St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
| St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
 Current recipient: Cillian Murphy | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | St. Louis Film Critics Association |
| First awarded | Jamie Fox Ray (2004) |
| Currently held by | Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer (2023) |
| Website | stlfilmcritics |
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The St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is one of the annual awards given by the St. Louis Film Critics Association.
Winners
[edit]2000s
[edit]| Year | Recipient | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Jamie Foxx | Ray | Ray Charles |
| 2005 | Heath Ledger | Brokeback Mountain | Ennis Del Mar |
| 2006 | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin |
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | Daniel Plainview |
| 2008 | Sean Penn | Milk | Harvey Milk |
| 2009 | George Clooney | Up in the Air | Ryan Bingham |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Recipient | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colin Firth | The King's Speech | King George VI |
| 2011 | George Clooney | The Descendants | Matt King |
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| 2013 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup |
| 2014 | Jake Gyllenhaal | Nightcrawler | Lou Bloom |
| 2015 | Leonardo DiCaprio | The Revenant | Hugh Glass |
| 2016 | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea | Lee Chandler |
| 2017 | Gary Oldman | Darkest Hour | Winston Churchill |
| 2018 | Ethan Hawke | First Reformed | Ernst Toller |
| 2019 | Adam Sandler | Uncut Gems | Howard Ratner |
2020s
[edit]| Year | Recipient | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Levee Green |
| 2021 | Nicolas Cage | Pig | Robin "Rob" Feld |
| 2022 | Brendan Fraser | The Whale | Charlie |
| 2023 | Cillian Murphy | Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer |