Bodil / Best Actor
Winner of the Danish film award Bodil in the category Best Actor ( Bedste mandlige hovedrolle ). The Association of Danish Film Critics and Screenwriters (Danish Filmmedarbejderforeningen ) has been presenting its awards to the best film productions and filmmakers at a gala in Copenhagen at the end of February and beginning of March every year since 1948 .
The most successful in this category were Frits Helmuth (1978, 1990, 1994) and Jesper Christensen (1979, 2001 and 2006), who each triumphed three times. With one more victory each in the Best Supporting Actor category , both of them are also the most frequently honored actors, along with Nikolaj Lie Kaas (awarded best leading actor in 2012 and three times best supporting actor). As the only non-Scandinavian actors to date, the British Paul Scofield ( King Lear ) and the American Willem Dafoe ( Antichrist ) were able to join the list of winners in 1971 and 2010 .
Prize winner 1948–1999
year | Award winners | Movie title | German title |
1948 | Poul Reichhardt | Soldiers and Jenny | not known |
1949 | Mogens Wieth | Kampen mod urettes | not known |
1950 | Erik Mørk | Susanne | not known |
1951 | Preben Lerdorff Rye | I gave up | not known |
1952 |
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1953 | Per Buckhøj | Adam and Eve | not known |
1954 | Angelo Bruun | Hendes store aften | not known |
1955 | Emil Hass Christensen | Ordet | The word |
1956 | Ove Sprogøe | På tro og love | not known |
1957 | Peter Malberg | Ingen tid til kærtegn | Be nice to me |
1958 | Gunnar Lauring | Krudt and Klunker | not known |
1959 | Preben Lerdorff Rye | En Fremdmed banker på | A stranger knocks |
1960 | Kjeld Petersen | Vi he all together tossede | not known |
1961 | Henning Moritzen | Forelsket in København | In love with Copenhagen |
1962 | John Price | Duels | The duel |
1963 | Jarl Kulle | Den kære family | Fine people - just like us |
1964 | Ole Wegener | Secstet | not known |
1965 | Morten Grunwald | 5 mand and pink | Maiden strike |
1966 | John Price | Naboerne | not known |
1967 | Per Oscarsson | Sult | hunger |
1968 | Jesper Langberg | Sådan er de all | not known |
1969 | Jesper Klein | Ballads by Carl-Henning | not known |
1970 |
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1971 | Paul Scofield | King Lear | not known |
1972 | Ove Sprogøe | The forsvundne fuldmægtig | not known |
1973 | Ole Ernst | Flew | not known |
1974 | Dir Passer | Mig and mafiaen | not known |
1975 | Ove Sprogøe | Olsen-bandens sidste deprifter | The (presumably) last prank of the Olsen Gang |
1976 |
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1977 | Jens Okking | Strømer | not known |
1978 | Frits Helmuth | Lille spejl | not known |
1979 | Jesper Christensen | Hear, var the ikke en som lo | not known |
1980 | Allan Olsen | Johnny Larsen | Johnny Larsen |
1981 | Buster Larsen | Jeppe på bjerget | Jeppe from the mountains |
1982 | Otto Brandenburg | Rubber tarzan | Rubber Tarzan |
1983 | Ole Ernst | He leaves the country | not known |
1984 | Peter Hesse Overgaard | Isfugle | Thornbird's cry |
1985- 1986 |
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1987 | Michael Falch | Mord i mørket | Murder in the dark |
1988 | Max von Sydow | Pelle Conquerors | Pelle the Conqueror |
1989 | Ole Lemmeke | Heaven and Helvede | not known |
1990 | Frits Helmuth | Dansen med Regitze | Dancing with Regitze |
1991 | Tommy Kenter | Lad isbjørnene danse | Make the polar bears dance |
1992 | Ole Lemmeke | De nøgne træer | The enemy inside |
1993 | Søren Østergaard | Kærlighedens smerte | not known |
1994 | Frits Helmuth | This is the form | not known |
1995 | Ernst-Hugo Järegård | Riget | The Kingdom - Hospital of Spirits |
1996 | Ulf Pilgaard | Farligt venskab | not known |
1997 | Max von Sydow | Hamsun | Hamsun |
1998 | Holger Juul Hansen | Riget II | The Kingdom - Hospital of Spirits II |
1999 | Ulrich Thomsen | Firm | The party |
Prize winners and nominations 2000–2009
2000
Henrik Lykkegaard - Bornholms stemme
- Anders W. Berthelsen - Mifune - Dogma III ( Mifunes sidste sang )
- Niels Olsen - The Only Right One ( Den eneste ene )
2001
Jesper Christensen - The Bank ( Bænken )
- Anders W. Berthelsen - Italian for beginners ( Italiensk for begyndere )
- Peter Gantzler - Italian for Beginners ( Italiensk for begyndere )
- Thure Lindhardt - Her i nærheden
- Søren Pilmark - Flickering Lights ( Blinkende lygter )
2002
Jens Okking - A jackpot for Helene ( At klappe med een hånd )
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas - A real person ( Et rigtigt menneske )
- Troels Lyby - Shake It All About ( En kort en lang )
- Lars Mikkelsen - Kira ( En kærlighedshistorie )
- Sven Wollter - En sang for Martin
2003
Jens Albinus - At kende sandheden
- Ole Ernst - Okay
- Jørgen Kiil - Little Mishaps ( Små ulykker )
- Mads Mikkelsen - Open Hearts ( Elsker dig for evigt )
2004
Ulrich Thomsen - The Legacy ( Arven )
- Lars Brygmann - Stealing Rembrandt - Claws for Beginners ( Rembrandt )
- Jakob Cedergren - Stealing Rembrandt - Claws for Beginners ( Rembrandt )
- Mads Mikkelsen - Danish delicacies ( De grønne slagtere )
- John Turturro - Fear X
2005
- Anders W. Berthelsen - King's Game ( Kongekabale )
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas - Brothers - Between brothers ( Brødre )
- Mikael Persbrandt - Dag och natt
- Ulrich Thomsen - Brothers - Between brothers ( Brødre )
2006
Jesper Christensen - Homicide - In the vicious circle of violence ( Drabet )
- Bjarne Henriksen - Chinaman ( Kinamand )
- Thure Lindhardt - Nordkraft
- Troels Lyby - Indicted
- Mikael Persbrandt - Bang Bang Orangutang
2007
- David Dencik - En Soap ( En soap )
- Janus Dissing Rathke - The Dream ( Drømmen )
- Rolf Lassgård - After the Wedding ( Efter brylluppet )
- Mads Mikkelsen - Prague
2008
Jesper Asholt - Kunsten at græde i kor
- Kim Bodnia - Ekko
- Lars Brygmann - Hvid nat
- David Dencik - Everything but Love (Uden for kærligheden)
- Jannik Lorenzen - Kunsten at græde i kor
2009
Jakob Cedergren - Frygtelig Lykkelig
- Henning Jensen - Gaven
- Thure Lindhardt - Days of Wrath ( Flames and Lemon )
- Dar Salim - Gå med fred Jamil
- Ulrich Thomsen - Who you fear (Den du frygter)
Award winners and nominations 2010–2019
2010
2011
Pilou Asbæk - R
- Jakob Cedergren - Submarino
- David Dencik - Brotherhood ( Broderskab )
- Mikael Persbrandt - In a Better World ( Hævnen )
- Peter Plauborg - Submarino
2012
- Anders W. Berthelsen - Superclassico… my wife wants to get married! ( SuperClásico )
- Jesper Christensen - A Family ( En familie )
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard - The Queen and the Personal Physician ( En kongelig affære )
- Pilou Asbæk - Hijacking - Fear of Death ... In the hands of pirates (Kapringen)
- Lars Mikkelsen - Viceværten
- Mads Mikkelsen - The Queen and the Personal Physician ( En kongelig affære )
- Søren Malling - Hijacking - Fear of Death ... In the hands of pirates (Kapringen)
Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt ( Chased )
- Nicolas Bro - Spies & Glistrup
- Jakob Cedergren - Sorg og glæde
- Gustav Dyekjær Giese - Nordvest
- Stellan Skarsgård - Nymphomaniac
Henrik Birch - The Sunfish ( Club Disc )
2016
Roland Møller - Under the Sand - The Promise of Freedom ( Under sandet )
- Pilou Asbæk - A War (Krigen)
- Joachim Fjelstrup - Itsi Bitsi ( Steppe Elven )
- Peter Plaugborg - The Idealist - Greenland Secret Files (Idealists)
- Ulrich Thomsen - Summer '92 (Sommeren '92)
2017
Søren Malling - Parents (Forældre)
- Martin Buch - Swinger
- David Dencik - Fuglene over sundet
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard - The steadfast (De steadhaftige)
- Ulrich Thomsen - The Commune (Kollektivet)
2018
- Dar Salim - Darkland (Underverden)
- Elliott Crosset Hove - Winter Brothers (Vinterbrødre)
- Sebastian Jessen - Mens vi lever
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard - Pound for Pound (Den bedste mand)
2019
Jakob Cedergren - The Guilty (Den skyldige)
- Matthesen - Ternet Ninja is different
- Ardalan Esmaili - The Charmer (Charmøren)
- Matt Dillon - The House That Jack Built
- Rasmus Bjerg - Så length jed lever
Award winners and nominations from 2020
2020
Jesper Christensen - Før frost
- Esben Smed - Daniel (Ser du månen, Daniel)
- Jacob Lohmann - De frivolous
- Mohammed Ismail Mohammed - Danmarks sønner
- Zaki Youssef - Danmarks sønner