| 211 | 1978 | Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter - "Nikonar 'Nick' Chevotarevich" |
| 212 | 1978 | Bruce Dern - Coming Home - "Captain Bob Hyde" |
| 213 | 1978 | Richard Farnsworth - Comes a Horseman - "Dodger" |
| 214 | 1978 | John Hurt - Midnight Express - "Max" |
| 215 | 1978 | Jack Warden - Heaven Can Wait - "Max Corkle" |
| 216 | 1979 | Melvyn Douglas - Being There - "Benjamin Turnbull Rand" |
| 217 | 1979 | Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now - " Bill Kilgore" |
| 218 | 1979 | Justin Henry - Kramer vs. Kramer - "Billy Kramer" |
| 219 | 1979 | Frederic Forrest - The Rose - "Houston Dyer" |
| 220 | 1979 | Mickey Rooney - The Black Stallion - "Henry Dailey" |
| 221 | 1980 | Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People - "Conrad Jarrett" |
| 222 | 1980 | Judd Hirsch - Ordinary People - "Dr. Tyrone C. Berger" |
| 223 | 1980 | Michael O'Keefe - The Great Santini - "Ben Meechum" |
| 224 | 1980 | Joe Pesci - Raging Bull - Joey LaMotta |
| 225 | 1980 | Jason Robards - Melvin and Howard - Howard Hughes |
| 226 | 1981 | John Gielgud - Arthur - "Hobson" |
| 227 | 1981 | James Coco - Only When I Laugh - "Jimmy" |
| 228 | 1981 | Ian Holm - Chariots of Fire - Sam Mussabini |
| 229 | 1981 | Jack Nicholson - Reds - Eugene O'Neill |
| 230 | 1981 | Howard Rollins - Ragtime - "Coalhouse Walker, Jr." |
| 231 | 1982 | Louis Gossett, Jr. - An Officer and A Gentleman - "Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley" |
| 232 | 1982 | Charles Durning - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - "Governor" |
| 233 | 1982 | John Lithgow - The World According to Garp - "Roberta Muldoon" |
| 234 | 1982 | James Mason - The Verdict - "Ed Concannon" |
| 235 | 1982 | Robert Preston - Victor/Victoria - "Carroll 'Toddy' Todd" |
| 236 | 1983 | Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment - "Garrett Breedlove" |
| 237 | 1983 | Charles Durning - To Be or Not to Be - "Colonel Erhardt" |
| 238 | 1983 | John Lithgow - Terms of Endearment - "Sam Burns" |
| 239 | 1983 | Sam Shepard - The Right Stuff - Chuck Yeager |
| 240 | 1983 | Rip Torn - Cross Creek - "Marsh Turner" |