César Award for Best Actor
{{Short description|Honor awarded to French actors}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox award
| name = César Award for Best Actor
| image = Karim_Leklou_Cabourg_2018.jpg
| caption = 2025 recipient: Karim Leklou
| awarded_for = Best Actor in a Leading Role
| presenter = Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
| country = France
| year = 1976
| holder = Karim Leklou for Jim's Story (2025)
| website = {{URL|academie-cinema.org}}
}}
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor ({{langx|fr|César du meilleur acteur}}).
History
=Superlatives=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | |
| style="width:270px;"|Superlative
! colspan="2" style="width:270px;"|Best Actor ! colspan="2" style="width:270px;"|Best Supporting Actor ! colspan="2" style="width:270px;"|Overall | |
|---|---|
| |Actor with most awards
|3 |3 |Michel Serrault |3 | |
| Actor with most nominations
|17 |André Dussollier |5 |17 | |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning |5 |5 |7 | |
| Film with most nominations
|Le Sucre |2 |3 |Subway |4 | |
| Oldest winner
|83 |80 |83 | |
| Oldest nominee
|89 |86 |89 | |
| Youngest winner
|26 | Jacques Villeret
|28 |26 |
| Youngest nominee
|22 | Thomas Langmann
|23 |15 |
Winners
=1970s=
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| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title !width="300"|Role/Character | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1976 (1st) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Philippe Noiret|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Old Gun|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Vieux Fusil | style="background:#eedd82;" |Julien Dandieu | ||
| Victor Lanoux | Cousin, Cousin | Cousin, cousine
|Ludovic |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle | Cookies | Les Galettes de Pont-Aven
|Henri Serin |
| Gérard Depardieu | Seven Deaths by Prescription | Sept morts sur ordonnance
|Doctor Jean-Pierre Berg |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1977 (2nd) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel Galabru|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Judge and the Assassin|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Juge et l'assassin | style="background:#eedd82;" |Sgt. Joseph Bouvier | ||
| Alain Delon | Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein
|Mr. Klein |
| Gérard Depardieu | The Last Woman | La Dernière Femme
|Gérard |
| Patrick Dewaere | The Best Way to Walk | La Meilleure Façon de marcher
|Marc |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1978 (3rd) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean Rochefort|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Drummer-Crab|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Crabe-tambour | style="background:#eedd82;" |Captain | ||
| Alain Delon | Death of a Corrupt Man | Mort d'un pourri
|Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal |
| Gérard Depardieu | This Sweet Sickness | Dites-lui que je l'aime
|David Martinaud |
| Patrick Dewaere | Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff | Le Juge Fayard dit le Shériff
|Judge Fayard |
| Charles Denner | The Man Who Loved Women | L'Homme qui aimait les femmes
|Bertrand Morane |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1979 (4th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel Serrault|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Birds of a Feather|| style="background:#eedd82;" |La Cage aux folles | style="background:#eedd82;" |Albin Mougeotte/Zaza Napoli | ||
| Claude Brasseur | A Simple Story | Une histoire simple
|Serge |
| Jean Carmet | rowspan="2" |The Sugar | rowspan="2" |Le Sucre
|Adrien Courtois |
| Gérard Depardieu
|Raoul-Renaud Homecourt |
=1980s=
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| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title !width="300"|Role/Character | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1980 (5th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Claude Brasseur|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Police War|| style="background:#eedd82;" |La Guerre des polices | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jacques Fush | ||
| Patrick Dewaere | colspan="2"|Série noire
|Franck Poupart | |
| Yves Montand | I as in Icarus | I... comme Icare
|Henri Volney |
| Jean Rochefort | Courage - Let's Run | Courage fuyons
|Martin Belhomme / Adrien Belhomme |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1981 (6th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Gérard Depardieu|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Last Metro|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Dernier Métro | style="background:#eedd82;" |Bernard Granger | ||
| Michel Serrault | colspan="2"|La Cage aux Folles II
|Albin Mougeotte/Zaza Napoli | |
| Philippe Noiret | Heads or Tails | Pile ou face
|Detective Louis Baroni |
| Patrick Dewaere | A Bad Son | Un mauvais fils
|Bruno Calgagni |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1982 (7th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel Serrault|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Under Suspicion|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Garde à vue | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jérôme Martinaud | ||
| Patrick Dewaere | Stepfather | Beau-père
|Rémi |
| Philippe Noiret | Clean Slate | Coup de torchon
|Lucien Cordier |
| Michel Piccoli | Strange Affair | Une étrange affaire
|Bertrand Malair |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1983 (8th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Philippe Léotard|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Nark|| style="background:#eedd82;" |La Balance | style="background:#eedd82;" |Dédé Laffont | ||
| Gérard Depardieu | colspan="2"|Danton | |
| Gérard Lanvin | colspan="2"|Tir groupé
|Antoine Béranger | |
| Lino Ventura | colspan="2"|Les Misérables | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1984 (9th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel "Coluche" Colucci|| style="background:#eedd82;" |So Long, Stooge|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Tchao pantin | style="background:#eedd82;" |Lambert | ||
| Gérard Depardieu | ComDads | Les Compères
|Jean Lucas |
| Yves Montand | Waiter! | Garçon!
