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Golden Globe Awards

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Most Wins for Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)

This list features actors with the most wins for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards.

RANK

ACTOR

NOMINATIONS

WINS

YEARS


1

Jack Lemmon

10

3

Some Like It Hot (1959)

The Apartment (1960)

Avanti! (1972)


2

Robin Williams

5

3

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

The Fisher King (1991)

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)


3

Danny Kaye

4

2

On the Riviera (1951)

Me and the Colonel (1958)


4

Jack Nicholson

4

2

Prizzi’s Honor (1985)

As Good As It Gets (1997)


5

Michael Caine

4

2

Educating Rita (1983)

Little Voice (1998)


6

Dudley Moore

3

2

Arthur (1981)

Micki & Maude (1984)


7

Colin Farrell

3

2

In Bruges (2008)

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)


8

Paul Giamatti

3

2

Barney’s Version (2010)

The Holdovers (2023)


9

Sacha Baron Cohen

2

2

Borat (2006)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)


10

Johnny Depp

9

1

Edward Scissorhands (1990)


11

Walter Matthau

8

1

Hopscotch (1980)


12

Dustin Hoffman

6

1

Tootsie (1982)


13

Hugh Grant

5

1

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)


14

Jim Carrey

5

1

Man on the Moon (1999)


15

Peter O'Toole

4

1

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)


16

Peter Sellers

4

1

The Sunshine Boys (1975)


17

John Travolta

4

1

Saturday Night Fever (1977)


18

Bill Murray

4

1

Lost in Translation (2003)


19

Joaquin Phoenix

4

1

Walk the Line (2005)


20

Leonardo DiCaprio

4

1

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)


21

Glenn Ford

3

1

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)


22

Marcello Mastroianni

3

1

Divorce Italian Style (1962)


23

Albert Finney

3

1

Scrooge (1970)


24

Warren Beatty

3

1

Heaven Can Wait (1978)


25

Tom Hanks

3

1

Big (1988)


26

Hugh Jackman

3

1

Les Misérables (2012)


27

Christian Bale

3

1

The Big Short (2015)


28

Matt Damon

3

1

The Martian (2015)


29

Ryan Gosling

3

1

La La Land (2016)


30

Fred Astaire

2

1

Three Little Words (1950)


31

David Niven

2

1

The Moon Is Blue (1953)


32

James Mason

2

1

A Star Is Born (1954)


33

Alberto Sordi

2

1

To Bed or Not to Bed (1963)


34

Rex Harrison

2

1

My Fair Lady (1964)


35

Lee Marvin

2

1

Cat Ballou (1965)


36

Richard Dreyfuss

2

1

The Goodbye Girl (1977)


37

Tom Cruise

2

1

Jerry Maguire (1996)


38

George Clooney

2

1

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)


39

Richard Gere

2

1

Chicago (2002)


40

James Franco

2

1

The Disaster Artist (2017)


41

Timothée Chalamet

2

1

Marty Supreme (2025)


42

Donald O’Connor

1

1

Singin' in the Rain (1952)


43

Tom Ewell

1

1

The Seven Year Itch (1955)


44

Cantinflas

1

1

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)


45

Frank Sinatra

1

1

Pal Joey (1957)


46

Alan Arkin

1

1

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)


47

Richard Harris

1

1

Camelot (1967)


48

Ron Moody

1

1

Oliver! (1968)


49

Topol

1

1

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)


50

George Segal

1

1

A Touch of Class (1973)


51

Art Carney

1

1

Harry and Tonto (1974)


52

George Burns

1

1

The Sunshine Boys (1975)


53

Kris Kristofferson

1

1

A Star Is Born (1976)


54

Ray Sharkey

1

1

The Idolmaker (1980)


55

Paul Hogan

1

1

Crocodile Dundee (1986)


56

Morgan Freeman

1

1

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)


57

Gérard Depardieu

1

1

Green Card (1990)


58

Tim Robbins

1

1

The Player (1992)


59

Gene Hackman

1

1

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)


60

Jamie Foxx

1

1

Ray (2004)


61

Robert Downey Jr.

1

1

Sherlock Holmes (2009)


62

Jean Dujardin

1

1

The Artist (2011)


63

Michael Keaton

1

1

Birdman (2014)


64

Taron Egerton

1

1

Rocketman (2019)


65

Andrew Garfield

1

1

Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021)


66

Sebastian Stan

1

1

A Different Man (2024)



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References

Wikipedia contributors (n.d.) Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Multiple wins. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Motion_Picture_–_Musical_or_Comedy#Multiple_wins (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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