AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role



























AACTA Award
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Country Australia
Presented by
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First awarded 1972
Currently held by
Sunny Pawar, Lion (2017)
Website http://www.aacta.org

The AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television."[1] The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films.[2] From 1971–2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards).[3] When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[3]


From 1971 up until 1975, the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress were awarded in a single category for Best Performance.[4][5] In 1971 the prize was given to Monica Maughan over fellow nominee Peter Cummins, who received a special mention for his performances in the films Some Regrets, The Hot Centre of the World (1971 short film), Bonjour Balwyn and Carson's Watermelons. From 1972-1975, the single award was handed out to the best actor and actress of the respective award giving years, with honourable mentions made to supporting casts. From 1976 to the present, the accolade has been handed out as a separate award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.


Candidates for this award must be human and male, and cannot be nominated for the same role in the supporting actor category.[6]



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Year
Actor
Film
Role

1970s

1972

Bruce Spence

Stork

Graham 'Stork' Wallace

1973

Robert McDarra

27A

Bill

1974

N/A

N/A

N/A

1975

Jack Thompson

Sunday Too Far Away

Foley

Martin Vaughan

Billy and Percy

Billy Hughes

1976

Simon Burke

The Devil's Playground

Tom Allen

Nick Tate

Brother Victor

Arthur Dignam

The Devil's Playground
Brother Francine

George Mallaby

End Play
Robert Gifford

1977

John Meillon

The Fourth Wish

Casey

Noel Ferrier

Eliza Fraser
Captain James Fraser

David Gulpilil

Storm Boy
Fingerbone Bill

John Meillon

The Picture Show Man
Mr. Pym

1978

Bill Hunter

Newsfront

Len Maguire

Richard Chamberlain

The Last Wave
David Burton

Robert Helpmann

The Mango Tree
The Professor

John Waters

Weekend of Shadows
Rabbit

1979

Mel Gibson

Tim

Tim Melville

Alan Cassell

Cathy's Child
Dick Wordley

Richard Moir

In Search of Anna
Tony

Michael Preston

The Last of the Knucklemen
Pansy

1980s

1980

Jack Thompson

Breaker Morant

Capt. Alfred Taylor

Bryan Brown

Stir
China Jackson

Max Phipps
Norton

Edward Woodward

Breaker Morant
Lt. Harry "Breaker" Morant

1981

Mel Gibson

Gallipoli

Frank Dunne

John Hargreaves

Hoodwink
Martin Stang

Graham Kennedy

The Club
Ted Parker

Mark Lee

Gallipoli
Archy Hamilton

1982

Ray Barrett

Goodbye Paradise

Michael Stacy

Vince Colosimo

Moving Out
Gino

Norman Kaye

Lonely Hearts
Peter Thompson

William Henry Kerr

Dusty
Tom Lincoln

1983

Norman Kaye

Man of Flowers

Charles Bremer

Mel Gibson

The Year of Living Dangerously
Guy Hamilton

Nicholas Gledhill

Careful, He Might Hear You
PS

Martin Vaughan

Phar Lap
Harry Telford

1984

John Hargreaves

My First Wife

John

Drew Forsythe

Annie's Coming Out
David

Chris Haywood

Strikebound
Wattie Doig

Ivar Kants

Silver City
Julian

1985

Chris Haywood

A Street to Die

Colin Turner

John Clayton

Unfinished Business
Geoff

Richard Moir

An Indecent Obsession
Luce Daggett

Barry Otto

Bliss
Harry Joy

1986

Colin Friels

Malcolm

Malcolm Hughes

Reb Brown

Death of a Soldier
Pvt. Edward J. Leonski

Robert Menzies

Cactus
Robert

Barry Otto

The More Things Change...
Lex

1987

Leo McKern

Travelling North

Frank

Bryan Brown

The Umbrella Woman
Sonny Hills

Colin Friels

Ground Zero
Harvey Denton

Noah Taylor

The Year My Voice Broke
Danny

1988

John Waters

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Tom Garfield

Mark Lee

The Everlasting Secret Family
Youth
Hamish McFarlane

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
Griffin

Sean Scully

Phobia
David Simmons

1989

Sam Neill

Evil Angels

Michael Chamberlain
Mike Bishop

Ghosts… of the Civil Dead
David Yale

John Hargreaves

Emerald City
Colin

Chris Haywood

Island
Janis

1990s

1990

Max von Sydow

Father

Joe Muller

Russell Crowe

The Crossing
Johnny

Frankie J. Holden

Return Home
Steve

Ben Mendelsohn

The Big Steal
Danny Clark

1991

Hugo Weaving

Proof

Martin

Colin Friels

Dingo
John Anderson

Ben Mendelsohn

Spotswood
Carey

Sam Neill

Death in Brunswick
Carl Fitzgerald

1992

Russell Crowe

Romper Stomper

Hando

Lothaire Bluteau

Black Robe
LaForgue

Bruno Ganz

The Last Days of Chez Nous
JP

Paul Mercurio

Strictly Ballroom
Scott Hastings

1993

Harvey Keitel

The Piano

George Baines

Matthew Ferguson

On My Own
Simon Henderson

Anthony LaPaglia

The Custodian
Det. Sgt. James Quinlan
John Moore

Blackfellas
Doug Dooligan

1994

Nicholas Hope

Bad Boy Bubby

Bubby

John Hargreaves

Country Life
Jack Dickens

Terence Stamp

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Ralph Waite/Bernadette Bassinger

Hugo Weaving
Anthony "Tick" Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra

1995

John Lynch

Angel Baby

Harry

John Jarratt

All Men Are Liars
Barry
John Moore

The Life of Harry Dare
Harry Dare

Aden Young

Metal Skin
Joe

1996

Geoffrey Rush

Shine

Adult David Helfgott

John Brumpton

Life
Des

Noah Taylor

Shine
Adolescent David Helfgott

Aden Young

River Street
Ben Egan

1997

Richard Roxburgh

Doing Time for Patsy Cline

Boyd

Michael Caton

The Castle
Darryl Kerrigan

Matt Day

Kiss or Kill
Al Fletcher

Jeremy Sims

Idiot Box
Mick

1998

Hugo Weaving

The Interview

Eddie Rodney Fleming

Ray Barrett

In the Winter Dark
Maurice Stubbs

Alex Dimitriades

Head On
Ari

David Wenham

The Boys
Brett Sprague

1999

Russell Dykstra

Soft Fruit

Bo

Hugh Jackman

Erskineville Kings
Wace

Heath Ledger

Two Hands
Jimmy

Richard Roxburgh

Passion

Percy Grainger

2000s

2000

Eric Bana

Chopper

Mark "Chopper" Read

Steve Bastoni

15 Amore
Alfredo

David Wenham

Better Than Sex
Josh

Sam Worthington

Bootmen
Mitchell Okden

2001

Anthony LaPaglia

Lantana

Leon Zat

Ewan McGregor

Moulin Rouge!
Christian

Ben Mendelsohn

Mullet
Eddie 'Mullet' Maloney

David Wenham

The Bank
Jim Doyle

2002

David Gulpilil

The Tracker

The Tracker

Vince Colosimo

Walking on Water
Charlie

Geoffrey Rush

Swimming Upstream
Harold Fingleton

David Wenham

Molokai
Father Damien

2003

David Wenham

Gettin' Square

Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri

Heath Ledger

Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly

Timothy Spall

Gettin' Square
Darren 'Dabba' Barrington
Gotaro Tsunashima

Japanese Story
Hiromitsu Tachibana

2004

Sam Worthington

Somersault

Joe

Colin Friels

Tom White
Tom White

Kevin Harrington

The Honourable Wally Norman
Wally Norman

Dan Spielman

One Perfect Day
Tommy Matisse

2005

Hugo Weaving

Little Fish

Lionel Dawson

William McInnes

Look Both Ways
Nick

Guy Pearce

The Proposition
Charlie Burns

Ray Winstone
Captain Morris Stanley

2006

Shane Jacobson

Kenny

Kenny Smyth

Gabriel Byrne

Jindabyne
Stewart

Heath Ledger

Candy
Dan

Steve Le Marquand

Last Train to Freo
The tall thug

2007

Eric Bana

Romulus, My Father

Romulus

Brendan Cowell

Noise
Graham McGahan

Joel Lok

The Home Song Stories
Tom

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Romulus, My Father
Raimond

2008

William McInnes

Unfinished Sky

John Woldring

Guy Pearce

Death Defying Acts

Harry Houdini

David Roberts

The Square
Raymond Yale

Rhys Wakefield

The Black Balloon
Thomas Mollison

2009

Anthony LaPaglia

Balibo

Roger East

Rowan McNamara

Samson and Delilah
Samson

Ben Mendelsohn

Beautiful Kate
Ned Kendall

Hugo Weaving

Last Ride
Kev

2010s

2010

Ben Mendelsohn

Animal Kingdom

Andrew 'Pope' Cody

Brendan Cowell

Beneath Hill 60

Oliver Woodward

James Frecheville

Animal Kingdom
Joshua 'J' Cody

Clive Owen

The Boys Are Back
