Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor
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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.
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Movie |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | Critics Choice Association |
Currently held by | Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers (2023) |
Website | www.criticschoice.com |
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.