Silver Bear for Best Actor

Silver Bear for Best Actor
Silberner Bär/Bester Darsteller (German)
Sidney Poitier was the first actor to win the award twice
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor
Country	Germany
Presented by	Berlin International Film Festival
First awarded	1956
Last awarded	2020
Currently held by	Elio Germano Hidden Away (2020)
Website	www.berlinale.de

The Silver Bear for Best Actor (German: Silberner Bär/Bester Darsteller) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chosen by the International Jury from the films in the Competition slate at the festival. Beginning with the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, the award was replaced with two gender-neutral categories: the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance and the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance.

At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival held in 1956, Burt Lancaster was the first winner of this award for his performance in Trapeze, and Elio Germano was the last winner in this category, for his role in Hidden Away at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in 2020.