Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor

The Best Actor Award (French: Prix d'interprétation masculine) 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 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.