Volpi Cup for Best Actor

The festival was held for the first time in 1934. The acting award was named ''Grande medaglia d'oro dell'Associazione Nazionale Fascista dello Spettacolo per il migliore attore (Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actor). After a four-year hiatus due to the war, the festival reopened in 1947. The acting award in the immediate post-war period was named Premio Internazionale per il migliore attore (International Award for the Best Actor). The festival was again competitive in 1980 but the acting awards given by the competition jury were not reinstated until 1983: the prizes were no longer called Coppa Volpi (Volpi Cup) but were simply referred to as Premio per il migliore attore (Best Actor Award). The winners did not receive cup-shaped awards but were instead given rectangular plaques. In 1988, for the first time in 20 years, the most recognizable prizes of the festival were re-established. The two acting award was officially named Coppa Volpi per la migliore interpretazione maschile'' (Volpi Cup for the Best Actor). ==Winners==

won twice for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), and Death of a Salesman (1952) won twice for The Night Is My Kingdom (1951) and both The Air of Paris & Honour Among Thieves (1954) won for Anatomy of a Murder (1958) won twice for Yojimbo (1961) and Red Beard (1965) won for Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) won for Maurice (1987) won twice for What Time Is It? (1989) and 1, 2, 3, Sun (1993) won for Michael Collins (1996) won twice for Hurlyburly (1998) and 21 Grams (2003) won twice for Before Night Falls (2000), and The Sea Inside (2004) won for Shame (2011) won for The Master (2012) won for Hungry Hearts (2014) won for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) won for The Quiet Son (2024)|186x186px The following actors received the Volpi Cup or other major Best Actor Award: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Multiple winners==

The following individuals have received multiple Best Actor awards: == See also ==