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

2000s

Year	Category	Actor	Film	Character
2000 9th	Male Performance	Keanu Reeves	The Matrix	Neo
		Jim Carrey	Man on the Moon	Andy Kaufman
		Ryan Phillippe	Cruel Intentions	Sebastian Valmont
		Adam Sandler	Big Daddy	Sonny Koufax
		Bruce Willis	The Sixth Sense	Dr. Malcolm Crowe
	Female Performance	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Cruel Intentions	Kathryn Merteuil
		Drew Barrymore	Never Been Kissed	Josie Geller
		Neve Campbell	Scream 3	Sidney Prescott
		Ashley Judd	Double Jeopardy	Libby Parsons
		Julia Roberts	Runaway Bride	Maggie Carpenter
2001 10th	Male Performance	Tom Cruise	Mission: Impossible 2	Ethan Hunt
		Russell Crowe	Gladiator	Maximus
		Omar Epps	Love & Basketball	Quincy McCall
		Mel Gibson	The Patriot	Benjamin Martin
		Tom Hanks	Cast Away	Chuck Noland
	Female Performance	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich
		Aaliyah	Romeo Must Die	Trish O'Day
		Kate Hudson	Almost Famous	Penny Lane
		Jennifer Lopez	The Cell	Dr. Catherine Deane
		Julia Stiles	Save the Last Dance	Sara Johnson
2002 11th	Male Performance	Will Smith	Ali	Muhammad Ali
		Russell Crowe	A Beautiful Mind	John Nash
		Josh Hartnett	Pearl Harbor	Lieutenant Danny Walker
		Vin Diesel	The Fast and the Furious	Dominic Toretto
		Elijah Wood	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Frodo Baggins
	Female Performance	Nicole Kidman	Moulin Rouge!	Satine
		Kate Beckinsale	Pearl Harbor	Nurse Evelyn Johnson
		Halle Berry	Monster's Ball	Leticia Musgrove
		Angelina Jolie	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Lara Croft
		Reese Witherspoon	Legally Blonde	Elle Woods
2003 12th	Male Performance	Eminem	8 Mile	Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith
		Vin Diesel	xXx	Xander Cage
		Leonardo DiCaprio	Catch Me If You Can	Frank Abagnale
		Tobey Maguire	Spider-Man	Peter Parker / Spider-Man
		Viggo Mortensen	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Aragorn
	Female Performance	Kirsten Dunst	Spider-Man	Mary Jane Watson
		Halle Berry	Die Another Day	Jinx
		Kate Hudson	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Andie Anderson
		Queen Latifah	Chicago	Matron Morton
		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
		Jim Caviezel	The Passion of the Christ	Jesus Christ
		Tom Cruise	The Last Samurai	Cpt. Nathan Algren
		Bill Murray	Lost in Translation	Bob Harris
		Adam Sandler	50 First Dates	Henry Roth
	Female Performance	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill: Volume 1	The Bride
		Drew Barrymore	50 First Dates	Lucy Whitmore
		Halle Berry	Gothika	Miranda Grey
		Queen Latifah	Bringing Down the House	Charlene Morton
		Charlize Theron	Monster	Aileen Wuornos
2005 14th	Male Performance	Leonardo DiCaprio	The Aviator	Howard Hughes
		Matt Damon	The Bourne Supremacy	Jason Bourne
		Jamie Foxx	Ray	Ray Charles
		Brad Pitt	Troy	Achilles
		Will Smith	Hitch	Hitch
	Female Performance	Lindsay Lohan	Mean Girls	Cady Heron
		Rachel McAdams	The Notebook	Allie Hamilton
		Natalie Portman	Garden State	Sam
		Hilary Swank	Million Dollar Baby	Maggie Fitzgerald
		Uma Thurman	Kill Bill: Volume 2	The Bride
2006 15th	Best Performance (Combined)	Jake Gyllenhaal	Brokeback Mountain	Jack Twist
		Steve Carell	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Andy Stitzer
		Terrence Howard	Hustle & Flow	DJay
		Rachel McAdams	Red Eye	Lisa Reisert
		Joaquin Phoenix	Walk the Line	Johnny Cash
		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
		Gerard Butler	300	Leonidas
		Jennifer Hudson	Dreamgirls	Effie White
		Keira Knightley	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Elizabeth Swann
		Beyoncé	Dreamgirls	Deena Jones
		Will Smith	The Pursuit of Happyness	Chris Gardner
2008 17th	Male Performance	Will Smith	I Am Legend	Robert Neville
		Michael Cera	Juno	Paulie Bleeker
		Matt Damon	The Bourne Ultimatum	Jason Bourne
		Shia LaBeouf	Transformers	Sam Witwicky
		Denzel Washington	American Gangster	Frank Lucas
	Female Performance	Elliot Page	Juno	Juno MacGuff
		Amy Adams	Enchanted	Giselle
		Jessica Biel	I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	Alex McDonough
		Katherine Heigl	Knocked Up	Alison Scott
		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
		Christian Bale	The Dark Knight	Bruce Wayne / Batman
		Vin Diesel	Fast & Furious	Dominic Toretto
		Robert Downey Jr.	Iron Man	Tony Stark / Iron Man
		Shia LaBeouf	Eagle Eye	Jerry & Ethan Shaw
	Female Performance	Kristen Stewart	Twilight	Bella Swan
		Anne Hathaway	Bride Wars	Emma Allen
		Taraji P. Henson	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Queenie
		Angelina Jolie	Wanted	Fox
		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
		Zac Efron	17 Again	Mike O'Donnell
		Taylor Lautner	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Jacob Black
		Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Harry Potter
		Channing Tatum	Dear John	John Tyree
	Female Performance	Kristen Stewart	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Bella Swan
		Sandra Bullock	The Blind Side	Leigh Anne Tuohy
		Zoe Saldana	Avatar	Neytiri
		Amanda Seyfried	Dear John	Savannah Lynn Curtis
		Emma Watson	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Hermione Granger
2011 20th	Male Performance	Robert Pattinson	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Edward Cullen
		Zac Efron	Charlie St. Cloud	Charlie St. Cloud
		Jesse Eisenberg	The Social Network	Mark Zuckerberg
		Taylor Lautner	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Jacob Black
		Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Harry Potter
	Female Performance	Kristen Stewart	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Bella Swan
		Jennifer Aniston	Just Go with It	Katherine Murphy / "Devlin Maccabee"
		Natalie Portman	Black Swan	Nina Sayers
		Emma Stone	Easy A	Olive Penderghast
		Emma Watson	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Hermione Granger
2012 21st	Male Performance	Josh Hutcherson	The Hunger Games	Peeta Mellark
		Joseph Gordon-Levitt	50/50	Adam Lerner
		Ryan Gosling	Drive	Driver
		Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	Harry Potter
		Channing Tatum	The Vow	Leo Collins
	Female Performance	Jennifer Lawrence	The Hunger Games	Katniss Everdeen
		Rooney Mara	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Lisbeth Salander
		Kristen Wiig	Bridesmaids	Annie Walker
		Emma Stone	Crazy, Stupid, Love	Hannah Weaver
		Emma Watson	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	Hermione Granger
2013 22nd	Male Performance	Bradley Cooper	Silver Linings Playbook	Pat Solitano Jr.
		Ben Affleck	Argo	Tony Mendez
		Channing Tatum	Magic Mike	Michael "Magic Mike" Lane
		Daniel Day-Lewis	Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln
		Jamie Foxx	Django Unchained	Django
	Female Performance	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	Tiffany Maxwell
		Anne Hathaway	Les Misérables	Fantine
		Mila Kunis	Ted	Lori Collins
		Emma Watson	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Sam
		Rebel Wilson	Pitch Perfect	Fat Amy
2014 23rd	Male Performance	Josh Hutcherson	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Peeta Mellark
		Bradley Cooper	American Hustle	Richie DiMaso
		Chiwetel Ejiofor	12 Years a Slave	Solomon Northup
		Leonardo DiCaprio	The Wolf of Wall Street	Jordan Belfort
		Matthew McConaughey	Dallas Buyers Club	Ron Woodroof
	Female Performance	Jennifer Lawrence	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Katniss Everdeen
		Amy Adams	American Hustle	Sydney Prosser
		Jennifer Aniston	We're the Millers	Rose O'Reilly
		Lupita Nyong'o	12 Years a Slave	Patsey
		Sandra Bullock	Gravity	Dr. Ryan Stone
2015 24th	Male Performance	Bradley Cooper	American Sniper	Chris Kyle
		Ansel Elgort	The Fault in Our Stars	Augustus Waters
		Channing Tatum	Foxcatcher	Mark Schultz
		Chris Pratt	Guardians of the Galaxy	Peter Quill / Star-Lord
		Miles Teller	Whiplash	Andrew Neiman
	Female Performance	Shailene Woodley	The Fault in Our Stars	Hazel Grace Lancaster
		Scarlett Johansson	Lucy	Lucy
		Jennifer Lawrence	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Katniss Everdeen
		Emma Stone	Birdman	Sam Thomson
		Reese Witherspoon	Wild	Cheryl Strayed
2016 25th	Male Performance	Leonardo DiCaprio	The Revenant	Hugh Glass
		Matt Damon	The Martian	Mark Watney
		Michael B. Jordan	Creed	Donnie Creed
		Chris Pratt	Jurassic World	Owen Grady
		Ryan Reynolds	Deadpool	Wade Wilson / Deadpool
		Will Smith	Concussion	Dr. Bennet Omalu
	Female Performance	Charlize Theron	Mad Max: Fury Road	Imperator Furiosa
		Alicia Vikander	Ex Machina	Ava
		Anna Kendrick	Pitch Perfect 2	Beca Mitchell
		Daisy Ridley	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Rey
		Jennifer Lawrence	Joy	Joy Mangano
		Morena Baccarin	Deadpool	Vanessa James
2017 26th	Best Performance (Combined)	Emma Watson	Beauty and the Beast	Belle
		Taraji P. Henson	Hidden Figures	Katherine Goble Johnson
		Hugh Jackman	Logan	James Howlett / Logan
		Daniel Kaluuya	Get Out	Chris Washington
		James McAvoy	Split	Kevin Wendell Crumb
		Hailee Steinfeld	The Edge of Seventeen	Nadine Franklin
2018 27th	Best Performance (Combined)	Chadwick Boseman	Black Panther	T'Challa / Black Panther
		Timothée Chalamet	Call Me by Your Name	Elio Perlman
		Ansel Elgort	Baby Driver	Miles "Baby"
		Daisy Ridley	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Rey
		Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
2019 28th	Best Performance (Combined)	Lady Gaga	A Star Is Born	Ally Maine
		Amandla Stenberg	The Hate U Give	Starr Carter
		Lupita Nyong'o	Us	Red
		Rami Malek	Bohemian Rhapsody	Freddie Mercury
		Sandra Bullock	Bird Box	Malorie

