Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The Jean Gabin Award


Each year in France, between 1981 and 2006, the award for Best Actor of the Year at the Cesars -- aka, The French Oscars -- was called The Jean Gabin Award (Prix Jean Gabin).

Sometimes the award was given for a particular film performance, other times just for an actor who seemed promising.

Here is the complete list of winners of the Prix Jean Gabin.

(In 2007, the award was re-christened as the Prix Patrick Dewaere, after the popular star of France's popular 1977 film, "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs.")





1981 : Thierry Lhermitte
1982 : Gérard Lanvin
1983 : Gérard Darmon
1984 : François Cluzet
1985 : Christophe Malavoy
1986 : Tchéky Karyo
1987 : Jean-Hugues Anglade
1988 : Thierry Frémont
1989 : Vincent Lindon
1990 : Lambert Wilson
1991 : Fabrice Luchini
1992 : Vincent Pérez
1993 : Olivier Martinez
1994 : Manuel Blanc
1995 : Mathieu Kassovitz
1996 : Guillaume Depardieu
1997 : Yvan Attal
1998 : Vincent Elbaz
1999 : Samuel Le Bihan
2000 : Guillaume Canet
2001 : José Garcia
2002 : Benoît Poelvoorde
2003 : Johnny Hallyday pour L'homme du train de Patrice Leconte
2004 : Loránt Deutsch
2005 : Clovis Cornillac
2006 : Jérémie Renier

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