# Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor

The following is a list of Fangoria Chainsaw Award winners for Best Actor. It is awarded annually to an actor for his work in a horror or thriller film.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Nominees | Film |
| 1992 | Anthony Hopkins | The Silence of the Lambs |
| 1993 | Gary Oldman | Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| 1994 | Bruce Campbell | Army of Darkness |
| 1995 | Brandon Lee | The Crow |
| 1996 | Christopher Walken | The Prophecy |
| 1997 | George Clooney | From Dusk till Dawn |
| 1997 | Corbin Bernsen | The Dentist |
| 1997 | Rupert Everett | Cemetery Man |
| 1997 | Michael J. Fox | The Frighteners |
| 1997 | Richard E. Grant | The Cold Light of Day |
| 1998 | Al Pacino | The Devil's Advocate |
| 1999 | James Woods | Vampires |

### 2000s

| Year | Nominees | Film | Ref |
| 2000 | Johnny Depp | Sleepy Hollow | |
| 2001 | Christian Bale | American Psycho | |
| 2002 | Anthony Hopkins | Hannibal | |
| 2002 | Johnny Depp | From Hell | |
| 2003 | Robin Williams | One Hour Photo | |
| 2003 | Anthony Hopkins | Red Dragon | |
| 2003 | Mel Gibson | Signs | |
| 2003 | Michael Reilly Burke | Ted Bundy | |
| 2003 | Jake Weber | Wendigo | |
| 2004 | Bruce Campbell | Bubba Ho-Tep | |
| 2004 | Robert Englund | Freddy vs. Jason | |
| 2004 | Ralph Fiennes | Spider | |
| 2004 | Crispin Glover | Willard | |
| 2004 | Cillian Murphy | 28 Days Later | |
| 2005 | Simon Pegg | Shaun of the Dead | |
| 2005 | Christian Bale | The Machinist | |
| 2005 | Ron Perlman | Hellboy | |
| 2005 | Johnny Depp | Secret Window | |
| 2005 | Desmond Harrington | Love Object | |
| 2006 | Sid Haig | The Devil's Rejects | |
| 2006 | John Jarratt | Wolf Creek | |
| 2006 | John Leguizamo | Land of the Dead | |
| 2006 | Stellan Skarsgård | Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist | |
| 2006 | John Turturro | Fear X | |
| 2007 | No award | No award | No award |
| 2008 | No award | No award | No award |
| 2009 | Ron Perlman | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | |
| 2009 | Leo Bill | The Living and the Dead | |
| 2009 | Kare Hedebrant | Let the Right One In | |
| 2009 | Trevor Matthews | Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer | |
| 2009 | Marc Senter | The Lost | |

### 2010s

| Year | Nominees | Film |
| 2010 | Jesse Eisenberg | Zombieland |
| 2010 | Garret Dillahunt | The Last House on the Left |
| 2010 | Viggo Mortensen | The Road |
| 2010 | Stephen McHattie | Pontypool |
| 2010 | Song Kang-ho | Thirst |
| 2011 | Ryan Reynolds | Buried |
| 2011 | Leonardo DiCaprio | Shutter Island |
| 2011 | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Let Me In |
| 2011 | Patrick Fabian | The Last Exorcism |
| 2011 | James Le Gros | Bitter Feast |
| 2012 | Antonio Banderas | The Skin I Live In |
| 2012 | Sean Bean | Black Death |
| 2012 | Nick Damici | Stake Land |
| 2012 | Tyler Labine | Tucker & Dale vs. Evil |
| 2012 | Noah Taylor | Red White & Blue |
| 2012 | Choi Min-sik | I Saw the Devil |
| 2013 | Liam Neeson | The Grey |
| 2013 | Ethan Hawke | Sinister |
| 2013 | Daniel Radcliffe | The Woman in Black |
| 2013 | Luis Tosar | Sleep Tight |
| 2013 | Neil Maskell | Kill List |
| 2014 | Elijah Wood | Maniac |
| 2014 | Patrick Wilson | Insidious: Chapter 2 |
| 2014 | Toby Jones | Berberian Sound Studio |
| 2014 | Francisco Barreiro | Here Comes the Devil |
| 2014 | Bill Sage | We Are What We Are |
| 2015 | Daniel Radcliffe | Horns |
| 2015 | Lior Ashkenazi | Big Bad Wolves |
| 2015 | Nick Damici | Late Phases |
| 2015 | Jake Gyllenhaal | Enemy |
| 2015 | Jared Harris | The Quiet Ones |
| 2016 | Kurt Russell | Bone Tomahawk |
| 2016 | Mark Duplass | Creep |
| 2016 | Tom Hiddleston | Crimson Peak |
| 2016 | Lou Taylor Pucci | Spring |
| 2016 | Henry Rollins | He Never Died |
| 2017 | John Goodman | 10 Cloverfield Lane |
| 2017 | Anton Yelchin | Green Room |
| 2017 | Gong Yoo | Train to Busan |
| 2017 | Logan Marshall-Green | The Invitation |
| 2017 | Max Records | I Am Not a Serial Killer |
| 2019 | Nicolas Cage | Mandy |
| 2019 | James Jude Courtney / Nick Castle | Halloween |
| 2019 | Anders Danielsen Lie | The Night Eats the World |
| 2019 | Matt Dillon | The House That Jack Built |
| 2019 | Logan Marshall-Green | Upgrade |

### 2020s

| Year | Nominees | Film |
| 2020 | Robert Pattinson | The Lighthouse |
| 2020 | Winston Duke | Us |
| 2020 | Lief Edlund Johansson | Koko-di Koko-da |
| 2020 | Ewan McGregor | Doctor Sleep |
| 2020 | Daniel de Oliveria | The Nightshifter |