The Saturn Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the

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to honor performances in the genre across film, television, and video. The Saturn Awards were devised by historian Dr. Donald A. Reed, who felt that science fiction, fantasy and horror films were never given the appreciation they deserved. The physical award is a representation of the planet Saturn, surrounded with a ring of film. The award was initially and is still sometimes loosely referred to as a ''Golden Scroll''. The award for Best Actor was first introduced in 1976 for the 1974 and 1975 years, to reward a lead performance by a male actor in film. The record for most awards is held by Robert Downey Jr. with four wins, followed by Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford with three, and then

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and

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with two each. Cruise is the most nominated actor in the category with twelve nominations, followed by Ford, Downey, Jr. and

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with seven. Schwarzenegger holds the record for most nominations without a victory.

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and Martin Landau are the only actors to have won the Saturn Award for Best Actor and an

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for the same role; however, Landau won the

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and not Best Actor. The record for most wins for playing a same character is held by Downey Jr. and Hamill, who both won three times for playing Tony Stark and Luke Skywalker respectively.

Winners and nominees

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple nominations

;12 nominations * Tom Cruise ;7 nominations * Robert Downey Jr. * Harrison Ford * Arnold Schwarzenegger ;5 nominations * Jeff Bridges * Johnny Depp * Viggo Mortensen * Christopher Reeve * William Shatner ;4 nominations * Christian Bale * Pierce Brosnan * Chris Evans * Mark Hamill * Hugh Jackman * Will Smith * Robin Williams * Bruce Willis ;3 nominations * Nicolas Cage * Jim Carrey * George Clooney * Daniel Craig * Leonardo DiCaprio * Anthony Hopkins * Tobey Maguire * Matthew McConaughey * Jack Nicholson * Brad Pitt * Chris Pratt * Keanu Reeves * Ryan Reynolds ;2 nominations * Warren Beatty * George Burns * James Caan * Timothee Chalamet * Kevin Costner * Hume Cronyn * Matt Damon * Ralph Fiennes * Albert Finney * Michael J. Fox * Mel Gibson * Jeff Goldblum * Tom Hanks * Daniel Kaluuya * Michael Keaton * Ben Kingsley * Christopher Lee * Bill Murray * Liam Neeson * Gary Oldman * Joaquin Phoenix * Sam Worthington

Multiple wins

;4 wins *Robert Downey Jr. ;3 wins *Mark Hamill *Harrison Ford ;2 wins *Jeff Bridges *Tom Cruise

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saturn Award For Best Actor Actor (Film)