The César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (French: César du meilleur second rôle masculin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding performance in a supporting role of an actor who has worked within the French film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. Nominees and winner are selected via a run-off voting by all the members of the Académie.

Winners and nominees

1970s

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! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1976<br />(1st)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean Rochefort|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Let Joy Reign Supreme|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Que la fête commence... || style="background:#eedd82;" | Abbot Dubois

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|Jean Bouise||The Old Gun||Le Vieux Fusil || François

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|Patrick Dewaere||rowspan=2|The French Detective||rowspan=2|Adieu poulet || Lefèvre

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|Victor Lanoux || Pierre Lardatte

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! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1977<br />(2nd)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Claude Brasseur|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Pardon Mon Affaire|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Un éléphant ça trompe énormément || style="background:#eedd82;" |Daniel

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|Jean-Claude Brialy||The Judge and the Assassin||Le Juge et l'Assassin|| Villedieu

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|Charles Denner||Second Chance||Si c'était à refaire || Attorney

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|Jacques Dutronc||colspan="2"|Mado || Pierre

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1978<br />(3rd)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jacques Dufilho|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Drummer-Crab|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Crabe-Tambour || style="background:#eedd82;" |Chef

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|Michel Aumont||Spoiled Children||Des enfants gâtés || Pierre

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|Jean-François Balmer||The Threat||La Menace || Waldeck

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|Jean Bouise||rowspan=2|Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff||rowspan=2|Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff || Arnould

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|Philippe Léotard || Marec

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! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1979<br />(4th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jacques Villeret|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Robert and Robert|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Robert et Robert || style="background:#eedd82;" |Robert Villiers

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|Claude Brasseur||A Simple Story||Une histoire simple || Serge

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|Jean Carmet||The Sugar||Le Sucre || Adrien Courtois

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|Michel Serrault||Other People's Money||L'Argent des autres || Mirement

|}

1980s

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! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1980<br />(5th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean Bouise|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Hothead|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Coup de tête || style="background:#eedd82;" |Sivardière

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|Michel Aumont||colspan=2|Courage - Let's Run || Franckie

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|Bernard Blier||colspan="2"|Série noire || Staplin

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|Bernard Giraudeau||The Medic||Le Toubib || François

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! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1981<br />(6th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jacques Dufilho|| style="background:#eedd82;" |A Bad Son|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Un mauvais fils || style="background:#eedd82;" |Adrien Dussart

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|Heinz Bennent||The Last Metro||Le Dernier Métro|| Lucas Steiner

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|Guy Marchand||colspan="2"|Loulou || André

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|Alain Souchon||I Love You All||Je vous aime || Claude

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! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1982<br />(7th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Guy Marchand|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Under Suspicion|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Garde à vue || style="background:#eedd82;" |Marcel Belmont

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|Gérard Lanvin||Strange Affair||Une étrange affaire || Louis Coline

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|Jean-Pierre Marielle||rowspan=2|Clean Up|| rowspan="2" |Coup de torchon || Péron / Georges

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|Eddy Mitchell || Nono

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! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1983<br />(8th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean Carmet|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Les Misérables || style="background:#eedd82;" |Thénardier

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|Michel Jonasz||colspan=2|Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? || Simon

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| Gérard Klein ||The Passerby||La Passante du Sans-Souci || Maurice Bouillard

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|Jean-François Stévenin||A Room in Town||Une chambre en ville || Dambiel

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1984<br />(9th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Richard Anconina|| style="background:#eedd82;" |So Long, Stooge|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Tchao Pantin || style="background:#eedd82;" |Youseff Bensoussan

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|François Cluzet||One Deadly Summer||L'été meurtrier|| Mickey

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|Bernard Fresson||Waiter!||Garçon! || Francis

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|Guy Marchand||At First Sight||Coup de foudre (a.k.a. Entre nous) || Michel Korski

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|Jacques Villeret||Waiter!||Garçon! || Gilbert

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1985<br />(10th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Richard Bohringer|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |L'Addition || style="background:#eedd82;" |Albert Lorca

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|Michel Aumont||A Sunday in the Country||Un dimanche à la campagne || Gonzague

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|Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu||Barbarous Street||Rue barbare || Mathias Hagen

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|Fabrice Luchini||Full Moon in Paris||Les Nuits de la pleine lune || Octave

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|Lambert Wilson||The Public Woman||La Femme publique || Milan Mliska

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1986<br />(11th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel Boujenah|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Three Men and a Cradle|| style="background:#eedd82;" |3 hommes et un couffin || style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel

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|Jean-Hugues Anglade||rowspan=3 colspan="2"|Subway || The Roller

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|Jean-Pierre Bacri || Inspector Batman

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|Michel Galabru || Commissioner Gesberg

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|Xavier Deluc||He Died with His Eyes Open||On ne meurt que 2 fois || Hugo Spark

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1987<br />(12th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Pierre Arditi|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Mélo || style="background:#eedd82;" |Pierre Belcroix

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|Jean Carmet||Fugitives||Les Fugitifs || M. Martin

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|Gérard Darmon||Betty Blue||37°2 le matin || Eddy

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|Claude Piéplu||Paltoquet||Le Paltoquet ||Professor

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|Jean-Louis Trintignant||Women of My Life||La Femme de ma vie|| Pierre

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1988<br />(13th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean-Claude Brialy|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Innocents|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Les innocents || style="background:#eedd82;" |Klotz

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|Jean-Pierre Kalfon||The Cry of the Owl||Le Cri du hibou || Police Commissioner

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|Jean-Pierre Léaud||Lady Cops||Les Keufs || Commissioner Bullfinch

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|Guy Marchand||Widow's Walk||Noyade interdite || Inspector Leroyer

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|Tom Novembre||colspan="2"|Agent trouble || Victorien

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1989<br />(14th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Patrick Chesnais|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Reader|| style="background:#eedd82;" |La Lectrice || style="background:#eedd82;" |CEO

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|Patrick Bouchitey||Life Is a Long Quiet River||La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille || Father Aubergé

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|Alain Cuny||colspan="2"|Camille Claudel || Louis-Prosper Claudel

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|Jean-Pierre Marielle||A Few Days with Me||Quelques jours avec moi || Raoul Fonfrin

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|Jean Reno||The Big Blue||Le Grand bleu || Enzo Molinari

|}

1990s

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1990<br />(15th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Robert Hirsch|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Winter of '54: Father Pierre|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre || style="background:#eedd82;" |Raoul

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|Roland Blanche||Too Beautiful for You||Trop belle pour toi || Marcello

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|Jacques Bonnaffé||colspan="2"|Baptême || André Gravey

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|François Cluzet||colspan="2"|Force Majeure || Daniel

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|François Perrot||Life and Nothing But||La Vie et rien d'autre || Perrin

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1991<br />(16th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jacques Weber|| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |Cyrano de Bergerac || style="background:#eedd82;" |Count Antoine de Guiche

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|Maurice Garrel||The Discreet||La Discrète || Jean

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|Michel Duchaussoy||Milou in May||Milou en mai || Georges

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|Michel Galabru||rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Uranus || Monglat

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|Daniel Prévost|| Rochard

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1992<br />(17th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean Carmet|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Thank You, Life|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Mercie la vie || style="background:#eedd82;" | Raymond Pelleveau (Old Father)

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|Jean-Claude Dreyfus||colspan="2"|Delicatessen || Clapet

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|Ticky Holgado||colspan="2"|Une époque formidable... || Crayon

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|Bernard Le Coq||rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Van Gogh || Théodore Van Gogh

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|Gérard Séty || Dr Paul Gachet

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1993<br />(18th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |André Dussollier|| style="background:#eedd82;" |A Heart in Winter|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Un cœur en hiver || style="background:#eedd82;" |Maxime

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|Patrick Timsit||The Crisis||La Crise || Michou

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|Jean Yanne||colspan="2"|Indochine || Guy Asselin

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|Jean-Pierre Marielle||colspan="2"|Max et Jérémie || Almeida

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|Fabrice Luchini||The Return of Casanova||Le Retour de Casanova || Camille

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1994<br />(19th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Fabrice Luchini|| style="background:#eedd82;" |All That... for This?!|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Tout ça... pour ça! || style="background:#eedd82;" |Fabrice Lenormand

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|Jean-Pierre Darroussin||colspan="2"|Cuisine et Dépendances || Fred

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|Jean-Roger Milo||colspan="2"|Germinal || Antoine Chaval

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|Thomas Langmann||colspan="2"|Le Nombril du monde || Marcel

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|Didier Bezace||Low Profile||Profil bas || Commissioner Carré

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1995<br />(20th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean-Hugues Anglade|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Queen Margot|| style="background:#eedd82;" |La Reine Margot || style="background:#eedd82;" |Charles IX

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|Bernard Giraudeau||The Favourite Son||Le Fils préféré || François

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|Fabrice Luchini||Colonel Chabert||Le Colonel Chabert || Maïtre Derville

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|Claude Rich||The Daughter of D'Artagnan||La Fille de d'Artagnan || Duke Clovis de Crassac

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|Daniel Russo||Nine Months||Neuf mois || Georges

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1996<br />(21st)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Eddy Mitchell|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Happiness Is in the Field|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Bonheur est dans le pré || style="background:#eedd82;" |Gérard Thulliez

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|Jean-Pierre Cassel||The Ceremony||La Cérémonie || Georges

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|Ticky Holgado||French Twist||Gazon maudit || Antoine

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|Jean-Hugues Anglade || rowspan="2"|Nelly and Mr. Arnaud|| rowspan="2"|Nelly et Mr. Arnaud || Vincent Granec

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|Michael Lonsdale || Dollabella

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1997<br />(22nd)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean-Pierre Darroussin|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Family Resemblances|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Un air de famille || style="background:#eedd82;" |Denis

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|Jacques Gamblin||colspan="2"|Pédale douce || André Lemoine

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|Bernard Giraudeau||rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Ridicule || Abbot de Vilecourt

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|Jean Rochefort || Marquis de Bellegarde

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|Albert Dupontel||A Self Made Hero||Un héros très discret || Dionnet

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1998<br />(23rd)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean-Pierre Bacri|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Same Old Song|| style="background:#eedd82;" |On connaît la chanson || style="background:#eedd82;" |Nicolas

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|Jean-Pierre Darroussin||Marius and Jeannette||Marius et Jeannette || Dédé

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|Gérard Jugnot||colspan="2"|Marthe || Henri

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|Vincent Pérez||On Guard||Le Bossu || Philippe de Nevers

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|Lambert Wilson||Same Old Song||On connaît la chanson || Marc Duveyrier

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1999<br />(24th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Daniel Prévost|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Dinner Game|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Dîner de cons || style="background:#eedd82;" |Lucien Cheval

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|Jacques Dutronc||rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Place Vendôme || Battistelli

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|Bernard Fresson || Vincent Malivert

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|Vincent Pérez||rowspan=2|Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train||rowspan=2|Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train || Frédéric / Vivane

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|Jean-Louis Trintignant || Jean-Baptiste / Lucien Emmerich

|}

2000s

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2000<br />(25th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |François Berléand||style="background:#eedd82;"|My Little Business||style="background:#eedd82;"|Ma petite entreprise ||style="background:#eedd82;"|Maxime Nassieff

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|Jacques Dufilho||colspan="2"|C'est quoi la vie? || Noël

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|André Dussollier||The Children of the Marshland||Les Enfants du marais || Amédée

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|Claude Rich||Season's Beatings||La Bûche || Stanislas Roman

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|Roschdy Zem||My Little Business||Ma petite entreprise || Sami

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2001<br />(26th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Gérard Lanvin||style="background:#eedd82;"|The Taste of Others||style="background:#eedd82;"|Le Goût des autres ||style="background:#eedd82;"|Franck Moreno

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|Jean-Pierre Kalfon||colspan="2"|Saint-Cyr || Louis XIV

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|Emir Kusturica||The Widow of Saint-Pierre||La Veuve de Saint-Pierre || Neel Auguste

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|Lambert Wilson||colspan="2"|Jet Set || Artus de Poulignac

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|Alain Chabat||The Taste of Others||Le Goût des autres || Bruno Deschamps

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2002<br />(27th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |André Dussollier||style="background:#eedd82;"|The Officers' Ward||style="background:#eedd82;"|La Chambre des officiers ||style="background:#eedd82;"|The Surgeon

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|Edouard Baer||Betty Fisher and Other Stories||Betty Fisher et autres histoires || Alex Basato

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|Jamel Debbouze||rowspan=2|Amélie||rowspan=2|Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain || Lucien

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|Rufus || Raphaël Poulain

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|Jean-Paul Roussillon||One Swallow Brought Spring||Une hirondelle a fait le printemps || Jean

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2003<br />(28th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Bernard Le Coq||style="background:#eedd82;"|Beautiful Memories||style="background:#eedd82;"|Se souvenir des belles choses ||style="background:#eedd82;"| Professor Christian Licht

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|François Cluzet||The Adversary||L'Adversaire || Luc

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|Gérard Darmon||rowspan=2|Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra||rowspan=2|Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre || Amonbofis

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|Jamel Debbouze || Numérobis

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|Denis Podalydès||Summer Things||Embrassez qui vous voudrez || Jérôme

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2004<br />(29th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Darry Cowl||style="background:#eedd82;"|Not on the Lips||style="background:#eedd82;"|Pas sur la bouche ||style="background:#eedd82;"| Madame Foin

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|Yvan Attal||colspan="2"|Bon Voyage || Raoul

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|Clovis Cornillac||Nickel and Dime||À la petite semaine || Didier

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|Marc Lavoine||The Heart of Men||Le Cœur des hommes || Alex

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|Jean-Pierre Marielle||Little Lili||La Petite Lili || Simon Marceaux

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2005<br />(30th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Clovis Cornillac||style="background:#eedd82;"|The Story of My Life||style="background:#eedd82;"|Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités... ||style="background:#eedd82;"|Kevin

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|François Berléand||The Chorus||Les Choristes || Rachin

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|André Dussollier||Department 36||36 Quai des Orfèvres || Robert Mancini

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|Maurice Garrel||Kings and Queen||Rois et reine || Louis Jennsens

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|Jean-Paul Rouve||colspan="2"|Podium || Jean-Baptiste Coussaud

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2006<br />(31st)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Niels Arestrup||style="background:#eedd82;"|The Beat That My Heart Skipped||style="background:#eedd82;"|De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté ||style="background:#eedd82;"|Robert Seyr

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|Maurice Bénichou||Hidden||Caché || Majid

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|Dany Boon||Merry Christmas||Joyeux Noël || Ponchel

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|Georges Wilson||Not Here to Be Loved||Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé || M. Delsart

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|Roschdy Zem||The Young Lieutenant||Le Petit lieutenant || Solo

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2007<br />(32nd)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Kad Merad||style="background:#eedd82;"|Don't Worry, I'm Fine||style="background:#eedd82;"|Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas ||style="background:#eedd82;"|Paul Tellier

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|Dany Boon||The Valet||La Doublure || Richard

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|François Cluzet||colspan="2"|Quatre étoiles || René

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|André Dussollier||Tell No One||Ne le dis à personne || Jacques Laurentin

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|Guy Marchand||Inside Paris||Dans Paris || Mirko

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2008<br />(33rd)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Sami Bouajila||style="background:#eedd82;"|The Witnesses||style="background:#eedd82;"|Les Témoins ||style="background:#eedd82;"|Mehdi

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|Pascal Greggory||La Vie en Rose||La môme || Louis Barrier

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|Michael Lonsdale||Heartbeat Detector||La Question humaine || Mathias Jüst

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|Fabrice Luchini||colspan="2"|Molière || Monsieur Jourdain

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|Laurent Stocker||Hunting and Gathering||Ensemble, c'est tout || Philibert Marquet de la Tubelière

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2009<br />(34th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jean-Paul Roussillon||style="background:#eedd82;"|A Christmas Tale||style="background:#eedd82;"|Un conte De Noël ||style="background:#eedd82;"|Abel

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|Benjamin Biolay||colspan="2"|Stella || Stella's father

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|Claude Rich||With a Little Help from Myself||Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera || Robert

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|Pierre Vaneck||Love Me No More||Deux jours à tuer || Antoine

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|Roschdy Zem||The Girl from Monaco||La Fille de Monaco || Christophe Abadi

|}

2010s

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2010<br />(35th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Niels Arestrup|| style="background:#eedd82;" |A Prophet|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Un prophète || style="background:#eedd82;" | César Luciani

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|Jean-Hugues Anglade||colspan="2"|Persécution || The madman

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|Joeystarr||The Ball of the Actresses||Le Bal des actrice || Himself

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|Benoît Poelvoorde||Coco Before Chanel||Coco avant Chanel || Étienne Balsan

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|Michel Vuillermoz||One for the Road||Le Dernier pour la route || Pierre

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2011<br />(36th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Michael Lonsdale|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Of Gods and Men|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Des hommes et des dieux || style="background:#eedd82;" |Luc Dochier

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|Niels Arestrup||The Big Picture || L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie || Bartholomé

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|François Damiens||Heartbreaker||L'Arnacœur || Marc

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|Gilles Lellouche||Little White Lies||Les Petits Mouchoirs || Eric

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|Olivier Rabourdin||Of Gods and Men||Des hommes et des dieux || Christophe

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2012<br />(37th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Michel Blanc|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The Minister|| style="background:#eedd82;" |L'Exercice de l'État || style="background:#eedd82;" |Gilles

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|Nicolas Duvauchelle|| rowspan=3 colspan="2"|Polisse || Mathieu

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|Joeystarr || Fred

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|Frédéric Pierrot|| Balloo

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|Bernard Le Coq||The Conquest || La Conquête || Jacques Chirac

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2013<br />(38th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Guillaume de Tonquédec|| style="background:#eedd82;" |What's in a Name?|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Le Prénom || style="background:#eedd82;" |Claude

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|Samir Guesmi||Camille Rewinds||Camille redouble || Eric

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|Benoît Magimel||My Way||Cloclo || Paul Lederman

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|Claude Rich||Looking for Hortense || Cherchez Hortense || Sébastien Hauer

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|Michel Vuillermoz||Camille Rewinds||Camille redouble || Camille's father

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2014<br />(39th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Niels Arestrup|| style="background:#eedd82;" |The French Minister || style="background:#eedd82;" |Quai d'Orsay || style="background:#eedd82;" |Claude Maupas

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|Patrick Chesnais||Bright Days Ahead||Les Beaux Jours || Philippe

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|Patrick d'Assumçao||Stranger by the Lake||L'Inconnu du lac || Henri

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|François Damiens||colspan="2"|Suzanne || Nicolas

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|Olivier Gourmet||colspan="2"|Grand Central || Gilles

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! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2015<br />(40th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Reda Kateb|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Hippocrates|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Hippocrate || style="background:#eedd82;" |Abdel Rezzak

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|Éric Elmosnino||The Bélier Family||La Famille Bélier || Fabien Thomasson

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|Louis Garrel||rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Saint Laurent || Jacques de Bascher

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|Jérémie Renier || rowspan="2"|Pierre Bergé

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|Guillaume Gallienne||colspan="2"|Yves Saint Laurent

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! rowspan="5" |2016<br />(41st)

|Benoît Magimel || Standing Tall || La Tête haute || Yann

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|Michel Fau||rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Marguerite || Atos Pezzini / Divo

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|André Marcon || Georges Dumont

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|Louis Garrel||colspan="2"|Mon roi || Solal

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|Vincent Rottiers || colspan="2"|Dheepan || Brahim

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! rowspan="6" |2017<br />(42nd)

|James Thierrée || colspan="2" |Chocolat || George Foottit

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|Gabriel Arcand||A Kid || Le Fils de Jean || Pierre

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|Vincent Cassel || It's Only the End of the World || Juste la fin du monde || Antoine

|-

| Vincent Lacoste ||rowspan=2|In Bed with Victoria || rowspan=2|Victoria || Sam

|-

| Melvil Poupaud || Vincent

|-

| Laurent Lafitte || colspan="2"|Elle || Patrick

|- style="background:#eedd82;"

! rowspan="5" |2018<br />(43rd)

|Antoine Reinartz || BPM (Beats per Minute) || 120 battements par minute || Thibault

|-

|Niels Arestrup || rowspan=2|See You Up There || rowspan=2|Au revoir là-haut || Marcel Péricourt

|-

|Laurent Lafitte || Henri d'Aulnay-Pradelle

|-

|Gilles Lellouche || rowspan=2|C'est la vie! || rowspan=2|Le Sens de la fête || James

|-

|Vincent Macaigne || Julien

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2019<br />(44th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Philippe Katerine|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Sink or Swim || style="background:#eedd82;" |Le grand bain || style="background:#eedd82;" |Thierry

|-

|Denis Podalydès||Sorry Angel||Plaire, aimer et courir vite || Mathieu

|-

|Damien Bonnard||The Trouble with You||En liberté! || Louis

|-

|Clovis Cornillac||Little Tickles||Les chatouilles || Fabrice Le Nadant

|-

|Jean-Hugues Anglade||Sink or Swim||Le grand bain || Simon

|}

2020s

{| class="wikitable" width="95%"

|-

! width="100"| Year

! width="300"| Actor

! width="300"| English title

! width="300"| Original title

! width="200"| Role(s)

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2020<br>(45th)<br>

| style="background:#eedd82;" | Swann Arlaud || style="background:#eedd82;" | By the Grace of God || style="background:#eedd82;" |Grâce à Dieu || style="background:#eedd82;" | Emmanuel Thomassin

|-

| Grégory Gadebois || rowspan=2 | An Officer and a Spy|| rowspan=2 | J'accuse || Hubert Henry

|-

| Louis Garrel || Alfred Dreyfus

|-

| Benjamin Lavernhe || Love at Second Sight || Mon inconnue || Félix

|-

| Denis Ménochet|| By the Grace of God || Grâce à Dieu || François Debord

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2021<br>(46th)<br>

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Nicolas Marié|| style="background:#eedd82;" | Bye Bye Morons|| style="background:#eedd82;" |Adieu les cons || style="background:#eedd82;" | M. Blin

|-

| Edouard Baer || How to Be a Good Wife || La Bonne Épouse || André Grunvald

|-

| Louis Garrel || DNA || ADN || François

|-

| Benjamin Lavernhe || My Donkey, My Lover & I || Antoinette dans les Cévennes || Vladimir

|-

| Vincent Macaigne || Love Affair(s) || Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait || François

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2022<br />(47th)<br>

| style="background:#eedd82;" | Vincent Lacoste || style="background:#eedd82;" | Lost Illusions || style="background:#eedd82;" | Illusions perdues || style="background:#eedd82;" | Etienne Lousteau

|-

| François Civil || The Stronghold || BAC Nord || Antoine

|-

| Xavier Dolan || Lost Illusions || Illusions perdues || Nathan d'Anastazio

|-

| Karim Leklou || The Stronghold || BAC Nord || Yass

|-

| Sylvain Marcel || colspan=2|Aline || Guy-Claude Kamar

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2023<br>(48th)<br>

| style="background:#eedd82;" | Bouli Lanners || style="background:#eedd82;" | The Night of the 12th || style="background:#eedd82;" | La Nuit du 12 || style="background:#eedd82;" | Marceau

|-

| François Civil || Rise || En corps || Yann

|-

| Micha Lescot || Forever Young || Les Amandiers || Pierre Romans

|-

| Pio Marmaï || Rise || En corps || Loic

|-

| Roschdy Zem || The Innocent || L'Innocent || Michel

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2024<br>(49th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" | Swann Arlaud || style="background:#eedd82;" | Anatomy of a Fall || style="background:#eedd82;" | Anatomie d'une chute || style="background:#eedd82;" | Vincent Renzi

|-

| Anthony Bajon || Junkyard Dog (film) || Chien de la casse || Dog

|-

| Arthur Harari || The Goldman Case || Le procès Goldman || Georges Kiejman

|-

| Pio Marmaï || colspan=2|Yannick || Pierre Rivière

|-

| Antoine Reinartz || Anatomy of a Fall || Anatomie d'une chute || The Prosecutor

|-

! rowspan="5" |2025<br />(50th)

