# Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor (Russia)

The Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor (Russian: Премия «Золотой Орёл» за лучшую мужскую роль в кино, romanized: Premiya «Zolotoy Oryol» za luchshuyu muzhskuyu rol v kino) is one of twenty award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia. It is one of the Golden Eagle Awards, which were conceived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the Nika Award established in 1987 by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences.
Each year the members of the academy choose three leading actors and the film as a perception. The first actor to be awarded was Viktor Bychkov for the film The Cuckoo. The most recent award was made to Yuri Borisov for AK-47. Yevgeny Mironov, Sergei Garmash, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Mashkov, and Fyodor Bondarchuk are the most successful artists, winning twice each. Other noteworthy actors who were nominated at least twice are Aleksei Petrenko, Danila Kozlovsky, Bohdan Stupka, Viktor Sukhorukov, Aleksandr Baluev, Yevgeny Tsyganov, Sergei Makovetsky, Sergei Puskepalis, Aleksei Serebryakov, Maksim Matveyev, and Alexander Petrov.

## Nomineess and Awardees
### Key

| Sign | Meaning |
| † | The international title is not known |
| Bold | Indicates the winner |
| Year | Actor | International title | Original title | Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard) |
| 2002 | Viktor Bychkov | The Cuckoo | Кукушка | Kukushka |
| 2002 | Aleksei Petrenko | The Mastermind | Коллекционер | Kollektsioner |
| 2002 | Aleksey Chadov | War | Война | Voina |
| 2003 | Yevgeny Mironov | The Idiot | Идиот | Idiot |
| 2003 | Sergey Bezrukov | Brigada | Бригада | Brigada |
| 2003 | Viktor Sukhorukov | Poor Poor Paul | Бедный бедный Павел | Bedny bedny Pavel |
| 2004 | Sergei Garmash | Our Own | Свои | Svoi |
| 2004 | Vladimir Mashkov | Daddy | Папа | Papa |
| 2004 | Bohdan Stupka | Our Own | Свои | Svoi |
| 2005 | Nikita Mikhalkov | The State Counsellor | Статский советник | Statskiy sovetnik |
| 2005 | Yevgeny Mironov | Dreaming of Space | Космос как предчуствие | Kosmos kak predchustvie |
| 2005 | Mikhail Porechenkov | The 9th Company | 9 рота | 9 rota |
| 2006 | Pyotr Mamonov | The Island | Остров | Ostrov |
| 2006 | Aleksandr Baluev | La Traductrice | Игра слов: Переводчица олигарха | Igra slov: Perevodchitsa oligarkha |
| 2006 | Yevgeny Tsyganov | Piter FM | Питер FM | Piter FM |
| 2007 | Sergei Makovetsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergei Garmash, Valentin Gaft, Aleksei Petrenko, Yuri Stoyanov, Sergei Gazarov, Mikhail Yefremov, Oleksiy Gorbunov, Sergei Artsibashev, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Roman Madyanov | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 2007 | Viktor Sukhorukov | (unknown)† | Агитбригада «Бей врага!» | Agitbrigada "Bey vraga!" |
| 2007 | Fyodor Bondarchuk | Vice | Тиски | Tiski |
| 2008 | Konstantin Khabensky | Admiral | Адмиралъ | Admiral |
| 2008 | Oleg Dolin | Wild Field | Дикое поле | Dikoe pole |
