New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
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| New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
_crop.jpg) Current recipient: Franz Rogowski | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | New York Film Critics Circle |
| First awarded | Charles Laughton Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) |
| Currently held by | Franz Rogowski Passages (2023) |
| Website | nyfcc |
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[edit]
1930s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Charles Laughton | Mutiny on the Bounty | Captain William Bligh |
| Ruggles of Red Gap | Marmaduke Ruggles | ||
| 1936 | Walter Huston | Dodsworth | Sam Dodsworth |
| 1937 | Paul Muni | The Life of Emile Zola | Émile Zola |
| 1938 | James Cagney | Angels with Dirty Faces | Rocky Sullivan |
| 1939 | James Stewart | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jefferson "Jeff" Smith |
1940s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Charlie Chaplin | The Great Dictator | Hynkel – Dictator of Tomania / Jewish Barber |
| 1941 | Gary Cooper | Sergeant York | Alvin York |
| 1942 | James Cagney | Yankee Doodle Dandy | George M. Cohan |
| 1943 | Paul Lukas | Watch on the Rhine | Kurt Muller |
| 1944 | Barry Fitzgerald | Going My Way | Father Fitzgibbon |
| 1945 | Ray Milland | The Lost Weekend | Don Birnam |
| 1946 | Laurence Olivier | Henry V | King Henry V of England |
| 1947 | William Powell | Life with Father | Clarence Day, Sr. |
| The Senator Was Indiscreet | Senator Melvin G. Ashton | ||
| 1948 | Laurence Olivier | Hamlet | Hamlet |
| 1949 | Broderick Crawford | All the King's Men | Willie Stark |
1950s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Gregory Peck | Twelve O'Clock High | Frank Savage |
| 1951 | Arthur Kennedy | Bright Victory | Larry Nevins |
| 1952 | Ralph Richardson | The Sound Barrier | John Ridgefield |
| 1953 | Burt Lancaster | From Here to Eternity | First Sergeant Milton Warden |
| 1954 | Marlon Brando | On the Waterfront | Terry Malloy |
| 1955 | Ernest Borgnine | Marty | Marty Piletti |
| 1956 | Kirk Douglas | Lust for Life | Vincent van Gogh |
| 1957 | Alec Guinness | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson |
| 1958 | David Niven | Separate Tables | Angus Pollock |
| 1959 | James Stewart | Anatomy of a Murder | Paul Biegler |
1960s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Burt Lancaster | Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry |
| 1961 | Maximilian Schell | Judgment at Nuremberg | Hans Rolfe |
| 1962 | No award given (newspaper strike) | ||
| 1963 | Albert Finney | Tom Jones | Tom Jones |
| 1964 | Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | Henry Higgins |
| 1965 | Oskar Werner | Ship of Fools | Willie Schumann |
| 1966 | Paul Scofield | A Man for All Seasons | Sir Thomas More |
| 1967 | Rod Steiger | In the Heat of the Night | Police Chief Bill Gillespie |
| 1968 | Alan Arkin | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | John Singer |
| 1969 | Jon Voight | Midnight Cowboy | Joe Buck |
1970s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | George C. Scott | Patton | George S. Patton, Jr. |
| 1971 | Gene Hackman | The French Connection | Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle |
| 1972 | Laurence Olivier | Sleuth | Andrew Wyke |
| 1973 | Marlon Brando | Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi) | Paul |
| 1974 | Jack Nicholson | Chinatown | J. J. "Jake" Gittes |
| The Last Detail | Signalman 1st Class Billy "Badass" Buddusky | ||
| 1975 | Jack Nicholson | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Randle McMurphy |
| 1976 | Robert De Niro | Taxi Driver | Travis Bickle |
| 1977 | John Gielgud | Providence | Clive Langham |
| 1978 | Jon Voight | Coming Home | Luke Martin |
| 1979 | Dustin Hoffman | Kramer vs. Kramer | Ted Kramer |
1980s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Robert De Niro | Raging Bull | Jake LaMotta |
| 1981 | Burt Lancaster | Atlantic City | Lou Pascal |
| 1982 | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi | Mahatma Gandhi |
| 1983 | Robert Duvall | Tender Mercies | Mac Sledge |
| 1984 | Steve Martin | All of Me | Roger Cobb |
| 1985 | Jack Nicholson | Prizzi's Honor | Charley Partanna |
| 1986 | Bob Hoskins | Mona Lisa | George Mortwell |
| 1987 | Jack Nicholson | Ironweed | Francis Phelan |
| 1988 | Jeremy Irons | Dead Ringers | Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle |
| 1989 | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | Christy Brown |
1990s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Robert De Niro | Awakenings | Leonard Lowe |
| Goodfellas | James "Jimmy the Gent" Conway | ||
| 1991 | Anthony Hopkins | The Silence of the Lambs | Dr. Hannibal Lecter |
| 1992 | Denzel Washington | Malcolm X | Malcolm X |
| 1993 | David Thewlis | Naked | Johnny |
| 1994 | Paul Newman | Nobody's Fool | Donald "Sully" Sullivan |
| 1995 | Nicolas Cage | Leaving Las Vegas | Ben Sanderson |
| 1996 | Geoffrey Rush | Shine | David Helfgott |
| 1997 | Peter Fonda | Ulee's Gold | Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson |
| 1998 | Nick Nolte | Affliction | Wade Whitehouse |
| 1999 | Richard Farnsworth | The Straight Story | Alvin Straight |
2000s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tom Hanks | Cast Away | Chuck Noland |
| 2001 | Tom Wilkinson | In the Bedroom | Matt Fowler |
| 2002 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Gangs of New York | William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting |
| 2003 | Bill Murray | Lost in Translation | Bob Harris |
| 2004 | Paul Giamatti | Sideways | Miles Raymond |
| 2005 | Heath Ledger | Brokeback Mountain | Ennis Del Mar |
| 2006 | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin |
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | Daniel Plainview |
| 2008 | Sean Penn | Milk | Harvey Milk |
| 2009 | George Clooney | Up in the Air | Ryan Bingham |
2010s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colin Firth | The King's Speech | King George VI |
| 2011 | Brad Pitt | Moneyball | Billy Beane |
| The Tree of Life | Mr. O'Brien | ||
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| 2013 | Robert Redford | All Is Lost | Our Man |
| 2014 | Timothy Spall | Mr. Turner | J. M. W. Turner |
| 2015 | Michael Keaton | Spotlight | Walter "Robby" Robinson |
| 2016 | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea | Lee Chandler |
| 2017 | Timothée Chalamet | Call Me by Your Name | Elio Perlman[1] |
| 2018 | Ethan Hawke | First Reformed | Reverend Ernst Toller[2] |
| 2019 | Antonio Banderas | Pain and Glory | Salvador Mallo[3] |
2020s[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Delroy Lindo | Da 5 Bloods | Paul[4] |
| 2021 | Benedict Cumberbatch | The Power of the Dog | Phil Burbank[5] |
| 2022 | Colin Farrell | After Yang | Jake |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | Pádraic Súilleabháin | ||
| 2023 | Franz Rogowski | Passages | Tomas[6] |
Multiple awards[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ 2017 New York Film Critics Circle winners: Full list|EW.com
- ^ 2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|IndieWire
- ^ 2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Full List|Deadline
- ^ CHADWICK BOSEMAN WINS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AT THE 2020 NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS < < Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ New York Film Critics Circle: 2021 Winners List — Deadline
- ^ "New York Film Critics Awards: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Wins Best Film, Christopher Nolan Takes Director (Full List)". Variety. 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2023-11-30.