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David di Donatello for Best Actor

The David di Donatello Award for Best Actor is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano 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.

Winners and nominees
Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees. was the first winner in the category for his role in Scandal in Sorrento (1955). (right) is one of the only two actors to win the award seven times, from The Great War (1959) to The Family (1987). won the award seven times out of eight nominations, one of the only two actors to achieve so, winning for his roles in films from The Great War (1959) to An Average Little Man (1977). won the award five times out of six nominations, the first time for his multiple roles in Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963). won the award three times, for his roles in The Climax (1967), Lady Caliph (1970), and My Friends (1975). won the award four times from 1969 to 1978, for his roles in I See Naked (1968), The Conspirators (1969), Bread and Chocolate (1973) and In the Name of the Pope King (1977). won twice for his roles in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) and Open Doors (1990), being nominated four times. won the award four times out of seven nominations, from 1971 for The Seduction of Mimi to 2001 for I Love You Eugenio. won twice from 1976 to 1980. won twice for the same role, in The Pool Hustlers (1982) and Casablanca, Casablanca (1985). won the award for his roles in The Little Devil (1989) and Life Is Beautiful (1997), which also earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. won only once out of eight nominations, for his role in The Yes Man (1991). won the award twice for his roles in The Great Pumpkin (1992) and ''Don't Move'' (2004), being nominated six times. won only once out of six nominations, for his role in An Eyewitness Account (1996). won the award in 2000 for his role in Bread and Tulips, the first foreign actor to achieve so. won the award four times out of eight nominations, for The Consequences of Love (2004), The Girl by the Lake (2007), Il Divo (2008), and The Great Beauty (2013). won in 2006 his role in The Caiman after seven nominations. won the award three times out of four nominations, for his roles in My Brother is an Only Child (2007), La nostra vita (2010) and Leopardi (2014). won the award twice, for The First Beautiful Thing (2010) and Balancing Act (2014), being nominated seven times. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Multiple wins and nominations==
Multiple wins and nominations
The following individuals have won multiple Best Actor awards: (left) and Alberto Sordi (right), here pictured on the set of The Great War (1959), won the award seven times, more than everyone else. has been nominated eleven times, more than everyone else. The following individuals have received three or more Best Actor nominations (* indicates no wins): ==See also==
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