Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
The Cannes Best Actor Award (French: Prix d'interprétation masculine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival.
| Best Actor Award Prix d'interprétation masculine | |
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| Location | Cannes |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Festival International du Film de Cannes |
| First awarded | 1946 (awarded to Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend) |
| Currently held by | Antonio Banderas for Pain and Glory (2019) |
History
It was first awarded in 1946. The ceremony was cancelled in 1948, 1950, and 1968. No awards were given to actors in 1947 and 1956. On four occasions, the jury has awarded multiple men (more than 2) the prize from one film. The four films were A Big Family in 1955, Compulsion in 1959, Long Day's Journey into Night in 1962, and Days of Glory in 2006. The award can be for lead or supporting roles with the exception of the period from 1979 to 1981 and 1991, when the festival used to award a separate "Best Supporting Actor" prize.
Award winners
| † | Indicates the performance was also an Academy Award winner |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Indicates the performance was also nominated for an Academy Award |
| Year | Actor | Role | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | ||||
| 1946 | Ray Milland ( United Kingdom) | Don Birnam † | The Lost Weekend | [1] |
| 1947 | No award that year | |||
| 1948 | Festival not held, no awards that year | |||
| 1949 | Edward G. Robinson ( United States) | Gino Monetti | House of Strangers | [2] |
| 1950s | ||||
| 1950 | Festival not held, no awards that year | |||
| 1951 | Michael Redgrave ( United Kingdom) | Andrew Crocker-Harris | The Browning Version | [3] |
| 1952 | Marlon Brando ( United States) | Emiliano Zapata ‡ | Viva Zapata! | [4] |
| 1953 | No award that year | |||
| 1954 | No award that year | |||
| 1955 | Spencer Tracy ( United States) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | John J. Macreedy ‡ | Bad Day at Black Rock | [5] |
Sergei Lukyanov ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Matvei Zhurbin | A Big Family (Больша́я семья́) | ||
| Boris Andreyev ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin | |||
| Aleksey Batalov ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Aleksei Zhurbin | |||
| Sergei Kurilov ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Viktor Zhurbin | |||
| Vadim Medvedev ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Anton Zhurbin | |||
| Boris Bityukov ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Kostya Zhurbin | |||
| Nikolai Gritsenko ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Club Manager | |||
| Pavel Kadochnikov ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Skobolev | |||
| Boris Kokovkin ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Shipyard Director | |||
| Nikolay Sergeev ( Soviet Union) (Acting Award)[lower-alpha 1] | Basmanov | |||
| 1956 | (Acting Award / see Best Actress)[lower-alpha 2] | |||
| 1957 | John Kitzmiller ( United States) | Sgt. Jim | Valley of Peace | [6] |
| 1958 | Paul Newman ( United States) | Ben Quick | The Long, Hot Summer | [7] |
| 1959 | Bradford Dillman ( United States) | Artie Strauss | Compulsion | [8] |
| Dean Stockwell ( United States) | Judd Steiner | |||
| Orson Welles ( United States) | Jonathan Wilk | |||
| 1960s | ||||
| 1960 | No award this year | |||
| 1961 | Anthony Perkins ( United States) | Philip Van Der Besh | Goodbye Again | [9] |
| 1962 | Dean Stockwell ( United States) | Edmund Tyrone | Long Day's Journey into Night | [10] |
| Jason Robards ( United States) | James Tyrone Sr. | |||
| Ralph Richardson ( United Kingdom) | James Tyrone Jr. | |||
| Murray Melvin ( United Kingdom) | Geoffrey Inghman | A Taste of Honey | ||
| 1963 | Richard Harris ( Ireland) | Frank Machin ‡ | This Sporting Life | [11] |
| 1964 | Antal Páger ( Hungary) | Vajkay Ákos | Drama of the Lark (Pacsirta) | [12] |
