SmashTV Award For Best Actor

The SmashTV Award For Best Actor is one of the awards given annually to an actor who delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

## WINNERS & NOMINEES

Those highlighted in **Bold**are the winners.

**1999:**

* Jim Carrey, Man On The Moon as Andy Kaufman
* Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense as Cole Sear
* Keanu Reeves, The Matrix as Thomas Anderson / Neo
* **Adam Sandler, Big Daddy as Sonny Koufax**
* Kevin Spacey, American Beauty as Lester Burnham

**2000:**

* **Jim Carrey, How The Grinch Stole Christmas as The Grinch**
* Russell Crowe, Gladiator as General Maximus Decimus Meridius
* Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible 2 as Ethan Hunt
* Tom Hanks, Cast Away as Chuck Noland
* Marlon Wayans, Requiem For A Dream as Tyrone C. Love

**2001:**

* Ian McKellen, Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring as Gandalf The Grey
* Eddie Murphy, Dr. Dolittle 2 as Dr. John Dolittle
* **Ben Stiller, Zoolander as Derek Zoolander**
* Denzel Washington, Training Day as Alonzo Harris
* Owen Wilson, Zoolander as Hansel McDonald
* Elijah Wood, Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring as Frodo Baggins

**2002:**

* Adrien Brody, The Pianist as Wladyslaw Szpillman
* Mike Myers, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Goldmember, And Fat B.
* Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt as Warren R Schmidt
* **Adam Sandler, Mr. Deeds as Longfellow Deeds, Punch-Drunk Love as Barry Egan, and Eight Crazy Night as Davey Stone, Whitey Duvall, and Eleanore Duvall (voice)**
* Will Smith, Men In Black II as Agent J

**2003:**

* **Jim Carrey, Bruce Almighty as Bruce Nolan**
* Johnny Depp, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl as Captain Jack Sparrow
* Will Ferrell, Elf as Buddy The Elf
* Ashton Kutcher, Just Married as Tom Leezak
* Bill Murray, Lost In Translation as Bob Harris

**2004:**

* Jim Carrey, Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events as Count Olaf and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind as Joel Barish
* Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator as Howard Hughes
* Will Ferrell, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy as Ron Burgundy
* Jamie Foxx, Ray as Ray Charles
* **Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite as Napoleon Dynamite**
* Adam Sandler, 50 First Dates as Henry Roth

**2005:**

* Hayden Christensen, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith as Anakin Skywalker
* Ice Cube, Are We There Yet? as Nick Persons
* Johnny Depp, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka
* Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar
* Ewan McGregor, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith as Obi-Wan Kenobi
* **Will Smith, Hitch as Hitch**

**2006:**

* Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan as Borat Sagdiyev
* Johnny Depp, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Captain Jack Sparrow
* Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls as James "Thunder" Early
* **Adam Sandler, Click as Michael Newman**
* Will Smith, The Pursuit Of Happiness as Chris Gardner

**2007:**

* Michael Cera, Juno as Paulie Bleeker and Superbad as Evan
* Ice Cube, Are We Done Yet? as Nick Persons
* **Johnny Depp, Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End as Captain Jack Sparrow and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street as Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd**
* Jonah Hill, Superbad as Seth
* Dwayne Johnson, The Game Plan as Joe Kingman
* Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Superbad as Fogell / McLovin
* Bart Simpson, The Simpsons Movie as Himself (voice: Nancy Cartwright)
* Will Smith, I Am Legend as Robert Neville

**2008:**

* Jack Black, Tropic Thunder as Jeff Portnoy
* **Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight as The Joker (Posthumous Award)**
* Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man as Tony Stark / Iron Man and Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson
* Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder as Tugg Speedman

**2009:**

* George Clooney, Up In The Air as Ryan Bingham
* Chris Pine, Star Trek as James T Kirk
* **Zachary Quinto, Star Trek as Spock**
* Brad Pitt, Inglorious B. as Lt. Aldo "The Apache" Raine
* Sam Worthington, Avatar as Jake Sully

