Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Actor () to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Actor in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra. Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma. The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016.
Luc Picard received the most nominations in this category, six, and received one award. Gilbert Sicotte received three nominations and won everytime, becoming the actor with the most wins in this category. Paul Ahmarani and Olivier Gourmet jointly received the award for Congorama, making Ahmarani the first actor to win the award twice and Gourmet the first non-Canadian to win the award.
Natar Ungalaaq became the first indigenous actor to win the award for his performance in The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre). Les Boys III is the only film to receive three nominations in this category. Three actors were nominated multiple times for playing the same character: Marc Messier for Les Boys II and Les Boys III, Patrick Huard for Bon Cop, Bad Cop and Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 and Jean-Carl Boucher for 1981, 1987, 1991 and 1995.
Seven actors received nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor or Revelation of the Year in the same year: In 2002, Luc Picard won Best Actor for February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839) and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for The Woman Who Drinks (La femme qui boit). In 2008, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge was nominated for Best Actor for Nitro and Best Supporting Actor for The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons). In 2012, Mario Saint-Amand was nominated for Best Actor for Gerry and Best Supporting Actor for Coteau rouge. In 2020, Robin Aubert was nominated for Best Actor for Young Juliette (Jeune Juliette) and Best Supporting Actor for Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout). In 2023, Steve Laplante won Best Actor for Viking and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Babysitter. In 2024, Marc-André Grondin was nominated for Best Actor for The Successor (Le successeur) and won Best Supporting Actor for Richelieu. Also in 2024, Félix-Antoine Bénard received dual nominations for Best Actor and Revelation of the Year for his role in Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant).
1990s Year Actor Film Ref 1999 1st Jutra Awards Alexis Martin August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) "Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards". Northern Stars. Marc Messier Les Boys II "Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 1999. Marcel Sabourin Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) Dino Tavarone 2 Seconds (2 secondes)
2000s Year Actor Film Ref 2000 2nd Jutra Awards Gabriel Arcand Post Mortem Sébastien Huberdeau Sable Island (L'île de sable) "À la grandeur de la planète!". La Presse, January 27, 2000. Pierre Lebeau Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi) Luc Picard The Last Breath (Le dernier souffle) 2001 3rd Jutra Awards Paul Ahmarani The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La moitié gauche du frigo) François Papineau The Bottle (La bouteille) "Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Villeneuve's talking-fish flick leads pack of Quebec film award nominees". Montreal Gazette, January 24, 2001. David La Haye Full Blast Michel Côté Life After Love (La vie après l'amour) 2002 4th Jutra Awards Luc Picard February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839) Rémy Girard Les Boys III "Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced". Screen Daily, January 24, 2002. Patrick Huard Les Boys III David La Haye Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) Marc Messier Les Boys III Zinedine Soualem Tar Angel (L'ange de goudron) 2003 5th Jutra Awards Pierre Lebeau Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: Un homme et son péché) Paul Ahmarani The Marsh (Le Marais) John Griffin, "Seraphin leads with 9 Jutra nominations". Montreal Gazette, January 29, 2003. Roy Dupuis Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: Un homme et son péché) Patrice Robitaille Québec-Montréal 2004 6th Jutra Awards Serge Thériault Gaz Bar Blues Raymond Bouchard Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande Séduction) Odile Tremblay, "Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, January 22, 2004. Rémy Girard The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) Luc Picard 8:17 p.m. Darling Street (20h17 rue Darling) 2005 7th Jutra Awards Roy Dupuis Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) Michel Côté The Last Tunnel (Le dernier tunnel) Martin Bilodeau, "Ma vie en cinémascope domine les nominations des Jutra". Le Devoir, January 25, 2005. Guy Jodoin Dans une galaxie près de chez vous David La Haye Battle of the Brave (Nouvelle-France) 2006 8th Jutra Awards Marc-André Grondin C.R.A.Z.Y. Patrick Drolet The Novena (La neuvaine) Odile Tremblay, "Maurice Richard et C.R.A.Z.Y. dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, February 8, 2006. Roy Dupuis The Rocket (Maurice Richard) Luc Picard Audition (L'audition) 2007 9th Jutra Awards Paul Ahmarani Congorama Olivier Gourmet Congorama Marc Béland The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petit vengeance) Manon Dumais, "Canuel vs. Favreau aux Jutras". Voir, January 23, 2007. Colm Feore Bon Cop, Bad Cop Patrick Huard Bon Cop, Bad Cop Luc Picard A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) 2008 10th Jutra Awards Roy Dupuis Shake Hands with the Devil Marc Labrèche Days of Darkness (L'âge des ténèbres) Karl Filion, "Jutra 2008 : Les 3 p'tits cochons domine avec 13 nominations". Cinoche, February 6, 2008. Claude Legault The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge Nitro 2009 11th Jutra Awards Natar Ungalaaq The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Michel Côté Cruising Bar 2 Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009. Alexis Martin Le Banquet Vincent-Guillaume Otis Babine
