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2020 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Rocketman Taron Egerton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rocketman-dexter-fletcher-image.jpg)
Rocketman
Taron Egerton
2019 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Vice Christian Bale](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/vice-image.jpg)
Vice
Christian Bale
2018 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Disaster Artist James Franco](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-disaster-artist-james-franco-image.jpg)
The Disaster Artist
James Franco
2017 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![La La Land Ryan Gosling](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-la-land-damien-chazelle-image.jpg)
La La Land
Ryan Gosling
2016 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Martian Matt Damon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-martian-ridley-scott-image.jpg)
The Martian
Matt Damon
2015 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Michael Keaton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance-image.jpg)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Michael Keaton
2014 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Wolf of Wall Street Leonardo DiCaprio](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-wolf-of-wall-street-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio
2013 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Les Misérables Hugh Jackman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/les-miserables-tom-hooper-image.jpg)
Les Misérables
Hugh Jackman
2012 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Artist Jean Dujardin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-artist-michel-hazanavicius-image.jpg)
The Artist
Jean Dujardin
2011 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Barney's Version Paul Giamatti](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/barneys-version-richard-j.-lewis-image.jpg)
Barney’s Version
Paul Giamatti
2010 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Sherlock Holmes Robert Downey Jr.](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sherlock-holmes-guy-ritchie-image.jpg)
Sherlock Holmes
Robert Downey Jr.
2009 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![In Bruges Colin Farrell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-bruges-martin-mcdonagh-image.jpg)
In Bruges
Colin Farrell
2008 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Johnny Depp](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street-tim-burton-image.jpg)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Johnny Depp
2007 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Sacha Baron Cohen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/borat-cultural-learnings-of-america-for-make-benefit-glorious-nation-of-kazakhstan-larry-charles-image.jpg)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Sacha Baron Cohen
2006 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Walk the Line Joaquin Phoenix](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/walk-the-line-james-mangold-image.jpg)
Walk the Line
Joaquin Phoenix
2005 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Ray Jamie Foxx](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ray-taylor-hackford-image.jpg)
Ray
Jamie Foxx
2004 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Lost in Translation Bill Murray](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lost-in-translation-sofia-coppola-image.jpg)
Lost in Translation
Bill Murray
2003 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Chicago Richard Gere](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/chicago-rob-marshall-image.jpg)
Chicago
Richard Gere
2002 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Royal Tenenbaums Gene Hackman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-royal-tenenbaums-wes-anderson-image.jpg)
The Royal Tenenbaums
Gene Hackman
2001 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![O Brother, Where Art Thou? George Clooney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/o-brother-where-art-thou-joel-coen-ethan-coen-image.jpg)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
George Clooney
2000 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Man on the Moon Jim Carrey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/man-on-the-moon-milos-forman-image.jpg)
Man on the Moon
Jim Carrey
1999 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Little Voice Michael Caine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/little-voice-mark-herman-image.jpg)
Little Voice
Michael Caine
1998 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![As Good as It Gets Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/as-good-as-it-gets-james-l.-brooks-image.jpg)
As Good as It Gets
Jack Nicholson
1997 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Jerry Maguire Tom Cruise](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jerry-maguire-cameron-crowe-image.jpg)
Jerry Maguire
Tom Cruise
1996 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Get Shorty John Travolta](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/get-shorty-image.jpg)
Get Shorty
John Travolta
1995 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Four Weddings and a Funeral Hugh Grant](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/four-weddings-and-a-funeral-mike-newell-image.jpg)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Hugh Grant
1994 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Mrs. Doubtfire Robin Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mrs.-doubtfire-chris-columbus-chuck-jones-image.jpg)
Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin Williams
1993 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Player Tim Robbins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-player-robert-altman-image.jpg)
The Player
Tim Robbins
1992 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Fisher King Robin Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-fisher-king-terry-gilliam-image.jpg)
The Fisher King
Robin Williams
1991 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Green Card Gérard Depardieu](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/green-card-peter-weir-image.jpg)
Green Card
Gérard Depardieu
1990 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Driving Miss Daisy Morgan Freeman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/driving-miss-daisy-bruce-beresford-image.jpg)
Driving Miss Daisy
Morgan Freeman
1989 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Big Tom Hanks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/big-penny-marshall-image.jpg)
Big
Tom Hanks
1988 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Good Morning, Vietnam Robin Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/good-morning-vietnam-image.jpg)
Good Morning, Vietnam
Robin Williams
1987 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Crocodile Dundee Paul Hogan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crocodile-dundee-peter-faiman-image.jpg)
Crocodile Dundee
Paul Hogan
1986 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Prizzi's Honor Jack Nicholson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/prizzis-honor-john-huston-image.jpg)
Prizzi’s Honor
Jack Nicholson
1985 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Micki + Maude Dudley Moore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/micki-maude-blake-edwards-image.jpg)
