AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actor

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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actor
File:Brendan Fraser October 2022.jpg
The 2022 recipient: Brendan Fraser
Country United States
Presented by AARP
First awarded 2002 (for performance in films released during the 2001 film season)
Currently held by Brendan Fraser
The Whale (2022)
Official website https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actor is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP since the awards' inception in 2002. The award honors the best actor over the age of fifty.[1] The Best Actor Award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine, along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Foreign Film, Best Documentary, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.[2]

Winners and Nominees

  indicates the winners.

2000s

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Tom Wilkinson won Best Actor at the 1st AARP Movies for Grownups Awards for his performance in In the Bedroom.
Liam Neeson was the first person to win Best Actor for playing a real person, sexologist Alfred Kinsey.
Tom Hanks was nominated for Charlie Wilson's War in his first year of eligibility. He is the most-nominated actor in AARP history.
Year Actor Role(s) Film Ref.
2001
(1st)		 Tom Wilkinson Award winner Matt Fowler In the Bedroom [3]
Morgan Freeman Dr. Alex Cross Along Came a Spider
Gene Hackman Royal Tenenbaum The Royal Tenenbaums
2002
(2nd)		 Jack Nicholson Award winner Warren R. Schmidt About Schmidt [4]
Michael Caine Thomas Fowler The Quiet American
Dustin Hoffman Ben Floss Moonlight Mile
Samuel L. Jackson Doyle Gipson Changing Lanes
2003
(3rd)		 Bill Murray Award winner Bob Harris Lost in Translation [5]
Albert Finney Edward Bloom Big Fish
Anthony Hopkins Coleman Silk The Human Stain
Tommy Lee Jones Samuel Jones / Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan The Missing
Ben Kingsley Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani House of Sand and Fog
2004
(4th)		 Liam Neeson Award winner Alfred Kinsey Kinsey [6]
Jeff Bridges Ted Cole The Door in the Floor
Richard Gere John Clark Shall We Dance?
Dennis Quaid Dan Foreman In Good Company
Kurt Russell Herb Brooks Miracle
Omar Sharif Monsieur Ibrahim Monsieur Ibrahim
2005
(5th)		 Jeff Daniels Award winner Bernard Berkman The Squid and the Whale [7][8]
Anthony Hopkins Burt Munro The World's Fastest Indian
Kurt Russell Ben Crane Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
Nathan Lane Max Bialystock The Producers
Tom Wilkinson James Manning Separate Lies
2006
(6th)		 Donald Sutherland Award winner Ronald Shorter Aurora Borealis [9]
Gabriel Byrne Harry Wah-Wah
Samuel L. Jackson Detective Lorenzo Council Freedomland
Jack Nicholson Frank Costello The Departed
Peter O'Toole Maurice Russell Venus
2007
(7th)		 Chris Cooper Award winner Robert Hanssen Breach [10]
Richard Gere Clifford Irving The Hoax
Tom Hanks Charlie Wilson Charlie Wilson's War
Tommy Lee Jones Hank Deerfield In the Valley of Elah
Denzel Washington Frank Lucas American Gangster
2008
(8th)		 Frank Langella Award winner Richard Nixon Frost/Nixon [11]
Mickey Rourke Robin Ramzinski / Randy "The Ram" Robinson The Wrestler
Clint Eastwood Walt Kowalski Gran Torino
Chris Cooper Harry Allen Married Life
Richard Jenkins Walter Vale The Visitor
2009
(9th)		 Jeff Bridges Award winner Otis "Bad" Blake Crazy Heart [12]
Daniel Day-Lewis Guido Contini Nine
Robert De Niro Frank Goode Everybody's Fine
Morgan Freeman Nelson Mandela Invictus
Viggo Mortensen Man The Road

