Best Actor Motion Picture Musical

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is presented annually during the Golden Globe Awards ceremony by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), an organization that comprise of journalists and photographers covering the US entertainment industry for publications mainly in non-US media markets. The accolade is conferred upon an actor to recognize and honor the remarkable performance he essayed in the lead role of a musical or comedy film that made his character more delightful, appealing and enchanting to the viewers setting him apart as the best performer in the category.

The six original categories of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony at the time of the latter’s inception by the Hollywood Foreign Correspondent Association (HFCA), the predecessor of HFPA, included the Best Actor in a Leading Role category. Hungarian actor Paul Lukas became first recipient of the award for his performance in the film Watch on the Rhine (1943) during the 1944 held 1st Golden Globe Awards ceremony. This category was later split into Drama and Musical or Comedy genres by the association in 1951 to pay particular attention to and recognize acting caliber of lead actors in both the genres and was first presented as two separate categories, namely Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama and Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy that year during the 8th Golden Globe Awards event. American dancer, choreographer, actor, singer and presenter Fred Astaire became first recipient of the Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical award for his performance as lyricist Bert Kalmar in the American musical film biography Three Little Words (1950). The category was officially called Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy in 2006 and since 2013, it is known as Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

Yesteryear American actor Jack Lemmon won the award thrice which includes two consecutive awards in 1960 and 1961 respectively and the other in 1973. He also holds the record of garnering most nominations in the category with ten. American actor and comedian Robin Williams, counted among the greatest comedians of all time and reputed for his improvisational skills, has also earned the award thrice. Other notable recipients of the award who bagged it twice include Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Colin Farrell, Dudley Moore, Danny Kaye, and Sacha Baron Cohen. The latter won the award for playing the same character, that of Borat Sagdiyev, in the 2006 mockumentary black comedy film Borat and its 2020 sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.

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