# International Emmy Award for Best Actor

The International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor is an award presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) dedicated to for male performance from a program originally created for television.

## Rules and Regulations

The International Emmy for Best Actor is awarded to a male performance in a made-for-television fiction program (i.e a telefilm, miniseries, telenovelas, drama series or comedy). Under International Academy rules, only performances from a program entered in the competition are eligible. The same performer can be featured for different productions, as separate submissions. More than one male performance from the same production may also be presented. A performer must appear for at least 10% of the total airtime of the featured episode to be eligible. If the performance is part of a series, only one episode must have its first broadcast within the listed eligibility dates.

## History

The first recipient of the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor was French Thierry Frémont for his role in the telefilm Dans la tête du tueur, a co-production between the TF1 network and GMT Productions and directed by Claude-Michel Rome. British actor Ray Winstone won the following year for his role as Vincent Gallagher in the drama series Vincent, produced by Rebecca Hodgson and John Rushton, and aired on ITV.
In 2007, Dutch Pierre Bokma shares the prize with British actor Jim Broadbent for his performance in the BBC tv drama series The Street. In subsequent years the Emmy was awarded only to British actors: David Suchet won as Robert Maxwell in Maxwell, Ben Whishaw for its role in Criminal Justice, Bob Hoskins for The Street and Christopher Eccleston for Accused.
Argentine Darío Grandinetti won an Emmy in 2012 for his role as Mario in the miniseries Televisión por la inclusión, created by Bernarda Llorente and Claudio Villarruel. In 2013 Sean Bean won an International Emmy for playing a transvestite in BBC One drama series Accused. At the 2014 ceremony, best actor trophy went to Stephen Dillane for his role as Karl Roebuck in The Tunnel.
Dutch actor Maarten Heijmans has won the International Emmy for best actor for his portrayal as actor and singer Ramses Shaffy in the television series Ramses. Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman was named best actor at the 44th International Emmy Awards in 2016. Kenneth Branagh won the Emmy for Best Actor for his performance in BBC detective drama Wallender.
In 2018, Danish star Lars Mikkelsen won best performance by an actor for his role in the drama television series Ride Upon the Storm. Famous Turkish actor Haluk Bilginer won the best performance by an actor award for his performance in the TV series Şahsiyet.
The 13-year-old British actor Billy Barratt became the youngest person to win an International Emmy award.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | Recipient | Character | English title | Original title | Country |
| 2005 | Thierry Frémont | Francis Heaulme | Murder in Mind | Dans la tête du tueur | France |
| 2005 | David Walliams | Multiple characters | Little Britain | Little Britain | United Kingdom |
| 2005 | Rhys Ifans | Peter Cook | Not Only But Always | Not Only But Always | | United Kingdom |
| 2005 | Douglas Silva | Acerola | City of Men | Cidade dos Homens | Brazil |
| 2006 | Ray Winstone | Vincent Gallagher | Vincent | Vincent | United Kingdom |
| 2006 | Bernard Farcy | Charles de Gaulle | Le Grand Charles | Le Grand Charles | France |
| 2006 | Bernard Hill | David Blunkett | A Very Social Secretary | A Very Social Secretary | United Kingdom |
| 2006 | Lin Shen | Feng Qi | The Confession of Feng Qi | The Confession of Feng Qi | People's Republic of China |
| 2007 | Jim Broadbent | Stan McDermott | The Street | The Street | United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Pierre Bokma | Peter van der Laan | The Chosen One | De uitverkorene | Netherlands |
| 2007 | Bobby Au-yeung | Chai Foon-Cheung | Dicey Business | 賭場風雲 / Dǔchǎng fēngyún | Hong Kong |
| 2007 | Lázaro Ramos | Foguinho | Snakes & Lizards | Cobras & Lagartos | Brazil |
| 2007 | Guo Jiaming | Xiao Yang | My Own Private Deutschland | 我自己的德意志 / Wo zi ji de de yi zhi | People's Republic of China |
| 2008 | David Suchet | Robert Maxwell | Maxwell | Maxwell | United Kingdom |
| 2008 | Pedro Cardoso | Agostinho Carrara | The Big Family | A Grande Família | Brazil |
| 2008 | Karl Markovics | Franz Fuchs | Franz Fuchs - A Patriot | Franz Fuchs – Ein Patriot | Austria |
| 2008 | Cheng-yang Wang | Liu Yishou | The I-go King and His Son | The I-go King and His Son | People's Republic of China |
| 2009 | Ben Whishaw | Ben Coulter | Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice | United Kingdom |
| 2009 | Oscar Olivares | Antonia Salgado | Capadocia | Capadocia | Mexico |
| 2009 | Robert de Hoog | Frankie | Skin | Skin | Netherlands |
| 2009 | Li Chen | Liu Wu | Ultimate Rescue | 极限救援 / Jíxiàn jiùyuán | People's Republic of China |

