# Lumière Award for Best Actor

The Lumière Award for Best Actor (French: Lumière du meilleur acteur) is an annual award presented by the Académie des Lumières since 1996.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first with a blue background, followed by the other nominees.

### 1990s

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 1996 (1st) | Michel Serrault | Nelly and Mr. Arnaud | Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud |
| 1997 (2nd) | Charles Berling | Ridicule | Ridicule |
| 1998 (3rd) | Michel Serrault | The Swindle | Rien ne va plus |
| 1999 (4th) | Jacques Villeret | The Dinner Game | Le Dîner de cons |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| 2000 (5th) | Philippe Torreton | It All Starts Today | Ça commence aujourd'hui |
| 2001 (6th) | Daniel Auteuil | Sade | Sade |
| 2002 (7th) | Michel Bouquet | How I Killed My Father | Comment j'ai tué mon père |
| 2003 (8th) | Jean Rochefort | The Man on the Train | L'Homme du train |
| 2004 (9th) | Bruno Todeschini | His Brother | Son frère |
| 2005 (10th) | Mathieu Amalric | Kings and Queen | Rois & reine |
| 2006 (11th) | Romain Duris | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté |
| 2007 (12th) | Gérard Depardieu | When I Was a Singer | Quand J'étais Chanteur |
| 2007 (12th) | Lambert Wilson | Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs |
| 2007 (12th) | François Cluzet | Tell No One | Ne le dis à personne |
| 2007 (12th) | Michel Blanc | You Are So Beautiful | Je vous trouve très beau |
| 2007 (12th) | Sacha Bourdo | The Soldier's Star | L'Étoile du soldat |
| 2008 (13th) | Mathieu Amalric | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Le Scaphandre et le Papillon |
| 2008 (13th) | Jean-Pierre Marielle | Let's Dance | Faut que ça danse ! |
| 2008 (13th) | Guillaume Depardieu | The Duchess of Langeais | Ne touchez pas la hache |
| 2008 (13th) | Benoît Magimel | A Girl Cut in Two | La Fille coupée en deux |
| 2008 (13th) | Benoît Magimel | 24 Bars | 24 mesures |
| 2008 (13th) | Jean-Pierre Darroussin | Le Cœur des hommes 2 | Le Cœur des hommes 2 |
| 2008 (13th) | Gérard Darmon | Le Cœur des hommes 2 | Le Cœur des hommes 2 |
| 2008 (13th) | Marc Lavoine | Le Cœur des hommes 2 | Le Cœur des hommes 2 |
| 2008 (13th) | Bernard Campan | Le Cœur des hommes 2 | Le Cœur des hommes 2 |
| 2009 (14th) | Vincent Cassel | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | Mesrine: L'Instinct de mort |
| 2009 (14th) | Vincent Cassel | Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One | Mesrine: L'Ennemi public n° 1 |
| 2009 (14th) | André Dussollier | Cortex | Cortex |
| 2009 (14th) | Claude Rich | With a Little Help from Myself | Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera |
| 2009 (14th) | Albert Dupontel | Love Me No More | Deux jours à tuer |
| 2009 (14th) | Kad Merad | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis |
| 2009 (14th) | Guillaume Depardieu | Versailles | Versailles |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| 2010 (15th) | Tahar Rahim | A Prophet | Un prophète |
| 2010 (15th) | François Cluzet | In the Beginning | À l'origine |
| 2010 (15th) | Yvan Attal | Rapt | Rapt |
| 2010 (15th) | Vincent Lindon | Welcome | Welcome |
| 2010 (15th) | Romain Duris | Persécution | Persécution |
| 2011 (16th) | Michael Lonsdale | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux |
