Goya Award for Best Actor
The Goya Award for Best Actor is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.
History
At the 1st Goya Awards, Fernando Fernán Gómez was the first winner of this award for his role as Emiliano in Mambrú Went to War. Javier Bardem holds the record of most wins in the category with five victories. Other multiple winners are Luis Tosar, Eduard Fernández, Alfredo Landa, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Javier Gutiérrez, all with two victories each. Bardem is also the most nominated actor for the award with ten nominations, followed by Tosar with eight.Actors that won or were nominated for this category have had a significant presence in several film festivals both Spanish and international: Imanol Arias, Fernando Rey, Juan Echanove, Luis Tosar, Juan José Ballesta, Juan Diego, José Sacristán, Javier Gutiérrez, Ricardo Darín and Eduard Fernández, all have received the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Juan Luis Galiardo, Javier Cámara and Alberto San Juan received the Best Actor award at the Málaga Film Festival. Javier Bardem received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Sea Inside. Finally, at Cannes, Benicio del Toro and Antonio Bandera won Best Actor.
At the 92nd Academy Awards, Banderas was nominated for Best Actor for Pain and Glory.
Winners and nominees
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.| Indicates the winner |