The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actor was one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards awarded between 2013 and 2020. In 2021, it was replaced by the gender neutral awards for Outstanding Lead Performance and Outstanding Supporting Performance. [1]
Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role | Ref. |
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2020 | Riz Ahmed | Sound of Metal | Ruben Stone | [9] |
Chadwick Boseman (posthumous) | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Levee | ||
Jude Law | The Nest | Rory O'Hara | ||
John Magaro | First Cow | Otis "Cookie" Figowitz | ||
Jesse Plemons | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Jake |
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