European Film Award for Best Actor

The European Film Award for Best Actor is awarded by the European Film Academy to actors of European language films. The award was first given to Max von Sydow for the film Pelle the Conqueror in the year 1988. The latest recipient of the award is Michael Caine who won it for Youth.

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
1988 (1st)	Max von Sydow	Pelle the Conqueror	Pelle erobreren
	Klaus Maria Brandauer	Hanussen
	Alfredo Landa	El bosque animado
	Udo Samel	de
	Dorel Vişan	Iacob
1989 (2nd)	Philippe Noiret	Life and Nothing But Cinema Paradiso	La vie et rien d'autre Nuovo cinema Paradiso
	Daniel Day-Lewis	My Left Foot
	Davor Dujmović	Time of the Gypsies	Dom za vesanje
	Károly Eperjes	Eldorádó
	Jozef Króner	Thou, Which Art in Heaven	Ti, koyto si na nebeto

1990s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
1990 (3rd)	Kenneth Branagh	Henry V
	Gérard Depardieu	Cyrano de Bergerac
	Philip Zandén	Skyddsängeln
1991 (4th)	Michel Bouquet	Toto the Hero	Toto le héros
	Claudio Amendola	Ultrà
	Richard Anconina	Le Petit Criminel
1992 (5th)	Matti Pellonpää	La Vie de Bohème
	Denis Lavant	The Lovers on the Bridge	Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
	Enrico Lo Verso	The Stolen Children	Il ladro di bambini
1993 (6th)	Daniel Auteuil	Un cœur en hiver
	Carlo Cecchi	Morte di un matematico napoletano
	Jan Decleir	Daens
1994 (7th)	No award given
1995 (8th)	No award given
1996 (9th)	Ian McKellen	Richard III
1997 (10th)	Bob Hoskins	Twenty Four Seven
	Mario Adorf	Rossini
	Jerzy Stuhr	Love Stories	Historie miłosne
	Philippe Torreton	Captain Conan	Capitaine Conan
1998 (11th)	Roberto Benigni	Life Is Beautiful	La vita è bella
	Javier Bardem	Live Flesh	Carne trémula
	Peter Mullan	My Name Is Joe
	Ulrich Thomsen	The Celebration	Festen
1999 (12th)	Ralph Fiennes	Sunshine
	Anders W. Berthelsen	Mifune's Last Song	Mifunes sidste sang
	Rupert Everett	An Ideal Husband
	Götz George	After the Truth	Nichts als die Wahrheit
	Philippe Torreton	Ça commence aujourd'hui
	Ray Winstone	The War Zone

2000s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
2000 (13th)	Sergi López	Harry, He's Here to Help	Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien
	Jamie Bell	Billy Elliot
	Bruno Ganz	Bread and Tulips	Pane e tulipani
	Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson	Angels of the Universe	Englar alheimsins
	Krzysztof Siwczyk	Wojaczek
	Stellan Skarsgård	Aberdeen
2001 (14th)	Ben Kingsley	Sexy Beast
	Jesper Christensen	The Bench	Bænken
	Branko Đurić	No Man's Land
	Cast of Last Orders Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone	Last Orders
	Michel Piccoli	I'm Going Home	Je rentre à la maison
	Stellan Skarsgård	Taking Sides
2002 (15th)	Sergio Castellitto	Mostly Martha My Mother's Smile	Bella Martha L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)
	Javier Bardem	Mondays in the Sun	Los lunes al sol
	Javier Cámara	Talk to Her	Hable con ella
	Martin Compston	Sweet Sixteen
	Olivier Gourmet	The Son	Le fils
	Markku Peltola	The Man Without a Past	Mies vailla menneisyyttä
	Timothy Spall	All or Nothing
2003 (16th)	Daniel Brühl	Good Bye Lenin!
	Chiwetel Ejiofor	Dirty Pretty Things
	Tómas Lemarquis	Noi the Albino	Nói albinói
	Luigi Lo Cascio	The Best of Youth	La meglio gioventù
	Jean Rochefort	The Man on the Train	L'homme du train
	Bruno Todeschini	His Brother	Son frère
2004 (17th)	Javier Bardem	The Sea Inside	Mar adentro
	Daniel Brühl	The Edukators	Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei
	Bruno Ganz	Downfall	Der Untergang
	Gérard Jugnot	The Chorus	Les choristes
	Bogdan Stupka	Our Own	Svoi
	Birol Ünel	Head-On	Gegen die Wand
2005 (18th)	Daniel Auteuil	Hidden	Caché
	Romain Duris	The Beat That My Heart Skipped	De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté
	Henry Hübchen	Go for Zucker	Alles auf Zucker!
	Ulrich Matthes	The Ninth Day	Der neunte Tag
	Jérémie Renier	The Child	L'enfant
	Ulrich Thomsen	Brothers	Brødre
2006 (19th)	Ulrich Mühe	The Lives of Others	Das Leben der Anderen
	Patrick Chesnais	Not Here to Be Loved	Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé
	Jesper Christensen	Manslaughter	Drabet
	Mads Mikkelsen	After the Wedding	Efter brylluppet
	Cillian Murphy	The Wind That Shakes the Barley Breakfast on Pluto
	Silvio Orlando	The Caiman	Il caimano
2007 (20th)	Sasson Gabai	The Band's Visit	Bikur Ha-Tizmoret
	Elio Germano	My Brother is an Only Child	Mio fratello è figlio unico
	Miki Manojlović	Irina Palm
	James McAvoy	The Last King of Scotland
	Michel Piccoli	Belle Toujours
	Ben Whishaw	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2008 (21st)	Toni Servillo	Il Divo Gomorra
	Michael Fassbender	Hunger
	Thure Lindhardt Mads Mikkelsen	Flame & Citron	Flammen & Citronen
	James McAvoy	Atonement
	Jürgen Vogel	The Wave	Die Welle
	Elmar Wepper	Cherry Blossoms	Kirschbluten - Hanami
2009 (22nd)	Tahar Rahim	A Prophet	Un prophète
	Moritz Bleibtreu	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
	Steve Evets	Looking for Eric
	David Kross	The Reader
	Dev Patel	Slumdog Millionaire
	Filippo Timi	Vincere

