The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), which was founded in 1966, is the smallest, most elitist group of about 60 reviewers.
My Book:
Best Actor Winners by Year, Film, Role
1966 Michael Caine, Alfie (Alfie Elkins)
1967 Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night (Bill Gillespie)
1968 Per Oscarsson, Hunger (Pontus)
1969 Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy (Joe Buck)
1970 George C. Scott, Patton (George S. Patton)
1971: Peter Finch, Sunday Bloody Sunday (Daniel Hirsh)
1972: Al Pacino, The Godfather (Michael Corleone)
1973: Marlon Brando, Last Tango in Paris (Paul)
1974: Jack Nicholson, Chinatown (JJ. Gittes) and Last Detail (Billy Buddusky)
1975: Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Randle McMurphy)
1976: Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver (Travis Bickle)
1977: Art Carney, The Late Show (Ira Wells)
1978: Gary Busey, The Buddy Holly Story (Buddy Holy)
1979: Dustin Hoffman, Agatha (as Wally Stanton); Kramer Vs. Kramer (as Ted Kramer)
1980: Peter O’Toole, The Stunt Man (Eli Cross)
1981: Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City (Lou Pascal)
1982: Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie (Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels)
1983: Gerard Depardieu, Danton (Georges Danton); The Return of Martin Guerre (Arnaud de Tihl)
1984 Steve Martin, All of Me (Roger Cobb)
1985 Jack Nicholson, Prizzi’s Honor (Charley Partanna)
1986 Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa (George)
1987 Steve Martin, Roxanne (C. D. Bales)
1988 Michael Keaton, Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice) and Clean and Sober (Daryl Poynter)
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot (Christy Brown)
1990 Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune (Claus von Bulow)
1991 River Phoenix, My Own Private Idaho (Mike Waters)
1992: Stephen Rea, The Crying Game (Fergus)
1993: David Thewlis, Naked (Johnny)
1994: Paul Newman, Nobody’s Fool (Sully Sullivan)
1995: Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas (Ben Sanderson)
1996: Eddie Murphy, The Nutty Professor (Sherman Klump/Buddy Love)
1997: Robert Duvall, The Apostle (Euliss Dewey/The Apostle)
1998: Nick Nolte, Affliction (Wade Whitehouse)
1999: Russell Crowe, The Insider (Jeffrey Wigand)
2000: Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls (Reinaldo Arenas)
2001: Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums (Royal Tenenbaum)
2002: Adrien Brody, The Pianist (Wladyslaw Szpilman)
2003: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (Bob Harris)
2004: Jamie Foxx, Ray (Ray Charles); Collateral (Max Durocher)
2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote (Truman Capote)
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: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker (SFC William James)
2010: Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network (Mark Zuckerberg)
2011: Brad Pitt, Moneyball (Billy Beane); Tree of Life (Mr. O’Brien)
2012: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln)
2013: Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis (Llewyn Davis)
2014: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner (J.M.W. Turner)
2015:
2016:
2017:
2018: Ethan Hawk, The Reformed
My Book:
Actors who have won multiple awards:
- Multiple Winners:
- Three wins: 2 Actors
- Daniel Day-Lewis (1989, 2007, 2012)
- Jack Nicholson (1974, 1975, 1985)
- Two wins: 2 Actors
- Dustin Hoffman (1979, 1982)
- Steve Martin (1984, 1987)
