# Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actor (General Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.
The award was discontinued after 2018, and merged with the award for Best Leading Actress (General Theatre) into a single gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre).

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Winner | Nominated |
| 1981 | Brent Carver, Bent | Donald Davis, ECU Donald Davis, On Golden Pond Hardee T. Lineham, The Crackwalker |
| 1982 | John Evans, True West | Geordie Johnson, Lone Star Douglas Rain, Bodies Larry Reynolds, Rexy! |
| 1983 | R. H. Thomson, Hand to Hand | Douglas Rain, Master Builder Hugh Webster, The Kite Paul Latrelle, Un pays dont la devise est je m'oublie |
| 1984 | Douglas Rain, The Dining Room | Douglas Campbell, Homecoming Gordon Clapp, Trafford Tanzi Richard Hilger, Three Beats to the Bar Dan Lett, Delicatessen R.H. Thomson, The Jail Diary of Albee Sachs |
| 1985 | Heath Lamberts, Cyrano de Bergerac | Peter Blais, Criminals in Love Paul Gross, Romeo and Juliet David Hemblen, Uncle Vanya Errol Slue, "Master Harold"...and the Boys |
| 1986 | Stephen Ouimette, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea | Eric Peterson, The Double Bass R.H. Thomson, Hamlet Brian Torpe, As Is Jean-Guy Viau, Hosanna |
| 1987 | Stephen Ouimette, B-Movie: The Play | Graham Bailey, Master Class Stuart Hughes, Romeo and Juliet Errol Slue, Blood Knot Tom Wood, The Forest |
| 1988 | Geordie Johnson, I Am Yours | Roland Hewgill, Play Memory Stuart Hughes, Unexpected Moves Michael Riley, Nothing Sacred Angelo Rizacos, Detaining Mr. Trotsky |
| 1989 | Graham Greene, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing | Robert Bellefeuille, The Dragons Trilogy David Clark, Under the Skin Gary Farmer, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing Errol Slue, Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1990 | Stuart Hughes, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid | Diego Matamoros, Potestad Leon Pownall, The Father Michael Riley, The Comedy of Errors Guillermo Verdecchia, Amigo's Blue Guitar |
| 1991 | Jim Mezon, Burn This | Henry Czerny, The Arab's Mouth Randy Hughson, The Crackwalker Tom McCamus, 7 Stories Robert Morgan, The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine |
| 1992 | Rod Beattie, The Wingfield Trilogy | David Fox, Democracy Allan Gray, Whale Riding Weather Andrew Scorer, The Seaford Tapes Michael Simpson, Three Sisters |
| 1993 | Hardee T. Lineham, Richard III | Patrick Galligan, Crimes of the Heart David Qamaniq, Whale Cliff Saunders, Pinocchio Jim Warren, A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 1994 | Tom McCamus, Abundance | Alex Fallis, Twelfth Night Patrick Galligan, Holiday John Gilbert, A Christmas Carol Tom Wood, Homeward Bound |
| 1995 | Nigel Shawn Williams, Six Degrees of Separation | Mark Burgess, Molly Wood Ben Carlson, Hay Fever George Dawson, Molly Wood Richard Partington, Molly Wood |
| 1996 | Heath Lamberts, One for the Pot | Simon Bradbury, One for the Pot Patrick Goyette, The Seven Streams of the River Ota Christopher Hunt, Two Weeks with the Queen Julian Richings, Two Weeks with the Queen |
| 1997 | John Dolan, Oliver Twist | Jonathan Crombie, Arcadia David Fox, Oliver Twist Judd Hirsch, Death of a Salesman Simon McBurney, The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol David Storch, The Glass Menagerie |
| 1998 | Eric Peterson, The Designated Mourner | Peter Hutt, Patience Ross Manson, Cherry Docs Richard McMillan, Inexpressible Island John Neville, Molly Sweeney Shaun Smyth, Trainspotting |
