Silver Shell for Best Actor

The Silver Shell for Best Actor (Spanish: Concha de Plata a la Mejor Interpretacion Masculina; Basque: Aktore onenaren Zilarrezko Maskorra) was one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival to the Best Actor of a competing film. The last of this award was given out in 2020, after which it was replaced with a gender-neutral Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance and Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance the following year.

Award winners YearActor(s)Film title1953Francisco RabalThere's a Road on the Right1954Enrique Alvarez DiosdadoViento del norte1956Otto Eduard HasseCanaris (Foreign Film)Alberto ClosasWe're All Necessary (Spanish Film) 1957Charles VanelBurning Fuse1958Kirk DouglasThe VikingsJames StewartVertigo1959Adolfo MarsillachSalto a la Gloria (Leap to Fame)1960Richard AttenboroughLeague of GentlemanJack HawkinsBryan ForbesRoger LiveseyNigel Patrick1961Gert Fröbe1962Peter SellersThe Waltz of the Toreadors1963Jack LemmonDays of Wine and Roses1964Richard AttenboroughSéance on a Wet Afternoon Maurice BiraudLes Aventures de Salavin 1965Marcello MastroianniCasanova 701966Frank FinlayOthello1967John MillsThe Family WayMaurice RonetLe Scandale 1968Sidney PoitierFor Love of IvyClaude RichJe t’aime, je t’aime1969Nicol WilliamsonLaughter in the Dark1970Innokenti SmoktounovskyTchaikovskyZoltán LatinovitsUtazás a koponyám körül 1971Vittorio GassmanBrancaleone at the Crusades1972Fernando ReyLa dudaTopolFollow Me!1973Lino VenturaHappy New YearGiancarlo GianniniSono stato io 1974Martin SheenBadlands1975Al PacinoDog Day Afternoon 1976Zdzisław KozieńSkazany1977Héctor AlterioA un dios desconocido1978José SacristánUn hombre llamado Flor de Otoño1979Nelson VillagraPrisioneros desaparecidos1985Piotr SiwkiewiczYesterday1986Ernesto Gómez CruzThe Realm of Fortune1987Imanol AriasEl Lute: Run for Your Life 1988Fernando ReyScent of a CrimeWinter Diary1989Ari BeryTusztorténet1990Mulie JarjuLetters from Alou1991Silu SeppäläZombie and the Ghost Train1992Roberto SosaHighway Patrolman1993Juan EchanoveMadregilda1994Javier BardemDías contadosEl detective y la muerte 1995Nicolas CageLeaving Las Vegas1996Michael CaineBlood and Wine1997Federico LuppiMartín (Hache)1998Ian McKellenGods and Monsters1999Jacques DufilhoC'est quoi la vie? 2000Gianfranco BreroTinta Roja 2001Düzgün AyhanEscape to Paradise2002Liu PeiqiHan Ni Zai Yiki2003Luis TosarTe Doy Mis Ojos2004Ulrich ThomsenBrødre2005Juan José Ballesta7 vírgenes2006Juan DiegoVete de mí2007Henry OA Thousand Years of Good Prayers2008Oscar MartínezEl nido vacío2009Pablo PinedaYo, también2010Conor McCarronNeds2011Antonis Kafetzopoulos Unfair World2012José SacristánThe Dead Man and Being Happy2013Jim BroadbentLe Week-End2014Javier GutiérrezMarshland2015Ricardo DarinTrumanJavier Cámara 2016Eduard Fernández Smoke & Mirrors2017Bogdan DumitrachePororoca2018Darío GrandinettiRojo2019Bukassa KabengelePacified2020Mads MikkelsenAnother RoundThomas Bo Larsen Magnus MillangLars Ranthe

Silver Shell for Best Actor

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