Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in Comedy Series is an annual Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best leading performance by an actor in a Canadian television comedy series.

The award was first presented in 1986 as part of the Gemini Awards. However, as Canadian television comedy was dominated by sketch comedy rather than narrative sitcoms in the late 1980s, the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Comedy Series were discontinued after 1987,Mike Boone, "Gemini Awards highlight enduring problems of Canadian TV". Montreal Gazette, November 30, 1998. with only a single gender-neutral award presented for Best Performance in a Comedy thereafter; separate awards for Individual Performance in a Comedy and Ensemble Performance in a Comedy were introduced for the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001, but were still not separated for gender."CTV's Nuremberg leads Gemini nominations". The Telegram, September 18, 2001.

With the revival of scripted narrative comedy series in the 2000s, separate awards for actors and actresses were reinstated in 2011, and have been presented since then as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.

In August 2022, the Academy announced that beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, a gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performance in a Comedy Series will be presented.Joseph Pugh, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csa-gender-neutral-performance-1.6561219 "Canadian Screen Awards switching to gender-neutral performance categories"]. CBC News, August 25, 2022.

1980s

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rowspan="4" align="center"| 1986
1st Gemini Awards
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| Louis Del Grande

| Seeing Things

| "Green Gables big Gemini awards winner". Windsor Star, December 5, 1986.

Don Adams

| Check it Out!

| rowspan=2| Sid Adilman, "Anne leads field in Geminis race". Toronto Star, October 16, 1986.

David Eisner

| Hangin' In

rowspan="3" align="center"| 1987
2nd Gemini Awards
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| Louis Del Grande

| Seeing Things

| Bill Anderson, "Seeing Things shines in Gemini spotlight". Ottawa Citizen, December 10, 1987.

David Eisner

| Hangin' In

| John Haslett Cuff, "Seeing Things, Night Heat top Gemini nomination list". The Globe and Mail, October 22, 1987.

2010s

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rowspan="5" align="center"| 2011
26th Gemini Awards
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| Peter Keleghan

| 18 to Life

| Raju Mudhar, "Fitz nabs most Geminis: Top drama and comedy prizes go to The Borgias and Rick Mercer Report". Toronto Star, September 8, 2011.

Chris Leavins

| Todd and the Book of Pure Evil

| rowspan=3| Mishki Vaccaro, [https://torontolife.com/culture/26th-annual-gemini-nominations-announced/ "Gemini nominations announced: Flashpoint leads, once again, and controversial Kennedys miniseries gets some nods"]. Toronto Life, August 4, 2011.

Jason Priestley

| Call Me Fitz

John Ralston

| Living in Your Car

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2012
1st Canadian Screen Awards
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| Gerry Dee

| Mr. D

| Linda Barnard, "A first night to remember: 'Amazing ride' for Rebelle at inaugural Canadian Screen Awards". Toronto Star, March 4, 2013.

Ryan Belleville

| Almost Heroes

| rowspan=4| Diane Wild, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2013/01/15/canadian-screen-award-nominations-announced/ "Canadian Screen Award nominations announced"]. TV, eh?, January 15, 2013.

Shaun Majumder

| This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Bob Martin

| Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays

Martin Short

| I, Martin Short, Goes Home

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2013
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
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| Jason Priestley

| Call Me Fitz

| Linda Barnard, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/03/09/enemy_biggest_movie_winner_at_canadian_screen_awards.html "Enemy biggest movie winner at Canadian Screen Awards"]. Toronto Star, March 9, 2014.

Jesse Camacho

| Less Than Kind

| rowspan=4| Chris Jancelewicz, [https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/13/canadian-screen-awards-2014-nominees-list_n_4589628.html "Canadian Screen Awards 2014: Nominees Announced For TV And Movie Honours"]. The Huffington Post, January 13, 2014.

Gavin Crawford

| Gavin Crawford's Wild West

Gerry Dee

| Mr. D

Ron James

| The Ron James Show

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2014
3rd Canadian Screen Awards
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| Don McKellar

| Sensitive Skin

| Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/canadian-screen-awards-2015-the-rundown "Canadian Screen Awards 2015: The Rundown"]. Now, March 2, 2015.

Gerry Dee

| Mr. D

| rowspan=4| [https://playbackonline.ca/2015/01/13/canadian-screen-awards-15-performance-categories/ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Performance categories"]. Playback, January 13, 2015.

