New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Award
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The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in film-making.
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
CountryUnited States
Presented byNew York Film Critics Circle
First awardCharles Laughton
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
| New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
Current recipient: Wagner Moura | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | New York Film Critics Circle |
| First award | Charles Laughton Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) |
| Currently held by | Wagner Moura The Secret Agent (2025) |
| Website | nyfcc |
Winners
1930s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Charles Laughton | Captain William Bligh | Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Marmaduke Ruggles | Ruggles of Red Gap | ||
| 1936 | Walter Huston | Sam Dodsworth | Dodsworth |
| 1937 | Paul Muni | Émile Zola | The Life of Emile Zola |
| 1938 | James Cagney | Rocky Sullivan | Angels with Dirty Faces |
| 1939 | James Stewart | Jefferson "Jeff" Smith | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
1940s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Charlie Chaplin | Hynkel – Dictator of Tomania / Jewish Barber | The Great Dictator |
| 1941 | Gary Cooper | Alvin York | Sergeant York |
| 1942 | James Cagney | George M. Cohan | Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| 1943 | Paul Lukas | Kurt Muller | Watch on the Rhine |
| 1944 | Barry Fitzgerald | Father Fitzgibbon | Going My Way |
| 1945 | Ray Milland | Don Birnam | The Lost Weekend |
| 1946 | Laurence Olivier | King Henry V of England | Henry V |
| 1947 | William Powell | Clarence Day, Sr. | Life with Father |
| Senator Melvin G. Ashton | The Senator Was Indiscreet | ||
| 1948 | Laurence Olivier | Hamlet | Hamlet |
| 1949 | Broderick Crawford | Willie Stark | All the King's Men |
1950s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Gregory Peck | Frank Savage | Twelve O'Clock High |
| 1951 | Arthur Kennedy | Larry Nevins | Bright Victory |
| 1952 | Ralph Richardson | John Ridgefield | The Sound Barrier |
| 1953 | Burt Lancaster | First Sergeant Milton Warden | From Here to Eternity |
| 1954 | Marlon Brando | Terry Malloy | On the Waterfront |
| 1955 | Ernest Borgnine | Marty Piletti | Marty |
| 1956 | Kirk Douglas | Vincent van Gogh | Lust for Life |
| 1957 | Alec Guinness | Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 1958 | David Niven | Angus Pollock | Separate Tables |
| 1959 | James Stewart | Paul Biegler | Anatomy of a Murder |
1960s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Burt Lancaster | Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry |
| 1961 | Maximilian Schell | Hans Rolfe | Judgment at Nuremberg |
| 1962 | No award given (newspaper strike) | ||
| 1963 | Albert Finney | Tom Jones | Tom Jones |
| 1964 | Rex Harrison | Henry Higgins | My Fair Lady |
| 1965 | Oskar Werner | Willie Schumann | Ship of Fools |
| 1966 | Paul Scofield | Sir Thomas More | A Man for All Seasons |
| 1967 | Rod Steiger | Police Chief Bill Gillespie | In the Heat of the Night |
| 1968 | Alan Arkin | John Singer | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| 1969 | Jon Voight | Joe Buck | Midnight Cowboy |
1970s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | George C. Scott | George S. Patton, Jr. | Patton |
| 1971 | Gene Hackman | Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle | The French Connection |
| 1972 | Laurence Olivier | Andrew Wyke | Sleuth |
| 1973 | Marlon Brando | Paul | Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi) |
| 1974 | Jack Nicholson | J. J. "Jake" Gittes | Chinatown |
| Signalman 1st Class Billy "Badass" Buddusky | The Last Detail | ||
