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| César Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
 2025 recipient:Karim Leklou | |
| Awarded for | Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First award | 1976 |
| Currently held by | Karim Leklou forJim's Story (2025) |
| Website | academie-cinema |
This is the list of winners and nominees of theCésar Award for Best Actor (French:César du meilleur acteur).
| Superlative | Best Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Overall (includingMost Promising Actor) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor with most awards | Michel Serrault | 3 | Niels Arestrup | 3 | Michel Serrault Niels Arestrup André Dussollier Mathieu Amalric | 3 |
| Actor with most nominations | Gérard Depardieu | 17 | André Dussollier Fabrice Luchini Guy Marchand Jean-Pierre Marielle | 5 | Gérard Depardieu | 17 |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Patrick Dewaere | 5 | Jean-Pierre Marielle | 5 | Jean-Pierre Marielle | 7 |
| Film with most nominations | Le Sucre Tandem Itinerary of a Spoiled Child Le Souper Les Visiteurs The Intouchables | 2 | Subway Polisse | 3 | Subway La Haine The Officers' Ward A Prophet | 4 |
| Oldest winner | Jean-Louis Trintignant | 83 | Michael Lonsdale | 80 | Jean-Louis Trintignant | 83 |
| Oldest nominee | Michel Bouquet | 89 | Jacques Dufilho | 86 | Michel Bouquet | 89 |
| Youngest winner | Pierre Niney | 26 | Jacques Villeret | 28 | Pierre Niney | 26 |
| Youngest nominee | Vincent Lacoste | 22 | Thomas Langmann | 23 | Milo Machado-Graner | 15 |
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title | Role/Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 (1st) | Philippe Noiret | The Old Gun | Le Vieux Fusil | Julien Dandieu |
| Victor Lanoux | Cousin, Cousin | Cousin, cousine | Ludovic | |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle | Cookies | Les Galettes de Pont-Aven | Henri Serin | |
| Gérard Depardieu | Seven Deaths by Prescription | Sept morts sur ordonnance | Doctor Jean-Pierre Berg | |
| 1977 (2nd) | Michel Galabru | The Judge and the Assassin | Le Juge et l'assassin | Sgt. Joseph Bouvier |
| Alain Delon | Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein | Mr. Klein | |
| Gérard Depardieu | The Last Woman | La Dernière Femme | Gérard | |
| Patrick Dewaere | The Best Way to Walk | La Meilleure Façon de marcher | Marc | |
| 1978 (3rd) | Jean Rochefort | Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-tambour | Captain |
| Alain Delon | Death of a Corrupt Man | Mort d'un pourri | Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal | |
| Gérard Depardieu | This Sweet Sickness | Dites-lui que je l'aime | David Martinaud | |
| Patrick Dewaere | Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff | Le Juge Fayard dit le Shériff | Judge Fayard | |
| Charles Denner | The Man Who Loved Women | L'Homme qui aimait les femmes | Bertrand Morane | |
| 1979 (4th) | Michel Serrault | Birds of a Feather | La Cage aux folles | Albin Mougeotte/Zaza Napoli |
| Claude Brasseur | A Simple Story | Une histoire simple | Serge | |
| Jean Carmet | The Sugar | Le Sucre | Adrien Courtois | |
| Gérard Depardieu | Raoul-Renaud Homecourt |
The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:
| The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations:
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One actor has the record of most consecutive nominations with 4:Gerard Depardieu (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980/ 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986/ 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)