Best Actor

2019 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor WinnerMarriage StoryAdam DriverNoah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.Amazon2019 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor NomineesClemencyAldis HodgeAmazonHigh Flying BirdAndré HollandAmazonThe LighthouseWillem DafoeAmazonUncut GemsAdam SandlerAmazon

2018 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor WinnerFirst ReformedEthan HawkeA minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.Amazon2018 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor NomineesBlacKkKlansmanAdam DriverAmazonCan You Ever Forgive Me?Richard E. GrantAmazonLeave No TraceBen FosterAmazonSorry to Bother YouLaKeith StanfieldAmazon

2017 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor WinnerThe Disaster ArtistJames FrancoWhen Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.Amazon2017 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor NomineesGet OutDaniel KaluuyaAmazonGood TimeRobert PattinsonAmazonLuckyHarry Dean StantonAmazonThe Florida ProjectWillem DafoeAmazonThe Meyerowitz StoriesAdam SandlerAmazon

2016 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor WinnerManchester by the SeaCasey AffleckA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.Amazon2016 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor NomineesHell or High WaterJeff BridgesAmazonLovingJoel EdgertonAmazonMorris from AmericaCraig RobinsonAmazonPatersonAdam DriverAmazon

2015 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor WinnerLove & MercyPaul DanoIn the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.Amazon2015 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor Nominees99 HomesMichael ShannonAmazonExperimenterPeter SarsgaardAmazonJames WhiteChristopher AbbottAmazonResultsKevin CorriganAmazon

2014 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor WinnerBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Michael KeatonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.Amazon2014 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor NomineesA Most Violent YearOscar IsaacAmazonBoyhoodEthan HawkeAmazonThe Skeleton TwinsBill HaderAmazonWhiplashMiles TellerAmazon

2013 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor WinnerDallas Buyers ClubMatthew McConaugheyIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.Amazon2013 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor Nominees12 Years a SlaveChiwetel EjioforAmazonAll Is LostRobert RedfordAmazonBlue CapriceIsaiah WashingtonAmazonInside Llewyn DavisOscar IsaacAmazon