# MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie

This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award Winners and Nominees for Best Performance from 1992 on Awards. In all but five years, the awards are separated into male and female categories.

## Winners and Nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Category | Actor | Film | Character |
| 1992 1st | Male Performance | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | The Terminator |
| 1992 1st | Male Performance | Kevin Costner | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Robin Hood |
| 1992 1st | Male Performance | Robert De Niro | Cape Fear | Max Cady |
| 1992 1st | Male Performance | Val Kilmer | The Doors | Jim Morrison |
| 1992 1st | Male Performance | Robin Williams | The Fisher King | Henry Sagan / Parry |
| 1992 1st | Female Performance | Linda Hamilton | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Sarah Connor |
| 1992 1st | Female Performance | Geena Davis | Thelma and Louise | Thelma Dickinson |
| 1992 1st | Female Performance | Rebecca De Mornay | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Peyton Flanders |
| 1992 1st | Female Performance | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Maid Marian |
| 1992 1st | Female Performance | Julia Roberts | Dying Young | Hilary O'Neil |
| 1993 2nd | Male Performance | Denzel Washington | Malcolm X | Malcolm X |
| 1993 2nd | Male Performance | Kevin Costner | The Bodyguard | Frank Farmer |
| 1993 2nd | Male Performance | Tom Cruise | A Few Good Men | Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee |
| 1993 2nd | Male Performance | Michael Douglas | Basic Instinct | Nick Curran |
| 1993 2nd | Male Performance | Jack Nicholson | A Few Good Men | Col. Nathan Jessep |
| 1993 2nd | Female Performance | Sharon Stone | Basic Instinct | Catherine Tramell |
| 1993 2nd | Female Performance | Geena Davis | A League of Their Own | Dottie Hinson |
| 1993 2nd | Female Performance | Whoopi Goldberg | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier |
| 1993 2nd | Female Performance | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard | Rachel Marron |
| 1993 2nd | Female Performance | Demi Moore | A Few Good Men | Lt. Commander Joanne Galloway |
| 1994 3rd | Male Performance | Tom Hanks | Philadelphia | Andrew Beckett |
| 1994 3rd | Male Performance | Tom Cruise | The Firm | Mitch McDeere |
| 1994 3rd | Male Performance | Harrison Ford | The Fugitive | Dr. Richard Kimble |
| 1994 3rd | Male Performance | Val Kilmer | Tombstone | Doc Holliday |
| 1994 3rd | Male Performance | Robin Williams | Mrs. Doubtfire | Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire |
| 1994 3rd | Female Performance | Janet Jackson | Poetic Justice | Justice |
| 1994 3rd | Female Performance | Angela Bassett | What's Love Got to Do with It | Tina Turner |
| 1994 3rd | Female Performance | Demi Moore | Indecent Proposal | Diana Murphy |
| 1994 3rd | Female Performance | Julia Roberts | The Pelican Brief | Darby Shaw |
| 1994 3rd | Female Performance | Meg Ryan | Sleepless in Seattle | Annie Reed |
| 1995 4th | Male Performance | Brad Pitt | Interview with the Vampire | Louis |
| 1995 4th | Male Performance | Tom Hanks | Forrest Gump | Forrest Gump |
| 1995 4th | Male Performance | Brandon Lee | The Crow | Eric Draven / The Crow |
| 1995 4th | Male Performance | Keanu Reeves | Speed | Jack Traven |
| 1995 4th | Male Performance | John Travolta | Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega |
| 1995 4th | Female Performance | Sandra Bullock | Speed | Annie Porter |
| 1995 4th | Female Performance | Jamie Lee Curtis | True Lies | Helen Tasker |
| 1995 4th | Female Performance | Jodie Foster | Nell | Nell Kellty |
