European Film Award for Best Actor
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Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Presented byEuropean Film Academy
First awardMax von Sydow
Pelle the Conqueror (1988)
Pelle the Conqueror (1988)
Currently held byStellan Skarsgård
Sentimental Value (2025)
Sentimental Value (2025)
| European Film Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Presented by | European Film Academy |
| First award | Max von Sydow Pelle the Conqueror (1988) |
| Currently held by | Stellan Skarsgård Sentimental Value (2025) |
| Website | europeanfilmacademy |
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.
1980s
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| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 (1st) | Max von Sydow | Pelle the Conqueror | Pelle erobreren | Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer | Hanussen | Klaus Schneider / Erik Jan Hanussen | ||
| Alfredo Landa | El bosque animado | Malvís / Bandid Fendetestas | ||
| Udo Samel | Mit meinen heißen Tränen | Franz Schubert | ||
| Dorel Vişan | Iacob | Iacob | ||
| 1989 (2nd) | Philippe Noiret | Life and Nothing But Cinema Paradiso | La vie et rien d'autre Nuovo cinema Paradiso | Commandant Delaplane Alfredo |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | Christy Brown | ||
| Davor Dujmović | Time of the Gypsies | Dom za vesanje | Perhan | |
| Károly Eperjes | Eldorádó | Sándor Monori | ||
| Jozef Króner | Thou, Which Art in Heaven | Ti, koyto si na nebeto | Georg Henih | |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
| Wins | Actor |
|---|---|
| 2 | Daniel Auteuil |
| Mads Mikkelsen | |
| Toni Servillo |
