| Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Leading Actor | |
|---|---|
_crop.jpg) The 2023 recipient: Franz Rogowski | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Florida Film Critics Circle |
| Currently held by | Franz Rogowski Passages (2023) |
| Website | floridafilmcritics |
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 |