Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1971
28th Golden Globe Awards · held February 5, 1971 · 5 nominees
- Winner George C. Scott · Patton
- Nominee Jack Nicholson · Five Easy Pieces
- Nominee Melvyn Douglas · I Never Sang for My Father
- Nominee Ryan O'Neal · Love Story
- Nominee James Earl Jones · The Great White Hope