Here is the list of winners for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television at the Golden Globes since the addition of the category in 1981.


Best Actor Mini-Series

After its inception in 1944, the HFPA added a lot more categories to the Golden Globe Awards. This was done to make sure that no achievement in the film and television industry went unnoticed. In the 80’s the organization came up with the award for Best Actor - Mini-Series or Television Film. The very first award went to Mickey Rooney in 1981 for his role in Bill.  In 1988 there were two recipients for the award; Michael Caine and Stacy Keach were awarded for their roles in Jack the Ripper and Hemingway respectively. The official title of the award has been changed to Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. 

List of Winners

Year
Winner
Film
1981
 Mickey Rooney
 Bill
1982
 Anthony Andrews
 Brideshead Revisited
1983
 Richard Chamberlain
 The Thorn Birds
1984
 Ted Danson
 Something About Amelia
1985
 Dustin Hoffman
 Death of a Salesman
1986
 James Woods
 Promise
1987
 Randy Quaid
 LBJ The Early Years
1988
 Michael Caine
 Jack the Ripper and
1988
 Stacy Keach
 Hemingway
1989
 Robert Duvall
 Lonesome Dove
1990
 James Garner
 Decoration Day
1991
 Beau
Bridges Without Warning- The James Brady Story
1992
 Robert Duvall
 Stalin as Joseph Stalin
1993
 James Garner
 Barbarians at the Gate
1994
 Raúl Juliá
 The Burning Season
1995
 Gary Sinise
 Truman
1996
 Alan Rickman
 Rasputin Dark Servant of Destiny as Grigori Rasputin
1997
 Ving Rhames
 Don King Only in America as Don King
1998
 Stanley Tucci
 Winchell as Walter Winchell
1999
 Jack Lemmon
 Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond
2000
 Brian Dennehy
 Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman
2001
 James Franco
 James Dean as James Dean
2002
 Albert Finney
 The Gathering Storm as Winston Churchill
2003
 Al Pacino
 Angels in America as Roy Cohn
2004
 Geoffrey Rush
 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Peter Sellers
2005
 Jonathan Rhys Meyers
 Elvis as Elvis Presley
2006
 Bill Nighy
 Gideon's Daughter as Gideon Warner
2007
 Jim Broadbent
 Longford as Lord Longford
2008
 Paul Giamatti
 John Adams as John Adams
2009
 Kevin Bacon
 Taking Chance as Michael Strobl