page_title: David di Donatello for Best Actor
section_title: Winners and nominees
hierarchical_section_title: David di Donatello for Best Actor / Winners and nominees
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Roberto Benigni au festival de Cannes
context_page_description: The David di Donatello Award for Best Actor is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of a male actor in an Italian film released during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was first given in 1956, and became competitive in 1981.
  Vittorio Gassman and Alberto Sordi are the record holders in this category with seven awards each, followed by Marcello Mastroianni with five.
  Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia.
context_section_description: Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.
caption: Roberto Benigni won the award for his roles in The Little Devil (1989) and Life Is Beautiful (1997), which also earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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