National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
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Current recipient: Andrew Scott
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Country United States
Presented by National Society of Film Critics
First awarded Michael Caine
Alfie (1966)
Currently held by Andrew Scott
All of Us Strangers (2023)
Website nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor is an annual award given by the National Society of Film Critics to honor the best leading actor of the year.

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Winners

1960s

YearWinnerFilmRole
1966 Michael Caine Alfie Alfred "Alfie" Elkins
1967 Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night Police Chief Bill Gillespie
1968 Per Oscarsson Hunger Pontus
1969 Jon Voight Midnight Cowboy Joe Buck

1970s

YearWinner(s)FilmRole
1970 George C. Scott Patton George S. Patton
1971 Peter Finch Sunday Bloody Sunday Daniel Hirsh
1972 Al Pacino The Godfather Michael Corleone
1973 Marlon Brando Last Tango in Paris Paul
1974 Jack Nicholson Chinatown J.J. "Jake" Gittes
The Last Detail Signalman 1st Class Billy "Badass" Buddusky
1975 Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Randle McMurphy
1976 Robert De Niro Taxi Driver Travis Bickle
1977 Art Carney The Late Show Ira Wells
1978 Gary Busey The Buddy Holly Story Buddy Holly
1979 Dustin Hoffman Agatha Wally Stanton
Kramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer

1980s

YearWinner(s)FilmRole
1980 Peter O'Toole The Stunt Man Eli Cross
1981 Burt Lancaster Atlantic City Lou Pascal
1982 Dustin Hoffman Tootsie Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
1983 Gérard Depardieu Danton Georges Danton
The Return of Martin Guerre Arnaud de Tihl
1984 Steve Martin All of Me Roger Cobb
1985 Jack Nicholson Prizzi's Honor Charley Partanna
1986 Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa George
1987 Steve Martin Roxanne Charlie "C.D." Bales
1988 Michael Keaton Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Clean and Sober Daryl Poynter
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot Christy Brown

1990s

YearWinner(s)FilmRole
1990 Jeremy Irons Reversal of Fortune Claus von Bülow
1991 River Phoenix My Own Private Idaho Mikey Waters
1992 Stephen Rea The Crying Game Fergus
1993 David Thewlis Naked Johnny
1994 Paul Newman Nobody's Fool Donald "Sully" Sullivan
1995 Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson
1996 Eddie Murphy The Nutty Professor Sherman Klump / Buddy Love
1997 Robert Duvall The Apostle Euliss "Sonny" Dewey / The Apostle E.F.
1998 Nick Nolte Affliction Wade Whitehouse
1999 Russell Crowe The Insider Jeffrey Wigand

2000s

YearWinner(s)FilmRole
2000 Javier Bardem Before Night Falls Reinaldo Arenas
2001 Gene Hackman The Royal Tenenbaums Royal Tenenbaum
2002 Adrien Brody The Pianist Władysław Szpilman
2003 Bill Murray Lost in Translation Bob Harris
2004 Jamie Foxx Collateral Max Durocher
Ray Ray Charles
2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote Truman Capote
2006 Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin
2007 Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview
2008 Sean Penn Milk Harvey Milk
2009 Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker Sergeant First Class William James

2010s

YearWinner(s)FilmRole
2010 Jesse Eisenberg The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg
2011 Brad Pitt Moneyball Billy Beane
The Tree of Life Mr. O'Brien
2012 Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
2013 Oscar Isaac Inside Llewyn Davis Llewyn Davis
2014 Timothy Spall Mr. Turner J. M. W. Turner
2015 Michael B. Jordan Creed Adonis Creed
2016 Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea Lee Chandler [1]
2017 Daniel Kaluuya Get Out Chris Washington [2]
2018 Ethan Hawke First Reformed Pastor Ernst Toller [3]
2019 Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo [4]

2020s

YearWinner(s)FilmRole
2020 Delroy Lindo Da 5 Bloods Paul [5]
2021 Hidetoshi Nishijima Drive My Car Yusuke Kafuku [6]
2022 Colin Farrell After Yang Jake [7]
The Banshees of Inisherin Pádraic Súilleabháin
2023 Andrew Scott All of Us Strangers Adam [8]

Multiple winners

3 wins
2 wins

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  4. Trilby Beresford; Sharareh Drury (January 4, 2020). "'Parasite' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  5. ‘Nomadland’ Named Best Film by National Society of Film Critics|The Wrap
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  7. ‘TÁR’ and ‘Aftersun’ Win Big at National Society of Film Critics Awards (Complete Winners List)|IndieWire
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