International Emmy Award for Best Actor

International Emmy Award for Best Actor
2023 recipient Martin Freeman
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
First awarded2005
Currently held byMartin Freeman,
The Responder (2023)
Websitewww.iemmys.tv

The International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor is an award presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) dedicated to for male performance from a program originally created for television.

Rules and Regulations

The International Emmy for Best Actor is awarded to a male performance in a made-for-television fiction program (i.e a telefilm, miniseries, telenovelas, drama series or comedy). Under International Academy rules, only performances from a program entered in the competition are eligible. The same performer can be featured for different productions, as separate submissions. More than one male performance from the same production may also be presented. A performer must appear for at least 10% of the total airtime of the featured episode to be eligible. If the performance is part of a series, only one episode must have its first broadcast within the listed eligibility dates.

History

The first recipient of the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor was French Thierry Frémont for his role in the telefilm Dans la tête du tueur, a co-production between the TF1 network and GMT Productions and directed by Claude-Michel Rome. British actor Ray Winstone won the following year for his role as Vincent Gallagher in the drama series Vincent, produced by Rebecca Hodgson and John Rushton, and aired on ITV.

In 2007, Dutch Pierre Bokma shares the prize with British actor Jim Broadbent for his performance in the BBC tv drama series The Street. In subsequent years the Emmy was awarded only to British actors: David Suchet won as Robert Maxwell in Maxwell, Ben Whishaw for its role in Criminal Justice, Bob Hoskins for The Street and Christopher Eccleston for Accused.

Argentine Darío Grandinetti won an Emmy in 2012 for his role as Mario in the miniseries Televisión por la inclusión, created by Bernarda Llorente and Claudio Villarruel. In 2013 Sean Bean won an International Emmy for playing a transvestite in BBC One drama series Accused. At the 2014 ceremony, best actor trophy went to Stephen Dillane for his role as Karl Roebuck in The Tunnel.

Dutch actor Maarten Heijmans has won the International Emmy for best actor for his portrayal as actor and singer Ramses Shaffy in the television series Ramses. Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman was named best actor at the 44th International Emmy Awards in 2016. Kenneth Branagh won the Emmy for Best Actor for his performance in BBC detective drama Wallender.

In 2018, Danish star Lars Mikkelsen won best performance by an actor for his role in the drama television series Ride Upon the Storm. Famous Turkish actor Haluk Bilginer won the best performance by an actor award for his performance in the TV series Şahsiyet.

The 13-year-old British actor Billy Barratt became the youngest person to win an International Emmy award.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Recipient Character English title Original title Country
2005
Thierry Frémont Francis Heaulme Murder in Mind Dans la tête du tueur  France
David Walliams Multiple characters Little Britain  United Kingdom
Rhys Ifans Peter Cook Not Only But Always
Douglas Silva Acerola City of Men Cidade dos Homens  Brazil
2006
Ray Winstone Vincent Gallagher Vincent  United Kingdom
Bernard Farcy Charles de Gaulle Le Grand Charles  France
Bernard Hill David Blunkett A Very Social Secretary  United Kingdom
Lin Shen Feng Qi The Confession of Feng Qi  People's Republic of China
2007
Jim Broadbent Stan McDermott The Street  United Kingdom
Pierre Bokma Peter van der Laan The Chosen One De uitverkorene  Netherlands
Bobby Au-yeung Chai Foon-Cheung Dicey Business 賭場風雲 / Dǔchǎng fēngyún  Hong Kong
Lázaro Ramos Foguinho Snakes & Lizards Cobras & Lagartos  Brazil
Guo Jiaming Xiao Yang My Own Private Deutschland 我自己的德意志 / Wo zi ji de de yi zhi  People's Republic of China
2008
David Suchet Robert Maxwell Maxwell  United Kingdom
Pedro Cardoso Agostinho Carrara The Big Family A Grande Família  Brazil
Karl Markovics Franz Fuchs Franz Fuchs - A Patriot Franz Fuchs – Ein Patriot  Austria
Cheng-yang Wang Liu Yishou The I-go King and His Son  People's Republic of China
2009
Ben Whishaw Ben Coulter Criminal Justice  United Kingdom
Oscar Olivares Antonia Salgado Capadocia  Mexico
Robert de Hoog Frankie Skin  Netherlands
Li Chen Liu Wu Ultimate Rescue 极限救援 / Jíxiàn jiùyuán  People's Republic of China

