The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best actor of that year.

Winners

2000s YearActorFilm 2007 George Clooney Michael ClaytonMathieu Amalric The Diving Bell and the ButterflyDaniel Day-Lewis There Will Be BloodEmile Hirsch Into the WildTommy Lee Jones No Country for Old Men 2008 Mickey Rourke The WrestlerJosh Brolin W.Leonardo DiCaprio Revolutionary Road Frank Langella Frost/Nixon Sean Penn Milk 2009 Colin Firth A Single ManMore Critics Awards: Usual Suspects, Plus 'Up'|The WrapGeorge Clooney Up in the AirMatt Damon The Informant!Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500) Days of SummerSam Rockwell Moon

2010s YearActorFilm 2010 Colin Firth The King's Speech“Winter’s Bone,” “Social Network” Lead Detroit Critics|IndieWireJeff Bridges True GritJesse Eisenberg The Social NetworkJames Franco 127 HoursRyan Gosling Blue Valentine 2011 Michael Fassbender ShameGeorge Clooney The DescendantsJean Dujardin The ArtistBrad Pitt MoneyballMichael Shannon Take Shelter 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis LincolnBradley Cooper Silver Linings PlaybookJohn Hawkes The SessionsBill Murray Hyde Park on HudsonJoaquin Phoenix The Master 2013 Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers ClubDetroit critics name 'Her' the year's best, hand Brie Larson two awards - UPROXXLeonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall StreetChiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a SlaveTom Hanks Captain PhillipsRobert Redford All Is Lost 2014 Michael Keaton Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Benedict Cumberbatch The Imitation GameBrendan Gleeson CalvaryJake Gyllenhaal NightcrawlerTom Hardy LockeEddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything 2015 Michael Caine YouthChristopher Abbott James WhiteLeonardo DiCaprio The RevenantMichael Fassbender Steve JobsTom Hardy Legend 2016 Casey Affleck Manchester by the SeaJoel Edgerton LovingAndrew Garfield Hacksaw RidgeRyan Gosling La La LandDenzel Washington Fences 2017 James Franco The Disaster Artist Timothée Chalamet Call Me by Your NameDaniel Day-Lewis Phantom ThreadGary Oldman Darkest HourRobert Pattinson Good Time 2018 Ethan Hawke First ReformedDetroit Film Critics Society 2018 Winners - AwardsdailyChristian Bale ViceBradley Cooper A Star is BornRami Malek Bohemian RhapsodyJohn David Washington BlacKkKlansman 2019 Adam Driver Marriage StoryRobert De Niro The IrishmanRobert Pattinson The LighthouseJoaquin Phoenix JokerAdam Sandler Uncut Gems

2020s YearActressFilm 2020 Delroy Lindo Da 5 BloodsNomadland wins four Detroit Film Critics Society awards|Screen on ScreenRiz Ahmed Sound of MetalChadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black BottomAnthony Hopkins The FatherSteven Yeun Minari 2021 Peter Dinklage CyranoNicolas Cage PigAndrew Garfield Tick, Tick... Boom!Oscar Isaac The Card CounterWill Smith King Richard

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