# Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role is an annual Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best leading performance by an actor in a Canadian television series. Previously presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
Prior to the creation of the Gemini Awards in 1986, the predecessor ACTRA Awards presented only a single award for Best Performance in a Continuing Role, differentiating neither by gender nor for the distinction between comedy and drama.
In August 2022, the academy announced that beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, a gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performance in a Drama Series will be presented.

## 1980s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards | Robert Clothier | The Beachcombers |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards | Scott Hylands | Night Heat |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards | Malcolm Stoddard | The Campbells |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards | Jeff Wincott | Night Heat |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards | Eric Peterson | Street Legal |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards | Winston Rekert | Adderly |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards | Scott Hylands | Night Heat |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards | Pat Mastroianni | Degrassi Junior High |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards | Allan Royal | Night Heat |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Pat Mastroianni | Degrassi Junior High |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Patrick Bauchau | Mount Royal |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Scott Hylands | Night Heat |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Winston Rekert | Adderly |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Donnelly Rhodes | Danger Bay |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Eric Peterson | Street Legal |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Stefan Brogren | Degrassi Junior High |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Robert Clothier | The Beachcombers |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Derek McGrath | My Secret Identity |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Robert Wisden | 9B |

## 1990s

| Year | Nominee | Series |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | Art Hindle | E.N.G. |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | Bruno Gerussi | The Beachcombers |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | C. David Johnson | Street Legal |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | Pat Mastroianni | Degrassi High |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | Duncan Waugh | Degrassi High |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Eric Peterson | Street Legal |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | C. David Johnson | Street Legal |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Simon MacCorkindale | Counterstrike |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Christopher Plummer | Counterstrike |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Mickey Rooney | The Adventures of the Black Stallion |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Cedric Smith | Road to Avonlea |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Zachary Bennett | Road to Avonlea |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Geraint Wyn Davies | Forever Knight |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Art Hindle | E.N.G. |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | C. David Johnson | Street Legal |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Eric Peterson | Street Legal |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | James Purcell | Counterstrike |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | C. David Johnson | Street Legal |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | John Oliver | North of 60 |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Eric Peterson | Street Legal |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Winston Rekert | Neon Rider |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Paul Gross | Due South |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Tom Jackson | North of 60 |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | David Marciano | Due South |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Eric Peterson | Street Legal |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Cedric Smith | Road to Avonlea |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Paul Gross | Due South |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Geraint Wyn Davies | Forever Knight |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Tom Jackson | North of 60 |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | David Marciano | Due South |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Albert Schultz | Side Effects |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Eric Peterson | Street Legal |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | David Cubitt | Traders |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Robert Bockstael | North of 60 |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Chris William Martin | Madison |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Cedric Smith | Road to Avonlea |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Peter Stebbings | Madison |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Bruce Gray | Traders |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Robert Bockstael | North of 60 |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Tom Jackson | North of 60 |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | David Meyer | Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Peter Stebbings | Madison |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Patrick McKenna | Traders |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Ryan Rajendra Black | The Rez |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Geraint Wyn Davies | Black Harbour |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Paul Gross | Due South |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Stephen McHattie | Emily of New Moon |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Michael Riley | Power Play |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Michael Easton | Total Recall 2070 |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Paul Gross | Due South |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | John Neville | Emily of New Moon |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Callum Keith Rennie | Due South |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Donnelly Rhodes | Da Vinci's Inquest |

