| San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
 Current recipient: Colman Domingo | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | San Diego Film Critics Society |
| First awarded | 1996 |
| Currently held by | Colman Domingo Sing Sing (2024) |
| Website | sdfcs |
The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor is an award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society to honor the finest male acting achievementes in film-making.
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Kenneth Branagh | Hamlet | Hamlet |
| 1997 | Jack Nicholson | As Good as It Gets | Melvin Udall |
| 1998 | Ian McKellen | Gods and Monsters | James Whale |
| 1999 | Kevin Spacey | American Beauty | Lester Burnham |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Russell Crowe | Gladiator | Maximus Decimus Meridius |
| 2001 | Guy Pearce | Memento | Leonard |
| 2002 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Gangs of New York | William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting |
| 2003 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Dirty Pretty Things | Okwe |
| 2004 | Jim Carrey | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Joel Barish |
| 2005 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Capote | Truman Capote |
| 2006 | Ken Takakura | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (Qian li zou dan qi) | Gou-ichi Takata |
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | Daniel Plainview |
| 2008 | Mickey Rourke | The Wrestler | Randy Robinson |
| 2009 | Colin Firth | A Single Man | George Falconer |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colin Farrell | Ondine | Syracuse |
| 2011 | Michael Shannon | Take Shelter | Curtis LaForche |
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| 2013 | Oscar Isaac | Inside Llewyn Davis | Llewyn Davis |
| 2014 | Jake Gyllenhaal | Nightcrawler | Lou Bloom |
| 2015 | Leonardo DiCaprio | The Revenant | Hugh Glass |
| 2016 | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea | Lee Chandler |
| 2017 | James McAvoy | Split | Kevin Wendell Crumb |
| 2018 | Ethan Hawke | First Reformed | Pastor Ernst Toller |
| 2019 | Adam Driver (tie) | Marriage Story | Charlie Barber |
| Joaquin Phoenix (tie) | Joker | Arthur Fleck |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Riz Ahmed | Sound of Metal | Ruben Stone |
| 2021 | Nicolas Cage | Pig (2021 film) | Rob Feld |
| 2022 | Colin Farrell | The Banshees of Inisherin | Pádraic Súilleabháin |
| 2023 | Jeffrey Wright | American Fiction | Thelonious "Monk" Ellison |
| 2024 | Colman Domingo | Sing Sing | John "Divine G" Whitfield |
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