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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe Award
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.
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Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical or Comedy |
Location | United States |
Presented by | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
First awarded | 1951 (for performance in films released during the 1950 film season) |
Currently held by | Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers (2023) |
Website | www.goldenglobes.com |
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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".
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Year | Actor | Character | Film |
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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 | |
2023 | Paul Giamatti | Paul Hunham | The Holdovers |
Nicolas Cage | Dr. Paul Matthews | Dream Scenario | |
Timothée Chalamet | Willy Wonka | Wonka | |
Matt Damon | Sonny Vaccaro | Air | |
Joaquin Phoenix | Beau Wasserman | Beau Is Afraid | |
Jeffrey Wright | Thelonious "Monk" Ellis | American Fiction |
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Winners are in bold.
- Inspector Jacques Clouseau from The Pink Panther (Peter Sellers, 1963), The Return of the Pink Panther (Peter Sellers, 1975) and The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Peter Sellers, 1976)
- Willy Wonka from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder, 1971), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Johnny Depp, 2005) and Wonka (Timothée Chalamet, 2023)
- 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
- "The 8th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1951)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-06-26.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- "1950 8th Golden Globe Awards". Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
nominee list no longer exists
- "The 9th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1952)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2007-06-26.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- "1951 9th Golden Globe Awards". Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. Archived from the original on 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
nominee list no longer exists
- "The 10th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1953)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2007-06-26.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- "1952 10th Golden Globe Awards". Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
nominee list no longer exists
- "The 11th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1954)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-06-26.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- "1953 11th Golden Globe Awards". Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
nominee list no longer exists
- "The 12th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1955)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-06-26.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- "1954 12th Golden Globe Awards". Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
nominee list no longer exists
- "The 13th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1956)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-26.The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
- "1955 13th Golden Globe Awards". Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
nominee list no longer exists
- "Golden Globe Nominations: Complete List". Variety Media. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-10.