|Alex |
| Michel Serrault | Deadly Run | Mortelle randonnée
|Beauvoir |
| Alain Souchon | One Deadly Summer | L'Été meurtrier
|Fiorimonto "Florimond" Montecciari |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1985 (10th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Alain Delon|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Our Story|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Notre histoire | style="background:#eedd82;" |Robert Avranches | ||
| Gérard Depardieu | colspan="2"|Fort Saganne
|Charles Saganne | |
| Louis Ducreux | A Sunday in the Country | Un dimanche à la campagne
|Mr. Ladmiral |
| Philippe Noiret | My New Partner | Les Ripoux
|René Boirond |
| Michel Piccoli | Dangerous Moves | La Diagonale du fou
|Akiva Liebskind |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1986 (11th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Christopher Lambert|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Subway | style="background:#eedd82;" |Fred | ||
| Gérard Depardieu | colspan="2"|Police
|Louis Vincent Mangin | |
| Robin Renucci | Staircase C | Escalier C
|Forster |
| Michel Serrault | He Died with His Eyes Open | On ne meurt que 2 fois
|Inspector Robert Staniland |
| Lambert Wilson | colspan="2"|Rendez-vous
|Quentin | |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |1987 (12th) | rowspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Daniel Auteuil|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean de Florette | rowspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Ugolin | ||
| style="background:#eedd82;"|Jean de Florette II: Manon of the Spring | style="background:#eedd82;"|Manon des sources | |
| Jean-Hugues Anglade | Betty Blue | 37°2 le matin
|Zorg |
| Michel Blanc | Ménage | Tenue de soirée
|Antoine |
| André Dussollier | colspan="2"|Mélo
|Marcel Blanc | |
| Christophe Malavoy | The Woman of My Life | La Femme de ma vie
|Simon |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |1988 (13th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Richard Bohringer|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Grand Highway|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Grand Chemin | style="background:#eedd82;" |Pelo | ||
| Jean Carmet | colspan="2"|Miss Mona
|Miss Mona | |
| Gérard Depardieu | Under the Sun of Satan | Sous le soleil de Satan
|Abbé Donissan |
| Gérard Jugnot | colspan="2"|Tandem
|Rivetot | |
| Christophe Malavoy | Engagements of the Heart | De guerre lasse
|Charles Sambrat |
| Jean Rochefort | colspan="2"|Tandem
|Michel Mortez | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1989 (14th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean-Paul Belmondo|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Itinerary of a Spoiled Child|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté | style="background:#eedd82;" |Sam Lion | ||
| Richard Anconina | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child | Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté
|Albert Duvivier |
| Daniel Auteuil | A Few Days with Me | Quelques jours avec moi
|Martial Pasquier |
| Jean-Marc Barr | The Big Blue | Le Grand Bleu
|Jacques Mayol |
| Gérard Depardieu | colspan="2"|Camille Claudel |
=1990s=
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| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title !width="300"|Role/Character | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |1990 (15th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Philippe Noiret|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Life and Nothing But|| style="background:#eedd82;" |La Vie et rien d'autre | style="background:#eedd82;" |Commandant Delaplane | ||
| Jean-Hugues Anglade | Indian Nocturne | Nocturne indien
|Rossignol |
| Michel Blanc | Mr. Hire | Monsieur Hire
|Mr. Hire |
| Gérard Depardieu | Too Beautiful for You | Trop belle pour toi
|Bernard Barthélémy |
| Hippolyte Girardot | Love Without Pity | Un monde sans pitié
|Hippo |
| Lambert Wilson | colspan="2"|Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre | |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |1991 (16th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Gérard Depardieu | style="background:#eedd82;" |Cyrano de Bergerac | ||
| Daniel Auteuil | colspan="2"|Lacenaire | |
| Fabrice Luchini | The Discreet | La Discrète
|Antoine |
| Michel Piccoli | Milou in May | Milou en Mai
|Milou |
| Jean Rochefort | The Hairdresser's Husband | Le Mari de la coiffeuse
|Antoine |
| Michel Serrault | Dr. Petiot | Docteur Petiot |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1992 (17th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jacques Dutronc|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Van Gogh | style="background:#eedd82;" |Vincent Van Gogh | ||
| Michel Piccoli | The Beautiful Troublemaker | La Belle Noiseuse
|Édouard Frenhofer |
| Hippolyte Girardot | Out of Life | Hors la vie
|Patrick Perrault |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle | All the Mornings of the World | Tous les matins du monde |
| Gérard Jugnot | colspan="2"|Une époque formidable...
