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

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.

Awards and nominations[]

Year	Winner	Nominated
1981	Brent Carver, Bent	Donald Davis, ECU Donald Davis, On Golden Pond , The Crackwalker
1982	, True West	, Lone Star Douglas Rain, Bodies Larry Reynolds, Rexy!
1983	R. H. Thomson, Hand to Hand	Douglas Rain, Master Builder Hugh Webster, The Kite , Un pays dont la devise est je m'oublie
1984	Douglas Rain, The Dining Room	Douglas Campbell, Homecoming Gordon Clapp, Trafford Tanzi , Three Beats to the Bar Dan Lett, Delicatessen R.H. Thomson, The Jail Diary of Albee Sachs
1985	Heath Lamberts, Cyrano de Bergerac	Paul Gross, Romeo and Juliet David Hemblen, Uncle Vanya , "Master Harold"...and the Boys
1986[1]	Stephen Ouimette, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea	Eric Peterson, The Double Bass R.H. Thomson, Hamlet , As Is , Hosanna
1987[2]	Stephen Ouimette, B-Movie: The Play	Graham Bailey, Master Class Stuart Hughes, Romeo and Juliet , Blood Knot Tom Wood, The Forest
1988[3]	, I Am Yours	Roland Hewgill, Play Memory Stuart Hughes, Unexpected Moves Michael Riley, Nothing Sacred , Detaining Mr. Trotsky
1989[4]	Graham Greene, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing	, The Dragons Trilogy , Under the Skin Gary Farmer, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing , Driving Miss Daisy
1990	Stuart Hughes, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid	Diego Matamoros, Potestad Leon Pownall, The Father Michael Riley, The Comedy of Errors Guillermo Verdecchia, Amigo's Blue Guitar
1991	, Burn This	Henry Czerny, The Arab's Mouth , The Crackwalker Tom McCamus, 7 Stories , The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine
1992	Rod Beattie, The Wingfield Trilogy	David Fox, Democracy , Whale Riding Weather , The Seaford Tapes , Three Sisters
1993[5]	, Richard III	, Crimes of the Heart David Qamaniq, Whale , Pinocchio , A Midsummer Night's Dream
1994	Tom McCamus, Abundance	, Twelfth Night , Holiday , A Christmas Carol , Homeward Bound
1995[6]	Nigel Shawn Williams, Six Degrees of Separation	, Molly Wood Ben Carlson, Hay Fever , Molly Wood , Molly Wood
1996	Heath Lamberts, One for the Pot	, One for the Pot , The Seven Streams of the River Ota , Two Weeks with the Queen Julian Richings, Two Weeks with the Queen
1997	, Oliver Twist	Jonathan Crombie, Arcadia David Fox, Oliver Twist Judd Hirsch, Death of a Salesman Simon McBurney, The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol , The Glass Menagerie
1998	Eric Peterson, The Designated Mourner	, Patience , Cherry Docs , Inexpressible Island John Neville, Molly Sweeney , Trainspotting
1999	David Fox, The Drawer Boy	Paul Braunstein, Kilt Peter Donat, Don Carlos , How I Learned to Drive Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop Goes to War
2000	Diego Matamoros, Endgame	, The Beauty Queen of Leenane Ronnie Burkett, Street of Blood Diego Matamoros, The Play's the Thing Donald Sutherland, Enigma Variations
2001	Conleth Hill, Stones in His Pockets	Ronnie Burkett, Happy Sean Campion, Stones in His Pockets , Earshot Luke Kirby, Geometry in Venice , The School for Wives
2002	Tony Nardi, The Lesson	, Gynty Peter Donaldson, Plan B John Kani, The Island Diego Matamoros, Uncle Vanya , Picasso at the Lapin Agile
2003	, Through the Eyes	Ari Cohen, Sunday Father Ted Dykstra, A Chorus of Disapproval , Stephen Ouimette, The Beard of Avon
2004	William Hutt, No Man's Land	David Ferry, Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad , Copenhagen , Le Visiteur Rick Roberts, Hotel Loopy
2005	Rick Miller, Bigger Than Jesus	Stuart Hughes, The Dumb Waiter / The Zoo Story Daniel MacIvor, Cul-de-sac Eric Peterson, Half Life Paul Soles, Trying
2006	Shawn Doyle, A Number	Ronnie Burkett, 10 Days on Earth Sergio Di Zio, Léo , Our Town Tom McCamus, Mathilde Albert Schultz, Our Town
2007	Daniel MacIvor, Here Lies Henry	Tom McCamus, Thom Pain (based on nothing) Rick Roberts, John and Beatrice Kenneth Welsh, Leaving Home , Of Mice and Men
2008	, The Time of Your Life	Brent Carver, The Elephant Man , The December Man , The Drawer Boy Julian Richings, The Palace of the End
2009	Waawaate Fobister, Agokwe	Hrant Alianak, House of Many Tongues Kevin Hanchard, Miss Julie: Freedom Summer Diego Matamoros, Travesties , Festen
2010	Diego Matamoros, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	, Parfumerie Paul Sun Hyung Lee, The Monster Under the Bed Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop Goes to War , Les Médecins de Molière
2011	, Death of a Salesman	David Ferry, Blasted Sterling Jarvis, Ruined , Brothel #9 Diego Matamoros, Oleanna
2012[7]	Nigel Shawn Williams, Topdog/Underdog	Kevin Hanchard, Topdog/Underdog Michael Healey, Clybourne Park Paul Sun Hyung Lee, Kim's Convenience , RED
2013	, Someone Else	, Arigato, Tokyo Sterling Jarvis, The Whipping Man Tawiah M'carthy, Obaaberima Nigel Shawn Williams, Race
2014	Bruce Dow, Pig	Damien Atkins, Angels in America: Perestroika , The Norman Conquests Brendan Gall, Lungs , Of Human Bondage
2015	Kawa Ada, Accidental Death of an Anarchist	Joe Cobden, An Enemy of the People Kevin Hanchard, The Mountaintop , Tom at the Farm , Tom at the Farm
2016	, Mustard	, The Crackwalker , A Line in the Sand , The 20th of November R. H. Thomson, You Will Remember Me
2017	, "Master Harold"...and the Boys	, "Master Harold"...and the Boys , Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts I, II, III) Sugith Varughese, Little Pretty and the Exceptional , The Last Wife
2018	Kim Coates, Jerusalem	Richard Clarkin, Confederation & Riel , A Delicate Balance , The Boy in the Moon , Bang Bang

References[]

External links[]

• Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras