The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a musical or comedy film. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture", but the creation of the category in 1951 allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actor – Drama.
The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2006, it was officially called: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy". As of 2013[update], the wording is "Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy".
Winners and nominees[]
1950s[]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950[1][2] | Fred Astaire | Bert Kalmar | Three Little Words |
| 1951[3][4] | Danny Kaye | Jack Martin / Henri Duran | On the Riviera |
| Gene Kelly | Jerry Mulligan | An American in Paris | |
| 1952[5][6] | Donald O'Connor | Cosmo Brown | Singin' in the Rain |
| 1953[7][8] | David Niven | David Slater | The Moon Is Blue |
| 1954[9][10] | James Mason | Norman Maine | A Star Is Born |
| 1955[11][12] | Tom Ewell | Richard Sherman | The Seven Year Itch |
| 1956 | Cantinflas | Passepartout | Around the World in 80 Days |
| Marlon Brando | Sakini | The Teahouse of the August Moon | |
| Yul Brynner | King Mongkut of Siam | The King and I | |
| Glenn Ford | Captain Fisby | The Teahouse of the August Moon | |
| Danny Kaye | Hubert Hawkins | The Court Jester | |
| 1957 | Frank Sinatra | Joey Evans | Pal Joey |
| Maurice Chevalier | Claude Chavasse | Love in the Afternoon | |
| Glenn Ford | Lt. J. G. Max Siegel | Don't Go Near the Water | |
| David Niven | Godfrey Smith | My Man Godfrey | |
| Tony Randall | Rockwell P. Hunter | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | |
| 1958 | Danny Kaye | S. L. Jacobowsky | Me and the Colonel |
| Maurice Chevalier | Honoré Lachaille | Gigi | |
| Clark Gable | James Gannon | Teacher's Pet | |
| Cary Grant | Philip Adams | Indiscreet | |
| Louis Jourdan | Gaston Lachaille | Gigi | |
| 1959 | Jack Lemmon | Jerry / Daphne | Some Like It Hot |
| Clark Gable | Russell Ward | But Not for Me | |
| Cary Grant | Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman | Operation Petticoat | |
| Dean Martin | Michael Haney | Who Was That Lady? | |
| Sidney Poitier | Porgy | Porgy and Bess |
1960s[]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Jack Lemmon | C. C. Baxter | The Apartment |
| Dirk Bogarde | Franz Liszt | Song Without End | |
| Cantinflas | Pepe | Pepe | |
| Cary Grant | Victor, Earl of Rhyall | The Grass Is Greener | |
| Bob Hope | Larry Gilbert | The Facts of Life | |
| 1961 | Glenn Ford | Dave, the Dude | Pocketful of Miracles |
| Fred Astaire | Pogo Poole | The Pleasure of His Company | |
| Richard Beymer | Tony | West Side Story | |
| Bob Hope | Adam Niles | Bachelor in Paradise | |
| Fred MacMurray | Ned Brainard | The Absent-Minded Professor | |
| 1962 | Marcello Mastroianni | Ferdinando Cefalù | Divorce Italian Style |
| Stephen Boyd | Sam Rawlins | Billy Rose's Jumbo | |
| Jimmy Durante | Anthony Wonder / Pop | ||
| Cary Grant | Philip Shayne | That Touch of Mink | |
| Charlton Heston | Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator |
The Pigeon That Took Rome | |
| Karl Malden | Herbie Sommers | Gypsy | |
| Robert Preston | Harold Hill | The Music Man | |
| James Stewart | Roger Hobbs | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | |
| 1963 | Alberto Sordi | Amedeo Ferretti | To Bed or Not to Bed |
| Albert Finney | Tom Jones | Tom Jones | |
| James Garner | Henry Tyroon | The Wheeler Dealers | |
| Cary Grant | Brian Cruikshank | Charade | |
| Jack Lemmon | Nestor Paptu / Lord X | Irma la Douce | |
| Mr. Hogan | Under the Yum Yum Tree | ||
| Frank Sinatra | Alan Barker | Come Blow Your Horn | |
| Jonathan Winters | Lennie Pike | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | |
| 1964 | Rex Harrison | Henry Higgins | My Fair Lady |
| Marcello Mastroianni | Domenico Soriano | Marriage Italian-Style | |
| Peter Sellers | Inspector Jacques Clouseau | The Pink Panther | |
| Peter Ustinov | Arthur Simpson | Topkapi | |
| Dick Van Dyke | Bert / Mr. Dawes, Sr. | Mary Poppins | |
| 1965 | Lee Marvin | Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn | Cat Ballou |
| Jack Lemmon | Professor Fate / Prince Hapnick | The Great Race | |
| Jerry Lewis | Robert Reed | Boeing Boeing | |
| Jason Robards | Murray Burns | A Thousand Clowns | |
| Alberto Sordi | Count Emilio Ponticelli | Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines | |
| 1966 | Alan Arkin | Lt. Yuri Rozanov | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming |
| Alan Bates | Jos Jones | Georgy Girl | |
| Michael Caine | Harry Dean | Gambit | |
| Lionel Jeffries | Stanley Farquhar | The Spy with a Cold Nose | |
| Walter Matthau | Willie Gingrich | The Fortune Cookie | |
| 1967 | Richard Harris | King Arthur | Camelot |
| Richard Burton | Petruchio | The Taming of the Shrew | |
| Rex Harrison | Doctor John Dolittle | Doctor Dolittle | |
| Dustin Hoffman | Benjamin Braddock | The Graduate | |
| Ugo Tognazzi | Sergio Masini | L'immorale | |
| 1968 | Ron Moody | Fagin | Oliver! |
| Fred Astaire | Finian McLonergan | Finian's Rainbow | |
| Jack Lemmon | Felix Ungar | The Odd Couple | |
| Walter Matthau | Oscar Madison | ||
| Zero Mostel | Max Bialystock | The Producers | |
| 1969 | Peter O'Toole | Arthur Chipping | Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| Dustin Hoffman | John | John and Mary | |
| Lee Marvin | Ben Rumson | Paint Your Wagon | |
| Steve McQueen | Boon Hogganbeck | The Reivers | |
| Anthony Quinn | Italo Bombolini | The Secret of Santa Vittoria |
1970s[]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Albert Finney | Ebenezer Scrooge | Scrooge |
| Richard Benjamin | Jonathan Balser | Diary of a Mad Housewife | |
| Elliott Gould | Captain John "Trapper" McIntyre | M*A*S*H | |
| Jack Lemmon | George Kellerman | The Out-of-Towners | |
| Donald Sutherland | Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce | M*A*S*H | |
| 1971 | Topol | Tevye | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Bud Cort | Harold Chasen | Harold and Maude | |
| Dean Jones | Professor Dooley | The Million Dollar Duck | |
| Walter Matthau | Joseph P. Kotcher | Kotch | |
| Gene Wilder | Willy Wonka | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | |
| 1972 | Jack Lemmon | Wendell Armbruster | Avanti! |
| Edward Albert | Don Baker | Butterflies Are Free | |
| Charles Grodin | Lenny Cantrow | The Heartbreak Kid | |
| Walter Matthau | Pete | Pete 'n' Tillie | |
| Peter O'Toole | Don Quixote de la Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes | Man of La Mancha | |
| 1973 | George Segal | Steve Blackburn | A Touch of Class |
| Carl Anderson | Judas Iscariot | Jesus Christ Superstar | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | Curt Henderson | American Graffiti | |
| Ted Neeley | Jesus Christ | Jesus Christ Superstar | |
| Ryan O'Neal | Moses Pray | Paper Moon | |
| 1974 | Art Carney | Harry Coombes | Harry and Tonto |
| James Earl Jones | Rupert Marshall | Claudine | |
| Jack Lemmon | Hildy Johnson | The Front Page | |
| Walter Matthau | Walter Burns | ||
| Burt Reynolds | Paul "Wrecking" Crewe | The Longest Yard | |
| 1975 | George Burns | Al Lewis | The Sunshine Boys |
| Walter Matthau | Willy Clark | ||
| Warren Beatty | George Roundy | Shampoo | |
| James Caan | Billy Rose | Funny Lady | |
| Peter Sellers | Inspector Jacques Clouseau | The Return of the Pink Panther | |
| 1976 | Kris Kristofferson | John Howard | A Star Is Born |
| Mel Brooks | Mel Funn | Silent Movie | |
| Peter Sellers | Inspector Jacques Clouseau | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | |
| Jack Weston | Gaetano Proclo | The Ritz | |
| Gene Wilder | George Caldwell | Silver Streak | |
| 1977 | Richard Dreyfuss | Elliott Garfield | The Goodbye Girl |
| Woody Allen | Alvy Singer | Annie Hall | |
| Mel Brooks | Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke | High Anxiety | |
| Robert De Niro | Jimmy Doyle | New York, New York | |
| John Travolta | Tony Manero | Saturday Night Fever | |
| 1978 | Warren Beatty | Joe Pendleton | Heaven Can Wait |
| Alan Alda | George | Same Time, Next Year | |
| Gary Busey | Buddy Holly | The Buddy Holly Story | |
| Chevy Chase | Detective Tony Carlson | Foul Play | |
| George C. Scott | Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter | Movie Movie | |
| John Travolta | Danny Zuko | Grease | |
| 1979 | Peter Sellers | Chance | Being There |
| George Hamilton | Count Dracula | Love at First Bite | |
| Dudley Moore | George Webber | 10 | |
| Burt Reynolds | Phil Potter | Starting Over | |
| Roy Scheider | Joe Gideon | All That Jazz |
1980s[]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Ray Sharkey | Vinnie Vacarri | The Idolmaker |
| Neil Diamond | Yussel Rabinovitch | The Jazz Singer | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | Doolittle Mooney Lynn | Coal Miner's Daughter | |
| Paul Le Mat | Melvin Dummar | Melvin and Howard | |
| Walter Matthau | Miles Kendig | Hopscotch | |
| 1981 | Dudley Moore | Arthur Bach | Arthur |
| Alan Alda | Jack Burroughs | The Four Seasons | |
| George Hamilton | Don Diego Vega / Zorro / Wigglesworth / Ramon Vega | Zorro, The Gay Blade | |
| Steve Martin | Arthur Parker | Pennies from Heaven | |
| Walter Matthau | Dan Snow | First Monday in October | |
| 1982 | Dustin Hoffman | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels | Tootsie |
| Peter O'Toole | Alan Swann | My Favorite Year | |
| Al Pacino | Ivan Travalian | Author! Author! | |
| Robert Preston | Caroll "Toddy" Todd | Victor Victoria | |
| Henry Winkler | Chuck | Night Shift | |
| 1983 | Michael Caine | Frank Bryant | Educating Rita |
| Woody Allen | Leonard Zelig | Zelig | |
| Tom Cruise | Joel Goodson | Risky Business | |
| Eddie Murphy | Billy Ray Valentine | Trading Places | |
| Mandy Patinkin | Avigdor | Yentl | |
| 1984 | Dudley Moore | Rob Salinger | Micki & Maude |
| Steve Martin | Roger Cobb | All of Me | |
| Eddie Murphy | Axel Foley | Beverly Hills Cop | |
| Bill Murray | Peter Venkman | Ghostbusters | |
| Robin Williams | Vladimir Ivanoff | Moscow on the Hudson | |
| 1985 | Jack Nicholson | Charley Partanna | Prizzi's Honor |
| Jeff Daniels | Tom Baxter / Gil Sheperd | The Purple Rose of Cairo | |
| Griffin Dunne | Paul Hackett | After Hours | |
| Michael J. Fox | Marty McFly | Back to the Future | |
| James Garner | Murphy Jones | Murphy's Romance | |
| 1986 | Paul Hogan | Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee | Crocodile Dundee |
| Matthew Broderick | Ferris Bueller | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | |
| Jeff Daniels | Charles Driggs | Something Wild | |
| Danny DeVito | Sam Stone | Ruthless People | |
| Jack Lemmon | Harvey Fairchild | That's Life! | |
| 1987 | Robin Williams | Adrian Cronauer | Good Morning, Vietnam |
| Nicolas Cage | Ronny Cammareri | Moonstruck | |
| Danny DeVito | Owen Lift | Throw Momma from the Train | |
| William Hurt | Tom Grunick | Broadcast News | |
| Steve Martin | C. D. Bales | Roxanne | |
| Patrick Swayze | Johnny Castle | Dirty Dancing | |
| 1988 | Tom Hanks | Josh Baskin | Big |
| Michael Caine | Lawrence Jamieson | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | |
| John Cleese | Archie Leach | A Fish Called Wanda | |
| Robert De Niro | Jack Walsh | Midnight Run | |
| Bob Hoskins | Eddie Valliant | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | |
| 1989 | Morgan Freeman | Hoke Colburn | Driving Miss Daisy |
| Billy Crystal | Harry Burns | When Harry Met Sally... | |
| Michael Douglas | Oliver Rose | The War of the Roses | |
| Steve Martin | Gil Buckman | Parenthood | |
| Jack Nicholson | Jack Napier / The Joker | Batman |
1990s[]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Gérard Depardieu | Georges Fauré | Green Card |
| Macaulay Culkin | Kevin McCallister | Home Alone | |
| Johnny Depp | Edward Scissorhands | Edward Scissorhands | |
| Richard Gere | Edward Lewis | Pretty Woman | |
| Patrick Swayze | Sam Wheat | Ghost | |
| 1991 | Robin Williams | Henry "Parry" Sagan | The Fisher King |
| Jeff Bridges | Jack Lucas | The Fisher King | |
| Billy Crystal | Mitch Robbins | City Slickers | |
| Dustin Hoffman | Captain Hook | Hook | |
| Kevin Kline | Jeffrey Anderson / Rod Randall | Soapdish | |
| 1992 | Tim Robbins | Griffin Mill | The Player |
| Nicolas Cage | Jack Singer | Honeymoon in Vegas | |
| Billy Crystal | Buddy Young Jr. | Mr. Saturday Night | |
| Marcello Mastroianni | Joe Meledandri | Used People | |
| Tim Robbins | Bob Roberts | Bob Roberts | |
| 1993 | Robin Williams | Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Johnny Depp | Sam | Benny & Joon | |
| Tom Hanks | Sam Baldwin | Sleepless in Seattle | |
| Kevin Kline | Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell | Dave | |
| Colm Meaney | Dessie Curley | The Snapper | |
| 1994 | Hugh Grant | Charles | Four Weddings and a Funeral |
| Jim Carrey | Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask | The Mask | |
| Johnny Depp | Ed Wood | Ed Wood | |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | Alex Hesse | Junior | |
| Terence Stamp | Ralph / Bernadette Bassenger | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | |
| 1995 | John Travolta | Chili Palmer | Get Shorty |
| Michael Douglas | Andrew Shepherd | The American President | |
| Harrison Ford | Linus Larrabee | Sabrina | |
| Steve Martin | George Banks | Father of the Bride Part II | |
| Patrick Swayze | Vida Boheme | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | |
| 1996 | Tom Cruise | Jerry Maguire | Jerry Maguire |
| Antonio Banderas | Ché | Evita | |
| Kevin Costner | Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy | Tin Cup | |
| Nathan Lane | Albert Goldman | The Birdcage | |
| Eddie Murphy | Professor Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Granny Klump / Ernie Klump / Lance Perkins | The Nutty Professor | |
| 1997 | Jack Nicholson | Melvin Udall | As Good as It Gets |
| Jim Carrey | Fletcher Reed | Liar Liar | |
| Dustin Hoffman | Stanley Motss | Wag the Dog | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Ordell Robbie | Jackie Brown | |
| Kevin Kline | Howard Brackett | In & Out | |
| 1998 | Michael Caine | Ray Say | Little Voice |
| Antonio Banderas | Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro | The Mask of Zorro | |
| Warren Beatty | Senator Jay Billington Bulworth | Bulworth | |
| John Travolta | Governor Jack Stanton | Primary Colors | |
| Robin Williams | Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams | Patch Adams | |
| 1999 | Jim Carrey | Andy Kaufman / Tony Clifton | Man on the Moon |
| Robert De Niro | Paul Vitti | Analyze This | |
| Rupert Everett | Lord Arthur Goring | An Ideal Husband | |
| Hugh Grant | William "Will" Thacker | Notting Hill | |
| Sean Penn | Emmet Ray | Sweet and Lowdown |
2000s[]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | George Clooney | Ulysses Everett McGill | O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Jim Carrey | The Grinch | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | |
| John Cusack | Rob Gordon | High Fidelity | |
| Robert De Niro | Jack Byrnes | Meet the Parents | |
| Mel Gibson | Nick Marshall | What Women Want | |
| 2001 | Gene Hackman | Royal Tenenbaum | The Royal Tenenbaums |
| Hugh Jackman | Leopold Hausmann | Kate & Leopold | |
| Ewan McGregor | Christian | Moulin Rouge! | |
| John Cameron Mitchell | Hedwig Robinson | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | Terry Lee Collins | Bandits | |
| 2002 | Richard Gere | Billy Flynn | Chicago |
| Nicolas Cage | Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman | Adaptation. | |
| Kieran Culkin | Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr. | Igby Goes Down | |
| Hugh Grant | Will Freeman | About a Boy | |
| Adam Sandler | Barry Egan | Punch-Drunk Love | |
| 2003 | Bill Murray | Bob Harris | Lost in Translation |
| Jack Black | Dewey Finn | School of Rock | |
| Johnny Depp | Captain Jack Sparrow | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | |
| Jack Nicholson | Harry Sanborn | Something's Gotta Give | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | Willie T. Stokes | Bad Santa | |
| 2004 | Jamie Foxx | Ray Charles | Ray |
| Jim Carrey | Joel Barish | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | |
| Paul Giamatti | Miles Raymond | Sideways | |
| Kevin Kline | Cole Porter | De-Lovely | |
| Kevin Spacey | Bobby Darin | Beyond the Sea | |
| 2005 | Joaquin Phoenix | Johnny Cash | Walk the Line |
| Pierce Brosnan | Julian Noble | The Matador | |
| Jeff Daniels | Bernard Berkman | The Squid and the Whale | |
| Johnny Depp | Willy Wonka | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | |
| Nathan Lane | Max Bialystock | The Producers | |
| Cillian Murphy | Patrick "Kitten" Braden | Breakfast on Pluto | |
| 2006 | Sacha Baron Cohen | Borat Sagdiyev | Borat |
| Johnny Depp | Captain Jack Sparrow | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | |
| Aaron Eckhart | Nick Naylor | Thank You for Smoking | |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | Lola Carter | Kinky Boots | |
| Will Ferrell | Harold Crick | Stranger than Fiction | |
| 2007 | Johnny Depp | Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Ryan Gosling | Lars Lindstrom | Lars and the Real Girl | |
| Tom Hanks | Charlie Wilson | Charlie Wilson's War | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | Jon Savage | The Savages | |
| John C. Reilly | Dewey Cox | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | |
| 2008 | Colin Farrell | Ray | In Bruges |
| Javier Bardem | Juan Antonio | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | |
| James Franco | Saul Silver | Pineapple Express | |
| Brendan Gleeson | Ken Daley | In Bruges | |
| Dustin Hoffman | Harvey Shine | Last Chance Harvey | |
| 2009 | Robert Downey Jr. | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes |
| Matt Damon | Mark Whitacre | The Informant! | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Guido Contini | Nine | |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Tom Hansen | (500) Days of Summer | |
| Michael Stuhlbarg | Larry Gopnik | A Serious Man |
2010s[]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Paul Giamatti | Barney Panofsky | Barney's Version |
| Johnny Depp | The Mad Hatter | Alice in Wonderland | |
| Frank Tupelo | The Tourist | ||
| Jake Gyllenhaal | Jamie Randall | Love & Other Drugs | |
| Kevin Spacey | Jack Abramoff | Casino Jack | |
| 2011 | Jean Dujardin | George Valentin | The Artist |
| Brendan Gleeson | Sgt. Gerry Boyle | The Guard | |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Adam Lerner | 50/50 | |
| Ryan Gosling | Jacob Palmer | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | |
| Owen Wilson | Gil Pender | Midnight in Paris | |
| 2012 | Hugh Jackman | Jean Valjean | Les Misérables |
| Jack Black | Bernie Tiede | Bernie | |
| Bradley Cooper | Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. | Silver Linings Playbook | |
| Ewan McGregor | Dr. Alfred Jones | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | |
| Bill Murray | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Hyde Park on Hudson | |
| 2013 | Leonardo DiCaprio | Jordan Belfort | The Wolf of Wall Street |
| Christian Bale | Irving Rosenfeld | American Hustle | |
| Bruce Dern | Woodrow "Woody" Grant | Nebraska | |
| Oscar Isaac | Llewyn Davis | Inside Llewyn Davis | |
| Joaquin Phoenix | Theodore Twombly | Her | |
| 2014 | Michael Keaton | Riggan Thomson | Birdman |
| Ralph Fiennes | Monsieur Gustave H. | The Grand Budapest Hotel | |
| Bill Murray | Vincent MacKenna | St. Vincent | |
| Joaquin Phoenix | Larry "Doc" Sportello | Inherent Vice | |
| Christoph Waltz | Walter Keane | Big Eyes | |
| 2015[13] | Matt Damon | Mark Watney | The Martian |
| Christian Bale | Michael Burry | The Big Short | |
| Steve Carell | Mark Baum | ||
| Al Pacino | Danny Collins | Danny Collins | |
| Mark Ruffalo | Cameron Stuart | Infinitely Polar Bear | |
| 2016 | Ryan Gosling | Sebastian Wilder | La La Land |
| Colin Farrell | David Matthews | The Lobster | |
| Hugh Grant | St. Clair Bayfield | Florence Foster Jenkins | |
| Jonah Hill | Efraim Diveroli | War Dogs | |
| Ryan Reynolds | Wade Wilson / Deadpool | Deadpool | |
| 2017 | James Franco | Tommy Wiseau | The Disaster Artist |
| Steve Carell | Bobby Riggs | Battle of the Sexes | |
| Ansel Elgort | Miles "Baby" | Baby Driver | |
| Hugh Jackman | P.T. Barnum | The Greatest Showman | |
| Daniel Kaluuya | Chris Washington | Get Out | |
| 2018 | Christian Bale | Dick Cheney | Vice |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda | Jack | Mary Poppins Returns | |
| Viggo Mortensen | Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga | Green Book | |
| Robert Redford | Forrest Tucker | The Old Man & the Gun | |
| John C. Reilly | Oliver Hardy | Stan & Ollie | |
| 2019 | Taron Egerton | Elton John | Rocketman |
| Daniel Craig | Benoit Blanc | Knives Out | |
| Roman Griffin Davis | Johannes "Jojo" Betzler | Jojo Rabbit | |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Rick Dalton | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | |
| Eddie Murphy | Rudy Ray Moore | Dolemite Is My Name |
2020s[]
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sacha Baron Cohen | Borat Sagdiyev | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm |
| James Corden | Barry Glickman | The Prom | |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda | Alexander Hamilton | Hamilton | |
| Dev Patel | David Copperfield | The Personal History of David Copperfield | |
| Andy Samberg | Nyles | Palm Springs | |
| 2021 | Andrew Garfield | Jonathan Larson | Tick, Tick... Boom! |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Randall Mindy | Don't Look Up | |
| Peter Dinklage | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano | |
| Cooper Hoffman | Gary Valentine | Licorice Pizza | |
| Anthony Ramos | Usnavi de la Vega | In the Heights | |
| 2022 | |||
| Colin Farrell | Pádraic Súilleabháin | The Banshees of Inisherin | |
| Diego Calva | Manny Torres | Babylon | |
| Daniel Craig | Benoit Blanc | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | |
| Adam Driver | Jack Gladney | White Noise | |
| Ralph Fiennes | Julian Slowik | The Menu |
Multiple nominations[]
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- 10 nominations
- Jack Lemmon
- 9 nominations
- 8 nominations
- Walter Matthau
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- Jim Carrey
- Cary Grant
- Steve Martin
- Robin Williams
- 4 nominations
- Michael Caine
- Robert De Niro
- Hugh Grant
- Danny Kaye
- Kevin Kline
- Eddie Murphy
- Bill Murray
- Jack Nicholson
- Peter O'Toole
- Peter Sellers
- John Travolta
- 3 nominations
- Christian Bale
- Warren Beatty
