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2019 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Joker Joaquin Phoenix](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/joker-todd-phillips-image.jpg)
Joker
Joaquin Phoenix
2018 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Vice Christian Bale](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/vice-image.jpg)
Vice
Christian Bale
2017 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Darkest Hour Gary Oldman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/darkest-hour-joe-wright-image.jpg)
Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman
2016 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/manchester-by-the-sea-kenneth-lonergan-image.jpg)
Manchester by the Sea
Casey Affleck
2016 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![The Revenant Leonardo DiCaprio](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-revenant-image.jpg)
The Revenant
Leonardo DiCaprio
2015 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Michael Keaton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance-image.jpg)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Michael Keaton
2014 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Dallas Buyers Club Matthew McConaughey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dallas-buyers-club-jean-marc-vallee-image.jpg)
Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey
2013 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lincoln-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis
2012 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![The Descendants George Clooney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-descendants-image.jpg)
The Descendants
George Clooney
2011 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![The King's Speech Colin Firth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-kings-speech-tom-hooper-image.jpg)
The King’s Speech
Colin Firth
2010 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crazy-heart-scott-cooper-image.jpg)
Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges
2009 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Milk Sean Penn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/milk-gus-van-sant-image.jpg)
Milk
Sean Penn
2008 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![There Will Be Blood Daniel Day-Lewis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/there-will-be-blood-paul-thomas-anderson-image.jpg)
There Will Be Blood
Daniel Day-Lewis
2007 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![The Last King of Scotland Forest Whitaker](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-king-of-scotland-kevin-macdonald-image.jpg)
The Last King of Scotland
Forest Whitaker
2006 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/capote-image.jpg)
Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Ray Jamie Foxx](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ray-taylor-hackford-image.jpg)
Ray
Jamie Foxx
2004 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Mystic River Sean Penn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mystic-river-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Mystic River
Sean Penn
2003 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![About Schmidt Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/about-schmidt-image.jpg)
About Schmidt
Jack Nicholson
2003 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Gangs of New York Daniel Day-Lewis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gangs-of-new-york-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Gangs of New York
Daniel Day-Lewis
2002 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![A Beautiful Mind Russell Crowe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-beautiful-mind-ron-howard-image.jpg)
A Beautiful Mind
Russell Crowe
2001 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Gladiator Russell Crowe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gladiator-ridley-scott-image.jpg)
Gladiator
Russell Crowe
2000 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![The Insider Russell Crowe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-insider-michael-mann-image.jpg)
The Insider
Russell Crowe
1999 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Gods and Monsters Ian McKellen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gods-and-monsters-image.jpg)
Gods and Monsters
Ian McKellen
1998 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![As Good as It Gets Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/as-good-as-it-gets-james-l.-brooks-image.jpg)
As Good as It Gets
Jack Nicholson
1997 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Shine Geoffrey Rush](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shine-scott-hicks-image.jpg)
Shine
Geoffrey Rush
1996 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
![Murder in the First Kevin Bacon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/murder-in-the-first-marc-rocco-image.jpg)