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2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Pain and Glory Antonio Banderas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pain-and-glory-pedro-almodovar-image.jpg)
Pain and Glory
Antonio Banderas
2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![First Reformed Ethan Hawke](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/first-reformed-paul-schrader-image.jpg)
First Reformed
Ethan Hawke
2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Call Me by Your Name Timothée Chalamet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/call-me-by-your-name-luca-guadagnino-image.jpg)
Call Me by Your Name
Timothée Chalamet
2016 New York Film Critics Circle 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
2015 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Spotlight Michael Keaton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/spotlight-tom-mccarthy-image.jpg)
Spotlight
Michael Keaton
2014 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Mr. Turner Timothy Spall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mr.-turner-mike-leigh-image.jpg)
Mr. Turner
Timothy Spall
2013 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![All Is Lost Robert Redford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-is-lost-j.c.-chandor-image.jpg)
All Is Lost
Robert Redford
2012 New York Film Critics Circle 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
2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Moneyball Brad Pitt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moneyball-image.jpg)
Moneyball
Brad Pitt
2010 New York Film Critics Circle 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
2009 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Up in the Air George Clooney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/up-in-the-air-jason-reitman-image.jpg)
Up in the Air
George Clooney
2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Milk Sean Penn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/milk-gus-van-sant-image.jpg)
Milk
Sean Penn
2007 New York Film Critics Circle 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
2006 New York Film Critics Circle 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
2005 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Brokeback Mountain Heath Ledger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brokeback-mountain-image.jpg)
Brokeback Mountain
Heath Ledger
2004 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Sideways Paul Giamatti](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sideways-image.jpg)
Sideways
Paul Giamatti
2003 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Lost in Translation Bill Murray](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lost-in-translation-sofia-coppola-image.jpg)
Lost in Translation
Bill Murray
2002 New York Film Critics Circle 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
2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![In the Bedroom Tom Wilkinson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-bedroom-todd-field-image.jpg)
In the Bedroom
Tom Wilkinson
2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Cast Away Tom Hanks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cast-away-robert-zemeckis-image.jpg)
Cast Away
Tom Hanks
1999 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The Straight Story Richard Farnsworth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-straight-story-david-lynch-image.jpg)
The Straight Story
Richard Farnsworth
1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Affliction Nick Nolte](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/affliction-paul-schrader-image.jpg)
Affliction
Nick Nolte
1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Ulee's Gold Peter Fonda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ulees-gold-victor-nunez-image.jpg)
Ulee’s Gold
Peter Fonda
1996 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Shine Geoffrey Rush](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shine-scott-hicks-image.jpg)
Shine
Geoffrey Rush
1995 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Leaving Las Vegas Nicolas Cage](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/leaving-las-vegas-mike-figgis-image.jpg)
Leaving Las Vegas
Nicolas Cage
1994 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Nobody's Fool Paul Newman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/nobodys-fool-robert-benton-image.jpg)
Nobody’s Fool
Paul Newman
1993 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Naked David Thewlis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/naked-mike-leigh-image.jpg)
Naked
David Thewlis
1992 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Malcolm X Denzel Washington](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/malcolm-x-spike-lee-image.jpg)
Malcolm X
Denzel Washington
1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The Silence of the Lambs Anthony Hopkins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-silence-of-the-lambs-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins
1990 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Goodfellas Robert De Niro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/goodfellas-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Goodfellas
Robert De Niro
1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![My Left Foot Daniel Day-Lewis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-left-foot-jim-sheridan-image.jpg)
My Left Foot
Daniel Day-Lewis
1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Dead Ringers Jeremy Irons](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dead-ringers-david-cronenberg-image.jpg)
Dead Ringers
Jeremy Irons
1987 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The Witches of Eastwick Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-witches-of-eastwick-george-miller-image.jpg)
The Witches of Eastwick
Jack Nicholson
1986 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Mona Lisa Bob Hoskins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mona-lisa-neil-jordan-image.jpg)
Mona Lisa
Bob Hoskins
1985 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Prizzi's Honor Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/prizzis-honor-john-huston-image.jpg)
Prizzi’s Honor
Jack Nicholson
1984 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![All of Me Steve Martin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-of-me-carl-reiner-image.jpg)
All of Me
Steve Martin
1983 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Tender Mercies Robert Duvall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tender-mercies-image.jpg)
Tender Mercies
Robert Duvall
1982 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Gandhi Ben Kingsley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gandhi-richard-attenborough-image.jpg)
Gandhi
Ben Kingsley
1981 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Atlantic City Burt Lancaster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/atlantic-city-louis-malle-image.jpg)
Atlantic City
Burt Lancaster
1980 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Raging Bull Robert De Niro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/raging-bull-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Raging Bull
Robert De Niro
1979 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Kramer vs. Kramer Dustin Hoffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kramer-vs.-kramer-robert-benton-image.jpg)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Dustin Hoffman
1978 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Coming Home Jon Voight](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coming-home-hal-ashby-image.jpg)
Coming Home
Jon Voight
1977 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Providence John Gielgud](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/providence-alain-resnais-image.jpg)
Providence
John Gielgud
1976 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Taxi Driver Robert De Niro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/taxi-driver-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Taxi Driver
Robert De Niro
1975 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-milos-forman-image.jpg)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Jack Nicholson
