LAFCA – Best Actor

List of winners and nominees for the LAFCA Award - Best Actor!

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2019 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Pain and Glory

Antonio Banderas

2018 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

First Reformed

Ethan Hawke

2017 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Call Me by Your Name

Timothée Chalamet

2016 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Paterson

Adam Driver

2015 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Steve Jobs

Michael Fassbender

2014 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Locke

Tom Hardy

2013 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Nebraska

Bruce Dern

2012 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

The Master

Joaquin Phoenix

2011 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Shame

Michael Fassbender

2010 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

The King’s Speech

Colin Firth

2009 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges

2008 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Milk

Sean Penn

2007 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

There Will Be Blood

Daniel Day-Lewis

2006 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Sacha Baron Cohen

2006 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

The Last King of Scotland

Forest Whitaker

2005 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Capote

Philip Seymour Hoffman

2004 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Kinsey

Liam Neeson

2003 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Lost in Translation

Bill Murray

2002 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

About Schmidt

Jack Nicholson

2002 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Gangs of New York

Daniel Day-Lewis

2001 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Training Day

Denzel Washington

2000 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Wonder Boys

Michael Douglas

1999 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

The Insider

Russell Crowe

1998 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Gods and Monsters

Ian McKellen

1997 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

The Apostle

Robert Duvall

1996 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Shine

Geoffrey Rush

1995 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Leaving Las Vegas

Nicolas Cage

1994 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Pulp Fiction

John Travolta

1993 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Shadowlands

Anthony Hopkins

1992 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood

1991 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

The Prince of Tides

Nick Nolte

1990 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Reversal of Fortune

Jeremy Irons

1989 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

My Left Foot

Daniel Day-Lewis

1988 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Big

Tom Hanks

1987 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Ironweed

Jack Nicholson

1987 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Roxanne

Steve Martin

1986 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Mona Lisa

Bob Hoskins

1985 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Kiss of the Spider Woman

William Hurt

1984 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Amadeus

F. Murray Abraham

1984 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Under the Volcano

Albert Finney

1983 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Tender Mercies

Robert Duvall

1982 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Gandhi

Ben Kingsley

1981 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Atlantic City

Burt Lancaster

1980 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Raging Bull

Robert De Niro

1979 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Kramer vs. Kramer

Dustin Hoffman

1978 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Coming Home

Jon Voight

1977 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

The Goodbye Girl

Richard Dreyfuss

1976 LAFCA Award – Best Actor

Taxi Driver

Robert De Niro