- Nicolas Cage
- Billy Crystal
- Jeff Daniels
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Colin Farrell
- Albert Finney
- Ryan Gosling
- Tom Hanks
- Bob Hope
- Hugh Jackman
- Marcello Mastroianni
- Dudley Moore
- Joaquin Phoenix
- Patrick Swayze
- Glenn Ford
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- 2 nominations
- Alan Alda
- Woody Allen
- Fred Astaire
- Antonio Banderas
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Jack Black
- Mel Brooks
- Steve Carell
- Daniel Craig
- Bing Crosby
- Tom Cruise
- Matt Damon
- Danny DeVito
- Michael Douglas
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Ralph Fiennes
- James Franco
- Clark Gable
- James Garner
- Richard Gere
- Paul Giamatti
- Brendan Gleeson
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Charles Grodin
- George Hamilton
- Rex Harrison
- Charlton Heston
- Nathan Lane
- Harold Lloyd
- Lee Marvin
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- James Mason
- Ewan McGregor
- David Niven
- Al Pacino
- Robert Preston
- John C. Reilly
- Burt Reynolds
- Tim Robbins
- Alberto Sordi
- Kevin Spacey
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Gene Wilder
Multiple wins[]
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- 3 wins
- Jack Lemmon (2 consecutive)
- Robin Williams
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- 2 wins
- Michael Caine
- Colin Farrell
- Danny Kaye
- Dudley Moore
- Jack Nicholson
- Sacha Baron Cohen (for the same character)
See also[]
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
References[]
- ↑ "The 8th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1951)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. http://www.hfpa.org/browse/year/1950.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- ↑ "1950 8th Golden Globe Awards", Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. “nominee list no longer exists”
- ↑ "The 9th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1952)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. http://www.hfpa.org/browse/year/1951.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- ↑ "1951 9th Golden Globe Awards", Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. “nominee list no longer exists”
- ↑ "The 10th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1953)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. http://www.hfpa.org/browse/year/1952.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- ↑ "1952 10th Golden Globe Awards", Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. “nominee list no longer exists”
- ↑ "The 11th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1954)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. http://www.hfpa.org/browse/year/1953.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- ↑ "1953 11th Golden Globe Awards", Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. “nominee list no longer exists”
- ↑ "The 12th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1955)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. http://www.hfpa.org/browse/year/1954.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- ↑ "1954 12th Golden Globe Awards", Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. “nominee list no longer exists”
- ↑ "The 13th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1956)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. http://www.hfpa.org/browse/year/1955.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- ↑ "1955 13th Golden Globe Awards", Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. “nominee list no longer exists”
- ↑ "Golden Globe Nominations: Complete List". Variety Media. 10 December 2015. https://variety.com/2015/film/awards/golden-globe-nominations-2016-nominees-full-list-1201658166/.
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