The International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS). It honors outstanding male performances in programs originally created for television and initially produced and aired outside the United States.
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, telenovela, drama series, or comedy). According to International Academy rules, only performances from a program entered into the competition are eligible. The same performer may be submitted for different productions as separate entries. More than one male performance from the same production may also be submitted.
To qualify, a performer must appear in at least 10% of the total airtime of the submitted episode. If the performance is part of a series, only one episode needs to have had 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 actor Thierry Frémont for his role in the telefilm Dans la tête du tueur, a co-production between the TF1 network and GMT Productions, 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 actor Pierre Bokma shared 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 exclusively to British actors: David Suchet won for portraying Robert Maxwell in Maxwell; Ben Whishaw for his role in Criminal Justice; Bob Hoskins for The Street; and Christopher Eccleston for Accused.
Argentine actor 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 the BBC One drama series Accused. At the 2014 ceremony, the Best Actor trophy went to Stephen Dillane for his role as Karl Roebuck in The Tunnel.
Dutch actor Maarten Heijmans won the International Emmy for Best Actor for his portrayal of actor and singer Ramses Shaffy in the television series Ramses. Academy Award-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 the 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 role in the TV series Şahsiyet.
The thirteen-year-old British actor Billy Barratt made history by becoming the youngest person ever to win an International Emmy Award at the 2020 ceremony.
Winners and nominees 2000s Year Recipient Character English title Original title Country2005 Thierry Frémont Francis Heaulme Murder in Mind Dans la tête du tueur David Walliams Multiple characters Little Britain Rhys Ifans Peter Cook Not Only But Always Douglas Silva Acerola City of Men Cidade dos Homens 2006 Ray Winstone Vincent Gallagher Vincent Bernard Farcy Charles de Gaulle Le Grand Charles Bernard Hill David Blunkett A Very Social Secretary Lin Shen Feng Qi The Confession of Feng Qi 2007 Jim Broadbent Stan McDermott The Street Pierre Bokma Peter van der LaanThe Chosen One De uitverkorene Bobby Au-yeung Chai Foon-Cheung Dicey Business 賭場風雲 / Dǔchǎng fēngyún Lázaro Ramos Foguinho Snakes & Lizards Cobras & Lagartos Guo Jiaming Xiao Yang My Own Private Deutschland 我自己的德意志 / Wo zi ji de de yi zhi 2008 David Suchet Robert Maxwell Maxwell Pedro Cardoso Agostinho Carrara The Big Family A Grande Família Karl Markovics Franz Fuchs Franz Fuchs - A Patriot Franz Fuchs – Ein Patriot Cheng-yang Wang Liu Yishou The I-go King and His Son 2009 Ben Whishaw Ben Coulter Criminal Justice Oscar Olivares Antonia SalgadoCapadocia Robert de Hoog Frankie Skin Li Chen Liu Wu Ultimate Rescue 极限救援 / Jíxiàn jiùyuán
