Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Martin Eden
Luca Marinelli
2018 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
At Eternity’s Gate
Willem Dafoe
2017 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Insult
Kamel El Basha
2016 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Distinguished Citizen
Oscar Martínez
2015 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Courted
Fabrice Luchini
2014 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Hungry Hearts
Adam Driver
2013 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Miss Violence
Themis Panou
2012 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Master
Philip Seymour Hoffman
2011 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Shame
Michael Fassbender
2010 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Essential Killing
Vincent Gallo
2009 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
A Single Man
Colin Firth
2008 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Giovanna’s Father
Silvio Orlando
2007 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Brad Pitt
2006 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Hollywoodland
Ben Affleck
2005 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Good Night, and Good Luck.
David Strathairn
2004 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Sea Inside
Javier Bardem
2003 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
21 Grams
Sean Penn
2002 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
A Scandalous Journey
Stefano Accorsi
2001 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Light of My Eyes
Luigi Lo Cascio
2000 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Before Night Falls
Javier Bardem
1999 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Topsy-Turvy
Jim Broadbent
1998 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Hurlyburly
Sean Penn
1997 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
One Night Stand
Wesley Snipes
1996 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Michael Collins
Liam Neeson
1995 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Deathmaker
Götz George
1994 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
In the Heat of the Sun
Yu Xia
1993 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Un’anima divisa in due
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
1992 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Glengarry Glen Ross
Jack Lemmon
1991 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
My Own Private Idaho
River Phoenix
1990 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Edinstveniyat svidetel
Oleg Borisov
1989 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
What Time Is It?
Marcello Mastroianni
1988 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Things Change
Don Ameche
1987 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Maurice
Hugh Grant
1986 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Regalo di Natale
Carlo Delle Piane
1985 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Police
Gérard Depardieu
1984 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Paar
Naseeruddin Shah
1983 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Streamers
Guy Boyd
1968 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Faces
John Marley
1967 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Morning
Ljubisa Samardzic
1966 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Search
Jacques Perrin
1965 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Red Beard
Toshirô Mifune
1964 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
King & Country
Tom Courtenay
1963 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Tom Jones
Albert Finney
1962 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Birdman of Alcatraz
Burt Lancaster
1961 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Yojimbo
Toshirô Mifune
1960 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Tunes of Glory
John Mills
1959 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Anatomy of a Murder
James Stewart
1958 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Horse’s Mouth
Alec Guinness
1957 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
A Hatful of Rain
Anthony Franciosa
1956 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Four Bags Full
Bourvil
1953 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Le bon Dieu sans confession
Henri Vilbert
1952 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Death of a Salesman
Fredric March
1942 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Bengasi
Fosco Giachetti
1941 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Don Buonaparte
Ermete Zacconi
1938 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Pygmalion
Leslie Howard
1937 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Der Herrscher
Emil Jannings
1936 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Paul Muni
1935 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actor