| 2011 (16th) | Lambert Wilson | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux |
| 2011 (16th) | Lambert Wilson | The Princess of Montpensier | La Princesse de Montpensier |
| 2011 (16th) | Romain Duris | The Big Picture | L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie |
| 2011 (16th) | Romain Duris | Heartbreaker | L'Arnacœur |
| 2011 (16th) | Éric Elmosnino | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | Gainsbourg, vie héroïque |
| 2011 (16th) | Édgar Ramírez | Carlos | Carlos |
| 2012 (17th) | Omar Sy | The Intouchables | Intouchables |
| 2012 (17th) | André Wilms | Le Havre | Le Havre |
| 2012 (17th) | Olivier Gourmet | The Minister | L'Exercice de l'Etat |
| 2012 (17th) | JoeyStarr | Polisse | Polisse |
| 2012 (17th) | Jean Dujardin | The Artist | The Artist |
| 2013 (18th) | Jean-Louis Trintignant | Amour | Amour |
| 2013 (18th) | Denis Lavant | Holy Motors | Holy Motors |
| 2013 (18th) | Guillaume Canet | A Better Life | Une vie meilleure |
| 2013 (18th) | Jérémie Renier | My Way | Cloclo |
| 2013 (18th) | Matthias Schoenaerts | Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os |
| 2014 (19th) | Guillaume Gallienne | Me, Myself and Mum | Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table ! |
| 2014 (19th) | Michel Bouquet | Renoir | Renoir |
| 2014 (19th) | Thierry Lhermitte | The French Minister | Quai d'Orsay |
| 2014 (19th) | Romain Duris | Mood Indigo | L'Ecume des jours |
| 2014 (19th) | Guillaume Canet | Jappeloup | Jappeloup |
| 2014 (19th) | Tahar Rahim | Grand Central | Grand Central |
| 2015 (20th) | Gaspard Ulliel | Saint Laurent | Saint Laurent |
| 2015 (20th) | Guillaume Canet | La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur | La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur |
| 2015 (20th) | Guillaume Canet | In the Name of My Daughter | L'Homme qu'on aimait trop |
| 2015 (20th) | Romain Duris | The New Girlfriend | Une nouvelle amie |
| 2015 (20th) | Mathieu Kassovitz | Wild Life | Vie sauvage |
| 2015 (20th) | Pierre Niney | Yves Saint Laurent | Yves Saint Laurent |
| 2015 (20th) | Benoît Poelvoorde | Three Hearts | 3 cœurs |
| 2016 (21st) |
| 2016 (21st) | Vincent Lindon | The Measure of a Man | La Loi du marché |
| 2016 (21st) | Vincent Lindon | Diary of a Chambermaid | Journal d'une femme de chambre |
| 2016 (21st) | Gérard Depardieu | Valley of Love | Valley of Love |
| 2016 (21st) | André Dussollier | 21 Nights with Pattie | 21 nuits avec Pattie |
| 2016 (21st) | Fabrice Luchini | Courted | L'Hermine |
| 2016 (21st) | Vincent Macaigne | Two Friends | Les Deux Amis |
| 2016 (21st) | Jérémie Renier | The Wakhan Front | Ni le ciel ni la terre |
| 2017 (22nd) |
| 2017 (22nd) | Jean-Pierre Léaud | The Death of Louis XIV | La Mort de Louis XIV |
| 2017 (22nd) | Pierre Deladonchamps | A Kid | Le Fils de Jean |
| 2017 (22nd) | Gérard Depardieu | The End | The End |
| 2017 (22nd) | Nicolas Duvauchelle | A Decent Man | Je ne suis pas un salaud |
| 2017 (22nd) | Omar Sy | Chocolat | Chocolat |
| 2017 (22nd) | James Thiérrée | Chocolat | Chocolat |
| 2017 (22nd) | Gaspard Ulliel | It's Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde |
| 2018 (23rd) |
| 2018 (23rd) | Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute |
| 2018 (23rd) | Swann Arlaud | Bloody Milk | Petit paysan |
| 2018 (23rd) | Daniel Auteuil | Le Brio | Le Brio |
| 2018 (23rd) | Jean-Pierre Bacri | C'est la vie! | Le Sens de la fête |
