# Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor

The Golden Globe for New Star of the Year – Actor was an award given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at their annual Golden Globe Awards.

## History

The award was first introduced at the 6th Golden Globe Awards in 1948, where it was given to actor Richard Widmark for his performance in the 1947 film Kiss of Death. It was awarded as the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male until 1975. There were no awards in 1949, and between 1954 and 1965 there were multiple winners. From 1976 to 1979, the award was called Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture – Male. From 1980 to 1983, the award was called New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male. A male actor did not receive the Award in 1982. The final recipient of the award was actor Ben Kingsley for his performance as the title character in the 1982 film Gandhi. The category was discontinued following the 1983 ceremony.

## List of recipients

| Year | Image | Recipient(s) | Film |
| 1947 | | Richard Widmark | Kiss of Death |
| 1948 | No award | No award | No award |
| 1949 | | Richard Todd | The Hasty Heart |
| 1950 | No award | No award | No award |
| 1951 | | Kevin McCarthy | Death of a Salesman |
| 1952 | | Richard Burton | My Cousin Rachel |
| 1953 | | Richard Egan | The Glory Brigade and The Kid from Left Field |
| 1953 | | Steve Forrest | So Big |
| 1953 | | Hugh O'Brian | The Man from the Alamo |
| 1954 | – | Joe Adams | Carmen Jones |
| 1954 | | George Nader | Four Guns to the Border |
| 1954 | | Jeff Richards | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| 1955 | | Russ Tamblyn | Hit the Deck |
| 1955 | | Ray Danton | I'll Cry Tomorrow |
| 1956 | | Anthony Perkins | Friendly Persuasion |
| 1956 | | Paul Newman | The Silver Chalice |
| 1956 | | John Kerr | Tea and Sympathy |
| 1957 | | James Garner | Sayonara |
| 1957 | | Patrick Wayne | The Searchers |
| 1957 | | John Saxon | This Happy Feeling |
| 1958 | | John Gavin | A Time to Love and a Time to Die |
| 1958 | | Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | Too Much, Too Soon |
| 1958 | | Bradford Dillman | In Love and War |
| 1959 | | George Hamilton | Crime and Punishment U.S.A. |
| 1959 | | James Shigeta | The Crimson Kimono |
| 1959 | | Barry Coe | A Private's Affair |
| 1959 | | Troy Donahue | A Summer Place |
| 1960 | | Michael Callan | Because They're Young |
| 1960 | | Brett Halsey | Desire in the Dust |
| 1960 | | Mark Damon | House of Usher |
| 1961 | | Bobby Darin | Come September |
| 1961 | | Warren Beatty | Splendor in the Grass |
| 1962 | | Terence Stamp | Billy Budd |
| 1962 | – | Keir Dullea | David and Lisa |
| 1962 | | Peter O'Toole | Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1962 | | Omar Sharif | Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1963 | – | Stathis Giallelis | America America |
| 1963 | | Robert Walker Jr. | The Ceremony |
| 1963 | | Albert Finney | Tom Jones |
| 1964 | | George Segal | The New Interns |
| 1964 | | Chaim Topol | Sallah Shabati |
| 1964 | | Harve Presnell | The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
| 1965 | | Robert Redford | Inside Daisy Clover |
| 1966 | | James Farentino | The Pad (and How to Use It) |
| 1967 | | Dustin Hoffman | The Graduate |
| 1968 | – | Leonard Whiting | Romeo and Juliet |
| 1969 | | Jon Voight | Midnight Cowboy |
| 1970 | | James Earl Jones | The Great White Hope |
| 1971 | | Desi Arnaz Jr. | Red Sky at Morning |
| 1972 | | Edward Albert | Butterflies Are Free |
| 1973 | – | Paul Le Mat | American Graffiti |
| 1974 | – | Joseph Bottoms | The Dove |
| 1975 | | Brad Dourif | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1976 | | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Stay Hungry |
| 1977 | No award | No award | No award |
| 1978 | | Brad Davis | Midnight Express |
| 1979 | | Ricky Schroder | The Champ |
| 1980 | | Timothy Hutton | Ordinary People |
| 1981 | No award | No award | No award |
| 1982 | | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi |