Goya Award for Best Actor
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| Goya Award for Best Actor | |
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| Native name | Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación masculina protagonista |
| Awarded for | Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a Spanish film of the year |
| Country | Spain |
| Presented by | Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE) |
| First award | 1st Goya Awards (1986) |
| Most recent winner | José Ramón Soroiz Maspalomas (2025) |
| Website | Official website |
The Goya Award for Best Actor (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación masculina protagonista) is one of the Goya Awards presented annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE) since the awards debuted in 1986. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Spanish film.
At the 1st Goya Awards, Fernando Fernán Gómez was the first winner of this award for his role as Emiliano in Mambrú Went to War. Javier Bardem holds the record of most wins in the category with five victories. Other multiple winners are Luis Tosar, Eduard Fernández, Alfredo Landa, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Javier Gutiérrez, all with two victories each. Bardem is also the most nominated actor for the award with ten nominations, followed by Tosar with eight.
Actors that won or were nominated for this category have had a significant presence in several film festivals both Spanish and international: Imanol Arias (Lute: Run for Your Life), Fernando Rey (Winter Diary), Juan Echanove (Madregilda), Luis Tosar (Take My Eyes), Juan José Ballesta (7 Virgins), Juan Diego (Go Away from Me), José Sacristán (The Dead Man and Being Happy), Javier Gutiérrez (Marshland), Ricardo Darín (Truman) and Eduard Fernández (Smoke & Mirrors), all have received the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Juan Luis Galiardo (Goodbye from the Heart), Javier Cámara (Torremolinos 73, Chef's Special) and Alberto San Juan (Under the Stars) received the Best Actor award at the Málaga Film Festival. Javier Bardem received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Sea Inside. Finally, at Cannes, Benicio del Toro (Che I: The Argentine) and Antonio Bandera (Pain and Glory) won Best Actor.
At the 92nd Academy Awards, Banderas was nominated for Best Actor for Pain and Glory (2019).
Winners and nominees
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
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