|Michel Berthier | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1993 (18th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Claude Rich|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Supper|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Souper | ||
| Daniel Auteuil | A Heart in Winter | Un cœur en hiver
|Stéphane |
| Claude Brasseur | The Supper | Le Souper |
| Richard Berry | And the Little Prince Said | Le Petit Prince a dit
|Adam Leibovich |
| Vincent Lindon | The Crisis | La Crise
|Victor |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1994 (19th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Pierre Arditi|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Smoking/No Smoking | style="background:#eedd82;" |Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick | ||
| Daniel Auteuil | My Favorite Season | Ma saison préférée
|Antoine |
| Michel Boujenah | colspan="2"|Le Nombril du monde
|Bajou | |
| Christian Clavier | rowspan="2" |The Visitors | rowspan="2" |Les Visiteurs
|Jacquouille |
| Jean Reno
|Godefroy de Montmirail | ||
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1995 (20th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Gérard Lanvin|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Favourite Son|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Fils préféré | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean-Paul Mantegna | ||
| Daniel Auteuil | The Separation | La Séparation
|Pierre |
| Gérard Depardieu | Colonel Chabert | Le Colonel Chabert
|Amédé Chabert |
| Jean Reno | colspan="2"|Léon
|Léon | |
| Jean-Louis Trintignant | Three Colors: Red | Trois couleurs: Rouge
|Joseph Kern |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1996 (21st) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel Serrault|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Nelly and Mr. Arnaud|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud | style="background:#eedd82;" |Pierre Arnaud | ||
| Vincent Cassel | Hate | La Haine
|Vinz |
| Alain Chabat | French Twist | Gazon maudit
|Laurent |
| François Cluzet | The Apprentices | Les Apprentis
|Antoine |
| Jean-Louis Trintignant | Fiesta
| |Colonel Masagual | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1997 (22nd) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Philippe Torreton|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Captain Conan|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Capitaine Conan | style="background:#eedd82;" |Captain Conan | ||
| Daniel Auteuil | The Eighth Day | Le Huitième Jour
|Harry |
| Charles Berling | colspan="2"|Ridicule
|Baron Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy | |
| Fabrice Luchini | Beaumarchais the Scoundrel | Beaumarchais, l'insolent |
| Patrick Timsit | colspan="2"|Pédale douce
|Adrien Aymar | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1998 (23rd) | style="background:#eedd82;" |André Dussolier|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Same Old Song|| style="background:#eedd82;" |On connaît la chanson | style="background:#eedd82;" |Simon | ||
| Daniel Auteuil | On Guard | Le Bossu
|Lagardère |
| Charles Berling | Dry Cleaning | Nettoyage à sec
|Jean-Marie Kunstler |
| Alain Chabat | colspan="2"|Didier
|Didier Hazanavicus | |
| Patrick Timsit | colspan="2"|Le Cousin
|Nounours | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1999 (24th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jacques Villeret|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Dinner Game|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Dîner de cons | style="background:#eedd82;" |François Pignon | ||
| Charles Berling | colspan="2"|L'Ennui
|Martin | |
| Antoine de Caunes | Man Is a Woman | L'Homme est une femme comme les autres
|Simon Eskanazy |
| Jean-Pierre Darroussin | colspan="2"|Le Poulpe
|Gabriel Lecouvreur | |
| Pascal Greggory | Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train
|François |
=2000s=
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| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title !width="300"|Role/Character | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2000 (25th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Daniel Auteuil|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Girl on the Bridge|| style="background:#eedd82;" |La Fille sur le pont | style="background:#eedd82;" |Gabor | ||
| Jean-Pierre Bacri | Kennedy and I | Kennedy et moi
|Simon Polaris |
| Albert Dupontel | Sachs' Disease | La Maladie de Sachs
|Doctor Bruno Sachs |
| Vincent Lindon | My Little Business | Ma petite entreprise
|Ivan Lansi |
| Philippe Torreton | It All Starts Today | Ça commence aujourd'hui