2010s Year Actor Film Ref 2010 12th Jutra Awards Sébastien Ricard Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes) Jean-Carl Boucher 1981 "Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010. Michel Côté Father and Guns (De père en flic) Normand D'Amour 5150 Elm's Way (5150, rue des Ormes) Xavier Dolan I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) 2011 13th Jutra Awards Claude Legault 10½ Jay Baruchel The Trotsky "Neuf prix pour Incendies". Le Journal de Montréal, March 13, 2011. Emmanuel Bilodeau Curling Jacques Godin The Last Escape (La dernière fugue) François Papineau Route 132 2012 14th Jutra Awards Gilbert Sicotte The Salesman (Le vendeur) Mohamed Fellag Monsieur Lazhar Charles-Henri Ramond, "Prix Jutra 2012: voilà les nominations". Films du Québec, January 31, 2012. Patrick Huard Starbuck Charles Antoine Perreault A Life Begins (Une vie qui commence) Mario Saint-Amand Gerry 2013 15th Jutra Awards Julien Poulin Camion Ali Ammar Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013. Gabriel Arcand Karakara Marc-André Grondin L'Affaire Dumont Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon The Torrent (Le torrent) 2014 16th Jutra Awards Antoine Bertrand Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde) Gabriel Arcand The Dismantling (Le démantèlement) Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir, March 23, 2014. Alexandre Landry Gabrielle Marcel Sabourin Another House (L'autre maison) Isaka Sawadogo Diego Star 2015 17th Jutra Awards Antoine Olivier Pilon Mommy Walter Borden Gerontophilia Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2015 : les nominations". Films du Québec, January 26, 2015. Jean-Carl Boucher 1987 Guy Nadon Guardian Angel (L'ange gardien) Patrice Robitaille The Little Queen (La petite reine) 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards Gilbert Sicotte Paul à Québec Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016. Xavier Dolan Elephant Song Maxim Gaudette Our Loved Ones (Les êtres chers) Alexandre Landry Love in the Time of Civil War (L'amour au temps de la guerre civile) Paul Savoie The Diary of an Old Man (Le journal d'un vieil homme) 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards Gabriel Arcand A Kid (Le fils de Jean) Pat Mullen, "'It's Only the End of the World' Leads Quebec's Prix Iris Winners". Cinemablographer, June 4, 2017. Dane DeHaan Two Lovers and a Bear Antoine Olivier Pilon 1:54 Émile Schneider Where Atilla Passes (Là où Attila passe) Gaspard Ulliel It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards Christian Bégin Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) "Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 3, 2018. Jesse Camacho We're Still Together André Duchesne, "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations". La Presse, April 10, 2018. Patrick Huard Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Joey Klein We're Still Together Jean-Simon Leduc Family First (Chien de garde) 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards Martin Dubreuil For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Marc-André Lussier, "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l’année". La Presse, June 2, 2019. Jean-Carl Boucher 1991 Pierre-Luc Brillant The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) Patrick Hivon We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold) Théodore Pellerin Genesis (Genèse)
2020s Year Actor Film Ref 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards Gilbert Sicotte And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) Robin Aubert Young Juliette (Jeune Juliette) "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020. Marc-André Grondin Mafia Inc. Patrick Hivon A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère) Niels Schneider Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) 202123rd Quebec Cinema Awards Sébastien Ricard The Vinland Club (Le club Vinland) Réal Bossé The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin) Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021. Paul Doucet Our Own (Les nôtres) Patrick Hivon Mont Foster Antoine Olivier Pilon Target Number One 202224th Quebec Cinema Awards Vincent-Guillaume Otis Norbourg François Lévesque, "Hélène Florent aux oiseaux au Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, June 5, 2022. Sylvain Marcel Aline Charles-Henri Ramond, "Finalistes aux Prix Iris 2022". Films du Québec, April 14, 2022. Robert Naylor The Noise of Engines (Le bruit des moteurs) Patrice Robitaille A Revision (Une révision) Nguyen Thanh Tri The Greatest Country in the World (Le meilleur pays du monde) 202325th Quebec Cinema Awards Steve Laplante Viking Maxime Demers, "Le film «Viking», de Stéphane Lafleur, grand gagnant du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, December 10, 2023. Guillaume Cyr Family Game (Arseneault et fils) Maxime Demers, "Gala Québec Cinéma: le film «Viking» en tête des nominations". Le Journal de Montréal, November 14, 2023. Patrick Hivon Babysitter Henri Picard The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur) Luc Picard Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) 202426th Quebec Cinema Awards Théodore Pellerin Solo "Suivez notre couverture en direct du 26e Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, December 8, 2024. Félix-Antoine Bénard Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) "Vampire humaniste domine le Gala Québec Cinéma avec 22 nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, October 8, 2024. Jean-Carl Boucher 1995 Pierre-Yves Cardinal The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain) Marc-André Grondin The Successor (Le Successeur) 202527th Quebec Cinema Awards Patrick Hivon Peak Everything (Amour apocalypse) "Voici la liste des gagnants du Gala Québec Cinéma". TVA Nouvelles, December 7, 2025. Paul Ahmarani Who by Fire (Comme le feu) Fanny Bourel, "Une langue universelle en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Radio Canada International, October 7, 2025. Antoine Bertrand Miss Boots (Mlle Bottine) Félix-Antoine Duval Shepherds (Bergers) Gildor Roy Blue Sky Jo (La petite et le vieux)
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins