London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year explained

London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
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Awarded For:Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Presenter:London Film Critics Circle
Country:England
Year:Philippe Noiret
Cinema Paradiso (1990)
Holder:Andrew Scott
All of Us Strangers (2023)

The London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year is an annual award given by the London Film Critics Circle.

Winners

1990s

YearWinnerFilmRole
Philippe Noiret Cinema Paradiso Alfredo
Gérard Depardieu Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac
Robert Downey Jr. Chaplin Charlie Chaplin
Anthony Hopkins The Remains of the Day Mr. James Stevens
John Travolta Pulp Fiction Vincent Vega
Johnny Depp Ed Wood, Don Juan DeMarco Edward D. Wood, Jr., Don Juan/John R. DeMarco
Morgan Freeman Seven Detective Lieutenant William Somerset
Geoffrey Rush Shine David Helfgott
Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets Melvin Udall
Kevin Spacey American Beauty Lester Burnham

2000s

YearWinnerFilmRole
Russell Crowe Gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius
Billy Bob Thornton The Man Who Wasn't There Ed Crane
Michael Caine The Quiet American Thomas Fowler
Sean Penn Mystic River Jimmy Markum
Jamie Foxx Ray Ray Charles
Bruno Ganz Downfall (Der Untergang) Adolf Hitler
Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin
Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview
Mickey Rourke The Wrestler Randy Robinson
Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds Col. Hans Landa

2010s

YearWinnerFilmRole
Colin Firth The King's Speech George VI
Jean Dujardin The Artist George Valentin
Joaquin Phoenix The Master Freddie Quell
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup
Michael Keaton Birdman Riggan Thomson
Tom Courtenay 45 Years Geoff Mercer
Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea Lee Chandler
Timothée Chalamet Call Me by Your Name
Ethan Hawke First Reformed Reverend Ernst Toller
Joaquin Phoenix Joker Arthur Fleck / Joker

2020s

YearWinnerFilmRole
Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Levee Green
Benedict Cumberbatch The Power of the Dog Phil Burbank
Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin Pádraic Súilleabháin
Andrew Scott All of Us Strangers Adam

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