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2019 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Uncut Gems
Adam Sandler
2018 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Green Book
Viggo Mortensen
2017 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Post
Tom Hanks
2016 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Manchester by the Sea
Casey Affleck
2015 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Martian
Matt Damon
2014 National Board of Review – Best Actor
A Most Violent Year
Oscar Isaac
2013 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Nebraska
Bruce Dern
2012 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Silver Linings Playbook
Bradley Cooper
2011 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Descendants
George Clooney
2010 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Social Network
Jesse Eisenberg
2009 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Invictus
Morgan Freeman
2008 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood
2007 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Michael Clayton
George Clooney
2006 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Last King of Scotland
Forest Whitaker
2005 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman
2004 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Ray
Jamie Foxx
2003 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Mystic River
Sean Penn
2002 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Roger Dodger
Campbell Scott
2001 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Monster’s Ball
Billy Bob Thornton
2000 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Before Night Falls
Javier Bardem
1999 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Insider
Russell Crowe
1998 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Gods and Monsters
Ian McKellen
1997 National Board of Review – Best Actor
As Good as It Gets
Jack Nicholson
1996 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Jerry Maguire
Tom Cruise
1995 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Leaving Las Vegas
Nicolas Cage
1994 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks
1993 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Shadowlands
Anthony Hopkins
1992 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Glengarry Glen Ross
Jack Lemmon
1991 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Bugsy
Warren Beatty
1990 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Awakenings
Robin Williams
1989 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Driving Miss Daisy
Morgan Freeman
1988 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Mississippi Burning
Gene Hackman
1987 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Wall Street
Michael Douglas
1986 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Color of Money
Paul Newman
1985 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Kiss of the Spider Woman
William Hurt
1985 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Raul Julia
1984 National Board of Review – Best Actor
A Passage to India
Victor Banerjee
1983 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Reuben, Reuben
Tom Conti
1982 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Gandhi
Ben Kingsley
1981 National Board of Review – Best Actor
On Golden Pond
Henry Fonda
1980 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Raging Bull
Robert De Niro
1979 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Being There
Peter Sellers
1978 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Coming Home
Jon Voight
1977 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Saturday Night Fever
John Travolta
1976 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Bound for Glory
David Carradine
1975 National Board of Review – Best Actor
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Jack Nicholson
1974 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Conversation
Gene Hackman
1973 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Serpico
Al Pacino
1972 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The French Connection
Gene Hackman
1971 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Patton
George C. Scott
1970 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Peter O’Toole
1969 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Charly
Cliff Robertson
1968 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Far from the Madding Crowd
Peter Finch
1967 National Board of Review – Best Actor
A Man for All Seasons
Paul Scofield
1966 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Cat Ballou
Lee Marvin
1964 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Zorba the Greek
Anthony Quinn
1963 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Cleopatra
Rex Harrison
1962 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Jason Robards
1961 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Albert Finney
1960 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Home from the Hill
Robert Mitchum
1959 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Wild Strawberries
Victor Sjöström
1958 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Old Man and the Sea
Spencer Tracy
1957 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alec Guinness
1956 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The King and I
Yul Brynner
1955 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Marty
Ernest Borgnine
1954 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Country Girl
Bing Crosby
1953 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Face to Face
James Mason
1952 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Sound Barrier
Ralph Richardson
1951 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Fourteen Hours
Richard Basehart
1950 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Alec Guinness
1949 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Heiress
Ralph Richardson
1948 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Walter Huston
1947 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Mourning Becomes Electra
Michael Redgrave
1946 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Henry V
Laurence Olivier
1945 National Board of Review – Best Actor
The Lost Weekend
Ray Milland
1944 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Gaslight
Ingrid Bergman
1943 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Happy Land
Harry Morgan
1942 National Board of Review – Best Actor
49th Parallel
Anton Walbrook
1941 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Birth of the Blues
Bing Crosby
1940 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Escape
Conrad Veidt
1939 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Francis Lederer
1938 National Board of Review – Best Actor
Algiers
Joseph Calleia
1937 National Board of Review – Best Actor
