David di Donatello Award for Best Actor | |
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Country | Italy |
Presented by | Accademia del Cinema Italiano |
First awarded | 1956 (for lead acting in films released during the 1955/ 1956 film season) |
Currently held by | Fabrizio Gifuni — Exterior Night (2023) |
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The David di Donatello Award for Best Actor ( Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior attore protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of a male actor in an Italian film released during the year preceding the ceremony. [1] The award was first given in 1956, and became competitive in 1981. [2]
Vittorio Gassman and Alberto Sordi are the record holders in this category with seven awards each, followed by Marcello Mastroianni with five. [2] [3]
Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia. [4] [5]
Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees. [1]
Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
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1955/56 (1st) | ||||
Vittorio De Sica | Antonio Carotenuto | Scandal in Sorrento | ||
1956/57 (2nd) | ||||
1957/58 (3rd) | ||||
1958/59 (4th) | ||||
Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
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1969/70 (15th) | ||||
Nino Manfredi | Cornacchia / Pasquino | The Conspirators | ||
Gian Maria Volonté | Il Dottore, Former Head of Homicide Squad | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | ||
1970/71 (16th) | ||||
Ugo Tognazzi | Annibale Doberdò | La califfa | ||
1971/72 (17th) | ||||
Giancarlo Giannini | Carmelo 'Mimì' Mardocheo | The Seduction of Mimi | ||
Alberto Sordi | Giuseppe Di Noi | In Prison Awaiting Trial | ||
1972/73 (18th) | ||||
Alberto Sordi | Peppino | The Scientific Cardplayer | ||
1973/74 (19th) | ||||
Nino Manfredi | Giovanni 'Nino' Garofoli | Bread and Chocolate | ||
1974/75 (20th) | ||||
Vittorio Gassmann | Captain Fausto Consolo | Scent of a Woman | ||
1975/76 (21st) | ||||
Adriano Celentano | Felice 'Felix' Brianza | The Con Artists | ||
Ugo Tognazzi | Raffaello Mascetti | My Friends | ||
1976/77 (22nd) | ||||
Alberto Sordi | Giovanni Vivaldi | An Average Little Man | ||
1977/78 (23rd) | ||||
Nino Manfredi | Monsignor Colombo da Priverno | In the Name of the Pope King | ||
1978/79 (24th) | ||||
Vittorio Gassman | Albino Millozzi | Dear Father |
The following individuals have won multiple Best Actor awards:
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The following individuals have received three or more Best Actor nominations (* indicates no wins):
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