Micki + Maude
Dudley Moore
1984 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Educating Rita Michael Caine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/educating-rita-image.jpg)
Educating Rita
Michael Caine
1983 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Tootsie Dustin Hoffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tootsie-image.jpg)
Tootsie
Dustin Hoffman
1982 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Arthur Dudley Moore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/arthur-steve-gordon-image.jpg)
Arthur
Dudley Moore
1981 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Idolmaker Ray Sharkey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-idolmaker-taylor-hackford-image.jpg)
The Idolmaker
Ray Sharkey
1980 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Being There Peter Sellers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/being-there-hal-ashby-image.jpg)
Being There
Peter Sellers
1979 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/heaven-can-wait-warren-beatty-buck-henry-image.jpg)
Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty
1978 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Goodbye Girl Richard Dreyfuss](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-goodbye-girl-herbert-ross-image.jpg)
The Goodbye Girl
Richard Dreyfuss
1977 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![A Star Is Born Kris Kristofferson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-star-is-born-frank-pierson-image.jpg)
A Star Is Born
Kris Kristofferson
1976 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Sunshine Boys Walter Matthau](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sunshine-boys-herbert-ross-image.jpg)
The Sunshine Boys
Walter Matthau
1976 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Sunshine Boys George Burns](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sunshine-boys-herbert-ross-image.jpg)
The Sunshine Boys
George Burns
1975 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Harry and Tonto Art Carney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/harry-and-tonto-paul-mazursky-image.jpg)
Harry and Tonto
Art Carney
1974 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![A Touch of Class George Segal](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-touch-of-class-melvin-frank-image.jpg)
A Touch of Class
George Segal
1973 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Avanti! Jack Lemmon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/avanti-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
Avanti!
Jack Lemmon
1972 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Fiddler on the Roof Topol](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fiddler-on-the-roof-norman-jewison-image.jpg)
Fiddler on the Roof
Topol
1971 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Scrooge Albert Finney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/scrooge-ronald-neame-image.jpg)
Scrooge
Albert Finney
1970 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Goodbye, Mr. Chips Peter O'Toole](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/goodbye-mr.-chips-herbert-ross-image.jpg)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Peter O’Toole
1969 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Oliver! Ron Moody](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/oliver-carol-reed-image.jpg)
Oliver!
Ron Moody
1968 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Camelot Richard Harris](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/camelot-joshua-logan-image.jpg)
Camelot
Richard Harris
1967 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Alan Arkin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-russians-are-coming-the-russians-are-coming-norman-jewison-image.jpg)
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Alan Arkin
1966 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Cat Ballou Lee Marvin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cat-ballou-elliot-silverstein-image.jpg)
Cat Ballou
Lee Marvin
1965 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![My Fair Lady Rex Harrison](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-fair-lady-george-cukor-image.jpg)
My Fair Lady
Rex Harrison
1964 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![To Bed or Not to Bed Alberto Sordi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/to-bed-or-not-to-bed-gian-luigi-polidoro-image.jpg)
To Bed or Not to Bed
Alberto Sordi
1963 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Divorce Italian Style Marcello Mastroianni](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/divorce-italian-style-pietro-germi-image.jpg)
Divorce Italian Style
Marcello Mastroianni
1962 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Pocketful of Miracles Glenn Ford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pocketful-of-miracles-frank-capra-image.jpg)
Pocketful of Miracles
Glenn Ford
1961 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Apartment Jack Lemmon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-apartment-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Apartment
Jack Lemmon
1960 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Some Like It Hot Jack Lemmon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/some-like-it-hot-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
Some Like It Hot
Jack Lemmon
1959 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Me and the Colonel Danny Kaye](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/me-and-the-colonel-peter-glenville-image.jpg)
Me and the Colonel
Danny Kaye
1958 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Pal Joey Frank Sinatra](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pal-joey-george-sidney-image.jpg)
Pal Joey
Frank Sinatra
1957 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Around the World in 80 Days Cantinflas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/around-the-world-in-80-days-michael-anderson-john-farrow-image.jpg)
Around the World in 80 Days
Cantinflas
1956 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Seven Year Itch Tom Ewell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-seven-year-itch-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Seven Year Itch
Tom Ewell
1955 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![A Star Is Born James Mason](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-star-is-born-george-cukor-image.jpg)
A Star Is Born
James Mason
1954 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![The Moon Is Blue David Niven](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-moon-is-blue-otto-preminger-image.jpg)
The Moon Is Blue
David Niven
1953 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Singin' in the Rain Donald O'Connor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/singin-in-the-rain-stanley-donen-gene-kelly-image.jpg)
Singin’ in the Rain
Donald O’Connor
1952 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![On the Riviera Danny Kaye](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-the-riviera-walter-lang-image.jpg)
On the Riviera
Danny Kaye
1951 Golden Globe Awards – Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
![Three Little Words Fred Astaire](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/three-little-words-richard-thorpe-image.jpg)