Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor 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 Sunny 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
59th Academy Awards Actress category. Best Actor winner Paul Newman was the fourth actor to have been nominated for portraying the same character in two different films, having previously earned a nomination for his role as "Fast Eddie" Felson in 1961's "The Hustler". By virtue of his victory in the Best Actor category, Newman and wife Joanne Woodward, who won Best Actress for her performance in 1957's "The Three Faces of Eve", became the second married couple to win acting Oscars. "" and "Down and Out in America"s joint win in the Best Documentary Feature category marked the fourth occurrence of a tie