The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor is an annual award given by the National Society of Film Critics to honor the best leading actor of the year.
Winners
1960s YearWinnerFilmRole 1966 Alfie Alfred "Alfie" Elkins 1967 In the Heat of the Night Police Chief Bill Gillespie 1968 Hunger Pontus 1969 Midnight Cowboy Joe Buck
1970s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 1970 Patton George S. Patton 1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday Daniel Hirsh 1972 The Godfather Michael Corleone 1973 Last Tango in Paris Paul 1974 Chinatown J.J. "Jake" Gittes The Last Detail Signalman 1st Class Billy "Badass" Buddusky 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Randle McMurphy 1976 Taxi Driver Travis Bickle 1977 The Late Show Ira Wells 1978 The Buddy Holly Story Buddy Holly 1979 Agatha Wally StantonKramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer
1980s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 1980 The Stunt Man Eli Cross 1981 Atlantic City Lou Pascal 1982 Tootsie Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels 1983 Danton Georges DantonThe Return of Martin Guerre Arnaud de Tihl 1984 All of Me Roger Cobb 1985 Prizzi's Honor Charley Partanna 1986 Mona Lisa George 1987 Roxanne Charlie "C.D." Bales 1988 Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceClean and Sober Daryl Poynter 1989 My Left Foot Christy Brown
1990s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 1990 Reversal of Fortune Claus von Bülow 1991 My Own Private Idaho Mikey Waters 1992 The Crying Game Fergus 1993 Naked Johnny 1994 Nobody's Fool Donald "Sully" Sullivan 1995 Leaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson 1996 The Nutty Professor Sherman Klump / Buddy Love 1997 The Apostle Euliss "Sonny" Dewey / The Apostle E.F. 1998 Affliction Wade Whitehouse 1999 The Insider Jeffrey Wigand
2000s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 2000 Before Night Falls Reinaldo Arenas 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Royal Tenenbaum 2002 The Pianist Władysław Szpilman 2003 Lost in Translation Bob Harris 2004 Collateral Max Durocher Ray Ray Charles 2005 Capote Truman Capote 2006 The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin 2007 There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview 2008 Milk Harvey Milk 2009 The Hurt Locker Sergeant First Class William James
2010s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 2010 The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg 2011 Moneyball Billy Beane The Tree of Life Mr. O'Brien 2012 Lincoln Abraham Lincoln 2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Llewyn Davis 2014 Mr. Turner J. M. W. Turner 2015 Creed Adonis Creed 2016 Manchester by the Sea Lee Chandler 2017 Get Out Chris Washington 2018 First Reformed Pastor Ernst Toller 2019 Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo
2020s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 2020 Da 5 Bloods Paul‘Nomadland’ Named Best Film by National Society of Film Critics|The Wrap 2021 Hidetoshi Nishijima Drive My Car Yusuke Kafuku National Society of Film Critics 2022 Winners List - The Hollywood Reporter 2022 Colin Farrell After Yang Jake‘TÁR’ and ‘Aftersun’ Win Big at National Society of Film Critics Awards (Complete Winners List)|IndieWireThe Banshees of Inisherin Pádraic Súilleabháin 2023 Andrew Scott All of Us Strangers Adam 2024 Colman Domingo Sing Sing John "Divine G" Whitfield 2025 Ethan Hawke Blue Moon Lorenz Hart
Multiple winners 3 wins Daniel Day-Lewis (1989, 2007, 2012) Jack Nicholson (1974, 1975, 1985)
2 wins Ethan Hawke (2018, 2025) Dustin Hoffman (1979, 1982) Steve Martin (1984, 1987)
See also National Board of Review Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
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