Best Actors of All Time Hall of Fame

First Awards
2001 Awards
2002 Awards
2003 Awards
2004 Awards
2005 Awards
2006 Awards
2010 Awards
2012 Awards
2013 Awards
2014 Awards
2015 Awards
2016 Awards
2017 Awards
2018 Awards
2019 Awards
2020 Awards
2021 Awards
2022 Awards

Awarded to the actor deemed by Cosmo voters to be one of the best of all time. The winning actor will be inducted into the Cosmique Movie Hall of Fame, and will not be eligible in subsequent years to be re-nominated to this category. There are no restrictions on his films’ era, nationality, or language, nor whether he is living or dead. All actors except previous winners are eligible for nomination.

Not eligible: Actors who have already been inducted into the Best Actors Hall of Fame are no longer eligible for renomination. Once you’re in, you’re in. Note, however, that Best Comedic Actors Hall of Fame inductees are still eligible for the Best Actors Hall of Fame.

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2000 Awards)

Winner

  • Dustin Hoffman

Additional Nominees

  • Cary Grant
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Gregory Peck
  • James Stewart
  • Donald Sutherland

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2001 Awards)

Winner

  • Cary Grant

Additional Nominees

  • Robert De Niro
  • John Gielgud
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Laurence Olivier
  • James Stewart

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2002 Awards)

Winner

  • James Stewart

Additional Nominees

  • Paul Newman
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Al Pacino
  • Spencer Tracy

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2003 Awards)

Winner

  • Robert De Niro

Additional Nominees

  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Marlon Brando
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jack Lemmon
  • Sean Penn
  • Orson Welles

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2004 Awards)

Winner

  • Jack Lemmon

Additional Nominees

  • John Gielgud
  • Paul Newman
  • Peter O’Toole
  • Al Pacino

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2005 Awards)

Winner

  • Marlon Brando

Additional Nominees

  • James Dean
  • Johnny Depp
  • Clark Gable
  • Vincent Price

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2006 Awards)

Winner

  • Jack Nicholson

Additional Nominees

  • John Gielgud
  • Paul Newman
  • Sean Penn
  • Spencer Tracy

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2010 Awards)

Winner

  • Al Pacino

Additional Nominees

  • John Gielgud
  • Peter O’Toole
  • Laurence Olivier
  • Gregory Peck

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2012 Awards)

Winner

  • Peter O’Toole

Additional Nominees

  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Clark Gable
  • John Gielgud
  • Laurence Olivier

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2013 Awards)

Winner

  • Morgan Freeman

Additional Nominees

  • John Gielgud
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Paul Newman
  • Spencer Tracy

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2014 Awards)

Winner

  • Robin Williams

Additional Nominees

  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Henry Fonda
  • Ben Kingsley
  • Joaquin Phoenix
  • Robert Redford

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2015 Awards)

Winner

  • Ian McKellen

Additional Nominees

  • Matt Damon
  • Leonardo DiCaprio
  • John Gielgud
  • Tom Hanks
  • Ben Kingsley

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2016 Awards)

Winner

  • Paul Newman

Additional Nominees

  • Michael Caine
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Gregory Peck
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Robert Redford

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2017 Awards)

Winner

  • Anthony Hopkins

Additional Nominees

  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Henry Fonda
  • Laurence Olivier
  • Orson Welles

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2018 Awards)

Winner

  • James Dean

Additional Nominees

  • Henry Fonda
  • Clark Gable
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Robert Redford

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2019 Awards)

Winner

  • Sidney Poitier

Additional Nominees

  • F. Murray Abraham
  • Henry Fonda
  • Alec Guinness
  • Gene Hackman
  • John Lithgow

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2020 Awards)

Winner

  • Roddy McDowell

Additional Nominees

  • F. Murray Abraham
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Jackie Cooper
  • Gene Hackman
  • Omar Sharif

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2021 Awards)

Winner

  • Daniel Day-Lewis

Additional Nominees

  • F. Murray Abraham
  • Clark Gable
  • Alec Guinness
  • Gregory Peck
  • Vincent Price

Best Actors Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2022 Awards)

Winner

  • Donald Sutherland

Additional Nominees

  • John Gielgud
  • Alec Guinness
  • Gene Hackman
  • Vincent Price
  • Robert Redford