**2010:**

* Jack Black, Gulliver's Travels as Lemuel Gulliver
* Michael Cera, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World as Scott Pilgrim
* **Johnny Depp, Alice In Wonderland as The Mad Hatter**
* Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
* James Franco, 127 Hours as Aron Rolston
* Dwayne Johnson, Tooth Fairy as Derek Thompson / Tooth Fairy

**2011:**

* George Clooney, The Descendants as Matt King
* Johnny Depp, Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Jack Sparrow
* **Jean Dujardin, The Artist as George Valentin**
* Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part II as Harry Potter
* Owen Wilson, Midnight In Paris as Gil Pender

**2012:**

* Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook as Patrick "Pat Jr." Solitano
* **Johnny Depp, Dark Shadows as Barnabas Collins**
* Andrew Garfield, The Amazing Spider-Man as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
* Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables as Jean Valjean
* Will Smith, Men In Black III as Agent J

**2013:**

* Christian Bale, American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld
* Johnny Depp, The Lone Ranger as Tonto
* **Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf Of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort**
* Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 3 as Tony Stark / Iron Man
* Will Ferrell, Anchorman: The Legend Continues as Ron Burgundy

**2014:**

* Steve Carell, Foxcatcher as John Eleuthere Du Pont
* Bradley Cooper, American Sniper as Chris Kyle
* Hugh Jackman, X-Men: Days Of Future Past as Logan / Wolverine
* **Michael Keaton, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) as Riggan Thomson / Birdman**
* Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything as Stephen Hawking
* Mark Wahlberg, Transformers: Age Of Extinction as Cade Yeager

**2015:**

* John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Finn
* Matt Damon, The Martian as Mark Watney
* Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Age Of Ultron as Tony Stark / Iron Man
* Chris Evans, Avengers: Age Of Ultron as Steve Rogers / Captain America
* **Harrison Ford, Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Han Solo**
* Tom Hardy, Mad Max: Fury Road as Max Rockatansky
* Chris Hemsworth, Avengers: Age Of Ultron as Thor
* Michael B Jordan, Creed as Adonis Creed
* Chris Pratt, Jurassic World as Owen Grady
* Sylvester Stallone, Creed as Rocky Balboa

**2016:**

* Ben Affleck, Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice as Bruce Wayne / Batman
* Henry Cavill, Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice as Clark Kent / Superman
* Robert Downey Jr., Captain America: Civil War as Tony Stark / Iron Man
* Chris Evans, Captain America: Civil War as Steve Rogers / Captain America
* Ryan Gosling, La La Land as Sebastian Wilder
* Dwayne Johnson, Central Intelligence as Bob Stone / Robbie Wheirdicht
* **Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool as Wade Wilson / Deadpool**
* Will Smith, Suicide Squad as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot
* Ben Stiller, Zoolander No. 2 as Derek Zoolander
* Denzel Washington, Fences as Troy Maxson

**2017:**

* Vin Diesel, XXX: Return Of Xander Cage as Xander Cage and The Fate Of The Furious as Dominic Toretto
* Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver as Baby / Miles
* James Franco, The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau
* Mark Hamill, Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Luke Skywalker
* Chris Hemsworth, Thor: Ragnarok as Thor
* Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Homecoming as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
* Hugh Jackman, Logan as Logan / Wolverine and The Greatest Showman as PT Barnum
* **Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out as Chris Washington**
* James McAvoy, Split as Kevin Wendell Crumb
* Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill
* Chris Pratt, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 as Peter Quill / Star-Lord
* Bill Skarsgard, It as Pennywise

**2018:**

* Mahershala Ali, Green Book as Don Shirley
* Christian Bale, Vice as Dick Cheney
* Jack Black, The House With A Clock In It's Walls as Jonathan Barnavelt
* Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther as T'Challa / Black Panther
* Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Infinity War as Tony Stark / Iron Man
* **Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury**
* Chris Pratt, Avengers: Infinity War as Peter Quill / Star-Lord AND Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Owen Grady
* Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2 as Wade Wilson / Deadpool
* Tye Sheridan, Ready Player One as Wade Watts / Parzival
* Sunny Suljic, Mid90s as Stevie
* Sylvester Stallone, Creed II as Rocky Balboa
* Owen Vaccaro, The House With A Clock In It's Walls as Lewis Barnavelt