2010s

Year Recipient Character English title Original title Country
2010
Bob Hoskins Paddy Gargan The Street  United Kingdom
Sebastian Koch Wolf Larsen Sea Wolf Der Seewolf  Germany
Sid Lucero Alfred "Red" Ramirez Dahil May Isang Ikaw  Philippines
Leonardo Sbaraglia The killer Epitafios  Argentina
2011
Christopher Eccleston Willy Houlihan Accused  United Kingdom
Fábio Assunção Herivelto Martins Songs of Betrayal Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor  Brazil
Jang Hyuk Lee Dae-gil The Slave Hunters 추노 / Chuno  South Korea
Michael Nyqvist Mikael Blomkvist Millennium  Sweden
2012
Darío Grandinetti Mario Televisión por la inclusión  Argentina
Arthur Acuña Harry Shaw The Kitchen Musical  Singapore
Jason Isaacs Jackson Brodie Case Histories  United Kingdom
Stein Winge Frank Norwegian Cozy Koselig med peis  Norway
Zhu Yawen Gao Zhihang Flying Eagle 远去的飞鹰 / Yuǎn qù de fēi yīng  People's Republic of China
2013
Sean Bean Simon Gaskell/Tracie Tremarco Accused  United Kingdom
Heino Ferch Richard Brock Anatomy of Revenge Spuren des Bösen  Germany
Marcos Palmeira Mandrake Mandrake  Brazil
Shinichi Tsutsumi Yasuo ichikawa Yasu – A Single Father’s Story  Japan
2014
Stephen Dillane Karl Roebuck The Tunnel  United Kingdom
Claude Legault Benoît "Ben" Chartier 19-2  Canada
Pablo Rago Sgto. Farías Televisión por la Justicia  Argentina
Wu Xiubo Cheng Ying The Orphan of Zhao 趙氏孤兒案 / Zhào shì gū'ér àn  People's Republic of China
2015
Maarten Heijmans Ramses Shaffy Ramses  Netherlands
Engin Akyurek Ömer Demir Black Money Love Kara Para Aşk  Turkey
Emílio de Mello Dr. Carlo Antonini Psi  Brazil
Rafe Spall Joe Potter Black Mirror: "White Christmas"  United Kingdom
2016
Dustin Hoffman Mr Henry Hoppy Roald Dahl's Esio Trot  United Kingdom
Alexandre Nero Romero Rômulo Rules of the Game A Regra do Jogo  Brazil
Florian Stetter Hans Pippig Naked Among Wolves Nackt unter Wölfen  Germany
James Wen Chen Kun Hua Echoes of Time  Singapore
2017
Kenneth Branagh Inspector Kurt Wallander Wallander  United Kingdom
Júlio Andrade Cadu One Against All 1 Contra Todos  Brazil
Zanjoe Marudo Victor Maalaala Mo Kaya  Philippines
Kad Merad Philippe Rickwaert Baron Noir  France
2018
Lars Mikkelsen Johannes Krogh Ride Upon the Storm Herrens Veje  Denmark
Júlio Andrade Cadu One Against All 1 Contra Todos  Brazil
Billy Campbell Det. John Cardinal Cardinal  Canada
Tolga Sarıtaş Yavuz Karasu Söz  Turkey
2019
Haluk Bilginer Agâh Beyoglu Şahsiyet  Turkey
Christopher Eccleston Greg Farrell Come Home  United Kingdom
Raphael Logam Evandro do Dendê Impure Impuros  Brazil
Jannis Niewöhner Robert "Beat" Schlag Beat  Germany

2020s

Year Recipient Character English title Original title Country
2020
Billy Barratt Ray Responsible Child  United Kingdom
Guido Caprino Pietro Bosco 1994  Italy
Raphael Logam Evandro do Dendê Impure Impuros  Brazil
Arjun Mathur Karan Mehra Made in Heaven  India
2021
David Tennant Dennis Nilsen Des  United Kingdom
Roy Nik Noam Ashkenazi Normali  Israel
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Ayyan Mani Serious Men  India
Christian Tappan Jaime Molina The Great Heist El robo del siglo  Colombia
2022
Dougray Scott Ray Lennox Irvine Welsh's Crime  United Kingdom
Sverrir Gudnason Kurt Haijby A Royal Secret En Kunglig Affär  Sweden
Scoot McNairy D.E.A Special Agent Walt Breslin Narcos: Mexico  Mexico
Lee Sun-kyun Sewon Koh Dr. Brain Dr. 브레인 / Dr. Beurein  South Korea
2023
Martin Freeman Chris Carson The Responder  United Kingdom
Gustavo Bassani José Pérez / Yosi Yosi, the Regretful Spy Iosi, el espía arrepentido  Argentina
Jonas Karlsson Tommy Riding in Darkness Nattryttarna  Sweden
Jim Sarbh Dr. Homi J. Bhabha Rocket Boys  India

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