2020s

Year	Category	Actor	Film	Character	Ref.
2021 29th	Best Performance (Combined)	Chadwick Boseman	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Levee Green
		Sacha Baron Cohen	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Abbie Hoffman
		Daniel Kaluuya	Judas and the Black Messiah	Fred Hampton
		Carey Mulligan	Promising Young Woman	Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
		Zendaya	Malcolm & Marie	Marie
2022 30th	Best Performance (Combined)	Tom Holland	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Peter Parker / Spider-Man	[1]
		Lady Gaga	House of Gucci	Patrizia Reggiani
		Robert Pattinson	The Batman	Bruce Wayne / Batman
		Sandra Bullock	The Lost City	Loretta Sage
		Timothée Chalamet	Dune	Paul Atreides
2023 31st	Best Performance (Combined)	Tom Cruise	Top Gun: Maverick	Pete "Maverick" Mitchell	[2]
		Austin Butler	Elvis	Elvis Presley
		Florence Pugh	Don't Worry Darling	Alice
		Keke Palmer	Nope	Emerald "Em" Haywood
		Michael B. Jordan	Creed III	Adonis "Donnie" Creed

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more awards: Wins Actors 3 Tom Cruise Leonardo DiCaprio Jennifer Lawrence Kristen Stewart 2 Chadwick Boseman Jim Carrey Bradley Cooper Johnny Depp Josh Hutcherson Robert Pattinson Will Smith

The following individuals received 4 or more nominations: Nominations Actor 7 Sandra Bullock Will Smith 6 Tom Cruise Leonardo DiCaprio 5 Tom Hanks Jennifer Lawrence Julia Roberts Emma Watson 4 Matt Damon Robert Pattinson Channing Tatum Reese Witherspoon