- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
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The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.
In the last two decades (1990–2010), the Circle agreed with the Oscars on 7 occasions: 1991 Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs, 1995 Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas, 1996 Geoffrey Rush for Shine, 2006 Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland, 2007 Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood, 2008 Sean Penn for Milk, and 2010 Colin Firth for The King's Speech.
Contents Winners
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1930s
Year Winner Film Role 1935 Charles Laughton Mutiny on the Bounty William Bligh Ruggles of Red Gap Marmaduke Ruggles 1936 Walter Huston Dodsworth Sam Dodsworth 1937 Paul Muni * The Life of Emile Zola Emile Zola 1938 James Cagney Angels with Dirty Faces Rocky Sullivan 1939 James Stewart Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jefferson Smith 1940s
Year Winner Film Role 1940 Charles Chaplin The Great Dictator Adenoid Hynkel/A Jewish barber 1941 Gary Cooper * Sergeant York Alvin York 1942 James Cagney * Yankee Doodle Dandy George M. Cohan 1943 Paul Lukas * Watch on the Rhine Kurt Muller 1944 Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way Father Fitzgibbon 1945 Ray Milland * The Lost Weekend Don Birnam 1946 Laurence Olivier Henry V King Henry V 1947 William Powell Life with Father Clarence Day, Sr. The Senator Was Indiscreet Melvin G. Ashton 1948 Laurence Olivier * Hamlet Hamlet 1949 Broderick Crawford * All the King's Men Willie Stark 1950s
Year Winner Film Role 1950 Gregory Peck Twelve O'Clock High Frank Savage 1951 Arthur Kennedy Bright Victory 1952 Ralph Richardson The Sound Barrier John Ridgefield 1953 Burt Lancaster From Here to Eternity Milton Warden 1954 Marlon Brando * On the Waterfront Terry Malloy 1955 Ernest Borgnine * Marty Marty Piletti 1956 Kirk Douglas Lust for Life Vincent Van Gogh 1957 Alec Guinness * The Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Nicholson 1958 David Niven * Separate Tables Angus Pollock 1959 James Stewart Anatomy of a Murder Paul Biegler 1960s
Year Winner Film Role 1960 Burt Lancaster * Elmer Gantry Elmer Gantry 1961 Maximilian Schell * Judgment at Nuremberg Hans Rolfe 1962 No award given (newspaper strike) 1963 Albert Finney Tom Jones Tom Jones 1964 Rex Harrison * My Fair Lady Henry Higgins 1965 Oskar Werner Ship of Fools Willie Schumann 1966 Paul Scofield * A Man for All Seasons Thomas More 1967 Rod Steiger * In the Heat of the Night Bill Gillespie 1968 Alan Arkin The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter John Singer 1969 Jon Voight Midnight Cowboy Joe Buck 1970s
Year Winner Film Role 1970 George C. Scott * Patton George S. Patton 1971 Gene Hackman * The French Connection Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle 1972 Laurence Olivier Sleuth Andrew Wyke 1973 Marlon Brando Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi) Paul 1974 Jack Nicholson Chinatown Jake "J.J." Gittes The Last Detail Billy Buddusky 1975 Jack Nicholson * One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Randle McMurphy 1976 Robert De Niro Taxi Driver Travis Bickle 1977 John Gielgud Providence Clive Langham 1978 Jon Voight * Coming Home Luke Martin 1979 Dustin Hoffman * Kramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer 1980s
Year Winner Film Role 1980 Robert De Niro * Raging Bull Jake LaMotta 1981 Burt Lancaster Atlantic City Lou Pascal 1982 Ben Kingsley * Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi 1983 Robert Duvall * Tender Mercies Mac Sledge 1984 Steve Martin All of Me Roger Cobb 1985 Jack Nicholson Prizzi's Honor Charley Partanna 1986 Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa George 1987 Jack Nicholson Broadcast News Bill Rorich Ironweed Francis Phelan The Witches of Eastwick Daryl Van Horne 1988 Jeremy Irons Dead Ringers Beverly and Elliot Mantle 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis * My Left Foot Christy Brown 1990s
Year Winner Film Role 1990 Robert De Niro Awakenings Leonard Lowe Goodfellas Jimmy Conway 1991 Anthony Hopkins * The Silence of the Lambs Hannibal Lecter 1992 Denzel Washington Malcolm X Malcolm X 1993 David Thewlis Naked Johnny 1994 Paul Newman Nobody's Fool Sully Sullivan 1995 Nicolas Cage * Leaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson 1996 Geoffrey Rush * Shine David Helfgott 1997 Peter Fonda Ulee's Gold Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson 1998 Nick Nolte Affliction Wade Whitehouse 1999 Richard Farnsworth The Straight Story Alvin Straight 2000s
Year Winner Film Role 2000 Tom Hanks Cast Away Chuck Noland 2001 Tom Wilkinson In the Bedroom Matt Fowler 2002 Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting 2003 Bill Murray Lost in Translation Bob Harris 2004 Paul Giamatti Sideways Miles Raymond 2005 Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain Ennis Del Mar 2006 Forest Whitaker * The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin 2007 Daniel Day-Lewis * There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview 2008 Sean Penn * Milk Harvey Milk 2009 George Clooney Fantastic Mr. Fox Mr. Fox Up in the Air Ryan Bingham 2010s
Year Winner Film Role 2010 Colin Firth * The King's Speech King George VI External links
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