Golden Globe Award for Best Actor â€“ Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award: Best leading actor - Comedy or Musical

Winners and nominees in the category Best Actor - Comedy or Musical ( since 2005 Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy ), which honors the most outstanding performances by the actors of the past calendar year. The category was created in 1951 to life. From 1944 to 1950, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ( HFPA ) awarded a Best Actor Award ( Best Actress in a Motion Picture ) no distinction between film genre ( see Golden Globe Award / Best Actor - Drama ).

In seven of 64 cases, the best comedy or musical actor was later awarded the Oscar, last done in 2012, with the award to the Frenchman Jean Dujardin ( The Artist ). To be nominated The rare honor in a year for two different rolls of film the Americans Jack Lemmon ( Irma la Douce, A double bed to the sample ) and 2011 his compatriot Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland, The Tourist ) were granted in 1964.

41 times were American actor Actor Award win ( including the American- Canadian actor Jim Carrey ), followed by their colleagues from the United Kingdom ( 13 wins ), Australia (2 wins ) and the victories of the two Italians Marcello Mastroianni and Alberto Sordi, the the only actors for non-English speaking roles were given the honor. The Frenchman Jean Dujardin was indeed honored in 2012 for an applied as a silent film movie, but spoke in the original version a few words of English. Far from the German-speaking actor could not classify in the winning or nominated list itself.

The films listed below are indicated ( determined if any) with its German release title, followed in brackets in italics of the original foreign-language titles. The mention of the original title does not apply if German and foreign film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted in the first place.

1950s

1951

Fred Astaire - Three little words ( Three Little Words )

1952

Danny Kaye - On the Riviera ( On the Riviera )

1953

Donald O'Connor - Singin ' star be ( Singin ' in the Rain )

1954

David Niven - Clouds are everywhere ( The Moon Is Blue )

1955

James Mason - A Star Is Born (A Star Is Born)

1956

Tom Ewell - The Itch 7 year ( The Seven Year Itch )

1957

Cantinflas - In 80 days around the world ( Around the World in Eighty Days )

1958

Frank Sinatra - Pal Joey

1959

Danny Kaye - Me and the Colonel ( Me and the Colonel)

1960s

1960

Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot ( Some Like It Hot )

1961

Jack Lemmon - The Apartment (The Apartment)

1962

Glenn Ford - Pocketful of Miracles ( Pocketful of Miracles )

1963

Marcello Mastroianni - Divorce in Italian ( Divorzio all'italiana )

1964

Alberto Sordi - Amore in Stockholm ( Il diavolo )

1965

Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady

1966

Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou - Hang thou shalt in Wyoming (Cat Ballou )

1967

Alan Arkin - The Russians Are Coming! The Russians are coming! (The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming )

1968

Richard Harris - Camelot - At the court of King Arthur ( Camelot )

1969

Ron Moody - Oliver ( Oliver! )

1970s

1970

Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1971

Albert Finney - Scrooge

1972

Topol - Fiddler on the Roof ( Fiddler on the Roof )

1973

Jack Lemmon - Avanti, Avanti ( Avanti! )

1974

George Segal - Man, you're great! (A Touch of Class )

1975

Art Carney - Harry and Tonto ( Harry and Tonto )

1976

Walter Matthau - The Sunny Boys ( The Sunshine Boys)

1977

Kris Kristofferson - A Star is Born (A Star Is Born)

1978

Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl ( The Goodbye Girl)

1979

Warren Beatty - The Heaven Can Wait ( Heaven Can Wait)

1980s

1980

Peter Sellers - Welcome Mr. Chance ( Being There )

1981

Ray Sharkey - Idolmaker - The dirty business of show business ( The Idol Maker)

1982

Dudley Moore - Arthur - No child of sadness ( Arthur)

1983

Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie

1984

Michael Caine - Rita wants to know at last ( Educating Rita )

1985

Dudley Moore - Micki & Maude ( Micki Maude )

1986

Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor (The Prizzi 's Honor )

1987

Paul Hogan - Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile Kiss the Girls ( Crocodile Dundee)

1988

Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam

1989

Tom Hanks - Big

1990s

1990

Morgan Freeman - Miss Daisy ( Driving Miss Daisy )

1991

Gérard Depardieu - Green Card - sham marriage with obstacles ( Green Card )

1992

Robin Williams - The Fisher King ( The Fisher King )

1993

Tim Robbins - The Player

1994

Robin Williams - Mrs. Doubtfire - The prickly nanny ( Mrs. Doubtfire )

1995

Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral )

1996

John Travolta - Get Shorty (Get Shorty )

1997

Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire - Game of Life ( Jerry Maguire )

1998

Jack Nicholson - Good As It Gets ( As Good as It Gets )

1999

Michael Caine - Little Voice

2000s

2000

Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon ( Man on the Moon )

2001

George Clooney - O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi Odyssey (O Brother, Where Art Thou? )

2002

Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums ( The Royal Tenenbaums )

2003

Richard Gere - Chicago

2004

2005

Jamie Foxx - Ray

2006

Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line

2007

Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat - Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan ( Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan )

2008

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ( Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)

2009

Colin Farrell - In Bruges ... and die? ( In Bruges )

2010s

2010

Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes

2011

Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version

2012

Jean Dujardin - The Artist

2013

Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables

2014

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street

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