Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in an Action Movie

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in an Action Movie is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Notes

• "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning performance
• "‡" indicates an Academy Award nomination

List of winners and nominees

2012: Daniel Craig – Skyfall as James Bond

• Christian Bale – The Dark Knight Rises as Bruce Wayne / Batman
• Robert Downey Jr. – The Avengers as Tony Stark / Iron Man
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Looper as Young Joe
• Jake Gyllenhaal – End of Watch as Brian Taylor

2013: Mark Wahlberg – Lone Survivor as Marcus Luttrell

• Henry Cavill – Man of Steel as Clark Kent / Superman
• Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 3 as Tony Stark / Iron Man
• Brad Pitt – World War Z as Gerry Lane

2014: Bradley Cooper – American Sniper as Chris Kyle ‡

• Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow as Major William Cage
• Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Steve Rogers / Captain America
• Brad Pitt – Fury as S/Sgt. Don "Wardaddy" Collier
• Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy as Peter Quill / Star-Lord

2015: Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road as Max Rockatansky

• Daniel Craig – Spectre as James Bond
• Tom Cruise – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation as Ethan Hunt
• Chris Pratt – Jurassic World as Owen Grady
• Paul Rudd – Ant-Man as Scott Lang / Ant-Man