Best Actor — Every Winner and Nominee
Every film recognised in the Cannes Best Actor category in CineRoll's records: 63 films across 61 years, 63 of them winners.
The most recent winner is Coward (2026); the earliest on record is This Sporting Life (1963).
The last three winners were Coward (2026), The Secret Agent (2025) and Kinds of Kindness (2024).
The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.
Last updated
2026
Winner
2025
Winner
2024
Kinds of Kindness(2024)Winner
2023
Perfect Days(2023)Winner
2022
Broker(2022)Winner
2021
Nitram(2021)Winner
2019
Pain and Glory(2019)Winner
2018
Dogman(2018)Winner
2017
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2016
The Salesman(2016)Winner
2015
The Measure of a Man(2015)Winner
2014
Mr. Turner(2014)Winner
2013
Nebraska(2013)Winner
2012
The Hunt(2012)Winner
2011
The Artist(2011)Winner
2010
2009
Inglourious Basterds(2009)Winner
2008
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2007
The Banishment(2007)Winner
2006
Days of Glory(2006)Winner
2005
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2004
Nobody Knows(2004)Winner
2003
Distant(2002)Winner
2002
The Son(2002)Winner
2001
The Piano Teacher(2001)Winner
2000
In the Mood for Love(2000)Winner
1999
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1998
My Name Is Joe(1998)Winner
1997
She's So Lovely(1997)Winner
1996
The Eighth Day(1996)Winner
1995
Carrington(1995)Winner
1994
To Live(1994)Winner
1993
Naked(1993)Winner
1992
The Player(1992)Winner
1991
Barton Fink(1991)Winner
1990
Cyrano de Bergerac(1990)Winner
1989
sex, lies, and videotape(1989)Winner
1988
Bird(1988)Winner
1987
Dark Eyes(1987)Winner
1986
1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman(1985)Winner
1984
The Holy Innocents(1984)Winner
1982
Missing(1982)Winner
1981
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1980
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1979
The China Syndrome(1979)Winner
1978
Coming Home(1978)Winner
1977
Elisa, My Life(1977)Winner
1976
Pascual Duarte(1976)Winner
1975
Scent of a Woman(1974)Winner
1974
The Last Detail(1973)Winner
1973
Love and Anarchy(1973)Winner
1972
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1971
Sacco & Vanzetti(1971)Winner
1970
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1969
Z(1969)Winner
1967
Three Days and a Child(1967)Winner
1966
Hunger(1966)Winner
1965
The Collector(1965)Winner
1964
Skylark(1964)Winner
1963
This Sporting Life(1963)Winner