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| Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
 The 2024 recipient: Ralph Fiennes | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Houston Film Critics Society |
| First award | Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| Currently held by | Ralph Fiennes Conclave (2024) |
| Website | houstonfilmcritics |
The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor is an annual award given by the Houston Film Critics Society.
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis † | There Will Be Blood | Daniel Plainview |
| Casey Affleck | Gone Baby Gone | Patrick Kenzie | |
| George Clooney ‡ | Michael Clayton | Michael Clayton | |
| Emile Hirsch | Into the Wild | Chris McCandless | |
| Viggo Mortensen ‡ | Eastern Promises | Nikolai Luzhin | |
| 2008 | Sean Penn † | Milk | Harvey Milk |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Revolutionary Road | Frank Wheeler | |
| Richard Jenkins ‡ | The Visitor | Walter Vale | |
| Frank Langella ‡ | Frost/Nixon | Richard Nixon | |
| Brad Pitt ‡ | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Benjamin Button | |
| Mickey Rourke ‡ | The Wrestler | Randy "The Ram" Robinson | |
| 2009 | George Clooney ‡ | Up in the Air | Ryan Bingham |
| Jeff Bridges † | Crazy Heart | Bad Blake | |
| Morgan Freeman ‡ | Invictus | Nelson Mandela | |
| Viggo Mortensen | The Road | Man | |
| Jeremy Renner ‡ | The Hurt Locker | Sergeant First Class William James |