Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor

The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards,^[1] run annually on United States television since 1988, includes a category for "Favorite Movie Actor".^[2][3]

The actor with most wins is Adam Sandler with 7 wins, following Jim Carrey with 5 wins and he also have received the most nominations as of the 2025 with 14 nominations.

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed in bold.

Year	Actor	Role(s)	Film
1988 2nd
	Eddie Murphy	Detective Axel Foley	Beverly Hills Cop II
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Ben Richards	The Running Man
	Patrick Swayze	Johnny Castle	Dirty Dancing
1989 3rd
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Julius Benedict	Twins
	Eddie Murphy	Prince Akeem	Coming to America
	Paul Reubens	Pee Wee Herman	Big Top Pee-wee
1990 4th
	Michael J. Fox	Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly	Back to the Future Part II
	Chevy Chase	Clark W. "Sparky" Griswold, Jr.	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
	Eddie Murphy	Vernest "Quick" Brown	Harlem Nights
1991 5th
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	John Kimble	Kindergarten Cop
	Johnny Depp	Edward Scissorhands	Edward Scissorhands
	Eddie Murphy	Reggie Hammond	Another 48 Hrs.
1992 6th
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Terminator	Terminator 2
	Ice Cube	Darrin "Doughboy" Baker	Boyz n the Hood
	Kid 'n Play	Duncan Pinderhughes and Michael Charles "Blade" Brown	Class Act
1994 7th
	Robin Williams	Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire	Mrs. Doubtfire
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Jack Slater / Himself	Last Action Hero
	John Candy	Irving "Irv" Blitzer	Cool Runnings
1995 8th
	Jim Carrey	Ace Ventura	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
	Keanu Reeves	Jack Traven	Speed
	Tim Allen	Scott Calvin/Santa Claus	The Santa Clause
1996 9th
	Jim Carrey	Edward Nygma / The Riddler and Ace Ventura	Batman Forever and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
	Tom Hanks	Jim Lovell	Apollo 13
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	Tom Sawyer	Tom and Huck
	Robin Williams	Alan Parrish	Jumanji
1997 10th
	Jim Carrey	Ernie "Chip" Douglas	The Cable Guy
	Tom Cruise	Ethan Hunt	Mission: Impossible
	Will Smith	Captain Steven Hiller	Independence Day
	Robin Williams	Jack Powell	Jack
1998 11th
	Will Smith	James Darrell Edwards III / Agent J	Men in Black
	Tim Allen	Michael Cromwell	Jungle 2 Jungle
	Jim Carrey	Fletcher Reede	Liar Liar
	Robin Williams	Professor Philip Brainard	Flubber
1999 12th
	Adam Sandler	Robbie Hart and Bobby Boucher	The Wedding Singer and The Waterboy
	Jim Carrey	Truman Burbank	The Truman Show
	Eddie Murphy	Dr. John Dolittle	Dr. Dolittle
	Chris Tucker	Detective James Carter	Rush Hour
2000 13th
	Adam Sandler	Sonny Koufax	Big Daddy
	Mike Myers	Austin Powers/Dr. Evil/Fat Bastard	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
	Will Smith	Captain James T. West	Wild Wild West
	Robin Williams	Andrew Martin	Bicentennial Man
2001 14th
	Jim Carrey	The Grinch	Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
	Tom Cruise	Ethan Hunt	Mission: Impossible II
	Martin Lawrence	Malcolm Turner / Hattie Mae 'Big Momma' Pierce	Big Momma's House
	Eddie Murphy	Professor Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Cletus Klump / Young Cletus Klump / Ernie Klump Sr. / Anna Pearl Jenson-Klump / Ida Mae Jenson / Lance Perkins	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2002 15th
	Chris Tucker	Detective James Carter	Rush Hour 2
	Jackie Chan	Chief Inspector Yan Naing Lee	Rush Hour 2
	Brendan Fraser	Rick O'Connell	The Mummy Returns
	Eddie Murphy	Dr. John Dolittle	Dr. Dolittle 2
2003 16th
	Adam Sandler	Longfellow Deeds	Mr. Deeds
	Jackie Chan	Jimmy Tong	The Tuxedo