| 1995 4th | Female Performance | Meg Ryan | When a Man Loves a Woman | Alice Green |
| 1995 4th | Female Performance | Uma Thurman | Pulp Fiction | Mia Wallace |
| 1996 5th | Male Performance | Jim Carrey | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Ace Ventura |
| 1996 5th | Male Performance | Mel Gibson | Braveheart | William Wallace |
| 1996 5th | Male Performance | Tom Hanks | Apollo 13 | Jim Lovell |
| 1996 5th | Male Performance | Brad Pitt | 12 Monkeys | Jeffrey Goines |
| 1996 5th | Male Performance | Denzel Washington | Crimson Tide | Lieutenant Commander Ron Hunter |
| 1996 5th | Female Performance | Alicia Silverstone | Clueless | Cher Horowitz |
| 1996 5th | Female Performance | Sandra Bullock | While You Were Sleeping | Lucy Eleanor Moderatz |
| 1996 5th | Female Performance | Michelle Pfeiffer | Dangerous Minds | LouAnne Johnson |
| 1996 5th | Female Performance | Susan Sarandon | Dead Man Walking | Sister Helen Prejean |
| 1996 5th | Female Performance | Sharon Stone | Casino | Ginger McKenna |
| 1997 6th | Male Performance | Tom Cruise | Jerry Maguire | Jerry Maguire |
| 1997 6th | Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio | Romeo + Juliet | Romeo |
| 1997 6th | Male Performance | Eddie Murphy | The Nutty Professor | Sherman Klump |
| 1997 6th | Male Performance | Will Smith | Independence Day | Steven Hiller |
| 1997 6th | Male Performance | John Travolta | Phenomenon | George Malley |
| 1997 6th | Female Performance | Claire Danes | Romeo + Juliet | Juliet |
| 1997 6th | Female Performance | Sandra Bullock | A Time to Kill | Ellen Roark |
| 1997 6th | Female Performance | Neve Campbell | Scream | Sidney Prescott |
| 1997 6th | Female Performance | Helen Hunt | Twister | Jo Harding |
| 1997 6th | Female Performance | Madonna | Evita | Eva Peron |
| 1998 7th | Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio | Titanic | Jack Dawson |
| 1998 7th | Male Performance | Nicolas Cage | Face/Off | Castor Troy |
| 1998 7th | Male Performance | Matt Damon | Good Will Hunting | Will Hunting |
| 1998 7th | Male Performance | Samuel L. Jackson | Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie |
| 1998 7th | Male Performance | John Travolta | Face/Off | Sean Archer |
| 1998 7th | Female Performance | Neve Campbell | Scream 2 | Sidney Prescott |
| 1998 7th | Female Performance | Vivica A. Fox | Soul Food | Maxine Chadway |
| 1998 7th | Female Performance | Helen Hunt | As Good as It Gets | Carol Connelly |
| 1998 7th | Female Performance | Julia Roberts | My Best Friend's Wedding | Julianne Potters |
| 1998 7th | Female Performance | Kate Winslet | Titanic | Rose DeWitt Bukater |
| 1999 8th | Male Performance | Jim Carrey | The Truman Show | Truman Burbank |
| 1999 8th | Male Performance | Ben Affleck | Armageddon | A.J. Frost |
| 1999 8th | Male Performance | Tom Hanks | Saving Private Ryan | John Miller |
| 1999 8th | Male Performance | Adam Sandler | The Waterboy | Bobby Boucher |
| 1999 8th | Male Performance | Will Smith | Enemy of the State | Robert Dean |
| 1999 8th | Female Performance | Cameron Diaz | There's Something About Mary | Mary Jensen |
| 1999 8th | Female Performance | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Can't Hardly Wait | Amanda Beckett |
| 1999 8th | Female Performance | Jennifer Lopez | Out of Sight | Karen Sisco |
| 1999 8th | Female Performance | Gwyneth Paltrow | Shakespeare in Love | Viola de Lesseps |
| 1999 8th | Female Performance | Liv Tyler | Armageddon | Grace Stamper |

### 2000s

| Year | Category | Actor | Film | Character |
| 2000 9th | Male Performance | Keanu Reeves | The Matrix | Neo |
| 2000 9th | Male Performance | Jim Carrey | Man on the Moon | Andy Kaufman |
