Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture

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

Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (1996–2010, 2018–present)

Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1996–2010, 2018–present)

Best Actor – Motion Picture (2011–2017)

Multiple nominations

9 nominations

• Leonardo DiCaprio

7 nominations

• Denzel Washington

6 nominations

• Ryan Gosling

5 nominations

• Johnny Depp
• Joaquin Phoenix

4 nominations

• Bradley Cooper
• Russell Crowe
• Daniel Day-Lewis
• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Viggo Mortensen
• Sean Penn

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

2 wins

• Andrew Garfield
• Ryan Gosling
• Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Viggo Mortensen
• Geoffrey Rush

See also

• 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

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External links

• Official website