Silver Shell for Best Actor

The Silver Shell for Best Actor (Spanish: Concha de Plata a la Mejor Interpretacion Masculina; Basque: Aktore onenaren Zilarrezko Maskorra) was one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival to the Best Actor of a competing film.[1] The last of this award was given out in 2020, after which it was replaced with a gender-neutral Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance and Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance the following year.[2]

Award winners[edit]

Year Actor(s) Film Title
1953 Francisco Rabal There's a Road on the Right
1954 Enrique Alvarez Diosdado Viento del norte
1956 Otto Eduard Hasse Canaris (Foreign Film)
Alberto Closas We're All Necessary (Spanish Film)
1957 Charles Vanel Burning Fuse
1958 Kirk Douglas The Vikings
James Stewart Vertigo
1959 Adolfo Marsillach Salto a la Gloria (Leap to Fame)
1960 Richard Attenborough League of Gentleman
Jack Hawkins
Bryan Forbes
Roger Livesey
Nigel Patrick
1961 Gert Fröbe Crook and the Cross [de]
1962 Peter Sellers The Waltz of the Toreadors
1963 Jack Lemmon Days of Wine and Roses
1964 Richard Attenborough Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Maurice Biraud Les Aventures de Salavin
1965 Marcello Mastroianni Casanova 70
1966 Frank Finlay Othello
1967 John Mills The Family Way
Maurice Ronet Le Scandale
1968 Sidney Poitier For Love of Ivy
Claude Rich Je t’aime, je t’aime
1969 Nicol Williamson Laughter in the Dark
1970 Innokenti Smoktounovsky Tchaikovsky
Zoltán Latinovits Utazás a koponyám körül
1971 Vittorio Gassman Brancaleone at the Crusades
1972 Fernando Rey La duda
Topol Follow Me!
1973 Lino Ventura La bonne année
Giancarlo Giannini Sono stato io
1974 Martin Sheen Badlands
1975 Al Pacino Dog Day Afternoon
1976 Zdzislaw Kozien Skazany
1977 Héctor Alterio A un dios desconocido
1978 José Sacristán Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño
1979 Nelson Villagra Prisioneros desaparecidos
1985 Piotr Siwkiewicz Yesterday
1986 Imanol Arias El Lute (camina o revienta)
1987 Fernando Rey Winter Diary
Francisco Regueiro El aire de un crimen
1988 Andy Bausch A Wopbopaloobop A Lopbamboom
Felipe Vega El mejor de los tiempos
1989 Ari Bery Tusztorténet
1990 Mulie Jarju Letters from Alou
1991 Silu Seppälä Zombie and the Ghost Train
1992 Roberto Sosa Highway Patrolman
1993 Juan Echanove Madregilda
1994 Javier Bardem Días contados
Imanol Uribe El detective y la muerte
1995 Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas
1996 Michael Caine Blood and Wine
1997 Federico Luppi Martín (Hache)
1998 Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters
1999 Jacques Dufilho C'est quoi la vie?
2000 Gianfranco Brero Tinta Roja
2001 Düzgün Ayhan Escape to Paradise
2002 Liu Peiqi Han Ni Zai Yiki
2003 Luis Tosar Te Doy Mis Ojos
2004 Ulrich Thomsen Brødre
2005 Juan José Ballesta 7 vírgenes
2006 Juan Diego Vete de mí
2007 Henry O. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
2008 Oscar Martínez El nido vacío
2009 Pablo Pineda Yo, también
2010 Connor McCarron Neds
2011 Antonis Kafetzopoulos Unfair World
2012 José Sacristán The Dead Man and Being Happy
2013 Jim Broadbent Le Week-End
2014 Javier Gutiérrez Marshland
2015 Ricardo Darin Truman
Javier Cámara
2016 Eduard Fernández Smoke & Mirrors
2017 Bogdan Dumitrache [ro] Pororoca
2018 Darío Grandinetti Rojo
2019[3] Bukassa Kabengele Pacified
2020[4] Mads Mikkelsen Another Round
Thomas Bo Larsen
Magnus Millang
Lars Ranthe

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "San Sebastian Film Festival". sansebastianfestival. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. ^ Tom Grater (22 June 2021). "San Sebastian Becomes Latest Festival To Introduce Gender Neutral Acting Awards". deadline.com. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  3. ^ "San Sebastian Film Festival ::". 2019-09-03. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  4. ^ "Official Awards - FIAPF". 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-09-26.

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