Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role to the best performance by a lead actor in a Canadian film. From 1980 until 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; beginning in 2013, it will be presented as part of the new Canadian Screen Awards.

From 1980 to 1983, only Canadian actors were eligible for the award; non-Canadian actors appearing in Canadian films were instead considered for the separate Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor. After 1983, the latter award was discontinued, and both Canadian and foreign actors were eligible for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.

Genie Awards

Year	Winner	Nominated
1980	Christopher Plummer, Murder by Decree	Geoffrey Bowes, Something's Rotten Robin Gammell, Jack London's Klondike Fever Thomas Hauff, Summer's Children Stephen Lack, The Rubber Gun
1981	Thomas Peacocke, The Hounds of Notre Dame	Jocelyn Bérubé, The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) Lewis Furey, Fantastica Winston Rekert, Suzanne August Schellenberg, L'Affaire Coffin
1982	Nick Mancuso, Ticket to Heaven	Gabriel Arcand, Les Plouffe Gordon Pinsent, Silence of the North Christopher Plummer, The Amateur Winston Rekert, Heartaches
1983	Donald Sutherland, Threshold	Gilles Renaud, Une journée en taxi Saul Rubinek, By Design Marcel Sabourin, Doux aveux August Schellenberg, Latitude 55°
1984	Eric Fryer, The Terry Fox Story	Pierre Curzi, Lucien Brouillard Guy L'Ecuyer, Au clair de la lune Nick Mancuso, Maria Chapdelaine Alan Scarfe, Deserters
1985	Gabriel Arcand, Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe	Xavier Norman Petermann, Mario Winston Rekert, Walls Kiefer Sutherland, The Bay Boy Kenneth Welsh, Reno and the Doc
1986	John Wildman, My American Cousin	Serge Dupire, Le Matou Ed McNamara, Bayo Alan Scarfe, Overnight R. H. Thomson, Samuel Lount
1987	Gordon Pinsent, John and the Missus	Pierre Curzi, Le Déclin de l'empire américain (The Decline of the American Empire) Rémy Girard, Le Déclin de l'empire américain (The Decline of the American Empire) Winston Rekert, The Blue Man Kenneth Welsh, Loyalties
1988	Roger Lebel, Un zoo la nuit (Night Zoo)	David Hemblen, Family Viewing Jason St. Amour, Train of Dreams Gilles Maheu, Un zoo la nuit (Night Zoo)
1989	Jeremy Irons, Dead Ringers	Zachary Ansley, Cowboys Don't Cry Elias Koteas, Malarek Jan Rubes, Something About Love Saul Rubinek, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Ron White, Cowboys Don't Cry
1990	Lothaire Bluteau, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal)	Maury Chaykin, Cold Comfort Michel Côté, Cruising Bar Michael McManus, Speaking Parts Stephen Ouimette, The Top of His Head
1991	Rémy Girard, Amoureux fou	Brad Dourif, Chaindance Mattias Habich, La Demoiselle sauvage Saeed Jaffrey, Masala Jean Rochefort, Amoureux fou
1992	Tony Nardi, La Sarrasine	Jacques Godin, Being at Home with Claude Don McKellar, Highway 61 Gildor Roy, Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur Peter Weller, Naked Lunch
1993	Tom McCamus, I Love a Man in Uniform	Roy Dupuis, Cap Tourmente Rémy Girard, La Florida Gilbert Sicotte, Cap Tourmente R. H. Thomson, The Lotus Eaters
1994	Maury Chaykin, Whale Music	Martin Drainville, Louis 19, le roi des ondes Gary Farmer, Henry & Verlin Elias Koteas, Exotica Gilbert Sicotte, Les pots cassés
Jan. 1996	David La Haye, L'Enfant d'eau	Lothaire Bluteau, Le Confessional Matthew Ferguson, Eclipse Clive Russell, Margaret's Museum Peter Williams, Soul Survivor
