Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Film awards for lead actor
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The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actor – Musical or Comedy.
Awarded forBest Performance by a Leading Actor in a Drama
LocationUnited States
Presented byDick Clark Productions
Currently held byWagner Moura for The Secret Agent (2025)
| Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Wagner Moura | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Drama |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | Dick Clark Productions |
| Currently held by | Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent (2025) |
| Website | goldenglobes |
The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama". As of 2013[update], the wording is "Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama".
Winners and nominees
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1940s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
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| 1943 | Paul Lukas | Kurt Muller | Watch on the Rhine | [1] |
| 1944 | Alexander Knox | Woodrow Wilson | Wilson | [2] |
| 1945 | Ray Milland | Don Birnam | The Lost Weekend | [3] |
| 1946 | Gregory Peck | Penny Baxter | The Yearling | [4] |
| 1947 | Ronald Colman | Anthony John | A Double Life | [5] |
| 1948 | Laurence Olivier | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | Hamlet | [6] |
| 1949 | Broderick Crawford | Willie Stark | All the King's Men | [7] |
| Richard Todd | Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan | The Hasty Heart |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple nominations
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Multiple wins
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Firsts
- José Ferrer became the first Latino as well as the first Puerto Rican actor to win in 1951.
- Sidney Poitier became the first actor of African descent as well as the first Bahamian actor to win in 1963.
- Omar Sharif became the first actor of Middle Eastern descent as well as the first Egyptian actor to win in 1966.
- Peter Finch became the first actor to win posthumously in 1977.
- Ben Kingsley became the first actor of Asian descent to win in 1983.
- Wagner Moura became the first actor to win for a foreign language/non-English language performance in 2025.
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
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role