Goya Award for Best New Actor

The category was first presented at the ninth edition of the Goya Awards, with Saturnino García being the first winner for his performance as Justino in Justino, un asesino de la tercera edad. Multiple winners and nominees in the category have gone on to win or be nominated for the other two male performance categories at the Goya Awards (Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor). Namely, nominees Javier Cámara, Eduard Fernández, Luis Tosar, and David Verdaguer, have all won both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Additionally, 1996 winner Santiago Segura won Best New Director three years later for Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law. For the 39th ceremony, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain introduced a modification consisting of the requirement of an authorization signed by the actor accepting his participation in the Goya Awards". As of the 2026 ceremony, Antonio Fernández Gabarre is the most recent winner in this category for his role as Toni in Sleepless City. ==Winners and nominees==

In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. won for The Day of the Beast in 1995. won for Tesis in 1996. won for The Girl of Your Dreams in 1998. won for Pellet in 2000. won for Intacto in 2001. won for Football Days in 2003. won for DarkBlueAlmostBlack in 2006. won for Cell 211 in 2009. 1990s 2000s 2010s won for The Skin I Live In in 2011. won for Spanish Affair in 2014. won for Smoke & Mirrors in 2016. won for Giant in 2017. 2020s '' (2022). won for Society of the Snow (2023). ==References==