Hollywood Film Award for Best Actor

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The Hollywood Actor Award is a category of the Hollywood Film Awards held annually since 1999.

YearWinnerFilm(s)Role
1999 Jackie Chan
2000 Russell Crowe The Insider Jeffrey Wigand
2001 Ewan McGregor Black Hawk Down / Moulin Rouge! SPC John "Grimesey" Grimes / Christian
2002 Tom Hanks
2003 Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Captain Jack Sparrow
2004 Leonardo DiCaprio The Aviator Howard Hughes
2005 Joaquin Phoenix Walk the Line Johnny Cash
2006 Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin
2007 Richard Gere
2008 Josh Brolin W. President George W. Bush
2009 Robert De Niro Everybody's Fine Frank Goode
2010 Robert Duvall Get Low Felix Bush
2011 George Clooney The Descendants Matthew King
2012 Bradley Cooper Silver Linings Playbook Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr.
2013 Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club Ron Woodroof
2014 Benedict Cumberbatch The Imitation Game Alan Turing
2015 Will Smith Concussion Bennet Omalu
2016 Tom Hanks Sully Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
2017 Jake Gyllenhaal Stronger Jeff Bauman
2018 Hugh Jackman The Front Runner Gary Hart
2019 Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo

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