| 31 | 1935 | Paul Muni - Black Fury - "Joe Radek" (unofficial nomination; write-in candidate) |
| 32 | 1935 | Franchot Tone - Mutiny on the Bounty - Midshipman Roger Byam |
| 33 | 1936 | Paul Muni - The Story of Louis P-teur - Dr. Louis Pasteur |
| 34 | 1936 | Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town - "Longfellow Deeds" |
| 35 | 1936 | Walter Huston - Dodsworth - "Samuel Dodsworth" |
| 36 | 1936 | William Powell - My Man Godfrey - Godfrey "Smith" |
| 37 | 1936 | Spencer Tracy - San Francisco - "Father Tim Mullin" |
| 38 | 1937 | Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous - "Manuel Fidello" |
| 39 | 1937 | Charles Boyer - Conquest - Napoleon Bonaparte |
| 40 | 1937 | Fredric March - A Star Is Born - "Norman Maine" |
| 41 | 1937 | Robert Montgomery - Night Must Fall - "Danny" |
| 42 | 1937 | Paul Muni - The Life of Emile Zola - Émile Zola |
| 43 | 1938 | Spencer Tracy - Boys Town - Father Edward J. Flanigan |
| 44 | 1938 | Charles Boyer - Algiers - "Pepe Le Moko" |
| 45 | 1938 | James Cagney - Angels with Dirty Faces - "Rocky Sullivan" |
| 46 | 1938 | Robert Donat - The Citadel - "Dr. Andrew Manson" |
| 47 | 1938 | Leslie Howard - Pygmalion - "Professor Henry Higgins" |
| 48 | 1939 | Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips - "Charles E. Chipping" |
| 49 | 1939 | Clark Gable - Gone with the Wind - "Rhett Butler" |
| 50 | 1939 | Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights - "Heathcliff" |
| 51 | 1939 | Mickey Rooney - Babes in Arms - "Mickey Moran" |
| 52 | 1939 | James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - "Jefferson Smith" |
| 53 | 1940 | James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story - "Macaulay Connor" |
| 54 | 1940 | Charles Chaplin - Büyük Diktatör - "Adenoid Hynkel (Dictator of Tomania)"/"A Jewish Barber" |
| 55 | 1940 | Henry Fonda - Gazap Üzümleri - "Tom Joad" |
| 56 | 1940 | Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois - Abraham Lincoln |
| 57 | 1940 | Laurence Olivier - Rebecca - "Maxim de Winter" |
| 58 | 1941 | Gary Cooper - Sergeant York - Sergeant Alvin York |
| 59 | 1941 | Cary Grant - Penny Serenade - "Roger Adams" |
| 60 | 1941 | Walter Huston - The Devil and Daniel Webster - "Mr. Scratch" |