David di Donatello Award for Best Actor | |
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![]() Fabrizio Gifuni is the current recipient of the award (2023) | |
Country | Italy |
Presented by | Accademia del Cinema Italiano |
First award | 1956 (for lead acting in films released during the 1955/1956 film season) |
Currently held by | Fabrizio Gifuni — Exterior Night (2023) |
Website | daviddidonatello |
The David di Donatello Award for Best Actor (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior attore protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of a male actor in an Italian film released during the year preceding the ceremony.[1] The award was first given in 1956, and became competitive in 1981.[2]
Vittorio Gassman and Alberto Sordi are the record holders in this category with seven awards each, followed by Marcello Mastroianni with five.[2][3]
Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia.[4][5]
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