Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor
The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
Notes
- "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning performance.
- "‡" indicates an Academy Award nomination
List of winners and nominees
1990s
- 1995: Kevin Bacon - Murder in the First as Henri Young
- 1996: Geoffrey Rush - Shine as David Helfgott †
- 1997: Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall †
- 1998: Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters as James Whale ‡
- 1999: Russell Crowe - The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand ‡
2000s
2000: Russell Crowe – Gladiator as Maximus Decimus Meridius †
2001: Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind as John Nash ‡
- Sean Penn – I Am Sam as Sam Dawson ‡
- Will Smith – Ali as Muhammad Ali ‡
2002: Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York as William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting ‡
Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt as Warren Schmidt ‡
- Robin Williams – One Hour Photo as Seymour "Sy" Parrish
2003: Sean Penn – Mystic River as Jimmy Markum †
- Russell Crowe – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as Cpt. Jack Aubrey
- Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Cpt. Jack Sparrow ‡
- Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog as Amir Behrani ‡
- Bill Murray – Lost in Translation as Bob Harris ‡
2004: Jamie Foxx – Ray as Ray Charles †
- Javier Bardem – The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) as Ramón Sampedro
- Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda as Paul Rusesabagina ‡
- Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland as James Matthew Barrie ‡
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator as Howard Hughes ‡
- Paul Giamatti – Sideways as Miles Raymond
2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote as Truman Capote †
- Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man as James J. Braddock
- Terrence Howard – Hustle and Flow as DJay ‡
- Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar ‡
- Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line as Johnny Cash ‡
- David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck as Edward R. Murrow ‡
2006: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin †
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond as Danny Archer ‡
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed as Billy Costigan
- Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson as Dan Dunne ‡
- Peter O'Toole – Venus as Maurice ‡
- Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner ‡
2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview †
- George Clooney – Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton ‡
- Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Benjamin Barker/Sweeney Todd ‡
- Ryan Gosling – Lars and the Real Girl as Lars Lindstrom
- Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild as Christopher McCandless
- Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises as Nikolai Luzhin ‡
2008: Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk †
- Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino as Walt Kowalski
- Richard Jenkins – The Visitor as Walter Vale ‡
- Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon ‡
- Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button ‡
- Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson ‡
2009: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Bad Blake †
- George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham ‡
- Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer ‡
- Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela ‡
- Viggo Mortensen – The Road as the Man
- Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sgt. William James ‡
2010s
2010: Colin Firth – The King's Speech as Prince Albert, Duke of York / King George VI †
- Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Rooster Cogburn ‡
- Robert Duvall – Get Low as Felix Bush
- Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg ‡
- James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston ‡
- Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine as Dean Pereira
2011: George Clooney – The Descendants as Matthew "Matt" King ‡
- Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar as J. Edgar Hoover
- Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin †
- Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
- Ryan Gosling – Drive as The Driver
- Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane ‡
2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln †
- Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Pat Solitano ‡
- John Hawkes – The Sessions as Mark O'Brien
- Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables as Jean Valjean ‡
- Joaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie Quell ‡
- Denzel Washington – Flight as William "Whip" Whitaker ‡
2013: Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof †
- Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld ‡
- Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woody Grant ‡
- Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup ‡
- Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips as Captain Richard Phillips
- Robert Redford – All Is Lost as Our Man
2014: Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson ‡
- Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing ‡
- Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H.
- Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler as Lou Bloom
- David Oyelowo – Selma as Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking †
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- List of actors who won the Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, SAG, and Critic's Choice Award for a single performance
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