Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Solo Performance |
Location | New York City |
Presented by | Outer Critics Circle |
Currently held by | Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray (2025) |
Website | OuterCriticsCircle.org |
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance is an honor presented at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, a ceremony established in 1950 for excellence in Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, to actors for quality leading roles in a play, whether a new production or a revival. The award was first presented in the 1994-1995 season.
John Leguizamo has won the award two times out of three nominations, while Mike Birbiglia has received the most nominations with five (including one win).
Year | Actor | Project | Ref. |
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1995 | |||
James Lescene | Word of Mouth | [1] | |
1996 | |||
Patti Lupone | Patti Lupone on Broadway | [2] | |
1997 | |||
Felix A. Pire | Men on the Verge of a His-panic Breakdown | [3] | |
1998 | |||
John Leguizamo | Freak | [4] | |
Danny Hoch | Jails, Hospitals and Hip Hop | ||
Lewis Black | Black Humor | ||
1999 | |||
David Hare | Via Dolorosa | [5] | |
James Naughton | James Naughton: Street of Dreams | ||
Lisa Kron | 2.5 Minute Ride | ||
Dan Gordon | A Night in November |
Year | Actor | Project | Ref. |
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2000 (tie) | |||
Olympia Dukakis | Rose | [6] | |
Mark Setlock | Fully Committed | ||
Mark Linn-Baker | Chesapeake | ||
Marc Wolf | Another American Asking and Telling | ||
2001 | |||
Pamela Gien | The Syringa Tree | [7] | |
Brian D'Arcy James | The Good Thief | ||
Bill Irwin | Texts for Nothing | ||
Tovah Feldshuh | Tallulah Hallelujah | ||
2002 | |||
Elaine Stritch | Elaine Stritch at Liberty | [8] | |
John Leguizamo | Sexaholix | ||
Kevin Bacon | An Almost Holy Picture | ||
Charles Nelson Reilly | Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly | ||
2003 | |||
Frank Gorshin | Say Goodnight, Gracie | [9] | |
Tovah Feldshuh | Golda's Balcony | ||
Charlayne Woodard | In Real Life | ||
Kate Mulgrew | Tea at Five | ||
2004 | |||
Jefferson Mays | I Am My Own Wife | [10] | |
Martin Moran | The Tricky Part | ||
Sarah Jones | Bridge and Tunnel | ||
Angelica Torn | Edge | ||
2005 | |||
Billy Crystal | 700 Sundays | [11] | |
Heather Raffo | Nine Parts of Desire | ||
Gareth Armstrong | Shylock | ||
Mercedes Ruehl | Woman Before a Glass | ||
2006 | |||
Antony Sher | Primo | [12] | |
Marga Gomez | Los Big Names | ||
Jack Holmes | RFK | ||
Steven Fales | Steven Fales: Confessions of a Mormon Boy | ||
2007 | |||
Nilaja Sun | No Child... | [13] | |
Daniel Beaty | Emergen-See | ||
Jay Johnson | Jay Johnson: The Two & Only! | ||
Ed Harris | Wrecks | ||
2008 | |||
Laurence Fishburne | Thurgood | [14] | |
Chazz Palminteri | A Bronx Tale | ||
Stephen Lang | Beyond Glory | ||
April Yvette Thompson | Liberty City | ||
2009 | |||
Lorenzo Pisoni | Humor Abuse | [15] | |
Matt Sax | Clay | ||
Mike Daisey | If You See Something, Say Something | ||
Mike Burstyn | Lansky | ||
Mike Birbiglia | Sleepwalk With Me |
Year | Actor | Project | Ref. |
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2010 | |||
Carrie Fisher | Wishful Drinking | [16] | |
Anna Deavere Smith | Let Me Down Easy | ||
Jim Brochu | Zero Hour | ||
Judith Ivey | The Lady With All The Answers | ||
2011 | |||
John Leguizamo | Ghetto Klown | [17] | |
Mike Birbiglia | Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend | ||
Michael Shannon | Mistakes Were Made | ||
Daniel Beaty | Through the Night | ||
2012 | |||
Denis O'Hare | An Iliad | [18] | |
Stephen Spinella | An Iliad | ||
Judy Gold | My Life As a Sitcom | ||
David Greenspan | The Patsy | ||
2013 | |||
Holland Taylor | Ann | [19] | |
Martin Moran | All The Rage | ||
Fiona Shaw | The Testament of Mary | ||
Michael Urie | Buyer & Cellar | ||
Bette Midler | I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers | ||
2014 | |||
John Douglas Thompson | Satchmo at the Waldorf | [20] | |
Alexandra Silber | Arlington | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson | How I Learned What I Learned | ||
Debra Jo Rupp | Becoming Dr. Ruth | ||
Jim Brochu | Character Man | ||
2015 | |||
Jim Dale | Just Jim Dale | [21] | |
Cush Jumbo | Josephine and I | ||
Joe Assadourian | The Bullpen | ||
Benjamin Scheuer | The Lion | ||
Tom Dugan | Wiesenthal | ||
2016 | |||
James Lecesne | The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey | [22] | |
Daphne Rubin-Vega | Empanada Loca | ||
Anne Hathaway | Grounded | ||
Kathleen Chalfant | Rose | ||
Mike Birbiglia | Thank God for Jokes | ||
2017 | |||
Simon McBurney | The Encounter | [23] | |
Judith Light | All the Ways to Say I Love You | ||
Ed Dixon | Georgie: My Adventures with George Ross | ||
Marin Ireland | On the Exhale | ||
Sarah Jones | Sell/Buy/Date | ||
2018 | |||
Billy Crudup | Harry Clarke | [24] | |
Sharon Washington | Feeding the Dragon | ||
Eve Ensler | In the Body of the World | ||
John Lithgow | John Lithgow: Stories by Heart | ||
Alison Fraser | Squeamish | ||
2019 | |||
Mike Birbiglia | The New One | [25] | |
Jake Gyllenhaal | A Life | ||
Maddie Corman | Accidentally Brave | ||
Carey Mulligan | Girls & Boys | ||
Renee Taylor | My Life on a Diet |
Year | Actor | Project | Ref. |
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2020 (Hon.) | David Cale | We're Only Alive For a Short Amount of Time | [26] |
Laura Linney | My Name Is Lucy Barton | ||
Aedin Moloney | Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom | ||
Deirdre O'Connell | Dana H. | ||
Michael Benjamin Washington | Fires in the Mirror | ||
2021 | No awards given due to COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
2022 | |||
Kristina Wong | Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord | [27] | |
Arturo Luís Soria | Ni Mi Madre | ||
Jenn Murray | A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing | ||
Alex Edelman | Just for Us | ||
2023 | |||
Jodie Comer | Prima Facie | [28] | |
Jefferson Mays | A Christmas Carol | ||
Sam Morrison | Sugar Daddy | ||
Mike Birbiglia | The Old Man and the Pool | ||
Anthony Rapp | Without You | ||
2024 | |||
Patrick Page | All the Devils Are Here | [29] | |
John Rubenstein | Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground | ||
Eddie Izzard | Hamlet | ||
Mona Pirnot | I Love You So Much I Could Die | ||
Robert Montano | Small | ||
2025 | |||
Sarah Snook | The Picture of Dorian Gray | [30] | |
Sam Kissajukian | 300 Paintings | ||
Khawla Ibraheem | A Knock on the Roof | ||
David Greenspan | I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan | ||
Andrew Scott | Vanya |