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Alain Chabat

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Beating Hearts

| style="background:#eedd82;" |L'Amour ouf

| style="background:#eedd82;" |Jackie's father

|-

|David Ayala

|Misericordia

|Miséricorde

|Walter Bonchamp

|-

|Bastien Bouillon

|The Count of Monte Cristo

|Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

|Fernand de Morcerf

|-

|Jacques Develay

|Misericordia

|Miséricorde

|Abbé Philippe Griseul

|-

|Laurent Lafitte

|The Count of Monte Cristo

|Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

|Gérard de Villefort

|-

! rowspan="5" |2026<br />(51st)

| style="background:#eedd82;" | Pierre Lottin

| style="background:#eedd82;" | The Stranger

| style="background:#eedd82;" | L'Étranger

| style="background:#eedd82;" | Raymond Sintès

|-

| Michel Fau

| The Great Arch

| L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche

| François Mitterrand

|-

| Raphael Personnaz

| The Richest Woman in the World

| La femme la plus riche du monde

| Jérôme Bonjean

|-

| Swann Arlaud

| rowspan="2" | The Great Arch

| rowspan="2" | L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche

| Paul Andreu

|-

| Xavier Dolan

| Jean-Louis Subilon

|}

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actor awards:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|-

! scope="col" width="55" | Wins

! scope="col" | Actor

|-

| 3

| Niels Arestrup

|-

| rowspan=4 | 2

|Jean Carmet

|-

| Jacques Dufilho

|-

| André Dussollier

|-

| Swann Arlaud

|}

The following individuals received three or more Best Supporting Actor nominations:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|-

! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations

! scope="col" align="center" | Actor

|-

| rowspan=5 | 5

| Jean-Hugues Anglade

|-

| Niels Arestrup

|-

| André Dussollier

|-

| Guy Marchand

|-

| Fabrice Luchini

|-

| rowspan=6 | 4

| Jean Carmet

|-

| Jean-Pierre Marielle

|-

| Claude Rich

|-

| Jamel Debbouze

|-

| Roschdy Zem

|-

| Louis Garrel

|-

| rowspan=12 | 3

| Swann Arlaud

|-

| Michel Aumont

|-

| Jean Bouise

|-

| Clovis Cornillac

|-

| Jean-Pierre Darroussin

|-

| Jacques Dufilho

|-

| Laurent Lafitte

|-

| Bernard Le Coq

|-

| Michael Lonsdale

|-

| François Cluzet

|-

| Bernard Giraudeau

|-

| Lambert Wilson

|-

|}

Age superlatives

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|-

! style="width:270px;"|Superlative

! colspan="2" style="width:270px;"|Best Actor

! colspan="2" style="width:270px;"|Best Supporting Actor

! colspan="2" style="width:270px;"|Overall<br />(including Most Promising Actor)

|-

||Actor with most awards

|Michel Serrault

|3

|Niels Arestrup

|3

|Michel Serrault<br>Niels Arestrup<br>André Dussollier<br>Mathieu Amalric

|3

|-

|Actor with most nominations

|Gérard Depardieu

|17

|André Dussollier<br>Fabrice Luchini<br>Guy Marchand<br>Jean-Pierre Marielle<br>Niels Arestrup

|5

|Gérard Depardieu

|17

|-

|Actor with most nominations<br />without ever winning

|Patrick Dewaere

|5

|Jean-Pierre Marielle

|5

|Jean-Pierre Marielle

|7

|-

|Film with most nominations

|Le Sucre<br>Tandem<br>Itinerary of a Spoiled Child<br>Le Souper<br>Les Visiteurs<br>The Intouchables

|2

|Subway<br>Polisse

|3

|Subway<br>La Haine<br>The Officers' Ward<br>A Prophet

|4

|-

|Oldest winner

|Jean-Louis Trintignant

|83

|Michael Lonsdale

|80

|Jean-Louis Trintignant

|83

|-

|Oldest nominee

|Michel Bouquet

|89

|Jacques Dufilho

|86

|Michel Bouquet

|89

|-

|Youngest winner

|Pierre Niney

|26

||Jacques Villeret

|28

|Pierre Niney

|26

|-

|Youngest nominee

|Vincent Lacoste

|22

||Thomas Langmann

|23

|Vincent Lacoste

|22

|}

See also

  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor

References

  • Official website
  • César Award for Best Supporting Actor at AlloCiné