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The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.

In the last two decades (1990-2006), the Circle agreed with the Oscars on 4 occasions: 1991 Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs, 1995 Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas, 1996 Geoffrey Rush for Shine and 2006 Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland.

Contents 1 Winners 1.1 1930s 1.2 1940s 1.3 1950s 1.4 1960s 1.5 1970s 1.6 1980s 1.7 1990s 1.8 2000s

• 1935 – Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty and Ruggles of Red Gap
• 1936 – Walter Huston - Dodsworth
• 1937 – Paul Muni - The Life of Emile Zola
• 1938 – James Cagney - Angels with Dirty Faces
• 1939 – James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

• 1940 – Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator
• 1941 – Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
• 1942 – James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
• 1943 – Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine
• 1944 – Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way
• 1945 – Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
• 1946 – Laurence Olivier - Henry V
• 1947 – William Powell - Life with Father and The Senator Was Indiscreet
• 1948 – Laurence Olivier - Hamlet
• 1949 – Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men

• 1950 – Gregory Peck - Twelve O'Clock High
• 1951 – Arthur Kennedy - Bright Victory
• 1952 – Ralph Richardson - The Sound Barrier
• 1953 – Burt Lancaster - From Here to Eternity
• 1954 – Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
• 1955 – Ernest Borgnine - Marty
• 1956 – Kirk Douglas - Lust for Life
• 1957 – Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
• 1958 – David Niven - Separate Tables
• 1959 – James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder

• 1960 – Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
• 1961 – Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg
• 1962 – No Award
• 1963 – Albert Finney - Tom Jones
• 1964 – Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
• 1965 – Oskar Werner - Ship of Fools
• 1966 – Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons
• 1967 – Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night
• 1968 – Alan Arkin - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• 1969 – Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy

• 1970 – George C. Scott - Patton
• 1971 – Gene Hackman - The French Connection
• 1972 – Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
• 1973 – Marlon Brando - Ultimo tango a Parigi
• 1974 – Jack Nicholson - Chinatown and The Last Detail
• 1975 – Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• 1976 – Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
• 1977 – John Gielgud - Providence
• 1978 – Jon Voight - Coming Home
• 1979 – Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer

• 1980 – Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
• 1981 – Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
• 1982 – Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
• 1983 – Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
• 1984 – Steve Martin - All of Me
• 1985 – Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
• 1986 – Bob Hoskins - Mona Lisa
• 1987 – Jack Nicholson - The Witches of Eastwick, Ironweed and Broadcast News
• 1988 – Jeremy Irons - Dead Ringers
• 1989 – Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot

• 1990: Robert De Niro

for his role as "Leonard Lowe" in Awakenings and

for his role as "Jimmy Conway" in GoodFellas

• 1991: Anthony Hopkins

for his role as "Dr. Hannibal Lecter" The Silence of the Lambs

• 1992: Denzel Washington

for his role as Malcolm X in Malcolm X

• 1993: David Thewlis

for his role as "Johnny" in Naked

• 1994: Paul Newman

for his role as "Sully Sullivan" in Nobody's Fool

• 1995: Nicolas Cage

for his role as "Ben Sanderson" in Leaving Las Vegas

• 1996: Geoffrey Rush

for his role as David Helfgott (as an adult) in Shine

• 1997: Peter Fonda

for his role as "Ulysses 'Ulee' Jackson" in Ulee's Gold

• 1998: Nick Nolte

for his role as "Wade Whitehouse" in Affliction

• 1999: Richard Farnsworth

for his role as "Alvin Straight" in The Straight Story

• 2000: Tom Hanks

for his role as "Chuck Noland" in Cast Away

• 2001: Tom Wilkinson

for his role as "Matt Fowler" in In the Bedroom

• 2002: Daniel Day-Lewis

for his role as "Bill Cutting" in Gangs of New York

• 2003: Bill Murray

for his role as "Bob Harris" in Lost in Translation

• 2004: Paul Giamatti

for his role as "Miles" in Sideways

• 2005: Heath Ledger

for his role as "Ennis Del Mar" in Brokeback Mountain

• 2006: Forest Whitaker

for his role as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland

• 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis

for his role as "Daniel Plainview" in There Will Be Blood

v • d • e New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Current Awards	Best Film • Best Actor • Best Actress • Best Supporting Actor • Best Supporting Actress • Best Director • Best Animated Feature • Best Cinematography • Best Foreign Language Film • Best Non-Fiction Film • Best Screenplay
Retired Awards	Best Documentary Feature (1980-1996) • Best New Director (1989-1996)
Ceremonies	1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009