Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Danish film award
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The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Danish: Robert Prisen for årets mandlige hovedrolle) is presented at the annual Robert Awards ceremony by the Danish Film Academy to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Danish film.
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
CountryDenmark
Presented byDanish Film Academy
First award1984
| Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
|---|---|
The 2026 recipient: Besir Zeciri | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | Denmark |
| Presented by | Danish Film Academy |
| First award | 1984 |
| Currently held by | Besir Zeciri for The Girl with the Needle (2026) |
| Website | robertprisen |
Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen holds the record for the most wins in this category, with four, for his performances in Pusher II (2004), The Hunt (2012), Another Round (2020) and The Promised Land (2023).
Winners and nominees
1980s
- 1984: Jesper Klein for Beauty and the Beast[1]
- 1985: Lars Simonsen for Twist and Shout
- 1986: Reine Brynolfsson for Ofelia Comes to Town[2]
- 1987: Torben Jensen for Coeurs flambés
- 1988: Max von Sydow for Pelle the Conqueror
- 1989: Börje Ahlstedt for Emma's Shadow
1990s
- 1990: Frits Helmuth for Waltzing Regitze
- 1991: Tommy Kenter for Dance of the Polar Bears
- 1992: Ole Lemmeke for The Naked Trees
- 1993: Søren Østergaard for Pain of Love
- 1994: Frits Helmuth for Stolen Spring
- 1995: Ernst-Hugo Järegård for The Kingdom[3]
- 1996: Ulf Pilgaard for Farligt venskab
- 1997: Thomas Bo Larsen for The Biggest Heroes
- 1998: Lars Simonsen for Barbara[4]
- 1999: Ulrich Thomsen for The Celebration
2000s
- 2000: Niels Olsen for The One and Only
- 2001: Jesper Christensen for The Bench[5]
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Italian for Beginners
- Søren Pilmark nominated for Flickering Lights
- Thure Lindhardt nominated for A Place Nearby
- Bjarne Henriksen nominated for Fruen på Hamre
- 2002: Nikolaj Lie Kaas for Truly Human[6][7]
- Martin Buch nominated for Chop Chop
- Lars Mikkelsen nominated for Kira's Reason: A Love Story
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Shake It All About
- Jens Okking nominated for One-Hand Clapping
- 2003: Jens Albinus for Facing the Truth[8]
- Kim Bodnia nominated for Old Men in New Cars
- Jørgen Kiil nominated for Minor Mishaps
- Troels Lyby nominated for Okay
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Open Hearts
- 2004: Ulrich Thomsen for The Inheritance[9]
- Lars Brygmann nominated for Stealing Rembrandt
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau nominated for The Bouncer
- Frederik Christian Johansen nominated for Someone Like Hodder
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for The Green Butchers
- 2005: Mads Mikkelsen for Pusher II
- Mikael Birkkjær nominated for Aftermath
- Frits Helmuth nominated for Villa Paranoia
- Mikael Persbrandt nominated for Day and Night
- Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Brothers
- 2006: Troels Lyby for Accused
- Jesper Christensen nominated for Manslaughter
- Bjarne Henriksen nominated for Kinamand
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for Murk
- Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Adam's Apples
- 2007: David Dencik for A Soap
- Jens Albinus nominated for The Boss of It All
- Nicolas Bro nominated for Offscreen
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for After the Wedding
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Prague
- 2008: Lars Brygmann for White Night
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Just Another Love Story
