Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Play (Large Theatre)

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The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

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Awards and nominations

YearWinnerNominated
1981 Blueribbon icon.png Brent Carver, Bent
1982 Blueribbon icon.png John Evans, True West
1983 Blueribbon icon.png R. H. Thomson, Hand to Hand
1984 Blueribbon icon.png Douglas Rain, The Dining Room
1985 Blueribbon icon.png Heath Lamberts, Cyrano de Bergerac
1986 [1] Blueribbon icon.png Stephen Ouimette, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
1987 [2] Blueribbon icon.png Stephen Ouimette, B-Movie: The Play
1988 [3] Blueribbon icon.png Geordie Johnson, I Am Yours
1989 [4] Blueribbon icon.png Graham Greene, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
1990 Blueribbon icon.png Stuart Hughes, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
1991 Blueribbon icon.png Jim Mezon, Burn This
1992 Blueribbon icon.png Rod Beattie, The Wingfield Trilogy
1993 [5] Blueribbon icon.png Hardee T. Lineham, Richard III
1994 Blueribbon icon.png Tom McCamus, Abundance
1995 [6] Blueribbon icon.png Nigel Shawn Williams, Six Degrees of Separation
1996 Blueribbon icon.png Heath Lamberts, One for the Pot
1997 Blueribbon icon.png John Dolan, Oliver Twist
1998 Blueribbon icon.png Eric Peterson, The Designated Mourner
1999 Blueribbon icon.png David Fox, The Drawer Boy
2000 Blueribbon icon.png Diego Matamoros, Endgame
2001 Blueribbon icon.png Conleth Hill, Stones in His Pockets
2002 Blueribbon icon.png Tony Nardi, The Lesson
2003 Blueribbon icon.png Richard McMillan, Through the Eyes
2004 Blueribbon icon.png William Hutt, No Man's Land
2005 Blueribbon icon.png Rick Miller, Bigger Than Jesus
2006 Blueribbon icon.png Shawn Doyle, A Number
2007 Blueribbon icon.png Daniel MacIvor, Here Lies Henry
2008 Blueribbon icon.png Joseph Ziegler, The Time of Your Life
2009 Blueribbon icon.png Waawaate Fobister, Agokwe
2010 Blueribbon icon.png Diego Matamoros, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2011 Blueribbon icon.png Joseph Ziegler, Death of a Salesman
2012 [7] Blueribbon icon.png Nigel Shawn Williams, Topdog/Underdog
2013 Blueribbon icon.png Tom Rooney, Someone Else
2014 Blueribbon icon.png Bruce Dow, Pig
2015 Blueribbon icon.png Kawa Ada, Accidental Death of an Anarchist
2016 Blueribbon icon.png Anand Rajaram, Mustard
2017 Blueribbon icon.png André Sills, "Master Harold"...and the Boys
2018 Blueribbon icon.png Kim Coates, Jerusalem

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