Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture
| Satellite Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
The 2023 recipients: Cillian Murphy and Paul Giamatti | |
| Awarded for | Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Motion Picture |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | International Press Academy |
| First awarded | 1996 |
| Currently held by | Drama: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer (2023) Comedy or Musical: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (2023) |
| Website | http://www.pressacademy.com/  |
The Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture is an annual award given by the International Press Academy as one of its Satellite Awards. The category has gone through several changes since its inception.
- From 1996 to 2010, two categories based on genre were presented, Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- In 2011, the IPA pared down its Satellite nominations in the motion picture categories from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflects the merger of drama and comedy under a general Best Picture heading, including the Best Actor/Actress headings and the Supporting headings.
- In 2016 and 2017, two winners were announced within the Best Actor category, one for the performance by an actor in a major studio film and other for a performance in an independent film.
Since 2018, the two categories based on genre are presented replacing the Best Actor in a Motion Picture category for the Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical categories previously presented.
Winners and nominees[edit]
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (1996–2010, 2018–present)[edit]
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1996–2010, 2018–present)[edit]
Best Actor – Motion Picture (2011–2017)[edit]
Multiple nominations[edit]
- 9 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- Christian Bale
- Steve Carell
- George Clooney
- Matt Damon
- Colin Firth
- Paul Giamatti
- Brendan Gleeson
- Tom Hanks
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Eddie Murphy
- Bill Murray
- Jack Nicholson
- Edward Norton
- Gary Oldman
- Mark Ruffalo
- Billy Bob Thornton
- 2 nominations
- Javier Bardem
- Jeff Bridges
- Josh Brolin
- Nicolas Cage
- Michael Caine
- Jim Carrey
- Michael Cera
- Don Cheadle
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Tom Cruise
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Michael Douglas
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Robert Duvall
- Michael Fassbender
- James Franco
- Andrew Garfield
- Richard Gere
- Tom Hardy
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Kevin Kline
- Frank Langella
- William H. Macy
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Cillian Murphy
- Robert Redford
- Eddie Redmayne
- Jeremy Renner
- Sam Rockwell
- Geoffrey Rush
- Adam Sandler
- Will Smith
- Forest Whitaker
- Robin Williams
Multiple wins[edit]
- 2 wins
See also[edit]
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor
References[edit]
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