## 2000s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Michael Riley | Power Play |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Ted Atherton | Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Nicholas Campbell | Da Vinci's Inquest |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Donnelly Rhodes | Da Vinci's Inquest |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Ian Tracey | Da Vinci's Inquest |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Nicholas Campbell | Da Vinci's Inquest |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Demore Barnes | The Associates |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Gabriel Hogan | The Associates |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Jeremy Ratchford | Blue Murder |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Mark Taylor | Drop the Beat |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Donnelly Rhodes | Da Vinci's Inquest |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Demore Barnes | The Associates |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Martin Cummins | Dice |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | John Shea | Mutant X |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Maurice Dean Wint | Blue Murder |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Jeff Seymour | The Eleventh Hour |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Matthew Bennett | Cold Squad |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Nicholas Campbell | Da Vinci's Inquest |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Michael Ironside | The Last Chapter II: The War Continues |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Jeremy Ratchford | Blue Murder |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Paul Gross | Slings & Arrows |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Nicholas Campbell | Da Vinci's Inquest |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Shawn Doyle | The Eleventh Hour |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Michael Riley | This is Wonderland |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Jeff Seymour | The Eleventh Hour |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Michael Riley | This is Wonderland |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Ben Bass | The Eleventh Hour |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Nicholas Campbell | Da Vinci's Inquest |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Peter Outerbridge | ReGenesis |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Jeff Seymour | The Eleventh Hour |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Mark McKinney | Slings and Arrows |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Gil Bellows | Terminal City |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Nigel Bennett | At the Hotel |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Nicholas Campbell | Da Vinci's City Hall |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Peter Outerbridge | ReGenesis |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Paul Gross | Slings and Arrows |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | John Cassini | Intelligence |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | William Hutt | Slings and Arrows |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Peter Outerbridge | ReGenesis |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Ian Tracey | Intelligence |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Louis Ferreira | Durham County |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Hugh Dillon | Durham County |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | James McGowan | The Border |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Peter Outerbridge | ReGenesis |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Ian Tracey | Intelligence |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Enrico Colantoni | Flashpoint |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Hugh Dillon | Flashpoint |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Robin Dunne | Sanctuary |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Daniel Kash | The Line |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Ron White | The Line |

## 2010s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Robert Carlyle | Stargate Universe |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Louis Ferreira | Stargate Universe |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Allan Hawco | Republic of Doyle |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Luke Kirby | Cra$h & Burn |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Michael Riley | Being Erica |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Callum Keith Rennie | Shattered |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Enrico Colantoni | Flashpoint |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Hugh Dillon | Durham County |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Michael Riley | Being Erica |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Samuel Witwer | Being Human |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Enrico Colantoni | Flashpoint |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Andra Fuller | The L.A. Complex |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Elias Koteas | Combat Hospital |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Luke Mably | Combat Hospital |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Steven Cree Molison | Blackstone |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Hugh Dillon | Flashpoint |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | François Arnaud | The Borgias |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Ben Bass | Rookie Blue |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Sam Huntington | Being Human |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | David Sutcliffe | Cracked |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Jared Keeso | 19-2 |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Adam Beach | Arctic Air |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Dillon Casey | Remedy |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Mike McLeod | Forgive Me |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | David Sutcliffe | Cracked |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Ari Millen | Orphan Black |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Ben Bass | Rookie Blue |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Adrian Holmes | 19-2 |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Jared Keeso | 19-2 |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Aaron Poole | Strange Empire |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Adrian Holmes | 19-2 |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Louis Ferreira | Motive |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Landon Liboiron | Frontier |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Jason Momoa | Frontier |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Eric Schweig | Blackstone |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Alexander Ludwig | Vikings |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Shawn Doyle | Bellevue |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Christopher Heyerdahl | Van Helsing |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Brian Markinson | The Romeo Section |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Richard Short | Mary Kills People |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Kim Coates | Bad Blood |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Aaron Ashmore | Killjoys |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Yannick Bisson | Murdoch Mysteries |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Eric McCormack | Travelers |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Jerry O'Connell | Carter |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Billy Campbell | Cardinal |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Roger Cross | Coroner |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Shawn Doyle | Unspeakable |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Peter Mooney | Burden of Truth |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Jerry O'Connell | Carter |

## 2020s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Hamza Haq | Transplant |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Billy Campbell | Cardinal: Until the Night |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Roger Cross | Coroner |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Peter Mooney | Burden of Truth |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Joel Oulette | Trickster |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Hamza Haq | Transplant |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Yannick Bisson | Murdoch Mysteries |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Roger Cross | Coroner |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Victor Garber | Family Law |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Peter Mooney | Burden of Truth |