[1] The International Emmy for Best Actor is awarded to a male performance in a made-for-television fiction program (i.e a telefilm, miniseries, telenovelas, drama series or comedy).

[2] The first recipient of the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor was French Thierry Frémont for his role in the telefilm Dans la tête du tueur, a co-production between the TF1 network and GMT Productions and directed by Claude-Michel Rome.

In 2007, Dutch Pierre Bokma shares the prize with British actor Jim Broadbent for his performance in the BBC tv drama series The Street.

Argentine Darío Grandinetti won an Emmy in 2012 for his role as Mario in the miniseries Televisión por la inclusión, created by Bernarda Llorente and Claudio Villarruel.

[5] In 2018, Danish star Lars Mikkelsen won best performance by an actor for his role in the drama television series Ride Upon the Storm.