Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor

{{short description|Award given by the Critics Choice Association}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor

| image = MKr21861 Adrien Brody (Manodrome, Berlinale 2023).jpg

| caption = The 2024 recipient: Adrien Brody

| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Movie

| presenter = Critics Choice Association

| location = Los Angeles, California

| holder = Adrien Brody for The Brutalist (2024)

| website = [http://www.criticschoice.com/ www.criticschoice.com]

}}

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor is an award given out at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The awards are presented by the Critics Choice Association (CCA) and was first presented in 1995. There were no official nominees announced until 2001. Actors Russell Crowe and Daniel Day-Lewis hold the record for most wins in this category with three victories each, followed by Jack Nicholson and Sean Penn with two wins each.

This is the main Critics' Choice Movie Award category for leading performances by a male actor. Previously, two other genre-specific categories were presented: Best Actor in a Comedy (2012–2019) and Best Actor in an Action Movie (2012–2016). Currently, another subsidiary, the Critics' Choice Super Awards, presents awards to actors for genre-specific roles (horror, science fiction/fantasy, action, and superhero). For Critics' Choice Awards for lead performances by male actors in television, see Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy, Drama or Limited Series or Movie Made for Television.

Winners and nominees

File:Kevin Bacon SDCC 2014.jpg was the first recipient of this award in 1995]]

File:Russell Crowe (33994246374).jpg won thrice consecutively for The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000), and A Beautiful Mind (2001)]]

File:Daniel Day-Lewis crop.jpg won thrice for Gangs of New York (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012)]]

File:Superpower (2023)-60523 (cropped).jpg won twice for Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008)]]

File:Philip Seymour Hoffman 2011.jpg won for Capote (2005)]]

File:Forest Whitaker by Gage Skidmore.jpg won for The Last King of Scotland (2006)]]

File:Colin Firth by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg won for The King's Speech (2010)]]

File:George Clooney 2016.jpg won for The Descendants (2011)]]

File:Matthew McConaughey 2019 (48648344772) (cropped).jpg won for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)]]

File:Michael Keaton (NYCC 2014) (cropped).JPG won for Birdman (2014)]]

File:Leonardo DiCaprio 2014.jpg won for The Revenant (2015)]]

File:Gary Oldman (13948780853) (cropped).jpg won for Darkest Hour (2017)]]

File:Christian Bale-7834.jpg won for Vice (2018)]]

File:Joaquin Phoenix in 2018.jpg won for Joker (2019)]]

File:Chadwick Boseman by Gage Skidmore July 2017 (cropped).jpg won for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)]]

File:Brendan Fraser October 2022.jpg won for The Whale (2022)]]

File:Paul Giamatti 2024.jpg won for The Holdovers (2023)]]

=1990s=

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style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:5%;"\| Year ! style="width:20%;"\| Actor ! style="width:20%;"\| Character ! style="width:25%;"\| Film
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1995	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Kevin Bacon	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Henri Young	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Murder in the First*
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1996	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Geoffrey Rush	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| David Helfgott	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Shine*
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1997	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jack Nicholson	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Melvin Udall	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *As Good as It Gets*
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1998	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Ian McKellen	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| James Whale	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Gods and Monsters*
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1999	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Russell Crowe	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jeffrey Wigand	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Insider*

