The Best Actor Award is one of main awards of the Feature Film Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It is conferred on the best actor, or the best actors ex aequo.
Best Actor Award
Year Actor Film Original Title Country 2025 Àlex Brendemühl When a River Becomes the Sea Quan un riu esdevé el mar Spanish-German 2017 Alexander Yatsenko Arrhythmia Aritmiya Russia, Finland, Germany 2016 Szabolcs Hajdu It's Not the Time of My Life Ernelláék Farkaséknál Hungary 2015 Kryštof Hádek The Snake Brothers Kobry a užovky Czech Republic 20142014 awards at the official site Nahuel Pérez Biscayart All Yours Je suis à toi Belgium, Canada 2013 Ólafur Darri Ólafsson XL Iceland 2012 Henrik Rafaelsen (ex aequo) The Almost Man Mer eller mindre mann Norway Eryk Lubos (ex aequo) To Kill a Beaver Zabić bobra Poland 2011 David Morse Collaborator Canada, USA 2010 Mateusz Kościukiewicz (ex aequo) Mother Teresa of Cats Matka Teresa od kotów Poland Filip Garbacz (ex aequo) 2009 Olivier Gourmet (ex aequo) Angel at Sea Un ange à la mer Belgium, Canada Paul Giamatti (ex aequo) Cold Souls United States 2008 Jiří Mádl Night Owls Děti noci Czech Republic 2007 Sergej Puskepalis Simple Things Prostyje vešči Russia 2006 Andrzej Hudziak Several People, Little Time Parę osób, mały czas Poland 2005 Luca Zingaretti (ex aequo) Come into the Light Alla luce del sole Italy Uri Gavriel (ex aequo) What a Wonderful Place Eize makom nifla Israel 2004 Max Riemelt Before the Fall Napola Germany 2003 Björn Kjellman Old, New, Borrowed and Blue Se til venstre, der er en svensker Denmark 2002 William H. Macy Focus United States 2001 Sven Wollter A Song for Martin En sång för Martin Sweden 2000 Ian Hart (ex aequo) Aberdeen UK, Norway, Sweden Hamid Farokhnezad (ex aequo) The Bride of Fire Arous-e atash Iran 1999 Hilmar Thate Paths in the Night Wege in die Nacht Germany 1998 Olaf Lubaszenko Sekal Has to Die Je třeba zabít Sekala Czech Republic, Poland, France, Slovakia 1997 Bolek Polívka Forgotten Light Zapomenuté světlo Czech Republic 1996 Pierre Richard A Chef in Love Les 1001 recettes d´un cuisinier amoureux France, Georgia 1995 Ernst Hugo Jaregard The Kingdom Riget Denmark, Sweden, Germany 1994 Max von Sydow Time Is Money France 1992 Guy Pion Krapatchouk Spain, Belgium, France 1990 Andrey Smirnov Chernov Soviet Union 1988 Les Serdyuk Straw Bells Solomennye kolokola Soviet Union 1986 Leonid Filatov Chicherin Soviet Union 1984 Agustín González (ex aequo) Bicycles Are for the Summer Las bicicletas son para el verano Spain Om Puri (ex aequo) The Half Truth Ardh satya India 1982 Henry Fonda (ex aequo) On Golden Pond United States Donald Sutherland (ex aequo) Threshold Canada 19801980 awards at the official site Al Pacino (ex aequo) …And Justice for All United States Uelese Petaia (ex aequo) Sons for the Return Home New Zealand 19781978 awards at the official site Giuliano Gemma (ex aequo) I Am the Law Il prefetto di ferro Italy Peter Faber (ex aequo) Dokter Vlimmen Netherlands 19761976 awards at the official site Zygmunt Malanowicz (ex aequo) Jarosław Dąbrowski Poland Gheorghe Dinica (ex aequo) Through the Ashes of the Empire Prin cenuşa imperiului Romania 19741974 awards at the official site Antonio Ferrandis And the Others ¿…Y el prójimo? Spain 19721972 awards at the official site Ranjit Mallik Interview India 19701970 awards at the official site Mathieu Carrière The House of the Bories La maison des Bories France 19681968 awards at the official site Nikolai Plotnikhov Your Contemporary Tvoy sovremennik Soviet Union 1966 Naum Shopov Tsar and General Tsar i general Bulgaria Donatas Banionis Nobody Wanted to Die Nikto ne khotel umirat Soviet Union 19641964 awards at the official site Wieńczysław Gliński Echo Poland 19621962 awards at the official site Not conferred 19601960 awards at the official site Laurence Olivier (ex aequo) The Entertainer United Kingdom Erwin Geschonneck (ex aequo) Leute mit Flügel East Germany 1958 Maksim Shtraukh Stories about Lenin Rasskazy o Lenine Soviet Union 19571957 awards at the official site Not conferred 19561956 awards at the official site Günther Simon Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse East Germany 19541954 awards at the official site Charles Vanel On Trial L'affaire Maurizius France 19521952 awards at the official site Sergey Bondarchuk (ex aequo) Taras Shevchenko Soviet Union Pierre Fresnay (ex aequo) Monsieur Fabre France Jan Ciecierski (ex aequo) First Days Pierwsze dni Poland 19511951 awards at the official site František Smolík New Fighter Shall Arise Vstanou noví bojovníci Czechoslovakia Eduard von Winterstein Die Sonnenbrucks East Germany 1950 Not conferred 19491949 awards at the official site Alexander Borisov Akademik Ivan Pavlov Soviet Union 19481948 awards at the official site Not conferred
References
External links The official festival site / History