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.
| National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
 Current recipient: Colman Domingo | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Society of Film Critics |
| First award | Michael Caine Alfie (1966) |
| Currently held by | Colman Domingo Sing Sing (2024) |
| Website | nationalsocietyoffilmcritics |
Winners
edit1960s
edit| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| 2024 | Colman Domingo | Sing Sing | John "Divine G" Whitfield |
Multiple winners
edit- 3 wins
- Daniel Day-Lewis (1989, 2007, 2012)
- Jack Nicholson (1974, 1975, 1985)
- 2 wins
- Dustin Hoffman (1979, 1982)
- Steve Martin (1984, 1987)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Patrick Shanley (January 7, 2017). "'Moonlight' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ Hilary Lewis (January 6, 2018). "'Lady Bird' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ Katie Kilkenny (January 5, 2019). "'The Rider' Named Best Picture by the National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ Trilby Beresford; Sharareh Drury (January 4, 2020). "'Parasite' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ ‘Nomadland’ Named Best Film by National Society of Film Critics|The Wrap
- ^ National Society of Film Critics 2022 Winners List - The Hollywood Reporter
- ^ ‘TÁR’ and ‘Aftersun’ Win Big at National Society of Film Critics Awards (Complete Winners List)|IndieWire
- ^ Lewis, Hilary (2024-01-06). "National Society of Film Critics Voting Underway". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-06.