| Year |
Actor |
Film |
Original Title |
Country
|
| 2017 |
Alexander Yatsenko |
Arrhythmia |
Aritmiya |
Russia, Finland, Germany
|
| 2016 |
Szabolcs Hajdu |
It's Not the Time of My Life |
Ernelláék Farkaséknál |
Hungary
|
| 2015 |
Kryštof Hádek |
The Snake Brothers |
Kobry a užovky |
Czech Republic
|
| 2014 |
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart |
All Yours |
Je suis à toi |
Belgium, Canada
|
| 2013 |
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson |
XL |
Iceland
|
| 2012 |
Henrik Rafaelsen (ex aequo) |
The Almost Man |
Mer eller mindre mann |
Norway
|
| Eryk Lubos (ex aequo) |
To Kill a Beaver |
Zabić bobra |
Poland
|
| 2011 |
David Morse |
Collaborator |
Canada, USA
|
| 2010 |
Mateusz Kościukiewicz (ex aequo) |
Mother Teresa of Cats |
Matka Teresa od kotów |
Poland
|
| Filip Garbacz (ex aequo)
|
| 2009 |
Olivier Gourmet (ex aequo) |
Angel at Sea |
Un ange à la mer |
Belgium, Canada
|
| Paul Giamatti (ex aequo) |
Cold Souls |
United States
|
| 2008 |
Jiří Mádl |
Night Owls |
Děti noci |
Czech Republic
|
| 2007 |
Sergej Puskepalis |
Simple Things |
Prostyje vešči |
Russia
|
| 2006 |
Andrzej Hudziak |
Several People, Little Time |
Parę osób, mały czas |
Poland
|
| 2005 |
Luca Zingaretti (ex aequo) |
Come into the Light |
Alla luce del sole |
Italy
|
| Uri Gavriel (ex aequo) |
What a Wonderful Place |
Eize makom nifla |
Israel
|
| 2004 |
Max Riemelt |
Before the Fall |
Napola |
Germany
|
| 2003 |
Björn Kjellman |
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue |
Se til venstre, der er en svensker |
Denmark
|
| 2002 |
William H. Macy |
Focus |
United States
|
| 2001 |
Sven Wollter |
A Song for Martin |
En sång för Martin |
Sweden
|
| 2000 |
Ian Hart (ex aequo) |
Aberdeen |
UK, Norway, Sweden
|
| Hamid Farokhnezad (ex aequo) |
The Bride of Fire |
Arous-e atash |
Iran
|
| 1999 |
Hilmar Thate |
Paths in the Night |
Wege in die Nacht |
Germany
|
| 1998 |
Olaf Lubaszenko |
Sekal Has to Die |
Je třeba zabít Sekala |
Czech Republic, Poland, France, Slovakia
|
| 1997 |
Bolek Polívka |
Forgotten Light |
Zapomenuté světlo |
Czech Republic
|
| 1996 |
Pierre Richard |
A Chef in Love |
Les 1001 recettes d´un cuisinier amoureux |
France, Georgia
|
| 1995 |
Ernst Hugo Jaregard |
The Kingdom |
Riget |
Denmark, Sweden, Germany
|
| 1994 |
Max von Sydow |
Time Is Money |
France
|
| 1992 |
Guy Pion |
Krapatchouk |
Spain, Belgium, France
|
| 1990 |
Andrey Smirnov |
Chernov |
Soviet Union
|
| 1988 |
Les Serdyuk |
Straw Bells |
Solomennye kolokola |
Soviet Union
|
| 1986 |
Leonid Filatov |
Chicherin |
Soviet Union
|
| 1984 |
Agustín González (ex aequo) |
Bicycles Are for the Summer |
Las bicicletas son para el verano |
Spain
|
| Om Puri (ex aequo) |
The Half Truth |
Ardh satya |
India
|
| 1982 |
Henry Fonda (ex aequo) |
On Golden Pond |
United States
|
| Donald Sutherland (ex aequo) |
Threshold |
Canada
|
| 1980 |
Al Pacino (ex aequo) |
…And Justice for All |
United States
|
| Uelese Petaia (ex aequo) |
Sons for the Return Home |
New Zealand
|
| 1978 |
Giuliano Gemmal (ex aequo) |
Iron Prefect |
Il prefetto di ferro |
Italy
|
| Peter Faber (ex aequo) |
Dokter Vlimmen |
Netherlands
|
| 1976 |
Zygmunt Malanowicz (ex aequo) |
Jarosław Dąbrowski |
Poland
|
| Gheorghe Dinica (ex aequo) |
Through the Ashes of the Empire |
Prin cenuşa imperiului |
Romania
|
| 1974 |
Antonio Ferrandis |
And the Others |
¿…Y el prójimo? |
Spain
|
| 1972 |
Ranjit Mallik |
Interview |
India
|
| 1970 |
Mathieu Carrière |
The House of the Bories |
La maison des Bories |
France
|
| 1968 |
Nikolai Plotnikhov |
Your Contemporary |
Tvoy sovremennik |
Soviet Union
|
| 1966 |
Naum Shopov |
Tsar and General |
Tsar i general |
Bulgaria
|
| Donatas Banionis |
Nobody Wanted to Die |
Nikto ne khotel umirat |
Soviet Union
|
| 1964 |
Wieńczysław Gliński |
Echo |
Poland
|
| 1962 |
Not conferred
|
| 1960 |
Laurence Olivier (ex aequo) |
The Entertainer |
United Kingdom
|
| Erwin Geschonneck (ex aequo) |
Leute mit Flügel |
East Germany
|
| 1958 |
Maksim Shtraukh |
Stories about Lenin |
Rasskazy o Lenine |
Soviet Union
|
| 1957 |
Not conferred
|
| 1956 |
Günther Simon |
Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse |
East Germany
|
| 1954 |
Charles Vanel |
On Trial |
L'affaire Maurizius |
France
|
| 1952 |
Sergey Bondarchuk (ex aequo) |
Taras Shevchenko |
Soviet Union
|
| Pierre Fresnay (ex aequo) |
Monsieur Fabre |
France
|
| Jan Ciecierski (ex aequo) |
First Days |
Pierwsze dni |
Poland
|
| 1951 |
František Smolík |
New Fighter Shall Arise |
Vstanou noví bojovníci |
Czechoslovakia
|
| Eduard von Winterstein |
Die Sonnenbrucks |
East Germany
|
| 1950 |
Not conferred
|
| 1949 |
Alexander Borisov |
Akademik Ivan Pavlov |
Soviet Union
|
| 1948 |
Not conferred
|