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.

#21 award

Best Actor Comedy Golden Globe Winners

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio, 50

2013

1

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp, 61

2007

2

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr., 59

2009

3

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield, 41

2021

4

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise, 62

1996

5

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman, 56

2012

6

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling, 44

2016

7

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey, 62

1999

8

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks, 68

1988

9

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman, 87

1989

10

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)

1957

11

Robin Williams

Robin Williams (1951-2014)

1987, 1991, 1993

12

Christian Bale

Christian Bale, 50

2018

13

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx, 56

2004

14

James Franco

James Franco, 46

2017

15

George Clooney

George Clooney, 63

2000

16

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant, 64

1994

17

John Travolta

John Travolta, 70

1995

18

Matt Damon

Matt Damon, 54

2015

19

Taron Egerton

Taron Egerton, 35

2019

20

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton, 73

2014

21

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix, 50

2005

22

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson, 87

1985, 1997

23

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell, 48

2008

24

Bill Murray

Bill Murray, 74

2003

25

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen, 53

2006, 2020

26

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024)

1976

27

Michael Caine

Michael Caine, 91

1983, 1998

28

Richard Harris

Richard Harris (1930-2002)

1967

29

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman, 87

1982

30

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman, 94

2001

31

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss, 77

1977

32

Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan, 85

1986

33

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty, 87

1978

34

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti, 57

2010

35

Cantinflas

Cantinflas (1911-1993)

1956

36

James Mason

James Mason (1909-1984)

1954

37

George Burns

George Burns (1896-1996)

1975

38

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin (1934-2023)

1966

39

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers (1925-1980)

1979

40

Art Carney

Art Carney (1918-2003)

1974

41

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)

1959, 1960, 1972

42

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

1969

43

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye (1911-1987)

1951,1958

44

Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison (1908-1990)

1964

45

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor (1925-2003)

1952

46

Albert Finney

Albert Finney (1936-2019)

1970

47

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin (1924-1987)

1965

48

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