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The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | |
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![]() The 2023 recipient: Cillian Murphy | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association |
First awarded | Jeremy Irons Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
Currently held by | Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer (2023) |
Website | dfwcritics |
1990: Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bülow – Reversal of Fortune
1991: Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter – The Silence of the Lambs
1992: Denzel Washington as Malcolm X – Malcolm X
1993: Anthony Hopkins as Mr. James Stevens – The Remains of the Day
1994: Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump – Forrest Gump
1995: Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson – Leaving Las Vegas
1996: Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott – Shine
1997: Peter Fonda as Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson – Ulee's Gold
1998: Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank – The Truman Show
1999: Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham – American Beauty
2000: Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius – Gladiator
2001: Russell Crowe as John Nash – A Beautiful Mind
2002: Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt – About Schmidt
2003: Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum – Mystic River
2004: Paul Giamatti as Miles Raymond – Sideways
2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote – Capote
2006: Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin – The Last King of Scotland
2007: Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview – There Will Be Blood
2008: Sean Penn as Harvey Milk – Milk
2009: George Clooney as Ryan Bingham – Up in the Air
2010: James Franco as Aron Ralston – 127 Hours[1]
2011: George Clooney as Matt King – The Descendants[2]
2012: Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln – Lincoln[3]
2013: Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof – Dallas Buyers Club[4]
2014: Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)[5]
2015: Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass – The Revenant[6]
2016: Casey Affleck as Lee Chandler – Manchester by the Sea[7]
2017: Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill – Darkest Hour[8]
2018: Christian Bale as Dick Cheney – Vice[9]
2019: Adam Driver as Charlie Barber – Marriage Story[10]
2020: Chadwick Boseman as Levee Green – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom[11]
2021: Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank – The Power of the Dog[12]
2022: Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin – The Banshees of Inisherin[13][14][15]
2023: Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer – Oppenheimer
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