{{Short description|Annual Canadian film award}} [[Québec Cinéma]] presents an annual award for '''Best Actor''' ({{langx|fr|Prix Iris de la meilleure interprétation dans un premier rôle masculin}}) to recognize the best in the [[Cinema of Quebec]].

Until 2016, it was known as the '''Jutra Award for Best Actor''' in memory of influential Quebec film director [[Claude Jutra]].<ref name=renaming>{{cite web|url=http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/quebec-cinema-will-rename-jutra-awards-cities-renaming-streets-1.2781264#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=sA9abcC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220095553/http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/quebec-cinema-will-rename-jutra-awards-cities-renaming-streets-1.2781264#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=sA9abcC |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |title=Quebec Cinema will rename Jutra awards; cities renaming streets |date=17 February 2016 |work=[[CFCF-DT|CTV Montreal]] }}</ref> Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma.<ref name=renaming/> The [[Prix Iris]] name was announced in October 2016.<ref name=iris>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/claude-jutra-rename-prix-iris-1.3804694 |title=Quebec film awards renamed Prix Iris after Claude Jutra sex scandal |date=14 October 2016 |work=[[CBC News]] }}</ref>

[[Luc Picard]] received the most nominations in this category, six, and received one award. [[Gilbert Sicotte]] received three nominations and won everytime, becoming the actor with the most wins in this category. [[Paul Ahmarani]] and [[Olivier Gourmet]] jointly received the award for ''[[Congorama]]'', making Ahmarani the first actor to win the award twice and Gourmet the first non-Canadian to win the award.

[[Natar Ungalaaq]] became the first indigenous actor to win the award for his performance in ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)''. ''[[Les Boys III]]'' is the only film to receive three nominations in this category. Three actors were nominated multiple times for playing the same character: [[Marc Messier]] for ''[[Les Boys II]]'' and ''[[Les Boys III]]'', [[Patrick Huard]] for ''[[Bon Cop, Bad Cop]]'' and ''[[Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2]]'' and [[Jean-Carl Boucher]] for ''[[1981 (film)|1981]]'', ''[[1987 (film)|1987]]'', ''[[1991 (film)|1991]]'' and ''[[1995 (film)|1995]]''.

Seven actors received nominations for Best Actor and [[Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] or [[Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year|Revelation of the Year]] 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 (film)|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 (2011 film)|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 (2019 film)|Thanks for Everything]] (Merci pour tout)''. *In 2023, [[Steve Laplante]] won Best Actor for ''[[Viking (2022 film)|Viking]]'' and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for ''[[Babysitter (2022 film)|Babysitter]]''. *In 2024, [[Marc-André Grondin]] was nominated for Best Actor for ''[[The Successor (2023 film)|The Successor]] (Le successeur)'' and won Best Supporting Actor for ''[[Richelieu (2023 film)|Richelieu]]''. *Also in 2024, [[Félix-Antoine Bénard]] received dual nominations for Best Actor and Revelation of the Year for his role in ''[[Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person]] (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)''.

==1990s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Actor ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1999 <br> <small>[[1st Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Alexis Martin (actor)|Alexis Martin]]''' | '''''[[August 32nd on Earth]] (Un 32 août sur terre)''''' | <ref name=northernstars>[https://www.northernstars.ca/les-prix-jutras/ "Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards"]. ''Northern Stars''.</ref> |- | [[Marc Messier]] | ''[[Les Boys II]]'' | rowspan=3| <ref>"Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', January 28, 1999.</ref> |- | [[Marcel Sabourin]] | ''[[Now or Never (1998 film)|Now or Never]] (Aujourd'hui ou jamais)'' |- | [[Dino Tavarone]] | ''[[2 Seconds]] (2 secondes)'' |}

