# Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor

The Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor is an annual award presented by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films, a non-profit organization, founded in 1994, that recognizes achievements in independent and world cinema. The awards were first presented in 1995, and were named after founder Michael Colford and his boyfriend Trent's two cats, Chloe and Gertrudis.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
| 1995 (1st) |
| 1995 (1st) | Morgan Freeman (TIE) | Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding | The Shawshank Redemption |
| 1995 (1st) | Wallace Shawn (TIE) | Vanya | Vanya on 42nd Street |
| 1995 (1st) | Tom Hanks | Forrest Gump | Forrest Gump |
| 1995 (1st) | Samuel L. Jackson | Jules Winnfield | Pulp Fiction |
| 1995 (1st) | Tim Robbins | Andy Dufresne | The Shawshank Redemption |
| 1996 (2nd) |
| 1996 (2nd) | Sean Penn | Matthew Poncelet | Dead Man Walking |
| 1996 (2nd) | Nicolas Cage | Ben | Leaving Las Vegas |
| 1996 (2nd) | Martin Donovan | Thomas | Amateur |
| 1996 (2nd) | Harvey Keitel | Auggie Wren | Smoke |
| 1996 (2nd) | Ian McKellen | Richard III | Richard III |
| 1996 (2nd) | Jonathan Pryce | Lytton Strachey | Carrington |
| 1996 (2nd) | Linus Roache | Father Greg Pilkington | Priest |
| 1997 (3rd) |
| 1997 (3rd) | Billy Bob Thornton | Karl Childers | Sling Blade |
| 1997 (3rd) | Chris Cooper | Sam Deeds | Lone Star |
| 1997 (3rd) | Jeff Daniels | Thomas Alden | Fly Away Home |
| 1997 (3rd) | William H. Macy | Jerry Lundegaard | Fargo |
| 1997 (3rd) | Tony Shalhoub | Primo | Big Night |
| 1997 (3rd) | Noah Taylor | Young David Helfgott | Shine |
| 1998 (4th) |
| 1998 (4th) | Russell Crowe | Bud White | L.A. Confidential |
| 1998 (4th) | Johnny Depp | Joe Pistone / Donnie Brasco | Donnie Brasco |
| 1998 (4th) | Martin Donovan | Martyn Wyatt | Hollow Reed |
| 1998 (4th) | Al Pacino | Lefty Ruggierio | Donnie Brasco |
| 1998 (4th) | Guy Pearce | Ed Exley | L.A. Confidential |
| 1998 (4th) | Koji Yakusho | Shohei Sugiyama | Shall We Dance |
| 1999 (5th) |
| 1999 (5th) | Ian McKellen | James Whale | Gods and Monsters |
| 1999 (5th) | Evan Adams | Thomas Builds-the-Fire | Smoke Signals |
| 1999 (5th) | Roberto Benigni | Guido Orefice | Life is Beautiful |
| 1999 (5th) | Danny DeVito | Pat Francato | Living Out Loud |
| 1999 (5th) | Stephen Fry | Oscar Wilde | Wilde |
| 1999 (5th) | Nick Nolte | Wade Whitehouse | Affliction |
| 1999 (5th) | Edward Norton | Derek Vinyard | American History X |

### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Character | Film |
| 2000 (6th) |
| 2000 (6th) | Kevin Spacey | Lester Burnham | American Beauty |
| 2000 (6th) | Matthew Broderick | Jim McAllister | Election |
| 2000 (6th) | Rupert Everett | Lord Arthur Goring | An Ideal Husband |
| 2000 (6th) | Richard Farnsworth | Alvin Straight | The Straight Story |
| 2000 (6th) | Bob Hoskins | Joseph Ambrose Hilditch | Felicia's Journey |
| 2000 (6th) | Don McKellar | Patrick Wheeler | Last Night |
| 2000 (6th) | Jason Schwartzmann | Max Fischer | Rushmore |
| 2000 (6th) | Ben Silverstone | Steven Carter | Get Real |
| 2001 (7th) |
| 2001 (7th) | Christian Bale | Patrick Bateman | American Psycho |
| 2001 (7th) | Daniel Auteuil | Gabor | Girl on the Bridge |
| 2001 (7th) | Jamie Bell | Billy Elliot | Billy Elliot |
| 2001 (7th) | Dan Futterman | Charlie | Urbania |
| 2001 (7th) | Denis Lavant | Galoup | Beau Travail |
| 2001 (7th) | Daniel McIvor | Robert | The Five Senses |
| 2001 (7th) | Sean Penn | Emmett Ray | Sweet and Lowdown |
| 2001 (7th) | Mark Ruffalo | Terry Prescott | You Can Count on Me |
| 2001 (7th) | Mike White | Buck | Chuck and Buck |
| 2002 (8th) |
| 2002 (8th) | John Cameron Mitchell | Hedwig | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| 2002 (8th) | Daniel Auteuil | Jean | The Widow of St. Pierre |
| 2002 (8th) | Javier Bardem | Reinaldo Arenas | Before Night Falls |
| 2002 (8th) | Robert Forster | Eddie Miller | Diamond Men |
| 2002 (8th) | Tony Leung | Mr. Chow | In the Mood for Love |
| 2002 (8th) | Billy Bob Thornton | Ed Crane | The Man Who Wasn't There |
| 2002 (8th) | Tom Wilkinson | Dr. Matt Fowler | In the Bedroom |
| 2002 (8th) | Ray Winstone | Gal | Sexy Beast |
| 2003 (9th) |
| 2003 (9th) | Jake Gyllenhaal | Donnie Darko | Donnie Darko |
| 2003 (9th) | Gael García Bernal | Julio Zapato | Y tu mamá también |
| 2003 (9th) | Nicolas Cage | Charlie / Donald Kaufman | Adaptation |
| 2003 (9th) | Anthony LaPaglia | Leon Zat | Lantana |
| 2003 (9th) | Lin Cui | Guo Liangui | Beijing Bicycle |
| 2003 (9th) | Adam Sandler | Barry Egan | Punch Drunk Love |
| 2003 (9th) | Stellan Skarsgård | Tomas | Aberdeen |
| 2003 (9th) | James Spader | Mr. Grey | Secretary |
| 2004 (10th) |
| 2004 (10th) | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Dan Mahowny | Owning Mahowny |
| 2004 (10th) | Javier Bardem | Det. Lt. Agustín Rejas | The Dancer Upstairs |
| 2004 (10th) | Bruce Campbell | Elvis | Bubba Ho-Tep |
| 2004 (10th) | Peter Dinklage | Finbar McBride | The Station Agent |
| 2004 (10th) | Paul Giamatti | Harvey Pekar | American Splendor |
| 2004 (10th) | Bill Murray | Bill Harris | Lost in Translation |
| 2004 (10th) | Campbell Scott | David Hurst | The Secret Lives of Dentists |
| 2005 (11th) |
| 2005 (11th) | Gael García Bernal | Ángel / Juan / Zahara | Bad Education |
| 2005 (11th) | Tony Leung | Chan Wing Yan | Infernal Affairs |
| 2005 (11th) | Tadanobu Asano | Kenji | Last Life in the Universe |
| 2005 (11th) | Paul Giamatti | Miles Raymond | Sideways |
| 2005 (11th) | Jamie Sives | Wilbur | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself |
| 2005 (11th) | Kevin Bacon | Walter | The Woodsman |
| 2006 (12th) |
| 2006 (12th) | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Truman Capote | Capote |
| 2006 (12th) | Mathieu Amalric | Ismaël Vuillard | Kings and Queen |
| 2006 (12th) | Romain Duris | Thomas Seyr | The Beat That My Heart Skipped |
| 2006 (12th) | Bruno Ganz | Adolf Hitler | Downfall |
| 2006 (12th) | Heath Ledger | Ennis Del Mar | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006 (12th) | David Strathairn | Edward R. Murrow | Good Night, and Good Luck |
| 2007 (13th) |
| 2007 (13th) | Vincent Lindon | Marc Thiriez | The Moustache |
| 2007 (13th) | Daniel Auteuil | Georges Laurent | Caché |
| 2007 (13th) | Gael García Bernal | Stéphane Miroux | The Science of Sleep |
| 2007 (13th) | Ryan Gosling | Dan Dunne | Half Nelson |
| 2007 (13th) | Guy Pearce | Charlie Burns | The Proposition |
| 2007 (13th) | Ray Winstone | Captain Stanley | The Proposition |
| 2008 (14th) |
| 2008 (14th) | Daniel Day-Lewis | Daniel Plainview | There Will Be Blood |
