New York Film Critics Circle Award / Best Actor

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Winner of the New York Film Critics Circle in the category Best Actor ( Best Actor ).

The most successful in this category were the American Jack Nicholson and the British Daniel Day-Lewis , who have each won the award four times. The film critics' association has succeeded in presenting the Oscar winner 33 times , most recently in 2016, when it presented the award to Casey Affleck ( Manchester by the Sea ) . In 2019, Antonio Banderas ( Sorrow and Glory ) was awarded for the first time an actor in a non-English-speaking role.

The annual figures in the table indicate the film years assessed; the awards were given in the following year.

year Award winners Movie title German title
1935 Charles Laughton Mutiny on the Bounty
Ruggles of Red Gap
Mutiny on the Bounty
A butler in America
1936 Walter Huston Dodsworth Time of love, time of parting
1937 Paul Muni The Life of Emile Zola The life of Emile Zola
1938 James Cagney Angels with Dirty Faces Chicago - angels with dirty faces
1939 James Stewart Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Mr. Smith is going to Washington
1940 Charles Chaplin The Great Dictator The great dictator
1941 Gary Cooper ¹ Sergeant York Sergeant York
1942 James Cagney ¹ Yankee Doodle Dandy Yankee Doodle Dandy
1943 Paul Lukas ¹ Watch on the Rhine Watch on the Rhine
1944 Barry Fitzgerald ² Going my way The way to luck
1945 Ray Milland ¹ The Lost Weekend The lost weekend
1946 Laurence Olivier Henry V Henry V.
1947 William Powell Life with Father
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Our life with Father
The Senator was indiscreet
1948 Laurence Olivier ¹ Hamlet Hamlet
1949 Broderick Crawford ¹ All the King's Men The man who wanted to rule
1950 Gregory Peck Twelve O'Clock High The commander
1951 Arthur Kennedy Bright Victory Victory over the dark
1952 Ralph Richardson The Sound Barrier The unknown enemy
1953 Burt Lancaster From Here to Eternity Damn to all eternity
1954 Marlon Brando ¹ On the waterfront The fist on the neck
1955 Ernest Borgnine ¹ Marty Marty
1956 Kirk Douglas Lust for Life Vincent van Gogh - A life of passion
1957 Alec Guinness ¹ The Bridge on the River Kwai The bridge on the Kwai
1958 David Niven ¹ Separate tables Separate from table and bed
1959 James Stewart Anatomy of a Murder Anatomy of a Murder
1960 Burt Lancaster ¹ Elmer Gantry Elmer Gantry
1961 Maximilian Schell ¹ Judgment at Nuremberg The judgment of Nuremberg
1962 Prize not awarded
1963 Albert Finney Tom Jones Tom Jones - Between the bed and the gallows
1964 Rex Harrison ¹ My fair lady My fair lady
1965 Oskar Werner Ship of Fools The Ship of Fools
1966 Paul Scofield ¹ A Man for All Seasons A man for every season
1967 Rod Steiger ¹ In the heat of the night In the Heat of the Night
1968 Alan Arkin The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter The heart is a lonely hunter
1969 Jon Voight Midnight cowboy Asphalt cowboy
1970 George C. Scott ¹ Patton Patton - rebel in uniform
1971 Gene Hackman ¹ The French Connection Brooklyn focal point
1972 Laurence Olivier Sleuth Murder with small mistakes
1973 Marlon Brando Ultimo tango a Parigi The last tango in Paris
1974 Jack Nicholson Chinatown
The Last Detail
Chinatown
The final command
1975 Jack Nicholson ¹ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One flew over the cuckoo's nest
1976 Robert De Niro Taxi driver Taxi driver
1977 John Gielgud Providence Providence
1978 Jon Voight ¹ Coming home Coming Home - you are coming home
1979 Dustin Hoffman ¹ Kramer vs. Chandler Kramer versus Kramer
1980 Robert De Niro ¹ Raging Bull Like a wild bull
1981 Burt Lancaster Atlantic City Atlantic City, USA
1982 Ben Kingsley ¹ Gandhi Gandhi
1983 Robert Duvall ¹ Tender Mercies Love comeback
1984 Steve Martin All of Me Solo for 2
1985 Jack Nicholson Prizzi's Honor The honor of the Prizzis
1986 Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa Mona Lisa
1987 Jack Nicholson The Witches of Eastwick
Ironweed
Broadcast News
The Witches of Eastwick
Spurge
News Fever - Broadcast News
1988 Jeremy Irons Dead Ringers The inseparable
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis ¹ My left foot My left foot
1990 Robert De Niro Awakenings
Goodfellas
Time of the Awakening of
Good Fella - Three decades in the Mafia
1991 Anthony Hopkins ¹ The Silence of the Lambs The silence of the Lambs
1992 Denzel Washington Malcolm X Malcolm X
1993 David Thewlis Naked Naked
1994 Paul Newman Nobody's Fool Nobody's Fool - irresistible in the long run
1995 Nicolas Cage ¹ Leaving Las Vegas Leaving Las Vegas
1996 Geoffrey Rush ¹ Shine Shine - the way into light
1997 Peter Fonda Ulee's gold Ulee's gold
1998 Nick Nolte Affliction The hunted
1999 Richard Farnsworth The straight story A true story - The Straight Story
2000 Tom Hanks Cast Away Cast Away
2001 Tom Wilkinson In the bedroom In the bedroom
2002 Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York Gangs of New York
2003 Bill Murray Lost in Translation Lost in Translation
2004 Paul Giamatti Sideways Sideways
2005 Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain Brokeback Mountain
2006 Forest Whitaker ¹ The Last King of Scotland The Last King of Scotland - In the Clutches of Power
2007 Daniel Day-Lewis ¹ There Will Be Blood There Will Be Blood
2008 Sean Penn ¹ Milk Milk
2009 George Clooney Up in the Air
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up in the Air
The fantastic Mr. Fox
2010 Colin Firth ¹ The King's Speech The King's Speech
2011 Brad Pitt Moneyball
The Tree of Life
The Art of Winning - Moneyball
The Tree of Life
2012 Daniel Day-Lewis ¹ Lincoln Lincoln
2013 Robert Redford All is lost All is lost
2014 Timothy Spall Mr. Turner Mr. Turner - Master of Light
2015 Michael Keaton Spotlight Spotlight
2016 Casey Affleck ¹ Manchester by the Sea Manchester by the Sea
2017 Timothée Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Call Me by Your Name
2018 Ethan Hawke First Reformed not known
2019 Antonio Banderas Dolor y gloria Sorrow and glory

¹ = actors who later for her role the Oscar as Best Actor of the Year won
² = 1944 winners Barry Fitzgerald for his role later with the Oscar as Best Supporting Actor of the Year Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor nomination