My Best Actor Nominees - The 1970s

1970:
Dustin Hoffman (Little Big Man)
*Jack Nicholson (Five Easy Pieces)
Jason Robards, Jr. (The Ballad of Cable Hogue)
George C. Scott (Patton)
Jean-Louis Trintignant (The Conformist)

1971:
*Peter Finch (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
Gene Hackman (The French Connection)
Dustin Hoffman (Straw Dogs)
Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange)
George C. Scott (The Hospital)

1972:
*Marlon Brando (Last Tango in Paris)
Stacy Keach (Fat City)
Peter O’Toole (The Ruling Class)
Al Pacino (The Godfather)
Jon Voight (Deliverance)

1973:
Malcolm...