2010s

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Colin Firth is the youngest winner to date; he was just 50 when he won for The King's Speech.
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Denzel Washington was the first performer to win Best Actor more than once, receiving the award for Flight and Fences.
Bruce Dern was 77 when he won Best Actor for his performance in Nebraska.
Year Actor Role(s) Film Ref.
2010
(10th)		 Colin Firth Award winner King George VI The King's Speech [13]
Michael Caine Harold "Harry" Brown Harry Brown
Michael Douglas Ben Kalmen Solitary Man
Robert Duvall Felix Bush Get Low
Kevin Spacey Jack Abramoff Casino Jack
2011
(11th)		 Oliver Litondo Award winner Kimani Maruge The First Grader [14]
George Clooney Matthew "Matt" King The Descendants
Mel Gibson Walter Black/The Beaver The Beaver
Gary Oldman George Smiley Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Kevin Spacey Sam Rogers Margin Call
2012
(12th)		 Denzel Washington Award winner Whip Whitaker Flight [15]
Daniel Day-Lewis Abraham Lincoln Lincoln
John Hawkes Mark O'Brien The Sessions
Anthony Hopkins Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock
Jean-Louis Trintignant Georges Laurent Amour
2013
(13th)		 Bruce Dern Award winner Woodrow T. "Woody" Grant Nebraska [16]
Tom Hanks Richard "Rich" Phillips Captain Phillips
Brad Pitt Gerry Lane World War Z
Robert Redford Man All Is Lost
Forest Whitaker Cecil Gaines The Butler
2014
(14th)		 Steve Carell Award winner John du Pont Foxcatcher [17][18]
Michael Keaton Riggan Thompson Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
John Lithgow Ben Hull Love is Strange
Bill Murray Vincent MacKenna St. Vincent
Al Pacino Simon Axler The Humbling
2015
(15th)		 Bryan Cranston Award winner Dalton Trumbo Trumbo [19][20]
Michael Caine Fred Ballinger Youth
Tom Courtenay Geoff Mercer 45 Years
Johnny Depp James "Whitey" Bulger Black Mass
Ian McKellen Sherlock Holmes Mr. Holmes
2016
(16th)		 Denzel Washington Award winner Troy Maxson Fences [21]
Warren Beatty Howard Hughes Rules Don't Apply
Tom Hanks Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger Sully
Michael Keaton Ray Kroc The Founder
Viggo Mortensen Ben Cash Captain Fantastic
2017
(17th)		 Gary Oldman Award winner Winston Churchill Darkest Hour [22]
Steve Carell Bobby Riggs Battle of the Sexes
Daniel Day-Lewis Reynolds Woodcock Phantom Thread
Tom Hanks Ben Bradlee The Post
Denzel Washington Roman J. Israel Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2018
(18th)		 Viggo Mortensen Award winner Tony Lip Green Book [23][24]
Willem Dafoe Vincent van Gogh At Eternity's Gate
Hugh Jackman Gary Hart The Front Runner
Robert Redford Forrest Tucker The Old Man & the Gun
John C. Reilly Oliver "Ollie" Hardy Stan & Ollie
2019
(19th)		 Adam Sandler Award winner Howard Ratner Uncut Gems [25][26]
Antonio Banderas Salvador Mallo Pain and Glory
Robert De Niro Frank Sheeran The Irishman
Eddie Murphy Rudy Ray Moore Dolemite Is My Name
Jonathan Pryce Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio The Two Popes

2020s

Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor at a virtual ceremony in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At 83, he is the oldest winner to date.
Year Actor Role(s) Film Ref.
2020
(20th)		 Anthony Hopkins Award winner Anthony The Father [27][28]
Ralph Fiennes Basil Brown The Dig
Tom Hanks Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd News of the World
Delroy Lindo Paul Da 5 Bloods
Gary Oldman Herman J. "Mank" Mankiewicz Mank
2021
(21st)		 Will SmithAward winner Richard Williams King Richard [29][30]
Javier Bardem Desi Arnaz Being the Ricardos
Jim Broadbent Kempton Bunton The Duke
Peter Dinklage Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano
Denzel Washington Lord Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth
2022
(22nd)		 Brendan FraserAward winner Charlie The Whale
Tom Cruise Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Top Gun: Maverick
Tom Hanks Otto Anderson A Man Called Otto
Bill Nighy Mr. Williams Living
Adam Sandler Stanley Sugerman Hustle

Multiple wins and nominations

See also

References

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