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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
The 2023 recipient: Cillian Murphy
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
CountryUnited States
Presented byDallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
First awardedJeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Currently held byCillian Murphy
Oppenheimer (2023)
Websitedfwcritics.com

The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

Winners and nominees

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1990s

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1990: Jeremy Irons as Claus von BülowReversal of Fortune

1991: Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal LecterThe Silence of the Lambs

1992: Denzel Washington as Malcolm XMalcolm X

1993: Anthony Hopkins as Mr. James Stevens – The Remains of the Day

1994: Tom Hanks as Forrest GumpForrest Gump

1995: Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson – Leaving Las Vegas

1996: Geoffrey Rush as David HelfgottShine

1997: Peter Fonda as Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson – Ulee's Gold

1998: Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank – The Truman Show

1999: Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham – American Beauty

2000s

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2000: Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius – Gladiator

2001: Russell Crowe as John NashA Beautiful Mind

2002: Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt – About Schmidt

2003: Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum – Mystic River

2004: Paul Giamatti as Miles Raymond – Sideways

2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman CapoteCapote

2006: Forest Whitaker as Idi AminThe Last King of Scotland

2007: Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview – There Will Be Blood

2008: Sean Penn as Harvey MilkMilk

2009: George Clooney as Ryan Bingham – Up in the Air

2010s

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2010: James Franco as Aron Ralston127 Hours[1]

2011: George Clooney as Matt King – The Descendants[2]

2012: Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham LincolnLincoln[3]

2013: Matthew McConaughey as Ron WoodroofDallas Buyers Club[4]

2014: Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)[5]

2015: Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh GlassThe Revenant[6]

2016: Casey Affleck as Lee Chandler – Manchester by the Sea[7]

2017: Gary Oldman as Winston ChurchillDarkest Hour[8]

2018: Christian Bale as Dick CheneyVice[9]

2019: Adam Driver as Charlie Barber – Marriage Story[10]

2020s

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2020: Chadwick Boseman as Levee Green – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom[11]

2021: Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank – The Power of the Dog[12]

2022: Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin – The Banshees of Inisherin[13][14][15]

2023: Cillian Murphy as J. Robert OppenheimerOppenheimer

References

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  1. ^ "DFW Film Critics Name "The Social Network" as Best Film of 2010". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 17, 2010.
  2. ^ "DFW Film Critics Name "The Descendants" as Best Film of 2011". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "DFW Film Critics Name "Lincoln" as Best Film of 2012". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "2013". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 16, 2013.
  5. ^ Whale, Chase (December 15, 2014). "DFWFCA names "Birdman" as top film of 2014". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.
  6. ^ Whale, Chase (December 14, 2015). "Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Name "Spotlight" Best Picture of 2015". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.
  7. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 13, 2016). "DFW Film Critics Name 'Moonlight' Best Film of 2016". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.
  8. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 13, 2017). "DFW Film Critics Name 'The Shape of Water' Best Picture of 2017". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.
  9. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 17, 2018). "DFW Film Critics Name "A Star Is Born" Best Picture of 2018". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.
  10. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 16, 2019). "DFW Film Critics Pick "1917" as Best Film of 2019". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.
  11. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (February 10, 2021). "DFW Film Critics Name "Nomadland" Best Picture of 2020". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.
  12. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 20, 2021). "DFW Film Critics Name "Power of the Dog" Best Film of 2021". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.
  13. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 19, 2022). "DFW Film Critics Name "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Best Film of 2022". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.
  14. ^ Lin, Kristian (December 19, 2022). "DFW Film Critics Choose Everything". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  15. ^ Bentley, Alex (December 19, 2022). "Dallas–Fort Worth film critics name Everything Everywhere All at Once best movie of 2022". CultureMap Dallas. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
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