| 2008 (14th) | Casey Affleck | Robert Ford | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
| 2008 (14th) | Ryan Gosling | Lars Lindstrom | Lars and the Real Girl |
| 2008 (14th) | Gordon Pinsent | Grant Anderson | Away From Her |
| 2008 (14th) | Sam Riley | Ian Curtis | Control |
| 2008 (14th) | Philip Seymour Hoffmann | Andrew "Andy" Hanson | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead |
| 2009 (15th) |
| 2009 (15th) | Richard Jenkins | Prof. Walter Vale | The Visitor |
| 2009 (15th) | Brendan Gleeson | Ken | In Bruges |
| 2009 (15th) | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Himself | JCVD |
| 2009 (15th) | Sean Penn | Harvey Milk | Milk |
| 2009 (15th) | Mickey Rourke | Randy "The Ram" Robinson | The Wrestler |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Character | Film |
| 2010 (16th) |
| 2010 (16th) | Colin Firth | George | A Single Man |
| 2010 (16th) | Nicolas Cage | Terence McDonagh | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans |
| 2010 (16th) | Jeremy Renner | Sergeant William James | The Hurt Locker |
| 2010 (16th) | Sam Rockwell | Sam Bell | Moon |
| 2010 (16th) | Baard Owe | Odd Horetn | O'Horten |
| 2011 (17th) |
| 2011 (17th) | Ryan Gosling (TIE) | Dean | Blue Valentine |
| 2011 (17th) | Philip Seymour Hoffman (TIE) | Jack | Jack Goes Boating |
| 2011 (17th) | Alexander Siddig | Tarek Khalifa | Cairo Time |
| 2011 (17th) | Colin Firth | George VI | The King's Speech |
| 2011 (17th) | Vincent Cassel | Jacques Mesrine | Mesrine: Killer Instinct |
| 2011 (17th) | Anthony Mackie | Marcus Washington | Night Catches Us |
| 2012 (18th) |
| 2012 (18th) | Michael Shannon | Curtis | Take Shelter |
| 2012 (18th) | Javier Bardem | Uxbal | Biutiful |
| 2012 (18th) | Tom Cullen | Russell | Weekend |
| 2012 (18th) | Jean Dujardin | George Valentin | The Artist |
| 2012 (18th) | Chris New | Glen | Weekend |
| 2012 (18th) | Stellan Skarsgård | Ulrik | A Somewhat Gentle Man |
| 2013 (19th) |
| 2013 (19th) | John Hawkes | Mark O'Brien | The Sessions |
| 2013 (19th) | Frank Langella | Frank | Robot and Frank |
| 2013 (19th) | Denis Lavant | Mr. Oscar | Holy Motors |
| 2013 (19th) | Peter Mullan | Joseph | Tyrannosaur |
| 2013 (19th) | Matthias Schoenaerts | Jacky Vanmarsenille | Bullhead |
| 2013 (19th) | Matthias Schoenaerts | Alain van Versch | Rust and Bone |
| 2014 (20th) |
| 2014 (20th) | Mads Mikkelsen | Lucas | The Hunt |
| 2014 (20th) | Gael García Bernal | René Saavedra | No |
| 2014 (20th) | Paul Eenhoorn | Martin Bonner | This is Martin Bonner |
| 2014 (20th) | Toby Jones | Gilderoy | Berberian Sound Studio |
| 2014 (20th) | Daniel Radcliffe | Allen Ginsberg | Kill Your Darlings |
| 2014 (20th) | Miles Teller | Sutter | The Spectacular Now |
| 2015 (21st) |
| 2015 (21st) | Tom Hardy | Ivan Locke | Locke |
| 2015 (21st) | Michael Keaton | Riggan | Birdman |
| 2015 (21st) | Jesse Eisenberg | Simon / James | The Double |
| 2015 (21st) | Masaharu Fukuyama | Ryota Nonomiya | Like Father, Like Son |
| 2015 (21st) | Adam Bakri | Omar | Omar |
| 2015 (21st) | Miles Teller | Andrew | Whiplash |
| 2016 (22nd) |
| 2016 (22nd) | Christopher Abbott | James White | James White |
| 2016 (22nd) | Jason Segel | David Foster Wallace | The End of the Tour |
| 2016 (22nd) | Paul Dano | Brian Wilson | Love & Mercy |
| 2016 (22nd) | Oscar Isaac | Abel Morales | A Most Violent Year |
| 2016 (22nd) | Jemaine Clement | Will Henry | People Places Things |
