César Award for Best Actor
| César Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
| 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 | Pierre Niney for Yves Saint Laurent (2015) |
| Official website |
academie-cinema |
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor (French: César du meilleur acteur).
History
Superlatives
| Superlative | Best Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor with most awards | Michel Serrault | 3 | Niels Arestrup | 3 | Michel Serrault André Dussollier Niels Arestrup |
3 |
| Actor with most nominations | Gérard Depardieu | 16 | Fabrice Luchini André Dussollier Guy Marchand |
5 | Gérard Depardieu | 16 |
| Actor with most nominations (without ever winning) |
Patrick Dewaere | 5 | Jean-Pierre Marielle François Cluzet |
4 | Patrick Dewaere | 6 |
| Oldest winner | Jean-Louis Trintignant | 82 | Michael Lonsdale | 80 | Jean-Louis Trintignant | 82 |
| Oldest nominee | Michel Bouquet | 88 | Michel Bouquet | 88 | ||
| Youngest winner | ||||||
| Youngest nominee | Vincent Lacoste | 21 | ||||
Winners
1970s
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 (1st) | Philippe Noiret | The Old Gun | Le Vieux Fusil |
| Victor Lanoux | Cousin, Cousin | Cousin, cousine | |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle | Cookies | Les Galettes de Pont-Aven | |
| Gérard Depardieu | Seven Deaths by Prescription | Sept morts sur ordonnance | |
| 1977 (2nd) | Michel Galabru | The Judge and the Assassin | Le Juge et l'assassin |
| Alain Delon | Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein | |
| Gérard Depardieu | The Last Woman | La Dernière Femme | |
| Patrick Dewaere | The Best Way to Walk | La Meilleure Façon de marcher | |
| 1978 (3rd) | Jean Rochefort | Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-tambour |
| Alain Delon | Death of a Corrupt Man | Mort d'un pourri | |
| Gérard Depardieu | This Sweet Sickness | Dites-lui que je l'aime | |
| Patrick Dewaere | Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff | Le Juge Fayard dit le Shériff | |
| Charles Denner | The Man Who Loved Women | L'Homme qui aimait les femmes | |
| 1979 (4th) | Michel Serrault | Birds of a Feather | La Cage aux folles |
| Claude Brasseur | A Simple Story | Une histoire simple | |
| Jean Carmet | The Sugar | Le Sucre | |
| Gérard Depardieu | The Sugar | Le Sucre | |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Multiple nominations
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2 nominations
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3 nominations
4 nominations
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5 nominations
7 nominations
12 nominations
16 nominations
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One actor have the record of most consecutive nominations with 4: Gérard Depardieu (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 / 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 / 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
See also
- Lumières Award for Best Actor
- European Film Award for Best Actor
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor
External links
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