|Daniel Lefebvre |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2001 (26th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Sergi López|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Harry, He's Here to Help|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | style="background:#eedd82;" |Harry | ||
| Jean-Pierre Bacri | The Taste of Others | Le Goût des autres
|Jean-Jacques Castella |
| Charles Berling | Sentimental Destinies | Les Destinées sentimentales
|Jean Barnery |
| Bernard Giraudeau | A Question of Taste | Une affaire de goût
|Frédéric Delamont |
| Pascal Greggory | Confusion of Genders | La Confusion des genres
|Alain Bauman |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2002 (27th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel Bouquet|| style="background:#eedd82;" |How I Killed My Father|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Comment j'ai tué mon père | style="background:#eedd82;" |Maurice | ||
| Eric Caravaca | The Officers' Ward | La Chambre des officiers
|Adrien |
| Vincent Cassel | Read My Lips | Sur mes lèvres
|Paul Angeli |
| André Dussollier | colspan="2"|Tanguy
|Paul Guetz | |
| Jacques Dutronc | That's Life | C'est la vie
|Dimitri |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2003 (28th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Adrien Brody | style="background:#eedd82;" |Władysław Szpilman | ||
| Daniel Auteuil | The Adversary | L'Adversaire
|Jean-Marc Faure |
| François Berléand | Whatever You Say | Mon idole
|Jean-Louis Broustal |
| Bernard Campan | Beautiful Memories | Se souvenir des belles choses
|Philippe |
| Mathieu Kassovitz | colspan="2"|Amen.
|Riccardo Fontana | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2004 (29th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Omar Sharif|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Monsieur Ibrahim|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran | style="background:#eedd82;" |Mr. Ibrahim | ||
| Daniel Auteuil | After You... | Après vous...
|Antoine Letoux |
| Jean-Pierre Bacri | Feelings | Les Sentiments
|Jacques |
| Gad Elmaleh | colspan="2"|Chouchou
|Chouchou | |
| Bruno Todeschini | His Brother | Son frère
|Thomas |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2005 (30th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Mathieu Amalric|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Kings and Queen|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Rois et reine | style="background:#eedd82;" |Ismaël Vuillard | ||
| Daniel Auteuil | Department 36 | 36 Quai des Orfèvres
|Léo Vrinks |
| Gérard Jugnot | The Chorus | Les Choristes
|Clement Mathieu |
| Benoît Poelvoorde | colspan="2"|Podium
|Bernard Frédéric | |
| Philippe Torreton | The Light | L'Équipier
|Yvon Le Guen |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2006 (31st) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel Bouquet|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Last Mitterrand|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars | style="background:#eedd82;" |The President | ||
| Patrick Chesnais | Not Here to Be Loved | Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé
|Jean-Claude Delsart |
| Romain Duris | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté
|Thomas Seyr |
| José Garcia | The Axe | Le Couperet
|Bruno Davert |
| Benoît Poelvoorde | In His Hands | Entre ses mains
|Laurent Kessler |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2007 (32nd) | style="background:#eedd82;" |François Cluzet|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Tell No One|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Ne le dis à personne | style="background:#eedd82;" |Alexandre Beck | ||
| Michel Blanc | You Are So Beautiful | Je vous trouve très beau
|Aymé Pigrenet |
| Alain Chabat | Rent a Wife | Prête-moi ta main
|Luis |
| Gérard Depardieu | When I Was a Singer (a.k.a. The Singer) | Quand j'étais chanteur
|Alain Moreau |
| Jean Dujardin | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2008 (33rd) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Mathieu Amalric|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Diving Bell and the Butterfly|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Scaphandre et le papillon | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean-Dominique Bauby | ||
| Michel Blanc | The Witnesses | Les Témoins
|Adrien |
| Jean-Pierre Darroussin | Conversations with My Gardener | Dialogue avec mon jardinier
|Dujardin |
| Vincent Lindon | Those Who Remain | Ceux qui restent
|Bertrand Liévain |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle | Let's Dance | Faut que ça danse!
|Salomon Bellinsky |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |2009 (34th) | rowspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Vincent Cassel|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Mesrine I: Killer Instinct|| style="background:#eedd82;" |L'Instinct de mort | rowspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Jacques Mesrine | ||
| style="background:#eedd82;"|Mesrine II: Public Enemy No. 1 | style="background:#eedd82;"|L'Ennemi public n°1 | |
| François-Xavier Demaison | colspan="2"|Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec | |
| Guillaume Depardieu | colspan="2"|Versailles
|Damien | |
| Albert Dupontel | Love Me No More | Deux jours à tuer
|Antoine Méliot |
| Jacques Gamblin | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Le Premier Jour du reste de ta vie
|Robert Duval |
=2010s=
| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5" | ||
| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title !width="300"|Role/Character | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2010 (35th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Tahar Rahim|| style="background:#eedd82;" |A Prophet|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Un prophète | style="background:#eedd82;" |Malik El-Djebena | ||
| Yvan Attal | colspan="2"|Rapt
|Stanislas Graff | |
| Francois Cluzet | In the Beginning | À l'origine |
| Francois Cluzet | The End of the Road | Le Dernier pour la route
|Hervé Chabalier |
| Vincent Lindon | colspan="2"|Welcome
|Simon Calmat | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2011 (36th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Éric Elmosnino|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Gainsbourg (vie héroïque) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Serge Gainsbourg | ||
| Gérard Depardieu | colspan="2"|Mammuth
|Serge Pilardosse | |
| Romain Duris | Heartbreaker | L'Arnacœur
|Alex Lippi |
| Jacques Gamblin | The Names of Love | Le Nom des gens
|Arthur Martin |
| Lambert Wilson | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux |
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2012 (37th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Omar Sy|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Intouchables|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Intouchables | style="background:#eedd82;" |Bakari "Driss" Bassari | ||
| Sami Bouajila | Omar Killed Me | Omar m'a tuer |
| François Cluzet | The Intouchables | Intouchables
|Philippe |
| Jean Dujardin (won the Academy Award) | colspan="2"|The Artist
|Georges Valentin | |
| Olivier Gourmet | The Minister | L'exercice de l'État
|Bertrand Saint-Jean |
| Denis Podalydès | The Conquest | La Conquête |
| Philippe Torreton | colspan="2"|Présumé coupable
|Alain Marécaux | |
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2013 (38th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean-Louis Trintignant|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Amour | style="background:#eedd82;" |Georges Laurent | ||
| colspan="2"|Jean-Pierre Bacri | Cherchez Hortense
|Damien Hauer | |
| Patrick Bruel | What's in a Name? | Le prénom
|Vincent |
| Denis Lavant | colspan="2"|Holy Motors
|Mr. Oscar and various other roles | |
| Vincent Lindon | A Few Hours of Spring | Quelques heures de printemps
|Alain Évrard |
| Fabrice Luchini | In the House | Dans la maison
|Germain Germain |
| Jérémie Renier | My Way | Cloclo |
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2014 (39th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Guillaume Gallienne|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Me, Myself and Mum|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table! | style="background:#eedd82;" |Guillaume / Mother | ||
| Mathieu Amalric | Venus in Fur | La Vénus à la fourrure
|Thomas Novacheck |
| Michel Bouquet | colspan="2"|Renoir | |
| Albert Dupontel | 9 Month Stretch | Neuf mois ferme
|Robert Nolan |
| Grégory Gadebois | One of a Kind | Mon âme par toi guérie
|Frédi |
| Fabrice Luchini | Cycling with Moliere | Alceste à bicyclette
|Serge Tanneur |
| Mads Mikkelsen | colspan="2"|Michael Kohlhaas
|Michael Kohlhaas | |
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2015 (40th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Pierre Niney|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Yves Saint Laurent | style="background:#eedd82;" |Yves Saint Laurent | ||
