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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor

Every winner and nominee of the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor since 1946, newest first.

2026🏆 WinnerValentin CampagneCoward
🏆 WinnerValentin CampagneCoward (2026)

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2025🏆 WinnerWagner MouraThe Secret Agent
🏆 WinnerWagner MouraThe Secret Agent (2025)

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2024🏆 WinnerJesse PlemonsKinds of Kindness
🏆 WinnerJesse PlemonsKinds of Kindness (2024)

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2023🏆 WinnerKoji Yakusho
🏆 WinnerKoji Yakusho

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2018🏆 WinnerMarcello FonteDogman
🏆 WinnerMarcello FonteDogman (2018)

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2017🏆 WinnerJoaquin Phoenix
🏆 WinnerJoaquin Phoenix

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2016🏆 WinnerShahab HosseiniThe Salesman
🏆 WinnerShahab HosseiniThe Salesman (2016)

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2015🏆 WinnerVincent LindonThe Measure of a Man
🏆 WinnerVincent LindonThe Measure of a Man (2015)

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2014🏆 WinnerDavid GulpililCharlie's Country
🏆 WinnerDavid GulpililCharlie's Country (2013)

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2013🏆 WinnerBruce DernNebraska
🏆 WinnerBruce DernNebraska (2013)

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2012🏆 WinnerMads Mikkelsen
🏆 WinnerMads Mikkelsen

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2010🏆 WinnerElio Germano
🏆 WinnerElio Germano
🏆 WinnerJavier BardemBiutiful (2010)

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2009🏆 WinnerChristoph WaltzInglourious Basterds
🏆 WinnerChristoph WaltzInglourious Basterds (2009)

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2008🏆 WinnerBenicio del ToroChe
🏆 WinnerBenicio del ToroChe

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2006🏆 WinnerSamy NaceriDays of Glory
🏆 WinnerSamy NaceriDays of Glory (2006)

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2004🏆 WinnerYuya Yagira
🏆 WinnerYuya Yagira

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2001🏆 WinnerBenoît MagimelThe Piano Teacher
🏆 WinnerBenoît MagimelThe Piano Teacher (2001)

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2000🏆 WinnerTony Leung Chiu-waiIn the Mood for Love
🏆 WinnerTony Leung Chiu-waiIn the Mood for Love (2000)

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1997🏆 WinnerSean PennShe's So Lovely
🏆 WinnerSean PennShe's So Lovely (1997)

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1996🏆 WinnerDaniel AuteuilThe Eighth Day
🏆 WinnerDaniel AuteuilThe Eighth Day (1996)
🏆 WinnerPascal Duquenne

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1995🏆 WinnerJonathan PryceCarrington
🏆 WinnerJonathan PryceCarrington (1995)

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1992🏆 WinnerTim RobbinsThe Player
🏆 WinnerTim RobbinsThe Player (1992)

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1991🏆 WinnerSamuel L. JacksonJungle Fever
🏆 WinnerSamuel L. JacksonJungle Fever (1991)
🏆 WinnerJohn TurturroBarton Fink (1991)

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1990🏆 WinnerGérard DepardieuCyrano de Bergerac
🏆 WinnerGérard DepardieuCyrano de Bergerac (1990)

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1988🏆 WinnerForest WhitakerBird
🏆 WinnerForest WhitakerBird (1988)

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1986🏆 WinnerMichel BlancMénage
🏆 WinnerMichel BlancMénage (1986)

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1985🏆 WinnerWilliam HurtKiss of the Spider Woman
🏆 WinnerWilliam HurtKiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

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1984🏆 WinnerFrancisco RabalThe Holy Innocents
🏆 WinnerFrancisco Rabal, Alfredo LandaThe Holy Innocents (1984)

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1983🏆 WinnerGian Maria VolontéThe Death of Mario Ricci
🏆 WinnerGian Maria VolontéThe Death of Mario Ricci (1983)

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1982🏆 WinnerJack LemmonMissing
🏆 WinnerJack LemmonMissing (1982)

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1981🏆 WinnerUgo TognazziTragedy of a Ridiculous Man
🏆 WinnerUgo TognazziTragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)

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1980🏆 WinnerMichel PiccoliA Leap in the Dark
🏆 WinnerMichel PiccoliA Leap in the Dark (1980)

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1979🏆 WinnerJack LemmonThe China Syndrome
🏆 WinnerJack LemmonThe China Syndrome (1979)

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1978🏆 WinnerJon VoightComing Home
🏆 WinnerJon VoightComing Home (1978)

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1977🏆 WinnerFernando ReyElisa, My Life
🏆 WinnerFernando ReyElisa, My Life (1977)

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1976🏆 WinnerJosé Luis GómezPascual Duarte
🏆 WinnerJosé Luis GómezPascual Duarte (1976)

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1975🏆 WinnerVittorio GassmanScent of a Woman
🏆 WinnerVittorio GassmanScent of a Woman (1974)

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1974🏆 WinnerJack NicholsonThe Last Detail
🏆 WinnerJack NicholsonThe Last Detail (1973)
🏆 WinnerScent of a Woman

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1973🏆 WinnerGiancarlo Giannini
🏆 WinnerGiancarlo Giannini

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1972🏆 WinnerJean YanneWe Won't Grow Old Together
🏆 WinnerJean YanneWe Won't Grow Old Together (1972)

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1971🏆 WinnerRiccardo Cucciolla
🏆 WinnerRiccardo Cucciolla

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1969🏆 WinnerJean-Louis TrintignantZ
🏆 WinnerJean-Louis TrintignantZ (1969)

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1965🏆 WinnerTerence StampThe Collector
🏆 WinnerTerence StampThe Collector (1965)

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1964🏆 WinnerSaro UrzìSeduced and Abandoned
🏆 WinnerSaro UrzìSeduced and Abandoned (1964)

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1963🏆 WinnerRichard HarrisThis Sporting Life
🏆 WinnerRichard HarrisThis Sporting Life (1963)

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1962🏆 WinnerMurray MelvinA Taste of Honey
🏆 WinnerMurray MelvinA Taste of Honey (1961)
🏆 WinnerJason RobardsLong Day's Journey Into Night (1962)

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1961🏆 WinnerAnthony PerkinsGoodbye Again
🏆 WinnerAnthony PerkinsGoodbye Again (1961)

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1955🏆 WinnerSpencer TracyBad Day at Black Rock
🏆 WinnerSpencer TracyBad Day at Black Rock (1955)
🏆 WinnerSergei LukyanovA Big Family

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1951🏆 WinnerMichael RedgraveThe Browning Version
🏆 WinnerMichael RedgraveThe Browning Version (1951)

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1946🏆 WinnerRay MillandThe Lost Weekend
🏆 WinnerRay MillandThe Lost Weekend (1945)

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—🏆 WinnerKoji YakushoPerfect Days
🏆 WinnerKoji YakushoPerfect Days (2023)
🏆 WinnerMehmet Emin Toprak
🏆 WinnerKonstantin Lavronenko
🏆 WinnerTony Leung Chiu-wai
🏆 WinnerSong Kang-hoBroker (2022)
🏆 WinnerMarcello Mastroianni