The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.

It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

1990: Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bülow – Reversal of Fortune 1991: Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter – The Silence of the Lambs 1992: Denzel Washington as Malcolm X – Malcolm X 1993: Anthony Hopkins as Mr. James Stevens – The Remains of the Day 1994: Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump – Forrest Gump 1995: Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson – Leaving Las Vegas 1996: Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott – Shine 1997: Peter Fonda as Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson – Ulee's Gold 1998: Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank – The Truman Show 1999: Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham – American Beauty 2000: Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius – Gladiator 2001: Russell Crowe as John Nash – A Beautiful Mind 2002: Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt – About Schmidt 2003: Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum – Mystic River 2004: Paul Giamatti as Miles Raymond – Sideways 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote – Capote 2006: Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin – The Last King of Scotland 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview – There Will Be Blood 2008: Sean Penn as Harvey Milk – Milk 2009: George Clooney as Ryan Bingham – Up in the Air 2010: James Franco as Aron Ralston – 127 Hours[1] 2011: George Clooney as Matt King – The Descendants[2] 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln – Lincoln[3] 2013: Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof – Dallas Buyers Club[4] 2014: Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)[5] 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass – The Revenant[6] 2016: Casey Affleck as Lee Chandler – Manchester by the Sea[7] 2017: Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill – Darkest Hour[8] 2018: Christian Bale as Dick Cheney – Vice[9] 2019: Adam Driver as Charlie Barber – Marriage Story[10] 2020: Chadwick Boseman as Levee Green – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom[11] 2021: Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank – The Power of the Dog[12] 2022: Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin – The Banshees of Inisherin[13][14][15] 2023: Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer – Oppenheimer