| Niels Arestrup | Diplomacy | Diplomatie |
| Guillaume Canet | Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart | La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur
|Franck |
| François Damiens | The Bélier Family | La Famille Bélier
|Rodolphe Bélier |
| Romain Duris | The New Girlfriend | Une nouvelle amie
|David / Virginia |
| Vincent Lacoste | Hippocrates | Hippocrate
|Benjamin Barois |
| Gaspard Ulliel | colspan="2"|Saint Laurent
|Yves Saint Laurent | |
| style="background:#eedd82;"
! rowspan="7" |2016 | The Measure of a Man | La Loi du marché
| style="background:#eedd82;" |Thierry Taugourdeau |
| Jean-Pierre Bacri | The Very Private Life of Mister Sim | La Vie très privée de Monsieur Sim
|François Sim |
| Vincent Cassel | colspan="2"|Mon roi
|Georgio | |
| François Damiens | Cowboys | Les Cowboys
|Alain Balland |
| Gérard Depardieu | colspan="2"|Valley of Love
|Gérard | |
| Antonythasan Jesuthasan | colspan="2"|Dheepan
|Dheepan/Sivadhasan | |
| Fabrice Luchini | Courted | L'Hermine
|Michel Racine |
| style="background:#eedd82;"
! rowspan="7" |2017 | It's Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde
|Louis |
| François Cluzet | Irreplaceable | Médecin de campagne
|Jean-Pierre Werner |
| Pierre Deladonchamps | A Kid | Le Fils de Jean
|Mathieu |
| Nicolas Duvauchelle | A Decent Man | Je ne suis pas un salaud
|Eddie |
| Fabrice Luchini | Slack Bay | Ma Loute
|André Van Peteghem |
| Pierre Niney | colspan="2"|Frantz
|Adrien | |
| Omar Sy | colspan="2"|Chocolat | |
| style="background:#eedd82;"
! rowspan="7" |2018 | Bloody Milk | Petit Paysan
|Pierre Chavanges |
| Daniel Auteuil | colspan="2"|Le Brio
|Pierre Mazard | |
| Jean-Pierre Bacri | C'est la Vie! | La Sens de la Fête
|Max |
| Guillaume Canet | colspan="2"|Rock'n Roll
|Guillaume Canet | |
| Albert Dupontel | See You Up There | Au Revoir Là-Haut
|Albert Maillard |
| Louis Garrel | Redoubtable | Le Redoutable |
| Reda Kateb | colspan="2"|Django | |
| style="background:#eedd82;"
! rowspan="7" |2019 | colspan="2" |Guy
|Guy Jamet | |
| Édouard Baer | Lady J | Mademoiselle de Joncquières
|Marquis des Arcis |
| Romain Duris | Our Struggles | Nos batailles
|Olivier |
| Vincent Lacoste | colspan="2"|Amanda
|David | |
| Gilles Lellouche | In Safe Hands | Pupille
|Jean |
| Pio Marmaï | The Trouble with You | En liberté !
|Antoine Parent |
| Denis Ménochet | Custody | Jusqu'à la garde
|Antoine Besson |
=2020s=
| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5" | |||
| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title !width="300"|Role/Character | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2020 (45th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Roschdy Zem||style="background:#eedd82;"|Oh Mercy!||style="background:#eedd82;"|Roubaix, une lumière |style="background:#eedd82;"|Daoud | |||
| Daniel Auteuil | colspan="2"|La Belle Époque
|Victor Drumond | ||
| Damien Bonnard | colspan="2"|Les Misérables
|Brigadier Stéphane Ruiz | ||
| Vincent Cassel | rowspan=2|The Specials | rowspan=2|Hors normes
|Bruno Haroche | |
| Reda Kateb
|Malik | |||
| Jean Dujardin | An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | |
| Melvil Poupaud | By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu
|Alexandre Guérin | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2021 (46th) {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cesar-awards-2021-french-film|title='Bye Bye Morons' Wins Best Film at France's Cesar Awards|publisher=Hollywood Reporter}} | style="background:#eedd82;" |Sami Bouajila||style="background:#eedd82;"|A Son||style="background:#eedd82;"|Un fils |style="background:#eedd82;"|Fares Ben Youssef | |||
| Jonathan Cohen | Enorme | Énorme | Frédéric |
| Albert Dupontel | Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | JB |
| Niels Schneider | Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Maxime |
| Lambert Wilson | colspan="2"|De Gaulle | Charles de Gaulle | |
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2022 (47th) {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cesar-awards-2022-nominations-lea-seydoux-adam-driver-1235080474/|title=Lea Seydoux, Adam Driver Among Nominees for France’s Cesar Awards|publisher=Hollywood Reporter}} | style="background:#eedd82;" |Benoît Magimel||style="background:#eedd82;"|Peaceful||style="background:#eedd82;"|De son vivant||style="background:#eedd82;"|Benjamin Boltanski | |||