Joe Warr

AACTA Awards

2011
(1st)

Daniel Henshall

Snowtown

John Bunting

Willem Dafoe

The Hunter
Martin David

Geoffrey Rush

The Eye of the Storm
Basil Hunter

David Wenham

Oranges and Sunshine
Len

2012
(2nd)

Chris O'Dowd

The Sapphires

Dave Lovelace

Joel Edgerton

Wish You Were Here
Dave Flannery

Matthew Goode

Burning Man
Tom

Guy Pearce

33 Postcards
Dean Randall

2013
(3rd)

Leonardo DiCaprio

The Great Gatsby

Jay Gatsby
Sitthiphon Disamoe

The Rocket
Ahlo

Ewen Leslie

Dead Europe
Isaac

Hugo Weaving

The Turning
Bob Lang

2014
(4th)

David Gulpilil

Charlie's Country

Charlie

Russell Crowe

The Water Diviner
Joshua Connor

Damon Herriman

The Little Death
Dan

Guy Pearce

The Rover
Eric

2015
(5th) [7]

Michael Caton

Last Cab to Darwin

Rex

Patrick Brammall

Ruben Guthrie
Ruben Guthrie

Ryan Corr

Holding the Man

Timothy Conigrave

Sullivan Stapleton

Cut Snake
Pommie

2016
(6th)

Andrew Garfield

Hacksaw Ridge

Desmond Doss

John Brumpton

Pawno
Les Underwood
Damian Hill
Danny Williamson

Ewen Leslie

The Daughter
Oliver

2017
(7th)

Sunny Pawar

Lion

Young Saroo Brierley

Stephen Curry

Hounds of Love
John White

Ewen Leslie

The Butterfly Tree
Al

Osamah Sami

Ali's Wedding
Ali


2018
(8th)


Hamilton Morris

Sweet Country

Sam Kelly

Ryan Corr

1%
President Paddo

Lucas Hedges

Boy Erased
Jared Eamons
Damian Hill

West of Sunshine
Jim
Daniel Monks

Pulse
Olly


References




  1. ^ "AACTA – The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "AACTA – The Academy – The Awards". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 23 June 2012.


  3. ^ ab "AACTA – The Academy – Background". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 23 June 2012.
    [permanent dead link]



  4. ^ French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 27. ISBN 1-876467-20-7.


  5. ^ 1971-1975 awards:

    • 1971: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1971". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.

    • 1972: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1972". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.

    • 1973: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1973". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.

    • 1974–75: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1974–1975". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.




  6. ^ "Part2: Rule 5.6 – Special Conditions for Feature Film; Special Rules for Acting Awards" (PDF). 2013 AACTA Awards Rule Book. Australian Film Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.


  7. ^ "Past Awards - AACTA". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 20 April 2018.



External links



  • Afi.org.au — AFI Award Winners

  • AACTA Winners & Nominees










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