Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor (Russia)

The Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor (Russian: Премия «Золотой Орёл» за лучшую мужскую роль в кино, romanized: Premiya «Zolotoy Oryol» za luchshuyu muzhskuyu rol v kino) is one of twenty four award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia. It is one of the Golden Eagle Awards, which were conceived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the Nika Award established in 1987 by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences.^[1]

Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor
Awarded for	Best Leading Actor of the Year
Country	Russia
Presented by	National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia
First award	2002
Currently held by	Sergey Bezrukov in Air (Воздух, 2024)
Website	Official site of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia

Each year the members of the academy choose three leading actors as nominees for this Award. The first actor to be awarded was Viktor Bychkov for the film The Cuckoo.^[2] The most recent award was made to Sergey Bezrukov in Air (Воздух, 2024).^[3] Yevgeny Mironov, Sergei Garmash, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Mashkov, and Fyodor Bondarchuk are the most successful artists, winning twice each. Other noteworthy actors who were nominated at least twice are Aleksei Petrenko, Danila Kozlovsky, Bohdan Stupka, Viktor Sukhorukov, Aleksandr Baluev, Yevgeny Tsyganov, Sergei Makovetsky, Sergei Puskepalis, Aleksei Serebryakov, Maksim Matveyev, and Alexander Petrov.

Nomineess and Awardees

Key

Sign	Meaning
†	The international title is not known
Bold	Indicates the winner

2000s

Year	Actor	International title	Original title	Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard)	Ref(s)
2002	Viktor Bychkov	The Cuckoo	Кукушка	Kukushka	[2]
	Aleksei Petrenko	The Mastermind	Коллекционер	Kollektsioner	[4]
	Aleksey Chadov	War	Война	Voina	[4]
2003	Yevgeny Mironov	The Idiot	Идиот	Idiot	[5]
	Sergey Bezrukov	Brigada	Бригада	Brigada	[6]
	Viktor Sukhorukov	Poor Poor Paul	Бедный бедный Павел	Bedny bedny Pavel	[6]
2004	Sergei Garmash	Our Own	Свои	Svoi	[7]
	Vladimir Mashkov	Daddy	Папа	Papa	[8]
	Bohdan Stupka	Our Own	Свои	Svoi	[8]
2005	Nikita Mikhalkov	The State Counsellor	Статский советник	Statskiy sovetnik	[9]
	Yevgeny Mironov	Dreaming of Space	Космос как предчуствие	Kosmos kak predchustvie	[10]
	Mikhail Porechenkov	The 9th Company	9 рота	9 rota	[10]
2006	Pyotr Mamonov	The Island	Остров	Ostrov	[11]
	Aleksandr Baluev	La Traductrice	Игра слов: Переводчица олигарха	Igra slov: Perevodchitsa oligarkha	[12]
	Yevgeny Tsyganov	Piter FM	Питер FM	Piter FM	[12]
2007	Sergei Makovetsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergei Garmash, Valentin Gaft, Aleksei Petrenko, Yuri Stoyanov, Sergei Gazarov, Mikhail Yefremov, Oleksiy Gorbunov, Sergei Artsibashev, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Roman Madyanov	12	12	12	[13]
	Viktor Sukhorukov	(unknown)†	Агитбригада «Бей врага!»	Agitbrigada "Bey vraga!"	[14]
	Fyodor Bondarchuk	Vice	Тиски	Tiski	[14]
2008	Konstantin Khabensky	Admiral	Адмиралъ	Admiral	[15]
	Oleg Dolin	Wild Field	Дикое поле	Dikoe pole	[16]
	Danila Kozlovsky	Black Hunters	Мы из будущего	My iz budushchevo	[16]
2009	Bohdan Stupka	Taras Bulba	Тарас Бульба	Taras Bul'ba	[17]
	Vladimir Ilyin	Ward No. 6	Палата № 6	Palata No. 6	[18]
	Sergei Makovetsky[a]	The Priest	Поп	Pop	[18]

