David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
The David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor is a category in the David di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy's answer to the Oscars". It was awarded by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of non-Italian film actors during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was created during the second edition of the ceremony, in 1957, and cancelled after the 1996 event.
Winners
1950s
1957Laurence Olivier - Richard III1958Marlon Brando - Sayonara Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution
1959Jean Gabin - ''The Possessors''
1960s
1960Cary Grant - North by Northwest1961Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
1962Anthony Perkins - Goodbye Again Spencer Tracy - Judgment at Nuremberg
1963Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
1964Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia Fredric March - Seven Days in May
1965Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
1966Richard Burton - The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1967Richard Burton - The Taming of the Shrew Peter O'Toole - The Night of the Generals
1968Warren Beatty - Bonnie and Clyde Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1969Rod Steiger - ''The Sergeant''
1970s
1970Peter O'Toole - Goodbye Mr. Chips Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy1971Ryan O'Neal - Love Story
1972Topol - Fiddler on the Roof
1973Yves Montand - César and Rosalie Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
1974Robert Redford - The Sting Al Pacino - Serpico
1975Burt Lancaster - Conversation Piece Jack Lemmon - The Front Page Walter Matthau - The Front Page
1976Philippe Noiret - Le Vieux Fusil Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1977Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Dustin Hoffman - Marathon Man
1978Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
1979Richard Gere - Days of Heaven Michel Serrault - ''La cage aux folles''
1980s
1980Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome1981Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
1982Klaus Maria Brandauer - Mephisto
1983Paul Newman - The Verdict
1984Woody Allen - Zelig
1985Tom Hulce - Amadeus
1986William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
1987Dexter Gordon - Round Midnight
1988Michael Douglas - Wall Street
1989Dustin Hoffman - ''Rain Man''
1990s
1990Philippe Noiret - Life and Nothing But1991Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
1992John Turturro - Barton Fink
1993Daniel Auteuil - A Heart in Winter
1994Anthony Hopkins - The Remains of the Day
1995John Travolta - Pulp Fiction
1996Harvey Keitel - ''Smoke''