Best Actor

1995 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerLeaving Las VegasNicolas CageBen Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera..Amazon1995 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesGet ShortyJohn TravoltaAmazonNixonAnthony HopkinsAmazonWild BillJeff BridgesAmazon

1996 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerShineGeoffrey RushPianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.Amazon1996 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesJerry MaguireTom CruiseAmazonThe CrucibleDaniel Day-LewisAmazonTin CupKevin CostnerAmazon

1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerUlee's GoldPeter FondaA reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.Amazon1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesThe ApostleRobert DuvallAmazonThe Sweet HereafterIan HolmAmazon