==2000s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Actor ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2000<br> <small>[[2nd Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Gabriel Arcand]]''' | '''''[[Post Mortem (1999 film)|Post Mortem]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Sébastien Huberdeau]] | ''[[Sable Island (film)|Sable Island]] (L'île de sable)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>"À la grandeur de la planète!". ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', January 27, 2000.</ref> |- | [[Pierre Lebeau]] | ''[[Matroni and Me]] (Matroni et moi)'' |- | [[Luc Picard]] | ''[[The Last Breath (1999 film)|The Last Breath]] (Le dernier souffle)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2001<br> <small>[[3rd Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Paul Ahmarani]]''' | '''''[[The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge]] (La moitié gauche du frigo)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[François Papineau]] | ''[[The Bottle (2000 film)|The Bottle]] (La bouteille)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>"Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Villeneuve's talking-fish flick leads pack of Quebec film award nominees". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', January 24, 2001.</ref> |- | [[David La Haye]] | ''[[Full Blast (1999 film)|Full Blast]]'' |- | [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]] | ''[[Life After Love (film)|Life After Love]] (La vie après l'amour)'' |- | rowspan="7" align="center"| 2002 <br> <small>[[4th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Luc Picard]]''' | '''''[[February 15, 1839]] (15 février 1839)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Rémy Girard]] | ''[[Les Boys III]]'' | rowspan=5| <ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/quebec-jutra-awards-finalists-announced/408098.article "Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced"]. ''[[Screen Daily]]'', January 24, 2002.</ref> |- | [[Patrick Huard]] | ''[[Les Boys III]]'' |- | [[David La Haye]] | ''[[Soft Shell Man]] (Un crabe dans la tête)'' |- | [[Marc Messier]] | ''[[Les Boys III]]'' |- | [[Zinedine Soualem]] | ''[[Tar Angel]] (L'ange de goudron)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2003 <br> <small>[[5th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Pierre Lebeau]]''' | '''''[[Séraphin: Heart of Stone]] (Séraphin: Un homme et son péché)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Paul Ahmarani]] | ''[[The Marsh (2002 film)|The Marsh]] (Le Marais)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>John Griffin, "Seraphin leads with 9 Jutra nominations". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', January 29, 2003.</ref> |- | [[Roy Dupuis]] | ''[[Séraphin: Heart of Stone]] (Séraphin: Un homme et son péché)'' |- | [[Patrice Robitaille]] | ''[[Québec-Montréal]]'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2004 <br> <small>[[6th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Serge Thériault]]''' | '''''[[Gaz Bar Blues]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Raymond Bouchard]] | ''[[Seducing Doctor Lewis]] (La grande Séduction)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/45451/les-invasions-barbares-la-grande-seduction-et-gaz-bar-blues-dominent-la-course-aux-jutra "Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', January 22, 2004.</ref> |- | [[Rémy Girard]] | ''[[The Barbarian Invasions]] (Les invasions barbares)'' |- | [[Luc Picard]] | ''[[8:17 p.m. Darling Street]] (20h17 rue Darling)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2005 <br> <small>[[7th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Roy Dupuis]]''' | '''''[[Looking for Alexander]] (Mémoires affectives)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]] | ''[[The Last Tunnel (2004 film)|The Last Tunnel]] (Le dernier tunnel)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Martin Bilodeau, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/73324/ma-vie-en-cinemascope-domine-les-nominations-des-jutra "Ma vie en cinémascope domine les nominations des Jutra"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', January 25, 2005.</ref> |- | [[Guy Jodoin]] | ''[[Dans une galaxie près de chez vous]]'' |- | [[David La Haye]] | ''[[Battle of the Brave]] (Nouvelle-France)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2006 <br> <small>[[8th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Marc-André Grondin]]''' | '''''[[C.R.A.Z.Y.]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Patrick Drolet]] | ''[[The Novena]] (La neuvaine)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/101552/maurice-richard-et-c-r-a-z-y-dominent-la-course-aux-jutra "Maurice Richard et C.R.A.Z.Y. dominent la course aux Jutra"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', February 8, 2006.</ref> |- | [[Roy Dupuis]] | ''[[The Rocket (2005 film)|The Rocket]] (Maurice Richard)'' |- | [[Luc Picard]] | ''[[Audition (2005 film)|Audition]] (L'audition)'' |- | rowspan="7" align="center"| 2007 <br> <small>[[9th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Paul Ahmarani]]''' | '''''[[Congorama]]''''' | rowspan=2| <ref name=northernstars/> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Olivier Gourmet]]''' | '''''[[Congorama]]''''' |- | Marc Béland | ''[[The Little Book of Revenge]] (Guide de la petit vengeance)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Manon Dumais, [https://voir.ca/manon-dumais/2007/01/23/canuel-vs-favreau-aux-jutras/ "Canuel vs. Favreau aux Jutras"]. ''[[Voir]]'', January 23, 2007.</ref> |- | [[Colm Feore]] | ''[[Bon Cop, Bad Cop]]'' |- | [[Patrick Huard]] | ''[[Bon Cop, Bad Cop]]'' |- | [[Luc Picard]] | ''[[A Sunday in Kigali]] (Un dimanche à Kigali)'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2008 <br> <small>[[10th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Roy Dupuis]]''' | '''''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Marc Labrèche]] | ''[[Days of Darkness (2007 Canadian film)|Days of Darkness]] (L'âge des ténèbres)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Karl Filion, [https://www.cinoche.com/actualites/jutra-2008-les-3-ptits-cochons-domine-avec-13-nominations "Jutra 2008 : Les 3 p'tits cochons domine avec 13 nominations"]. ''Cinoche'', February 6, 2008.</ref> |- | [[Claude Legault]] | ''[[The 3 L'il Pigs]] (Les 3 p'tits cochons)'' |- | [[Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge]] | ''[[Nitro (film)|Nitro]]'' |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 2009 <br> <small>[[11th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Natar Ungalaaq]]''' | '''''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]] | ''[[Cruising Bar 2]]'' | rowspan=3| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/jutra-2009-liste-des-nommes/ "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés"]. ''Films du Québec'', March 24, 2009.</ref> |- | [[Alexis Martin (actor)|Alexis Martin]] | ''[[Le Banquet]]'' |- | [[Vincent-Guillaume Otis]] | ''[[Babine (film)|Babine]]'' |}

