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Honor awarded to French actors From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor (French: César du meilleur acteur).
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César Award for Best Actor | |
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Awarded for | Best Actor in a Leading Role |
Country | France |
Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
First awarded | 1976 |
Currently held by | Arieh Worthalter for The Goldman Case (2024) |
Website | academie-cinema |
Superlative | Best Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Overall (including Most Promising Actor) | |||
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Actor with most awards | Michel Serrault | 3 | Niels Arestrup | 3 | Michel Serrault Niels Arestrup André Dussollier Mathieu Amalric |
3 |
Actor with most nominations | Gérard Depardieu | 17 | André Dussollier Fabrice Luchini Guy Marchand Jean-Pierre Marielle |
5 | Gérard Depardieu | 17 |
Actor with most nominations without ever winning |
Patrick Dewaere | 5 | Jean-Pierre Marielle | 5 | Jean-Pierre Marielle | 7 |
Film with most nominations | Le Sucre Tandem Itinerary of a Spoiled Child Le Souper Les Visiteurs The Intouchables |
2 | Subway Polisse |
3 | Subway La Haine The Officers' Ward A Prophet |
4 |
Oldest winner | Jean-Louis Trintignant | 83 | Michael Lonsdale | 80 | Jean-Louis Trintignant | 83 |
Oldest nominee | Michel Bouquet | 89 | Jacques Dufilho | 86 | Michel Bouquet | 89 |
Youngest winner | Pierre Niney | 26 | Jacques Villeret | 28 | Pierre Niney | 26 |
Youngest nominee | Vincent Lacoste | 22 | Thomas Langmann | 23 | Milo Machado-Graner | 15 |
Year | Winner | English title | Original title | Role/Character |
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1976 (1st) | Philippe Noiret | The Old Gun | Le Vieux Fusil | Julien Dandieu |
Victor Lanoux | Cousin, Cousin | Cousin, cousine | Ludovic | |
Jean-Pierre Marielle | Cookies | Les Galettes de Pont-Aven | Henri Serin | |
Gérard Depardieu | Seven Deaths by Prescription | Sept morts sur ordonnance | Doctor Jean-Pierre Berg | |
1977 (2nd) | Michel Galabru | The Judge and the Assassin | Le Juge et l'assassin | Sgt. Joseph Bouvier |
Alain Delon | Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein | Mr. Klein | |
Gérard Depardieu | The Last Woman | La Dernière Femme | Gérard | |
Patrick Dewaere | The Best Way to Walk | La Meilleure Façon de marcher | Marc | |
1978 (3rd) | Jean Rochefort | Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-tambour | Captain |
Alain Delon | Death of a Corrupt Man | Mort d'un pourri | Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal | |
Gérard Depardieu | This Sweet Sickness | Dites-lui que je l'aime | David Martinaud | |
Patrick Dewaere | Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff | Le Juge Fayard dit le Shériff | Judge Fayard | |
Charles Denner | The Man Who Loved Women | L'Homme qui aimait les femmes | Bertrand Morane | |
1979 (4th) | Michel Serrault | Birds of a Feather | La Cage aux folles | Albin Mougeotte/Zaza Napoli |
Claude Brasseur | A Simple Story | Une histoire simple | Serge | |
Jean Carmet | The Sugar | Le Sucre | Adrien Courtois | |
Gérard Depardieu | Raoul-Renaud Homecourt | |||
The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:
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The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations:
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One actor has the record of most consecutive nominations with 4: Gerard Depardieu (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980/ 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986/ 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
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