Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
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The Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture (formerly Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role) is an award presented annually by the Screen Actors Guild. It has been presented since the 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1995 to a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year.
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Awarded forOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
LocationLos Angeles, California
Presented bySAG-AFTRA
First awardTom Hanks for Forrest Gump (1994)
| Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | |
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The 2025 recipient: Michael B. Jordan | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Presented by | SAG-AFTRA |
| First award | Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump (1994) |
| Currently held by | Michael B. Jordan for Sinners (2025) |
| Website | actorawards.org |
This award has been presented 30 times, and 28 actors have won the award. Tom Hanks was the award's first winner for Forrest Gump (1994). The most recent winner is Michael B. Jordan, who won for his dual role as the Smokestack Twins in Sinners (2025). Daniel Day-Lewis has won the award three times; no other actor has won it more than once. Leonardo DiCaprio and Denzel Washington have the most nominations with six each. Timothée Chalamet and Washington are the youngest and oldest winners of this category, respectively.
Winners and nominees
Tom Hanks was the award's first winner, for Forrest Gump (1994).
Nicolas Cage won for Leaving Las Vegas (1995).
Geoffrey Rush won for Shine (1996).
Jack Nicholson won for As Good as It Gets (1997).
Roberto Benigni won for Life Is Beautiful (1998).
Kevin Spacey won for American Beauty (1999).
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Benicio del Toro won for Traffic (2000).
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Russell Crowe won for A Beautiful Mind (2001).
Daniel Day-Lewis won thrice for Gangs of New York (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007) and Lincoln (2012).
Johnny Depp won for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
Jamie Foxx won for Ray (2004).
Philip Seymour Hoffman won for Capote (2005).
Forest Whitaker won for The Last King of Scotland (2006).
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Jeff Bridges won for Crazy Heart (2009).
Colin Firth won for The King's Speech (2010).
Jean Dujardin won for The Artist (2011).
Matthew McConaughey won for Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
Eddie Redmayne won for The Theory of Everything (2014).
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Leonardo DiCaprio won for The Revenant (2015).
Denzel Washington won for Fences (2016).
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Gary Oldman won for Darkest Hour (2017).
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Rami Malek won for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Joaquin Phoenix won for Joker (2019)
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Chadwick Boseman won posthumously for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020).
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Will Smith won for King Richard (2021).
Brendan Fraser won for The Whale (2022).
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Cillian Murphy won for Oppenheimer (2023).
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Timothée Chalamet won for A Complete Unknown (2024).
| Indicates the winner | |
| † | Indicates a posthumous winner |
| † | Indicates a posthumous nominee |
| ‡ | Indicates the Academy Award winner |
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Superlatives
Multiple winners
- Three wins
- Daniel Day-Lewis (2002, 2007, 2012)
Multiple nominees
Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.
- Two nominations
- Christian Bale (Vice (2018), Ford v Ferrari (2019))
- Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart (2009), True Grit (2010))
- Adrien Brody (The Pianist (2002), The Brutalist (2024))
- Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Adaptation. (2002))
- Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game (2014), The Power of the Dog (2021))
- Colman Domingo (Rustin (2023), Sing Sing (2024))
- Robert Duvall (The Apostle (1997), Get Low (2010))
- Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient (1996), Conclave (2024))
- Colin Firth (A Single Man (2009), The King's Speech (2010))
- James Franco (127 Hours (2010), The Disaster Artist (2017))
- Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Invictus (2009))
- Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge (2016), Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021))
- Paul Giamatti (Sideways (2004), The Holdovers (2023))
- Philip Seymour Hoffman (Flawless (1999), Capote (2005))
- Anthony Hopkins (Nixon (1995), The Father (2020))
- Jack Nicholson (As Good as It Gets (1997), About Schmidt (2002))
- Gary Oldman (The Darkest Hour (2017), Mank (2020))
- Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything (2014), The Danish Girl (2015))
- Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line (2005), Joker (2019))
- Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Moneyball (2011))
- Geoffrey Rush (Shine (1996), Quills (2000))
- Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), King Richard (2021))
- Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland (2006), The Butler (2013))
- Three nominations
- Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name (2017), A Complete Unknown (2024), Marty Supreme (2025))
- George Clooney (Michael Clayton (2007), Up in the Air (2009), The Descendants (2011))
- Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook (2012), A Star is Born (2018), Maestro (2023))
- Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007), Lincoln (2012))
- Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Finding Neverland (2004), Black Mass (2015))
- Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson (2006), Lars and the Real Girl (2007), La La Land (2016))
- Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises (2007), Captain Fantastic (2016), Green Book (2018))
- Four nominations
- Russell Crowe (The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Cinderella Man (2005))
- Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump (1994), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Cast Away (2000), Captain Phillips (2013))
- Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking (1995), I Am Sam (2001), Mystic River (2003), Milk (2008))
- Six nominations
- Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator (2004), Blood Diamond (2006), J. Edgar (2011), The Revenant (2015), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), One Battle After Another (2025))
- Denzel Washington (The Hurricane (1999), Training Day (2001), Flight (2012), Fences (2016), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021))
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance