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AACTA International Award for Best Actor the following table, the winner is marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. †- indicates performance that won The Academy Award for Best Actor ‡- indicates performance that was nominated for The Academy Award for Best Actor. AACTA International Award for Best Actor The AACTA International Award for Best Actor is an award that is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for a performance by a male actor in a film made outside Australia. It was first handed out by the Academy