National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor

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

Winners[]

1960s[]

Year Winner Film Role
1966 Michael Caine Alfie Alfred "Alfie" Elkins ‡
1967 Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night Police Chief Bill Gillespie †
1968 Per Oscarsson Hunger Pontus
1969 Jon Voight Midnight Cowboy Joe Buck ‡

1970s[]

Year Winner(s) Film Role
1970 George C. Scott Patton George S. Patton †
1971 Peter Finch Sunday Bloody Sunday Daniel Hirsh ‡
1972 Al Pacino The Godfather Michael Corleone §
1973 Marlon Brando Last Tango in Paris 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 Art Carney The Late Show Ira Wells
1978 Gary Busey The Buddy Holly Story Buddy Holly ‡
1979 Dustin Hoffman Agatha Wally Stanton
Kramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer †

1980s[]

Year Winner(s) Film Role
1980 Peter O'Toole The Stunt Man Eli Cross ‡
1981 Burt Lancaster Atlantic City Lou Pascal ‡
1982 Dustin Hoffman Tootsie Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels ‡
1983 Gérard Depardieu Danton Georges Danton
The Return of Martin Guerre Arnaud de Tihl
1984 Steve Martin All of Me Roger Cobb
1985 Jack Nicholson Prizzi's Honor Charley Partanna ‡
1986 Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa George ‡
1987 Steve Martin Roxanne Charlie "C.D." Bales
1988 Michael Keaton Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Clean and Sober Daryl Poynter
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot Christy Brown †

1990s[]

Year Winner(s) Film Role
1990 Jeremy Irons Reversal of Fortune Claus von Bülow †
1991 River Phoenix My Own Private Idaho Mikey Waters
1992 Stephen Rea The Crying Game Fergus ‡
1993 David Thewlis Naked Johnny
1994 Paul Newman Nobody's Fool Donald "Sully" Sullivan ‡
1995 Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson †
1996 Eddie Murphy The Nutty Professor Sherman Klump / Buddy Love
1997 Robert Duvall The Apostle Euliss "Sonny" Dewey / The Apostle E.F. ‡
1998 Nick Nolte Affliction Wade Whitehouse ‡
1999 Russell Crowe The Insider Jeffrey Wigand ‡

2000s[]

Year Winner(s) Film Role
2000 Javier Bardem Before Night Falls Reinaldo Arenas ‡
2001 Gene Hackman The Royal Tenenbaums Royal Tenenbaum
2002 Adrien Brody The Pianist Władysław Szpilman †
2003 Bill Murray Lost in Translation Bob Harris ‡
2004 Jamie Foxx Collateral Max Durocher
Ray Ray Charles †
2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote Truman Capote †
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 Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker Sergeant First Class William James ‡

2010s[]

Year Winner(s) Film Role
2010 Jesse Eisenberg The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg ‡
2011 Brad Pitt Moneyball Billy Beane ‡
The Tree of Life Mr. O'Brien
2012 Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln Abraham Lincoln †
2013 Oscar Isaac Inside Llewyn Davis Llewyn Davis
2014 Timothy Spall Mr. Turner J. M. W. Turner
2015 Michael B. Jordan Creed Adonis Creed
2016 Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea Lee Chandler †[1]
2017 Daniel Kaluuya Get Out Chris Washington ‡[2]
2018 Ethan Hawke First Reformed Pastor Ernst Toller[3]
2019 Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo ‡[4]

2020s[]

Year Winner(s) Film Role
2020 Delroy Lindo Da 5 Bloods Paul[5]

Multiple winners[]

3 wins
2 wins

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Patrick Shanley (January 7, 2017). "'Moonlight' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Hilary Lewis (January 6, 2018). "'Lady Bird' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Katie Kilkenny (January 5, 2019). "'The Rider' Named Best Picture by the National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Trilby Beresford; Sharareh Drury (January 4, 2020). "'Parasite' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  5. ^ ‘Nomadland’ Named Best Film by National Society of Film Critics|The Wrap
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