Saro Urzì ( Italy) | Don Vincenzo Ascalone | Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata) | ||
| 1965 | Terence Stamp ( United Kingdom) | Freddie Clegg | The Collector | [13] |
| 1966 | Per Oscarsson ( Sweden) | Pontus | Hunger (Sult) | [14] |
| 1967 | Oded Kotler ( Israel) | Eli | Three Days and a Child (שלושה ימים וילד) | [15] |
| 1968 | Festival interrupted, no awards that year because of the May 1968 events in France. | |||
| 1969 | Jean-Louis Trintignant ( France) | The Examining Magistrate | Z | [16] |
| 1970s | ||||
| 1970 | Marcello Mastroianni ( Italy) | Oreste Nardi | The Pizza Triangle (Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca) | [17] |
| 1971 | Riccardo Cucciolla ( Italy) | Nicola Sacco | Sacco & Vanzetti (Sacco e Vanzetti) | [18] |
| 1972 | Jean Yanne ( France) | Jean | We Won't Grow Old Together (Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble) | [19] |
| 1973 | Giancarlo Giannini ( Italy) | Antonio Soffiantini | Love and Anarchy (Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza...) | [20] |
| 1974 | Jack Nicholson ( United States) | Billy L. Buddusky ‡ | The Last Detail | [21] |
| 1975 | Vittorio Gassman ( Italy) | Fausto Consolo | Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna) | [22] |
| 1976 | José Luis Gómez ( Spain) | Pascual Duarte | Pascual Duarte | [23] |
| 1977 | Fernando Rey ( Spain) | Luis | Elisa, vida mía | [24] |
| 1978 | Jon Voight ( United States) | Luke Martin † | Coming Home | [25] |
| 1979 | Jack Lemmon ( United States) | Jack Godell ‡ | The China Syndrome | [26] |
| Supporting Stefano Madia ( Italy) | Marco Millozza | Dear Father (Caro papà) | ||
| 1980s | ||||
| 1980 | Michel Piccoli ( France) | Mauro Ponticelli | A Leap in the Dark (Salto nel vuoto, and also known as Leap Into the Void) | [27] |
Supporting Jack Thompson (.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia) | Major J.F. Thomas | Breaker Morant | ||
| 1981 | Ugo Tognazzi ( Italy) | Primo Spaggiari | Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo) | [28] |
| Supporting Ian Holm ( United Kingdom) | Sam Mussabini ‡ | Chariots of Fire | ||
| 1982 | Jack Lemmon ( United States) | Edmund Horman ‡ | Missing | [29] |
| 1983 | Gian Maria Volonté ( Italy) | Bernard Fontana | The Death of Mario Ricci (La mort de Mario Ricci) | [30] |
| 1984 | Alfredo Landa ( Spain) | Paco el Bajo | The Holy Innocents (Los santos inocentes) | [31] |
| Francisco Rabal ( Spain) | Azarías | |||
| 1985 | William Hurt ( United States) | Luis Molina † | Kiss of the Spider Woman | [32] |
| 1986 | Michel Blanc ( France) | Antoine | Tenue de soirée | [33] |
| Bob Hoskins ( United Kingdom) | George ‡ | Mona Lisa | ||
| 1987 | Marcello Mastroianni ( Italy) | Romano ‡ | Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie) | [34] |
| 1988 | Forest Whitaker ( United States) | Charlie "Bird" Parker | Bird | [35] |
| 1989 | James Spader ( United States) | Graham Dalton | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | [36] |
| 1990s | ||||
| 1990 | Gérard Depardieu ( France) | Cyrano de Bergerac ‡ | Cyrano de Bergerac | [37] |
| 1991 | John Turturro ( United States) | Barton Fink | Barton Fink | [38] |
| Supporting Samuel L. Jackson ( United States) | Gator Purify | Jungle Fever | ||
| 1992 | Tim Robbins ( United States) | Griffin Mill | The Player | [39] |
| 1993 | David Thewlis ( United Kingdom) | Johnny | Naked | [40] |
| 1994 | Ge You ( China) | Xu Fugui | To Live (活着) | [41] |
| 1995 | Jonathan Pryce ( United Kingdom) | Lytton Strachey | Carrington | [42] |
| 1996 | Daniel Auteuil ( France) | Harry | The Eighth Day (Le huitième jour) | [43] |
Pascal Duquenne (.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium) | Georges | |||
| 1997 | Sean Penn ( United States) | Eddie Quinn | She's So Lovely | [44] |
| 1998 | Peter Mullan ( United Kingdom) | Joe Kavanagh | My Name Is Joe | [45] |
| 1999 | Emmanuel Schotté ( France) | Pharaon de Winter | Humanité (L'humanité) | [46] |
