| Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Leading Actor | |
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| Awarded For: | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Presenter: | Florida Film Critics Circle |
| Country: | United States |
| Holder: | Franz Rogowski Passages (2023) |
The Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor is an award given by the Florida Film Critics Circle to honor the finest male acting achievements in filmmaking.
* = winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Geoffrey Rush | Shine | David Helfgott |
| 1997 | Robert Duvall | The Apostle | Euliss Dewey / The Apostle |
| 1998 | Ian McKellen | Apt Pupil | Kurt Dussander |
| Gods and Monsters | James Whale | ||
| 1999 | Kevin Spacey | American Beauty | Lester Burnham |
| Year | Nominee | Film | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Geoffrey Rush | Quills | Marquis de Sade | |
| 2001 | Billy Bob Thornton | Bandits | Terry Lee Collins | |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Ed | |||
| Monster's Ball | Hank Grotowski | |||
| 2002 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Gangs of New York | William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting | |
| 2003 | Sean Penn | 21 Grams | Paul Rivers | |
| Mystic River | Jimmy Markum | |||
| 2004 | Jamie Foxx | Ray | Ray Charles | |
| 2005 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Capote | Truman Capote | |
| 2006 | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin | |
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | Daniel Plainview | |
| 2008 | Mickey Rourke | The Wrestler | Randy Robinson | |
| 2009 | George Clooney | Up in the Air | Ryan Bingham |
| Year | Nominee | Film | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colin Firth | The King's Speech | King George VI | |
| 2011 | Michael Fassbender | Shame | Brandon Sullivan | |
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | |
| 2013 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | |
| 2014 | Michael Keaton | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Riggan Thomson / Birdman | |
| 2015 | Paul Dano | Love & Mercy | Brian Wilson | |
| 2016 | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea | Lee Chandler | |
| 2017 | Timothée Chalamet | Call Me by Your Name | Elio Perlman | |
| 2018 | Joaquin Phoenix | You Were Never Really Here | Joe | |
| 2019 | Adam Driver | Marriage Story | Charlie Barber |
| Year | Nominee | Film | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Anthony Hopkins | The Father | Anthony | |
| 2021 | Adam Driver | Annette | Henry McHenry | |
| 2022 | Colin Farrell | The Banshees of Inisherin | Pádraic Súilleabháin | |
| 2023 | Franz Rogowski | Passages | Tomas Freiburg |