Magritte Award for Best Actor

The Magritte Award for Best Actor (French: Magritte du meilleur acteur) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.[1]

Magritte Award for Best Actor
Presented byAcadémie André Delvaux
First awarded2011
Currently held byArieh Worthalter, The Goldman Case (2023)
Websitelesmagritteducinema.com

The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Jonathan Zaccaï receiving the award for his role in Private Lessons.[2] As of the 2024 ceremony, Arieh Worthalter is the most recent winner in this category for his role in The Goldman Case.

Winners and nominees edit

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

2010s edit

Year Actor English title Original title
2010
(1st)
Jonathan Zaccaï Private Lessons Élève libre
Mounir Ait Hamou [fr] The Barons Les Barons
Olivier Gourmet Angel at Sea Un ange à la mer
Thierry Hancisse The Boat Race La Régate
2011
(2nd)
Matthias Schoenaerts Bullhead Rundskop
Dominique Abel The Fairy La Fée
Benoît Poelvoorde Romantics Anonymous Les Émotifs anonymes
Jonathan Zaccaï A Distant Neighborhood Quartier lointain
2012
(3rd)
Olivier Gourmet The Minister L'Exercice de l'État
Benoît Poelvoorde Le grand soir
Jérémie Renier My Way Cloclo
Matthias Schoenaerts Rust and Bone De rouille et d'os
2013
(4th)
Benoît Poelvoorde A Place on Earth Une place sur la Terre
François Damiens Tango libre
Jan Hammenecker [fr; ht; nl]
Sam Louwyck The Fifth Season La Cinquième Saison
2014
(5th)
Fabrizio Rongione Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit
François Damiens Playing Dead Je fais le mort
Bouli Lanners Lulu in the Nude Lulu femme nue
Benoît Poelvoorde Scouting for Zebras Les Rayures du zèbre
2015
(6th)
Wim Willaert I'm Dead but I Have Friends Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis
François Damiens La Famille Bélier
Bouli Lanners All Cats Are Grey Tous les chats sont gris
Jérémie Renier The Wakhan Front Ni le ciel ni la terre
2016
(7th)
Jean-Jacques Rausin [fr; it] Death by Death Je me tue à le dire
Aboubakr Bensaihi Black
François Damiens Les Cowboys
Bouli Lanners The First, the Last Les Premiers, les Derniers
2017
(8th)
Peter Van den Begin King of the Belgians
François Damiens Just to Be Sure Ôtez-moi d'un Doute
Jérémie Renier L'Amant double
Matthias Schoenaerts Racer and the Jailbird Le Fidèle
2018
(9th)
Victor Polster Girl
François Damiens Mon Ket
Olivier Gourmet Above the Law Tueurs
Benoît Poelvoorde Keep an Eye Out Au poste!
2019
(10th)
Bouli Lanners Real Love C'est ça l'amour
Kevin Janssens Patrick De Patrick
Benoît Poelvoorde Sink or Swim Le Grand Bain
Marc Zinga The Mercy of the Jungle La Miséricorde de la Jungle

2020s edit

Year Actor English title Original title
2020/21
(11th)
Jean Le Peltier Madly in Life Une vie démente
Bouli Lanners Love Song for Tough Guys Cette musique ne joue pour personne
Jérémie Renier Slalom
Arieh Worthalter Hold Me Tight Serre moi fort

References edit

  1. ^ Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l'œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Le cinéma belge était à l'honneur lors de la Première édition des Magritte du cinéma belge francophone". Moniteur du film (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved January 1, 2014.

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