San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor is an award given by the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle to honor an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
The 2023 recipient: Jeffrey Wright
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
CountryUnited States
Presented bySan Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
First awardedMichael Caine
The Quiet American (2002)
Currently held byJeffrey Wright
American Fiction (2023)
Websitesfbafcc.com

Winners

2000s

YearWinnerFilmRole
2002Michael CaineThe Quiet AmericanThomas Fowler
2003Bill MurrayLost in TranslationBob Harris
2004Paul GiamattiSidewaysMiles Raymond
2005Heath LedgerBrokeback MountainEnnis Del Mar
2006Sacha Baron CohenBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanBorat Sagdiyev
2007George ClooneyMichael ClaytonMichael Clayton
2008Sean PennMilkHarvey Milk
Mickey RourkeThe WrestlerRandy "The Ram" Robinson
2009Colin FirthA Single ManGeorge Falconer

2010s

YearWinnerFilmRole
2010Colin FirthThe King's SpeechKing George VI
2011Gary OldmanTinker Tailor Soldier SpyGeorge Smiley
2012Joaquin PhoenixThe MasterFreddie Quell
2013Chiwetel Ejiofor12 Years a SlaveSolomon Northup
2014Michael KeatonBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Riggan Thomson
2015Paul DanoLove & MercyBrian Wilson
2016Denzel WashingtonFencesTroy Maxson
2017Andy SerkisWar for the Planet of the ApesCaesar
2018Ethan HawkeFirst ReformedReverend Ernst Toller
2019Antonio BanderasPain and GlorySalvador Mallo

2020s

YearWinnerFilmRole
2020Chadwick BosemanMa Rainey's Black BottomLevee Green
2021Benedict CumberbatchThe Power of the DogPhil Burbank
2022Colin FarrellThe Banshees of InisherinPádraic Súilleabháin
2023Jeffrey WrightAmerican FictionThelonious "Monk" Ellison