NBR – Best Actor

List of winners and nominees for the National Board of Review - Best Actor!

Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!

2019 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Uncut Gems

Adam Sandler

2018 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Green Book

Viggo Mortensen

2017 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Post

Tom Hanks

2016 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Manchester by the Sea

Casey Affleck

2015 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Martian

Matt Damon

2014 National Board of Review – Best Actor

A Most Violent Year

Oscar Isaac

2013 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Nebraska

Bruce Dern

2012 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Silver Linings Playbook

Bradley Cooper

2011 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Descendants

George Clooney

2010 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Social Network

Jesse Eisenberg

2009 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Invictus

Morgan Freeman

2008 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood

2007 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Michael Clayton

George Clooney

2006 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Last King of Scotland

Forest Whitaker

2005 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Capote

Philip Seymour Hoffman

2004 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Ray

Jamie Foxx

2003 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Mystic River

Sean Penn

2002 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Roger Dodger

Campbell Scott

2001 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Monster’s Ball

Billy Bob Thornton

2000 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Before Night Falls

Javier Bardem

1999 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Insider

Russell Crowe

1998 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Gods and Monsters

Ian McKellen

1997 National Board of Review – Best Actor

As Good as It Gets

Jack Nicholson

1996 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Jerry Maguire

Tom Cruise

1995 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Leaving Las Vegas

Nicolas Cage

1994 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Forrest Gump

Tom Hanks

1993 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Shadowlands

Anthony Hopkins

1992 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Glengarry Glen Ross

Jack Lemmon

1991 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Bugsy

Warren Beatty

1990 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Awakenings

Robin Williams

1989 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Driving Miss Daisy

Morgan Freeman

1988 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Mississippi Burning

Gene Hackman

1987 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Wall Street

Michael Douglas

1986 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Color of Money

Paul Newman

1985 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Kiss of the Spider Woman

William Hurt

1985 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Raul Julia

1984 National Board of Review – Best Actor

A Passage to India

Victor Banerjee

1983 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Reuben, Reuben

Tom Conti

1982 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Gandhi

Ben Kingsley

1981 National Board of Review – Best Actor

On Golden Pond

Henry Fonda

1980 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Raging Bull

Robert De Niro

1979 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Being There

Peter Sellers

1978 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Coming Home

Jon Voight

1977 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Saturday Night Fever

John Travolta

1976 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Bound for Glory

David Carradine

1975 National Board of Review – Best Actor

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Jack Nicholson

1974 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Conversation

Gene Hackman

1973 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Serpico

Al Pacino

1972 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The French Connection

Gene Hackman

1971 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Patton

George C. Scott

1970 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Peter O’Toole

1969 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Charly

Cliff Robertson

1968 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Far from the Madding Crowd

Peter Finch

1967 National Board of Review – Best Actor

A Man for All Seasons

Paul Scofield

1966 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Cat Ballou

Lee Marvin

1964 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Zorba the Greek

Anthony Quinn

1963 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Cleopatra

Rex Harrison

1962 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Jason Robards

1961 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Albert Finney

1960 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Home from the Hill

Robert Mitchum

1959 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Wild Strawberries

Victor Sjöström

1958 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Old Man and the Sea

Spencer Tracy

1957 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Alec Guinness

1956 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The King and I

Yul Brynner

1955 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Marty

Ernest Borgnine

1954 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Country Girl

Bing Crosby

1953 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Face to Face

James Mason

1952 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Sound Barrier

Ralph Richardson

1951 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Fourteen Hours

Richard Basehart

1950 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Alec Guinness

1949 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Heiress

Ralph Richardson

1948 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Walter Huston

1947 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Mourning Becomes Electra

Michael Redgrave

1946 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Henry V

Laurence Olivier

1945 National Board of Review – Best Actor

The Lost Weekend

Ray Milland

1944 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Gaslight

Ingrid Bergman

1943 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Happy Land

Harry Morgan

1942 National Board of Review – Best Actor

49th Parallel

Anton Walbrook

1941 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Birth of the Blues

Bing Crosby

1940 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Escape

Conrad Veidt

1939 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Francis Lederer

1938 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Algiers

Joseph Calleia

1937 National Board of Review – Best Actor

Baltic Deputy

Nikolay Cherkasov