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2019 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Martin Eden Luca Marinelli](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/martin-eden-pietro-marcello-image.jpg)
Martin Eden
Luca Marinelli
2018 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![At Eternity's Gate Willem Dafoe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/at-eternitys-gate-julian-schnabel-image.jpg)
At Eternity’s Gate
Willem Dafoe
2017 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Insult Kamel El Basha](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-insult-ziad-doueiri-image.jpg)
The Insult
Kamel El Basha
2016 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Distinguished Citizen Oscar Martínez](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-distinguished-citizen-gaston-dupratco-director-mariano-cohnco-director-image.jpg)
The Distinguished Citizen
Oscar Martínez
2015 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Courted Fabrice Luchini](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/courted-christian-vincent-image.jpg)
Courted
Fabrice Luchini
2014 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Hungry Hearts Adam Driver](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hungry-hearts-saverio-costanzo-image.jpg)
Hungry Hearts
Adam Driver
2013 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Miss Violence Themis Panou](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/miss-violence-alexandros-avranas-image.jpg)
Miss Violence
Themis Panou
2012 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Master Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-master-paul-thomas-anderson-image.jpg)
The Master
Philip Seymour Hoffman
2011 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Shame Michael Fassbender](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shame-steve-mcqueen-image.jpg)
Shame
Michael Fassbender
2010 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Essential Killing Vincent Gallo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/essential-killing-jerzy-skolimowski-image.jpg)
Essential Killing
Vincent Gallo
2009 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![A Single Man Colin Firth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-single-man-tom-ford-image.jpg)
A Single Man
Colin Firth
2008 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Giovanna's Father Silvio Orlando](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/giovannas-father-pupi-avati-image.jpg)
Giovanna’s Father
Silvio Orlando
2007 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Brad Pitt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford-image.jpg)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Brad Pitt
2006 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Hollywoodland Ben Affleck](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hollywoodland-image.jpg)
Hollywoodland
Ben Affleck
2005 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Good Night, and Good Luck. David Strathairn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/good-night-and-good-luck.-george-clooney-image.jpg)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
David Strathairn
2004 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Sea Inside Javier Bardem](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sea-inside-image.jpg)
The Sea Inside
Javier Bardem
2003 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![21 Grams Sean Penn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/21-grams-image.jpg)
21 Grams
Sean Penn
2002 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![A Scandalous Journey Stefano Accorsi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-scandalous-journey-michele-placido-image.jpg)
A Scandalous Journey
Stefano Accorsi
2001 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Light of My Eyes Luigi Lo Cascio](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/light-of-my-eyes-giuseppe-piccioni-image.jpg)
Light of My Eyes
Luigi Lo Cascio
2000 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Before Night Falls Javier Bardem](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/before-night-falls-julian-schnabel-image.jpg)
Before Night Falls
Javier Bardem
1999 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Topsy-Turvy Jim Broadbent](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/topsy-turvy-mike-leigh-image.jpg)
Topsy-Turvy
Jim Broadbent
1998 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Hurlyburly Sean Penn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hurlyburly-image.jpg)
Hurlyburly
Sean Penn
1997 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![One Night Stand Wesley Snipes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-night-stand-mike-figgis-image.jpg)
One Night Stand
Wesley Snipes
1996 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Michael Collins Liam Neeson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/michael-collins-neil-jordan-image.jpg)
Michael Collins
Liam Neeson
1995 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Deathmaker Götz George](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-deathmaker-romuald-karmakar-image.jpg)
The Deathmaker
Götz George
1994 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![In the Heat of the Sun Yu Xia](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-heat-of-the-sun-wen-jiang-image.jpg)
In the Heat of the Sun
Yu Xia
1993 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Un'anima divisa in due Fabrizio Bentivoglio](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/unanima-divisa-in-due-silvio-soldini-image.jpg)
Un’anima divisa in due
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
1992 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Glengarry Glen Ross Jack Lemmon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/glengarry-glen-ross-james-foley-image.jpg)
Glengarry Glen Ross
Jack Lemmon
1991 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![My Own Private Idaho River Phoenix](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-own-private-idaho-gus-van-sant-image.jpg)
My Own Private Idaho
River Phoenix
1990 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Edinstveniyat svidetel Oleg Borisov](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Edinstveniyat svidetel
Oleg Borisov
1989 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![What Time Is It? Marcello Mastroianni](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/what-time-is-it-ettore-scola-image.jpg)
What Time Is It?
