The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 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 - Drama.
The formal title has varied since its inception and as of 2005 is officially called: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy".
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Winners and nominees
1950s
- 1950: Fred Astaire - Three Little Words
- 1951: Danny Kaye - On the Riviera
- 1952: Donald O'Connor - Singin' in the Rain
- 1953: David Niven - The Moon is Blue
- 1954: James Mason - A Star Is Born
1955: Tom Ewell - The Seven Year Itch
1956: Cantinflas - Around the World in Eighty Days
- Marlon Brando - The Teahouse of the August Moon
- Yul Brynner - The King and I
- Glenn Ford - The Teahouse of the August Moon
- Danny Kaye - The Court Jester
1957: Frank Sinatra - Pal Joey
- Maurice Chevalier - Love in the Afternoon
- Glenn Ford - Don't Go Near the Water
- David Niven - My Man Godfrey
- Tony Randall - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1958: Danny Kaye - Me and the Colonel
1959: Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
- Clark Gable - But Not for Me
- Cary Grant - Operation Petticoat
- Dean Martin - Who Was That Lady?
- Sidney Poitier - Porgy and Bess
1960s
- 1960: Jack Lemmon - The Apartment
- 1961: Glenn Ford - Pocketful of Miracles
- 1963: Alberto Sordi - The Devil
- 1964: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
- 1965: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou
- 1967: Richard Harris - Camelot
- 1969: Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1970s
- 1970: Albert Finney - Scrooge as "Ebenezer Scrooge"
- 1971: Topol - Fiddler on the Roof
- 1972: Jack Lemmon - Avanti!
- 1973: George Segal - A Touch of Class
- 1974: Art Carney - Harry and Tonto as "Harry" †
- 1975: Walter Matthau - The Sunshine Boys
- 1976: Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born
- 1977: Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl as "Elliott Garfield" †
- 1978: Warren Beatty - Heaven Can Wait
- 1979: Peter Sellers - Being There
1980s
- 1980: Ray Sharkey - The Idolmaker
- 1981: Dudley Moore - Arthur
- 1982: Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie as "Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels"
- 1983: Michael Caine - Educating Rita
- 1984: Dudley Moore - Micki + Maude
- 1985: Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
- 1986: Paul Hogan -
Crocodile Dundee as "Crocodile Dundee"
- 1987: Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer
- 1989: Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy as "Hoke Colburn"
- Billy Crystal - When Harry Met Sally... as "Harry"
- Michael Douglas - The War of the Roses
- Steve Martin - Parenthood
- Jack Nicholson - Batman as "The Joker"
1990s
1990: Gérard Depardieu - Green Card as Georges
- Macaulay Culkin - Home Alone as Kevin McCallister
- Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands as Edward Scissorhands
- Richard Gere - Pretty Woman as Edward Lewis
- Patrick Swayze - Ghost as Sam Wheat
1991: Robin Williams - The Fisher King as Parry
- Jeff Bridges - The Fisher King as Jack Lucas
- Billy Crystal - City Slickers as Mitch Robbins
- Dustin Hoffman - Hook as Captain Hook
- Kevin Kline - Soapdish as Jeffrey Anderson/Rod Randall
1992: Tim Robbins - The Player as Griffin Mill
- Nicolas Cage - Honeymoon in Vegas as Jack Singer
- Billy Crystal - Mr. Saturday Night as Buddy Young, Jr.
- Marcello Mastroianni - Used People as Joe Meledandri
- Tim Robbins - Bob Roberts as Bob Roberts
1993: Robin Williams - Mrs. Doubtfire as Daniel Hillard/Euphegenia Doubtfire
- Johnny Depp - Benny & Joon as Sam
- Tom Hanks - Sleepless in Seattle as Sam Baldwin
- Kevin Kline - Dave as Dave Kovic/Bill Mitchell
- Colm Meaney - The Snapper as Dessie Curley
1994: Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral as Charles
- Jim Carrey - The Mask as Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask
- Johnny Depp - Ed Wood as Ed Wood
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - Junior as Alex Hesse
- Terence Stamp - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Ralph/Bernadette Bassenger
1995: John Travolta - Get Shorty as Chili Palmer
- Michael Douglas - The American President as Andrew Shepherd
- Harrison Ford - Sabrina as Linus
- Steve Martin - Father of the Bride Part II as George Banks
- Patrick Swayze - To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar as Vida Boheme
1996: Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire
- Antonio Banderas - Evita as Ché
- Kevin Costner - Tin Cup as Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy
- Nathan Lane - The Birdcage as Albert Goldman
- Eddie Murphy - The Nutty Professor as Sherman Klump and others
1997: Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall †
- Jim Carrey - Liar Liar as Fletcher Reed
- Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss
- Samuel L. Jackson - Jackie Brown as Ordell Robbie
- Kevin Kline - In & Out as Howard Brackett
1998: Michael Caine - Little Voice as Ray Say
- Antonio Banderas - The Mask of Zorro as Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro
- Warren Beatty - Bulworth as Jay Billington Bulworth
- John Travolta - Primary Colors as Jack Stanton
- Robin Williams - Patch Adams as Hunter "Patch" Adams
1999: Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon as Andy Kaufman
- Robert De Niro - Analyze This as Paul Vitti
- Rupert Everett - An Ideal Husband as Arthur Goring
- Hugh Grant - Notting Hill as William Thacker
- Sean Penn - Sweet and Lowdown as Emmet Ray
2000s
2000: George Clooney - O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Everett
- Jim Carrey - How the Grinch Stole Christmas as The Grinch
- John Cusack - High Fidelity as Rob Gordon
- Robert De Niro - Meet the Parents as Jack Byrnes
- Mel Gibson - What Women Want as Nick Marshall
2001: Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums as Royal Tenenbaum
- Hugh Jackman - Kate & Leopold as Leopold
- Ewan McGregor - Moulin Rouge! as Christian
- John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Hedwig
- Billy Bob Thornton - Bandits as Terry Lee Collins
2002: Richard Gere - Chicago as Billy Flynn
- Nicolas Cage - Adaptation. as Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman
- Kieran Culkin - Igby Goes Down as Jason "Igby" Slocumb
- Hugh Grant - About a Boy as Will
- Adam Sandler - Punch-Drunk Love as Barry Egan
2003: Bill Murray - Lost in Translation as Bob Harris
- Jack Black - School of Rock as Dewey Finn
- Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Jack Sparrow
- Jack Nicholson - Something's Gotta Give as Harry Sanborn
- Billy Bob Thornton - Bad Santa as Willie
2004: Jamie Foxx - Ray as Ray Charles †
- Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Joel Barish
- Paul Giamatti - Sideways as Miles Raymond
- Kevin Kline - De-Lovely as Cole Porter
- Kevin Spacey - Beyond the Sea as Bobby Darin
2005: Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line as Johnny Cash
- Pierce Brosnan - The Matador as Julian Noble
- Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale as Bernard Berkman
- Johnny Depp - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka
- Nathan Lane - The Producers as Max Bialystock
- Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto as Patrick "Kitten" Braden
2006: Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan as Borat Sagdiyev
- Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Jack Sparrow
- Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking as Nick Naylor
- Chiwetel Ejiofor - Kinky Boots as Lola
- Will Ferrell - Stranger than Fiction as Harold Crick
2007: Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Sweeney Todd
- Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl as Lars Lindstrom
- Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War as Charlie Wilson
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages as Jon Savage
- John C. Reilly - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Dewey Cox
2008: Colin Farrell - In Bruges as Ray
- Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Juan Antonio
- James Franco - Pineapple Express as Saul Silver
- Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges as Ken
- Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey as Harvey Shine
2009:
- Matt Damon - The Informant! as Mark Whitacre
- Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine as Guido Contini
- Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer as Tom Hansen
- Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man as Larry Gopnik
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