Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actor – Musical or Comedy.

The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama". , the wording is "Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama".

Multiple nominations

 * 10 nominations
 * Al Pacino


 * 9 nominations
 * Leonardo DiCaprio
 * Denzel Washington


 * 8 nominations
 * Jack Nicholson


 * 7 nominations
 * Daniel Day-Lewis
 * Paul Newman


 * 6 nominations
 * Tom Hanks
 * Jack Lemmon


 * 5 nominations
 * Richard Burton
 * Russell Crowe
 * Gene Hackman
 * Dustin Hoffman
 * Anthony Hopkins
 * Peter O'Toole
 * Gregory Peck
 * Sidney Poitier
 * Jon Voight


 * 4 nominations
 * Warren Beatty
 * Marlon Brando
 * Robert De Niro
 * Burt Lancaster
 * Will Smith
 * Spencer Tracy


 * 3 nominations
 * Javier Bardem
 * Michael Caine
 * George Clooney
 * Tom Cruise
 * Albert Finney
 * Harrison Ford
 * Fredric March
 * Steve McQueen
 * Liam Neeson
 * Nick Nolte
 * Laurence Olivier
 * Sean Penn
 * Brad Pitt
 * George C. Scott


 * 2 nominations
 * Alan Arkin
 * Alan Bates
 * Jeff Bridges
 * Bradley Cooper
 * Gary Cooper
 * Kevin Costner
 * Benedict Cumberbatch
 * Tony Curtis
 * Matt Damon
 * Kirk Douglas
 * Michael Douglas
 * Richard Farnsworth
 * Michael Fassbender
 * Peter Finch
 * Colin Firth
 * Henry Fonda
 * Morgan Freeman
 * Richard Gere
 * Ryan Gosling
 * Rex Harrison
 * Charlton Heston
 * Tom Hulce
 * William Hurt
 * Jeremy Irons
 * Ben Kingsley
 * Ian McKellen
 * Ray Milland
 * Viggo Mortensen
 * Joaquin Phoenix
 * Gary Oldman
 * Anthony Quinn
 * Eddie Redmayne
 * Geoffrey Rush
 * Maximilian Schell
 * Kevin Spacey
 * Rod Steiger
 * Forest Whitaker
 * Robin Williams

Multiple wins

 * 3 wins
 * Tom Hanks (2 consecutive)
 * Jack Nicholson (2 consecutive)


 * 2 wins
 * Marlon Brando
 * Daniel Day-Lewis
 * Leonardo DiCaprio
 * Dustin Hoffman
 * Peter O'Toole
 * Al Pacino
 * Gregory Peck
 * Jon Voight