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European Film Award for Best Actor

European Film Award for Best Actor

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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.

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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.

Winners and nominees

Max von Sydow won for his role in Pelle the Conqueror in 1988.
Philippe Noiret won for his roles in Life and Nothing But and Cinema Paradiso in 1989.
Matti Pellonpää won for his role in La Vie de bohème in 1992.
Daniel Auteuil has won twice for his roles in A Heart in Winter (1993) and Caché (2005).
Bob Hoskins won for his role in Twenty Four Seven in 1997.
Ralph Fiennes won for his role in Sunshine in 1999.
Sergi López won for his role in Harry, He's Here to Help in 2000.
Ben Kingsley won for his role in Sexy Beast in 2001.
Sergio Castellitto won for his roles in Mostly Martha and My Mother's Smile in 2002.
Daniel Brühl won for his role in Good Bye Lenin! in 2003.
Javier Bardem won for his role in The Sea Inside in 2004.
Toni Servillo has won twice for his roles in Il Divo and Gomorra (2008) and The Great Beauty (2013).
Sasson Gabai won forhis role in The Band's Visit in 2007.
Tahar Rahim won for his role in A Prophet in 2009.
Ewan McGregor won for his role in The Ghost Writer in 2010.
Colin Firth won for his role in The King's Speech in 2011.
Jean-Louis Trintignant won for his role in Amour in 2012.
Peter Simonischek won for his role in Toni Erdmann in 2016.
Claes Bang won for his role in The Square in 2017.
Marcello Fonte won for his role in Dogman in 2018.
Antonio Banderas won for his role in Pain and Glory in 2019.
Anthony Hopkins won for his role in The Father in 2021.
Zlatko Burić won for his role in Triangle of Sadness in 2022.

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1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

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Most nominations

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See also

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