1974 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Chinatown Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/chinatown-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
Chinatown
Jack Nicholson
1974 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Last Tango in Paris Marlon Brando](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/last-tango-in-paris-image.jpg)
Last Tango in Paris
Marlon Brando
1973 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Sleuth Laurence Olivier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sleuth-joseph-l.-mankiewicz-image.jpg)
Sleuth
Laurence Olivier
1971 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The French Connection Gene Hackman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-french-connection-william-friedkin-image.jpg)
The French Connection
Gene Hackman
1970 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Patton George C. Scott](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/patton-franklin-j.-schaffner-image.jpg)
Patton
George C. Scott
1969 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Midnight Cowboy Jon Voight](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/midnight-cowboy-john-schlesinger-image.jpg)
Midnight Cowboy
Jon Voight
1968 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Alan Arkin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter-robert-ellis-miller-image.jpg)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Alan Arkin
1967 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![In the Heat of the Night Rod Steiger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-heat-of-the-night-norman-jewison-image.jpg)
In the Heat of the Night
Rod Steiger
1966 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![A Man for All Seasons Paul Scofield](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-man-for-all-seasons-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
A Man for All Seasons
Paul Scofield
1965 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Ship of Fools Oskar Werner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ship-of-fools-stanley-kramer-image.jpg)
Ship of Fools
Oskar Werner
1964 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![My Fair Lady Rex Harrison](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-fair-lady-george-cukor-image.jpg)
My Fair Lady
Rex Harrison
1963 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Tom Jones Albert Finney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tom-jones-tony-richardson-image.jpg)
Tom Jones
Albert Finney
1961 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/judgment-at-nuremberg-stanley-kramer-image.jpg)
Judgment at Nuremberg
Maximilian Schell
1960 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Elmer Gantry Burt Lancaster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/elmer-gantry-richard-brooks-image.jpg)
Elmer Gantry
Burt Lancaster
1959 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Anatomy of a Murder James Stewart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anatomy-of-a-murder-otto-preminger-image.jpg)
Anatomy of a Murder
James Stewart
1958 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Separate Tables David Niven](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/separate-tables-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
Separate Tables
David Niven
1957 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The Bridge on the River Kwai Alec Guinness](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alec Guinness
1956 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Lust for Life Kirk Douglas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lust-for-life-vincente-minnelli-george-cukorco-director-image.jpg)
Lust for Life
Kirk Douglas
1955 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Marty Ernest Borgnine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marty-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
Marty
Ernest Borgnine
1954 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![On the Waterfront Marlon Brando](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-the-waterfront-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando
1953 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![From Here to Eternity Burt Lancaster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/from-here-to-eternity-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster
1952 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The Sound Barrier Ralph Richardson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sound-barrier-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Sound Barrier
Ralph Richardson
1951 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Bright Victory Arthur Kennedy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bright-victory-mark-robson-image.jpg)
Bright Victory
Arthur Kennedy
1950 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Twelve O'Clock High Gregory Peck](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/twelve-oclock-high-henry-king-image.jpg)
Twelve O’Clock High
Gregory Peck
1949 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![All the King's Men Broderick Crawford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-the-kings-men-robert-rossen-image.jpg)
All the King’s Men
Broderick Crawford
1948 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Hamlet Laurence Olivier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hamlet-laurence-olivier-image.jpg)
Hamlet
Laurence Olivier
1947 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Life with Father William Powell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/life-with-father-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Life with Father
William Powell
1946 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Henry V Laurence Olivier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/henry-v-laurence-olivier-image.jpg)
Henry V
Laurence Olivier
1945 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The Lost Weekend Ray Milland](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lost-weekend-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Lost Weekend
Ray Milland
1944 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Going My Way Barry Fitzgerald](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/going-my-way-leo-mccarey-image.jpg)
Going My Way
Barry Fitzgerald
1943 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Watch on the Rhine Paul Lukas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/watch-on-the-rhine-herman-shumlin-hal-mohr-image.jpg)
Watch on the Rhine
Paul Lukas
1942 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Yankee Doodle Dandy James Cagney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/yankee-doodle-dandy-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
James Cagney
1941 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Sergeant York Gary Cooper](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sergeant-york-howard-hawks-image.jpg)
Sergeant York
Gary Cooper
1940 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The Great Dictator Charles Chaplin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-great-dictator-charles-chaplin-image.jpg)
The Great Dictator
Charles Chaplin
1939 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Mr. Smith Goes to Washington James Stewart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mr.-smith-goes-to-washington-frank-capra-image.jpg)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
James Stewart
1938 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Angels with Dirty Faces James Cagney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/angels-with-dirty-faces-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Angels with Dirty Faces
James Cagney
1937 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![The Life of Emile Zola Paul Muni](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-life-of-emile-zola-william-dieterle-image.jpg)
The Life of Emile Zola
Paul Muni
1936 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Dodsworth Walter Huston](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dodsworth-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Dodsworth
Walter Huston
1935 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor
![Mutiny on the Bounty Charles Laughton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mutiny-on-the-bounty-frank-lloyd-image.jpg)