The Volpi Cup for Best Actor (Italian: Coppa Volpi per la migliore interpretazione maschile) 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.
| Volpi Cup for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
| Coppa Volpi per la migliore interpretazione maschile (Italian) | |
 The 2024 recipient: Vincent Lindon | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Venice Film Festival |
| First awarded | 1932 |
| Currently held by | Vincent Lindon The Quiet Son (2024) |
| Website | labiennale |
As of 2024, Vincent Lindon is the most recent winner in this category for his role in The Quiet Son.[1]
History
editThe 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).[2][3][4][5] 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).[6]
Winners
editThe following actors received the Volpi Cup or other major Best Actor Award:[7][8]
| ‡ | Indicates the Best Supporting Actor winner |
|---|
Multiple winners
editThe following individuals have received multiple Best Actor awards:
| Number of Wins | Actor | Nationality | Films |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Fredric March | United States | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), Death of a Salesman (1952) |
| Jean Gabin[8] | France | The Night Is My Kingdom (1951), The Air of Paris & Touchez pas au grisbi (both 1954) | |
| Toshiro Mifune[8] | Japan | Yojimbo (1961), Red Beard (1965) | |
| Marcello Mastroianni | Italy | What Time Is It? (1989), 1, 2, 3, Sun (1993) | |
| Sean Penn[8] | United States | Hurlyburly (1998), 21 Grams (2003) | |
| Javier Bardem[8] | Spain | Before Night Falls (2000), The Sea Inside (2004) |
See also
editThe following individuals have also received Best Actor award(s) at Cannes or Berlin Film Festival.
| Winning Year at Venice | Actor | Nationality | Festival | Year | English Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 1952 |
Fredric March | United States | Berlin | 1960 | Inherit The Wind |
| 1951 1954 |
Jean Gabin | France | Berlin | 1959 | Archimède le clochard |
| 1971 | Le Chat | ||||
| 1959 | James Stewart | United States | Berlin | 1962 | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation |
| 1962 | Burt Lancaster | United States | Berlin | 1956 | Trapeze |
| 1963 | Albert Finney | England | Berlin | 1984 | The Dresser |
| 1964 | Tom Courtenay | England | Berlin | 2015 | 45 Years |
| 1985 | Gérard Depardieu | France | Cannes | 1990 | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 1989 1993 |
Marcello Mastroianni | Italy | Cannes | 1970 | The Pizza Triangle |
| 1987 | Dark Eyes | ||||
| 1992 | Jack Lemmon | United States | Cannes | 1979 | The China Syndrome |
| Berlin | 1981 | Tribute | |||
| Cannes | 1982 | Missing | |||
| 1998 2003 |
Sean Penn | United States | Berlin | 1996 | Dead Man Walking |
| Cannes | 1997 | She's So Lovely | |||
| 2000 2004 |
Javier Bardem | Spain | Cannes | 2010 | Biutiful |
| 2012 | Joaquin Phoenix | United States | Cannes | 2017 | You Were Never Really Here |
| 2024 | Vincent Lindon | France | Cannes | 2015 | The Measure of a Man |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Tartaglione, Andreas Wiseman,Nancy (2024-09-07). "Venice Winners: Pedro Almodóvar's 'The Room Next Door' Wins The Golden Lion; Also Wins For Nicole Kidman, Brady Corbet, 'I'm Still Here' & More". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "La Magnani premiata come miglior attrice". La Stampa. 16 September 1947. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ "Il Gran Premio ad "Amleto" di Olivier". La Stampa. 5 September 1948. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ "L'assegnazione dei diciassette premi". L'Unità. 2 September 1949. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ "L'assegnazione dei premi". La Stampa. 11 September 1950. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ "Tutti i premiati". La Stampa. 10 September 1988. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "Coppa Volpi for best actors since 1935". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Volpi Cup for Best Actor 1934 to 2012". carnivalofvenice.com. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
External links
edit- Venice Film Festival on IMDb
- Enrico Lancia, I premi del cinema, Gremese Editore, 1998
- Coppa Volpi for best actors since 1935 from "La Biennale" website