The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actor was one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards awarded between 2013 and 2020. In 2021, it was replaced by the gender neutral awards for Outstanding Lead Performance and Outstanding Supporting Performance.

Winners and nominees 2010s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole 2013 Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club Ron Woodroof Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup Oscar Isaac Inside Llewyn Davis Llewyn Davis Robert Redford All Is Lost Our Man Isaiah Washington Blue Caprice John Muhammad 2014 Michael Keaton Birdman Riggan Thomson Bill Hader The Skeleton Twins Milo Dean Ethan Hawke Boyhood Mason Evans Sr. Oscar Isaac A Most Violent Year Abel Morales Miles Teller Whiplash Andrew Neiman 2015 Paul Dano Love & Mercy Brian Wilson - Past Christopher Abbott James White James White Kevin Corrigan Results Danny Flynn Peter Sarsgaard Experimenter Stanley Milgram Michael Shannon 99 Homes Rick Carver 2016 Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea Lee Chandler Jeff Bridges Hell or High Water Marcus Hamilton Adam Driver Paterson Paterson Joel Edgerton Loving Richard Loving Craig Robinson Morris from America Curtis Gentry 2017 James Franco The Disaster Artist Tommy Wiseau Willem Dafoe The Florida Project Bobby Hicks Daniel Kaluuya Get Out Chris Washington Robert Pattinson Good Time Constantine "Connie" Nikas Adam Sandler The Meyerowitz Stories Danny Meyerowitz Harry Dean Stanton Lucky Lucky 2018 Ethan Hawke First Reformed Ernst Toller Adam Driver BlacKkKlansman Detective Flip Zimmerman Ben Foster Leave No Trace Will Richard E. Grant Can You Ever Forgive Me? Jack Hock Lakeith Stanfield Sorry to Bother You Cassius "Cash" Green 2019 Adam Driver Marriage Story Charlie Barber Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse Thomas Wake Aldis Hodge Clemency Anthony Woods André Holland High Flying Bird Ray Burke Adam Sandler Uncut Gems Howard Ratner

2020s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole 2020 Riz AhmedSound of Metal Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman (posthumous) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Levee Jude Law The Nest Rory O'Hara John Magaro First Cow Otis "Cookie" Figowitz Jesse Plemons I'm Thinking of Ending Things Jake

Multiple nominees

3 nominations Adam Driver

2 nominations Willem Dafoe Oscar Isaac Ethan Hawke Adam Sandler

See also Academy Award for Best Actor Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

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