| 2000s | ||||
| 2000 | Tony Leung Chiu-wai ( Hong Kong) | Chow Mo-wan | In the Mood for Love (花樣年華) | [47] |
| 2001 | Benoît Magimel ( France) | Walter Klemmer | The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) | [48] |
| 2002 | Olivier Gourmet ( Belgium) | Olivier | The Son (Le Fils) | [49] |
| 2003 | Muzaffer Özdemir ( Turkey) | Mahmut | Uzak | [50] |
| Mehmet Emin Toprak ( Turkey) | Yusuf | |||
| 2004 | Yūya Yagira ( Japan) | Akira Fukushima | Nobody Knows (誰も知らない) | [51] |
| 2005 | Tommy Lee Jones ( United States) | Pete Perkins | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | [52] |
| 2006 | Roschdy Zem ( France) | Messaoud Souni | Days of Glory (Indigènes) | [53] |
| Bernard Blancan ( France) | Sergent Roger Martinez | |||
Jamel Debbouze ( France /  Morocco) | Saïd Otmari | |||
| Samy Naceri ( France) | Yassir | |||
Sami Bouajila ( France /  Tunisia) | Abdelkader | |||
| 2007 | Konstantin Lavronenko ( Russia) | Alex | The Banishment (Изгнание) | [54] |
| 2008 | Benicio del Toro ( Puerto Rico) | Ernesto "Che" Guevara | Che | [55] |
| 2009 | Christoph Waltz ( Austria) | Col. Hans Landa † | Inglourious Basterds | [56] |
| 2010s | ||||
| 2010 | Javier Bardem ( Spain) | Uxbal ‡ | Biutiful | [57] |
| Elio Germano ( Italy) | Claudio | La nostra vita | ||
| 2011 | Jean Dujardin ( France) | George Valentin † | The Artist | [58] |
| 2012 | Mads Mikkelsen ( Denmark) | Lucas | The Hunt (Jagten) | [59] |
| 2013 | Bruce Dern ( United States) | Woody Grant ‡ | Nebraska | [60] |
| 2014 | Timothy Spall ( United Kingdom) | J. M. W. Turner | Mr. Turner | [61] |
| 2015 | Vincent Lindon ( France) | Thierry Taugourdeau | The Measure of a Man (La Loi du marché) | [62] |
| 2016 | Shahab Hosseini ( Iran) | Emad | The Salesman (فروشنده) | [63] |
| 2017 | Joaquin Phoenix ( United States) | Joe | You Were Never Really Here | [64] |
| 2018 | Marcello Fonte ( Italy) | Marcello | Dogman | [65] |
| 2019 | Antonio Banderas ( Spain) | Salvador Mallo ‡ | Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) | [66] |
| 2020s | ||||
| 2020 | Festival not held, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
Multiple award winners
2 awards
- Dean Stockwell (USA) - Compulsion (1959), Long Day's Journey into Night (1962)
- Jack Lemmon (USA) - The China Syndrome (1979), Missing (1982)
- Marcello Mastroianni (Italy) - The Pizza Triangle (1970), Dark Eyes (1987)
Notes
- This year the award was changed to Prix d'Interpretation (Acting Award), without gender differentiation. The entire male and female cast of A Big Family (Bolshaya Semya) was recipient of this award (Tied with Spencer Tracy for Bad Day at Black Rock).
- This year the award was changed to Prix d'Interprétation (Acting Award), without gender differentiation, and it was a woman who won the award (Susan Hayward for I'll Cry Tomorrow).
References
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- "3rd Cannes Film Festival – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor". Festival De Cannes. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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- "63rd Cannes Film Festival – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor". Festival De Cannes. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "64th Cannes Film Festival – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor". Festival De Cannes. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "65th Cannes Film Festival – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor". Festival De Cannes. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "66th Cannes Film Festival – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor". Festival De Cannes. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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- "68th Cannes Film Festival – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor". Festival De Cannes. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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