Best Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

For the main article see Golden Globe Award.

• 1982: Mickey Rooney, Bill
• 1983: Anthony Andrews, Brideshead Revisited
• 1984: Richard Chamberlain, The Thorn Birds
• 1985: Ted Danson, Something About Amelia
• 1986: Dustin Hoffman, Death of a Salesman
• 1987: James Woods, Promise
• 1988: Randy Quaid, LBJ: The Early Years
• 1989: Stacy Keach, Hemingway & Michael Caine, Jack the Ripper
• 1990: Robert Duvall, Lonesome Dove
• 1991: James Garner, Decoration Day
• 1992: Beau Bridges, Without Warning: The James Brady Story
• 1993: Robert Duvall, Stalin
• 1994: James Garner, Barbarians at the Gate
• 1995: Raul Julia, The Burning Season
• 1996: Gary Sinise, Truman
• 1997: Alan Rickman, Rasputin
• 1998: Ving Rhames, Don King: Only in America *
• 1999: Stanley Tucci, Winchell
• 2000: Jack Lemmon, Inherit The Wind
• 2001: Brian Dennehy, Arthur Miller's Death Of a Salesman
• 2002: James Franco, James Dean
• 2003: Albert Finney, The Gathering Storm
• 2004: Al Pacino, Angels in America
• 2005: Geoffrey Rush, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
• 2006: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Elvis
• 2007: Bill Nighy, Gideon's Daughter
• 2008: Jim Broadbent, Longford

*Ving Rhames asked Jack Lemmon, who was also nominated, on the stage and tributed the award to him.