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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox award
| name          = London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
| image         = Ralph Fiennes 2024.jpg
| image_upright = 0.7
| caption       = The 2024 recipient: [[Ralph Fiennes]]
| awarded_for   = Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
| presenter     = [[London Film Critics Circle]]
| country       = [[England]]
| year          = [[Philippe Noiret]] <br /> ''[[Cinema Paradiso]]'' ([[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1990|1990]])
| holder        = [[Ralph Fiennes]] <br /> ''[[Conclave (film)|Conclave]]'' ([[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2024|2024]])
| website       = {{url|criticscircle.org}}
}}
The '''London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year''' is an annual award given by the [[London Film Critics Circle]].
==Winners==
===1990s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="100"|'''Year'''
!width="300"|'''Winner'''
!width="300"|'''Film'''
!width="300"|'''Role'''
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1990|1990]] || '''[[Philippe Noiret]]''' || ''[[Cinema Paradiso]]'' || Alfredo
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1991|1991]] || '''[[Gérard Depardieu]]''' || ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' || [[Cyrano de Bergerac]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1992|1992]] || '''[[Robert Downey Jr.]]''' || ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]'' || [[Charlie Chaplin]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1993|1993]] || '''[[Anthony Hopkins]]''' || ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)|The Remains of the Day]]'' || Mr. James Stevens
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1994|1994]] || '''[[John Travolta]]''' || ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' || Vincent Vega
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1995|1995]] || '''[[Johnny Depp]]''' || ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]], [[Don Juan DeMarco]]'' || [[Ed Wood|Edward D. Wood, Jr.]], [[Don Juan]]/John R. DeMarco
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1996|1996]] || '''[[Morgan Freeman]]''' || ''[[Seven (1995 film)|Seven]]'' || Detective Lieutenant William Somerset
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1997|1997]] || '''[[Geoffrey Rush]]''' || ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]'' || [[David Helfgott]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998|1998]] || '''[[Jack Nicholson]]''' || ''[[As Good as It Gets]]'' || Melvin Udall
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1999|1999]] || '''[[Kevin Spacey]]''' || ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]'' || Lester Burnham
|}
===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="100"|'''Year'''
!width="300"|'''Winner'''
!width="300"|'''Film'''
!width="300"|'''Role'''
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2000|2000]] || '''[[Russell Crowe]]''' || ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' ||Maximus Decimus Meridius
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2001|2001]] || '''[[Billy Bob Thornton]]''' || ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]'' || Ed Crane
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2002|2002]] || '''[[Michael Caine]]''' || ''[[The Quiet American (2002 film)|The Quiet American]]'' || Thomas Fowler
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2003|2003]] || '''[[Sean Penn]]''' || ''[[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]]'' || Jimmy Markum
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2004|2004]] || '''[[Jamie Foxx]]''' || ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]'' || [[Ray Charles]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2005|2005]] || '''[[Bruno Ganz]]''' || ''[[Downfall (2004 film)|Downfall (Der Untergang)]]'' || [[Adolf Hitler]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2006|2006]] || '''[[Forest Whitaker]]''' || ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' || [[Idi Amin]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007|2007]] || '''[[Daniel Day-Lewis]]''' || ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'' || Daniel Plainview
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008|2008]] || '''[[Mickey Rourke]]''' || ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'' || Randy Robinson
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2009|2009]] || '''[[Christoph Waltz]]''' || ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' || [[Hans Landa|Standartenführer Hans Landa]]
|}
===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="100"|'''Year'''
!width="300"|'''Winner'''
!width="300"|'''Film'''
!width="300"|'''Role'''
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010|2010]] || '''[[Colin Firth]]''' || ''[[The King's Speech]]'' || [[King George VI]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2011|2011]] || '''[[Jean Dujardin]]''' || ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]'' || George Valentin
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2012|2012]] || '''[[Joaquin Phoenix]]''' || ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'' || Freddie Quell
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2013|2013]] || '''[[Chiwetel Ejiofor]]''' || ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' || [[Solomon Northup]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2014|2014]] || '''[[Michael Keaton]]''' || ''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman]]'' || Riggan Thomson
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2015|2015]] || '''[[Tom Courtenay]]''' || ''[[45 Years]]'' || Geoff Mercer
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2016|2016]] || '''[[Casey Affleck]]''' || ''[[Manchester by the Sea (film)|Manchester by the Sea]]'' || Lee Chandler
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2017|2017]] || '''[[Timothée Chalamet]]''' || ''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]'' ||[[Elio Perlman]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2018|2018]] || '''[[Ethan Hawke]]''' || ''[[First Reformed]]'' || Reverend Ernst Toller
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2019|2019]] || '''[[Joaquin Phoenix]]''' || ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' || [[Joker (character)|Arthur Fleck / Joker]]
|}
===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="100"|'''Year'''
!width="300"|'''Winner'''
!width="300"|'''Film'''
!width="300"|'''Role'''
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2020|2020]] || '''[[Chadwick Boseman]]''' || ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'' || Levee Green
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2021|2021]] || '''[[Benedict Cumberbatch]]''' || ''[[The Power of the Dog (film)|The Power of the Dog]]'' || Phil Burbank
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2022|2022]] || '''[[Colin Farrell]]''' || ''[[The Banshees of Inisherin]]'' || Pádraic Súilleabháin
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2023|2023]] || '''[[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]]''' || ''[[All of Us Strangers]]'' || Adam
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2024|2024]] || '''[[Ralph Fiennes]]''' || ''[[Conclave (film)|Conclave]]'' || Thomas Cardinal Lawrence
|}
==References==
* [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000403/ London Film Critics' Circle Awards – IMDb]
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