Jussi Award for Best Actor

Jussi Award for Best Actor
Joel Rinne was the first recipient of the award in 1944
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Presented byFilmiaura
First awarded1944
Last awarded2022
Currently held byPetri Poikolainen
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (2022)

The Jussi Award for Best Actor was an award presented annually at the Jussi Awards, the premier film industry event in Finland, between 1944 and 2022.[1][2] In the spring of 2022, Filmiaura's board introduced the gender-neutral Jussi Award for Best Leading Performance, which started from the 76th Jussi Awards in 2023.[3][2] The 1st Jussi Awards ceremony was held in 1944, with Joel Rinne winning the first Jussi Award for Best Actor for his performance in Kirkastettu sydän,[4] and Petri Poikolainen was the last winner in The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic at the 75th Jussi Awards in 2022.

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  2. ^ a b Rantanen, Miska (April 11, 2022). "Näyttelijät tyytyväisiä Jussi-palkintojen sukupuolettomuuteen: "Virkistävää, että aletaan elää 2020-lukua", sanoo Elina Knihtilä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Elokuva-ala muuttaa käytäntöään: Ensi vuonna jaetaan sukupuolettomat Jussit". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). April 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "Jussi Awards: 1944 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved March 24, 2018.