Gold Derby
Actors Nominated as Film’s Sole Nominee Since 1970
By Staff
November 14, 2020
Bette Midler in For The Boys
Here is the list of every actor since 1970 who got nominated as their film’s sole nominee:
1970
Carrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife (best actress)
Chief Dan George – Little Big Man (supporting actor)
Lee Grant – The Landlord (supporting actress)
1971
Julie Christie – McCabe & Mrs. Miller (best actress)
Ann-Margret – Carnal Knowledge (supporting actress)
Barbara Harris – Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (supporting actress)
Margaret Leighton – The Go-Between (supporting actress)
1972
Peter O’Toole – The Ruling Class (best actor)
Susan Tyrrell – Fat City (supporting actress)
1973
Vincent Gardenia – Bang the Drum Slowly (supporting actor)
1974
Diahann Carroll – Claudine (best actress)
Jeff Bridges – Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (supporting actor)
1975
Maximilian Schell – The Man in the Glass Booth (best actor)
James Whitmore – Give ’em Hell, Harry! (best actor)
Isabelle Adjani – The Story of Adele H. (best actress)
Glenda Jackson – Hedda (best actress)
Carol Kane – Hester Street (best actress)
Sylvia Miles – Farewell, My Lovely (supporting actress)
Brenda Vaccaro – Jacqueline Susann’s Once Is Not Enough (supporting actress)
1976
Laurence Olivier – Marathon Man (supporting actor)
1977
John Travolta – Saturday Night Fever (best actor)
1978
Richard Farnsworth – Comes a Horseman (supporting actor)
1979
Marsha Mason – Chapter Two (best actress)
1980
Jack Lemmon – Tribute (best actor)
Gena Rowlands – Gloria (best actress)
Diana Scarwid – Inside Moves (supporting actress)
1982
Peter O’Toole – My Favorite Year (best actor)
Charles Durning – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (supporting actor)
1983
Jane Alexander – Testament (best actress)
Charles Durning – To Be or Not to Be (supporting actor)
Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously (supporting actress)
1984
Jeff Bridges – Starman (best actor)
Jessica Lange – Country (best actress)
Pat Morita – The Karate Kid (supporting actor)
Christine Lahti – Swing Shift (supporting actress)
Geraldine Page – The Pope of Greenwich Village (supporting actress)
1985
Jessica Lange – Sweet Dreams (best actress)
Robert Loggia – Jagged Edge (best supporting actor)
Amy Madigan – Twice in a Lifetime (best supporting actress)
1986
Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa (best actor)
Jane Fonda – The Morning After (best actress)
1987
Michael Douglas – Wall Street (best actor)
Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes (best actor)
Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam (best actor)
Sally Kirkland – Anna (best actress)
Morgan Freeman – Street Smart (best supporting actor)
Norma Aleandro – Gaby: A True Story (best supporting actress)
Anne Ramsey – Throw Momma from the Train (best supporting actress)
Ann Sothern – The Whales of August (best supporting actress)
1988
Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver (best actor)
Jodie Foster – The Accused (best actress)
Meryl Streep – A Cry in the Dark (best actress)
Dean Stockwell – Married to the Mob (best supporting actor)
1989
Jessica Lange – Music Box (best actress)
Marlon Brando – A Dry White Season (best supporting actor)
Julia Roberts – Steel Magnolias (best supporting actress)
1990
Richard Harris – The Field (best actor)
Kathy Bates – Misery (best actress)
Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman (best actress)
Joanne Woodward – Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (best actress)
Bruce Davison – Longtime Companion (best supporting actor)
Diane Ladd – Wild at Heart (best supporting actress)
1991
Bette Midler – For the Boys (best actress)
Jack Palance – City Slickers (best supporting actor)
1992
Michelle Pfeiffer – Love Field (best actress)
Al Pacino – Glengarry Glen Ross (best supporting actor)
David Paymer – Mr. Saturday Night (best supporting actor)
Marisa Tomei – My Cousin Vinny (best supporting actress)
Miranda Richardson – Damage (best supporting actress)
1993
Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation (best actress)
Leonardo DiCaprio – What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (best supporting actor)
Rosie Perez – Fearless (best supporting actress)
1994
Jessica Lange – Blue Sky (best actress)
Jodie Foster – Nell (best actress)
Susan Sarandon – The Client (best actress)
1995
Richard Dreyfuss – Mr. Holland’s Opus (best actor)
Sharon Stone – Casino (best actress)
Meryl Streep – The Bridges of Madison County (best actor)
Tim Roth – Rob Roy (best supporting actor)
Mare Winningham – Georgia (best supporting actress)
1996
Diane Keaton – Marvin’s Room (best actress)
Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves (best actress)
Edward Norton – Primal Fear (best supporting actor)
1997
Robert Duvall – The Apostle (best actor)
Peter Fonda – Ulee’s Gold (best actor)
Julie Christie – Afterglow (best actress)
Robert Forster – Jackie Brown (best supporting actor)
Joan Cusack – In & Out (best supporting actress)
1998
Edward Norton – American History X (best actor)
Meryl Streep – One True Thing (best actress)
Brenda Blethyn – Little Voice (best supporting actress)
1999
Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story (best actor)
Denzel Washington – The Hurricane (best actor)
Janet McTeer – Tumbleweeds (best actress)
Angelina Jolie – Girl, Interrupted (best supporting actress)
2000
Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls (best actor)
Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream (best actress)
2001
Sean Penn – I Am Sam (best actor)
Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones’s Diary (best actress)
Ben Kingsley – Sexy Beast (best supporting actor)
2002
Michael Caine – The Quiet American (best actor)
Diane Lane – Unfaithful (best actress)
2003
Charlize Theron – Monster (best actress)
Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider (best actress)
Diane Keaton – Something’s Gotta Give (best actress)
Alec Baldwin – The Cooler (best supporting actor)
Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April (best supporting actress)
Holly Hunter – Thirteen (best supporting actress)
2004
Annette Bening – Being Julia (best actress)
Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace (best actress)
Laura Linney – Kinsey (best supporting actress)
2005
Amy Adams – Junebug (best supporting actress)
2006
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland (best actor)
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson (best actor)
Peter O’Toole – Venus (best actor)
Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness (best actor)
Penélope Cruz – Volver (best actress)
2007
Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah (best actor)
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises (best actor)
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War (best supporting actor)
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There (best supporting actress)
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone (best supporting actress)
2008
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor (best actor)
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married (best actress)
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder (best supporting actor)
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona (best supporting actress)
2009
Colin Firth – A Single Man (best actor)
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia (best actress)
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones (best supporting actor)
2010
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole (best actress)
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine (best actress)
Jeremy Renner – The Town (best supporting actor)
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom (best supporting actress)
2011
Demián Bichir – A Better Life (best actor)
Christopher Plummer – Beginners (best supporting actor)
Nick Nolte – Warrior (best supporting actor)
2012
Naomi Watts – The Impossible (best actress)
Helen Hunt – The Sessions (best supporting actress)
2014
Julianne Moore – Still Alice (best actress)
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night (best actress)
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl (best actress)
Robert Duvall – The Judge (best supporting actor)
2015
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo (best actor)
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy (best actress)
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years (best actress)
Sylvester Stallone – Creed (best supporting actor)
2016
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic (best actor)
Isabelle Huppert – Elle (best actress)
Ruth Negga – Loving (best actress)
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals (best supporting actor)
2017
Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq. (best actor)
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project (best supporting actor)
Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World (best supporting actor)
2018
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate (best actor)
Glenn Close – The Wife (best actress)
2019
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (best supporting actor)
Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell (best supporting actress)