Nov. 1996	William Hutt, Long Day's Journey into Night	Jason Cadieux, Lilies Matthew Ferguson, Lilies Danny Gilmore, Lilies Tom McCamus, Long Day's Journey into Night Christopher Penn, The Boys Club
1997	Ian Holm, The Sweet Hereafter	Robin Aubert, La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge Bruce Greenwood, The Sweet Hereafter Peter Outerbridge, Kissed Alan Williams, The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati
1999	Roshan Seth, Such a Long Journey	Rémy Girard, Les Boys Tony Nardi, La Déroute Jonathan Pryce, Regeneration Samuel West, Rupert's Land
2000	Bob Hoskins, Felicia's Journey	Gabriel Arcand, Post Mortem Denis Bouchard, Histoires d'hiver Joël Drapeau-Dalpé, Histoires d'hiver Ralph Fiennes, Sunshine Daniel MacIvor, The Five Senses
2001	Tony Nardi, My Father's Angel	David Cubitt, The Perfect Son Colm Feore, The Perfect Son Timothy Webber, My Father's Angel James Whitmore, Here's to Life!
2002	Brendan Fletcher, The Law of Enclosures	Zachary Bennett, Desire David La Haye, Un crabe dans la tête Peter Outerbridge, Marine Life Chris Owens, The Uncles Zinedine Soualem, Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron)
2003	Luc Picard, Savage Messiah	David Alpay, Ararat Philip DeWilde, Turning Paige Christopher Plummer, Ararat Colin Roberts, Flower & Garnet
2004	Rémy Girard, Les Invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions)	Raymond Bouchard, Seducing Doctor Lewis Philip Seymour Hoffman, Owning Mahowny Robert Lepage, La Face cachée de la lune Barry Pepper, The Snow Walker
2005	Roy Dupuis, Mémoires affectives (Looking for Alexander)	Michel Côté, Le Dernier Tunnel David La Haye, Nouvelle-France Ian McKellen, Émile Nick Stahl, Twist
2006	Michel Côté, C.R.A.Z.Y.	Adam Butcher, Saint Ralph Marc-André Grondin, C.R.A.Z.Y. Paul Kaye, It's All Gone Pete Tong Luc Picard, L'Audition
2007	Roy Dupuis, The Rocket	Colm Feore, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Olivier Gourmet, Congorama Patrick Huard, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Luc Picard, Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali)
2008	Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her	Roy Dupuis, Shake Hands With the Devil Marc Labrèche, L'Âge des ténèbres (Days of Darkness) Claude Legault, Les 3 p'tits cochons (The 3 Little Pigs) Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
2009	Natar Ungalaaq, Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life)	Paul Gross, Passchendaele Rupinder Nagra, Amal Christopher Plummer, Emotional Arithmetic Aaron Poole, This Beautiful City
2010	Joshua Jackson, One Week	Jean-Carl Boucher, 1981 Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Before Tomorrow Clark Johnson, Nurse.Fighter.Boy Stephen McHattie, Pontypool
2011	Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version	Jay Baruchel, The Trotsky Robert Naylor, 10½ Timothy Olyphant, High Life François Papineau, Route 132
2012	Mohamed Fellag, Monsieur Lazhar	Garret Dillahunt, Oliver Sherman Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method Patrick Huard, Starbuck Scott Speedman, Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Canadian Screen Awards

Year	Winner	Nominated
2013	James Cromwell, Still Mine	Patrick Drolet, Tout ce que tu possèdes (All That You Possess) Marc-André Grondin, L'Affaire Dumont David Morse, Collaborator Melvil Poupaud, Laurence Anyways
2014	Gabriel Arcand, Le Démantèlement	Brendan Gleeson, The Grand Seduction Jake Gyllenhaal, Enemy Daniel Radcliffe, The F Word Rajesh Tailang, Siddharth
2015	Antoine Olivier Pilon, Mommy	Evan Bird, Maps to the Stars Bruce Greenwood, Elephant Song Michael Murphy, Fall Ryan Reynolds, The Captive