| 2008 | Danila Kozlovsky | Black Hunters | Мы из будущего | My iz budushchevo |
| 2009 | Bohdan Stupka | Taras Bulba | Тарас Бульба | Taras Bul'ba |
| 2009 | Vladimir Ilyin | Ward No. 6 | Палата № 6 | Palata No. 6 |
| 2009 | Sergei Makovetsky | The Priest | Поп | Pop |
| 2010 | Vladimir Mashkov | The Edge | Край | Kray |
| 2010 | Sergei Puskepalis | How I Ended This Summer | Как я провёл этим летом | Kak ya provyol etim letom |
| 2010 | Aleksandr Baluev | Kandagar | Кандагар | Kandagar |
| 2011 | Fyodor Bondarchuk | Two Days | Два дня | Dva dnya |
| 2011 | Sergei Garmash | Home | Дом | Dom |
| 2011 | Aleksei Serebryakov | The PyraMMMid | ПираМММида | PiraMMMida |
| 2012 | Danila Kozlovsky | Soulless | Духless | Dukhless |
| 2012 | Fyodor Bondarchuk | Spy | Шпион | Shpion |
| 2012 | Maksim Sukhanov | The Horde | Орда | Orda |
| 2013 | Konstantin Khabensky | The Geographer Drank His Globe Away | Географ глобус пропил | Geograf globus propil |
| 2013 | Sergei Puskepalis | Metro | Метро | Metro |
| 2013 | Danila Kozlovsky | Legend No. 17 | Легенда № 17 | Legenda № 17 |
| 2014 | Aleksandr Zbruyev | The Film About Alekseyev | Кино про Алексеева | Kino pro Alekseyeva |
| 2014 | Maksim Matveyev | Weekend | Weekend [Уик-энд] | Weekend [Uik-end] |
| 2014 | Aleksei Serebryakov | Leviathan | Левиафан | Leviafan |
| 2015 | Fyodor Bondarchuk | Ghost | Призрак | Prizrak |
| 2015 | Yevgeny Tsyganov | Battle for Sevastopol | Битва за Севастополь | Bitva za Sevastopol' |
| 2015 | Ivan Kolesnikov | The End of a Great Era | Конец прекрасной эпохи | Konets Prekrasnoy Epokhi |
| 2016 | Ivan Yankovsky | The Queen of Spades | Дама Пик | Dama Pik |
| 2016 | Danila Kozlovsky | Flight Crew | Экипаж | Ekipazh |
| 2016 | Pyotr Fyodorov | The Duelist | Дуэлянт | Dujeljant |
| 2017 | Yevgeny Mironov | The Age of Pioneers | Время первых | Vremya Pervykh |
| 2017 | Aleksandr Yatsenko | Arrhythmia | Аритмия | Aritmiya |
| 2017 | Vladimir Vdovichenkov | Salyut 7 | Салют-7 | Salyut-7 |
| 2018 | Vladimir Mashkov | Going Vertical | Движение вверх | Dvizheniye Vverkh |
| 2018 | Alexander Petrov | Gogol. Viy | Гоголь. Вий | Gogol. Viy |
| 2018 | Alexander Petrov | Ice | Лёд | Lod |
| 2019 | Alexander Petrov | Text | Текст | Tekst |
| 2019 | Yuri Borisov | The Bull | Бык | Byk |
| 2019 | Alexander Petrov | Т-34 | Т-34 | Т-34 |
| 2020 | Yuri Borisov | AK-47 | Калашников | Kalashnikov |
| 2020 | Maksim Matveyev | Union of Salvation | Союз спасения | Soyuz Spaseniya |
| 2020 | Alexander Petrov | Streltsov | Стрельцов | Strel'tsov |

### Notes

* ↑ Initially Oleg Yankovsky was to be nominated, but instead he received the Special Award for his contributions in the last years. He was replaced by Sergei Makovetsky.

## Gallery

* Viktor Bychkov
* Yevgeny Mironov
* Sergei Garmash
* Nikita Mikhalkov
* Pyotr Mamonov
* Sergei Makovetsky
* Valentin Gaft
* Aleksei Petrenko
* Yuri Stoyanov
* Mikhail Yefremov
* Oleksiy Gorbunov
* Viktor Verzhbitsky
* Roman Madyanov
* Konstantin Khabensky
* Bohdan Stupka
* Vladimir Mashkov
* Fyodor Bondarchuk
* Danila Kozlovsky
* Aleksandr Zbruyev
* Alexander Petrov