| 2018 (23rd) | Louis Garrel | Redoubtable | Le Redoutable |
| 2018 (23rd) | Reda Kateb | Django | Django |
| 2019 (24th) |
| 2019 (24th) | Alex Lutz | Guy | Guy |
| 2019 (24th) | Romain Duris | Our Struggles | Nos batailles |
| 2019 (24th) | Vincent Lacoste | Amanda | Amanda |
| 2019 (24th) | Vincent Lindon | At War | En guerre |
| 2019 (24th) | Denis Ménochet | Custody | Jusqu'à la garde |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 2020 (25th) |
| 2020 (25th) | Roschdy Zem | Oh Mercy! | Roubaix, une lumière |
| 2020 (25th) | Swann Arlaud | By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu |
| 2020 (25th) | Daniel Auteuil | La Belle Époque | La Belle Époque |
| 2020 (25th) | Jean Dujardin | An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse |
| 2020 (25th) | Fabrice Luchini | Alice and the Mayor | Alice et le Maire |
| 2021 (26th) |
| 2021 (26th) | Sami Bouajila | A Son | Un fils |
| 2021 (26th) | Jonathan Cohen | Enormous | Énorme |
| 2021 (26th) | Albert Dupontel | Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons |
| 2021 (26th) | Nicolas Maury | My Best Part | Garçon chiffon |
| 2021 (26th) | Jérémie Renier | Slalom | Slalom |
| 2022 (27th) |
| 2022 (27th) | Benoît Magimel | Peaceful | De son vivant |
| 2022 (27th) | Damien Bonnard | The Restless | Les Intranquilles |
| 2022 (27th) | André Dussollier | Everything Went Fine | Tout s'est bien passé |
| 2022 (27th) | Vincent Lindon | Titane | Titane |
| 2022 (27th) | Benjamin Voisin | Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues |
| 2023 (28th) |
| 2023 (28th) | Benoît Magimel | Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles |
| 2023 (28th) | Bastien Bouillon | The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 |
| 2023 (28th) | Louis Garrel | The Innocent | L'Innocent |
| 2023 (28th) | Vincent Macaigne | Diary of a Fleeting Affair | Chronique d'une liaison passagère |
| 2023 (28th) | Denis Ménochet | The Beasts | As bestas |
| 2024 (29th) |
| 2024 (29th) | Arieh Worthalter | The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman |
| 2024 (29th) | Vincent Lacoste | Along Came Love | Le Temps d'aimer |
| 2024 (29th) | Karim Leklou | Vincent Must Die | Vincent doit mourir |
| 2024 (29th) | Melvil Poupaud | Just the Two of Us | L'Amour et les Forêts |
| 2024 (29th) | Franz Rogowski | Disco Boy | Disco Boy |
| 2025 (30th) |
| 2025 (30th) | Abou Sangaré | Souleymane's Story | L'Histoire de Souleymane |
| 2025 (30th) | Adam Bessa | Ghost Trail | Les Fantômes |
| 2025 (30th) | Paul Kircher | And Their Children After Them | Leurs enfants après eux |
| 2025 (30th) | Karim Leklou | Jim's Story | Le Roman de Jim |
| 2025 (30th) | Pierre Niney | The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo |

## Trivia
### Multiple awards
#### 2 awards

* Mathieu Amalric
* Benoît Magimel
* Michel Serrault

### Multiple nominees
#### 6 nominations

* Romain Duris

#### 4 nominations

* Vincent Lindon

#### 3 nominations

* Daniel Auteuil
* Guillaume Canet
* Gérard Depardieu
* André Dussollier
* Benoît Magimel
* Jérémie Renier

#### 2 nominations

* Mathieu Amalric
* Swann Arlaud
* Michel Bouquet
* François Cluzet
* Guillaume Depardieu
* Jean Dujardin
* Albert Dupontel
* Louis Garrel
* Vincent Lacoste
* Karim Leklou
* Fabrice Luchini
* Vincent Macaigne
* Denis Ménochet
* Pierre Niney
* Tahar Rahim
* Michel Serrault
* Omar Sy
* Gaspard Ulliel
* Lambert Wilson