Lumière Award for Best Actor
{{Infobox award
| name = Lumière Award for Best Actor
| image =
| caption =
| awarded_for =
| presenter = Académie des Lumières
| country = France
| year = 1996
| holder = Abou Sangaré for Souleymane's Story (2025)
| website = {{url|academiedeslumieres.com}}
}}
The Lumière Award for Best Actor ({{langx|fr|Lumière du meilleur acteur}}) is an annual award presented by the Académie des Lumières since 1996.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first with a blue background, followed by the other nominees.
=1990s=
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| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"|1996 (1st) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Michel Serrault | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Nelly and Mr. Arnaud | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud |
| style="text-align:center;"|1997 (2nd) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Charles Berling | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Ridicule | |
| style="text-align:center;"|1998 (3rd) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Michel Serrault | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Swindle | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Rien ne va plus |
| style="text-align:center;"|1999 (4th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Jacques Villeret | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Dinner Game | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Le Dîner de cons |
=2000s=
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| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner and nominees !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"|2000 (5th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Philippe Torreton | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|It All Starts Today | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Ça commence aujourd'hui |
| style="text-align:center;"|2001 (6th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Daniel Auteuil | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Sade | |
| style="text-align:center;"|2002 (7th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Michel Bouquet | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|How I Killed My Father | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Comment j'ai tué mon père |
| style="text-align:center;"|2003 (8th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Jean Rochefort | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Man on the Train | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|L'Homme du train |
| style="text-align:center;"|2004 (9th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Bruno Todeschini | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|His Brother | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Son frère |
| style="text-align:center;"|2005 (10th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mathieu Amalric | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Kings and Queen | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Rois & reine |
| style="text-align:center;"|2006 (11th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Romain Duris | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Beat That My Heart Skipped | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté |
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2007 (12th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Gérard Depardieu | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|When I Was a Singer | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Quand J'étais Chanteur |
| Lambert Wilson | Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs | |
| François Cluzet | Tell No One | Ne le dis à personne | |
| Michel Blanc | You Are So Beautiful | Je vous trouve très beau | |
| Sacha Bourdo | The Soldier's Star | L'Étoile du soldat | |
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|2008 (13th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mathieu Amalric | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Le Scaphandre et le Papillon |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle | Let's Dance | Faut que ça danse ! | |
| Guillaume Depardieu | The Duchess of Langeais | Ne touchez pas la hache | |
| rowspan="2"| Benoît Magimel | A Girl Cut in Two | La Fille coupée en deux | |
| 24 Bars | 24 mesures | ||
| Jean-Pierre Darroussin | rowspan="4" colspan="2"|Le Cœur des hommes 2 | ||
| Gérard Darmon | |||
| Marc Lavoine | |||
| Bernard Campan | |||
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|2009 (14th) | rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Vincent Cassel | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mesrine: Killer Instinct | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mesrine: L'Instinct de mort |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mesrine: L'Ennemi public n° 1 | ||
| André Dussollier | colspan="2"|Cortex | ||
| Claude Rich | With a Little Help from Myself | Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera | |
| Albert Dupontel | Love Me No More | Deux jours à tuer | |
| Kad Merad | colspan="2"|Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis | ||
| Guillaume Depardieu | colspan="2"|Versailles |
=2010s=
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| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner and nominees !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2010 (15th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Tahar Rahim | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|A Prophet | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Un prophète |
| François Cluzet | In the Beginning | À l'origine | |
| Yvan Attal | colspan="2"|Rapt | ||
| Vincent Lindon | colspan="2"|Welcome | ||
| Romain Duris | colspan="2"|Persécution | ||
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|2011 (16th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Michael Lonsdale | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Of Gods and Men | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Des hommes et des dieux |
| rowspan="2"|Lambert Wilson | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | |
| The Princess of Montpensier | La Princesse de Montpensier | ||
| rowspan="2"|Romain Duris | The Big Picture | L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie | |
| Heartbreaker | L'Arnacœur | ||
| Éric Elmosnino | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | Gainsbourg, vie héroïque | |
| Édgar Ramírez | colspan="2"|Carlos | ||
