The AACTA International Award for Best Actor is an award that is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for a performance by a male actor in a film made outside Australia. It was first handed out by the Academy after its establishment in 2011 by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), to replace the AFI International Award for Best Actor (2005–2010). The winners and nominees for 2011 were determined by a jury. The award was presented at the inaugural AACTA International Awards in Los Angeles, on 27 January 2012.
Winners and nominees In the following table, the winner is marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.
† - indicates a winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor ‡ - indicates a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor
2010s Year Actor Film Role 2011(1st) Jean Dujardin † The Artist George Valentin George Clooney ‡ The Descendants Matt King Leonardo DiCaprio J. Edgar J. Edgar Hoover Michael Fassbender Shame Brandon Sullivan Ryan Gosling The Ides of March Stephen Meyers Brad Pitt ‡ Moneyball Billy Beane 2012(2nd) Daniel Day-Lewis † Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Bradley Cooper ‡ Silver Linings Playbook Patrick "Pat" Solitano, Jr. John Hawkes The Sessions Mark O'Brien Hugh Jackman ‡ Les Misérables Jean Valjean Joaquin Phoenix ‡ The Master Freddie Quell Denzel Washington ‡ Flight Captain William "Whip" Whitaker, Sr. 2013(3rd) Chiwetel Ejiofor ‡ 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup Christian Bale ‡ American Hustle Irving Rosenfeld Leonardo DiCaprio ‡ The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort Tom Hanks Captain Phillips Captain Richard Phillips Matthew McConaughey † Dallas Buyers Club Ron Woodroof 2014(4th) Michael Keaton ‡ Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Riggan Thomson Steve Carell ‡ Foxcatcher John du Pont Benedict Cumberbatch ‡ The Imitation Game Alan Turing Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler Louis "Lou" Bloom Eddie Redmayne † The Theory of Everything Stephen Hawking 2015(5th) Leonardo DiCaprio † The Revenant Hugh Glass Steve Carell The Big Short Mark Baum Matt Damon ‡ The Martian Mark Watney Michael Fassbender ‡ Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne ‡ The Danish Girl Lili Elbe 2016(6th) Casey Affleck † Manchester by the Sea Lee Chandler Joel Edgerton Loving Richard Loving Andrew Garfield ‡ Hacksaw Ridge Desmond T. Doss Ryan Gosling ‡ La La Land Sebastian Wilder Denzel Washington ‡ Fences Troy Maxson 2017(7th) Gary Oldman † Darkest Hour Winston Churchill Timothée Chalamet ‡ Call Me by Your Name Elio Perlman Daniel Day-Lewis ‡ Phantom Thread Reynolds Woodcock Hugh Jackman Logan James Howlett / Logan / Wolverine Daniel Kaluuya ‡ Get Out Chris Washington 2018(8th) Rami Malek † Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Mercury Christian Bale ‡ Vice Dick Cheney Bradley Cooper ‡ A Star Is Born Jackson Maine Hugh Jackman The Front Runner Gary Hart Viggo Mortensen ‡ Green Book Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga 2019(9th) Adam Driver ‡ Marriage Story Charlie Barber Christian Bale Ford v Ferrari Ken Miles Antonio Banderas ‡ Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo Robert De Niro The Irishman Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran Joaquin Phoenix † Joker Arthur Fleck / Joker
2020s Year Actor Film Role 2020(10th) Chadwick Boseman ‡ Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Levee Green Riz Ahmed ‡ Sound of Metal Ruben Stone Adarsh Gourav The White Tiger Balram Halwai Anthony Hopkins † The Father Anthony Gary Oldman ‡ Mank Herman J. Mankiewicz 2021(11th)Benedict Cumberbatch ‡The Power of the Dog Phil BurbankAndrew Garfield ‡ tick, tick... BOOM! Jonathan Larson Caleb Landry Jones Nitram NitramWill Smith †King Richard Richard Williams Denzel Washington ‡ The Tragedy of Macbeth Lord Macbeth 2022(12th) Austin Butler ‡ Elvis Elvis PresleyJoel Edgerton The Stranger Mark Frame Colin Farrell ‡ The Banshees of Inisherin Pádraic Súilleabháin Brendan Fraser † The Whale CharlieHugh Jackman The Son Peter Miller 2023(13th)Cillian Murphy †OppenheimerJ. Robert OppenheimerBradley Cooper ‡MaestroLeonard BernsteinLeonardo DiCaprioKillers of the Flower MoonErnest BurkhartAndrew ScottAll of Us StrangersAdamJeffrey Wright ‡American FictionThelonious "Monk" Ellison 2024(14th)Ralph Fiennes ‡ConclaveThomas Cardinal LawrenceAdrien Brody †The BrutalistLászló TóthDaniel Craig QueerWilliam LeeJonno DaviesBetter ManRobbie WilliamsColman Domingo ‡Sing SingJohn "Divine G." Whitfield 2025(15th)Timothée Chalamet ‡Marty SupremeMarty MauserRussell Crowe Nuremberg Hermann GöringLeonardo DiCaprio ‡One Battle After AnotherBob Ferguson Joel EdgertonTrain DreamsRobert GrainerHugh Jackman Song Sung BlueMike Sardina
See also AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role AACTA Awards
References
External links The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website