1990s
- 1990 (17th) - A Martinez as Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Stephen Schnetzer as Cass Winthrop, Another World
- 1991 (18th) - Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Nicolas Coster as Lionel Lockridge, Santa Barbara
- A Martinez as Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara
- James Reynolds as Henry Marshall, Generations
- 1992 (19th) - Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Nicolas Coster as Lionel Lockridge, Santa Barbara
- A Martinez as Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara
- Michael Zaslow as Roger Thorpe, Guiding Light
- 1993 (20th) - David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Mark Derwin as A.C. Mallet, Guiding Light
- A Martinez as Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara
- Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live
- Michael Zaslow as Roger Thorpe, Guiding Light
- 1994 (21st) - Michael Zaslow as Roger Thorpe, Guiding Light
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Charles Keating as Carl Hutchins, Another World
- Peter Simon as Ed Bauer, Guiding Light
- Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live
- 1995 (22nd) - Justin Deas as Buzz Cooper, Guiding Light
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Brad Maule as Tony Jones, General Hospital
- Michael Zaslow as Roger Thorpe, Guiding Light
- 1996 (23rd) - Charles Keating as Carl Hutchins, Another World
- Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- 1997 (24th) - Justin Deas as Buzz Cooper, Guiding Light
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- 1998 (25th) - Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- Kin Shriner as Scott Baldwin, Port Charles
- 1999 (26th) - Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live
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