# MTV Movie Award for Best Hero

The MTV Movie Award for Best Hero was introduced in 2006, but retired the next year, and reinstated in 2012. A similar category titled Biggest Badass Star was introduced in 2010, nominating only the actor, and not the movie. Daniel Radcliffe is the first recipient to win both this and Best Villain. Dwayne Johnson, Ewan McGregor and Tom Cruise have each received nominations in both categories, but never won in either. In 2021, four years after the award became the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Hero, Anthony Mackie was the first TV recipient to win.

## Winners and nominees
### Best Hero

Table key :
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
| Year | Actor | Film | Role(s) |
| 2006 | Christian Bale ‡ | Batman Begins | Bruce Wayne / Batman |
| 2006 | Jessica Alba | Fantastic Four | Sue Storm / Invisible Woman |
| 2006 | Kate Beckinsale | Underworld: Evolution | Selene |
| 2006 | Ewan McGregor | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2006 | Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Harry Potter |
| 2012 | Daniel Radcliffe ‡ | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Harry Potter |
| 2012 | Chris Evans | Captain America: The First Avenger | Steve Rogers / Captain America |
| 2012 | Chris Hemsworth | Thor | Thor |
| 2012 | Jennifer Lawrence | The Hunger Games | Katniss Everdeen |
| 2012 | Channing Tatum | 21 Jump Street | Greg Jenko |
| 2013 | Martin Freeman ‡ | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Bilbo Baggins |
| 2013 | Christian Bale | The Dark Knight Rises | Bruce Wayne / Batman |
| 2013 | Robert Downey Jr. | The Avengers | Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2013 | Anne Hathaway | The Dark Knight Rises | Selina Kyle / Catwoman |
| 2013 | Kristen Stewart | Snow White and the Huntsman | Snow White |
| 2014 | Henry Cavill ‡ | Man of Steel | Clark Kent / Superman |
| 2014 | Robert Downey Jr. | Iron Man 3 | Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2014 | Martin Freeman | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Bilbo Baggins |
| 2014 | Chris Hemsworth | Thor: The Dark World | Thor |
| 2014 | Channing Tatum | White House Down | John Cale |
| 2015 | Dylan O'Brien ‡ | The Maze Runner | Thomas |
| 2015 | Martin Freeman | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Bilbo Baggins |
| 2015 | Jennifer Lawrence | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Katniss Everdeen |
| 2015 | Chris Pratt | Guardians of the Galaxy | Peter Quill / Star-Lord |
| 2015 | Shailene Woodley | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Beatrice "Tris" Prior |
| 2016 | Jennifer Lawrence ‡ | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | Katniss Everdeen |
| 2016 | Chris Evans | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Steve Rogers / Captain America |
| 2016 | Dwayne Johnson | San Andreas | Ray Gaines |
| 2016 | Daisy Ridley | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Rey |
| 2016 | Paul Rudd | Ant-Man | Scott Lang / Ant-Man |
| 2016 | Charlize Theron | Mad Max: Fury Road | Imperator Furiosa |
| 2017 | Taraji P. Henson ‡ | Hidden Figures | Katherine Goble Johnson |
| 2017 | Stephen Amell | Arrow | Oliver Queen / Green Arrow |
| 2017 | Millie Bobby Brown | Stranger Things | Jane Ives-Hopper / Eleven |
| 2017 | Mike Colter | Luke Cage | Luke Cage |
| 2017 | Grant Gustin | The Flash | Barry Allen / Flash |
| 2017 | Felicity Jones | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Jyn Erso |
| 2018 | Chadwick Boseman ‡ | Black Panther | T'Challa / Black Panther |
| 2018 | Emilia Clarke | Game of Thrones | Daenerys Targaryen |
| 2018 | Gal Gadot | Wonder Woman | Diana Prince / Wonder Woman |
| 2018 | Grant Gustin | The Flash | Barry Allen / Flash |
| 2018 | Daisy Ridley | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Rey |
| 2019 | Robert Downey Jr. ‡ | Avengers: Endgame | Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2019 | Brie Larson | Captain Marvel | Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel |
| 2019 | Zachary Levi | Shazam! | Billy Batson / Shazam |
| 2019 | John David Washington | BlacKkKlansman | Ron Stallworth |
| 2019 | Maisie Williams | Game of Thrones | Arya Stark |
| 2021 | Anthony Mackie ‡ | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Sam Wilson / Falcon |
| 2021 | Gal Gadot | Wonder Woman 1984 | Diana Prince / Wonder Woman |
| 2021 | Teyonah Parris | WandaVision | Monica Rambeau |
| 2021 | Pedro Pascal | The Mandalorian | Din Djarin / The Mandalorian |
| 2021 | Jack Quaid | The Boys | Hughie Campbell |
| 2022 | Scarlett Johansson ‡ | Black Widow | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow |
| 2022 | Daniel Craig | No Time to Die | James Bond |
| 2022 | Oscar Isaac | Moon Knight | Marc Spector / Moon Knight, Steven Grant / Mr. Knight and Jake Lockley |
| 2022 | Simu Liu | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Xu Shang-Chi |
| 2022 | Tom Holland | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Peter Parker / Spider-Man |
| 2023 | Pedro Pascal ‡ | The Last of Us | Joel Miller |
| 2023 | Tom Cruise | Top Gun: Maverick | Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell |
| 2023 | Diego Luna | Andor | Cassian Andor |
| 2023 | Jenna Ortega | Wednesday | Wednesday Addams |
| 2023 | Paul Rudd | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Scott Lang / Ant-Man |

### Biggest Badass Star

Table key :
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
| Year | Actor |
| 2010 | Rain ‡ |
| 2010 | Angelina Jolie |
| 2010 | Chris Pine |
| 2010 | Channing Tatum |
| 2010 | Sam Worthington |
| 2011 | Chloë Grace Moretz ‡ |
| 2011 | Robert Downey Jr. |
| 2011 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
| 2011 | Alex Pettyfer |
| 2011 | Jaden Smith |