| 2016 (22nd) | Bruce Greenwood | Rene Bartlett | Wildlike |
| 2017 (23rd) |
| 2017 (23rd) | Joel Edgerton | Richard Loving | Loving |
| 2017 (23rd) | Casey Affleck | Lee Chandler | Manchester by the Sea |
| 2017 (23rd) | Vincent Lindon | Thierry Taugourdeau | The Measure of a Man |
| 2017 (23rd) | Viggo Mortensen | Ben | Captain Fantastic |
| 2017 (23rd) | Theo Taplitz | Jake Jardine | Little Men |
| 2018 (24th) |
| 2018 (24th) | Timothée Chalamet | Elio | Call Me By Your Name |
| 2018 (24th) | Adam Driver | Paterson | Paterson |
| 2018 (24th) | Sam Elliott | Lee Hayden | The Hero |
| 2018 (24th) | Nelsan Ellis | Mack Burns | Little Boxes |
| 2018 (24th) | Ethan Hawke | Everett Lewis | Maudie |
| 2018 (24th) | Harry Dean Stanton | Lucky | Lucky |
| 2019 (25th) |
| 2019 (25th) | Alessandro Nivola | Joel | Weightless |
| 2019 (25th) | Ethan Hawke | Toller | First Reformed |
| 2019 (25th) | Charlie Plummer | Charley | Lean on Pete |
| 2019 (25th) | Ben Foster | Will | Leave No Trace |
| 2019 (25th) | Brady Jandreau | Brady Blackburn | The Rider |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Character | Film |
| 2020 (26th) |
| 2020 (26th) | Matthias Schoenaerts | Roman | The Mustang |
| 2020 (26th) | Jimmie Fails | Jimmie Fails | The Last Black Man in San Francisco |
| 2020 (26th) | Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Luce Edgar | Luce |
| 2020 (26th) | Antonio Banderas | Salvador Mallo | Pain and Glory |
| 2020 (26th) | Jonathan Pryce | Pope Francis | The Two Popes |
| 2021 (27th) |
| 2021 (27th) | Riz Ahmed (TIE) | Ruben | Sound of Metal |
| 2021 (27th) | Levan Gelbakhiani (TIE) | Merab | And Then We Danced |
| 2021 (27th) | John Boyega | Leroy Lindo | Red, White and Blue |
| 2021 (27th) | Delroy Lindo | Paul | Da 5 Bloods |
| 2021 (27th) | John Magaro | Cookie | First Cow |
| 2021 (27th) | Mads Mikkelsen | Martin | Another Round |
| 2022 (28th) |
| 2022 (28th) | Benedict Cumberbatch | Phil Burbank | The Power of the Dog |
| 2022 (28th) | Nicolas Cage | The Janitor | Willy's Wonderland |
| 2022 (28th) | Amir El-Masry | Omar | Limbo |
| 2022 (28th) | Udo Kier | Pat Pitsenbarger | Swan Song |
| 2022 (28th) | Luke Kirby | Ted Bundy | No Man of God |
| 2022 (28th) | Alec Utgoff | Zhenia | Never Gonna Snow Again |
| 2023 (29th) |
| 2023 (29th) | Paul Mescal | Callum | Aftersun |
| 2023 (29th) | Adeel Akhtar | Ali | Ali & Ava |
| 2023 (29th) | Franz Rogowski | Hans Hoffman | Great Freedom |
| 2023 (29th) | Christopher Abbott | Kevin | On the Count of Three |
| 2023 (29th) | Tim Roth | Neil Bennett | Sundown |

## Multiple awards and nominations

Actors who have been nominated multiple times
| Awards | Nominations | Recipient |
| 3 | 4 | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| 1 | 4 | Gael García Bernal |
| 1 | 3 | Ryan Gosling |
| 1 | 3 | Sean Penn |
| 1 | 2 | Billy Bob Thornton |
| 1 | 2 | Christopher Abbott |
| 1 | 2 | Colin Firth |
| 1 | 2 | Ian McKellen |
| 1 | 2 | Mads Mikkelsen |
| 1 | 2 | Matthias Schoenaerts |
| 1 | 2 | Vincent Lindon |
| 0 | 4 | Nicolas Cage |
| 0 | 3 | Daniel Auteuil |
| 0 | 3 | Javier Bardem |
| 0 | 2 | Casey Affleck |
| 0 | 2 | Denis Lavant |
| 0 | 2 | Ethan Hawke |
| 0 | 2 | Guy Pearce |
| 0 | 2 | Jonathan Pryce |
| 0 | 2 | Martin Donovan |
| 0 | 2 | Miles Teller |
| 0 | 2 | Paul Giamatti |
| 0 | 2 | Ray Winstone |
| 0 | 2 | Stellan Skarsgård |
| 0 | 2 | Tony Leung |