New York Film Critics Circle Award / Best Actor
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.
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