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
Best Actor Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actor award was awarded for acting in a film, on May 16, 1929 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Academy Awards to Emil Jannings for his role of Grand Duke Sergius Alexander in "The Last Command" and August Schilling in "The Way of All Flesh". In theatre, it was first awarded on April 6, 1947