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2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerThe SavagesPhilip Seymour HoffmanA sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.Amazon2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesAugust EveningPedro CastanedaAmazonLust, CautionTony Chiu-Wai LeungAmazonStarting Out in the EveningFrank LangellaAmazonTalk to MeDon CheadleAmazon

2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerThe WrestlerMickey RourkeA faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.Amazon2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesMilkSean PennAmazonThe Hurt LockerJeremy RennerAmazonThe VisitorRichard JenkinsAmazonVicky Cristina BarcelonaJavier BardemAmazon

2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerCrazy HeartJeff BridgesA faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.Amazon2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead Nominees500 Days of SummerJoseph Gordon-LevittAmazonA Single ManColin FirthAmazonGoodbye SoloSouleymane Sy SavaneAmazonThe Vicious KindAdam ScottAmazon

2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead Winner127 HoursJames FrancoA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.Amazon2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesCyrusJohn C. ReillyAmazonDaddy LonglegsRonald BronsteinAmazonGreenbergBen StillerAmazonRabbit HoleAaron EckhartAmazon

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerThe ArtistJean DujardinAn egomaniacal film star develops a relationship with a young dancer against the backdrop of Hollywood's silent era.Amazon2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesA Better LifeDemián BichirAmazonDriveRyan GoslingAmazonRampartWoody HarrelsonAmazonTake ShelterMichael ShannonAmazon

2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerThe SessionsJohn HawkesA man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.Amazon2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesBernieJack BlackAmazonFourWendell PierceAmazonKeep the Lights OnThure LindhardtAmazonKiller JoeMatthew McConaugheyAmazonSilver Linings PlaybookBradley CooperAmazon

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerDallas Buyers ClubMatthew McConaugheyIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.Amazon2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead Nominees12 Years a SlaveChiwetel EjioforAmazonAll Is LostRobert RedfordAmazonFruitvale StationMichael B. JordanAmazonInside Llewyn DavisOscar IsaacAmazonNebraskaBruce DernAmazon

2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Michael KeatonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.Amazon2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesJimi: All Is by My SideAndré BenjaminAmazonLove Is StrangeJohn LithgowAmazonNightcrawlerJake GyllenhaalAmazonSelmaDavid OyelowoAmazon

2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerBeasts of No NationAbraham AttahA drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.Amazon2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesJames WhiteChristopher AbbottAmazonMediterraneaKoudous SeihonAmazonMississippi GrindBen MendelsohnAmazonThe End of the TourJason SegelAmazon

2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerManchester by the SeaCasey AffleckA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.Amazon2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesCaptain FantasticViggo MortensenAmazonChronicTim RothAmazonFree in DeedDavid HarewoodAmazonOther PeopleJesse PlemonsAmazon