| Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
 The 2023 recipient: Paul Giamatti | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Chicago Film Critics Association |
| First awarded | Jeremy Irons Dead Ringers (1988) |
| Currently held by | Paul Giamatti The Holdovers (2023) |
| Website | www |
The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is an annual award given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Jeremy Irons | Dead Ringers | Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle |
| 1989 | Tom Cruise | Born on the Fourth of July | Ron Kovic |
| Kenneth Branagh | Henry V | Henry V | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | Christy Brown | |
| Martin Landau | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Judah Rosenthal | |
| James Spader | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Graham Dalton | |
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [5] | Chadwick Boseman | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Levee Green |
| Riz Ahmed | Sound of Metal | Ruben Stone | |
| Anthony Hopkins | The Father | Anthony | |
| Delroy Lindo | Da 5 Bloods | Paul | |
| Steven Yeun | Minari | Jacob Yi | |
| 2021 [6] | Benedict Cumberbatch | The Power of the Dog | Phil Burbank |
| Nicolas Cage | Pig | Robin "Rob" Feld | |
| Andrew Garfield | tick, tick... BOOM! | Jonathan Larson | |
| Hidetoshi Nishijima | Drive My Car | Yūsuke Kafuku | |
| Simon Rex | Red Rocket | Mikey Saber | |
| 2022 | Colin Farrell | The Banshees of Inisherin | Pádraic Súilleabháin |
| Austin Butler | Elvis | Elvis Presley | |
| Brendan Fraser | The Whale | Charlie | |
| Paul Mescal | Aftersun | Calum | |
| Bill Nighy | Living | Mr. Williams | |
| 2023 | Paul Giamatti | The Holdovers | Paul Hunham |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Killers of the Flower Moon | Ernest Burkhart | |
| Cillian Murphy | Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer | |
| Andrew Scott | All of Us Strangers | Adam | |
| Teo Yoo | Past Lives | Hae Sung |
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