Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

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The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor was an annual award given by the Toronto Film Critics Association, honouring the best performances by male actors in films.

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Winners

1990s

YearWinnerFilmRoleRef
1997 Ian Holm The Sweet Hereafter Mitchell Stephens [1]
Jack Nicholson As Good As It Gets Melvin Udall
1998 Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters James Whale [2]
Robert Duvall The Apostle Sonny Dewey
Tom Hanks Saving Private Ryan John H. Miller
1999 Kevin Spacey American Beauty Lester Burnham [3]
Jim Carrey Man on the Moon Andy Kaufman

2000s

YearWinnerFilmRoleRef
2000 Benicio del Toro Traffic Javier Rodriguez [4]
Mark Ruffalo You Can Count on Me Terry
2001 Ed Harris Pollock Jackson Pollock [5]
John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig Robinson
Jack Nicholson The Pledge Jerry Black
2002 Nicolas Cage Adaptation. Charlie and Donald Kaufman [6]
Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting
Jack Nicholson About Schmidt Warren R. Schmidt
2003 Bill Murray Lost in Translation Bob Harris [7]
2004 Paul Giamatti Sideways Miles Raymond [8]
2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote Truman Capote [9]
2006 Sacha Baron Cohen Borat Borat Sagdiyev [10]
Ryan Gosling Half Nelson Dan Dunne
Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin
2007 Viggo Mortensen Eastern Promises Nikolai Luzhin [11]
George Clooney Michael Clayton Michael Clayton
Gordon Pinsent Away from Her Grant Anderson
2008 Mickey Rourke The Wrestler Robin Ramzinski / Randy "The Ram" Robinson [12]
Sean Penn Milk Harvey Milk
Jean-Claude Van Damme JCVD Himself
2009 Nicolas Cage Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Terence McDonagh [13]
George Clooney Up in the Air Ryan Bingham
Michael Fassbender Hunger Bobby Sands
Colin Firth A Single Man George Falconer
Viggo Mortensen The Road Man

2010s

YearWinnerFilmRoleRef
2010 Jesse Eisenberg The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg [14]
Colin Firth The King's Speech King George VI
James Franco 127 Hours Aron Ralston
2011 Michael Shannon Take Shelter Curtis LaForche [15]
George Clooney The Descendants Matthew "Matt" King
Michael Fassbender Shame Brandon Sullivan
2012 Denis Lavant Holy Motors Mr. Oscar [16]
Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
Joaquin Phoenix The Master Freddie Quell
2013 Oscar Isaac Inside Llewyn Davis Llewyn Davis [17]
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club Ron Woodroof
2014 Tom Hardy Locke Ivan Locke [18]
Ralph Fiennes The Grand Budapest Hotel Monsieur Gustave H.
Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler Louis "Lou" Bloom
2015 Tom Hardy Legend The Kray Twins [19]
Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant Hugh Glass
Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs Steve Jobs
2016 Adam Driver Paterson Paterson [20]
Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea Lee Chandler
Peter Simonischek Toni Erdmann Winfried Conradi / Toni Erdmann
2017 Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread Reynolds Woodcock [21]
Timothée Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Elio Perlman
Gary Oldman Darkest Hour Winston Churchill
2018 Ethan Hawke First Reformed Reverend Ernst Toller [22]
Willem Dafoe At Eternity's Gate Vincent van Gogh
Viggo Mortensen Green Book Tony Lip
2019 Adam Driver Marriage Story Charlie Barber [23]
Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo
Adam Sandler Uncut Gems Howard Ratner

2020s

YearWinnerFilmRoleRef
2020 Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal Ruben Stone [24]
Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Levee Green
Mads Mikkelsen Another Round (Druk)Martin
2021 Denzel Washington The Tragedy of Macbeth Macbeth [25]
Benedict Cumberbatch The Power of the Dog Phil Burbank
Andrew Garfield tick, tick... BOOM! Jonathan Larson
2022 Paul Mescal Aftersun Calum Paterson [26]
Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin Pádraic Súilleabháin
Brendan Fraser The Whale Charlie

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  3. ↑ "Toronto critics pick Magnolia as best film of 1999 Yet-unreleased second picture from director of Boogie Nights follows linked stories of characters in San Fernando Valley". The Globe and Mail , December 17, 1999.
  4. ↑ Peter Howell, "Toronto critics like Lee ; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon named top movie". Toronto Star , December 21, 2000.
  5. ↑ "Memento named best picture". Calgary Herald , December 20, 2001.
  6. ↑ "Toronto critics pick Adaptation as top film". Ottawa Citizen , December 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Coppola's Lost in Translation honoured by Toronto critics". Waterloo Region Record , December 18, 2003.
  8. ↑ "Sideways named best film of 2004 by Toronto critics". Sault Star , December 17, 2004.
  9. ↑ "Cronenberg's History of Violence tops T.O. critics' best-of list". Sudbury Star , December 22, 2005.
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  13. ↑ "Basterds, Hunger top Toronto critics' picks". Waterloo Region Record , December 17, 2009.
  14. ↑ Peter Knegt, "“Social Network” Tops San Francisco and Toronto Film Critics’ Awards". IndieWire , December 14, 2010.
  15. ↑ Brian D. Johnson, "Toronto critics name 'Tree of Life' Best Picture". Maclean's , December 14, 2011.
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  18. ↑ Norman Wilner, "Toronto film critics champion Boyhood". Now , December 16, 2014.
  19. ↑ Jeremy Kay, "Toronto critics honour 'Carol'". Screen Daily , December 14, 2015.
  20. ↑ Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight". Now , December 12, 2016.
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