Best Actor Comedy Golden Globe

Best Actor Comedy Golden Globe

Established

1951

First Winner

Danny Kaye

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Best Actor Comedy Golden Globe

About

Honor awarded for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. It is handed out at the annual Golden Globe Award ceremony.

Trivia

Originally there was a single category for Best Actor in a Motion Picture prior to being divided into the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama categories.

#25 award

Best Actor Comedy Golden Globe Winners

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio, 49

2013

1

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp, 60

2007

2

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling, 43

2016

3

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr., 59

2009

4

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise, 61

1996

5

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield, 40

2021

6

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks, 67

1988

7

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey, 62

1999

8

Robin Williams

Robin Williams (1951-2014)

1987, 1991, 1993

9

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman, 86

1989

10

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman, 55

2012

11

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)

1957

12

James Franco

James Franco, 46

2017

13

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx, 56

2004

14

Christian Bale

Christian Bale, 50

2018

15

George Clooney

George Clooney, 62

2000

16

John Travolta

John Travolta, 70

1995

17

Matt Damon

Matt Damon, 53

2015

18

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson, 87

1985, 1997

19

Taron Egerton

Taron Egerton, 34

2019

20

Bill Murray

Bill Murray, 73

2003

21

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant, 63

1994

22

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix, 49

2005

23

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen, 52

2006, 2020

24

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton, 72

2014

25

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman, 86

1982

26

Michael Caine

Michael Caine, 91

1983, 1998

27

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell, 47

2008

28

Richard Harris

Richard Harris (1930-2002)

1967

29

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti, 56

2010

30

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman, 94

2001

31

Cantinflas

Cantinflas (1911-1993)

1956

32

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson, 87

1976

33

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty, 87

1978

34

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin (1934-2023)

1966

35

Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan, 84

1986

36

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

1969

37

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss, 76

1977

38

George Burns

George Burns (1896-1996)

1975

39

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers (1925-1980)

1979

40

Albert Finney

Albert Finney (1936-2019)

1970

41

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)

1959, 1960, 1972

42

George Segal

George Segal (1934-2021)

1973

43

Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford (1916-2006)

1961,

44

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin (1924-1987)

1965

45

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye (1911-1987)

1951,1958

46

David Niven

David Niven (1910-1983)

1953

47

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor (1925-2003)

1952

48

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