2010s

Year	Actor	International title	Original title	Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard)	Ref(s)
2010	Vladimir Mashkov	The Edge	Край	Kray	[19]
	Sergei Puskepalis	How I Ended This Summer	Как я провёл этим летом	Kak ya provyol etim letom	[20]
	Aleksandr Baluev	Kandagar	Кандагар	Kandagar	[20]
2011	Fyodor Bondarchuk	Two Days	Два дня	Dva dnya	[21]
	Sergei Garmash	Home	Дом	Dom	[22]
	Aleksei Serebryakov	The PyraMMMid	ПираМММида	PiraMMMida	[22]
2012	Danila Kozlovsky	Soulless	Духless	Dukhless	[23]
	Fyodor Bondarchuk	Spy	Шпион	Shpion	[24]
	Maksim Sukhanov	The Horde	Орда	Orda	[24]
2013	Konstantin Khabensky	The Geographer Drank His Globe Away	Географ глобус пропил	Geograf globus propil	[25]
	Sergei Puskepalis	Metro	Метро	Metro	[26]
	Danila Kozlovsky	Legend No. 17	Легенда № 17	Legenda № 17	[26]
2014	Aleksandr Zbruyev	The Film About Alekseyev	Кино про Алексеева	Kino pro Alekseyeva	[27]
	Maksim Matveyev	Weekend	Weekend [Уик-энд]	Weekend [Uik-end]	[28]
	Aleksei Serebryakov	Leviathan	Левиафан	Leviafan	[28]
2015	Fyodor Bondarchuk	Ghost	Призрак	Prizrak	[29]
	Yevgeny Tsyganov	Battle for Sevastopol	Битва за Севастополь	Bitva za Sevastopol'	[30]
	Ivan Kolesnikov	The End of a Great Era	Конец прекрасной эпохи	Konets Prekrasnoy Epokhi	[30]
2016	Ivan Yankovsky	The Queen of Spades	Дама Пик	Dama Pik	[31]
	Danila Kozlovsky	Flight Crew	Экипаж	Ekipazh	[32]
	Pyotr Fyodorov	The Duelist	Дуэлянт	Dujeljant	[32]
2017	Yevgeny Mironov	The Age of Pioneers	Время первых	Vremya Pervykh	[33]
	Aleksandr Yatsenko	Arrhythmia	Аритмия	Aritmiya	[34]
	Vladimir Vdovichenkov	Salyut 7	Салют-7	Salyut-7	[34]
2018	Vladimir Mashkov	Going Vertical	Движение вверх	Dvizheniye Vverkh	[35]
	Alexander Petrov	Gogol. Viy	Гоголь. Вий	Gogol. Viy	[36]
	Alexander Petrov	Ice	Лёд	Lod	[36]
2019	Alexander Petrov	Text	Текст	Tekst	[37]
	Yuri Borisov	The Bull	Бык	Byk	[38]
	Alexander Petrov	Т-34	Т-34	Т-34	[38]

2020s

Year	Actor	International title	Original title	Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard)	Ref(s)
2020	Yuri Borisov	AK-47	Калашников	Kalashnikov	[39]
	Maksim Matveyev	Union of Salvation	Союз спасения	Soyuz Spaseniya	[40]
	Alexander Petrov	Streltsov	Стрельцов	Strel'tsov	[40]
2021	Filipp Yankovsky	100 Minutes	Иван Денисович	Ivan Denisovich	[41]
	Yuri Borisov	Captain Volkonogov Escaped	Капитан Волконогов бежал	Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal)	[42]
	Konstantin Khabensky	Fire	Огонь	Ogon	[42]
2022	Ivan Yankovsky	Champion of the World	Чемпион мира	Chempion mira	[43]
	Nikita Efremov	Intensive Care	Здоровый человек	Zdorovyy chelovek	[44]
	Anton Momot	First Oscar	Первый Оскар	Pervyy Oskar	[44]
2023	Aleksandr Yatsenko	The Righteous	Праведник	Pravednik	[45]
	Yevgeny Tsyganov	1993	1993	1993	[46]
	Makar Khlebnikov, Oleg Savostyuk	Three Minutes of Silence	Снегирь	Snegir	[46]
2024	Sergey Bezrukov	Air	Воздух	Air	[45]
	Roman Vasilyev	Love of the Soviet Union	Любовь Советского Союза	Lyubov’ Sovetskogo Soyuza	[47]
	Aleksandr Yatsenko	Abnormal	Ненормальный	Nenormal’nyy	[47]

Notes

1. Initially Oleg Yankovsky was to be nominated, but instead he received the Special Award for his contributions in the last years. He was replaced by Sergei Makovetsky.

Gallery

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  Viktor Bychkov
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  Yevgeny Mironov
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  Sergei Garmash
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  Nikita Mikhalkov
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  Pyotr Mamonov
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  Sergei Makovetsky
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  Valentin Gaft
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  Aleksei Petrenko
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  Yuri Stoyanov
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  Mikhail Yefremov
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  Oleksiy Gorbunov
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  Viktor Verzhbitsky
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  Roman Madyanov
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  Konstantin Khabensky
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  Bohdan Stupka
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  Vladimir Mashkov
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  Fyodor Bondarchuk
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  Danila Kozlovsky
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  Aleksandr Zbruyev
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  Alexander Petrov