==2010s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Actor ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2010 <br> <small>[[12th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Sébastien Ricard]]''' | '''''[[Through the Mist]] (Dédé, à travers les brumes)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Jean-Carl Boucher]] | ''[[1981 (film)|1981]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4549577-jutra-liste-des-finalistes.php "Jutra : liste des finalistes"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', February 16, 2010.</ref> |- | [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]] | ''[[Father and Guns]] (De père en flic)'' |- | [[Normand D'Amour]] | ''[[5150 Elm's Way]] (5150, rue des Ormes)'' |- | [[Xavier Dolan]] | ''[[I Killed My Mother]] (J'ai tué ma mère)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2011 <br> <small>[[13th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Claude Legault]]''' | '''''[[10½]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Jay Baruchel]] | ''[[The Trotsky]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2011/03/13/neuf-prix-pour-incendies "Neuf prix pour Incendies"]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', March 13, 2011.</ref> |- | [[Emmanuel Bilodeau]] | ''[[Curling (film)|Curling]]'' |- | [[Jacques Godin]] | ''[[The Last Escape (2010 film)|The Last Escape]] (La dernière fugue)'' |- | [[François Papineau]] | ''[[Route 132 (film)|Route 132]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2012 <br> <small>[[14th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Gilbert Sicotte]]''' | '''''[[The Salesman (2011 film)|The Salesman]] (Le vendeur)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Mohamed Fellag]] | ''[[Monsieur Lazhar]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/prix-jutra-2012-voila-les-nominations/ "Prix Jutra 2012: voilà les nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', January 31, 2012.</ref> |- | [[Patrick Huard]] | ''[[Starbuck (film)|Starbuck]]'' |- | [[Charles Antoine Perreault]] | ''[[A Life Begins]] (Une vie qui commence)'' |- | [[Mario Saint-Amand]] | ''[[Gerry (2011 film)|Gerry]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2013 <br> <small>[[15th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Julien Poulin]]''' | '''''[[Camion]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Ali Ammar (Canadian actor)|Ali Ammar]] | ''[[Romeo Eleven]] (Roméo Onze)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/598138/jutra-15e-nominations "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], January 31, 2013.</ref> |- | [[Gabriel Arcand]] | ''[[Karakara (film)|Karakara]]'' |- | [[Marc-André Grondin]] | ''[[L'Affaire Dumont]]'' |- | [[Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon]] | ''[[The Torrent (2012 film)|The Torrent]] (Le torrent)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2014 <br> <small>[[16th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Antoine Bertrand]]''' | '''''[[Louis Cyr (film)|Louis Cyr]] (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde)''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Gabriel Arcand]] | ''[[The Dismantling]] (Le démantèlement)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Manon Dumais, [https://voir.ca/manon-dumais/2014/03/23/jutra-2014-le-triomphe-de-louis-cyr/ "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr"]. ''[[Voir]]'', March 23, 2014.</ref> |- | [[Alexandre Landry]] | ''[[Gabrielle (2013 film)|Gabrielle]]'' |- | [[Marcel Sabourin]] | ''[[Another House]] (L'autre maison)'' |- | [[Isaka Sawadogo]] | ''[[Diego Star]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2015 <br> <small>[[17th Jutra Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Antoine Olivier Pilon]]''' | '''''[[Mommy (2014 film)|Mommy]]''''' | <ref name=northernstars/> |- | [[Walter Borden]] | ''[[Gerontophilia (film)|Gerontophilia]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/jutra-2015-nominations/2/ "Jutra 2015 : les nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', January 26, 2015.