### 2010s

| Year | Recipient | Character | English title | Original title | Country |
| 2010 | Bob Hoskins | Paddy Gargan | The Street | The Street | United Kingdom |
| 2010 | Sebastian Koch | Wolf Larsen | Sea Wolf | Der Seewolf | Germany |
| 2010 | Sid Lucero | Alfred "Red" Ramirez | Dahil May Isang Ikaw | Dahil May Isang Ikaw | Philippines |
| 2010 | Leonardo Sbaraglia | The killer | Epitafios | Epitafios | Argentina |
| 2011 | Christopher Eccleston | Willy Houlihan | Accused | Accused | United Kingdom |
| 2011 | Fábio Assunção | Herivelto Martins | Songs of Betrayal | Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor | Brazil |
| 2011 | Jang Hyuk | Lee Dae-gil | The Slave Hunters | 추노 / Chuno | South Korea |
| 2011 | Michael Nyqvist | Mikael Blomkvist | Millennium | Millennium | Sweden |
| 2012 | Darío Grandinetti | Mario | Televisión por la inclusión | Televisión por la inclusión | Argentina |
| 2012 | Arthur Acuña | Harry Shaw | The Kitchen Musical | The Kitchen Musical | Singapore |
| 2012 | Jason Isaacs | Jackson Brodie | Case Histories | Case Histories | United Kingdom |
| 2012 | Stein Winge | Frank | Norwegian Cozy | Koselig med peis | Norway |
| 2012 | Zhu Yawen | Gao Zhihang | Flying Eagle | 远去的飞鹰 / Yuǎn qù de fēi yīng | People's Republic of China |
| 2013 | Sean Bean | Simon Gaskell/Tracie Tremarco | Accused | Accused | United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Heino Ferch | Richard Brock | Anatomy of Revenge | Spuren des Bösen | Germany |
| 2013 | Marcos Palmeira | Mandrake | Mandrake | Mandrake | Brazil |
| 2013 | Shinichi Tsutsumi | Yasuo ichikawa | Yasu – A Single Father’s Story | Yasu – A Single Father’s Story | Japan |
| 2014 | Stephen Dillane | Karl Roebuck | The Tunnel | The Tunnel | United Kingdom |
| 2014 | Claude Legault | Benoît "Ben" Chartier | 19-2 | 19-2 | Canada |
| 2014 | Pablo Rago | Sgto. Farías | Televisión por la Justicia | Televisión por la Justicia | Argentina |
| 2014 | Wu Xiubo | Cheng Ying | The Orphan of Zhao | 趙氏孤兒案 / Zhào shì gū'ér àn | People's Republic of China |
| 2015 | Maarten Heijmans | Ramses Shaffy | Ramses | Ramses | Netherlands |
| 2015 | Engin Akyurek | Ömer Demir | Black Money Love | Kara Para Aşk | Turkey |
| 2015 | Emílio de Mello | Dr. Carlo Antonini | Psi | Psi | Brazil |
| 2015 | Rafe Spall | Joe Potter | Black Mirror: "White Christmas" | Black Mirror: "White Christmas" | United Kingdom |
| 2016 | Dustin Hoffman | Mr Henry Hoppy | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | United Kingdom |
| 2016 | Alexandre Nero | Romero Rômulo | Rules of the Game | A Regra do Jogo | Brazil |
| 2016 | Florian Stetter | Hans Pippig | Naked Among Wolves | Nackt unter Wölfen | Germany |
| 2016 | James Wen | Chen Kun Hua | Echoes of Time | Echoes of Time | Singapore |
| 2017 | Kenneth Branagh | Inspector Kurt Wallander | Wallander | Wallander | United Kingdom |
| 2017 | Júlio Andrade | Cadu | One Against All | 1 Contra Todos | Brazil |
| 2017 | Zanjoe Marudo | Victor | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Philippines |
| 2017 | Kad Merad | Philippe Rickwaert | Baron Noir | Baron Noir | France |
| 2018 | Lars Mikkelsen | Johannes Krogh | Ride Upon the Storm | Herrens Veje | Denmark |
| 2018 | Júlio Andrade | Cadu | One Against All | 1 Contra Todos | Brazil |
| 2018 | Billy Campbell | Det. John Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Canada |
| 2018 | Tolga Sarıtaş | Yavuz Karasu | Söz | Söz | Turkey |
| 2019 | Haluk Bilginer | Agâh Beyoglu | Şahsiyet | Şahsiyet | Turkey |
| 2019 | Christopher Eccleston | Greg Farrell | Come Home | Come Home | United Kingdom |
| 2019 | Raphael Logam | Evandro do Dendê | Impure | Impuros | Brazil |
| 2019 | Jannis Niewöhner | Robert "Beat" Schlag | Beat | Beat | Germany |

