European Film Award for Best Actor
{{Infobox award
| name = European Film Award for Best Actor
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
| presenter = European Film Academy
| image =
| image_upright =
| caption = The 2024 recipient: Abou Sangare
| year = Max von Sydow
Pelle the Conqueror (1988)
| holder = Abou Sangare
Souleymane's Story (2024)
| website = {{URL|europeanfilmacademy.org}}
}}
The European Film Award for Best Actor is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film industry. The awards are presented by the European Film Academy (EFA) and was first presented in 1988 to Swedish actor Max von Sydow for his role as Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson in Pelle the Conqueror.
Daniel Auteuil, Mads Mikkelsen, and Toni Servillo are the only actors who have received this award more than once with two wins each, while Mikkelsen is the most nominated actor in the category with five nominations.
Winners and nominees
File:Max von Sydow (6836497933).jpg won for his role in Pelle the Conqueror in 1988.]]
File:Philippe_Noiret_2000_crop.jpg won for his roles in Life and Nothing But and Cinema Paradiso in 1989.]]
File:Matti-Pellonpää-1990.jpg won for his role in La Vie de bohème in 1992.]]
File:Daniel Auteuil redux.jpg has won twice for his roles in A Heart in Winter (1993) and Caché (2005).]]
File:Bob hoskins filming ruby blue cropped (cropped).jpg won for his role in Twenty Four Seven in 1997.]]
File:Ralph Fiennes from "The White Crow" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 (31747095048).jpg won for his role in Sunshine in 1999.]]
File:Sergi Lopez Cannes 2013.jpg won for his role in Harry, He's Here to Help in 2000.]]
File:Ben Kingsley by Gage Skidmore.jpg won for his role in Sexy Beast in 2001.]]
File:Sergio Castellitto Venezia 2009.jpg won for his roles in Mostly Martha and My Mother's Smile in 2002.]]
File:MJK_68238_Daniel_Br%C3%BChl_(Berlinale_2020).jpg won for his role in Good Bye Lenin! in 2003.]]
File:Javier Bardem Cannes 2018.jpg won for his role in The Sea Inside in 2004.]]
File:Cast La Grande Bellezza Servillo.jpg has won twice for his roles in Il Divo and Gomorra (2008) and The Great Beauty (2013).]]
File:Sasson Gabai, AJFF, Kidon Screening (12582442783).jpg won for his role in The Band's Visit in 2007.]]
File:Tahar Rahim Samba avp 2014 2.jpg won for his role in A Prophet in 2009.]]
File:Ewan_McGregor_Cannes_2012.jpg won for his role in The Ghost Writer in 2010.]]
File:Colin Firth by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg won for his role in The King's Speech in 2011.]]
File:Jean-Louis Trintignant Cannes 2012.jpg won for his role in Amour in 2012.]]
File:Peter Simonischek crop03.jpg won for his role in Toni Erdmann in 2016.]]
File:Claes Bang 2015-09-10.jpg won for his role in The Square in 2017.]]
File:Cinema-22-696x464.jpg won for his role in Dogman in 2018.]]
File:Antonio Banderas 2019 (cropped).jpg won for his role in Pain and Glory in 2019.]]
File:AnthonyHopkins10TIFF.jpg won for his role in The Father in 2021.]]
File:Zlatko_Buric_at_the_premiere_of_Teen_Spirit,_2018_Toronto_Film_Festival_(44028933304)_(cropped).jpg won for his role in Triangle of Sadness in 2022.]]
File:Mads Mikkelsen by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg won for his role in The Promised Land in 2023.]]
