The London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year is an annual award given by the London Film Critics Circle.
Winners
1990s YearWinnerFilmRole1990 Philippe Noiret Cinema Paradiso Alfredo1991 Gérard Depardieu Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac1992 Robert Downey Jr. Chaplin Charlie Chaplin1993 Anthony Hopkins The Remains of the Day Mr. James Stevens1994 John Travolta Pulp Fiction Vincent Vega1995 Johnny Depp Ed Wood, Don Juan DeMarco Edward D. Wood, Jr., Don Juan/John R. DeMarco1996 Morgan Freeman Seven Detective Lieutenant William Somerset1997 Geoffrey Rush Shine David Helfgott1998 Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets Melvin Udall1999 Kevin Spacey American Beauty Lester Burnham
2000s YearWinnerFilmRole2000 Russell Crowe Gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius2001 Billy Bob Thornton The Man Who Wasn't There Ed Crane2002 Michael Caine The Quiet American Thomas Fowler2003 Sean Penn Mystic River Jimmy Markum2004 Jamie Foxx Ray Ray Charles2005 Bruno Ganz Downfall (Der Untergang) Adolf Hitler2006 Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin2007 Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview2008 Mickey Rourke The Wrestler Randy Robinson2009 Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds Standartenführer Hans Landa
2010s YearWinnerFilmRole2010 Colin Firth The King's Speech King George VI2011 Jean Dujardin The Artist George Valentin2012 Joaquin Phoenix The Master Freddie Quell2013 Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup2014 Michael Keaton Birdman Riggan Thomson2015 Tom Courtenay 45 Years Geoff Mercer2016 Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea Lee Chandler2017 Timothée Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Elio Perlman 2018 Ethan Hawke First Reformed Reverend Ernst Toller2019 Joaquin Phoenix Joker Arthur Fleck / Joker
2020s YearWinnerFilmRole2020 Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Levee Green2021 Benedict Cumberbatch The Power of the Dog Phil Burbank2022 Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin Pádraic Súilleabháin2023 Andrew Scott All of Us Strangers Adam2024 Ralph Fiennes Conclave Thomas Cardinal Lawrence2025 Timothée Chalamet Marty Supreme Marty Mauser
Multiple wins 2 wins Timothée Chalamet (2017, 2025) Joaquin Phoenix (2012, 2019)
References London Film Critics' Circle Awards – IMDb