César Award for Best Actor

Following the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (AATC)'s practice, the films below are listed by year of ceremony, which corresponds to the year following the film's year of release. For example, the César for Best Actor of 2010 was awarded on February 27, 2010 for a performance in a film released between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. Actors are selected via a two-round vote: first round to choose the nominees, second round to designate the winner. All the members of the Académie, without regard to their branch, are eligible to vote on both rounds. The number of nominees, initially set to four, was expanded to five in 1984 and then to seven in 2012. Winners are listed first in bold, followed by the other nominees in alphabetic order. ==Winners==

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Superlatives ==Multiple wins and nominations==

The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards: The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations: One actor has the record of most consecutive nominations with 4: Gerard Depardieu (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980/ 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986/ 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) ==See also==