The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actor is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP since the awards' inception in 2002. The award honors the best actor over the age of fifty. The Best Actor Award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine, along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Foreign Film, Best Documentary, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.
Winners and Nominees
2000s
Year Actor Role(s) Film 2001 (1st) Matt Fowler 2002 (2nd) About Schmidt The Quiet American Changing Lanes 2003 (3rd) Lost in Translation Big Fish The Human Stain The Missing 2004 (4th) Kinsey The Door in the Floor Shall We Dance? In Good Company Miracle Monsieur Ibrahim 2005 (5th) 2006 (6th) Wah-Wah Venus 2007 (7th) The Hoax Charlie Wilson's War In the Valley of Elah American Gangster 2008 (8th) Richard Nixon Frost/Nixon Married Life The Visitor The Wrestler 2009 (9th) Otis "Bad" Blake Crazy Heart Nine Everybody's Fine The Road
2010s
Year Actor Role(s) Film 2010 (10th) King George VI 2011 (11th) The First Grader The Descendants Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2012 (12th) Flight Lincoln 2013 (13th) Nebraska 2014 (14th) Foxcatcher 2015 (15th) 2016 (16th) Captain Fantastic 2017 (17th) 2018 (18th) The Old Man & the Gun Stan & Ollie 2019 (19th) The Two Popes
2020s
Year Actor Role(s) Film 2020 (20th) 2021 (21st) 2022 (22nd) 2023 (23rd) 2024 (24th) 2025 (25th)
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins Wins Actor Denzel Washington
Multiple nominations Nominations Actor 6 Tom Hanks 5 Anthony Hopkins Denzel Washington 3 Michael Caine Daniel Day-Lewis Viggo Mortensen Gary Oldman 2 Jeff Bridges Steve Carell George Clooney Chris Cooper Robert De Niro Colman Domingo Ralph Fiennes Morgan Freeman Richard Gere Samuel L. Jackson Tommy Lee Jones Michael Keaton Ben Kingsley Bill Murray Jack Nicholson Robert Redford Kurt Russell Adam Sandler Kevin Spacey Tom Wilkinson
See also Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
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