| 1999 | David Fox, The Drawer Boy | Paul Braunstein, Kilt Peter Donat, Don Carlos Jim Mezon, How I Learned to Drive Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop Goes to War |
| 2000 | Diego Matamoros, Endgame | Oliver Becker, The Beauty Queen of Leenane Ronnie Burkett, Street of Blood Diego Matamoros, The Play's the Thing Donald Sutherland, Enigma Variations |
| 2001 | Conleth Hill, Stones in His Pockets | Ronnie Burkett, Happy Sean Campion, Stones in His Pockets Randy Hughson, Earshot Luke Kirby, Geometry in Venice Joseph Ziegler, The School for Wives |
| 2002 | Tony Nardi, The Lesson | Oliver Dennis, Gynty Peter Donaldson, Plan B John Kani, The Island Diego Matamoros, Uncle Vanya Alon Nashman, Picasso at the Lapin Agile |
| 2003 | Richard McMillan, Through the Eyes | Ari Cohen, Sunday Father Ted Dykstra, A Chorus of Disapproval John Jarvis, The Girl in the Goldfish Bowl Stephen Ouimette, The Beard of Avon |
| 2004 | William Hutt, No Man's Land | David Ferry, Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad Jim Mezon, Copenhagen Dennis O'Connor, Le Visiteur Rick Roberts, Hotel Loopy |
| 2005 | Rick Miller, Bigger Than Jesus | Stuart Hughes, The Dumb Waiter / The Zoo Story Daniel MacIvor, Cul-de-sac Eric Peterson, Half Life Paul Soles, Trying |
| 2006 | Shawn Doyle, A Number | Ronnie Burkett, 10 Days on Earth Sergio Di Zio, Léo Jeff Lillico, Our Town Tom McCamus, Mathilde Albert Schultz, Our Town |
| 2007 | Daniel MacIvor, Here Lies Henry | Tom McCamus, Thom Pain (based on nothing) Rick Roberts, John and Beatrice Kenneth Welsh, Leaving Home Ashley Wright, Of Mice and Men |
| 2008 | Joseph Ziegler, The Time of Your Life | Brent Carver, The Elephant Man Brian Dooley, The December Man John Jarvis, The Drawer Boy Julian Richings, The Palace of the End |
| 2009 | Waawaate Fobister, Agokwe | Hrant Alianak, House of Many Tongues Kevin Hanchard, Miss Julie: Freedom Summer Diego Matamoros, Travesties Philip Riccio, Festen |
| 2010 | Diego Matamoros, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Oliver Dennis, Parfumerie Paul Sun Hyung Lee, The Monster Under the Bed Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop Goes to War Pierre Simpson, Les Médecins de Molière |
| 2011 | Joseph Ziegler, Death of a Salesman | David Ferry, Blasted Sterling Jarvis, Ruined Ash Knight, Brothel #9 Diego Matamoros, Oleanna |
| 2012 | Nigel Shawn Williams, Topdog/Underdog | Kevin Hanchard, Topdog/Underdog Michael Healey, Clybourne Park Paul Sun Hyung Lee, Kim's Convenience Jim Mezon, RED |
| 2013 | Tom Rooney, Someone Else | Michael Dufays, Arigato, Tokyo Sterling Jarvis, The Whipping Man Tawiah M'carthy, Obaaberima Nigel Shawn Williams, Race |
| 2014 | Bruce Dow, Pig | Damien Atkins, Angels in America: Perestroika Oliver Dennis, The Norman Conquests Brendan Gall, Lungs Gregory Prest, Of Human Bondage |
| 2015 | Kawa Ada, Accidental Death of an Anarchist | Joe Cobden, An Enemy of the People Kevin Hanchard, The Mountaintop Jeff Irving, Tom at the Farm Jeff Lillico, Tom at the Farm |
| 2016 | Anand Rajaram, Mustard | Greg Gale, The Crackwalker Danny Ghantous, A Line in the Sand Sina Gilani, The 20th of November R. H. Thomson, You Will Remember Me |
| 2017 | André Sills, "Master Harold"...and the Boys | James Daly, "Master Harold"...and the Boys Daren Herbert, Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts I, II, III) Sugith Varughese, Little Pretty and the Exceptional Joseph Ziegler, The Last Wife |
| 2018 | Kim Coates, Jerusalem | Richard Clarkin, Confederation & Riel Oliver Dennis, A Delicate Balance David Storch, The Boy in the Moon Richard Zeppieri, Bang Bang |