- Kim Bodnia nominated for Echo
- David Dencik nominated for Outside Love
- Søren Pilmark nominated for How to Get Rid of the Others
- 2009: Jakob Cedergren for Terribly Happy[10]
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for What No One Knows
- Carsten Bjørnlund nominated for Oneway-ticket to Korsør
- Thure Lindhardt nominated for Flame & Citron
- Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Fear Me Not
2010s
- 2010: Lars Mikkelsen for Headhunter
- Willem Dafoe nominated for Antichrist
- Thomas Ernst nominated for Aching Hearts
- Kristian Halken nominated for Oldboys
- Cyron Melville nominated for Love and Rage
- 2011: Pilou Asbæk for R
- Jens Albinus nominated for Everything Will Be Fine
- Jakob Cedergren nominated for Submarino
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Valhalla Rising
- Mikael Persbrandt nominated for In a Better World
- 2012: Nikolaj Lie Kaas for A Funny Man[11]
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Rosa Morena
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for SuperClásico
- Nicolas Bro nominated for Beast
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for A Family
- 2013: Søren Malling for A Hijacking
- 2014: Mads Mikkelsen for The Hunt[12]
- 2015: Henrik Birch for Klumpfisken
- 2016: Ulrich Thomsen for Sommeren '92[13]
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Men & Chicken
- Peter Plaugborg nominated for The Idealist
- Pilou Asbæk nominated for A War
- Roland Møller nominated for Land of Mine
- 2017: Søren Malling for Parents[14]
- 2018: Elliott Crosset Hove for Winter Brothers[15]
- 2019: Jakob Cedergren for The Guilty[16]
2020s
| Year | Actor | Film | Original title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (37th) |
Esben Smed | Daniel | Ser du månen, Daniel | [17] |
| Dar Salim | Until We Fall | Til vi falder | ||
| Gustav Lindh | Queen of Hearts | Dronningen | ||
| Jesper Christensen | Before the Frost | Før frosten | ||
| Zaki Youssef | Sons of Denmark | Danmarks sønner | ||
| 2021 (38th) |
Mads Mikkelsen | Another Round | Druk | [18] |
| Mads Mikkelsen | Riders of Justice | Retfærdighedens Ryttere | ||
| Nikolaj Lie Kaas | ||||
| Mikkel Boe Følsgaard | A Perfectly Normal Family | En helt almindelig familie | ||
| Jacob Ulrik Lohmann | Enforcement | Shorta | ||
| 2022 (39th) |
Simon Bennebjerg | The Pact | Pagten | [19] |
| Anders Matthesen | Checkered Ninja 2 | Ternet Ninja 2 | ||
| Joachim Fjeldstrup | The Blue Orchid | Den blå orkidé | ||
| Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | A Taste of Hunger | Smagen af sult | ||
| Søren Malling | Margrete: Queen of the North | Margrete den Første | ||
| 2023 (40th) |
Anders W. Berthelsen | A Lucky Man | Stastny clovek | [20] |
| Elliott Crosset Hove | Godland | Volaða land | ||
| Mehdi Bajestani | Holy Spider | عنکبوت مقدس | ||
| Morten Burian | Speak No Evil | Gæsterne | ||
| Morten Hee Andersen | Krysantemum | |||
| Ole Sørensen | Forever | Resten af livet | ||
| 2024 (41st) |
Mads Mikkelsen | The Promised Land | Bastarden | [21] |
| Lars Brygmann | Tove's Room | Toves værelse | ||
| Sylvester Byder | Unsinkable | Synkefri | ||
| Nicolai Jørgensen | Viktor vs the World | Viktor mod verden | ||
| Dar Salim | Darkland: The Return | Underverden II | ||
| 2025 (42nd) |
Lars Ranthe | Matters of the Heart | Fuld af kærlighed | [22] |
| Sebastian Bull | Sons | Vogter | ||
| Gustav Giese | The Quiet Ones | De lydløse | ||
| Kristian Halken | When in Rome | Rom | ||
| Nikolaj Lie Kaas | Way Home | Vejen hjem | ||
| 2026 (43rd) |
Besir Zeciri | The Girl with the Needle | Pigen med nålen | [23] |
| Magnus Juhl Andersen | Sauna | |||
| Nina Rask | ||||
| Nikolaj Lie Kaas | The Last Viking | Den sidste viking | ||
| Mads Mikkelsen | ||||
