Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actor () to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Supporting 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.
Rémy Girard received the most nominations in this category, five, but didn't win any. Jean Lapointe and Luc Picard are the only actors to win this award twice. Two non-Canadian actors won the award: Serge Kanyinda for War Witch (Rebelle) and Sergio Castellitto for Mafia Inc., the former becoming the first black actor to win the award. At the 2024 ceremony, Steve Laplante became the first actor to receive two acting nominations in the same category.
Six actors received nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor 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.
1990s Year Actor Film Ref 1999 1st Jutra Awards Colm Feore The Red Violin (Le violon rouge) "Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards". Northern Stars. Claude Blanchard Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) "Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 1999. Denis Bouchard It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) Rémy Girard Les Boys II
2000s Year Actor Film Ref 2000 2nd Jutra Awards Julien Poulin The Last Breath (Le dernier souffle) Jean-Pierre Bergeron The Big Snake of the World (Le grand serpent du monde) "À la grandeur de la planète!". La Presse, January 27, 2000. Gary Boudreault Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi) Yves Jacques Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes) 2001 3rd Jutra Awards David Boutin Hochelaga Patrick Huard Life After Love (La vie après l'amour) "Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Villeneuve's talking-fish flick leads pack of Quebec film award nominees". Montreal Gazette, January 24, 2001. Julien Poulin Heaven (Le petit ciel) Donald Sutherland The Art of War 2002 4th Jutra Awards Emmanuel Bilodeau Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) Rabah Aït Ouyahia Tar Angel (L'ange de goudron) "Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced". Screen Daily, January 24, 2002. Pierre Lebeau Les Boys III Luc Picard The Woman Who Drinks (La femme qui boit) 2003 5th Jutra Awards Luc Picard The Collector (Le collectionneur) Rémy Girard Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: Un homme et son péché) Martin Bilodeau, "Télévision - La Grande Nuit du cinéma". Le Devoir, February 22, 2003. Dominic Darceuil Inside (Histoire de pen) Benoît Gouin Québec-Montréal 2004 6th Jutra Awards Pierre Collin Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande Séduction) Benoît Brière 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. Pierre Curzi The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) Sébastien Delorme Gaz Bar Blues 2005 7th Jutra Awards Jean Lapointe The Last Tunnel (Le dernier tunnel) Emmanuel Bilodeau Love and Magnets (Les aimants) Martin Bilodeau, "Ma vie en cinémascope domine les nominations des Jutra". Le Devoir, January 25, 2005. Stéphane Crête Dans une galaxie près de chez vous Serge Postigo Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) 2006 8th Jutra Awards Michel Côté C.R.A.Z.Y. Denis Bernard Audition (L'audition) Odile Tremblay, "Maurice Richard et C.R.A.Z.Y. dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, February 8, 2006. Pierre-Luc Brillant C.R.A.Z.Y. Alexis Martin Audition (L'audition) 2007 9th Jutra Awards Gabriel Arcand Congorama Gabriel Gascon The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance) Manon Dumais, "Canuel vs. Favreau aux Jutras". Voir, January 23, 2007. Pierre Lebeau Bon Cop, Bad Cop Gilles Renaud The Secret Life of Happy People (La vie secrète des gens heureux) 2008 10th Jutra Awards Réal Bossé Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) Emmanuel Bilodeau Bluff Karl Filion, "Jutra 2008 : Les 3 p'tits cochons domine avec 13 nominations". Cinoche, February 6, 2008. Paul Doucet The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) 2009 11th Jutra Awards Normand D'Amour Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) Gabriel Arcand Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009. Daniel Brière It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure !) Luc Picard Babine
2010s Year Actor Film Ref 2010 12th Jutra Awards Maxim Gaudette Polytechnique Normand Daneau Suzie "Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010. Rémy Girard Father and Guns (De père en flic) Stephen McHattie The Timekeeper Dimitri Storoge Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes) 2011 13th Jutra Awards Jean Lapointe Crying Out (À l'origine d'un cri) Martin Dubreuil 7 Days (Les sept jours du talion) "Neuf prix pour Incendies". Le Journal de Montréal, March 13, 2011. Yves Jacques The Last Escape (La dernière fugue) Alexis Martin Route 132 Gérard Poirier Stay with Me (Reste avec moi) 2012 14th Jutra Awards Émilien Néron Monsieur Lazhar Antoine Bertrand Thrill of the Hills (Frisson des collines) Charles-Henri Ramond, "Prix Jutra 2012: voilà les nominations". Films du Québec, January 31, 2012. Nicolas Canuel La Run François Papineau A Life Begins (Une vie qui commence) Mario Saint-Amand Coteau rouge 2013 15th Jutra Awards Serge Kanyinda War Witch (Rebelle) Joey Klein The Girl in the White Coat "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013. Guy Nadon The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life (Les Pee-Wee 3D: L'hiver qui a changé ma vie) Sébastien Ricard Before My Heart Falls (Avant que mon cœur bascule) Gildor