Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama

The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama at the Nederlands Film Festival.

• 1994 Jack Wouterse as Lou – En Route
• 1995 Huub Stapel as Hendrik – De Partizanen
• 1996 Eric van der Donk as Schuyt – De Langste Reis
• 1997 Gilles Biesheuvel as Gillis – Goede daden bij daglicht – That's no Way to Kill your Mother

Split up

In 1998 till 2020 the category was split into two different categories, Best Actor in a Television Drama and Best Actress in a Television Drama.

Best Actress

• 1998 Saskia Temmink as Claire van Dijk-Bussink – Oud geld
• 1999 Carice van Houten as Suzy – Suzy Q
• 2000 Will van Kralingen as Meriam Blom – Storm in mijn hoofd
• 2001 Joan Nederlof as Grace Keeley – Hertenkamp
• 2012 Rifka Lodeizen as Elsie Couwenberg - Overspel
• 2013 Monic Hendrickx as Carmen van Walraven - Penoza II
• 2014 Loes Schnepper as Lies - One Night Stand IX
• 2015 Ariane Schluter as Helen - One Night Stand X
• 2016 Nazmiye Oral as Neziha - One Night Stand XI
• 2017 Abbey Hoes as Pattie Jagersma - Petticoat
• 2018 Ilse Warringa as Ank van Pijkeren - De Luizenmoeder
• 2019 Rifka Lodeizen as Astrid Holleeder - Judas^[1]
• 2020 Halina Reijn as Esther Finkel - Red Light

Best Actor

• 1998 Gijs Scholten van Aschat as Ole Bussink – Oud geld
• 1999 Jack Wouterse as Ko – Suzy Q
• 2000 Kees Prins as Johnny Jordaan – Bij ons in de Jordaan
• 2001 Pierre Bokma as Marcel Paroo – Belager
• 2012 Jeroen Willems as Mirko Narain - Cop vs. Killer
• 2013 Pierre Bokma as Rijkman Groenink - De prooi
• 2014 Maarten Heijmans as Ramses Shaffy - Ramses
• 2015 Jonas Smulders as Tomas - One Night Stand X
• 2016 Jacob Derwig as Marius Milner - Klem
• 2017 George Tobal & Majd Mardo as Ibrahim and Benyamin - One Night Stand XII
• 2018 Kees Hulst as Hendrik Groen - Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen
• 2019 Gijs Naber as Willem Holleeder - Judas^[1]
• 2020 Ramsey Nasr as Ischa Meijer - I.M.^[2]

Best leading role in a dramaseries (since 2021)

• 2021 Werner Kolf as John de Koning - Commando's
• 2022 Jeroen Spitzenberger as Pim Fortuyn - Het jaar van Fortuyn
• 2023 Eva Crutzen as Cat - Bodem
• 2024 Abke Haring as Inge Schepenaer - Een van ons

Best supporting role in a dramaseries (since 2021)

• 2021 Michel Sluysman as Martin de Waard - The Spectacular
• 2022 Charlie Chan Dagelet as Natasja Stigter - Dirty Lines
• 2023 Marit van Bohemen as Sonja Holleeder - Judas
• 2024 Bilal El Aoumari as Ibrahim - Laura H.

Best role in a Singleplay or Short Film (since 2021)

• 2021 Laura Bakker as Lorah - Onze Straat: Heartbeats
• 2022 Sinem Kavus as Meltem - Mocro Maffia: Meltem
• 2023 Hannah van Lunteren - Ma Mére et Moi
• 2024 Laura Bakker as Marleen - De Ontmoeting - Marleen