Marcello Mastroianni
1988 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Things Change Don Ameche](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/things-change-david-mamet-image.jpg)
Things Change
Don Ameche
1987 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Maurice Hugh Grant](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/maurice-james-ivory-image.jpg)
Maurice
Hugh Grant
1986 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Regalo di Natale Carlo Delle Piane](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/regalo-di-natale-pupi-avati-image.jpg)
Regalo di Natale
Carlo Delle Piane
1985 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Police Gérard Depardieu](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/police-maurice-pialat-image.jpg)
Police
Gérard Depardieu
1984 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Paar Naseeruddin Shah](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/paar-goutam-ghose-image.jpg)
Paar
Naseeruddin Shah
1983 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Streamers Guy Boyd](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/streamers-robert-altman-image.jpg)
Streamers
Guy Boyd
1968 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Faces John Marley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/faces-john-cassavetes-image.jpg)
Faces
John Marley
1967 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Morning Ljubisa Samardzic](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-morning-mladomir-purisa-djordjevic-image.jpg)
The Morning
Ljubisa Samardzic
1966 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Search Jacques Perrin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
The Search
Jacques Perrin
1965 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Red Beard Toshirô Mifune](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/red-beard-image.jpg)
Red Beard
Toshirô Mifune
1964 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![King & Country Tom Courtenay](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/king-and-country-joseph-losey-image.jpg)
King & Country
Tom Courtenay
1963 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Tom Jones Albert Finney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tom-jones-tony-richardson-image.jpg)
Tom Jones
Albert Finney
1962 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Birdman of Alcatraz Burt Lancaster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/birdman-of-alcatraz-john-frankenheimer-charles-crichton-image.jpg)
Birdman of Alcatraz
Burt Lancaster
1961 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Yojimbo Toshirô Mifune](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/yojimbo-image.jpg)
Yojimbo
Toshirô Mifune
1960 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Tunes of Glory John Mills](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tunes-of-glory-ronald-neame-image.jpg)
Tunes of Glory
John Mills
1959 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Anatomy of a Murder James Stewart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anatomy-of-a-murder-otto-preminger-image.jpg)
Anatomy of a Murder
James Stewart
1958 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Horse's Mouth Alec Guinness](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-horses-mouth-ronald-neame-image.jpg)
The Horse’s Mouth
Alec Guinness
1957 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![A Hatful of Rain Anthony Franciosa](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-hatful-of-rain-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
A Hatful of Rain
Anthony Franciosa
1956 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Four Bags Full Bourvil](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/four-bags-full-claude-autant-lara-image.jpg)
Four Bags Full
Bourvil
1953 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Le bon Dieu sans confession Henri Vilbert](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/le-bon-dieu-sans-confession-claude-autant-lara-image.jpg)
Le bon Dieu sans confession
Henri Vilbert
1952 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Death of a Salesman Fredric March](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/death-of-a-salesman-laslo-benedek-image.jpg)
Death of a Salesman
Fredric March
1942 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Bengasi Fosco Giachetti](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Bengasi
Fosco Giachetti
1941 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Don Buonaparte Ermete Zacconi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Don Buonaparte
Ermete Zacconi
1938 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Pygmalion Leslie Howard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pygmalion-image.jpg)
Pygmalion
Leslie Howard
1937 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Der Herrscher Emil Jannings](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Der Herrscher
Emil Jannings
1936 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![The Story of Louis Pasteur Paul Muni](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-story-of-louis-pasteur-william-dieterle-image.jpg)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Paul Muni
1935 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
![Crime and Punishment Pierre Blanchar](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crime-and-punishment-pierre-chenal-image.jpg)