Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Danish: Robert Prisen for årets mandlige hovedrolle) is a Danish Film Academy award presented at the annual Robert Award ceremony to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Danish film.

Honorees

1980s

1984: Jesper Klein for Beauty and the Beast
1985: Lars Simonsen for Twist and Shout
1986: Reine Brynolfsson for Ofelia Comes to Town
1987: Torben Jensen for Coeurs flambés
1988: Max von Sydow for Pelle the Conqueror
1989: Börje Ahlstedt for Emma's Shadow

1990s

1990: Frits Helmuth for Waltzing Regitze
1991: Tommy Kenter for Dance of the Polar Bears
1992: Ole Lemmeke for The Naked Trees
1993: Søren Østergaard for Pain of Love
1994: Frits Helmuth for Stolen Spring
1995: Ernst-Hugo Järegård for The Kingdom
1996: Ulf Pilgaard for Farligt venskab
1997: Thomas Bo Larsen for The Biggest Heroes
1998: Lars Simonsen for Barbara
1999: Ulrich Thomsen for The Celebration

2000s

2000: Niels Olsen for The One and Only
2001: Jesper Christensen for The Bench
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Italian for Beginners
- Søren Pilmark nominated for Flickering Lights
- Thure Lindhardt nominated for A Place Nearby
- Bjarne Henriksen nominated for Fruen på Hamre
2002: Nikolaj Lie Kaas for Truly Human
- Martin Buch nominated for Chop Chop
- Lars Mikkelsen nominated for Kira's Reason: A Love Story
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Shake It All About
- Jens Okking nominated for One-Hand Clapping
2003: Jens Albinus for Facing the Truth
- Kim Bodnia nominated for Old Men in New Cars
- Jørgen Kiil nominated for Minor Mishaps
- Troels Lyby nominated for Okay
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Open Hearts
2004: Ulrich Thomsen for The Inheritance
- Lars Brygmann nominated for Stealing Rembrandt
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau nominated for The Bouncer
- Frederik Christian Johansen nominated for Someone Like Hodder
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for The Green Butchers
2005: Mads Mikkelsen for Pusher II
- Mikael Birkkjær nominated for Aftermath
- Frits Helmuth nominated for Villa Paranoia
- Mikael Persbrandt nominated for Day and Night
- Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Brothers
2006: Troels Lyby for Accused
- Jesper Christensen nominated for Manslaughter
- Bjarne Henriksen nominated for Kinamand
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for Murk
- Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Adam's Apples
2007: David Dencik for A Soap
- Jens Albinus nominated for The Boss of It All
- Nicolas Bro nominated for Offscreen
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for After the Wedding
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Prague
2008: Lars Brygmann for White Night
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Just Another Love Story
- Kim Bodnia nominated for Echo
- David Dencik nominated for Outside Love
- Søren Pilmark nominated for How to Get Rid of the Others
2009: Jakob Cedergren for Terribly Happy
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for What No One Knows
- Carsten Bjørnlund nominated for Oneway-ticket to Korsør
- Thure Lindhardt nominated for Flame & Citron
- Ulrich Thomsen nominated for Fear Me Not

2010s

2010: Lars Mikkelsen for Headhunter
- Willem Dafoe nominated for Antichrist
- Thomas Ernst nominated for Aching Hearts
- Kristian Halken nominated for Oldboys
- Cyron Melville nominated for Love and Rage
2011: Pilou Asbæk for R
- Jens Albinus nominated for Everything Will Be Fine
- Jakob Cedergren nominated for Submarino
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Valhalla Rising
- Mikael Persbrandt nominated for In a Better World
2012: Nikolaj Lie Kaas for A Funny Man
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Rosa Morena
- Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for SuperClásico
- Nicolas Bro nominated for Beast
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas nominated for A Family
2013: Søren Malling for A Hijacking
2014: Mads Mikkelsen for The Hunt
2015: Henrik Birch for Klumpfisken
2016: Ulrich Thomsen for Sommeren '92
- Mads Mikkelsen nominated for Men & Chicken
- Peter Plaugborg nominated for The Idealist
- Pilou Asbæk nominated for A War
- Roland Møller nominated for Land of Mine
2017: Søren Malling for Parents
2018: Elliott Crosset Hove for Winter Brothers
2019: Jakob Cedergren for The Guilty