	Mike Myers	Austin Powers / Dr. Evil / Fat Bastard / Goldmember	Austin Powers in Goldmember
	Will Smith	James Darrell Edwards III / Agent J	Men in Black II
2004 17th
	Jim Carrey	Bruce Nolan	Bruce Almighty
	Ashton Kutcher	Tom Leezak	Just Married
	Eddie Murphy	Charlie Hinton and Jim Evers	Daddy Day Care and The Haunted Mansion
	Mike Myers	The Cat in the Hat	The Cat in the Hat
2005 18th
	Adam Sandler	Henry Roth	50 First Dates
	Tim Allen	Luther Krank	Christmas with the Kranks
	Jim Carrey	Count Olaf	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
	Tobey Maguire	Peter Parker / Spider-Man	Spider-Man 2
2006 19th
	Will Smith	Alex "Hitch" Hitchens	Hitch
	Jim Carrey	Richard "Dick" Harper	Fun with Dick and Jane
	Johnny Depp	Willy Wonka	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
	Ice Cube	Nicholas "Nick" Persons	Are We There Yet?
2007 20th
	Adam Sandler	Michael Newman	Click
	Jack Black	Ignacio / Nacho	Nacho Libre
	Johnny Depp	Captain Jack Sparrow	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
	Will Smith	Chris Gardner	The Pursuit of Happyness
2008 21st
	Johnny Depp	Captain Jack Sparrow	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
	Ice Cube	Nicholas "Nick" Persons	Are We Done Yet?
	Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson	Joseph "Joe" Kingman	The Game Plan
	Eddie Murphy	Norbit Albert Rice / Rasputia Latimore / Mr. Hangten Wong	Norbit
2009 22nd
	Will Smith	John Hancock	Hancock
	Jim Carrey	Carl Allen	Yes Man
	George Lopez	Papi	Beverly Hills Chihuahua
	Adam Sandler	Skeeter Bronson	Bedtime Stories
2010 23rd
	Taylor Lautner	Jacob Black	The Twilight Saga: New Moon
	Zac Efron	Michael "Mike" O'Donnell	17 Again
	Shia LaBeouf	Sam Witwicky	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
	Tyler Perry	Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Uncle Joe Simmons / Brian Simmons	Madea Goes to Jail
2011 24th
	Johnny Depp	Tarrant Hightopp / The Mad Hatter	Alice in Wonderland
	Jack Black	Lemuel Gulliver	Gulliver's Travels
	Dwayne Johnson	Derek Thompson / Tooth Fairy	Tooth Fairy
	Jaden Smith	Dre Parker	The Karate Kid
2012 25th
	Adam Sandler	Jack Sadelstein / Jill Sadelstein	Jack and Jill
	Jim Carrey	Thomas "Tom" Popper Jr.	Mr. Popper's Penguins
	Johnny Depp	Jack Sparrow	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
	Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2013 26th
	Johnny Depp	Barnabas Collins	Dark Shadows
	Andrew Garfield	Peter Parker / Spider-Man	The Amazing Spider-Man
	Zachary Gordon	Gregory "Greg" Heffley	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
	Will Smith	James Darrell Edwards III / Agent J	Men in Black 3
2014 27th
	Adam Sandler	Lenny Feder	Grown Ups 2
	Johnny Depp	Tonto	The Lone Ranger
	Robert Downey Jr.	Tony Stark / Iron Man	Iron Man 3
	Neil Patrick Harris	Patrick Winslow	The Smurfs 2
2015 28th
	Ben Stiller	Larry Daley	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
	Will Arnett	Vern Fenwick	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
	Steve Carell	Benjamin "Ben" Cooper	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
	Jamie Foxx	Max Dillon / Electro	The Amazing Spider-Man 2
	Hugh Jackman	Logan / Wolverine	X-Men: Days of Future Past
	Mark Wahlberg	Cade Yeager	Transformers: Age of Extinction
2016 29th
	Will Ferrell	Brad Whitaker	Daddy's Home
	John Boyega	Finn	Star Wars: The Force Awakens
	Robert Downey Jr.	Tony Stark / Iron Man	Avengers: Age of Ultron
	Chris Evans	Steve Rogers / Captain America	Avengers: Age of Ultron
	Chris Hemsworth	Thor	Avengers: Age of Ultron
	Chris Pratt	Owen Grady	Jurassic World
2017 30th
	Chris Hemsworth	Kevin Beckman	Ghostbusters
	Ben Affleck	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
	Will Arnett	Vern Fenwick	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
	Henry Cavill	Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