=2000s=

class="wikitable" width="70%"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:5%;"\| Year ! style="width:20%;"\| Actor ! style="width:20%;"\| Character ! style="width:25%;"\| Film
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 2000	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Russell Crowe	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Maximus Decimus Meridius	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Gladiator*
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| 2001	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Russell Crowe	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| John Nash	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *A Beautiful Mind*
Sean Penn	Sam Dawson	I Am Sam
Will Smith	Muhammad Ali	Ali
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| 2002	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Daniel Day-Lewis (TIE)	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Gangs of New York*
style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jack Nicholson (TIE)	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Warren Schmidt	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *About Schmidt*
Robin Williams	Seymour "Sy" Parrish	One Hour Photo
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2003	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Sean Penn	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jimmy Markum	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Mystic River*
Russell Crowe	Captain Jack Aubrey	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Johnny Depp	Captain Jack Sparrow	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ben Kingsley	Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani	House of Sand and Fog
Bill Murray	Bob Harris	Lost in Translation
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2004	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jamie Foxx	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Ray Charles	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Ray*
Javier Bardem	Ramón Sampedro	The Sea Inside
Don Cheadle	Paul Rusesabagina	Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp	J. M. Barrie	Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio	Howard Hughes	The Aviator
Paul Giamatti	Miles Raymond	Sideways
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2005	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Philip Seymour Hoffman	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Truman Capote	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Capote*
Russell Crowe	James J. Braddock	Cinderella Man
Terrence Howard	DJay	Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger	Ennis Del Mar	Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix	Johnny Cash	Walk the Line
David Strathairn	Edward R. Murrow	Good Night, and Good Luck
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2006	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Forest Whitaker	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Idi Amin	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Last King of Scotland*
Leonardo DiCaprio	Danny Archer	Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio	William "Billy" Costigan, Jr.	The Departed
Ryan Gosling	Dan Dunne	Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole	Maurice Russell	Venus
Will Smith	Chris Gardner	The Pursuit of Happyness
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2007	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Daniel Day-Lewis	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Daniel Plainview	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *There Will Be Blood*
George Clooney	Michael Clayton	Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp	Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ryan Gosling	Lars Lindstrom	Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch	Chris McCandless	Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen	Nikolai Luzhin	Eastern Promises
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2008	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Sean Penn	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Harvey Milk	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Milk*
Clint Eastwood	Walt Kowalski	Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins	Walter Vale	The Visitor
Frank Langella	Richard Nixon	Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt	Benjamin Button	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke	Randy "The Ram" Robinson	The Wrestler
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2009 {{cite web \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/basterds-nine-lead-critics-choice-92305/ \|title='Basterds,' 'Nine' lead Critics' Choice noms \|last=Kilday \|first=Gregg \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|date=December 14, 2009 \|access-date=December 14, 2009}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2010/01/broadcast-film-critics-award-hurt-locker-22675/ \|title=Broadcast Film Critics Award 'Hurt Locker' \|last=Finke \|first=Nikki \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 16, 2010 \|access-date=January 16, 2010}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jeff Bridges	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Otis "Bad" Blake	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Crazy Heart*
George Clooney	Ryan Bingham	Up in the Air
Colin Firth	George Falconer	A Single Man
Morgan Freeman	Nelson Mandela	Invictus
Viggo Mortensen	Man	The Road
Jeremy Renner	Sergeant First Class William James	The Hurt Locker