| 2000 9th | Male Performance | Ryan Phillippe | Cruel Intentions | Sebastian Valmont |
| 2000 9th | Male Performance | Adam Sandler | Big Daddy | Sonny Koufax |
| 2000 9th | Male Performance | Bruce Willis | The Sixth Sense | Dr. Malcolm Crowe |
| 2000 9th | Female Performance | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Cruel Intentions | Kathryn Merteuil |
| 2000 9th | Female Performance | Drew Barrymore | Never Been Kissed | Josie Geller |
| 2000 9th | Female Performance | Neve Campbell | Scream 3 | Sidney Prescott |
| 2000 9th | Female Performance | Ashley Judd | Double Jeopardy | Libby Parsons |
| 2000 9th | Female Performance | Julia Roberts | Runaway Bride | Maggie Carpenter |
| 2001 10th | Male Performance | Tom Cruise | Mission: Impossible 2 | Ethan Hunt |
| 2001 10th | Male Performance | Russell Crowe | Gladiator | Maximus |
| 2001 10th | Male Performance | Omar Epps | Love & Basketball | Quincy McCall |
| 2001 10th | Male Performance | Mel Gibson | The Patriot | Benjamin Martin |
| 2001 10th | Male Performance | Tom Hanks | Cast Away | Chuck Noland |
| 2001 10th | Female Performance | Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich | Erin Brockovich |
| 2001 10th | Female Performance | Aaliyah | Romeo Must Die | Trish O'Day |
| 2001 10th | Female Performance | Kate Hudson | Almost Famous | Penny Lane |
| 2001 10th | Female Performance | Jennifer Lopez | The Cell | Dr. Catherine Deane |
| 2001 10th | Female Performance | Julia Stiles | Save the Last Dance | Sara Johnson |
| 2002 11th | Male Performance | Will Smith | Ali | Muhammad Ali |
| 2002 11th | Male Performance | Russell Crowe | A Beautiful Mind | John Nash |
| 2002 11th | Male Performance | Josh Hartnett | Pearl Harbor | Lieutenant Danny Walker |
| 2002 11th | Male Performance | Vin Diesel | The Fast and the Furious | Dominic Toretto |
| 2002 11th | Male Performance | Elijah Wood | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Frodo Baggins |
| 2002 11th | Female Performance | Nicole Kidman | Moulin Rouge! | Satine |
| 2002 11th | Female Performance | Kate Beckinsale | Pearl Harbor | Nurse Evelyn Johnson |
| 2002 11th | Female Performance | Halle Berry | Monster's Ball | Leticia Musgrove |
| 2002 11th | Female Performance | Angelina Jolie | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Lara Croft |
| 2002 11th | Female Performance | Reese Witherspoon | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods |
| 2003 12th | Male Performance | Eminem | 8 Mile | Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith |
| 2003 12th | Male Performance | Vin Diesel | xXx | Xander Cage |
| 2003 12th | Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio | Catch Me If You Can | Frank Abagnale |
| 2003 12th | Male Performance | Tobey Maguire | Spider-Man | Peter Parker / Spider-Man |
| 2003 12th | Male Performance | Viggo Mortensen | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Aragorn |
| 2003 12th | Female Performance | Kirsten Dunst | Spider-Man | Mary Jane Watson |
| 2003 12th | Female Performance | Halle Berry | Die Another Day | Jinx |
| 2003 12th | Female Performance | Kate Hudson | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Andie Anderson |
| 2003 12th | Female Performance | Queen Latifah | Chicago | Matron Morton |
| 2003 12th | Female Performance | Reese Witherspoon | Sweet Home Alabama | Melanie Carmichael |
| 2004 13th | Male Performance | Johnny Depp | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Jack Sparrow |
| 2004 13th | Male Performance | Jim Caviezel | The Passion of the Christ | Jesus Christ |
| 2004 13th | Male Performance | Tom Cruise | The Last Samurai | Cpt. Nathan Algren |
