Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Joker
Joaquin Phoenix
2018 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Vice
Christian Bale
2017 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman
2016 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Manchester by the Sea
Casey Affleck
2016 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
The Revenant
Leonardo DiCaprio
2015 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Michael Keaton
2014 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey
2013 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis
2012 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
The Descendants
George Clooney
2011 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
The King’s Speech
Colin Firth
2010 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges
2009 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Milk
Sean Penn
2008 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
There Will Be Blood
Daniel Day-Lewis
2007 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
The Last King of Scotland
Forest Whitaker
2006 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Ray
Jamie Foxx
2004 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Mystic River
Sean Penn
2003 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
About Schmidt
Jack Nicholson
2003 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Gangs of New York
Daniel Day-Lewis
2002 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
A Beautiful Mind
Russell Crowe
2001 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Gladiator
Russell Crowe
2000 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
The Insider
Russell Crowe
1999 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Gods and Monsters
Ian McKellen
1998 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
As Good as It Gets
Jack Nicholson
1997 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
Shine
Geoffrey Rush
1996 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actor