2010s Year Recipient Character English title Original title Country2010 Bob Hoskins Paddy Gargan The Street Sebastian Koch Wolf Larsen Sea Wolf Der Seewolf Sid Lucero Alfred "Red" Ramirez Dahil May Isang Ikaw Leonardo Sbaraglia The killer Epitafios 2011 Christopher Eccleston Willy Houlihan Accused Fábio Assunção Herivelto Martins Songs of Betrayal Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor Jang Hyuk Lee Dae-gil The Slave Hunters 추노 / Chuno Michael Nyqvist Mikael Blomkvist Millennium 2012 Darío Grandinetti Mario Televisión por la inclusión Arthur Acuña Harry Shaw The Kitchen Musical Jason Isaacs Jackson Brodie Case Histories Stein Winge Frank Norwegian Cozy Koselig med peis Zhu Yawen Gao Zhihang Flying Eagle 远去的飞鹰 / Yuǎn qù de fēi yīng 2013 Sean Bean Simon Gaskell/Tracie Tremarco Accused Heino Ferch Richard Brock Anatomy of Revenge Spuren des Bösen Marcos Palmeira Mandrake Mandrake Shinichi Tsutsumi Yasuo ichikawa Yasu – A Single Father’s Story 2014 Stephen Dillane Karl Roebuck The Tunnel Claude Legault Benoît "Ben" Chartier 19-2 Pablo Rago Sgto. Farías Televisión por la Justicia Wu Xiubo Cheng Ying The Orphan of Zhao 趙氏孤兒案 / Zhào shì gū'ér àn 2015 Maarten Heijmans Ramses Shaffy Ramses Engin Akyurek Ömer Demir Black Money Love Kara Para Aşk Emílio de Mello Dr. Carlo Antonini Psi Rafe Spall Joe PotterBlack Mirror: "White Christmas" 2016 Dustin HoffmanMr Henry Hoppy Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Alexandre Nero Romero Rômulo Rules of the Game A Regra do Jogo Florian Stetter Hans Pippig Naked Among Wolves Nackt unter Wölfen James Wen Chen Kun Hua Echoes of Time 2017 Kenneth Branagh Inspector Kurt Wallander Wallander Júlio Andrade Cadu One Against All 1 Contra Todos Zanjoe Marudo Victor Maalaala Mo Kaya Kad Merad Philippe Rickwaert Baron Noir 2018 Lars MikkelsenJohannes Krogh Ride Upon the Storm Herrens Veje Júlio Andrade Cadu One Against All 1 Contra Todos Billy Campbell Det. John Cardinal Cardinal Tolga Sarıtaş Yavuz Karasu Söz 2019 Haluk Bilginer Agâh Beyoglu Şahsiyet Christopher Eccleston Greg Farrell Come Home Raphael Logam Evandro do Dendê Impure Impuros Jannis Niewöhner Robert "Beat" Schlag Beat
2020s Year Recipient Character English title Original title Country2020 Billy Barratt Ray Responsible Child Guido Caprino Pietro Bosco 1994 Raphael Logam Evandro do Dendê Impure Impuros Arjun Mathur Karan Mehra Made in Heaven 2021 David Tennant Dennis Nilsen Des Roy Nik Noam Ashkenazi Normali Nawazuddin Siddiqui Ayyan Mani Serious Men Christian Tappan Jaime Molina The Great Heist El robo del siglo 2022 Dougray Scott Ray Lennox Irvine Welsh's Crime Sverrir Gudnason Kurt Haijby A Royal Secret En Kunglig Affär Scoot McNairy D.E.A Special Agent Walt Breslin Narcos: Mexico Lee Sun-kyun Sewon Koh Dr. Brain Dr. 브레인 / Dr. Beurein 2023 Martin Freeman Chris Carson The Responder Gustavo Bassani José Pérez / Yosi Yosi, the Regretful Spy Iosi, el espía arrepentido Jonas Karlsson Tommy Riding in Darkness Nattryttarna Jim Sarbh Dr. Homi J. Bhabha Rocket Boys 2024 Timothy Spall Peter Farquhar The Sixth Commandment Haluk Bilginer Agâh Beyoğlu Şahsiyet Laurent Lafitte Bernard Tapie Class Act Tapie Júlio Andrade Herbert Jose "Betinho" de Souza Living on a Razor's Edge Betinho: No Fio da Navalha 2025 Oriol Pla Javier Giner I, Addict Yo, adicto Diljit Dosanjh Amar Singh Chamkila Amar Singh Chamkila David Mitchell Ludwig and James Taylor Ludwig Diego Vásquez José Arcadio Buendía One Hundred Years of Solitude Cien años de soledad 2026 Javier Cámara Joserra Jakarta Yakarta Ricardo Darín Juan Salvo The Eternaut El eternauta Ian Roberts Dan Hart A Kind of Madness Bobby Schofield Joe Mitchell Unforgivable
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