| Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
 Current recipient: Paul Giamatti | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Boston Society of Film Critics |
| First awarded | Robert De Niro Raging Bull (1980) |
| Currently held by | Paul Giamatti The Holdovers (2023) |
| Website | bostonfilmcritics |
The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best (Lead) Actor is one of the annual film awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Robert De Niro | Raging Bull | Jake LaMotta |
| 1981 | Burt Lancaster | Atlantic City | Lou Pascal |
| 1982 | Dustin Hoffman | Tootsie | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels |
| 1983 | Eric Roberts | Star 80 | Paul Snider |
| 1984 | Haing S. Ngor | The Killing Fields | Dith Pran |
| 1985 | Jack Nicholson | Prizzi's Honor | Charley Partanna |
| 1986 | Bob Hoskins | Mona Lisa | George |
| 1987 | Albert Brooks | Broadcast News | Aaron Altman |
| 1988 | Daniel Day-Lewis | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Tomas |
| 1989 | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | Christy Brown |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Jeremy Irons | Reversal of Fortune | Claus von Bülow |
| 1991 | Nick Nolte | The Prince of Tides | Tom Wingo |
| 1992 | Denzel Washington | Malcolm X | Malcolm X |
| 1993 | Daniel Day-Lewis | In the Name of the Father | Gerard “Gerry” Conlon |
| 1994 | Albert Finney | The Browning Version | Andrew Crocker-Harris |
| 1995 | Nicolas Cage | Leaving Las Vegas | Ben Sanderson |
| 1996 | Geoffrey Rush | Shine | David Helfgott |
| 1997 | Al Pacino | Donnie Brasco | Benjamin “Lefty” Ruggiero |
| 1998 | Brendan Gleeson | The General | Martin Cahill |
| I Went Down | Bunny Kelly | ||
| 1999 | Jim Carrey | Man on the Moon | Andy Kaufman / Tony Clifton |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Colin Farrell | Tigerland | Private Roland Bozz |
| 2001 | Brian Cox | L.I.E. | Big John Harrigan |
| Denzel Washington | Training Day | Detective Alonzo Harris | |
| 2002 | Adrien Brody | The Pianist | Władysław “Wladek” Szpilman |
| 2003 | Bill Murray | Lost in Translation | Bob Harris |
| 2004 | Jamie Foxx | Ray | Ray Charles |
| 2005 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Capote | Truman Capote |
| 2006 | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin |
| 2007 | Frank Langella | Starting Out in the Evening | Leonard Schiller |
| 2008 | Sean Penn | Milk | Harvey Milk |
| Mickey Rourke | The Wrestler | Robin Ramzinski | |
| 2009 | Jeremy Renner | The Hurt Locker | SFC. William James |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jesse Eisenberg | The Social Network | Mark Zuckerberg |
| 2011 | Brad Pitt | Moneyball [1] | Billy Beane |
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| 2013 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup |
| 2014 | Michael Keaton | Birdman | Riggan Thomson |
| 2015 | Paul Dano | Love & Mercy | Brian Wilson |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | The Revenant | Hugh Glass | |
| 2016 | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea | Lee Chandler |
| 2017 | Daniel Kaluuya | Get Out | Chris Washington |
| 2018 | John C. Reilly | Stan & Ollie | Oliver Hardy |
| 2019 | Adam Sandler | Uncut Gems [2] | Howard Ratner |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Anthony Hopkins | The Father [3] | Anthony Evans |
| 2021 | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Drive My Car | Yūsuke Kafuku |
| 2022 | Colin Farrell | The Banshees of Inisherin | Pádraic Súilleabháin |
| After Yang | Jake | ||
| 2023 | Paul Giamatti | The Holdovers | Paul Hunham |
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