Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor is an award given out at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The awards are presented by the Critics Choice Association (CCA) and was first presented in 1995. There were no official nominees announced until 2001. Actors Russell Crowe and Daniel Day-Lewis hold the record for most wins in this category with three victories each, followed by Jack Nicholson and Sean Penn with two wins each.

This is the main Best Actor award for leading performances by an actor. Previously, two other genre-specific categories were presented: Best Actor in a Comedy (2012–2019) and Best Actor in an Action Movie (2012–2016).

For the Supporting Actor category, see Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Multiple nominees

 * 7 nominations
 * Leonardo DiCaprio


 * 6 nominations
 * Ryan Gosling


 * 5 nominations
 * Russell Crowe


 * 4 nominations
 * Daniel Day-Lewis
 * Johnny Depp
 * Tom Hanks


 * 3 nominations
 * George Clooney
 * Bradley Cooper
 * Viggo Mortensen
 * Sean Penn
 * Joaquin Phoenix
 * Will Smith
 * Denzel Washington


 * 2 nominations
 * Christian Bale
 * Jeff Bridges
 * Benedict Cumberbatch
 * Michael Fassbender
 * Colin Firth
 * James Franco
 * Andrew Garfield
 * Paul Giamatti
 * Jake Gyllenhaal
 * Jack Nicholson
 * Gary Oldman
 * Brad Pitt
 * Eddie Redmayne

Multiple winners

 * 3 wins
 * Daniel Day-Lewis
 * Russell Crowe (consecutive)


 * 2 wins
 * Jack Nicholson
 * Sean Penn