Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actor

Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actor (French: Prix Iris de la meilleure interprétation masculin dans un rôle de soutien) to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.

Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra.^[1] Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma.^[1] The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016.^[2]

Rémy Girard received the most nominations in this category, five, but didn't win any. Jean Lapointe and Luc Picard are the only actors to win this award twice. Two non-Canadian actors won the award: Serge Kanyinda for War Witch (Rebelle) and Sergio Castellitto for Mafia Inc., the former becoming the first black actor to win the award. At the 2024 ceremony, Steve Laplante became the first actor to receive two acting nominations in the same category.

Six actors received nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in the same year:

• In 2002, Luc Picard won Best Actor for February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839) and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for The Woman Who Drinks (La femme qui boit).
• In 2008, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge was nominated for Best Actor for Nitro and Best Supporting Actor for The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons).
• In 2012, Mario Saint-Amand was nominated for Best Actor for Gerry and Best Supporting Actor for Coteau rouge.
• In 2020, Robin Aubert was nominated for Best Actor for Young Juliette (Jeune Juliette) and Best Supporting Actor for Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout).
• In 2023, Steve Laplante won Best Actor for Viking and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Babysitter.
• In 2024, Marc-André Grondin was nominated for Best Actor for The Successor (Le successeur) and won Best Supporting Actor for Richelieu.

1990s

Year	Actor	Film	Ref
1999 1st Jutra Awards
	Colm Feore	The Red Violin (Le violon rouge)	[3]
	Claude Blanchard	Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais)	[4]
	Denis Bouchard	It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)
	Rémy Girard	Les Boys II

2000s

Year	Actor	Film	Ref
2000 2nd Jutra Awards
	Julien Poulin	The Last Breath (Le dernier souffle)	[3]
	Jean Pierre Bergeron	The Big Snake of the World (Le grand serpent du monde)	[5]
	Gary Boudreault	Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi)
	Yves Jacques	Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes)
2001 3rd Jutra Awards
	David Boutin	Hochelaga	[3]
	Patrick Huard	Life After Love (La vie après l'amour)	[6]
	Julien Poulin	Heaven (Le petit ciel)
	Donald Sutherland	The Art of War
2002 4th Jutra Awards
	Emmanuel Bilodeau	Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)	[3]
	Rabah Aït Ouyahia	Tar Angel (L'ange de goudron)	[7]
	Pierre Lebeau	Les Boys III
	Luc Picard	The Woman Who Drinks (La femme qui boit)
2003 5th Jutra Awards
	Luc Picard	The Collector (Le collectionneur)	[3]
	Rémy Girard	Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: Un homme et son péché)	[8]
	Dominic Darceuil	Inside (Histoire de pen)
	Benoît Gouin	Québec-Montréal
2004 6th Jutra Awards
	Pierre Collin	Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande Séduction)	[3]
	Benoît Brière	Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande Séduction)	[9]
	Pierre Curzi	The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares)
	Sébastien Delorme	Gaz Bar Blues
2005 7th Jutra Awards
	Jean Lapointe	The Last Tunnel (Le dernier tunnel)	[3]
	Emmanuel Bilodeau	Love and Magnets (Les aimants)	[10]
	Stéphane Crête	Dans une galaxie près de chez vous
	Serge Postigo	Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope)
2006 8th Jutra Awards
	Michel Côté	C.R.A.Z.Y.	[3]
	Denis Bernard	Audition (L'audition)	[11]
	Pierre-Luc Brillant	C.R.A.Z.Y.
	Alexis Martin	Audition (L'audition)
2007 9th Jutra Awards
	Gabriel Arcand	Congorama	[3]
	Gabriel Gascon	The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance)	[12]
	Pierre Lebeau	Bon Cop, Bad Cop
	Gilles Renaud	The Secret Life of Happy People (La vie secrète des gens heureux)
2008 10th Jutra Awards
	Réal Bossé	Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil)	[3]
	Emmanuel Bilodeau	Bluff	[13]
	Paul Doucet	The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)
	Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge	The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)
2009 11th Jutra Awards
	Normand D'Amour	Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)	[3]
	Gabriel Arcand	Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur)	[14]
	Daniel Brière	It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure !)
	Luc Picard	Babine

2010s

Year	Actor	Film	Ref
2010 12th Jutra Awards
	Maxim Gaudette	Polytechnique	[3]
	Normand Daneau	Suzie	[15]
	Rémy Girard	Father and Guns (De père en flic)
	Stephen McHattie	The Timekeeper
	Dimitri Storoge	Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes)
2011 13th Jutra Awards
	Jean Lapointe	Crying Out (À l'origine d'un cri)	[3]
	Martin Dubreuil	7 Days (Les sept jours du talion)	[16]
	Yves Jacques	The Last Escape (La dernière fugue)
	Alexis Martin	Route 132
	Gérard Poirier	Stay with Me (Reste avec moi)
2012 14th Jutra Awards
	Émilien Néron	Monsieur Lazhar	[3]
	Antoine Bertrand	Thrill of the Hills (Frisson des collines)	[17]
	Nicolas Canuel	La Run
	François Papineau	A Life Begins (Une vie qui commence)
	Mario Saint-Amand	Coteau rouge
2013 15th Jutra Awards
	Serge Kanyinda	War Witch (Rebelle)	[3]
	Joey Klein	The Girl in the White Coat	[18]
	Guy Nadon	The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life (Les Pee-Wee 3D: L'hiver qui a changé ma vie)
	Sébastien Ricard	Before My Heart Falls (Avant que mon cœur bascule)
	Gildor Roy	Ésimésac
2014 16th Jutra Awards
	Guillaume Cyr	Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde)	[3]
	Normand Daoust	Fair Sex (Les manèges humains)	[19]
	Benoît Gouin	Gabrielle
	Vincent-Guillaume Otis	Gabrielle
	Gilles Renaud	The Dismantling (Le démantèlement)
2015 17th Jutra Awards
	Pierre-Yves Cardinal	Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)	[3]
	Robin Aubert	Miraculum	[20]
	Patrick Hivon	Guardian Angel (L'ange gardien)
	Francis La Haye	You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)
	Stephen McHattie	Meetings with a Young Poet
2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Irdens Exantus	My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre)	[21]
	Salim Kechiouche	Noir	[21]
	Jean-Simon Leduc	Love in the Time of Civil War (L'amour au temps de la guerre civile)
	Tony Nardi	Corbo
	Luzer Twersky	Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira)
2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Luc Picard	Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes)	[22]
	Guillaume Cyr	The New Life of Paul Sneijder (La nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder)	[23]
	Martin Dubreuil	Shambles (Maudite poutine)
	Tony Nardi	Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes)
	Simon Pigeon	Prank
2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Emmanuel Schwartz	Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes)	[24]
	Jahmil French	Boost	[25]
	Robert Morin	Tuktuq
	Guy Thauvette	Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration)
	Anthony Therrien	Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun)
2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards
	Robin Aubert	A Colony (Une colonie)	[26]
	Pier-Luc Funk	Genesis (Genèse)	[27]
	Vincent Leclerc	The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain)
	Alexandre Nachi	1991
	Henri Picard	For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)

2020s

Year	Actor	Film	Ref
2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards
	Sergio Castellitto	Mafia Inc.	[28]
	Robin Aubert	Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout)	[29]
	Pier-Luc Funk	Matthias & Maxime
	Sasson Gabai	A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère)
	Rémy Girard	And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)
2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards
	Théodore Pellerin	Underground (Souterrain)	[30]
	Normand D'Amour	Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu)	[31]
	Rémy Girard	The Vinland Club (Le club Vinland)
	James Hyndman	Underground (Souterrain)
	Robin L'Houmeau	Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu)
2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Claude Legault	Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres)	[32]
	Guillaume Cyr	The Time Thief (L’arracheuse de temps)	[33]
	Martin Dubreuil	Maria Chapdelaine
	Rabah Aït Ouyahia	A Revision (Une révision)
	Émile Schneider	Maria Chapdelaine
2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Charles-Aubey Houde	The Dishwasher (Le plongeur)	[34]
	Maxime de Cotret	The Dishwasher (Le plongeur)	[35]
	Denis Houle	Viking
	Steve Laplante	Babysitter
	Guy Nadon	One Summer (Le temps d'un été)
2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Marc-André Grondin	Richelieu	[36]
	Martin Dubreuil	Kanaval	[37]
	Steve Laplante	Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
	Steve Laplante	The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain)
	Francis-William Rhéaume	The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain)

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins Wins Actor 2 Jean Lapointe Luc Picard

Three or more nominations Nominations Actor 5 Rémy Girard 4 Martin Dubreuil Luc Picard 3 Robin Aubert Emmanuel Bilodeau Guillaume Cyr

Combined totals for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Revelation of the Year

Multiple wins Wins Actor 3 Gabriel Arcand Théodore Pellerin Luc Picard Gilbert Sicotte 2 Paul Ahmarani Roy Dupuis Marc-André Grondin Jean Lapointe Claude Legault Julien Poulin Sébastien Ricard

Three or more nominations Nominations Actor 10 Luc Picard 7 Rémy Girard 6 Gabriel Arcand 5 Michel Côté Martin Dubreuil Marc-André Grondin Patrick Hivon Patrick Huard 4 Robin Aubert Emmanuel Bilodeau Jean-Carl Boucher Guillaume Cyr Roy Dupuis Steve Laplante Pierre Lebeau Alexis Martin Théodore Pellerin 3 Paul Ahmarani Normand D'Amour David La Haye Claude Legault François Papineau Antoine Olivier Pilon Julien Poulin Sébastien Ricard Patrice Robitaille Gilbert Sicotte

See also

• Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor