| César Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First awarded | 1976 |
| Currently held by | Benoît Magimel for Pacifiction (2023) |
| Website | academie-cinema |
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor (French: César du meilleur acteur).
History
Superlatives
| Superlative | Best Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Overall (including Most Promising Actor) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor with most awards | Michel Serrault | 3 | Niels Arestrup | 3 | Michel Serrault Niels Arestrup André Dussollier Mathieu Amalric |
3 |
| Actor with most nominations | Gérard Depardieu | 17 | André Dussollier Fabrice Luchini Guy Marchand Jean-Pierre Marielle |
5 | Gérard Depardieu | 17 |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning |
Patrick Dewaere | 5 | Jean-Pierre Marielle | 5 | Jean-Pierre Marielle | 7 |
| Film with most nominations | Le Sucre Tandem Itinerary of a Spoiled Child Le Souper Les Visiteurs The Intouchables |
2 | Subway Polisse |
3 | Subway La Haine The Officers' Ward A Prophet |
4 |
| Oldest winner | Jean-Louis Trintignant | 83 | Michael Lonsdale | 80 | Jean-Louis Trintignant | 83 |
| Oldest nominee | Michel Bouquet | 89 | Jacques Dufilho | 86 | Michel Bouquet | 89 |
| Youngest winner | Pierre Niney | 26 | Jacques Villeret | 28 | Pierre Niney | 26 |
| Youngest nominee | Vincent Lacoste | 22 | Thomas Langmann | 23 | Vincent Lacoste | 22 |
Winners
1970s
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title | Role/Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 (1st) | Philippe Noiret | The Old Gun | Le Vieux Fusil | 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 | |
| 1977 (2nd) | Michel Galabru | The Judge and the Assassin | Le Juge et l'assassin | 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 | |
| 1978 (3rd) | Jean Rochefort | Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-tambour | 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 | |
| 1979 (4th) | Michel Serrault | Birds of a Feather | La Cage aux folles | Albin Mougeotte/Zaza Napoli |
| Claude Brasseur | A Simple Story | Une histoire simple | Serge | |
| Jean Carmet | The Sugar | Le Sucre | Adrien Courtois | |
| Gérard Depardieu | Raoul-Renaud Homecourt | |||
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title | Role/Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (45th) | Roschdy Zem | Oh Mercy! | Roubaix, une lumière | Daoud |
| Daniel Auteuil | La Belle Époque | Victor Drumond | ||
| Damien Bonnard | Les Misérables | Brigadier Stéphane Ruiz | ||
| Vincent Cassel | The Specials | Hors normes | Bruno Haroche | |
| Reda Kateb | Malik | |||
| Jean Dujardin | An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Colonel Georges Picquart | |
| Melvil Poupaud | By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu | Alexandre Guérin | |
| 2021 (46th) [2] | Sami Bouajila | A Son | Un fils | 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 | De Gaulle | Charles de Gaulle | ||
| 2022 (47th) [3] | Benoît Magimel | Peaceful | De son vivant | Benjamin Boltanski |
| Damien Bonnard | The Restless | Les intranquilles | Damien | |
| Adam Driver | 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 | |
| 2023 (48th) [4] | Benoît Magimel | Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | 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 | Peter von Kant | Peter Von Kant | ||
Multiple wins and nominations
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The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:
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The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations:
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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
- ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy. "César Awards Nominations: Verhoeven's 'Elle,' Ozon's 'Frantz' In The Lead". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ↑ "'Bye Bye Morons' Wins Best Film at France's Cesar Awards". Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ "Lea Seydoux, Adam Driver Among Nominees for France's Cesar Awards". Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Nikkhah Azad, Navid (2023-01-26). "Nominations for César Awards 2023 unveiled". www.deed.news. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
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