| Damien Bonnard | The Restless | Les intranquilles | Damien |
| Adam Driver | colspan=2|Annette | Henry McHenry | |
| Gilles Lellouche | The Stronghold | BAC Nord | Greg Cerva |
| Vincent Macaigne | The Night Doctor | Médecin de nuit | Mickaël Kourtchine |
| Pio Marmaï | The Divide | La fracture | Yann Caron |
| Pierre Niney | Black Box | Boîte noire | Mathieu Vasseur |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2023 (48th) {{Cite web |last=Nikkhah Azad |first=Navid |date=2023-01-26 |title=Nominations for César Awards 2023 unveiled |url=https://www.deed.news/news/press-release/nominations-for-cesar-awards-2023-unveiled/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=www.deed.news |language=en-US}} | style="background:#eedd82;" |Benoît Magimel||style="background:#eedd82;"|Pacifiction||style="background:#eedd82;"|Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles||style="background:#eedd82;"|De Roller | |||
| Jean Dujardin | November | Novembre | Fred |
| Louis Garrel | The Innocent | L'innocent | Abel |
| Vincent Macaigne | Diary of a Fleeting Affair | Chronique d'une liaison passagère | Simon |
| Denis Ménochet | colspan=2|Peter von Kant | Peter Von Kant | |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2024 (49th) {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cesar-nominations-2024-awards-anatomy-of-a-fall-the-animal-kingdom-1235805751/|title=Cesar Nominations: ‘Anatomy of a Fall,’ ‘The Animal Kingdom’ Lead the Pack for French Film Awards |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=24 January 2024 |access-date=24 January 2024}} | style="background:#eedd82;" |Arieh Worthalter||style="background:#eedd82;"|The Goldman Case||style="background:#eedd82;"|Le procès Goldman||style="background:#eedd82;"|Pierre Goldman | |||
| Romain Duris | The Animal Kingdom | Le règne animal | François |
| Benjamin Lavernhe | Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion | L'abbé Pierre | Abbé Pierre |
| Melvil Poupaud | Just the Two of Us | L'amour et les forêts | Grégoire |
| Raphaël Quenard | colspan=2|Yannick | Yannick | |
| rowspan="5" |2025 (50th) | style="background:#eedd82;" |Karim Leklou | style="background:#eedd82;" |Jim's Story | style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Roman de Jim | style="background:#eedd82;" |Aymeric | |||
| François Civil
|L'Amour ouf |Clotaire | |||
| Benjamin Lavernhe
|En Fanfare |Thibaut Desormeaux | |||
| Pierre Niney
|Le Comte de Monte-Cristo |Edmond Dantès / Lord Halifax / Abbé Busoni | |||
| Tahar Rahim
| colspan="2" |Monsieur Aznavour |
Multiple wins and nominations
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The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="col" width="55" | Wins
! scope="col" | Actor |
|---|
| style="text-align:center" | 3 |
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2 |
| Daniel Auteuil |
| Michel Bouquet |
| Gérard Depardieu |
| Benoît Magimel |
| Philippe Noiret |
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The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! scope="col" align="center" | Actor |
|---|
| style="text-align:center" | 17 |
| style="text-align:center" | 14 |
| style="text-align:center" | 7 |
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 6 |
| François Cluzet |
| Vincent Lindon |
| Fabrice Luchini |
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 5 |
| Patrick Dewaere |
| Romain Duris |
| Philippe Noiret |
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center" | 4 |
| Michel Blanc |
| Jean Dujardin |
| Albert Dupontel |
| Pierre Niney |
| Michel Piccoli |
| Jean Rochefort |
| Philippe Torreton |
| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center" | 3 |
| Michel Bouquet |
| Claude Brasseur |
| Alain Chabat |
| Alain Delon |
| Gérard Jugnot |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle |
| Jean-Louis Trintignant |
| Lambert Wilson |
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One actor has the record of most consecutive nominations with 4: Gerard Depardieu (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980/ 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986/ 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.academie-cinema.org/}}
- [http://www.allocine.fr/festivals/festival-128/palmares/prix-18350727 César Award for Best Actor] at AlloCiné
{{César Award for Best Actor}}
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