| 2004 13th | Male Performance | Bill Murray | Lost in Translation | Bob Harris |
| 2004 13th | Male Performance | Adam Sandler | 50 First Dates | Henry Roth |
| 2004 13th | Female Performance | Uma Thurman | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | The Bride |
| 2004 13th | Female Performance | Drew Barrymore | 50 First Dates | Lucy Whitmore |
| 2004 13th | Female Performance | Halle Berry | Gothika | Miranda Grey |
| 2004 13th | Female Performance | Queen Latifah | Bringing Down the House | Charlene Morton |
| 2004 13th | Female Performance | Charlize Theron | Monster | Aileen Wuornos |
| 2005 14th | Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio | The Aviator | Howard Hughes |
| 2005 14th | Male Performance | Matt Damon | The Bourne Supremacy | Jason Bourne |
| 2005 14th | Male Performance | Jamie Foxx | Ray | Ray Charles |
| 2005 14th | Male Performance | Brad Pitt | Troy | Achilles |
| 2005 14th | Male Performance | Will Smith | Hitch | Hitch |
| 2005 14th | Female Performance | Lindsay Lohan | Mean Girls | Cady Heron |
| 2005 14th | Female Performance | Rachel McAdams | The Notebook | Allie Hamilton |
| 2005 14th | Female Performance | Natalie Portman | Garden State | Sam |
| 2005 14th | Female Performance | Hilary Swank | Million Dollar Baby | Maggie Fitzgerald |
| 2005 14th | Female Performance | Uma Thurman | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | The Bride |
| 2006 15th | Best Performance (Combined) | Jake Gyllenhaal | Brokeback Mountain | Jack Twist |
| 2006 15th | Best Performance (Combined) | Steve Carell | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Andy Stitzer |
| 2006 15th | Best Performance (Combined) | Terrence Howard | Hustle & Flow | DJay |
| 2006 15th | Best Performance (Combined) | Rachel McAdams | Red Eye | Lisa Reisert |
| 2006 15th | Best Performance (Combined) | Joaquin Phoenix | Walk the Line | Johnny Cash |
| 2006 15th | Best Performance (Combined) | Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line | June Carter Cash |
| 2007 16th | Best Performance (Combined) | Johnny Depp | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Jack Sparrow |
| 2007 16th | Best Performance (Combined) | Gerard Butler | 300 | Leonidas |
| 2007 16th | Best Performance (Combined) | Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls | Effie White |
| 2007 16th | Best Performance (Combined) | Keira Knightley | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Elizabeth Swann |
| 2007 16th | Best Performance (Combined) | Beyoncé | Dreamgirls | Deena Jones |
| 2007 16th | Best Performance (Combined) | Will Smith | The Pursuit of Happyness | Chris Gardner |
| 2008 17th | Male Performance | Will Smith | I Am Legend | Robert Neville |
| 2008 17th | Male Performance | Michael Cera | Juno | Paulie Bleeker |
| 2008 17th | Male Performance | Matt Damon | The Bourne Ultimatum | Jason Bourne |
| 2008 17th | Male Performance | Shia LaBeouf | Transformers | Sam Witwicky |
| 2008 17th | Male Performance | Denzel Washington | American Gangster | Frank Lucas |
| 2008 17th | Female Performance | Elliot Page | Juno | Juno MacGuff |
| 2008 17th | Female Performance | Amy Adams | Enchanted | Giselle |
| 2008 17th | Female Performance | Jessica Biel | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Alex McDonough |
| 2008 17th | Female Performance | Katherine Heigl | Knocked Up | Alison Scott |
| 2008 17th | Female Performance | Keira Knightley | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Elizabeth |
| 2009 18th | Male Performance | Zac Efron | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Troy Bolton |
| 2009 18th | Male Performance | Christian Bale | The Dark Knight | Bruce Wayne / Batman |