### 2020s

| Year | Recipient | Character | English title | Original title | Country |
| 2020 | Billy Barratt | Ray | Responsible Child | Responsible Child | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | Guido Caprino | Pietro Bosco | 1994 | 1994 | Italy |
| 2020 | Raphael Logam | Evandro do Dendê | Impure | Impuros | Brazil |
| 2020 | Arjun Mathur | Karan Mehra | Made in Heaven | Made in Heaven | India |
| 2021 | David Tennant | Dennis Nilsen | Des | Des | United Kingdom |
| 2021 | Roy Nik | Noam Ashkenazi | Normali | Normali | Israel |
| 2021 | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Ayyan Mani | Serious Men | Serious Men | India |
| 2021 | Christian Tappan | Jaime Molina | The Great Heist | El robo del siglo | Colombia |
| 2022 | Dougray Scott | Ray Lennox | Irvine Welsh's Crime | Irvine Welsh's Crime | United Kingdom |
| 2022 | Sverrir Gudnason | Kurt Haijby | A Royal Secret | En Kunglig Affär | Sweden |
| 2022 | Scoot McNairy | D.E.A Special Agent Walt Breslin | Narcos: Mexico | Narcos: Mexico | Mexico |
| 2022 | Lee Sun-kyun | Sewon Koh | Dr. Brain | Dr. 브레인 / Dr. Beurein | South Korea |
| 2023 | Martin Freeman | Chris Carson | The Responder | The Responder | United Kingdom |
| 2023 | Gustavo Bassani | José Pérez / Yosi | Yosi, the Regretful Spy | Iosi, el espía arrepentido | Argentina |
| 2023 | Jonas Karlsson | Tommy | Riding in Darkness | Nattryttarna | Sweden |
| 2023 | Jim Sarbh | Dr. Homi J. Bhabha | Rocket Boys | Rocket Boys | India |
| 2024 | Timothy Spall | Peter Farquhar | The Sixth Commandment | The Sixth Commandment | United Kingdom |
| 2024 | Haluk Bilginer | Agâh Beyoğlu | Şahsiyet | Şahsiyet | Turkey |
| 2024 | Laurent Lafitte | Bernard Tapie | Class Act | Tapie | France |
| 2024 | Júlio Andrade | Herbert Jose "Betinho" de Souza | Living on a Razor's Edge | Betinho: No Fio da Navalha | Brazil |

## Photo Gallery

* Thierry Frémont, winner in 2005.
* Ray Winstone, winner in 2006.
* Pierre Bokma, winner in 2007.
* Jim Broadbent, winner in 2007.
* David Suchet, winner in 2008.
* Ben Whishaw, winner in 2009.
* Bob Hoskins, winner in 2010.
* Christopher Eccleston, winner in 2011.
* Darío Grandinetti, winner in 2012.
* Sean Bean, winner in 2013.
* Stephen Dillane, winner in 2014.
* Maarten Heijmans, winner in 2015.
* Dustin Hoffman, winner in 2016.
* Kenneth Branagh, winner in 2017.
* Lars Mikkelsen, winner in 2018.
* Haluk Bilginer, winner in 2019
* David Tennant, winner in 2021.
* Dougray Scott, winner in 2022.
* Martin Freeman, winner in 2023.
* Timothy Spall, winner in 2024.