</ref> |- | [[Jean-Carl Boucher]] | ''[[1987 (film)|1987]]'' |- | [[Guy Nadon]] | ''[[Guardian Angel (2014 film)|Guardian Angel]] (L'ange gardien)'' |- | [[Patrice Robitaille]] | ''[[The Little Queen]] (La petite reine)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2016 <br> <small>[[18th Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Gilbert Sicotte]]''' | '''''[[Paul à Québec]]''''' | <ref name=augustine>Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/03/20/gala-du-cinema-quebecois-la-liste-des-gagnants "La passion d’Augustine triomphe"]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', March 20, 2016.</ref> |- | [[Xavier Dolan]] | ''[[Elephant Song (film)|Elephant Song]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=augustine/> |- | [[Maxim Gaudette]] | ''[[Our Loved Ones]] (Les êtres chers)'' |- | [[Alexandre Landry]] | ''[[Love in the Time of Civil War]] (L'amour au temps de la guerre civile)'' |- | [[Paul Savoie]] | ''[[The Diary of an Old Man]] (Le journal d'un vieil homme)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2017 <br> <small>[[19th Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Gabriel Arcand]]''' | '''''[[A Kid]] (Le fils de Jean)''''' | <ref>Pat Mullen, [https://www.cinemablographer.com/2017/06/its-only-end-of-world-leads-quebecs.html "'It's Only the End of the World' Leads Quebec's Prix Iris Winners"]. ''Cinemablographer'', June 4, 2017.</ref> |- | [[Dane DeHaan]] | ''[[Two Lovers and a Bear]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/495660/dolan-et-nguyen-dominent-la-course-au-gala-quebec-cinema |title=Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris |work=[[Le Devoir]] |first=Manon |last=Dumais |date=April 6, 2017 |language=French }}</ref> |- | [[Antoine Olivier Pilon]] | ''[[1:54 (film)|1:54]]'' |- | [[Émile Schneider (actor)|Émile Schneider]] | ''[[Where Atilla Passes]] (Là où Attila passe)'' |- | [[Gaspard Ulliel]] | ''[[It's Only the End of the World]] (Juste la fin du monde)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2018 <br> <small>[[20th Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Christian Bégin]]''' | '''''[[Infiltration (2017 film)|Infiltration]] (Le problème d'infiltration)''''' | <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1104762/gala-quebec-cinema-les-affames-robin-aubert-christian-begin-maude-guerin "Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], June 3, 2018.</ref> |- | [[Jesse Camacho]] | ''[[We're Still Together]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>André Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/ceremonies/gala-quebec-cinema/201804/10/01-5160482-iris-le-probleme-dinfiltration-et-hochelaga-en-tete-des-nominations.php "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', April 10, 2018.</ref> |- | [[Patrick Huard]] | ''[[Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2]]'' |- | [[Joey Klein]] | ''[[We're Still Together]]'' |- | [[Jean-Simon Leduc]] | ''[[Family First (film)|Family First]] (Chien de garde)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2019 <br> <small>[[21st Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Martin Dubreuil]]''' | '''''[[For Those Who Don't Read Me]] (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)''''' | <ref>Marc-André Lussier, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2019-06-02/gala-quebec-cinema-1991-sacre-meilleur-film-de-l-annee "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l’année"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', June 2, 2019.</ref> |- | [[Jean-Carl Boucher]] | ''[[1991 (film)|1991]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref name="Radio">{{Cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1163767/gala-quebec-cinema-1991-ricardo-trogi-16-nominations |title=Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations |date=April 11, 2019 |access-date=June 23, 2020 |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] |language=fr}}</ref> |- | [[Pierre-Luc Brillant]] | ''[[The Fireflies Are Gone]] (La disparition des lucioles)'' |- | [[Patrick Hivon]] | ''[[We Are Gold]] (Nous sommes Gold)'' |- | [[Théodore Pellerin]] | ''[[Genesis (2018 Canadian film)|Genesis]] (Genèse)'' |}

