# Platino Award for Best Actor

The Platino Award for Best Actor (Spanish: Premio Platino al mejor actor / Premio Platino a la mejor interpretación masculina) is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards presented annually by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA).

## History

It was first presented in 2014, with Mexican actor, Eugenio Derbez being the first recipient of the award, for his role as Valentín Bravo in Instructions Not Included. Until the 7th edition in 2020, male supporting performances were included in this category. In 2021, the category for Best Supporting Actor was created.
No actor has won this award more than once while actors Alfredo Castro and Ricardo Darín have received the most nominations for this award with four each, followed by Javier Bardem, Antonio de la Torre, Javier Gutiérrez, Javier Cámara, Luis Tosar, Eduard Fernández and Damián Alcázar with three each; Daniel Giménez Cacho with two.
Spain holds the record of most wins in the category with five of the eight winners being Spanish actors, followed by Argentina, with three Argentine winners.
2020 winner Antonio Banderas also received a nomination for the Best Actor for Pain and Glory at the 92nd Academy Awards.
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2014 (1st) | Eugenio Derbez | Valentín Bravo | Instructions Not Included | No se aceptan devoluciones |
| 2014 (1st) | Antonio de la Torre | Carlos | Cannibal | Caníbal |
| 2014 (1st) | Javier Cámara | Antonio | Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed | Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados |
| 2014 (1st) | Ricardo Darín | Roberto Bermúdez | Thesis on a Homicide | Tesis sobre un homicidio |
| 2014 (1st) | Víctor Prada | Eusebio | The Cleaner | El limpiador |
| 2015 (2nd) | Óscar Jaenada | Cantinflas | Cantinflas | Cantinflas |
| 2015 (2nd) | Benicio del Toro | Pablo Escobar | Escobar: Paradise Lost | Escobar: Paradise Lost |
| 2015 (2nd) | Javier Gutiérrez | Juan Robles | Marshland | La isla mínima |
| 2015 (2nd) | Jorge Perugorría | Luis | La pared de las palabras | La pared de las palabras |
| 2015 (2nd) | Leonardo Sbaraglia | Diego | Wild Tales | Relatos Salvajes |
| 2016 (3rd) | Guillermo Francella | Arquímedes Puccio | The Clan | El Clan |
| 2016 (3rd) | Alfredo Castro | Father Vidal | The Club | El Club |
| 2016 (3rd) | Damián Alcázar | Harvey Magallanes | Magallanes | Magallanes |
| 2016 (3rd) | Javier Cámara | Tomás | Truman | Truman |
| 2016 (3rd) | Ricardo Darín | Julián | Truman | Truman |
| 2017 (4th) | Oscar Martínez | Daniel Mantovani | The Distinguished Citizen | El ciudadano ilustre |
| 2017 (4th) | Alfredo Castro | Armando | From Afar | Desde allá |
| 2017 (4th) | Damián Alcázar | Toño | The Thin Yellow Line | La delgada línea amarilla |
| 2017 (4th) | Eduard Fernández | Francisco Paesa | Smoke & Mirrors | El hombre de las mil caras |
| 2017 (4th) | Luis Gnecco | Pablo Neruda | Neruda | Neruda |
| 2018 (5th) |
| 2018 (5th) | Alfredo Castro | Juan | Los Perros | Los Perros |
| 2018 (5th) | Daniel Giménez Cacho | Diego de Zama | Zama | Zama |
| 2018 (5th) | Javier Bardem | Pablo Escobar | Loving Pablo | Loving Pablo |
| 2018 (5th) | Javier Gutiérrez | Álvaro | The Motive | El Autor |
| 2018 (5th) | Jorge Martinez | Diego | Last Days in Havana | Últimos días en La Habana |
| 2019 (6th) |
| 2019 (6th) | Antonio de la Torre | Manuel López Vidal | The Realm | El reino |
| 2019 (6th) | Javier Bardem | Paco | Everybody Knows | Todos lo saben |
| 2019 (6th) | Javier Gutiérrez | Marco Montes | Champions | Campeones |
| 2019 (6th) | Lorenzo Ferro | Robledo Puch | El Angel | El Ángel |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2020 (7th) |
| 2020 (7th) | Antonio Banderas | Salvador Mallo | Pain and Glory | Dolor y Gloria |
| 2020 (7th) | Ricardo Darín | Fermín Perlassi | Heroic Losers | La odisea de los giles |
| 2020 (7th) | Karra Elejalde | Miguel de Unamuno | While at War | Mientras dure la guerra |
| 2020 (7th) | Antonio de la Torre | Higinio Blanco | The Endless Trench | La trinchera infinita |
| 2021 (8th) | Javier Cámara | Héctor Abad Gómez | Forgotten We'll Be | El olvido que seremos |
| 2021 (8th) | Alfredo Castro | La loca del frente | My Tender Matador | Tengo miedo torero |
| 2021 (8th) | Diego Peretti | Fernando Araujo | The Heist of the Century | El robo del siglo |
| 2021 (8th) | Miguel Ángel Solá | Ignacio Arrieta | The Crimes That Bind | Crímenes de familia |
| 2022 (9th) | Javier Bardem | Julio Blanco | The Good Boss | El buen patrón |
| 2022 (9th) | Eduard Fernández | Oscar | Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea | Mediterráneo |
| 2022 (9th) | Luis Tosar | Ibon Etxezarreta | Maixabel | Maixabel |
| 2022 (9th) | Rodrigo Santoro | Luca | 7 Prisoners | 7 Prisioneiros |
| 2023 (10th) | Ricardo Darín | Julio César Strassera | Argentina, 1985 | Argentina, 1985 |
| 2023 (10th) | Daniel Giménez Cacho | Silverio Gama | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades |
| 2023 (10th) | Luis Tosar | Rafa | On the Fringe | En los márgenes |
| 2023 (10th) | Peter Lanzani | Luis Moreno Ocampo | Argentina, 1985 | Argentina, 1985 |
| 2024 (11th) | Enzo Vogrincic | Numa Turcatti | Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve |
| 2024 (11th) | Damián Alcázar | Ronnie Monroy | The Monroy Affaire | El caso Monroy |
| 2024 (11th) | David Verdaguer | Eugenio | Jokes & Cigarettes | Saben aquell |
| 2024 (11th) | Jaime Vadell | Augusto Pinochet | El conde | El conde |
| 2024 (11th) | Marcelo Subiotto | Marcelo Pena | Puan | Puan |
| 2025 (12th) | Eduard Fernández | Enric Marco | Marco, the Invented Truth | Marco, la verdad inventada |
| 2025 (12th) | Luis Tosar | Ángel Salcedo "El Inhumano" | Undercover | La infiltrada |
| 2025 (12th) | Manuel Garcia-Rulfo | Pedro Páramo | Pedro Páramo | Pedro Páramo |
| 2025 (12th) | Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | Remo Manfredini / Dolores "Lola" | Kill the Jockey | El jockey |

## Multiple nominations

The following actors received multiple Best Actor nominations:
| Nominations | Actor |
| 4 | Ricardo Darín |
| 4 | Alfredo Castro |
| 3 | Javier Bardem |
| 3 | Damián Alcázar |
| 3 | Javier Cámara |
| 3 | Antonio de la Torre |
| 3 | Javier Gutiérrez |
| 3 | Luis Tosar |
| 3 | Eduard Fernández |
| 2 | Daniel Giménez Cacho |