| 2009 18th | Male Performance | Vin Diesel | Fast & Furious | Dominic Toretto |
| 2009 18th | Male Performance | Robert Downey Jr. | Iron Man | Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2009 18th | Male Performance | Shia LaBeouf | Eagle Eye | Jerry & Ethan Shaw |
| 2009 18th | Female Performance | Kristen Stewart | Twilight | Bella Swan |
| 2009 18th | Female Performance | Anne Hathaway | Bride Wars | Emma Allen |
| 2009 18th | Female Performance | Taraji P. Henson | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie |
| 2009 18th | Female Performance | Angelina Jolie | Wanted | Fox |
| 2009 18th | Female Performance | Kate Winslet | The Reader | Hanna Schmitz |

### 2010s

| Year | Category | Actor | Film | Character |
| 2010 19th | Male Performance | Robert Pattinson | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Edward Cullen |
| 2010 19th | Male Performance | Zac Efron | 17 Again | Mike O'Donnell |
| 2010 19th | Male Performance | Taylor Lautner | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Jacob Black |
| 2010 19th | Male Performance | Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Harry Potter |
| 2010 19th | Male Performance | Channing Tatum | Dear John | John Tyree |
| 2010 19th | Female Performance | Kristen Stewart | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Bella Swan |
| 2010 19th | Female Performance | Sandra Bullock | The Blind Side | Leigh Anne Tuohy |
| 2010 19th | Female Performance | Zoe Saldana | Avatar | Neytiri |
| 2010 19th | Female Performance | Amanda Seyfried | Dear John | Savannah Lynn Curtis |
| 2010 19th | Female Performance | Emma Watson | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Hermione Granger |
| 2011 20th | Male Performance | Robert Pattinson | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Edward Cullen |
| 2011 20th | Male Performance | Zac Efron | Charlie St. Cloud | Charlie St. Cloud |
| 2011 20th | Male Performance | Jesse Eisenberg | The Social Network | Mark Zuckerberg |
| 2011 20th | Male Performance | Taylor Lautner | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Jacob Black |
| 2011 20th | Male Performance | Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Harry Potter |
| 2011 20th | Female Performance | Kristen Stewart | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Bella Swan |
| 2011 20th | Female Performance | Jennifer Aniston | Just Go with It | Katherine Murphy / "Devlin Maccabee" |
| 2011 20th | Female Performance | Natalie Portman | Black Swan | Nina Sayers |
| 2011 20th | Female Performance | Emma Stone | Easy A | Olive Penderghast |
| 2011 20th | Female Performance | Emma Watson | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Hermione Granger |
| 2012 21st | Male Performance | Josh Hutcherson | The Hunger Games | Peeta Mellark |
| 2012 21st | Male Performance | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | 50/50 | Adam Lerner |
| 2012 21st | Male Performance | Ryan Gosling | Drive | Driver |
| 2012 21st | Male Performance | Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Harry Potter |
| 2012 21st | Male Performance | Channing Tatum | The Vow | Leo Collins |
| 2012 21st | Female Performance | Jennifer Lawrence | The Hunger Games | Katniss Everdeen |
| 2012 21st | Female Performance | Rooney Mara | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Lisbeth Salander |
| 2012 21st | Female Performance | Kristen Wiig | Bridesmaids | Annie Walker |
| 2012 21st | Female Performance | Emma Stone | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Hannah Weaver |
| 2012 21st | Female Performance | Emma Watson | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Hermione Granger |
| 2013 22nd | Male Performance | Bradley Cooper | Silver Linings Playbook | Pat Solitano Jr. |
