The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best lead actor of the year.
Winners
1990s YearWinnerFilmRole1997Jack NicholsonAs Good as It GetsMelvin UdallPeter Fonda Ulee's GoldUlysses "Ulee" JacksonIan Holm The Sweet HereafterMitchell Stephens1998Ian McKellenGods and MonstersJames WhaleTom Hanks Saving Private RyanCaptain John H. MillerEdward Norton American History XDerek Vinyard1999Kevin SpaceyAmerican BeautyLester BurnhamJim Carrey Man on the MoonAndy KaufmanRussell Crowe The InsiderJeffrey WigandRichard Farnsworth The Straight StoryAlvin StraightEdward Norton Fight ClubThe Narrator
2000s YearWinnerFilmRole2000Tom HanksCast AwayChuck NolandChristian Bale American Psycho Patrick BatemanRussell Crowe GladiatorMaximus Decimus MeridiusMichael Douglas Wonder BoysProf. Grady TrippGeoffrey Rush QuillsMarquis de Sade2001Billy Bob ThorntonThe Man Who Wasn't ThereEd CraneRussell Crowe A Beautiful Mind John NashGuy Pearce MementoLeonard ShelbyDenzel Washington Training DayAlonzo HarrisTom Wilkinson In the BedroomMatt Fowler2002Daniel Day-LewisGangs of New YorkWilliam "Bill the Butcher" CuttingAdrien Brody The Pianist Władysław SzpilmanNicolas Cage AdaptationCharlie Kaufman / Donald KaufmanJack Nicholson About SchmidtWarren R. SchmidtRobin Williams One Hour PhotoSeymour "Sy" Parrish2003Bill MurrayLost in TranslationBob HarrisJohnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Captain Jack SparrowPaul Giamatti American SplendorHarvey PekarBen Kingsley House of Sand and FogMassoud BehraniSean Penn Mystic RiverJimmy Markum2004Paul GiamattiSidewaysMiles RaymondJim Carrey Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Joel BarishDon Cheadle Hotel RwandaPaul RusesabaginaLeonardo DiCaprio The AviatorHoward HughesJamie Foxx RayRay Charles2005Philip Seymour HoffmanCapoteTruman CapoteTerrence Howard Hustle & Flow DJayHeath Ledger Brokeback MountainEnnis del MarJoaquin Phoenix Walk the LineJohnny CashDavid Strathairn Good Night, and Good LuckEdward R. Murrow2006Forest WhitakerThe Last King of ScotlandIdi AminSacha Baron Cohen Borat Borat SagdiyevLeonardo DiCaprio The DepartedBilly CostiganRyan Gosling Half NelsonDan DunnePeter O'Toole VenusMaurice2007Daniel Day-LewisThere Will Be BloodDaniel PlainviewGeorge Clooney Michael Clayton Michael ClaytonEmile Hirsch Into the WildChristopher McCandlessFrank Langella Starting Out in the EveningLeonard SchillerViggo Mortensen Eastern PromisesNikolai Luzhin2008Mickey RourkeThe WrestlerRandy RobinsonBenicio del Toro Che Che GuevaraRichard Jenkins The VisitorWalter ValeFrank Langella Frost/NixonRichard NixonSean Penn MilkHarvey Milk2009Jeremy RennerThe Hurt LockerSFC. William JamesJeff Bridges Crazy HeartOtis "Bad" BlakeGeorge Clooney Up in the AirRyan BinghamSharlto Copley District 9Wikus van de MerweJoaquin Phoenix Two LoversLeonard Kraditor
