David di Donatello for Best Actor
David di Donatello Award for Best Actor | |
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![]() Fabrizio Gifuni is the current recipient of the award (2023) | |
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) |
Website | daviddidonatello |
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]
Winners and nominees[edit]
Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.[1]
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1950s[edit]
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) | ||||
1960s[edit]
1970s[edit]
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 |
1980s[edit]
1990s[edit]
2000s[edit]
2010s[edit]
2020s[edit]
Multiple wins and nominations[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Chronology". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ a b Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema [The awards of cinema] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 251–252. ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ "David di Donatello: chi sono i più premiati di sempre?" [David di Donatello awards: who are the all-time most awarded?]. Sky TG24 (in Italian). 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ Niola, Gabriele (12 December 2018). "Ecco i nuovi David di Donatello: nuova giuria, nuovo sistema di votazione, nuovi possibili candidati. Fuori lo streaming". Badtaste.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Regolamento". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
External links[edit]
- David di Donatello for Best Actor at IMDb
- Daviddidonatello.it (official website)