| 2013 22nd | Male Performance | Ben Affleck | Argo | Tony Mendez |
| 2013 22nd | Male Performance | Channing Tatum | Magic Mike | Michael "Magic Mike" Lane |
| 2013 22nd | Male Performance | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| 2013 22nd | Male Performance | Jamie Foxx | Django Unchained | Django |
| 2013 22nd | Female Performance | Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell |
| 2013 22nd | Female Performance | Anne Hathaway | Les Misérables | Fantine |
| 2013 22nd | Female Performance | Mila Kunis | Ted | Lori Collins |
| 2013 22nd | Female Performance | Emma Watson | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Sam |
| 2013 22nd | Female Performance | Rebel Wilson | Pitch Perfect | Fat Amy |
| 2014 23rd | Male Performance | Josh Hutcherson | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Peeta Mellark |
| 2014 23rd | Male Performance | Bradley Cooper | American Hustle | Richie DiMaso |
| 2014 23rd | Male Performance | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup |
| 2014 23rd | Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio | The Wolf of Wall Street | Jordan Belfort |
| 2014 23rd | Male Performance | Matthew McConaughey | Dallas Buyers Club | Ron Woodroof |
| 2014 23rd | Female Performance | Jennifer Lawrence | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Katniss Everdeen |
| 2014 23rd | Female Performance | Amy Adams | American Hustle | Sydney Prosser |
| 2014 23rd | Female Performance | Jennifer Aniston | We're the Millers | Rose O'Reilly |
| 2014 23rd | Female Performance | Lupita Nyong'o | 12 Years a Slave | Patsey |
| 2014 23rd | Female Performance | Sandra Bullock | Gravity | Dr. Ryan Stone |
| 2015 24th | Male Performance | Bradley Cooper | American Sniper | Chris Kyle |
| 2015 24th | Male Performance | Ansel Elgort | The Fault in Our Stars | Augustus Waters |
| 2015 24th | Male Performance | Channing Tatum | Foxcatcher | Mark Schultz |
| 2015 24th | Male Performance | Chris Pratt | Guardians of the Galaxy | Peter Quill / Star-Lord |
| 2015 24th | Male Performance | Miles Teller | Whiplash | Andrew Neiman |
| 2015 24th | Female Performance | Shailene Woodley | The Fault in Our Stars | Hazel Grace Lancaster |
| 2015 24th | Female Performance | Scarlett Johansson | Lucy | Lucy |
| 2015 24th | Female Performance | Jennifer Lawrence | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Katniss Everdeen |
| 2015 24th | Female Performance | Emma Stone | Birdman | Sam Thomson |
| 2015 24th | Female Performance | Reese Witherspoon | Wild | Cheryl Strayed |
| 2016 25th | Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio | The Revenant | Hugh Glass |
| 2016 25th | Male Performance | Matt Damon | The Martian | Mark Watney |
| 2016 25th | Male Performance | Michael B. Jordan | Creed | Donnie Creed |
| 2016 25th | Male Performance | Chris Pratt | Jurassic World | Owen Grady |
| 2016 25th | Male Performance | Ryan Reynolds | Deadpool | Wade Wilson / Deadpool |
| 2016 25th | Male Performance | Will Smith | Concussion | Dr. Bennet Omalu |
| 2016 25th | Female Performance | Charlize Theron | Mad Max: Fury Road | Imperator Furiosa |
| 2016 25th | Female Performance | Alicia Vikander | Ex Machina | Ava |
| 2016 25th | Female Performance | Anna Kendrick | Pitch Perfect 2 | Beca Mitchell |
| 2016 25th | Female Performance | Daisy Ridley | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Rey |
| 2016 25th | Female Performance | Jennifer Lawrence | Joy | Joy Mangano |
| 2016 25th | Female Performance | Morena Baccarin | Deadpool | Vanessa James |
| 2017 26th | Best Performance (Combined) | Emma Watson | Beauty and the Beast | Belle |
