Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor

The Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor was awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 1980 to 1983, for the best performance by non-Canadian actor in a Canadian film.

The award was discontinued after the 4th Genie Awards, and non-Canadian actors instead became eligible for the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Nominated
1980	George C. Scott, The Changeling	Michael Douglas, Running Bill Murray, Meatballs Will Sampson, Fish Hawk Rod Steiger, Jack London's Klondike Fever
1981	Jack Lemmon, Tribute	Bruce Dern, Middle Age Crazy Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City, U.S.A. Brett Marx, The Lucky Star Rod Steiger, The Lucky Star
1982	Alan Arkin, Improper Channels	Guy Boyd, Ticket to Heaven Robert Carradine, Heartaches Rémi Laurent, Les Plouffe John Savage, The Amateur Tom Skerritt, Silence of the North
1983	Richard Farnsworth, The Grey Fox	Grand Bush, Hard Feelings Bruce Dern, Harry Tracy, Desperado Jeff Goldblum, Threshold Ron Perlman, Quest for Fire Jean Yanne, Une journée en taxi