The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival since 1946. It is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance and chosen by the jury from the films in officia
2026 recipients: Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia
Ray Milland won for The Lost Weekend (1946)
Edward G. Robinson won for House of Strangers (1947)
John Kitzmiller was the first Black winner, for Valley of Peace (1957)
Emmanuel Macchia
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Emmanuel Macchia is a Belgian actor. For his acting debut in Coward, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, which he shared with his co-star Valentin Campagne.
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
…delivered an outstanding performance and chosen by the jury from the films in official competition slate at the festival. Its most recent winners were Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne for Coward at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in 2026. The award was first presented in 1946, at the 1st Cannes Film Festival, where…
Macchia at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival