Volpi Cup for Best Actor

Volpi Cup for Best Actor
Pierfrancesco Favino 2008 cropped.jpg
The 2020 recipient: Pierfrancesco Favino
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor
CountryItaly
Presented byVenice Film Festival
First awarded1932
Currently held byPierfrancesco Favino
Padrenostro (2020)
Websitelabiennale.org/en/cinema

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]

Award winners

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

Table key
Indicates the performance was also an Academy Award winner
Indicates the performance was also nominated for an Academy Award
Year Actor Role Film Nationality of actor
1930s
1932 & 1934 - Awarded as "Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actor"
1932 Fredric March (Special Award) Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  United States
1934 Wallace Beery[8] (Special Award) Pancho Villa Viva Villa!  United States
1935–1942 - Awarded as "Volpi Cup"
1935 Pierre Blanchar Raskolnikov Crime and Punishment (Crime et châtiment)  France
1936 Paul Muni Louis Pasteur The Story of Louis Pasteur  United States
1937 Emil Jannings Matthias Clausen Der Herrscher  Germany
1938 Leslie Howard Professor Henry Higgins ‡ Pygmalion  United Kingdom
1939
No Award
1940s
1940
No Award
1941 Ermete Zacconi Don Geronimo Buonaparte Don Buonaparte  Italy
1942 Fosco Giachetti Captain Enrico Berti Bengasi  Italy
1947–1950 - Awarded as "International Award for the Best Actor"
1946
No Award
1947 Pierre Fresnay Vincent de Paul Monsieur Vincent  France
1948 Ernst Deutsch Scharf The Trial (Der Prozeß)  Austria
1949 Joseph Cotten Eben Adams Portrait of Jennie  United States
1950s
1950 Sam Jaffe Erwin “Doc” Riedenschneider ‡ The Asphalt Jungle  United States
1951–1968 - Awarded as "Volpi Cup"
1951 Jean Gabin Raymond Pinsard The Night Is My Kingdom (La nuit est mon royaume)  France
1952 Fredric March Willy Loman Death of a Salesman  United States
1953 Henri Vilbert François Dupont Le Bon Dieu sans confession  France
1954 Jean Gabin Victor Le Garrec The Air of Paris (L’Air de Paris)  France
Max ("Max le Menteur") Touchez pas au grisbi
1955 Curd Jürgens (Tie) Wolf Gerke Heroes and Sinners (Les héros sont fatigués)  Austria /  West Germany
Kenneth More (Tie) Freddie Page The Deep Blue Sea  United Kingdom
1956 Bourvil Marcel Martin La Traversée de Paris (The trip across Paris)  France
1957 Anthony Franciosa Polo Pope ‡ A Hatful of Rain  United States
1958 Alec Guinness Gulley Jimson The Horse’s Mouth  United Kingdom
1959 James Stewart Paul Biegler ‡ Anatomy of a Murder  United States
1960s
1960 John Mills Lt. Col. Basil Barrow Tunes of Glory  United Kingdom
1961 Toshirō Mifune Sanjuro Yojimbo (用心棒)  Japan
1962 Burt Lancaster Robert Stroud Birdman of Alcatraz  United States
1963 Albert Finney Tom Jones ‡ Tom Jones  United Kingdom
1964 Tom Courtenay Private Arthur Hamp King & Country  United Kingdom
1965 Toshirō Mifune Dr. Kyojō Niide Red Beard (赤ひげ)  Japan
1966 Jacques Perrin Michele Un uomo a metà (Almost a Man)  France
1967 Ljubiša Samardžić Mali The Morning (Jutro)  SFR Yugoslavia
1968 John Marley Richard Forst Faces  United States
1969–
1982
No award
1980s
1983–1987 - Awarded as "Best Actor Award"
1983 Guy Boyd (Tie) Rooney Streamers  United States
George Dzundza (Tie) Cokes  United States
David Alan Grier (Tie) Roger  United States
Mitchell Lichtenstein (Tie) Richie  United States
Matthew Modine (Tie) Billy  United States
Michael Wright (Tie) Carlyle  United States
1984 Naseeruddin Shah Naurangia Paar  India
1985 Gérard Depardieu Louis Vincent Mangin Police  France
1986 Carlo Delle Piane Antonio Sant’Elia Christmas Present (Regalo di Natale)  Italy
1987 Hugh Grant (Tie) Clive Durham Maurice  United Kingdom
James Wilby (Tie) Maurice Hall  United Kingdom
1988–present - Awarded as "Volpi Cup for the Best Actor" (also "Volpi Cup for the Best Supporting Actor")
1988 Don Ameche (Tie) Gino Things Change  United States
Joe Mantegna (Tie) Jerry  United States
1989 Marcello Mastroianni (Tie) Marcello What Time Is It? (Che ora è?)  Italy
Massimo Troisi (Tie) Michele  Italy
1990s
1990 Oleg Borisov Svidetel / Christo Panov The Only Witness (Edinstveniyat svidetel)  Soviet Union
1991 River Phoenix Mikey Waters My Own Private Idaho  United States
1992 Jack Lemmon Shelley “The Machine” Levene Glengarry Glen Ross  United States
1993 Fabrizio Bentivoglio Pietro De Leo A Soul Split in Two (Un’anima divisa in due)  Italy
Marcello Mastroianni (Supporting) Constantin Laspada 1, 2, 3, Sun (Un, deux, trois, soleil)  Italy
1994 Xia Yu Ma Xiaojun In the Heat of the Sun (陽光燦爛的日子)  China
Roberto Citran (Supporting) Loris Il Toro  Italy
1995 Götz George Fritz Haarmann Deathmaker (Der Totmacher)  Germany
Ian Hart (Supporting) Ginger Nothing Personal  United Kingdom
1996 Liam Neeson Michael Collins Michael Collins  United Kingdom
Chris Penn (Supporting) Cesarian "Chez" Tempio The Funeral  United States
1997 Wesley Snipes Max Carlyle One Night Stand  United States
1998 Sean Penn Eddie Hurlyburly  United States
1999 Jim Broadbent W.S. Gilbert Topsy-Turvy  United Kingdom
2000s
2000 Javier Bardem Reinaldo Arenas Before Night Falls  Spain
2001 Luigi Lo Cascio Antonio Light of My Eyes (Luce dei miei occhi)  Italy
2002 Stefano Accorsi Dino Campana A Journey Called Love (Un viaggio chiamato amore)  Italy
2003 Sean Penn Paul Rivers 21 Grams  United States
2004 Javier Bardem Ramón Sampedro The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)  Spain
2005 David Strathairn Edward R. Murrow Good Night, and Good Luck  United States
2006 Ben Affleck George Reeves Hollywoodland  United States
2007 Brad Pitt Jesse James The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford  United States
2008 Silvio Orlando Michele Casali Giovanna's Father (Il papà di Giovanna)  Italy
2009 Colin Firth George Falconer ‡ A Single Man  United Kingdom
2010s
2010 Vincent Gallo Mohammed Essential Killing  United States
2011 Michael Fassbender Brandon Sullivan Shame  Ireland /  Germany
2012 Joaquin Phoenix (Tie) Freddie Quell ‡ The Master  United States
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Tie) Lancaster Dodd ‡  United States
2013 Themis Panou Father Miss Violence  Greece
2014 Adam Driver Jude Hungry Hearts  United States
2015 Fabrice Luchini Michel Racine Courted (L’Hermine)  France
2016 Oscar Martínez Daniel Mantovani The Distinguished Citizen (El ciudadano ilustre)  Argentina
2017 Kamel El Basha Yasser Abdallah Salameh The Insult (L’insulte)  Palestine
2018 Willem Dafoe Vincent Van Gogh At Eternity's Gate  United States
2019 Luca Marinelli Martin Eden Martin Eden  Italy
2020s
2020 Pierfrancesco Favino Alfonso Padrenostro  Italy

Multiple winners

2 awards

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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