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

YearActor(s)Film Title
1953Francisco RabalThere's a Road on the Right
1954Enrique Alvarez DiosdadoViento del norte
1956Otto Eduard HasseCanaris (Foreign Film)
Alberto ClosasWe're All Necessary (Spanish Film)
1957Charles VanelBurning Fuse
1958Kirk DouglasThe Vikings
James StewartVertigo
1959Adolfo MarsillachSalto a la Gloria (Leap to Fame)
1960Richard AttenboroughLeague of Gentleman
Jack Hawkins
Bryan Forbes
Roger Livesey
Nigel Patrick
1961Gert FröbeCrook and the Cross [de]
1962Peter SellersThe Waltz of the Toreadors
1963Jack LemmonDays of Wine and Roses
1964Richard AttenboroughSéance on a Wet Afternoon
Maurice BiraudLes Aventures de Salavin
1965Marcello MastroianniCasanova 70
1966Frank FinlayOthello
1967John MillsThe Family Way
Maurice RonetLe Scandale
1968Sidney PoitierFor Love of Ivy
Claude RichJe t’aime, je t’aime
1969Nicol WilliamsonLaughter in the Dark
1970Innokenti SmoktounovskyTchaikovsky
Zoltán LatinovitsUtazás a koponyám körül
1971Vittorio GassmanBrancaleone at the Crusades
1972Fernando ReyLa duda
TopolFollow Me!
1973Lino VenturaLa bonne année
Giancarlo GianniniSono stato io
1974Martin SheenBadlands
1975Al PacinoDog Day Afternoon
1976Zdzislaw KozienSkazany
1977Héctor AlterioA un dios desconocido
1978José SacristánUn hombre llamado Flor de Otoño
1979Nelson VillagraPrisioneros desaparecidos
1985Piotr SiwkiewiczYesterday
1986Imanol AriasEl Lute (camina o revienta)
1987Fernando ReyWinter Diary
Francisco RegueiroEl aire de un crimen
1988Andy BauschA Wopbopaloobop A Lopbamboom
Felipe VegaEl mejor de los tiempos
1989Ari BeryTusztorténet
1990Mulie JarjuLetters from Alou
1991Silu SeppäläZombie and the Ghost Train
1992Roberto SosaHighway Patrolman
1993Juan EchanoveMadregilda
1994Javier BardemDías contados
Imanol UribeEl detective y la muerte
1995Nicolas CageLeaving Las Vegas
1996Michael CaineBlood and Wine
1997Federico LuppiMartín (Hache)
1998Ian McKellenGods and Monsters
1999Jacques DufilhoC'est quoi la vie?
2000Gianfranco BreroTinta Roja
2001Düzgün AyhanEscape to Paradise
2002Liu PeiqiHan Ni Zai Yiki
2003Luis TosarTe Doy Mis Ojos
2004Ulrich ThomsenBrødre
2005Juan José Ballesta7 vírgenes
2006Juan DiegoVete de mí
2007Henry O.A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
2008Oscar MartínezEl nido vacío
2009Pablo PinedaYo, también
2010Connor McCarronNeds
2011Antonis KafetzopoulosUnfair World
2012José SacristánThe Dead Man and Being Happy
2013Jim BroadbentLe Week-End
2014Javier GutiérrezMarshland
2015Ricardo DarinTruman
Javier Cámara
2016Eduard FernándezSmoke & Mirrors
2017Bogdan Dumitrache [ro]Pororoca
2018Darío GrandinettiRojo
2019[3]Bukassa KabengelePacified
2020[4]Mads MikkelsenAnother Round
Thomas Bo Larsen
Magnus Millang
Lars Ranthe

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