Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Play

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

Awards and nominations

Year	Winner	Nominated
1981	Brent Carver, Bent	Donald Davis, ECU Donald Davis, On Golden Pond Hardee T. Lineham, The Crackwalker
1982	John Evans, True West	Geordie Johnson, Lone Star Douglas Rain, Bodies Larry Reynolds, Rexy!
1983	R. H. Thomson, Hand to Hand	Douglas Rain, Master Builder Hugh Webster, The Kite Paul Latrelle, Un pays dont la devise est je m'oublie
1984	Douglas Rain, The Dining Room	Douglas Campbell, Homecoming Gordon Clapp, Trafford Tanzi Richard Hilger, Three Beats to the Bar Dan Lett, Delicatessen R.H. Thomson, The Jail Diary of Albee Sachs
1985	Heath Lamberts, Cyrano de Bergerac	Paul Gross, Romeo and Juliet David Hemblen, Uncle Vanya Errol Slue, "Master Harold"...and the Boys
1986[1]	Stephen Ouimette, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea	Eric Peterson, The Double Bass R.H. Thomson, Hamlet Brian Torpe, As Is Jean-Guy Viau, Hosanna
1987[2]	Stephen Ouimette, B-Movie: The Play	Graham Bailey, Master Class Stuart Hughes, Romeo and Juliet Errol Slue, Blood Knot Tom Wood, The Forest
1988[3]	Geordie Johnson, I Am Yours	Roland Hewgill, Play Memory Stuart Hughes, Unexpected Moves Michael Riley, Nothing Sacred Angelo Rizacos, Detaining Mr. Trotsky
1989[4]	Graham Greene, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing	Robert Bellefeuille, The Dragons Trilogy David Clark, Under the Skin Gary Farmer, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing Errol Slue, Driving Miss Daisy
1990	Stuart Hughes, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid	Diego Matamoros, Potestad Leon Pownall, The Father Michael Riley, The Comedy of Errors Guillermo Verdecchia, Amigo's Blue Guitar
1991	Jim Mezon, Burn This	Henry Czerny, The Arab's Mouth Randy Hughson, The Crackwalker Tom McCamus, 7 Stories Robert Morgan, The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine
1992	Rod Beattie, The Wingfield Trilogy
1993	Hardee Lineham, Richard III
1994	Tom McCamus, Abundance
1995[5]	Nigel Shawn Williams, Six Degrees of Separation	Mark Burgess, Molly Wood Ben Carlson, Hay Fever George Dawson, Molly Wood Richard Partington, Molly Wood
1996	Heath Lamberts, One for the Pot
1997	John Dolan, Oliver Twist
1998	Eric Peterson, The Designated Mourner
1999	David Fox, The Drawer Boy
2000	Diego Matamoros, Endgame
2001	Conleth Hill, Stones in His Pockets
2002	Tony Nardi, The Lesson
2003	Richard McMillan, Through the Eyes
2004	William Hutt, No Man's Land
2005	Rick Miller, Bigger Than Jesus	Stuart Hughes, The Dumb Waiter / The Zoo Story Daniel MacIvor, Cul-de-sac Eric Peterson, Half Life Paul Soles, Trying
2006	Shawn Doyle, A Number	Ronnie Burkett, 10 Days on Earth Sergio Di Zio, Léo Jeff Lillico, Our Town Tom McCamus, Mathilde Albert Schultz, Our Town
2007	Daniel MacIvor, Here Lies Henry	Tom McCamus, Thom Pain (based on nothing) Rick Roberts, John and Beatrice Kenneth Welsh, Leaving Home Ashley Wright, Of Mice and Men
2008	Joseph Ziegler, The Time of Your Life	Brent Carver, The Elephant Man Brian Dooley, The December Man John Jarvis, The Drawer Boy Julian Richings, The Palace of the End
2009	Waawaate Fobister, Agokwe	Hrant Alianak, House of Many Tongues Kevin Hanchard, Miss Julie: Freedom Summer Diego Matamoros, Travesties Philip Riccio, Festen
2010	Diego Matamoros, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Oliver Dennis, Parfumerie Paul Sun Hyung Lee, The Monster Under the Bed Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop Goes to War Pierre Simpson, Les Médecins de Molière
2011	Joseph Ziegler, Death of a Salesman	David Ferry, Blasted Sterling Jarvis, Ruined Ash Knight, Brothel #9 Diego Matamoros, Oleanna
2012[6]	Nigel Shawn Williams, Topdog/Underdog	Kevin Hanchard, Topdog/Underdog Michael Healey, Clybourne Park Paul Sun Hyung Lee, Kim's Convenience Jim Mezon, RED
2013	Tom Rooney, Someone Else	Michael Dufays, Arigato, Tokyo Sterling Jarvis, The Whipping Man Tawiah M'carthy, Obaaberima Nigel Shawn Williams, Race
2014	Bruce Dow, Pig	Damien Atkins, Angels in America: Perestroika Oliver Dennis, The Norman Conquests Brendan Gall, Lungs Gregory Prest, Of Human Bondage

References

External links

• Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras