Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture

The Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture is an annual award given by the International Press Academy as one of its Satellite Awards. The category has gone through several changes since its inception. Since 2018, the two categories based on genre are presented replacing the Best Actor in a Motion Picture category for the Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical categories previously presented.
 * From 1996 to 2010, two categories based on genre were presented, Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
 * In 2011, the IPA pared down its Satellite nominations in the motion picture categories from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflects the merger of drama and comedy under a general Best Picture heading, including the Best Actor/Actress headings and the Supporting headings.
 * In 2016 and 2017, two winners were announced within the Best Actor category, one for the performance by an actor in a major studio film and other for a performance in an independent film.

Multiple nominations

 * 9 nominations
 * Leonardo DiCaprio


 * 7 nominations
 * Denzel Washington


 * 6 nominations
 * Ryan Gosling


 * 5 nominations
 * Johnny Depp
 * Joaquin Phoenix


 * 4 nominations
 * Bradley Cooper
 * Russell Crowe
 * Daniel Day-Lewis
 * Jake Gyllenhaal
 * Viggo Mortensen
 * Sean Penn


 * 3 nominations
 * Christian Bale
 * Steve Carell
 * George Clooney
 * Matt Damon
 * Colin Firth
 * Paul Giamatti
 * Brendan Gleeson
 * Tom Hanks
 * Tommy Lee Jones
 * Eddie Murphy
 * Bill Murray
 * Jack Nicholson
 * Edward Norton
 * Gary Oldman
 * Mark Ruffalo
 * Billy Bob Thornton


 * 2 nominations
 * Javier Bardem
 * Jeff Bridges
 * Josh Brolin
 * Nicolas Cage
 * Michael Caine
 * Jim Carrey
 * Michael Cera
 * Don Cheadle
 * Sacha Baron Cohen
 * Tom Cruise
 * Benedict Cumberbatch
 * Michael Douglas
 * Robert Downey Jr.
 * Robert Duvall
 * Michael Fassbender
 * James Franco
 * Andrew Garfield
 * Richard Gere
 * Tom Hardy
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman
 * Kevin Kline
 * Frank Langella
 * William H. Macy
 * Lin-Manuel Miranda
 * Cillian Murphy
 * Robert Redford
 * Eddie Redmayne
 * Jeremy Renner
 * Sam Rockwell
 * Geoffrey Rush
 * Adam Sandler
 * Will Smith
 * Forest Whitaker
 * Robin Williams

Multiple wins

 * 2 wins
 * Andrew Garfield
 * Ryan Gosling
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman
 * Viggo Mortensen
 * Geoffrey Rush