	Robert Downey Jr.	Tony Stark / Iron Man	Captain America: Civil War
	Chris Evans	Steve Rogers / Captain America	Captain America: Civil War
2018 31st
	Dwayne Johnson	Dr. Smolder Bravestone	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
	Ben Affleck	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Justice League
	Will Ferrell	Brad Whitaker	Daddy's Home 2
	Kevin Hart	Franklin "Mouse" Finbar	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
	Chris Hemsworth	Thor	Thor: Ragnarok
	Chris Pratt	Peter Quill / Star-Lord	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2019 32nd
	Noah Centineo	Peter Kavinsky	To All the Boys I've Loved Before
	Chadwick Boseman	T'Challa / Black Panther	Black Panther
	Chris Evans	Steve Rogers / Captain America	Avengers: Infinity War
	Chris Hemsworth	Thor	Avengers: Infinity War
	Dwayne Johnson	Will Sawyer	Skyscraper
	Jason Momoa	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	Aquaman
2020 33rd [4][5]
	Dwayne Johnson	Dr. Xander "Smolder" Bravestone and Luke Hobbs	Jumanji: The Next Level and Hobbs & Shaw
	Chris Evans	Steve Rogers / Captain America	Avengers: Endgame
	Kevin Hart	Franklin "Mouse" Finbar	Jumanji: The Next Level
	Chris Hemsworth	Thor and Henry / Agent H	Avengers: Endgame and Men in Black: International
	Tom Holland	Peter Parker / Spider-Man	Spider-Man: Far From Home
	Will Smith	Genie	Aladdin
2021 34th [6][7]
	Robert Downey Jr.	Dr. John Dolittle	Dolittle
	Jim Carrey	Dr. Robotnik	Sonic the Hedgehog
	Will Ferrell	Lars Erickssong	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Alexander Hamilton	Hamilton
	Chris Pine	Steve Trevor	Wonder Woman 1984
	Adam Sandler	Hubie Dubois	Hubie Halloween
2022 35th [8][9]
	Tom Holland	Peter Parker / Spider-Man	Spider-Man: No Way Home
	John Cena	Jakob Toretto	F9: The Fast Saga
	Vin Diesel	Dominic Toretto	F9: The Fast Saga
	LeBron James	Himself	Space Jam: A New Legacy
	Dwayne Johnson	Frank Wolff and John Hartley	Jungle Cruise and Red Notice
	Ryan Reynolds	Guy and Nolan Booth	Free Guy and Red Notice
2023 36th [10][11]
	Dwayne Johnson	Black Adam/Teth-Adam	Black Adam
	Jim Carrey	Dr. Robotnik	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
	Chris Hemsworth	Thor	Thor: Love and Thunder
	Chris Pratt	Owen Grady	Jurassic World Dominion
	Ryan Reynolds	Big Adam	The Adam Project
	Tom Cruise	Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell	Top Gun: Maverick
2024 37th [12][13]
	Timothée Chalamet	Willy Wonka	Wonka
	Adam Sandler	Danny Friedman	You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
	Chris Pratt	Peter Quill/Star-Lord	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
	Jason Momoa	Arthur Curry/Aquaman	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
	John Cena	Jakob Toretto	Fast X
	Paul Rudd	Gary Grooberson	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
	Ryan Gosling	Ken	Barbie
	Ryan Reynolds	Cal	IF
2025 38th [14]
	Jack Black	Steve	A Minecraft Movie
	Chris Pratt	Keats	The Electric State
	Dwayne Johnson	Callum Drift	Red One
	Jason Momoa	Garrett Garrison	A Minecraft Movie
	Chris Evans	Jack O'Malley	Red One
	Jim Carrey	Dr. Robotnik	Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Most wins

7 wins

• Adam Sandler (2 consecutive)

5 wins

• Jim Carrey (3 consecutive)

3 wins

• Johnny Depp
• Dwayne Johnson
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (2 consecutive)
• Will Smith

Most nominations

14 nominations Jim Carrey 10 nominations Adam Sandler 9 nominations Eddie Murphy Will Smith 8 nominations Johnny Depp Dwayne Johnson 6 nominations Chris Hemsworth 5 nominations Chris Evans Chris Pratt Arnold Schwarzenegger Robin Williams

4 nominations Robert Downey Jr. 3 nominations Tim Allen Jack Black Tom Cruise Ice Cube Will Ferrell Mike Myers Jason Momoa Ryan Reynolds 2 nominations Ben Affleck Will Arnett John Cena Jackie Chan Kevin Hart Tom Holland