Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (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.

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 (actor) for Coeurs flambés (1996 film)
 * 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 (2003 film)
 * 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 (2007 film)
 * Anders W. Berthelsen nominated for Just Another Love Story
 * Kim Bodnia nominated for Echo
 * David Dencik nominated for Outside Love (2007 film)
 * 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 (2011 film)
 * 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

2020s

 * 2020: Esben Smed for Daniel
 * 2021: Mads Mikkelsen for Another Round
 * 2022: Simon Bjenneberg for The Pact(2021 film)
 * 2023: Anders W. Berthelsen for Bamse(2022 film)
 * 2024: Mads Mikkelsen for The Promised Land