Volpi Cup for Best Actor


The Volpi Cup (Italian: Coppa Volpi) is the principal award given to actors at the Venice Film Festival and is named in honor of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the founder of the Venice Film Festival. The name and number of prizes have been changed several times since their introduction, ranging from two to four awards per edition and sometimes acknowledging both leading and supporting performances.

The festival was officially competitive 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 caused by the war, the festival was once again competitive 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).[1][2][3][4] 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).[5]

‡ – indicates the performance was also nominated for an Academy Award

Winners

The following actors received the Volpi Cup or other major Best Actor Award:[6][7]

YearActorRoleFilmNationality of actor
1930s
1932 & 1934 - Awarded as "Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actor"
1932Fredric March (Special Award)Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde ‡Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeUnited States
1934Wallace Beery[8] (Special Award)Pancho VillaViva Villa!United States
1935-1942 - Awarded as "Volpi Cup"
1935Pierre BlancharRaskolnikovCrime and Punishment (Crime et châtiment)France
1936Paul MuniLouis Pasteur ‡The Story of Louis PasteurUnited States
1937Emil JanningsMatthias ClausenDer HerrscherGermany
1938Leslie HowardProfessor Henry Higgins ‡PygmalionUnited Kingdom
1939
No Award
1940s
1940
No Award
1941Ermete ZacconiDon Geronimo BuonaparteDon BuonaparteItaly
1942Fosco GiachettiCaptain Enrico BertiBengasiItaly
1947-1950 - Awarded as "International Award for the Best Actor"
1946
No Award
1947Pierre FresnayVincent de PaulMonsieur VincentFrance
1948Ernst DeutschScharfThe TrialAustria
1949Joseph CottenEben AdamsPortrait of JennieUnited States
1950s
1950Sam JaffeErwin “Doc” Riedenschneider ‡The Asphalt JungleUnited States
1951-1968 - Awarded as "Volpi Cup"
1951Jean GabinRaymond PinsardThe Night Is My Kingdom (La nuit est mon royaume)France
1952Fredric MarchWilly Loman ‡Death of a SalesmanUnited States
1953Henri VilbertFrançois DupontLe bon Dieu sans confessionFrance
1954Jean GabinVictor Le GarrecAir of ParisFrance
Max ("Max le Menteur") Touchez pas au grisbi
1955Curd Jurgens (Tie)Wolf GerkeHeroes and SinnersGermany
Kenneth More (Tie)Freddie PageThe Deep Blue SeaUnited Kingdom
1956BourvilMarcel MartinThe Trip Across ParisFrance
1957Anthony FranciosaPolo Pope ‡A Hatful of RainUnited States
1958Alec GuinnessGulley JimsonThe Horse’s MouthUnited Kingdom
1959James StewartPaul Biegler ‡Anatomy of a MurderUnited States
1960s
1960John MillsLt. Col. Basil BarrowTunes of GloryUnited Kingdom
1961Toshirō MifuneSanjuroYojimboJapan
1962Burt LancasterRobert Stroud ‡Birdman of AlcatrazUnited States
1963Albert FinneyTom Jones ‡Tom JonesUnited Kingdom
1964Tom CourtenayPrivate Arthur HampKing & CountryUnited Kingdom
1965Toshirō MifuneDr. Kyojō NiideRed BeardJapan
1966Jacques PerrinMicheleAlmost a ManFrance
1967Ljubiša SamardžićMaliThe MorningYugoslavia
1968John MarleyRichard ForstFacesUnited States
1980s
1983–1987 - Awarded as "Best Actor Award"
1983Guy Boyd (Tie)RooneyStreamersUnited States
George Dzundza (Tie)Cokes
David Alan Grier (Tie)Roger
Mitchell Lichtenstein (Tie)Richie
Matthew Modine (Tie)Billy
Michael Wright (Tie)Carlyle
1984Naseeruddin ShahNaurangiaPaarIndia
1985Gérard DepardieuLouis Vincent ManginPoliceFrance
1986Carlo Delle PianeAntonio Sant’EliaRegalo di NataleItaly
1987Hugh Grant (Tie)Clive DurhamMauriceUnited Kingdom
James Wilby (Tie)Maurice Hall
1988-present - Awarded as "Volpi Cup for the Best Actor" (also "Volpi Cup for the Best Supporting Actor")
1988Don Ameche (Tie)GinoThings ChangeUnited States
Joe Mantegna (Tie)Jerry
1989Marcello Mastroianni (Tie)MarcelloWhat Time Is It?Italy
Massimo Troisi (Tie)Michele
1990s
1990Oleg BorisovSvidetel / Christo PanovThe Only WitnessSoviet Union
1991River PhoenixMikey WatersMy Own Private IdahoUnited States
1992Jack LemmonShelley “The Machine” LeveneGlengarry Glen RossUnited States
1993Fabrizio BentivoglioPietro De LeoA Soul Split in TwoItaly
Marcello Mastroianni (Supporting)Constantin Laspada1, 2, 3, Sun
1994Xia YuMa Xiaojun
In the Heat of the SunChina
Roberto Citran (Supporting)LorisIl ToroItaly
1995Götz GeorgeFritz Haarmann
DeathmakerGermany
Ian Hart (Supporting)GingerNothing PersonalUnited Kingdom
1996Liam NeesonMichael Collins
Michael CollinsRepublic of Ireland
Chris Penn (Supporting)Cesarian "Chez" TempioThe FuneralUnited States
1997Wesley SnipesMax CarlyleOne Night StandUnited States
1998Sean PennEddieHurlyburlyUnited States
1999Jim BroadbentW.S. GilbertTopsy-Turvy United Kingdom
2000s
2000Javier BardemReinaldo Arenas ‡Before Night FallsSpain
2001Luigi Lo CascioAntonioLight of My EyesItaly
2002Stefano AccorsiDino CampanaA Journey Called LoveItaly
2003Sean PennPaul Rivers21 GramsUnited States
2004Javier BardemRamón SampedroThe Sea InsideSpain
2005David StrathairnEdward R. Murrow ‡Good Night, and Good LuckUnited States
2006Ben AffleckGeorge ReevesHollywoodlandUnited States
2007Brad PittJesse JamesThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordUnited States
2008Silvio OrlandoMichele CasaliGiovanna's FatherItaly
2009Colin FirthGeorge Falconer ‡A Single ManUnited Kingdom
2010s
2010Vincent GalloMohammedEssential KillingUnited States
2011Michael FassbenderBrandon SullivanShameRepublic of Ireland
2012Joaquin Phoenix (Tie)Freddie Quell ‡The MasterUnited States
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Tie)Lancaster Dodd ‡
2013Themis PanouFatherMiss ViolenceGreece
2014Adam DriverJudeHungry HeartsUnited States
2015Fabrice LuchiniMichel RacineCourtedFrance
2016Oscar MartínezDaniel MantovaniThe Distinguished CitizenArgentina
2017Kamel El BashaYasser Abdallah SalamehThe InsultPalestine
2018Willem DafoeVincent Van GoghAt Eternity's GateUnited States

Multiple winners

2 wins

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "La Magnani premiata come miglior attrice". La Stampa. 16 September 1947. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Il Gran Premio ad "Amleto" di Olivier". La Stampa. 5 September 1948. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  3. ↑ "L'assegnazione dei diciassette premi". L'Unità. 2 September 1949. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  4. ↑ "L'assegnazione dei premi". La Stampa. 11 September 1950. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  5. ↑ "Tutti i premiati". La Stampa. 10 September 1988. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  6. ↑ "Coppa Volpi for best actors since 1935". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Volpi Cup for Best Actor". carnivalofvenice.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Beery received an award titled the Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actor"I divertimenti". La Stampa. 5 December 1934. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
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