The Magritte Award for Most Promising Actor (French: Magritte du meilleur espoir masculin) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of a young actor who has delivered an outstanding breakthrough performance while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.
The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Joffrey Verbruggen receiving the award for his role in The Boat Race. As of the 2022 ceremony, Günter Duret is the most recent winner in this category for his role in Playground.
Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.
2010s YearActorEnglish titleOriginal title 2010(1st) Joffrey Verbruggen The Boat Race La Régate Jonas Bloquet Private Lessons Élève libre Amir Ben Abdelmoumen Oscar and the Lady in Pink Oscar et la Dame rose Martin Nissen Angel at Sea Un ange à la mer 2011(2nd) Thomas Doret The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo Romain David Black Ocean Noir océan David Murgia Bullhead Rundskop Martin Nissen The Giants Les Géants 2012(3rd) David Murgia Headfirst La Tête la première Cédric Constantin Torpedo Gael Maleux Mobile Home Martin Swabey Little Glory 2013(4th) Achille Ridolfi In the Name of the Son Au nom du fils Mehdi Dehbi The Bag of Flour Le Sac de farine Steve Driesen Landes Bent Simons Kid 2014(5th) Marc Zinga Scouting for Zebras Les Rayures du zèbre Corentin Lobet Playing Dead Je fais le mort Benjamin Ramon Tokyo Anyway Matteo Simoni Marina 2015(6th) Benjamin Ramon Être Arthur Bols Prejudice Romain Gelin The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament David Thielemans Chubby Bouboule 2016(7th) Yoann Blanc Man Overboard Un homme à la mer Lazare Gousseau Baden Baden Martin Nissen Welcome Home Pierre Olivier Nous quatre 2017(8th) Soufiane Chilah Blind Spot Dode Hoek Mistral Guidotti Home Baptiste Sornin Sonar Arieh Worthalter Past Imperfect Le Passé devant nous 2018(9th) Thomas Mustin The Royal Exchange L'Échange des princesses Basile Grunberger Our Struggles Nos batailles Baptiste Lalieu The Benefit of the Doubt Une Part d'ombre Matteo Salamone Mon Ket 2019(10th) Idir Ben Addi Young Ahmed Le Jeune Ahmed Baloji Binti François Neycken Escapada Jeremy Senez Three Days and a Life Trois jours et une vie
2020s YearActorEnglish titleOriginal title 2020/21(11th) Günter Duret Playground Un monde Roméo Elvis Mandibles Mandibules Basile Grunberger SpaceBoy Yoann Zimmer Home Front Des hommes 2022(12th) Eden Dambrine Close Gianni Guettaf Animals Gustav De Waele Close Pablo Schils Tori and Lokita Tori and Lokita 2023(13th) Lazare Gousseau The Experience of Love Le Syndrome des amours passées Amine Hamidou The Lost Boys Le Paradis N'Landu Lubansu The Lost Boys Le Paradis Yoann Zimmer Return to Seoul Retour à Séoul 2024(14th) Makenzy Lombet It's Raining in the House Il pleut dans la maison Amine Hamidou Amal Mehdi Khachachi Amal Lou Goossens Young Hearts 2025(15th) Maxi Delmelle Heads or Fails Aimer perdre Jules Delsart Adam's Interest L'intérêt d'Adam Ulysse Goffin We Believe You On vous croit Jef Jacobs Young Mothers Jeunes mères
References
External links Magritte Awards official website Magritte Award for Most Promising Actor at AlloCiné