| 2017 26th | Best Performance (Combined) | Taraji P. Henson | Hidden Figures | Katherine Goble Johnson |
| 2017 26th | Best Performance (Combined) | Hugh Jackman | Logan | James Howlett / Logan |
| 2017 26th | Best Performance (Combined) | Daniel Kaluuya | Get Out | Chris Washington |
| 2017 26th | Best Performance (Combined) | James McAvoy | Split | Kevin Wendell Crumb |
| 2017 26th | Best Performance (Combined) | Hailee Steinfeld | The Edge of Seventeen | Nadine Franklin |
| 2018 27th | Best Performance (Combined) | Chadwick Boseman | Black Panther | T'Challa / Black Panther |
| 2018 27th | Best Performance (Combined) | Timothée Chalamet | Call Me by Your Name | Elio Perlman |
| 2018 27th | Best Performance (Combined) | Ansel Elgort | Baby Driver | Miles "Baby" |
| 2018 27th | Best Performance (Combined) | Daisy Ridley | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Rey |
| 2018 27th | Best Performance (Combined) | Saoirse Ronan | Lady Bird | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson |
| 2019 28th | Best Performance (Combined) | Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born | Ally Maine |
| 2019 28th | Best Performance (Combined) | Amandla Stenberg | The Hate U Give | Starr Carter |
| 2019 28th | Best Performance (Combined) | Lupita Nyong'o | Us | Red |
| 2019 28th | Best Performance (Combined) | Rami Malek | Bohemian Rhapsody | Freddie Mercury |
| 2019 28th | Best Performance (Combined) | Sandra Bullock | Bird Box | Malorie |

### 2020s

| Year | Category | Actor | Film | Character |
| 2021 29th | Best Performance (Combined) | Chadwick Boseman | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Levee Green |
| 2021 29th | Best Performance (Combined) | Sacha Baron Cohen | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Abbie Hoffman |
| 2021 29th | Best Performance (Combined) | Daniel Kaluuya | Judas and the Black Messiah | Fred Hampton |
| 2021 29th | Best Performance (Combined) | Carey Mulligan | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas |
| 2021 29th | Best Performance (Combined) | Zendaya | Malcolm & Marie | Marie |
| 2022 30th | Best Performance (Combined) | Tom Holland | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Peter Parker / Spider-Man |
| 2022 30th | Best Performance (Combined) | Lady Gaga | House of Gucci | Patrizia Reggiani |
| 2022 30th | Best Performance (Combined) | Robert Pattinson | The Batman | Bruce Wayne / Batman |
| 2022 30th | Best Performance (Combined) | Sandra Bullock | The Lost City | Loretta Sage |
| 2022 30th | Best Performance (Combined) | Timothée Chalamet | Dune | Paul Atreides |
| 2023 31st | Best Performance (Combined) | Tom Cruise | Top Gun: Maverick | Pete "Maverick" Mitchell |
| 2023 31st | Best Performance (Combined) | Austin Butler | Elvis | Elvis Presley |
| 2023 31st | Best Performance (Combined) | Florence Pugh | Don't Worry Darling | Alice |
| 2023 31st | Best Performance (Combined) | Keke Palmer | Nope | Emerald "Em" Haywood |
| 2023 31st | Best Performance (Combined) | Michael B. Jordan | Creed III | Adonis "Donnie" Creed |

## Multiple wins and nominations

| Wins | Actors |
| 3 | Tom Cruise |
| 3 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 3 | Jennifer Lawrence |
| 3 | Kristen Stewart |
| 2 | Chadwick Boseman |
| 2 | Jim Carrey |
| 2 | Bradley Cooper |
| 2 | Johnny Depp |
| 2 | Josh Hutcherson |
| 2 | Robert Pattinson |
| 2 | Will Smith |
| Nominations | Actor |
| 7 | Sandra Bullock |
| 7 | Will Smith |
| 6 | Tom Cruise |
| 6 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 5 | Tom Hanks |
| 5 | Jennifer Lawrence |
| 5 | Julia Roberts |
| 5 | Emma Watson |
| 4 | Matt Damon |
| 4 | Robert Pattinson |
| 4 | Channing Tatum |
| 4 | Reese Witherspoon |