London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year

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The London Film Critics Circle Award for British/Irish Actor of the Year in an annual award given by the London Film Critics Circle.

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Winners

1990s

YearWinnerFilmRole
1991 Alan Rickman Close My Eyes , Truly, Madly, Deeply , Quigley Down Under , and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Sinclair Bryant, Jamie, Elliot Marston, and Sheriff of Nottingham
1992 Daniel Day-Lewis The Last of the Mohicans Hawkeye / Nathaniel Poe
1993 David Thewlis Naked Johnny
1994 Ralph Fiennes Schindler's List Amon Goeth
1995 Nigel Hawthorne The Madness of King George King George III
1996 Ewan McGregor Trainspotting , Brassed Off , Emma , and The Pillow Book Mark Renton, Andy Barrow, Frank Churchill, and Jerome
Ian McKellen Richard III Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and King Richard III
1997 Robert Carlyle The Full Monty , Face , and Carla's Song Gary “Gaz” Schofield, Ray, and George Lennox
1998 Brendan Gleeson The General Martin Cahill
1999 Jeremy Northam Happy, Texas , An Ideal Husband , and The Winslow Boy Harry Sawyer, Sir Robert Chiltern, and Sir Robert Morton

2000s

YearWinnerFilmRole
2000 Jim Broadbent Topsy-Turvy W. S. Gilbert
2001 Ewan McGregor Moulin Rouge! Christian
2002 Hugh Grant About a Boy Will Freeman
2003 Paul Bettany Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Dr. Stephen Maturin
2004 Daniel Craig Enduring Love Joe Rose
2005 Ralph Fiennes The Constant Gardener Justin Quayle
2006 Toby Jones Infamous Truman Capote
2007 James McAvoy Atonement Robbie Turner
2008 Michael Fassbender Hunger Bobby Sands
2009 Colin Firth A Single Man George Falconer

2010s

YearWinnerFilmRole
2010 Christian Bale The Fighter Dick “Dicky” Eklund
2011 Michael Fassbender A Dangerous Method and Shame Carl Jung and Brandon Sullivan
2012 Toby Jones Berberian Sound Studio Gilderoy
2013 James McAvoy Filth , Trance , and Welcome to the Punch Bruce Robertson, Simon Newton, and Max Lewinsky
2014 Timothy Spall Mr. Turner J. M. W. Turner
2015 Tom Hardy Legend , London Road , Mad Max: Fury Road , and The Revenant Ronnie Kray and Reggie Kray, Mark, Max Rockatansky, and John Fitzgerald
2016 Andrew Garfield Hacksaw Ridge and Silence Desmond T. Doss and Father Sebastião Rodrigues
2017 Daniel Kaluuya Get Out Chris Washington
2018 Rupert Everett The Happy Prince Oscar Wilde
2019 Robert Pattinson High Life , The King and The Lighthouse Monte, The Dauphin and Ephraim Winslow

2020s

YearWinnerFilmRole
2020 Riz Ahmed Mogul Mowgli and Sound of Metal Zed and Ruben Stone
2021 Andrew Garfield The Eyes of Tammy Faye , Mainstream , Spider-Man: No Way Home and Tick, Tick... Boom! Jim Bakker, Link, Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Jonathan Larson
2022 Bill Nighy Living Mr. Rodney Williams

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