César Award for Best Actor
| César Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
2026 recipient: Laurent Lafitte | |
| Awarded for | Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First award | 1976 |
| Currently held by | Laurent Lafitte for The Richest Woman in the World (2026) |
| Website | academie-cinema |
The César Award for Best Actor (French: César de la meilleure acteur) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading 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.