Description Academy Awards: Nominees and Winners-Actor in a Leading Role 1990-1999 · 1990 Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune as Claus von Bülow (winner) o Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves as Lt. John J. Dunbar o Robert De Niro - Awakenings as Leonard Lowe o Gerard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano De Bergerac o Richard Harris - The Field as 'Bull' McCabe · 1991 Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs as Dr. Hannibal Lecter (winner) o Warren Beatty - Bugsy as Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel o Robert De Niro - Cape Fear as Max Cady o Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides as Tom Wingo o Robin Williams - The Fisher King as Parry · 1992 Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade (winner) o Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin as Charles Spencer Chaplin o Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven as William 'Bill' Munny o Stephen Rea - The Crying Game as Fergus o Denzel Washington - Malcolm X as Malcolm X · 1993 Tom Hanks - Philadelphia as Andrew Beckett (winner) o Laurence Fishburne - What's Love Got to Do with It? as Ike Turner, Sr. o Anthony Hopkins - The Remains of the Day as James Stevens o Daniel Day-Lewis - In the Name of the Father as Gerry Conlon o Liam Neeson - Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler · 1994 Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump (winner) o Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding o Nigel Hawthorne - The Madness of King George as George III o Paul Newman - Nobody's Fool as Sully Sullivan o John Travolta - Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega · 1995 <b>...</b>
