Award
| David di Donatello Award for Best Actor | |
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.jpg) 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. The award was first given in 1956, and became competitive in 1981.
Vittorio Gassman and Alberto Sordi are the record holders in this category with seven awards each, followed by Marcello Mastroianni with five.
Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia.
Winners and nominees
Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.
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1950s
| 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
1970s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
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See also
References
- ^ "Chronology". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ 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
- David di Donatello for Best Actor at IMDb
- Daviddidonatello.it (official website)
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