Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Movie |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | Critics Choice Association |
Currently held by | Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers (2023) |
Website | 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.
Year | Actor | Character | Film |
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1995 | Kevin Bacon | Henri Young | Murder in the First |
1996 | Geoffrey Rush | David Helfgott | Shine |
1997 | Jack Nicholson | Melvin Udall | As Good as It Gets |
1998 | Ian McKellen | James Whale | Gods and Monsters |
1999 | Russell Crowe | Jeffrey Wigand | The Insider |
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