# Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Danish: Robert Prisen for årets mandlige hovedrolle) is a Danish Film Academy award presented at the annual Robert Award ceremony to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Danish film.

## Honorees
### 1980s

* 1984: Jesper Klein for Beauty and the Beast
* 1985: Lars Simonsen for Twist and Shout
* 1986: Reine Brynolfsson for Ofelia Comes to Town [da]
* 1987: Torben Jensen [af; da; de; no] for Coeurs flambés [da; fr]
* 1988: Max von Sydow for Pelle the Conqueror
* 1989: Börje Ahlstedt for Emma's Shadow [da; de; fr; simple]

### 1990s

* 1990: Frits Helmuth for Waltzing Regitze
* 1991: Tommy Kenter for Dance of the Polar Bears
* 1992: Ole Lemmeke for The Naked Trees [da]
* 1993: Søren Østergaard for Pain of Love
* 1994: Frits Helmuth for Stolen Spring
* 1995: Ernst-Hugo Järegård for The Kingdom
* 1996: Ulf Pilgaard for Farligt venskab [da]
* 1997: Thomas Bo Larsen for The Biggest Heroes
* 1998: Lars Simonsen for Barbara
* 1999: Ulrich Thomsen for The Celebration

### 2000s

* 2000: Niels Olsen for The One and Only
* 2001: Jesper Christensen for The Bench
** Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Italian for Beginners
** Søren Pilmark nominated for Flickering Lights
** Thure Lindhardt nominated for A Place Nearby
** Bjarne Henriksen nominated for Fruen på Hamre [da]
* 2002: Nikolaj Lie Kaas for Truly Human
** Martin Buch nominated for Chop Chop
** Lars Mikkelsen nominated for Kira's Reason: A Love Story
** Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Shake It All About
** Jens Okking nominated for One-Hand Clapping
* 2003: Jens Albinus for Facing the Truth
** Kim Bodnia nominated for Old Men in New Cars
** Jørgen Kiil nominated for Minor Mishaps
** Troels Lyby nominated for Okay
** Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Open Hearts
* 2004: Ulrich Thomsen for The Inheritance
** Lars Brygmann nominated for Stealing Rembrandt
** Nikolaj Coster-Waldau nominated for The Bouncer [da]
** Frederik Christian Johansen [af; da] nominated for Someone Like Hodder [da; de]
** Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for The Green Butchers
* 2005: Mads Mikkelsen for Pusher II
** Mikael Birkkjær nominated for Aftermath
** Frits Helmuth nominated for Villa Paranoia
** Mikael Persbrandt nominated for Day and Night
** Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Brothers
* 2006: Troels Lyby for Accused
** Jesper Christensen nominated for Manslaughter
** Bjarne Henriksen nominated for Kinamand
** Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for Murk
** Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Adam's Apples
* 2007: David Dencik for A Soap
** Jens Albinus nominated for The Boss of It All
** Nicolas Bro nominated for Offscreen
** Mads Mikkelsen nominated for After the Wedding
** Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Prague
* 2008: Lars Brygmann for White Night [da]
** Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Just Another Love Story
** Kim Bodnia nominated for Echo
** David Dencik nominated for Outside Love [da]
** Søren Pilmark nominated for How to Get Rid of the Others [da; nl; sv]
* 2009: Jakob Cedergren for Terribly Happy
** Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for What No One Knows
** Carsten Bjørnlund nominated for Oneway-ticket to Korsør [da]
** Thure Lindhardt nominated for Flame & Citron
** Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Fear Me Not

### 2010s

* 2010: Lars Mikkelsen for Headhunter
** Willem Dafoe nominated for Antichrist
** Thomas Ernst nominated for Aching Hearts
** Kristian Halken nominated for Oldboys
** Cyron Melville nominated for Love and Rage
* 2011: Pilou Asbæk for R
** Jens Albinus nominated for Everything Will Be Fine
** Jakob Cedergren nominated for Submarino
** Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Valhalla Rising
** Mikael Persbrandt nominated for In a Better World
* 2012: Nikolaj Lie Kaas for A Funny Man
** Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Rosa Morena
** Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for SuperClásico
** Nicolas Bro nominated for Beast [da]
** Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for A Family
* 2013: Søren Malling for A Hijacking
* 2014: Mads Mikkelsen for The Hunt
* 2015: Henrik Birch for Klumpfisken
* 2016: Ulrich Thomsen for Sommeren '92
** Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Men & Chicken
** Peter Plaugborg nominated for The Idealist
** Pilou Asbæk nominated for A War
** Roland Møller nominated for Land of Mine
* 2017: Søren Malling for Parents
* 2018: Elliott Crosset Hove for Winter Brothers
* 2019: Jakob Cedergren for The Guilty

### 2020s

* 2020: Esben Smed for Daniel
* 2021: Mads Mikkelsen for Another Round
* 2022: Simon Bjenneberg [da] for The Pact [da]
* 2023: Anders W. Berthelsen for Bamse [da]
* 2024: Mads Mikkelsen for The Promised Land