Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a Danish Film Academy award presented at the annual Robert Award ceremony to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Danish film.

Honorees

1980s

1984: Jesper Klein for Beauty and the Beast
1985: Lars Simonsen for Twist and Shout
1986: Reine Brynolfsson for '
1987: for '
1988: Max von Sydow for Pelle the Conqueror
1989: Börje Ahlstedt for ''''

1990s

1990: Frits Helmuth for Waltzing Regitze
1991: Tommy Kenter for Dance of the Polar Bears
1992: Ole Lemmeke for '
1993: Søren Østergaard for Pain of Love
1994: Frits Helmuth for Stolen Spring
1995: Ernst-Hugo Järegård for The Kingdom
1996: Ulf Pilgaard for '
1997: Thomas Bo Larsen for The Biggest Heroes
1998: Lars Simonsen for Barbara
1999: Ulrich Thomsen for ''The Celebration''

2000s

2000: Niels Olsen for The One and Only
2001: Jesper Christensen for The Bench
* Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Italian for Beginners
* Søren Pilmark nominated for Flickering Lights
* Thure Lindhardt nominated for A Place Nearby
* Bjarne Henriksen nominated for '
2002: Nikolaj Lie Kaas for Truly Human
* Martin Buch nominated for Chop Chop
* Lars Mikkelsen nominated for Kira's Reason: A Love Story
* Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Shake It All About
* Jens Okking nominated for One-Hand Clapping
2003: Jens Albinus for Facing the Truth
* Kim Bodnia nominated for Old Men in New Cars
* Jørgen Kiil nominated for Minor Mishaps
* Troels Lyby nominated for Okay
* Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Open Hearts
2004: Ulrich Thomsen for The Inheritance
* Lars Brygmann nominated for Stealing Rembrandt
* Nikolaj Coster-Waldau nominated for '
* nominated for '
* Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for The Green Butchers
2005: Mads Mikkelsen for Pusher II
* Mikael Birkkjær nominated for Aftermath
* Frits Helmuth nominated for Villa Paranoia
* Mikael Persbrandt nominated for Day and Night
* Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Brothers
2006: Troels Lyby for Accused
* Jesper Christensen nominated for Manslaughter
* Bjarne Henriksen nominated for Kinamand
* Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for Murk
* Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Adam's Apples
2007: David Dencik for A Soap
* Jens Albinus nominated for The Boss of It All
* Nicolas Bro nominated for Offscreen
* Mads Mikkelsen nominated for After the Wedding
* Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Prague
2008: Lars Brygmann for '
* Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Just Another Love Story
* Kim Bodnia nominated for Echo
* David Dencik nominated for '
* Søren Pilmark nominated for '
2009: Jakob Cedergren for Terribly Happy
* Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for What No One Knows
* Carsten Bjørnlund nominated for
* Thure Lindhardt nominated for Flame & Citron
* Ulrich Thomsen nominated for ''Fear Me Not''

2010s

2010: Lars Mikkelsen for Headhunter
* Willem Dafoe nominated for Antichrist
* Thomas Ernst nominated for Aching Hearts
* Kristian Halken nominated for Oldboys
* Cyron Melville nominated for Love and Rage
2011: Pilou Asbæk for R
* Jens Albinus nominated for Everything Will Be Fine
* Jakob Cedergren nominated for Submarino
* Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Valhalla Rising
* Mikael Persbrandt nominated for In a Better World
2012: Nikolaj Lie Kaas for A Funny Man
* Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Rosa Morena
* Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for SuperClásico
* Nicolas Bro nominated for
* Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for A Family
2013: Søren Malling for A Hijacking
2014: Mads Mikkelsen for The Hunt
2015: Henrik Birch for Klumpfisken
2016: Ulrich Thomsen for Sommeren '92
* Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Men & Chicken
* Peter Plaugborg nominated for The Idealist
* Pilou Asbæk nominated for A War
* Roland Møller nominated for Land of Mine
2017: Søren Malling for Parents
2018: Elliott Crosset Hove for Winter Brothers
2019: Jakob Cedergren for ''The Guilty''

2020s

2020: Esben Smed for Daniel
2021: Mads Mikkelsen for Another Round
2022: for '
2023: Anders W. Berthelsen for '
2024: Mads Mikkelsen for ''The Promised Land''