International Emmy Award for Best Actor


The International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor is a category of the International Emmy Awards, held since 2005 and which awards actors outside the United States.

History

The first actor awarded the International Emmy was Frenchman Thierry Frémont for his performance in the television movie Dans la tête du tueur. In 2006, the British Ray Winstone was awarded the statuette for his role as Vincent Gallagher in Vincent, an ITV drama series. At the 2007 awards ceremony, the British Jim Broadbent won the award with the Dutch Pierre Bokma.
David Suchet won the Emmy in 2008 for his performance as Robert Maxwell in Maxwell, a telefilm directed by Colin Barr. In 2009, Ben Whishaw was awarded for his role in Criminal Justice, a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2008.
In 2010, the award winning Bob Hoskins won the International Emmy for his performance in The Street, a British television drama series created by Jimmy McGovern and directed by David Blair. This was the penultimate work of Hoskins on TV.
Christopher Eccleston won the award the following year for his role in Accused, a television anthology series created by Jimmy McGovern. In 2012, Darío Grandinetti became the first actor in Latin America awarded an Emmy Award.
Sean Bean won in 2013 for his work in BBC One drama series Accused. In 2014, Stephen Dillane wins for his role as a veteran British detective in the Anglo-French crime drama The Tunnel.
In 2016, Dustin Hoffman snagged the best actor award for playing Mr. Hoppy in the BBC's Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, an adaptation of the Dahl novel.

Winners

YearWinnerProgramCountry
2005Thierry FrémontDans la tête du tueur
2005David WalliamsLittle Britain
2005Douglas SilvaCidade dos Homens
2005Rhys IfansNot Only But Always
2006Ray WinstoneVincent
2006Bernard FarcyLe Grand Charles
2006Bernard HillA Very Social Secretary
2006Lin ShenThe Confession of Feng Qi
2007Pierre BokmaDe uitverkorene
2007Jim BroadbentThe Street
2007Bobby Au-yeungDicey Business
2007Lázaro RamosCobras & Lagartos
2008David SuchetMaxwell
2008Pedro CardosoA Grande Família
2008Karl MarkovicsFranz Fuchs – A Patriot
2008Wang ChengyangThei-Go King and His Son
2009Ben WhishawCriminal Justice
2009Oscar OlivaresCapadocia
2009Robert de HoogSkin
2009Li ChenUltimate Rescue
2010Bob HoskinsThe Street
2010Sebastian KochSea Wolf
2010Sid LuceroDahil May Isang Ikaw
2010Leonardo SbaragliaEpitafios
2011Christopher EcclestonAccused
2011Fábio Assunção'
2011Jang HyukThe Slave Hunters
2011Michael NyqvistMillennium
2012Darío GrandinettiTelevisión por la inclusión
2012Arthur AcuñaThe Kitchen Musical
2012Jason IsaacsCase Histories
2012Stein WingeNorwegian Cozy
2012Zhu YawenFlying Eagle
2013Sean BeanAccused
2013Heino FerchAnatomy of Revenge
2013Marcos PalmeiraMandrake
2013Shinichi TsutsumiYasu - A Single Father's Story
2014Stephen DillaneThe Tunnel
2014Claude Legault19-2
2014Pablo RagoSantos y pecadores
2014Wu XiuboThe Orphan of Zhao
2015Maarten HeijmansRamses
2015Engin AkyurekKara Para Aşk
2015Emílio de MelloPsi
2015Rafe SpallBlack Mirror
2016Dustin HoffmanRoald Dahl's Esio Trot
2016Alexandre NeroRules of The Game
2016Florian StetterNaked Among Wolves
2016James WenEchoes of Time
2017Kenneth BranaghWallander
2017Júlio Andrade1 Contra Todos
2017Zanjoe MarudoMaalaala Mo Kaya
2017Kad MeradBaron Noir
2018Lars MikkelsenRide Upon the Storm
2018Júlio Andrade1 Contra Todos
2018Billy CampbellCardinal
2018Tolga SarıtaşSöz
2019Haluk Bilginer'Şahsiyet
2019Christopher EcclestonCome Home
2019Raphael LogamImpuros
2019Jannis NiewöhnerBeat''


Multiple wins

;Most awards won by a country
NumberCountry
10
2