Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Actor (French: Prix Iris de la meilleure interprétation dans un premier rôle masculin) to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Actor in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra.[1] Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma.[1] The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016.[2]
Luc Picard received the most nominations in this category, six, and received one award. Gilbert Sicotte received three nominations and won everytime, becoming the actor with the most wins in this category. Paul Ahmarani and Olivier Gourmet jointly received the award for Congorama, making Ahmarani the first actor to win the award twice and Gourmet the first non-Canadian to win the award. Roy Dupuis, Gabriel Arcand and Sébastien Ricard also won the award twice.
Natar Ungalaaq became the first indigenous actor to win the award for his performance in The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre). Les Boys III is the only film to receive three nominations in this category. Two actors were nominated twice for playing the same character in multiple films: Marc Messier for Les Boys II and Les Boys III and Patrick Huard for Bon Cop, Bad Cop and Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2. Jean-Carl Boucher was nominated for the all the films in Ricardo Trogi's autobiographical trilogy: 1981, 1987 and 1991.
Five actors received nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in the same year:
- In 2002, Luc Picard won Best Actor for February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839) and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for The Woman Who Drinks (La femme qui boit).
- In 2008, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge was nominated for Best Actor for Nitro and Best Supporting Actor for The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons).
- In 2012, Mario Saint-Amand was nominated for Best Actor for Gerry and Best Supporting Actor for Coteau rouge.
- In 2020, Robin Aubert was nominated for Best Actor for Young Juliette (Jeune Juliette) and Best Supporting Actor for Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout).
- In 2023, Steve Laplante won Best Actor for Viking and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Babysitter.
1990s edit
| Year | Actor | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 1st Jutra Awards | |||
| Alexis Martin | August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) | [3] | |
| Marc Messier | Les Boys II | [4] | |
| Marcel Sabourin | Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) | ||
| Dino Tavarone | 2 Seconds (2 secondes) |
2000s edit
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Multiple wins and nominations edit
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Combined totals for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Revelation of the Year edit
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References edit
- ^ a b "Quebec Cinema will rename Jutra awards; cities renaming streets". CTV Montreal. 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Quebec film awards renamed Prix Iris after Claude Jutra sex scandal". CBC News. 14 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards". Northern Stars.
- ^ "Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 1999.
- ^ "À la grandeur de la planète!". La Presse, January 27, 2000.
- ^ "Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Villeneuve's talking-fish flick leads pack of Quebec film award nominees". Montreal Gazette, January 24, 2001.
- ^ "Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced". Screen Daily, January 24, 2002.
- ^ John Griffin, "Seraphin leads with 9 Jutra nominations". Montreal Gazette, January 29, 2003.
- ^ Odile Tremblay, "Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, January 22, 2004.
- ^ Martin Bilodeau, "Ma vie en cinémascope domine les nominations des Jutra". Le Devoir, January 25, 2005.
- ^ Odile Tremblay, "Maurice Richard et C.R.A.Z.Y. dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, February 8, 2006.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "Canuel vs. Favreau aux Jutras". Voir, January 23, 2007.
- ^ Karl Filion, "Jutra 2008 : Les 3 p'tits cochons domine avec 13 nominations". Cinoche, February 6, 2008.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009.
- ^ "Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010.
- ^ "Neuf prix pour Incendies". Le Journal de Montréal, March 13, 2011.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Prix Jutra 2012: voilà les nominations". Films du Québec, January 31, 2012.
- ^ "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir, March 23, 2014.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2015 : les nominations". Films du Québec, January 26, 2015.
- ^ a b Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "'It's Only the End of the World' Leads Quebec's Prix Iris Winners". Cinemablographer, June 4, 2017.
- ^ Dumais, Manon (April 6, 2017). "Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris". Le Devoir (in French).
- ^ "Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 3, 2018.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations". La Presse, April 10, 2018.
- ^ Marc-André Lussier, "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l’année". La Presse, June 2, 2019.
- ^ "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). April 11, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.
- ^ "La déesse des mouches à feu triomphe au Gala Québec Cinéma" (in French). Radio-Canada. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021.
- ^ François Lévesque, "Hélène Florent aux oiseaux au Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, June 5, 2022.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Finalistes aux Prix Iris 2022". Films du Québec, April 14, 2022.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Le film «Viking», de Stéphane Lafleur, grand gagnant du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, December 10, 2023.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Gala Québec Cinéma: le film «Viking» en tête des nominations". Le Journal de Montréal, November 14, 2023.