=2010s=

class="wikitable" width="70%"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:5%;"\| Year ! style="width:20%;"\| Actor ! style="width:20%;"\| Character ! style="width:25%;"\| Film
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2010 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2010/12/broadcast-film-critics-favor-black-swan-true-grit-the-kings-speech-and-the-social-network-90275/ \|title=Broadcast Film Critics Favor 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit,' 'The King's Speech,' 'Inception' And 'The Social Network' \|author=The Deadline Team \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 13, 2010 \|access-date=December 13, 2010}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2011/01/critics-choice-awards-spread-the-gold-the-social-network-fincher-firth-portman-96917/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards Spread The Gold: 'Social Network', Fincher, Firth, Portman \|author=The Deadline Team \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 14, 2011 \|access-date=January 14, 2011}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Colin Firth	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| King George VI	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The King's Speech*
Jeff Bridges	Rooster Cogburn	True Grit
Robert Duvall	Felix Bush	Get Low
Jesse Eisenberg	Mark Zuckerberg	The Social Network
James Franco	Aron Ralston	127 Hours
Ryan Gosling	Dean Pereira	Blue Valentine
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2011 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2011/12/hugo-the-artist-lead-critics-choice-movie-award-nominations-with-11-each-204346/ \|title='Hugo' & 'The Artist' Lead Critics Choice Movie Award Nominations With 11 Each \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 13, 2011 \|access-date=December 13, 2011}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/the-artist-best-pic-george-clooney-viola-davis-top-actors-at-critics-choice-awards-214013/ \|title='The Artist' Best Pic, George Clooney, Viola Davis Top Actors At Critics Choice Awards \|author=The Deadline Team \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 12, 2012 \|access-date=January 12, 2012}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| George Clooney	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Matt King	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Descendants*
Leonardo DiCaprio	J. Edgar Hoover	J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin	George Valentin	The Artist
Michael Fassbender	Brandon Sullivan	Shame
Ryan Gosling	Driver	Drive
Brad Pitt	Billy Beane	Moneyball
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2012 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2012/12/critics-choice-movie-awards-2012-nominations-lincoln-386446/ \|title='Lincoln', 'Les Miserables', 'Silver Linings' Top List Of Nominees For 18th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 11, 2012 \|access-date=December 11, 2012}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/oscars-movies-critics-choice-movie-awards-401583/ \|title=Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors \|author=The Deadline Team \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 10, 2013 \|access-date=January 10, 2013}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Daniel Day-Lewis	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Abraham Lincoln	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Lincoln*
Bradley Cooper	Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr.	Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes	Mark O'Brien	The Sessions
Hugh Jackman	Jean Valjean	Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix	Freddie Quell	The Master
Denzel Washington	William "Whip" Whitaker, Sr.	Flight
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2013 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/critics-choice-movie-awards-nominees-full-list-652803/ \|title='American Hustle', '12 Years A Slave' Lead BFCA's Critics Choice Movie Awards Nominations \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 16, 2013 \|access-date=December 16, 2013}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/critics-choice-movie-awards-unveiled-live-666047/ \|title=Critics' Choice Movie Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Named Best Picture; 'Gravity' Leads Field With 7 Wins \|author=The Deadline Team \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 16, 2014 \|access-date=January 16, 2014}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Matthew McConaughey	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Ron Woodroof	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Dallas Buyers Club*
Christian Bale	Irving Rosenfeld	American Hustle
Bruce Dern	Woody Grant	Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor	Solomon Northup	12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks	Captain Richard Phillips	Captain Phillips
Robert Redford	Our Man	All Is Lost
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2014 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/birdman-budapest-boyhood-critics-choice-movie-award-jolie-rebounds-1201325310/ \|title='Birdman', 'Budapest' And 'Boyhood' Get Key Oscar Boost To Lead Critics' Choice Movie Award Nominations; Jolie Rebounds From Globe Snub \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 15, 2014 \|access-date=December 16, 2014}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/critics-choice-awards-winners-2015-list-movie-1201351280/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods \|last=Pedersen \|first=Erik \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 15, 2015 \|access-date=January 15, 2015}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Michael Keaton	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Riggan Thomson	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Birdman*
Benedict Cumberbatch	Alan Turing	The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes	Monsieur Gustave H.	The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal	Louis "Lou" Bloom	Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo	Martin Luther King Jr.	Selma
Eddie Redmayne	Stephen Hawking	The Theory of Everything
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2015 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/critics-choice-awards-nominations-2016-full-list-1201666326/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards Nominations: 'Mad Max' Leads Film; ABC, HBO, FX Networks & 'Fargo' Top TV \|last=Hipes \|first=Patrick \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 14, 2015 \|access-date=December 14, 2015}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/critics-choice-awards-2016-winners-full-list-1201685089/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'Mr. Robot' Best Drama Series \|last=Hipes \|first=Patrick \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 17, 2016 \|access-date=January 17, 2016}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Leonardo DiCaprio	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Hugh Glass	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Revenant*
Bryan Cranston	Dalton Trumbo	Trumbo
Matt Damon	Mark Watney	The Martian
Johnny Depp	Whitey Bulger	Black Mass
Michael Fassbender	Steve Jobs	Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne	Lili Elbe / Einar Wegener	The Danish Girl
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2016 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/la-la-land-grabs-massive-12-nominations-to-lead-all-movies-in-critics-choice-awards-1201862593/ \|title='La La Land' Grabs Massive 12 Nominations To Lead All Movies In Critics' Choice Awards \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 1, 2016 \|access-date=December 1, 2016}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/tj-miller-la-la-land-hbo-2016-critics-choice-awards-the-complete-winners-list-live-1201868363/ \|title=2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache \|last2=Grobar \|first2=Matt \|last1=Lincoln \|first1=Ross A. \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 11, 2016 \|access-date=December 11, 2016}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Casey Affleck	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Lee Chandler	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Manchester by the Sea*
Joel Edgerton	Richard Loving	Loving
Andrew Garfield	Desmond T. Doss	Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling	Sebastian Wilder	La La Land
Tom Hanks	Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger	Sully
Denzel Washington	Troy Maxson	Fences
rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| 2017 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/critics-choice-awards-nominations-the-shape-of-water-dunkirk-this-is-us-netflix-1202220528/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards Nominations: 'The Shape Of Water' Leads With 14 Nods; Netflix Tops TV Contenders \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 6, 2017 \|access-date=December 6, 2017}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/critics-choice-awards-2018-winners-list-live-blog-1202241352/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape Of Water' Wins Best Picture, 'Big Little Lies' Dominates – Full Winners List \|last2=Hipes \|first2=Patrick \|last1=Hayes \|first1=Dade \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 11, 2018 \|access-date=January 11, 2018}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Gary Oldman	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Winston Churchill	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Darkest Hour*
Timothée Chalamet	Elio Perlman	Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis	Reynolds Woodcock	Phantom Thread
James Franco	Tommy Wiseau	The Disaster Artist
Jake Gyllenhaal	Jeff Bauman	Stronger
Tom Hanks	Ben Bradlee	The Post
Daniel Kaluuya	Chris Washington	Get Out
rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| 2018 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/critics-choice-awards-the-favourite-black-panther-first-man-1202516909/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards Nominations: 'The Favourite' Tops With 14, 'Black Panther' A Marvel, 'First Man' Rebounds; 'The Americans' Leads TV Series \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 10, 2018 \|access-date=December 10, 2018}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/critics-choice-awards-2019-winners-list-live-blog-1202534016/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List \|last3=Hipes \|first3=Patrick \|last2=Blyth \|first2=Antonia \|last1=de Moraes \|first1=Lisa \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 13, 2019 \|access-date=January 13, 2019}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Christian Bale	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Dick Cheney	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Vice*
Bradley Cooper	Jackson Maine	A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe	Vincent van Gogh	At Eternity's Gate
Ryan Gosling	Neil Armstrong	First Man
Ethan Hawke	Reverend Ernst Toller	First Reformed
Rami Malek	Freddie Mercury	Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen	Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga	Green Book
rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| 2019 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/critics-choice-nominations-film-tv-nominees-list-1202803785/ \|title='The Irishman', 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Lead Critics' Choice Nominations; Netflix Dominates With 61 Noms In Movies And TV \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 8, 2019 \|access-date=December 8, 2019}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/critics-choice-awards-2020-winners-list-1202828353/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List \|last2=Boucher \|last1=Ramos \|first2=Geoff \|first1=Dino-Ray \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 12, 2020 \|access-date=January 12, 2020}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Joaquin Phoenix	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Arthur Fleck / Joker	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Joker*
Antonio Banderas	Salvador Mallo	Pain and Glory
Robert De Niro	Frank Sheeran	The Irishman
Leonardo DiCaprio	Rick Dalton	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver	Charlie Barber	Marriage Story
Eddie Murphy	Rudy Ray Moore	Dolemite Is My Name
Adam Sandler	Howard Ratner	Uncut Gems

=2020s=

class="wikitable" width="70%"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:5%;"\| Year ! style="width:20%;"\| Actor ! style="width:20%;"\| Character ! style="width:25%;"\| Film
rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"\| 2020 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/mank-minari-lead-critics-choice-awards-film-nominations-chadwick-boseman-1234689332/ \|title='Mank', 'Minari' Lead Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations; Netflix Tops Studios; Chadwick Boseman Receives 4 \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=February 8, 2021 \|access-date=February 8, 2021}}{{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/critics-choice-awards-2021-complete-winners-list-1234708683/ \|title=Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List \|last=Ramos \|first=Dino-Ray \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=March 7, 2021 \|access-date=March 7, 2021}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Chadwick Boseman (posthumous)	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Levee Green	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Ma Rainey's Black Bottom*
Ben Affleck	Jack Cunningham	The Way Back
Riz Ahmed	Ruben Stone	Sound of Metal
Tom Hanks	Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd	News of the World
Anthony Hopkins	Anthony	The Father
Delroy Lindo	Paul	Da 5 Bloods
Gary Oldman	Herman J. Mankiewicz	Mank
Steven Yeun	Jacob Yi	Minari
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2021 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/critics-choice-awards-film-nominations-2022-1234889884/ \|title=Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations Led By 'Belfast' And 'West Side Story' \|last=Hammond \|first=Pete \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 13, 2021 \|access-date=December 13, 2021}}{{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/2022-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-1235203301/ \|title=Critics Choice Awards 2022: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Succession’ Win Big (Full Winners List) \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Angelique \|last2=Shanfeld \|first2=Ethan \|date=March 13, 2022 \|work=Variety \|access-date=January 16, 2023}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Will Smith	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Richard Williams	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *King Richard*
Nicolas Cage	Robin Feld	Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch	Phil Burbank	The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage	Cyrano de Bergerac	Cyrano
Andrew Garfield	Jonathan Larson	tick, tick... BOOM!
Denzel Washington	Lord Macbeth	The Tragedy of Macbeth
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" \|2022 {{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/critics-choice-awards-2023-film-nominations-1235460381/ \|title=Critics Choice Nominations: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Leads With 14, Followed by 'The Fabelmans' and 'Babylon' \|last=Davis \|first=Clayton \|date=December 14, 2022 \|work=Variety \|access-date=December 14, 2022}}{{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/critics-choice-awards-2023-winners-list-1235488828/ \|title=Critics‘ Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: ’Everything Everywhere All at Once,‘ ’Abbott Elementary‘ and ‘Better Call Saul’ Take Top Honors \|last1=Panaligan \|first1=EJ \|last2=Earl \|first2=William \|date=January 15, 2023 \|work=Variety \|access-date=January 16, 2023}}	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Brendan Fraser	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Charlie	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Whale*
Austin Butler	Elvis Presley	Elvis
Tom Cruise	Pete "Maverick" Mitchell	Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell	Pádraic Súilleabháin	The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Mescal	Calum Patterson	Aftersun
Bill Nighy	Mr. Williams	Living
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" \|2023	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Paul Giamatti	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Paul Hunham	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Holdovers*
Bradley Cooper	Leonard Bernstein	Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio	Ernest Burkhart	Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo	Bayard Rustin	Rustin
Cillian Murphy	J. Robert Oppenheimer	Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright	Thelonious "Monk" Ellison	American Fiction
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" \|2024	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Adrien Brody	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| László Tóth	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Brutalist*
Timothée Chalamet	Bob Dylan	A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig	William Lee	Queer
Colman Domingo	John "Divine G" Whitfield	Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes	Thomas Cardinal Lawrence	Conclave
Hugh Grant	Mr. Reed	Heretic

Multiple nominees

;7 nominations

Leonardo DiCaprio

;6 nominations

Ryan Gosling

;5 nominations

Russell Crowe

;4 nominations

;3 nominations

;2 nominations

Multiple winners

;3 wins

Daniel Day-Lewis
Russell Crowe (consecutive)

;2 wins

References

External links

[http://www.criticschoice.com Official website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Broadcast Film Critics Association Award For Best Actor}}

Category:Film awards for lead actor

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style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:5%;"\| Year ! style="width:20%;"\| Actor ! style="width:20%;"\| Character ! style="width:25%;"\| Film
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1995	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Kevin Bacon	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Henri Young	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Murder in the First*
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1996	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Geoffrey Rush	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| David Helfgott	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Shine*
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1997	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jack Nicholson	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Melvin Udall	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *As Good as It Gets*
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1998	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Ian McKellen	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| James Whale	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Gods and Monsters*
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| 1999	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Russell Crowe	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jeffrey Wigand	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Insider*