY STEWART as Elwood P. Dowd in HARVEY (1950)--Nominated for Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac

37. JIM CARREY as Truman Burbank in THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998)--Should've been nominated for Best Actor Oscar (who won in Oscar category that year: Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful)

39. JACK NICHOLSON as The Joker/Jack Napier in BATMAN (1989)--Should've been nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar (who won in Oscar category that year: Denzel Washington, Glory)