2010s YearWinnerFilmRole2010Colin FirthThe King's SpeechKing George VIJeff Bridges True GritRooster CogburnJesse Eisenberg The Social NetworkMark ZuckerbergJames Franco 127 HoursAron RalstonRyan Gosling Blue ValentineDean PereiraÉdgar Ramírez CarlosCarlos the Jackal2011Michael Fassbender ShameBrandon SullivanGeorge Clooney The DescendantsMatt KingJean Dujardin The ArtistGeorge ValentinGary Oldman Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyGeorge SmileyMichael Shannon Take ShelterCurtis LaForche2012Daniel Day-LewisLincolnAbraham LincolnJohn Hawkes The SessionsMark O'BrienDenis Lavant Holy MotorsMr. Oscar / Various CharactersJoaquin Phoenix The MasterFreddie QuellDenzel Washington FlightWilliam "Whip" Whitaker, Sr.2013Chiwetel Ejiofor12 Years a SlaveSolomon NorthupTom Hanks Captain PhillipsCaptain Richard PhillipsOscar Isaac Inside Llewyn DavisLlewyn DavisMads Mikkelsen The HuntLucasJoaquin Phoenix HerTheodore Twombly2014Michael KeatonBirdmanRiggan ThomsonRalph Fiennes The Grand Budapest Hotel Monsieur Gustave H.Brendan Gleeson Calvary Father James LavelleJake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler Louis "Lou" BloomTimothy Spall Mr. Turner J. M. W. Turner2015Michael FassbenderSteve Jobs Steve JobsMatt DamonThe MartianMark WatneyLeonardo DiCaprio The Revenant Hugh GlassMichael B. Jordan Creed Adonis CreedIan McKellen Mr. Holmes Sherlock Holmes2016Casey AffleckManchester by the Sea Lee Chandler Adam DriverPatersonPatersonRyan Gosling La La Land Sebastian WilderViggo Mortensen Captain Fantastic Ben CashDenzel Washington Fences Troy Maxson2017Gary OldmanDarkest Hour Winston ChurchillTimothée Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Elio PerlmanJames FrancoThe Disaster ArtistTommy WiseauDaniel Kaluuya Get Out Chris WashingtonRobert Pattinson Good Time Constantine "Connie" Nikas2018Ethan HawkeFirst Reformed Ernst TollerChristian Bale Vice Dick CheneyBradley Cooper A Star Is Born Jackson MaineJoaquin Phoenix You Were Never Really Here JoeJohn David Washington BlacKkKlansman Ron Stallworth2019Adam DriverMarriage Story Charlie BarberAntonio Banderas Pain and Glory Salvador MalloRobert De Niro The Irishman Frank SheeranJoaquin Phoenix Joker Arthur Fleck / JokerAdam Sandler Uncut Gems Howard Ratner
2020s YearWinnerFilmRole2020Delroy Lindo Da 5 Bloods PaulRiz Ahmed Sound of Metal Ruben StoneChadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Levee GreenAnthony Hopkins The Father AnthonySteven Yeun Minari Jacob Yi2021Benedict Cumberbatch The Power of the Dog Phil BurbankNicolas Cage Pig Robbie "Rob" FeldAndrew Garfield tick, tick... Boom! Jonathan LarsenOscar Isaac The Card Counter William TellHidetoshi Nishijima Drive My Car Yūsuke Kafuku2022Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin Pádraic SúilleabháinAustin ButlerElvisElvis PresleyBrendan FraserThe WhaleCharliePaul MescalAftersunCalum PatersonBill NighyLivingMr. Williams2023 Paul Giamatti The Holdovers Paul Hunham Leonardo DiCaprio Killers of the Flower Moon Ernest Burkhart Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer Andrew Scott All of Us Strangers Adam Jeffrey Wright American Fiction Thelonious "Monk" Ellison2024 Ralph Fiennes Conclave Cardinal Thomas Lawrence Adrien Brody The Brutalist László Tóth Timothée Chalamet A Complete Unknown Bob Dylan Colman Domingo Sing Sing John "Divine G" Whitfield Sebastian Stan A Different Man Edward Lemuel / "Guy Moratz"2025 Michael B. Jordan Sinners Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore Timothée Chalamet Marty Supreme Marty Mauser Leonardo DiCaprio One Battle After Another Bob Ferguson Ethan Hawke Blue Moon Lorenz Hart Wagner Moura The Secret Agent Marcelo Alves / Armando Solimões / Fernando Solimões
References
External links OFCS - Awards