The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in film-making.

Winners 1930s YearWinnerRoleFilm1935Charles Laughton Captain William Bligh Mutiny on the Bounty Marmaduke RugglesRuggles of Red Gap 1936 Walter Huston Sam Dodsworth Dodsworth 1937 Paul Muni Émile Zola The Life of Emile Zola 1938 James Cagney Rocky Sullivan Angels with Dirty Faces 1939 James Stewart Jefferson "Jeff" Smith Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1940s YearWinnerRoleFilm1940 Charlie Chaplin Hynkel – Dictator of Tomania / Jewish Barber The Great Dictator 1941 Gary Cooper Alvin York Sergeant York 1942 James Cagney George M. Cohan Yankee Doodle Dandy 1943 Paul Lukas Kurt Muller Watch on the Rhine 1944 Barry Fitzgerald Father Fitzgibbon Going My Way 1945 Ray Milland Don Birnam The Lost Weekend 1946 Laurence Olivier King Henry V of England Henry V 1947William Powell Clarence Day, Sr. Life with Father Senator Melvin G. AshtonThe Senator Was Indiscreet 1948 Laurence Olivier Hamlet Hamlet 1949 Broderick Crawford Willie Stark All the King's Men

1950s YearWinnerRoleFilm1950 Gregory Peck Frank Savage Twelve O'Clock High 1951 Arthur Kennedy Larry Nevins Bright Victory 1952 Ralph Richardson John Ridgefield The Sound Barrier 1953 Burt Lancaster First Sergeant Milton Warden From Here to Eternity 1954 Marlon Brando Terry Malloy On the Waterfront 1955 Ernest Borgnine Marty Piletti Marty 1956 Kirk Douglas Vincent van Gogh Lust for Life 1957 Alec Guinness Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson The Bridge on the River Kwai 1958 David Niven Angus Pollock Separate Tables 1959 James Stewart Paul Biegler Anatomy of a Murder

1960s YearWinnerRoleFilm1960 Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry Elmer Gantry 1961 Maximilian Schell Hans Rolfe Judgment at Nuremberg 1962 No award given (newspaper strike)1963 Albert Finney Tom Jones Tom Jones 1964 Rex Harrison Henry Higgins My Fair Lady 1965 Oskar Werner Willie Schumann Ship of Fools 1966 Paul Scofield Sir Thomas More A Man for All Seasons 1967 Rod Steiger Police Chief Bill Gillespie In the Heat of the Night 1968 Alan Arkin John Singer The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1969 Jon Voight Joe Buck Midnight Cowboy

1970s YearWinnerRoleFilm1970 George C. Scott George S. Patton, Jr. Patton 1971 Gene Hackman Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle The French Connection 1972 Laurence Olivier Andrew Wyke Sleuth 1973 Marlon Brando Paul Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi) 1974 Jack Nicholson J. J. "Jake" Gittes Chinatown Signalman 1st Class Billy "Badass" BudduskyThe Last Detail 1975 Jack Nicholson Randle McMurphy One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1976 Robert De Niro Travis Bickle Taxi Driver 1977 John Gielgud Clive Langham Providence 1978 Jon Voight Luke Martin Coming Home 1979 Dustin Hoffman Ted Kramer Kramer vs. Kramer

1980s YearWinnerRoleFilm1980 Robert De Niro Jake LaMotta Raging Bull1981 Burt Lancaster Lou Pascal Atlantic City 1982 Ben Kingsley Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi 1983 Robert Duvall Mac Sledge Tender Mercies1984 Steve Martin Roger Cobb All of Me 1985 Jack Nicholson Charley Partanna Prizzi's Honor 1986 Bob Hoskins George Mortwell Mona Lisa 1987 Jack Nicholson Francis Phelan Ironweed1988 Jeremy Irons Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle Dead Ringers 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis Christy Brown My Left Foot

1990s YearWinnerRoleFilm1990 Robert De Niro Leonard Lowe Awakenings James "Jimmy the Gent" ConwayGoodfellas1991 Anthony Hopkins Dr. Hannibal Lecter The Silence of the Lambs1992 Denzel Washington Malcolm X Malcolm X 1993 David Thewlis Johnny Naked1994 Paul Newman Donald "Sully" Sullivan Nobody's Fool 1995 Nicolas Cage Ben Sanderson Leaving Las Vegas 1996 Geoffrey Rush David Helfgott Shine1997 Peter Fonda Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson Ulee's Gold 1998 Nick Nolte Wade Whitehouse Affliction 1999 Richard Farnsworth Alvin Straight The Straight Story

2000s YearWinnerRoleFilm2000 Tom Hanks Chuck Noland Cast Away2001 Tom Wilkinson Matt Fowler In the Bedroom2002 Daniel Day-Lewis William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting Gangs of New York2003 Bill Murray Bob Harris Lost in Translation2004 Paul Giamatti Miles Raymond Sideways 2005 Heath Ledger Ennis Del Mar Brokeback Mountain 2006 Forest Whitaker Idi Amin The Last King of Scotland2007 Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Plainview There Will Be Blood2008 Sean Penn Harvey Milk Milk2009 George Clooney Ryan Bingham Up in the Air

2010s YearWinnerRoleFilm2010 Colin Firth King George VI The King's Speech2011 Brad Pitt Billy Beane Moneyball Mr. O'BrienThe Tree of Life 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis Abraham Lincoln Lincoln2013 Robert Redford Our Man All Is Lost2014 Timothy Spall J. M. W. Turner Mr. Turner2015 Michael Keaton Walter "Robby" Robinson Spotlight2016 Casey Affleck Lee Chandler Manchester by the Sea2017 Timothée Chalamet Elio Perlman2017 New York Film Critics Circle winners: Full list|EW.com Call Me by Your Name2018 Ethan Hawke Reverend Ernst Toller2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|IndieWire First Reformed2019 Antonio Banderas Salvador Mallo2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Full List|Deadline Pain and Glory

2020s YearWinnerRoleFilm2020 Delroy Lindo PaulCHADWICK BOSEMAN WINS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AT THE 2020 NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS < < Rotten Tomatoes Da 5 Bloods 2021 Benedict Cumberbatch Phil BurbankNew York Film Critics Circle: 2021 Winners List — Deadline The Power of the Dog 2022 Colin Farrell Jake After Yang Pádraic Súilleabháin The Banshees of Inisherin 2023 Franz Rogowski Tomas Passages 2024 Adrien Brody László Tóth The Brutalist 2025 Wagner Moura Armando / Marcelo Alves / Fernando (adult) The Secret Agent

Multiple awards

4 wins Daniel Day-Lewis (1989, 2002, 2007, 2012) Jack Nicholson (1974, 1975, 1985, 1987)

3 wins Robert De Niro (1976, 1980, 1990) Burt Lancaster (1953, 1960, 1981) Laurence Olivier (1946, 1948, 1972)

2 wins Marlon Brando (1954, 1973) James Cagney (1938, 1942) James Stewart (1939, 1959) Jon Voight (1969, 1978)

See also National Board of Review Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

References

External links nyfcc.com