2010s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title	Character
2010 (23rd)	Ewan McGregor	The Ghost Writer		The Ghost
	Jakob Cedergren	Submarino		Nick
	Elio Germano	Our Life	La nostra vita	Claudio
	George Piştereanu	If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle	Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier	Silviu
	Luis Tosar	Cell 211	Celda 211	Malamadre
2011 (24th)	Colin Firth	The King's Speech		King George VI
	Jean Dujardin	The Artist		George Valentin
	Mikael Persbrandt	In a Better World	Hævnen	Anton
	Michel Piccoli	We Have a Pope	Habemus Papam	Cardinal Melville/The Pope
	André Wilms	Le Havre		Marcel Marx
2012 (25th)	Jean-Louis Trintignant	Amour		Georges Laurent
	François Cluzet Omar Sy	The Intouchables	Intouchables	Philippe Driss Bassary
	/ Michael Fassbender	Shame		Brandon Sullivan
	Mads Mikkelsen	The Hunt	Jagten	Lucas
	Gary Oldman	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy		George Smiley/"Beggarman"
2013 (26th)	Toni Servillo	The Great Beauty	La grande belleza	Jep Gambardella
	Jude Law	Anna Karenina		Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin
	Johan Heldenbergh	The Broken Circle Breakdown		Didier Bontinck
	Fabrice Luchini	In the House	Dans la maison	Germain Germain
	Tom Schilling	Oh Boy!		Niko Fischer
2014 (27th)	Timothy Spall	Mr. Turner		Joseph Mallord William Turner
	Brendan Gleeson	Calvary		Father James
	Tom Hardy	Locke		Ivan Locke
	Aleksei Serebryakov	Leviathan	Левиафан	Kolya Sergyev
	Stellan Skarsgård	Nymphomaniac		Seligman
2015 (28th)
	Michael Caine	Youth	Youth - La giovinezza	Fred Ballinger
	Tom Courtenay	45 Years		Geoff Mercer
	Colin Farrell	The Lobster		David
	Christian Friedel	13 Minutes	Elser - Er hätte die Welt verändert	Georg Elser
	Vincent Lindon	The Measure of a Man	La Loi du marché	Thierry Taugourdeau

Trivia

Actors with more than 1 Award in the category

• 2 wins: Toni Servillo, 2 nominations

Actors with more than 1 Nomination in the category

• 3 nominations: Javier Bardem, 1 win
• 3 nominations: Michel Piccoli, 0 wins
• 3 nominations: Mads Mikkelsen, 0 wins
• 3 nominations: Stellan Skarsgård, 0 wins
• 2 nominations: Toni Servillo, 2 wins
• 2 nominations: Bob Hoskins, 1 win
• 2 nominations: Timothy Spall, 1 win
• 2 nominations: Michael Caine, 1 win
• 2 nominations: Daniel Brühl, 0 wins
• 2 nominations: Bruno Ganz, 0 wins
• 2 nominations: James McAvoy, 0 win
• 2 nominations: /Michael Fassbender, 0 wins
• 2 nominations: Tom Courtenay, 0 win

See also

• BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
• César Award for Best Actor
• David di Donatello for Best Actor
• Goya Award for Best Actor
• Polish Academy Award for Best Actor
• Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

External links

• European Film Academy archive