=1980s=
| class="wikitable" width="82%" cellpadding="5" | ||||
| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner and nominees !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title !width="300"| Character | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|1988 (1st) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Max von Sydow | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Pelle the Conqueror | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Pelle erobreren | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer | colspan="2" |Hanussen | Klaus Schneider / Erik Jan Hanussen | ||
| Alfredo Landa | colspan="2"|El bosque animado | Malvís / Bandid Fendetestas | ||
| Udo Samel | colspan="2"|Mit meinen heißen Tränen | Franz Schubert | ||
| Dorel Vişan | colspan="2"|Iacob | Iacob | ||
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|1989 (2nd) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Philippe Noiret | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Life and Nothing But Cinema Paradiso | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|La vie et rien d'autre Nuovo cinema Paradiso | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Commandant Delaplane Alfredo |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | colspan="2" |My Left Foot | Christy Brown | ||
| Davor Dujmović | Time of the Gypsies | Dom za vesanje | Perhan | |
| Károly Eperjes | colspan="2"|Eldorádó | Sándor Monori | ||
| Jozef Króner | Thou, Which Art in Heaven | Ti, koyto si na nebeto | Georg Henih |
=1990s=
| class="wikitable" width="82%" cellpadding="5" | ||||
| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner and nominees !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title !width="300"| Character | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1990 (3rd) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Kenneth Branagh | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Henry V | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|King Henry V of England | |
| Gérard Depardieu | colspan="2" |Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | ||
| Philip Zandén | colspan="2"|Skyddsängeln | Jacob | ||
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1991 (4th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Michel Bouquet | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Toto the Hero | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Toto le héros | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Thomas |
| Claudio Amendola | colspan="2"|Ultrà | Principe | ||
| Richard Anconina | colspan="2"|Le Petit Criminel | Gérard | ||
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1992 (5th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Matti Pellonpää | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|La Vie de Bohème | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Rodolfo | |
| Denis Lavant | The Lovers on the Bridge | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | Alex | |
| Enrico Lo Verso | The Stolen Children | Il ladro di bambini | Antonio | |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1993 (6th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Daniel Auteuil | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Un cœur en hiver | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Stéphane | |
| Carlo Cecchi | colspan="2"|Morte di un matematico napoletano | Renato Caccioppoli | ||
| Jan Decleir | colspan="2"|Daens | Adolf Daens | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|1994 (7th) | colspan="4"|No award given | |||
| style="text-align:center;"|1995 (8th) | colspan="4"|No award given | |||
| style="text-align:center;"|1996 (9th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Ian McKellen | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Richard III | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Richard III of England | |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1997 (10th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Bob Hoskins | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Twenty Four Seven | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Alan Darcy | |
| Mario Adorf | colspan="2" |Rossini | Paolo Rossini | ||
| Jerzy Stuhr | Love Stories | Historie miłosne | The university teacher / The priest / Col. Jerzy Matałowski / Prisoner Zdzisław Filip / Petent | |
| Philippe Torreton | Captain Conan | Capitaine Conan | Conan | |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1998 (11th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Roberto Benigni | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Life Is Beautiful | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|La vita è bella | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Guido Orefice |
| Javier Bardem | Live Flesh | Carne trémula | David | |
| Peter Mullan | colspan="2"|My Name Is Joe | Joe Kavanagh | ||
| Ulrich Thomsen | The Celebration | Festen | Christian Klingenfeldt-Hansen | |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|1999 (12th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Ralph Fiennes | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Sunshine | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Ignatz Sonnenschein (Sors) / Adam Sors / Ivan Sors | |
| Anders W. Berthelsen | Mifune's Last Song | Mifunes sidste sang | Kresten | |
| Rupert Everett | colspan="2"|An Ideal Husband | Lord Arthur Goring | ||
| Götz George | After the Truth | Nichts als die Wahrheit | Josef Mengele | |
| Philippe Torreton | colspan="2"|Ça commence aujourd'hui | Daniel Lefebvre | ||
| Ray Winstone | colspan="2"|The War Zone | Dad |
=2000s=
=2010s=
= 2020s =
Multiple wins and nominations
= Multiple wins =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" width="55" | Wins
! scope="col" | Actor |
|---|
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 2 |
| Mads Mikkelsen |
| Toni Servillo |
= Most nominations =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Nominations
! Actor |
|---|
| style="text-align:center" | 5 |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 3 |
| Elio Germano |
| Michel Piccoli |
| Stellan Skarsgård |
| rowspan="27" style="text-align:center" | 2 |
| Daniel Brühl |
| Michael Caine |
| Javier Cámara |
| Jakob Cedergren |
| Jesper Christensen |
| Tom Courtenay |
| Jean Dujardin |
| Rupert Everett |
| Colin Farrell |
| Michael Fassbender |
| Pierfrancesco Favino |
| Ralph Fiennes |
| Bruno Ganz |
| Bob Hoskins |
| Vincent Lindon |
| James McAvoy |
| Cillian Murphy |
| Tahar Rahim |
| Franz Rogowski |
| Toni Servillo |
| Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson |
| Timothy Spall |
| Ulrich Thomsen |
| Philippe Torreton |
| Jean-Louis Trintignant |
| Ray Winstone |
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/archive/awards/ European Film Academy archive]
{{European Film Awards}}
{{European Film Award for Best Actor}}
Category:Film awards for lead actor