Magritte Award for Most Promising Actor

Presented by| Académie André Delvaux
First awarded| 2011
Currently held by| Günter Duret, Playground (2021)
Website| lesmagritteducinema.com

The Magritte Award for Most Promising Actor (French: Magritte du meilleur espoir masculin) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of a young actor who has delivered an outstanding breakthrough performance while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.[1]

The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Joffrey Verbruggen receiving the award for his role in The Boat Race.[2] As of the 2022 ceremony, Günter Duret is the most recent winner in this category for his role in Playground.

## Winners and nominees[edit]

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

### 2010s[edit]

Year | Actor | English title | Original title

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2010
(1st) | Joffrey Verbruggen | The Boat Race | La Régate
Jonas Bloquet | Private Lessons | Élève libre
Amir Ben Abdelmoumen | Oscar and the Lady in Pink | Oscar et la Dame rose
Martin Nissen | Angel at Sea | Un ange à la mer
2011
(2nd) | Thomas Doret | The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo
Romain David | Black Ocean | Noir océan
David Murgia | Bullhead | Rundskop
Martin Nissen | The Giants | Les Géants
2012
(3rd) | David Murgia | Headfirst | La Tête la première
Cédric Constantin | Torpedo
Gael Maleux | Mobile Home
Martin Swabey | Little Glory
2013
(4th) | Achille Ridolfi | In the Name of the Son | Au nom du fils
Mehdi Dehbi | The Bag of Flour | Le Sac de farine
Steve Driesen | Landes
Bent Simons | Kid
2014
(5th) | Marc Zinga | Scouting for Zebras | Les Rayures du zèbre
Corentin Lobet | Playing Dead | Je fais le mort
Benjamin Ramon | Tokyo Anyway
Matteo Simoni | Marina
2015
(6th) | Benjamin Ramon | Être
Arthur Bols | Prejudice
Romain Gelin | The Brand New Testament | Le Tout Nouveau Testament
David Thielemans | Chubby | Bouboule
2016
(7th) | Yoann Blanc | Man Overboard | Un homme à la mer
Lazare Gousseau | Baden Baden
Martin Nissen | Welcome Home
Pierre Olivier | Nous quatre
2017
(8th) | Soufiane Chilah | Blind Spot | Dode Hoek
Mistral Guidotti | Home
Baptiste Sornin | Sonar
Arieh Worthalter | Past Imperfect | Le Passé devant nous
2018
(9th) | Thomas Mustin | The Royal Exchange | L'Échange des princesses
Basile Grunberger | Our Struggles | Nos batailles
Baptiste Lalieu | The Benefit of the Doubt | Une Part d'ombre
Matteo Salamone | Mon Ket
2019
(10th) | Idir Ben Addi | Young Ahmed | Le Jeune Ahmed
Baloji | Binti
François Neycken | Escapada
Jeremy Senez | Three Days and a Life | Trois jours et une vie

### 2020s[edit]

Year | Actor | English title | Original title

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2020/21
(11th) | Günter Duret | Playground | Un monde
Roméo Elvis | Mandibles | Mandibules
Basile Grunberger | SpaceBoy
Yoann Zimmer | Home Front | Des hommes

## References[edit]

1. ^ Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l'œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013.
2. ^ "Le cinéma belge était à l'honneur lors de la Première édition des Magritte du cinéma belge francophone". Moniteur du film (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved January 1, 2014.

## External links[edit]

* Magritte Awards official website
* Magritte Award for Most Promising Actor at AlloCiné

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Magritte Awards

* Académie André Delvaux
* Cinema of Belgium

Merit awards|

* Best Film
* Best Director
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best Supporting Actor
* Best Supporting Actress
* Most Promising Actor
* Most Promising Actress
* Best Screenplay
* Best First Feature Film
* Best Flemish Film
* Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
* Best Cinematography
* Best Costume Design
* Best Editing
* Best Original Score
* Best Production Design
* Best Sound
* Honorary Award

Award ceremonies|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020/21
* 2022

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