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2012 (17th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Omar Sy | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Intouchables | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Intouchables |
| André Wilms | colspan="2"|Le Havre | ||
| Olivier Gourmet | The Minister | L'Exercice de l'Etat | |
| JoeyStarr | colspan="2"|Polisse | ||
| Jean Dujardin | colspan="2"|The Artist | ||
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2013 (18th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Jean-Louis Trintignant | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Amour | |
| Denis Lavant | colspan="2"|Holy Motors | ||
| Guillaume Canet | A Better Life | Une vie meilleure | |
| Jérémie Renier | My Way | Cloclo | |
| Matthias Schoenaerts | Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2014 (19th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Guillaume Gallienne | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Me, Myself and Mum | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table ! |
| Michel Bouquet | colspan="2"|Renoir | ||
| Thierry Lhermitte | The French Minister | Quai d'Orsay | |
| Romain Duris | Mood Indigo | L'Ecume des jours | |
| Guillaume Canet | colspan="2"|Jappeloup | ||
| Tahar Rahim | colspan="2"|Grand Central | ||
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|2015 (20th) | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Gaspard Ulliel | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Saint Laurent | |
| rowspan="2"|Guillaume Canet | colspan="2"|La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur | ||
| In the Name of My Daughter | L'Homme qu'on aimait trop | ||
| Romain Duris | The New Girlfriend | Une nouvelle amie | |
| Mathieu Kassovitz | Wild Life | Vie sauvage | |
| Pierre Niney | colspan="2"|Yves Saint Laurent | ||
| Benoît Poelvoorde | Three Hearts | 3 cœurs | |
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|2016 (21st) | |||
| rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Vincent Lindon | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Measure of a Man | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| La Loi du marché | |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Diary of a Chambermaid | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Journal d'une femme de chambre | ||
| Gérard Depardieu | colspan="2"|Valley of Love | ||
| André Dussollier | 21 Nights with Pattie | 21 nuits avec Pattie | |
| Fabrice Luchini | Courted | L'Hermine | |
| Vincent Macaigne | Two Friends | Les Deux Amis | |
| Jérémie Renier | The Wakhan Front | Ni le ciel ni la terre | |
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|2017 (22nd) | |||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Jean-Pierre Léaud | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Death of Louis XIV | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|La Mort de Louis XIV | |
| Pierre Deladonchamps | A Kid | Le Fils de Jean | |
| Gérard Depardieu | colspan="2"|The End | ||
| Nicolas Duvauchelle | A Decent Man | Je ne suis pas un salaud | |
| Omar Sy | rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Chocolat | ||
| James Thiérrée | |||
| Gaspard Ulliel | It's Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde | |
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|2018 (23rd) | |||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | |
| Swann Arlaud | Bloody Milk | Petit paysan | |
| Daniel Auteuil | colspan="2"|Le Brio | ||
| Jean-Pierre Bacri | C'est la vie! | Le Sens de la fête | |
| Louis Garrel | Redoubtable | Le Redoutable | |
| Reda Kateb | colspan="2"|Django | ||
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2019 (24th) | |||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | colspan="2"|Guy | ||
| Romain Duris | Our Struggles | Nos batailles | |
| Vincent Lacoste | colspan="2"|Amanda | ||
| Vincent Lindon | At War | En guerre | |
| Denis Ménochet | Custody | Jusqu'à la garde |
=2020s=
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| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Winner !width="300"|English title !width="300"|Original title | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2020 (25th) | ||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Oh Mercy! | Roubaix, une lumière |
| Swann Arlaud | By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu |
| Daniel Auteuil | colspan="2"|La Belle Époque | |
| Jean Dujardin | An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse |
| Fabrice Luchini | Alice and the Mayor | Alice et le Maire |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2021 (26th) | ||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | A Son | Un fils |
| Jonathan Cohen | Enormous | Énorme |
| Albert Dupontel | Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons |
| Nicolas Maury | My Best Part | Garçon chiffon |
| Jérémie Renier | colspan="2"|Slalom | |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2022 (27th) | ||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Peaceful | De son vivant |
| Damien Bonnard | The Restless | Les Intranquilles |
| André Dussollier | Everything Went Fine | Tout s'est bien passé |
| Vincent Lindon | colspan="2"|Titane | |
| Benjamin Voisin | Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2023 (28th) | ||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles |
| Bastien Bouillon | The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 |
| Louis Garrel | The Innocent | L'Innocent |
| Vincent Macaigne | Diary of a Fleeting Affair | Chronique d'une liaison passagère |
| Denis Ménochet | The Beasts | As bestas |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2024 (29th) | ||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman |
| Vincent Lacoste | Along Came Love | Le Temps d'aimer |
| Karim Leklou | Vincent Must Die | Vincent doit mourir |
| Melvil Poupaud | Just the Two of Us | L'Amour et les Forêts |
| Franz Rogowski | colspan="2"|Disco Boy | |
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2025 (30th) | ||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Souleymane's Story | L'Histoire de Souleymane |
| Adam Bessa | Ghost Trail | Les Fantômes |
| Paul Kircher | And Their Children After Them | Leurs enfants après eux |
| Karim Leklou | Jim's Story | Le Roman de Jim |
| Pierre Niney | The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo |
Trivia
=Multiple awards=
; 2 awards
=Multiple nominees=
; 6 nominations
; 4 nominations
; 3 nominations
; 2 nominations
See also
External links
- [http://www.allocine.fr/festivals/festival-132/palmares/prix-18350692 Lumière Award for Best Actor] at AlloCiné
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