National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
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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 [edit]
1960s [edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Michael Caine | Alfie | Alfie Elkins |
| 1967 | Rod Steiger | In the Heat of the Night | Bill Gillespie |
| 1968 | Per Oscarsson | Hunger (Sult) | Pontus |
| 1969 | Jon Voight | Midnight Cowboy | Joe Buck |
1970s [edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | George C. Scott | Patton | George S. Patton |
| 1971 | Peter Finch | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Daniel Hirsh |
| 1972 | Al Pacino | The Godfather | Michael Corleone |
| 1973 | Marlon Brando | Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi) | Paul |
| 1974 | Jack Nicholson | Chinatown | 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 | Art Carney | The Late Show | Ira Wells |
| 1978 | Gary Busey | The Buddy Holly Story | Buddy Holly |
| 1979 | Dustin Hoffman | Agatha | Wally Stanton |
| Kramer vs. Kramer | Ted Kramer |
1980s [edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Peter O'Toole | The Stunt Man | Eli Cross |
| 1981 | Burt Lancaster | Atlantic City | Lou Pascal |
| 1982 | Dustin Hoffman | Tootsie | Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels |
| 1983 | Gérard Depardieu | Danton | Georges Danton |
| The Return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre) | Arnaud de Tihl | ||
| 1984 | Steve Martin | All of Me | Roger Cobb |
| 1985 | Jack Nicholson | Prizzi's Honor | Charley Partanna |
| 1986 | Bob Hoskins | Mona Lisa | George |
| 1987 | Steve Martin | Roxanne | C.D. Bales |
| 1988 | Michael Keaton | Beetlejuice | Beetlejuice |
| Clean and Sober | Daryl Poynter | ||
| 1989 | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | Christy Brown |
1990s [edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Jeremy Irons | Reversal of Fortune | Claus von Bülow |
| 1991 | River Phoenix | My Own Private Idaho | Mike Waters |
| 1992 | Stephen Rea | The Crying Game | Fergus |
| 1993 | David Thewlis | Naked | Johnny |
| 1994 | Paul Newman | Nobody's Fool | Sully Sullivan |
| 1995 | Nicolas Cage | Leaving Las Vegas | Ben Sanderson |
| 1996 | Eddie Murphy | The Nutty Professor | Sherman Klump/Buddy Love |
| 1997 | Robert Duvall | The Apostle | Euliss Dewey/The Apostle |
| 1998 | Nick Nolte | Affliction | Wade Whitehouse |
| 1999 | Russell Crowe | The Insider | Jeffrey Wigand |
2000s [edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Javier Bardem | Before Night Falls | Reinaldo Arenas |
| 2001 | Gene Hackman | The Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum |
| 2002 | Adrien Brody | The Pianist | Władysław Szpilman |
| 2003 | Bill Murray | Lost in Translation | Bob Harris |
| 2004 | Jamie Foxx | Ray | Ray Charles |
| Collateral | Max Durocher | ||
| 2005 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Capote | Truman Capote |
| 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 | Jeremy Renner | The Hurt Locker | SFC William James |
2010s [edit]
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jesse Eisenberg | The Social Network | Mark Zuckerberg |
| 2011 | Brad Pitt | Moneyball | Billy Beane |
| The Tree of Life | Mr. O'Brien | ||
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
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