San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor is an award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society to honor the finest male acting achievementes in film-making.
Winners
1990s
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Kenneth Branagh | Hamlet | Hamlet |
| 1997 | Jack Nicholson | As Good as It Gets | Melvin Udall |
| 1998 | Ian McKellen | Gods and Monsters | James Whale |
| 1999 | Kevin Spacey | American Beauty | Lester Burnham |
2000s
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Russell Crowe | Gladiator | Maximus Decimus Meridius |
| 2001 | Guy Pearce | Memento | Leonard |
| 2002 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Gangs of New York | William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting |
| 2003 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Dirty Pretty Things | Okwe |
| 2004 | Jim Carrey | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Joel Barish |
| 2005 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Capote | Truman Capote |
| 2006 | Ken Takakura | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (Qian li zou dan qi) | Gou-ichi Takata |
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | Daniel Plainview |
| 2008 | Mickey Rourke | The Wrestler | Randy Robinson |
| 2009 | Colin Firth | A Single Man | George Falconer |
2010s
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colin Farrell | Ondine | Syracuse |
| 2011 | Michael Shannon | Take Shelter | Curtis LaForche |
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| 2013 | Oscar Isaac | Inside Llewyn Davis | Llewyn Davis |
| 2014 | Jake Gyllenhaal | Nightcrawler | Lou Bloom |
| 2015 | Leonardo DiCaprio | The Revenant | Hugh Glass |
| 2016 | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea | Lee Chandler |
| 2017 | James McAvoy | Split | Kevin Wendell Crumb |
| 2018 | Ethan Hawke | First Reformed | Pastor Ernst Toller |
| 2019 | Adam Driver (tie) | Marriage Story | Charlie Barber |
| 2019 | Joaquin Phoenix (tie) | Joker | Arthur Fleck |
2020s
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Riz Ahmed | Sound of Metal | Ruben Stone |