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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.

#45 award

Best Actor Comedy Golden Globe Winners

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio, 50

2013

1

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr., 60

2009

2

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp, 61

2007

3

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise, 62

1996

4

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield, 41

2021

5

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey, 63

1999

6

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling, 44

2016

7

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman, 56

2012

8

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks, 68

1988

9

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman, 87

1989

10

Robin Williams

Robin Williams (1951-2014)

1987, 1991, 1993

11

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx, 57

2004

12

James Franco

James Franco, 47

2017

13

George Clooney

George Clooney, 63

2000

14

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)

1957

15

Christian Bale

Christian Bale, 51

2018

16

John Travolta

John Travolta, 71

1995

17

Matt Damon

Matt Damon, 54

2015

18

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman (1930-2025)

2001

19

Taron Egerton

Taron Egerton, 35

2019

20

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant, 64

1994

21

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson, 88

1985, 1997

22

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix, 50

2005

23

Bill Murray

Bill Murray, 74

2003

24

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Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton, 73

2014

25

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman, 87

1982

26

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell, 48

2008

27

Michael Caine

Michael Caine, 92

1983, 1998

28

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen, 53

2006, 2020

29

Richard Harris

Richard Harris (1930-2002)

1967

30

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti, 57

2010

31

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024)

1976

32

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)

1959, 1960, 1972

33

David Niven

David Niven (1910-1983)

1953

34

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss, 77

1977

35

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin (1934-2023)

1966

36

Albert Finney

Albert Finney (1936-2019)

1970

37

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers (1925-1980)

1979

38

George Segal

George Segal (1934-2021)

1973

39

Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan, 85

1986

40

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor (1925-2003)

1952

41

James Mason

James Mason (1909-1984)

1954

42

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty, 88

1978

43

Cantinflas

Cantinflas (1911-1993)

1956

44

Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford (1916-2006)

1961,

45

George Burns

George Burns (1896-1996)

1975

46

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

1969

47

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye (1911-1987)

1951,1958

48

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Golden Globes Award #3

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