National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

Entertainment: Movies Awards: National Board of Review

Ties in 1973, 1978, 1985, 1990, 2009.

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

48

1942

Ernest Anderson (Actor)

Actor

4.00% (1 of 25 votes)

78

1945

Ray Milland

Actor

0% (0 of 7 votes)

30

1946

Laurence Olivier

Actor

31.18% (29 of 93 votes)

79

1947

Michael Redgrave

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

3

1948

Walter Huston

Actor

100% (1 of 1 votes)

17

1949

Ralph Richardson

Actor

49.57% (57 of 115 votes)

80

1950

Alec Guinness

Actor

0% (0 of 3 votes)

51

1951

Richard Basehart

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

18

1952

Ralph Richardson

Actor

49.57% (57 of 115 votes)

40

1953

James Mason

Actor

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

21

1954

Bing Crosby

Vocalist

36.00% (9 of 25 votes)

69

1955

Ernest Borgnine

Actor

0% (0 of 10 votes)

70

1956

Yul Brynner

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

71

1957

Alec Guinness

Actor

0% (0 of 3 votes)

72

1958

Spencer Tracy

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

49

1959

Victor Sjöström

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

73

1960

Robert Mitchum

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

41

1961

Albert Finney

Actor

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

61

1962

Jason Robards

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

8

1963

Rex Harrison

Actor

66.67% (4 of 6 votes)

64

1964

Anthony Quinn

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

65

1965

Lee Marvin

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

66

1966

Paul Scofield

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

67

1967

Peter Finch

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

26

1968

Cliff Robertson

Actor

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

62

1969

Peter O'Toole

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

63

1970

George C. Scott

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

36

1971

Gene Hackman

Actor

30.60% (41 of 134 votes)

57

1972

Peter O'Toole

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

58

1973

Al Pacino

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

59

1973

Robert Ryan

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

35

1974

Gene Hackman

Actor

30.60% (41 of 134 votes)

6

1975

Jack Nicholson

Actor

79.52% (66 of 83 votes)

60

1976

David Carradine

Actor

0% (0 of 5 votes)

25

1977

John Travolta

Actor

33.33% (4 of 12 votes)

20

1978

Jon Voight

Actor

38.71% (24 of 62 votes)

31

1978

Laurence Olivier

Actor

31.18% (29 of 93 votes)

54

1979

Peter Sellers (Comedian)

Comedian

0% (0 of 4 votes)

22

1980

Robert De Niro

Actor

34.78% (56 of 161 votes)

55

1981

Henry Fonda

Actor

0% (0 of 4 votes)

56

1982

Ben Kingsley

Actor

0% (0 of 11 votes)

1

1983

Tom Conti

Actor

100% (1 of 1 votes)

53

1984

Victor Banerjee

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

47

1985

William Hurt

Actor

4.55% (1 of 22 votes)

52

1985

Raul Julia

Actor

0% (0 of 3 votes)

19

1986

Paul Newman

Actor

39.13% (27 of 69 votes)

75

1987

Michael Douglas

Actor

0% (0 of 4 votes)

34

1988

Gene Hackman

Actor

30.60% (41 of 134 votes)

33

1989

Morgan Freeman

Actor

30.66% (42 of 137 votes)

11

1990

Robin Williams

Comedian

60.0% (120 of 200 votes)

23

1990

Robert De Niro

Actor

34.78% (56 of 161 votes)

46

1991

Warren Beatty

Actor

8.33% (3 of 36 votes)

38

1992

Jack Lemmon

Actor

29.41% (5 of 17 votes)

74

1993

Anthony Hopkins

Actor

0% (0 of 2 votes)

27

1994

Tom Hanks

Actor

32.35% (22 of 68 votes)

44

1995

Nicolas Cage

Actor

15.38% (2 of 13 votes)

10

1996

Tom Cruise

Actor

60.0% (228 of 380 votes)

5

1997

Jack Nicholson

Actor

79.52% (66 of 83 votes)

24

1998

Ian McKellen

Actor

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

29

1999

Russell Crowe

Actor

32.14% (18 of 56 votes)

14

2000

Javier Bardem

Actor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

45

2001

Billy Bob Thornton

Actor

14.29% (1 of 7 votes)

76

2002

Campbell Scott

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

2

2003

Sean Penn

Actor

100% (8 of 8 votes)

39

2004

Jamie Foxx

Comedian

27.27% (6 of 22 votes)

9

2005

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Actor

61.11% (11 of 18 votes)

82

2006

Forest Whitaker

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

83

2007

George Clooney

Actor

0% (0 of 5 votes)

4

2008

Clint Eastwood

Actor

80.0% (4 of 5 votes)

32

2009

Morgan Freeman

Actor

30.66% (42 of 137 votes)

86

2009

George Clooney

Actor

0% (0 of 5 votes)

84

2010

Jesse Eisenberg

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

85

2011

George Clooney

Actor

0% (0 of 5 votes)

42

2012

Bradley Cooper

Actor

23.08% (9 of 39 votes)

77

2013

Bruce Dern

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

7

2014

Michael Keaton

Actor

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

16

2014

Oscar Isaac

Actor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

37

2015

Matt Damon

Actor

30.26% (23 of 76 votes)

68

2016

Casey Affleck

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

28

2017

Tom Hanks

Actor

32.35% (22 of 68 votes)

43

2018

Bradley Cooper

Actor

23.08% (9 of 39 votes)

81

2018

Viggo Mortensen

Actor

0% (0 of 16 votes)

13

2019

Adam Sandler

Comedian

59.83% (289 of 483 votes)

15

2020

Riz Ahmed

Actor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

12

2021

Will Smith

Vocalist

60.0% (432 of 720 votes)

50

2022

Colin Farrell

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)