The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is an annual award given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Winners 1980s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole1988Jeremy IronsDead RingersBeverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle1989Tom CruiseBorn on the Fourth of JulyRon KovicKenneth Branagh Henry V Henry VDaniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot Christy BrownMartin Landau Crimes and Misdemeanors Judah RosenthalJames Spader Sex, Lies, and Videotape Graham Dalton
1990s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole1990Jeremy IronsReversal of FortuneClaus von Bülow1991Anthony HopkinsThe Silence of the LambsHannibal LecterWarren Beatty Bugsy Bugsy SiegelWilliam Hurt The Doctor Dr. Jack MacKeeVal Kilmer The Doors Jim MorrisonJoe Mantegna Homicide Bobby GoldNick Nolte The Prince of Tides Tom WingoJohn Turturro Barton Fink Barton Fink1992Denzel WashingtonMalcolm XMalcolm XRobert Downey Jr. Chaplin Charlie ChaplinClint Eastwood Unforgiven William 'Will' MunnyAl Pacino Scent of a Woman Frank SladeTim Robbins The Player Griffin Mill1993Liam NeesonSchindler's ListOskar SchindlerJeff Bridges Fearless Max KleinDaniel Day-Lewis The Age of Innocence Newland ArcherLaurence Fishburne What's Love Got to Do with It Ike TurnerTom Hanks Philadelphia Andrew BeckettAnthony Hopkins The Remains of the Day James Stevens1994Tom HanksForrest GumpForrest GumpJohnny Depp Ed Wood Ed WoodSamuel L. Jackson Pulp Fiction Jules WinnfieldTommy Lee Jones Cobb Ty CobbJohn Travolta Pulp Fiction Vincent Vega1995Nicolas CageLeaving Las Vegas Ben SandersonMorgan Freeman Seven Detective Lt. William SomersetAnthony Hopkins Nixon Richard NixonSean Penn Dead Man Walking Matthew PonceletDenzel Washington Devil in a Blue Dress Easy Rawlins1996Billy Bob ThorntonSling Blade Karl ChildersKenneth Branagh Hamlet HamletWilliam H. Macy Fargo Jerry LundegaardLiam Neeson Michael Collins Michael CollinsGeoffrey Rush Shine David HelfgottDenzel Washington Courage Under Fire Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling1997Robert DuvallThe Apostle Euliss Dewey/The ApostlePeter Fonda Ulee's Gold Ulysses 'Ulee' JacksonIan Holm The Sweet Hereafter Mitchell StephensJack Nicholson As Good as It Gets Melvin UdallAl Pacino Donnie Brasco Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero1998Ian McKellenGods and Monsters James WhaleRoberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful Guido OreficeJim Carrey The Truman Show Truman BurbankTom Hanks Saving Private Ryan Captain John H. MillerEdward Norton American History X Derek Vinyard1999Kevin SpaceyAmerican Beauty Lester BurnhamJim Broadbent Topsy-Turvy W. S. GilbertRussell Crowe The Insider Jeffrey WigandRichard Farnsworth The Straight Story Alvin StraightDenzel Washington The Hurricane Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter
2000s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole2000Tom HanksCast Away Chuck NolandJavier Bardem Before Night FallsReinaldo ArenasMichael Douglas Wonder BoysProf. Grady TrippMark Ruffalo You Can Count on MeTerry PrescottGeoffrey Rush QuillsMarquis de Sade2001Gene HackmanThe Royal Tenenbaums Royal TenenbaumRussell Crowe A Beautiful MindJohn NashJohn Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry InchHansel Schmidt/Hedwig RobinsonGuy Pearce MementoLeonard ShelbyDenzel Washington Training DayAlonzo HarrisTom Wilkinson In the BedroomMatt Fowler2002Daniel Day-LewisGangs of New York William "Bill the Butcher" CuttingAdrien Brody The PianistWładysław SzpilmanNicolas Cage AdaptationCharlie and Donald KaufmanHugh Grant About a BoyWill FreemanJack Nicholson About SchmidtWarren R. Schmidt2003Bill MurrayLost in Translation Bob HarrisJohnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlCaptain Jack SparrowPaul Giamatti American SplendorHarvey PekarBen Kingsley House of Sand and FogColonel Massoud Amir BehraniSean Penn Mystic RiverJimmy Markum2004Paul GiamattiSidewaysMiles Raymond2005Philip Seymour HoffmanCapote Truman CapoteTerrence Howard Hustle & Flow DJayHeath Ledger Brokeback MountainEnnis Del MarJoaquin Phoenix Walk the LineJohnny CashDavid Strathairn Good Night, and Good Luck Edward R. Murrow2006Forest WhitakerThe Last King of ScotlandIdi AminLeonardo DiCaprio The Departed Billy CostiganRyan Gosling Half Nelson Dan DunnePeter O'Toole Venus MauriceWill Smith The Pursuit of Happyness Chris Gardner2007Daniel Day-LewisThere Will Be Blood Daniel PlainviewGeorge Clooney Michael ClaytonMichael ClaytonRyan Gosling Lars and the Real Girl Lars LindstromFrank Langella Starting Out in the Evening Leonard SchillerViggo MortensenEastern Promises Nikolai Luzhin2008Mickey RourkeThe Wrestler Randy RobinsonClint Eastwood Gran Torino Walt KowalskiRichard Jenkins The Visitor Walter ValeFrank Langella Frost/Nixon Richard NixonSean Penn Milk Harvey Milk2009Jeremy RennerThe Hurt Locker SFC. William JamesJeff Bridges Crazy Heart Bad BlakeGeorge Clooney Up in the Air Ryan BinghamMatt Damon The Informant! Mark WhitacreMichael Stuhlbarg A Serious Man Larry Gopnik