| 1975 | Jack Nicholson | Randle McMurphy | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1976 | Robert De Niro | Travis Bickle | Taxi Driver |
| 1977 | John Gielgud | Clive Langham | Providence |
| 1978 | Jon Voight | Luke Martin | Coming Home |
| 1979 | Dustin Hoffman | Ted Kramer | Kramer vs. Kramer |
1980s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Robert De Niro | Jake LaMotta | Raging Bull |
| 1981 | Burt Lancaster | Lou Pascal | Atlantic City |
| 1982 | Ben Kingsley | Mahatma Gandhi | Gandhi |
| 1983 | Robert Duvall | Mac Sledge | Tender Mercies |
| 1984 | Steve Martin | Roger Cobb | All of Me |
| 1985 | Jack Nicholson | Charley Partanna | Prizzi's Honor |
| 1986 | Bob Hoskins | George Mortwell | Mona Lisa |
| 1987 | Jack Nicholson | Francis Phelan | Ironweed |
| 1988 | Jeremy Irons | Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle | Dead Ringers |
| 1989 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Christy Brown | My Left Foot |
1990s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Robert De Niro | Leonard Lowe | Awakenings |
| James "Jimmy the Gent" Conway | Goodfellas | ||
| 1991 | Anthony Hopkins | Dr. Hannibal Lecter | The Silence of the Lambs |
| 1992 | Denzel Washington | Malcolm X | Malcolm X |
| 1993 | David Thewlis | Johnny | Naked |
| 1994 | Paul Newman | Donald "Sully" Sullivan | Nobody's Fool |
| 1995 | Nicolas Cage | Ben Sanderson | Leaving Las Vegas |
| 1996 | Geoffrey Rush | David Helfgott | Shine |
| 1997 | Peter Fonda | Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson | Ulee's Gold |
| 1998 | Nick Nolte | Wade Whitehouse | Affliction |
| 1999 | Richard Farnsworth | Alvin Straight | The Straight Story |
2000s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tom Hanks | Chuck Noland | Cast Away |
| 2001 | Tom Wilkinson | Matt Fowler | In the Bedroom |
| 2002 | Daniel Day-Lewis | William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting | Gangs of New York |
| 2003 | Bill Murray | Bob Harris | Lost in Translation |
| 2004 | Paul Giamatti | Miles Raymond | Sideways |
| 2005 | Heath Ledger | Ennis Del Mar | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006 | Forest Whitaker | Idi Amin | The Last King of Scotland |
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Daniel Plainview | There Will Be Blood |
| 2008 | Sean Penn | Harvey Milk | Milk |
| 2009 | George Clooney | Ryan Bingham | Up in the Air |
2010s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colin Firth | King George VI | The King's Speech |
| 2011 | Brad Pitt | Billy Beane | Moneyball |
| Mr. O'Brien | The Tree of Life | ||
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln |
| 2013 | Robert Redford | Our Man | All Is Lost |
| 2014 | Timothy Spall | J. M. W. Turner | Mr. Turner |
| 2015 | Michael Keaton | Walter "Robby" Robinson | Spotlight |
| 2016 | Casey Affleck | Lee Chandler | Manchester by the Sea |
| 2017 | Timothée Chalamet | Elio Perlman[1] | Call Me by Your Name |
| 2018 | Ethan Hawke | Reverend Ernst Toller[2] | First Reformed |
| 2019 | Antonio Banderas | Salvador Mallo[3] | Pain and Glory |
2020s
| Year | Winner | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Delroy Lindo | Paul[4] | Da 5 Bloods |
| 2021 | Benedict Cumberbatch | Phil Burbank[5] | The Power of the Dog |
| 2022 | Colin Farrell | Jake | After Yang |
| Pádraic Súilleabháin | The Banshees of Inisherin | ||
| 2023 | Franz Rogowski | Tomas[6] | Passages |
| 2024 | Adrien Brody | László Tóth | The Brutalist |
| 2025 | Wagner Moura | Armando / Marcelo Alves / Fernando (adult) | The Secret Agent |
Multiple awards
4 wins
- Daniel Day-Lewis (1989, 2002, 2007, 2012)
- Jack Nicholson (1974, 1975, 1985, 1987)
3 wins
- Robert De Niro (1976, 1980, 1990)
- Burt Lancaster (1953, 1960, 1981)
- Laurence Olivier (1946, 1948, 1972)
2 wins
- Marlon Brando (1954, 1973)
- James Cagney (1938, 1942)
- James Stewart (1939, 1959)
- Jon Voight (1969, 1978)