Dave Foley

| Spun Out

Adam Korson

| Seed

Mark Meer

| Tiny Plastic Men

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2015
4th Canadian Screen Awards
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| Eugene Levy

| Schitt's Creek

| [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-screen-awards-1.3487365 "Canadian Screen Awards 2016: Schitt's Creek, Orphan Black and Room win big"]. CBC News, March 11, 2016.

Gerry Dee

| Mr. D

| rowspan=3| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160615210251/http://etcanada.com/news/37268/2016-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced"]. ET Canada, January 19, 2016.

Dan Levy

| Schitt's Creek

Dave Foley

| Spun Out

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2016
5th Canadian Screen Awards
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| Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

| Kim's Convenience

| Sarah Murphy, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/heres_the_complete_list_of_2017_canadian_screen_awards_winners "Here's the Complete List of 2017 Canadian Screen Awards Winners"]. Exclaim!, March 13, 2017.

Gerry Dee

| Mr. D

| rowspan=4| [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-screen-awards-nominations-1.3938015 "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, January 17, 2017.

Jared Keeso

| Letterkenny

Dan Levy

| Schitt's Creek

Eugene Levy

| Schitt's Creek

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2017
6th Canadian Screen Awards
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| Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

| Kim's Convenience

| [https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20180312127718/canadian-screen-awards-2018-winners/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2018: All the winners"]. Hello! Canada, March 12, 2018.

Gerry Dee

| Mr. D

| rowspan=4| Bridget Liszewski, [https://thetvjunkies.com/snap-judgment-canadian-screen-award-nominations-2018/ "Snap Judgment: Canadian Screen Award Nominations 2018"]. The TV Junkies, January 16, 2018.

Jared Keeso

| Letterkenny

Dan Levy

| Schitt's Creek

Eugene Levy

| Schitt's Creek

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2018
7th Canadian Screen Awards
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| Jared Keeso

| Letterkenny

| Brent Furdyk, [https://globalnews.ca/news/5117039/2019-canadian-screen-awards-winners/ "2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Complete list of winners from TV gala"]. Global News, April 1, 2019.

Gerry Dee

| Mr. D

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Dan Levy

| Schitt's Creek

Eugene Levy

| Schitt's Creek

Jason Priestley

| Private Eyes

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2019
8th Canadian Screen Awards
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| Eugene Levy

| Schitt's Creek

| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200606215950/https://etcanada.com/news/649789/canadian-screen-awards-winners-announced-for-scripted-drama-comedy-categories/ "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced For Scripted Drama, Comedy Categories"]. ET Canada, May 27, 2020.

Jared Keeso

| Letterkenny

| rowspan=4| Heather Cichowski, [https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20200218127606/2020-canadian-screen-awards-schitts-creek-26-nominations/ "2020 Canadian Screen Awards: 'Schitt's Creek' dominates with 26 nominations"]. Hello! Canada, February 18, 2020.

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

| Kim's Convenience

Dan Levy

| Schitt's Creek

Jason Priestley

| Private Eyes

2020s

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rowspan="5" align="center"| 2020
9th Canadian Screen Awards
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| Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

| Kim's Convenience

| Naman Ramachandran, [https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/schitts-creek-blood-quantum-canadian-screen-awards-1234978520/ "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards"]. Variety, May 21, 2021.

Jared Keeso

| Letterkenny

| rowspan=3| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210330100408/https://etcanada.com/news/762146/television-nominees-announced-for-2021-canadian-screen-awards-schitts-creek-leads-the-pack-with-21-nominations/ "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations"]. ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

Dan Levy

| Schitt's Creek

Eugene Levy

| Schitt's Creek

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2021
10th Canadian Screen Awards
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| Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

| Kim's Convenience

| Adina Bresge, [https://www.cp24.com/entertainment-news/scarborough-top-film-winner-at-canadian-screen-awards-1.5856024 "'Scarborough' top film winner at Canadian Screen Awards"]. CP24, April 10, 2022.

Darryl Hinds

| Overlord and the Underwoods

| rowspan=4| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ET Canada, February 15, 2022.

Jared Keeso

| Letterkenny

Simu Liu

| Kim's Convenience

Jason Priestley

| Private Eyes

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