2010s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole2010Colin FirthThe King's Speech King George VIJeff Bridges True GritRooster CogburnJesse Eisenberg The Social NetworkMark ZuckerbergJames Franco 127 HoursAron RalstonRyan Gosling Blue ValentineDean2011Michael ShannonTake Shelter Curtis LaForcheGeorge Clooney The DescendantsMatt KingJean Dujardin The ArtistGeorge ValentinMichael Fassbender ShameBrandon SullivanGary Oldman Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyGeorge Smiley2012Daniel Day-LewisLincoln Abraham LincolnJohn Hawkes The SessionsMark O'BrienDenis Lavant Holy MotorsMr. OscarJoaquin Phoenix The MasterFreddie QuellDenzel Washington FlightWhip Whitaker2013Chiwetel Ejiofor12 Years a Slave Solomon NorthupBruce Dern NebraskaWoody GrantOscar Isaac Inside Llewyn DavisLlewyn DavisMatthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers ClubRon WoodroofRobert Redford All Is LostOur Man2014Michael KeatonBirdman Riggan Thomson / BirdmanBenedict Cumberbatch The Imitation Game Alan TuringJake Gyllenhaal NightcrawlerLou BloomDavid Oyelowo Selma Martin Luther King Jr.Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything Stephen Hawking2015Leonardo DiCaprioThe Revenant Hugh GlassChristopher Abbott James White James WhiteMichael Fassbender Steve Jobs Steve JobsEddie Redmayne The Danish Girl Lili Elbe / Einar WegenerJason Segel The End of the Tour David Foster Wallace 2016 Casey AffleckManchester by the Sea Lee Chandler Adam Driver Paterson Paterson Joel Edgerton Loving Richard Loving Colin Farrell The Lobster David Denzel Washington Fences Troy Maxson 2017 Timothée ChalametCall Me by Your Name Elio Perlman Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread Reynolds Woodcock James Franco The Disaster Artist Tommy Wiseau Gary Oldman Darkest Hour Winston Churchill Harry Dean Stanton Lucky Lucky Ethan HawkeFirst Reformed Ernst Toller Christian Bale Vice Dick Cheney Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born Jackson Maine Rami Malek Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Mercury Joaquin Phoenix You Were Never Really Here Joe 2019 Adam DriverMarriage Story Charlie Barber Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo Robert De Niro The Irishman Frank Sheeran Joaquin Phoenix Joker Arthur Fleck / Joker Adam Sandler Uncut Gems Howard Ratner
2020s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole 2020 Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Levee GreenRiz Ahmed Sound of Metal Ruben Stone Anthony Hopkins The Father Anthony Delroy Lindo Da 5 Bloods Paul Steven Yeun Minari Jacob Yi 2021 Benedict Cumberbatch The Power of the Dog Phil Burbank Nicolas Cage Pig Robin "Rob" Feld Andrew Garfield tick, tick... BOOM! Jonathan Larson Hidetoshi Nishijima Drive My Car Yūsuke Kafuku Simon Rex Red Rocket Mikey Saber 2022 Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin Pádraic Súilleabháin Austin Butler Elvis Elvis Presley Brendan Fraser The Whale Charlie Paul Mescal Aftersun Calum Bill Nighy Living Mr. Williams2023 Paul GiamattiThe Holdovers Paul Hunham Leonardo DiCaprio Killers of the Flower Moon Ernest BurkhartCillian Murphy OppenheimerJ. Robert OppenheimerAndrew ScottAll of Us Strangers AdamTeo Yoo Past Lives Hae Sung2024Adrien BrodyThe BrutalistLászló TóthTimothée ChalametA Complete UnknownBob DylanColman DomingoSing SingJohn "Divine G" WhitfieldRalph FiennesConclaveThomas Cardinal LawrenceKeith KupfererGhostlightDan Mueller2025Timothée ChalametMarty SupremeMarty MauserLeonardo DiCaprioOne Battle After AnotherBob FergusonJoel EdgertonTrain DreamsRobert GrainierEthan HawkeBlue MoonLorenz HartMichael B. JordanSinners Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" MooreWagner MouraThe Secret AgentMarcelo Alves / Armando / Fernando (adult)
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