The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.
Winners 2000s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRoleRef 2000 Benicio del Toro Traffic Javier RodriguezMark RuffaloYou Can Count on Me Terry Prescott Billy CrudupJesus' Son FHAlmost Famous Russell Hammond 2001 Steve Buscemi Ghost World Seymour Russell Crowe A Beautiful MindJohn NashTom Wilkinson In the BedroomMatt Fowler 2002 Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York William "Bill the Butcher" CuttingAdrien Brody The PianistWładysław Szpilman Nicolas Cage Adaptation.Charlie and Donald Kaufman 2003 Sean Penn Mystic River Jimmy MarkumBen Kingsley House of Sand and FogBehraniBill Murray Lost in TranslationBob Harris 2004 Jamie Foxx Ray Ray Charles Paul Giamatti Sideways Miles RaymondLiam Neeson KinseyAlfred Kinsey 2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote Truman CapoteTerrence Howard Hustle & FlowDjayHeath Ledger Brokeback MountainEnnis Del Mar 2006 Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland Idi AminLeonardo DiCaprio The Departed William "Billy" Costigan Jr.Ryan Gosling Half NelsonDan Dunne 2007 Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood Daniel PlainviewEmile Hirsch Into the Wild Christopher McCandlessViggo Mortensen Eastern PromisesNikolai Luzhin 2008 Sean Penn Milk Harvey MilkFrank Langella Frost/Nixon Richard NixonMickey Rourke The Wrestler Randy Robinson 2009 Colin Firth A Single Man George FalconerGeorge Clooney Up in the Air Ryan BinghamJeremy Renner The Hurt Locker SFC. William James
2010s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRoleRef 2010 Colin Firth The King's Speech King George VI Jesse Eisenberg The Social Network Mark ZuckerbergJames Franco 127 Hours Aron Ralston 2011 Michael Fassbender Shame Brandon SullivanJean Dujardin The Artist George ValentinMichael Shannon Take Shelter Curtis LaForche 2012 Joaquin Phoenix The MasterFreddie QuellJohn Hawkes The Sessions Mark O'BrianDaniel Day-Lewis Lincoln Abraham Lincoln 2013 Oscar Isaac Inside Llewyn DavisLlewyn DavisChiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave Solomon NorthupMatthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club Ron Woodroof2014 Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler Lou Bloom Benedict Cumberbatch The Imitation Game Alan TuringMichael Keaton Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Riggan Thomson2015 Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs Steve JobsLeonardo DiCaprio The Revenant Hugh GlassEddie Redmayne The Danish Girl Lili Elbe2016 Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea Lee ChandlerRyan Gosling La La Land Sebastian WilderDenzel Washington Fences Troy Maxson2017 Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread Reynolds WoodcockTimothée Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Elio PerlmanGary Oldman Darkest Hour Winston Churchill2018 Ethan Hawke First Reformed Ernst Toller Christian Bale Vice Dick Cheney Viggo Mortensen Green Book Tony Lip2019 Adam Driver Marriage Story Charlie Barber Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo Joaquin Phoenix Joker The Joker
2020s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRoleRef2020 Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Levee Green Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021. Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal Ruben Stone Anthony Hopkins The Father Anthony Gary Oldman Mank Herman J. Mankiewicz2021 Andrew Garfield Tick, Tick... Boom! Jonathan Larson Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022. Bradley Cooper Nightmare Alley Stan Carlisle Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022. Denzel Washington The Tragedy of Macbeth Lord Macbeth2022 Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin Pádraic Súilleabháin Austin Butler Elvis Elvis Presley Paul Mescal Aftersun Calum 2023 Paul Giamatti The Holdovers Paul Hunham Bradley Cooper Maestro Leonard Bernstein Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer 2024 Timothée Chalamet A Complete Unknown Bob Dylan Dana Gee, "Oscar favourite Anora wins best international honour from Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, February 19, 2025. Adrien Brody The Brutalist László Tóth Erik Anderson, "2024 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations". Awards Watch, January 21, 2025. Colman Domingo Sing Sing John "Divine G" Whitfield 2025 Timothée Chalamet Marty Supreme Marty Mauser Leonardo DiCaprio One Battle After Another Bob Ferguson Joel Edgerton Train Dreams Robert Grainier
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