==2020s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Actor ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2020 <br> <small>[[22nd Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Gilbert Sicotte]]''' | '''''[[And the Birds Rained Down]] (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)''''' | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1710960/gala-quebec-cinema-prix-iris-antigone-gagnant |title=Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] |date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |language=fr }}</ref> |- | [[Robin Aubert]] | ''[[Young Juliette]] (Jeune Juliette)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1696771/nominations-finalistes-gala-quebec-cinema-femmes-realisatrices "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], April 23, 2020.</ref> |- | [[Marc-André Grondin]] | ''[[Mafia Inc.]]'' |- | [[Patrick Hivon]] | ''[[A Brother's Love]] (La femme de mon frère)'' |- | [[Niels Schneider]] | ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (2019 film)|Sympathy for the Devil]] (Sympathie pour le diable)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2021<br><small>[[23rd Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Sébastien Ricard]]''' | '''''[[The Vinland Club]] (Le club Vinland)''''' | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1799311/gala-quebec-cinema-gagnants-deesse-mouches-feu-favori |title=La déesse des mouches à feu triomphe au Gala Québec Cinéma |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] |date=6 June 2021 |accessdate=6 June 2021 |language=French}}</ref> |- | [[Réal Bossé]] | ''[[The Decline (film)|The Decline]] (Jusqu'au déclin)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/la-deesse-des-mouches-a-feu-en-tete-des-nominations/ "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 26, 2021.</ref> |- | [[Paul Doucet]] | ''[[Our Own (2020 film)|Our Own]] (Les nôtres)'' |- | [[Patrick Hivon]] | ''[[Mont Foster (film)|Mont Foster]]'' |- | [[Antoine Olivier Pilon]] | ''[[Target Number One]]'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2022<br><small>[[24th Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Vincent-Guillaume Otis]]''' | '''''[[Norbourg (film)|Norbourg]]''''' | <ref>François Lévesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/719394/gala-quebec-cinema-helene-florent-aux-oiseaux "Hélène Florent aux oiseaux au Gala Québec Cinéma"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', June 5, 2022.</ref> |- | [[Sylvain Marcel]] | ''[[Aline (film)|Aline]]'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/finalistes-aux-prix-iris-2022/ "Finalistes aux Prix Iris 2022"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 14, 2022.</ref> |- | [[Robert Naylor (actor)|Robert Naylor]] | ''[[The Noise of Engines]] (Le bruit des moteurs)'' |- | [[Patrice Robitaille]] | ''[[A Revision]] (Une révision)'' |- | [[Nguyen Thanh Tri]] | ''[[The Greatest Country in the World]] (Le meilleur pays du monde)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2023<br><small>[[25th Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Steve Laplante]]''' | '''''[[Viking (2022 film)|Viking]]''''' | <ref>Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/12/10/le-film-viking-de-stephane-lafleur-grand-gagnant-du-25e-gala-quebec-cinema "Le film «Viking», de Stéphane Lafleur, grand gagnant du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma"]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', December 10, 2023.</ref> |- | [[Guillaume Cyr]] | ''[[Family Game (2022 film)|Family Game]] (Arseneault et fils)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/11/14/gala-quebec-cinema-le-film-viking-en-tete-des-nominations "Gala Québec Cinéma: le film «Viking» en tête des nominations"]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', November 14, 2023.</ref> |- | [[Patrick Hivon]] | ''[[Babysitter (2022 film)|Babysitter]]'' |- | [[Henri Picard (actor)|Henri Picard]] | ''[[The Dishwasher (film)|The Dishwasher]] (Le Plongeur)'' |- | [[Luc Picard]] | ''[[Confessions of a Hitman]] (Confessions)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2024<br><small>[[26th Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Théodore Pellerin]]''' | '''''[[Solo (2023 film)|Solo]]''''' | <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/en-direct/1012183/couverture-en-direct-26e-gala-quebec-cinema "Suivez notre couverture en direct du 26e Gala Québec Cinéma"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], December 8, 2024.</ref> |- | [[Félix-Antoine Bénard]] | ''[[Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person]] (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2110775/vampire-humaniste-gala-quebec-cinema-nominations "Vampire humaniste domine le Gala Québec Cinéma avec 22 nominations"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], October 8, 2024.</ref> |- | [[Jean-Carl Boucher]] | ''[[1995 (film)|1995]]'' |- | [[Pierre-Yves Cardinal]] | ''[[The Nature of Love]] (Simple comme Sylvain)'' |- | [[Marc-André Grondin]] | ''[[The Successor (2023 film)|The Successor]] (Le Successeur)'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2025<br><small>[[27th Quebec Cinema Awards]]</small> |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Patrick Hivon]]''' | '''''[[Peak Everything]] (Amour apocalypse)''''' | <ref>[https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/07/voici-la-liste-des-gagnants-du-gala-quebec-cinema "Voici la liste des gagnants du Gala Québec Cinéma"]. [[TVA Nouvelles]], December 7, 2025.</ref> |- | [[Paul Ahmarani]] | ''[[Who by Fire (film)|Who by Fire]] (Comme le feu)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Fanny Bourel, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/fr/nouvelle/2197735/langue-universelle-nominations-gala-quebec-cinema "Une langue universelle en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma"]. [[Radio Canada International]], October 7, 2025.</ref> |- | [[Antoine Bertrand]] | ''[[Miss Boots]] (Mlle Bottine)'' |- | [[Félix-Antoine Duval]] | ''[[Shepherds (film)|Shepherds]] (Bergers)'' |- | [[Gildor Roy]] | ''[[Blue Sky Jo]] (La petite et le vieux)'' |}

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=== Multiple wins === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" width="13" | Wins ! scope="col" align="center" | Actor |- |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | [[Gilbert Sicotte]] |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 2 | [[Paul Ahmarani]] |- | [[Gabriel Arcand]] |- | [[Roy Dupuis]] |- | [[Sébastien Ricard]] |- |}

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===Three or more nominations=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" width="13" | Nominations ! scope="col" align="center" | Actor |- |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 6 | [[Luc Picard]] |- |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 5 | [[Patrick Hivon]] |- |rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 4 | [[Paul Ahmarani]] |- | [[Gabriel Arcand]] |- | [[Jean-Carl Boucher]] |- | [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]] |- | [[Roy Dupuis]] |- | [[Marc-André Grondin]] |- | [[Patrick Huard]] |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | [[David La Haye]] |- | [[Antoine Olivier Pilon]] |- | [[Patrice Robitaille]] |- | [[Gilbert Sicotte]] |- |} {{col-end}}

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=== Multiple wins === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" width="26" | Wins ! scope="col" align="center" | Actor |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | [[Gabriel Arcand]] |- | [[Théodore Pellerin]] |- | [[Luc Picard]] |- | [[Gilbert Sicotte]] |- |rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 2 | [[Paul Ahmarani]] |- | [[Roy Dupuis]] |- | [[Marc-André Grondin]] |- | [[Jean Lapointe]] |- | [[Claude Legault]] |- | [[Julien Poulin]] |- | [[Sébastien Ricard]] |- |}

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===Three or more nominations=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" width="13" | Nominations ! scope="col" align="center" | Actor |- |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 10 | [[Luc Picard]] |- |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 7 | [[Rémy Girard]] |- |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 6 | [[Gabriel Arcand]] |- | [[Patrick Hivon]] |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 5 | [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]] |- | [[Martin Dubreuil]] |- | [[Marc-André Grondin]] |- | [[Patrick Huard]] |- | [[Alexis Martin (actor)|Alexis Martin]] |- |rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;" | 4 | [[Paul Ahmarani]] |- | [[Robin Aubert]] |- | [[Emmanuel Bilodeau]] |- | [[Jean-Carl Boucher]] |- | [[Guillaume Cyr]] |- | [[Roy Dupuis]] |- | [[Steve Laplante]] |- | [[Pierre Lebeau]] |- | [[Vincent-Guillaume Otis]] |- | [[François Papineau]] |- | [[Théodore Pellerin]] |- |rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | [[Antoine Bertrand]] |- | [[Normand D'Amour]] |- | [[David La Haye]] |- | [[Claude Legault]] |- | [[Antoine Olivier Pilon]] |- | [[Julien Poulin]] |- | [[Gilles Renaud]] |- | [[Sébastien Ricard]] |- | [[Patrice Robitaille]] |- | [[Gilbert Sicotte]] |- |} {{col-end}}

==See also== *[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor]]

==References== {{reflist}} {{Quebec Cinema Awards}}

[[Category:Awards established in 1999]] [[Category:Film awards for lead actor]] [[Category:Quebec Cinema Awards|Actor]] [[Category:Quebec-related lists]] [[Category:1999 establishments in Canada]] [[Category:Best Actor Jutra and Iris Award winners|*]]