Roy Ésimésac 2014 16th Jutra Awards Guillaume Cyr Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde) Normand Daoust Fair Sex (Les manèges humains) Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir, March 23, 2014. Benoît Gouin Gabrielle Vincent-Guillaume Otis Gabrielle Gilles Renaud The Dismantling (Le démantèlement) 2015 17th Jutra Awards Pierre-Yves Cardinal Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) Robin Aubert Miraculum Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2015 : les nominations". Films du Québec, January 26, 2015. Patrick Hivon Guardian Angel (L'ange gardien) Francis La Haye You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Stephen McHattie Meetings with a Young Poet 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards Irdens Exantus My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre) Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016. Salim Kechiouche Noir Jean-Simon Leduc Love in the Time of Civil War (L'amour au temps de la guerre civile) Tony Nardi Corbo Luzer Twersky Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards Luc Picard Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes) Pat Mullen, "'It's Only the End of the World' Leads Quebec's Prix Iris Winners". Cinemablographer, June 4, 2017. Guillaume Cyr The New Life of Paul Sneijder (La nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder) Martin Dubreuil Shambles (Maudite poutine) Tony Nardi Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes) Simon Pigeon Prank 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards Emmanuel Schwartz Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) "Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 3, 2018. Jahmil French Boost André Duchesne, "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations". La Presse, April 10, 2018. Robert Morin Tuktuq Guy Thauvette Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Anthony Therrien Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards Robin Aubert A Colony (Une colonie) Marc-André Lussier, "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l’année". La Presse, June 2, 2019. Pier-Luc Funk Genesis (Genèse) Vincent Leclerc The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain) Alexandre Nachi 1991 Henri Picard For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)
2020s Year Actor Film Ref 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards Sergio Castellitto Mafia Inc. Robin Aubert Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout) "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020. Pier-Luc Funk Matthias & Maxime Sasson Gabai A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère) Rémy Girard And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) 202123rd Quebec Cinema Awards Théodore Pellerin Underground (Souterrain) Normand D'Amour Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu) Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021. Rémy Girard The Vinland Club (Le club Vinland) James Hyndman Underground (Souterrain) Robin L'Houmeau Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu) 202224th Quebec Cinema Awards Claude Legault Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) François Lévesque, "Hélène Florent aux oiseaux au Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, June 5, 2022. Guillaume Cyr The Time Thief (L’arracheuse de temps) Marc-André Lussier, "Maria Chapdelaine et Les oiseaux ivres en lice pour 16 prix Iris chacun". La Presse, April 14, 2022. Martin Dubreuil Maria Chapdelaine Rabah Aït Ouyahia A Revision (Une révision) Émile Schneider Maria Chapdelaine 202325th Quebec Cinema Awards Charles-Aubey Houde The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Maxime Demers, "Le film «Viking», de Stéphane Lafleur, grand gagnant du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, December 10, 2023. Maxime de Cotret The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023". CTVM, November 14, 2023. Denis Houle Viking Steve Laplante Babysitter Guy Nadon One Summer (Le temps d'un été) 202426th Quebec Cinema Awards Marc-André Grondin Richelieu "Suivez notre couverture en direct du 26e Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, December 8, 2024. Martin Dubreuil Kanaval "Vampire humaniste domine le Gala Québec Cinéma avec 22 nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, October 8, 2024. Steve Laplante Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) Steve Laplante The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain) Francis-William Rhéaume The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain) 202527th Quebec Cinema Awards Mani Soleymanlou Universal Language (Une langue universelle) "Voici la liste des gagnants du Gala Québec Cinéma". TVA Nouvelles, December 7, 2025. Alexis Martin Vile & Miserable (Vil & Misérable) Fanny Bourel, "Une langue universelle en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Radio Canada International, October 7, 2025. Vincent-Guillaume Otis Blue Sky Jo (La petite et le vieux) François Papineau You Are Not Alone (Vous n'êtes pas seuls) Gilles Renaud Peak Everything (Amour apocalypse)
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins Wins Actor 2 Jean Lapointe Luc Picard
Three or more nominations Nominations Actor 5 Rémy Girard 4 Martin Dubreuil Luc Picard 3 Robin Aubert Emmanuel Bilodeau Guillaume Cyr Alexis Martin Gilles Renaud
Combined totals for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Revelation of the Year
Multiple wins