European Film Award / Best Actor
Winner and nominee of the European Film Award in the category of Best Actor (European Actor) since it was first awarded in 1988.
British actors (7 wins) were the most frequently awarded actors, followed by their colleagues from France (6 successes). German actors were successful in 2003 and 2006 when Daniel Brühl ( Good Bye, Lenin! ) And Ulrich Mühe ( The Lives of Others ) prevailed against the competition. In 2016, Peter Simonischek ( Toni Erdmann ) was the only Austrian to be honored.
| Statistics (without audience award) | actor | number | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most frequent awards | Daniel Auteuil | 2 | 1993, 2005 |
| Toni Servillo | 2 | 2008, 2013 | |
| Most frequent nominations (* = victory) |
Javier Bardem | 3 | 1998, 2002, 2004 * |
| Most frequent nominations without a win | Mads Mikkelsen | 3 | 2006, 2008, 2012 |
| Michel Piccoli | 3 | 2001, 2007, 2011 | |
| Stellan Skarsgård | 3 | 2000, 2001, 2014 |
The films listed below are given with their German distribution title (if identifiable), followed by the original title in brackets in italics. The original title is not mentioned if the German and foreign-language film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted first.
1980s
1988
Max von Sydow - Pelle, the Conqueror ( Pelle conquer )
- Klaus Maria Brandauer - Hanussen
- Alfredo Landa - El bosque animado
- Udo Samel - Notturno
- Dorel Vișan - Jacob ( Iacob )
1989
Philippe Noiret - Life and Nothing Else ( La vie et rien d'autre ) and Cinema Paradiso ( Nuovo cinema paradiso )
- Károly Eperjes - Eldorado
- Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot ( My Left Foot )
- Davor Dujmovic - The time of the gypsies ( Dom za vesanje )
- Jozef Kroner - Ti, koyto si na nebeto
1990s
1990
Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (Henry V)
- Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano of Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac)
- Philip Zandén - The Guardian Angel (Skyddsängeln)
1991
Michel Bouquet - Toto the Hero ( Toto le héros )
- Claudio Amendola - Ultra ( Ultrá )
- Richard Anconina - The Little Gangster ( Le petit criminel )
1992
Matti Pellonpää - The life of the bohème ( La Vie de bohème )
- Denis Lavant - The Lovers of Pont-Neuf ( Les Amants du Pont-Neuf )
- Enrico Lo Verso - Stolen Children ( Il ladro di bambini )
1993
Daniel Auteuil - A Heart in Winter (Un cœur en hiver)
1994-1995
Prize not awarded
1996
Ian McKellen - Richard III. ( Richard III )
1997
Bob Hoskins - TwentyFourSeven ( Twenty Four Seven )
- Mario Adorf - Rossini - or the murderous question of who slept with whom
- Jerzy Stuhr - love stories ( history milosne )
- Philippe Torreton - Captain Conan and the Wolves of War ( Capitaine Conan )
1998
Roberto Benigni - Life is beautiful ( La vita è bella )
- Javier Bardem - Live Flesh - With skin and hair ( Carne trémula )
- Peter Mullan - My Name Is Joe ( My Name Is Joe )
- Ulrich Thomsen - The Festival ( Celebrations )
1999
Ralph Fiennes - A Touch of Sunshine ( Sunshine )
- Anders W. Berthelsen - Mifune - Dogma III ( Mifunes sidste sang )
- Rupert Everett - A Perfect Husband ( To Ideal Husband )
- Götz George - Nothing but the truth
- Philippe Torreton - It starts today ( Ça commence aujourd'hui )
- Ray Winstone - The War Zone
2000s
2000
Sergi López - Harry means well with you ( Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien )
- Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot - I Will Dance ( Billy Elliot )
- Bruno Ganz - Bread and Tulips ( Pane e tulipani )
- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson - Angel of the Universe ( Englar Alheimsins )
- Krzysztof Siwczyk - Wojaczek
- Stellan Skarsgård - Aberdeen
2001
- Jesper Christensen - The Bank ( Baenken )
- Branko Đurić - No Man's Land ( Ničija zemlja )
- Michel Piccoli - I'm going home ( Vou para casa )
- Stellan Skarsgård - Taking Sides - Der Fall Furtwängler ( Taking Sides )
- Michael Caine , Tom Courtenay , David Hemmings , Bob Hoskins and Ray Winstone - Final Round - Last Orders ( Last Orders )
2002
Sergio Castellitto - Bella Martha and L'ora di religione
- Javier Bardem - Mondays in the Sun ( Los lunes al sol )
- Javier Cámara - Talk to her ( Habla con ella )
- Martin Compston - Sweet Sixteen
- Olivier Gourmet - The Son ( Le fils )
- Markku Peltola - The man without a past ( Mies vailla nenneisyyttä )
- Timothy Spall - All or Nothing
2003
Daniel Brühl - Good Bye, Lenin!
- Luigi Lo Cascio - The best years ( La meglio gioventù )
- Chiwetel Ejiofor - Little Dirty Tricks ( Dirty Pretty Things )
- Tómas Lemarquis - Nói Albínói
- Jean Rochefort - The Second Life of Monsieur Manesquier ( L'homme du train )
- Bruno Todeschini - His brother ( Son frère )
Javier Bardem - The Sea Within Me ( Mar adentro )
- Daniel Brühl - The fat years are over
- Bruno Ganz - The Downfall
- Gérard Jugnot - The children of Monsieur Mathieu ( Les choristes )
- Bogdan Stupka - Svoi
- Birol Ünel - Against the wall
- Romain Duris - The wild beat of my heart ( De battre mon coeur s'est arrête )
- Henry Hübchen - Everything on Sugar!
- Ulrich Matthes - The ninth day
- Jérémie Renier - The Child ( L'enfant )
- Ulrich Thomsen - Brothers - Between brothers ( Brødre )
Ulrich Mühe - The Lives of Others
- Patrick Chesnais - You don't have to love me ( Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé )
- Jesper Christensen - Homicide - In the vicious circle of violence ( Drabet )
- Mads Mikkelsen - After the Wedding ( Efter brylluppet )
- Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto and The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Silvio Orlando - The Italian ( Il Caimano )
Sasson Gabai - The Band Next Door ( Bikur Ha-Tizmoret )
- Elio Germano - My brother is an only child ( Mio fratello è figlio unico )
- James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland )
- Miki Manojlović - Irina Palm
- Michel Piccoli - Belle toujours
- Ben Whishaw - The Perfume - The Story of a Murderer
Toni Servillo - Gomorrah - Journey into the realm of the Camorra ( Gomorrah ) and Il Divo
- Michael Fassbender - Hunger
- Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen - Days of Anger ( Flames & Lemons )
- James McAvoy - Atonement ( Atonement )
- Jürgen Vogel - The wave
- Elmar Wepper - Cherry Blossoms - Hanami
Tahar Rahim - A Prophet ( Un prophète )
- Moritz Bleibtreu - The Baader Meinhof Complex
- Steve Evets - Looking for Eric
- David Kross - The Reader ( The Reader )
- Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire ( Slumdog Millionaire )
- Filippo Timi - Vincere
2010s
Ewan McGregor - The Ghost Writer ( The Ghost Writer )
- Jakob Cedergren - Submarino
- Elio Germano - La nostra vita
- George Piștereanu - Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier
- Luis Tosar - Cell 211 ( Celda 211 )
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
- Jean Dujardin - The Artist
- Mikael Persbrandt - In a Better World (Hævnen)
- Michel Piccoli - Habemus Papam - A Pope Büxt (Habemus papam)
- André Wilms - Le Havre
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Love ( Amour )
- François Cluzet and Omar Sy - Pretty Best Friends ( Intouchables )
- Michael Fassbender - Shame
- Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt ( Chased )
- Gary Oldman - Queen, King, Ace, Spy ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy )
Toni Servillo - La Grande Bellezza - The great beauty ( La grande bellezza )
- Johan Heldenbergh - The Broken Circle ( The Broken Circle Breakdown )
- Jude Law - Anna Karenina
- Fabrice Luchini - In her house ( Dans la maison )
- Tom Schilling - Oh boy
Timothy Spall - Mr. Turner - Master of Light ( Mr. Turner )
- Brendan Gleeson - You're Dead on Sunday ( Calvary )
- Tom Hardy - No Turning Back (Locke)
- Alexei Serebryakov - Leviathan (Левиафан)
- Stellan Skarsgård - Nymphomaniac - Director's Cut - Volume I & II
Michael Caine - Eternal Youth (Youth)
- Tom Courtenay - 45 Years
- Colin Farrell - The Lobster
- Christian Friedel - Elser - He would have changed the world
- Vincent Lindon - The Value of Man ( La loi du marché )
Peter Simonischek - Toni Erdmann
- Javier Cámara - Friends for Life (Truman)
- Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins
- Dave Johns - Me, Daniel Blake (I, Daniel Blake)
- Burghart Klaußner - The state against Fritz Bauer
- Rolf Lassgård - A man named Ove (En man som heter Ove)
- Colin Farrell - The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Josef Hader - Before the Dawn
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart - 120 BPM (120 battements par minute)
- Jean-Louis Trintignant - happy ending
- Jakob Cedergren - The Guilty (Den skyldige)
- Rupert Everett - The Happy Prince
- Sverrir Guðnason - Borg / McEnroe
- Tomasz Kot - Cold War - The latitude of love (Zimna wojna)
- Victor Polster - Girl
Antonio Banderas - Sorrow and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
- Jean Dujardin - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Pierfrancesco Favino - Il Traditore - As a key witness against the Cosa Nostra (Il traditore)
- Levan Gelbakhiani - As We Danced (And Then We Danced)
- Alexander Scheer - Gundermann
- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson - White White Day (Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur)