Best Actor

2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerThe Last King of ScotlandForest WhitakerBased on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.Amazon2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanSacha Baron CohenAmazonHalf NelsonRyan GoslingAmazon

2007 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerThere Will Be BloodDaniel Day-LewisA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.Amazon2007 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesEastern PromisesViggo MortensenAmazon

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerMilkSean PennThe story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.Amazon2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesGran TorinoClint EastwoodAmazonThe WrestlerMickey RourkeAmazon

1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerAfflictionNick NolteA deeply troubled small town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while events occur that cause him to mentally disintegrate.Amazon1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesGods and MonstersIan McKellenAmazonThe GeneralBrendan GleesonAmazon

2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerMoneyballBrad PittOakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.Amazon2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesShameMichael FassbenderAmazonThe ArtistJean DujardinAmazon

2012 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerLincolnDaniel Day-LewisAs the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.Amazon2012 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesBernieJack BlackAmazonHoly MotorsDenis LavantAmazonThe MasterJoaquin PhoenixAmazon

2013 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerAll Is LostRobert RedfordAfter a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.Amazon2013 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor Nominees12 Years a SlaveChiwetel EjioforAmazonInside Llewyn DavisOscar IsaacAmazon

2014 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerMr. TurnerTimothy SpallAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.Amazon

2015 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerSpotlightMichael KeatonThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.Amazon