Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor

The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critics.

This is the list of Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Actor. Marcello Mastroianni is the record holder with seven Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Actor received from 1955 to 1991, followed by Vittorio Gassman and Nino Manfredi, both four times winners.

1940s

 * 1946 – Andrea Checchi – Due lettere anonime
 * 1947 – Amedeo Nazzari – The Bandit
 * 1948 – Vittorio De Sica – Heart
 * 1949 – Massimo Girotti – In the Name of the Law

1950s

 * 1950 – not awarded
 * 1951 – Aldo Fabrizi – Prima comunione
 * 1952 – Totò – Cops and Robbers
 * 1953 – Renato Rascel – The Overcoat
 * 1954 – Nino Taranto – Easy Years
 * 1955 – Marcello Mastroianni – Days of Love
 * 1956 – Alberto Sordi – The Bachelor
 * 1957 – not awarded
 * 1958 – Marcello Mastroianni – White Nights
 * 1959 – Vittorio Gassman – Big Deal on Madonna Street

1960s

 * 1960 – Alberto Sordi – The Great War
 * 1961 – Marcello Mastroianni – La Dolce Vita
 * 1962 – Marcello Mastroianni – Divorce, Italian Style
 * 1963 – Vittorio Gassman – The Easy Life
 * 1964 – Ugo Tognazzi – The Conjugal Bed
 * 1965 – Saro Urzì – Seduced and Abandoned
 * 1966 – Nino Manfredi – Questa volta parliamo di uomini
 * 1967 – Totò – The Hawks and the Sparrows
 * 1968 – Gian Maria Volonté – We Still Kill the Old Way
 * 1969 – Ugo Tognazzi – La bambolona

1970s

 * 1970 – Nino Manfredi – Nell'anno del Signore
 * 1971 – Gian Maria Volonté – Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
 * 1972 – Riccardo Cucciolla – Sacco e Vanzetti
 * 1973 – Giancarlo Giannini – The Seduction of Mimi
 * 1974 – Giancarlo Giannini – Love and Anarchy
 * 1975 – Vittorio Gassman – Scent of a Woman
 * 1976 – Michele Placido – Victory March
 * 1977 – Alberto Sordi – An Average Little Man
 * 1978 – Nino Manfredi – In the Name of the Pope King
 * 1979 – Flavio Bucci – Ligabue

1980s

 * 1980 – Nino Manfredi – Café express
 * 1981 – Vittorio Mezzogiorno – Three Brothers
 * 1982 – Ugo Tognazzi – Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
 * 1983 – Francesco Nuti – The Pool Hustlers
 * 1984 – Carlo Delle Piane – Una gita scolastica
 * 1985 – Michele Placido – Pizza connection
 * 1986 – Marcello Mastroianni – Ginger and Fred
 * 1987 – Roberto Benigni – Down by Law (in English language)
 * 1988 – Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes
 * 1989 – Gian Maria Volonté – The Abyss (in French language)

1990s

 * 1990 – Vittorio Gassman – Lo zio indegno
 * 1991 – Marcello Mastroianni – Towards Evening
 * 1992 – Roberto Benigni – Johnny Stecchino
 * 1993 – Diego Abatantuono – Puerto Escondido
 * 1994 – Paolo Villaggio – The Secret of the Old Woods
 * 1995 – Alessandro Haber – La vera vita di Antonio H.
 * 1996 – Sergio Castellitto – The Star Maker
 * 1997 – Leonardo Pieraccioni – Il ciclone
 * 1998 – Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful
 * 1999 – Giancarlo Giannini – La stanza dello scirocco

2000s

 * 2000 – Silvio Orlando – I Prefer the Sound of the Sea
 * 2001 – Stefano Accorsi – The Ignorant Fairies
 * 2002 – Sergio Castellitto – My Mother's Smile
 * 2003
 * Neri Marcorè – Incantato
 * Gigi Proietti – Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata
 * 2004
 * Alessio Boni, Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Andrea Tidona – The Best of Youth
 * Roberto Herlitzka – Good Morning, Night
 * 2005 – Toni Servillo – The Consequences of Love
 * 2006 – Pierfrancesco Favino, Kim Rossi Stuart, Claudio Santamaria – Romanzo criminale
 * 2007 – Silvio Orlando – The Caiman
 * 2008 – Toni Servillo – La ragazza del lago
 * 2009 – Toni Servillo – Il Divo

2010s

 * 2010
 * Elio Germano – La nostra vita
 * Christian De Sica – Il figlio più piccolo
 * 2011 – Kim Rossi Stuart – Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male
 * 2012 – Pierfrancesco Favino – ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards and Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
 * 2013 – Aniello Arena – Reality
 * 2014 – Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Fabrizio Gifuni – Human Capital
 * 2015 – Alessandro Gassmann – An Italian Name and The Dinner
 * 2016 – Stefano Accorsi – Italian Race
 * 2017 – Renato Carpentieri – Tenderness
 * 2018 – Marcello Fonte and Edoardo Pesce – Dogman
 * 2019 – Pierfrancesco Favino – The Traitor

2020s

 * 2020 – Pierfrancesco Favino – Hammamet
 * 2021 – Kim Rossi Stuart – Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Cosa sarà)
 * 2022
 * Pierfrancesco Favino – Nostalgia
 * Silvio Orlando – The Inner Cage and The Hidden Child