International Emmy Award for Best Actor
The International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It honors outstanding male performances in programs originally created for television and initially produced and aired outside the United States.
Rules and Regulations
The International Emmy for Best Actor is awarded to a male performance in a made-for-television fiction program. According to International Academy rules, only performances from a program entered into the competition are eligible. The same performer may be submitted for different productions as separate entries. More than one male performance from the same production may also be submitted.To qualify, a performer must appear in at least 10% of the total airtime of the submitted episode. If the performance is part of a series, only one episode needs to have had 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 actor Thierry Frémont for his role in the telefilm Dans la tête du tueur, a co-production between the TF1 network and GMT Productions, 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 actor Pierre Bokma shared 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 exclusively to British actors: David Suchet won for portraying Robert Maxwell in Maxwell; Ben Whishaw for his role in Criminal Justice; Bob Hoskins for The Street; and Christopher Eccleston for Accused.
Argentine actor 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 the BBC One drama series Accused. At the 2014 ceremony, the Best Actor trophy went to Stephen Dillane for his role as Karl Roebuck in The Tunnel.
Dutch actor Maarten Heijmans won the International Emmy for Best Actor for his portrayal of actor and singer Ramses Shaffy in the television series Ramses. Academy Award-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 the 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 role in the TV series Şahsiyet.
The thirteen-year-old British actor Billy Barratt made history by becoming the youngest person ever to win an International Emmy Award at the 2020 ceremony.