MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie

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| rowspan="10" |1992
1st

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Arnold Schwarzenegger

|Terminator 2: Judgment Day

|The Terminator

|Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

|Robin Hood

|Cape Fear

|Max Cady

|The Doors

|Jim Morrison

|The Fisher King

| Henry Sagan / Parry

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Linda Hamilton

|Terminator 2: Judgment Day

|Sarah Connor

|Thelma and Louise

| Thelma Dickinson

|The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

| Peyton Flanders

|Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

|Maid Marian

|Dying Young

| Hilary O'Neil

| rowspan="10" |1993
2nd

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Denzel Washington

|Malcolm X

|Malcolm X

|The Bodyguard

| Frank Farmer

|A Few Good Men

| Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee

|Basic Instinct

| Nick Curran

|A Few Good Men

| Col. Nathan Jessep

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Sharon Stone

|Basic Instinct

|Catherine Tramell

|A League of Their Own

| Dottie Hinson

|Sister Act

| Deloris Van Cartier

|The Bodyguard

| Rachel Marron

|A Few Good Men

| Lt. Commander Joanne Galloway

| rowspan="10" |1994
3rd

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Tom Hanks

|Philadelphia

|Andrew Beckett

|The Firm

|Mitch McDeere

|The Fugitive

| Dr. Richard Kimble

|Tombstone

|Doc Holliday

|Mrs. Doubtfire

| Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Janet Jackson

|Poetic Justice

|Justice

|What's Love Got to Do with It

|Tina Turner

|Indecent Proposal

| Diana Murphy

|The Pelican Brief

| Darby Shaw

|Sleepless in Seattle

| Annie Reed

| rowspan="10" |1995
4th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Brad Pitt

|Interview with the Vampire

|Louis

|Forrest Gump

|Forrest Gump

|The Crow

|Eric Draven / The Crow

|Speed

| Jack Traven

|Pulp Fiction

| Vincent Vega

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Sandra Bullock

|Speed

|Annie Porter

|True Lies

| Helen Tasker

|Nell

| Nell Kellty

|When a Man Loves a Woman

| Alice Green

|Pulp Fiction

|Mia Wallace

| rowspan="10" |1996
5th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Jim Carrey

|Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

|Ace Ventura

|Braveheart

|William Wallace

|Apollo 13

|Jim Lovell

|12 Monkeys

| Jeffrey Goines

|Crimson Tide

| Lieutenant Commander Ron Hunter

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Alicia Silverstone

|Clueless

|Cher Horowitz

|While You Were Sleeping

| Lucy Eleanor Moderatz

|Dangerous Minds

|LouAnne Johnson

|Dead Man Walking

|Sister Helen Prejean

|Casino

| Ginger McKenna

| rowspan="10" |1997
6th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Tom Cruise

|Jerry Maguire

|Jerry Maguire

|Romeo + Juliet

|Romeo

|The Nutty Professor

|Sherman Klump

|Independence Day

| Steven Hiller

|Phenomenon

| George Malley

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Claire Danes

|Romeo + Juliet

|Juliet

|A Time to Kill

| Ellen Roark

|Scream

|Sidney Prescott

|Twister

| Jo Harding

|Evita

|Eva Peron

| rowspan="10" |1998
7th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Leonardo DiCaprio

|Titanic

|Jack Dawson

|Face/Off

| Castor Troy

|Good Will Hunting

| Will Hunting

|Jackie Brown

| Ordell Robbie

|Face/Off

| Sean Archer

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Neve Campbell

|Scream 2

|Sidney Prescott

|Soul Food

|Maxine Chadway

|As Good as It Gets

| Carol Connelly

|My Best Friend's Wedding

| Julianne Potters

|Titanic

| Rose DeWitt Bukater

| rowspan="10" |1999
8th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Jim Carrey

|The Truman Show

|Truman Burbank

|Armageddon

| A.J. Frost

|Saving Private Ryan

| John Miller

|The Waterboy

| Bobby Boucher

|Enemy of the State

| Robert Dean

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Cameron Diaz

|There's Something About Mary

|Mary Jensen

|Can't Hardly Wait

| Amanda Beckett

|Out of Sight

| Karen Sisco

|Shakespeare in Love

| Viola de Lesseps

|Armageddon

| Grace Stamper

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| rowspan="10" |2000
9th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Keanu Reeves

|The Matrix

|Neo

|Man on the Moon

|Andy Kaufman

|Cruel Intentions

| Sebastian Valmont

|Big Daddy

| Sonny Koufax

|The Sixth Sense

| Dr. Malcolm Crowe

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Sarah Michelle Gellar

|Cruel Intentions

|Kathryn Merteuil

|Never Been Kissed

| Josie Geller

|Scream 3

|Sidney Prescott

|Double Jeopardy

| Libby Parsons

|Runaway Bride

| Maggie Carpenter

| rowspan="10" |2001
10th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Tom Cruise

|Mission: Impossible 2

|Ethan Hunt

|Gladiator

| Maximus

|Love & Basketball

| Quincy McCall

|The Patriot

| Benjamin Martin

|Cast Away

| Chuck Noland

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Julia Roberts

|Erin Brockovich

|Erin Brockovich

|Romeo Must Die

| Trish O'Day

|Almost Famous

| Penny Lane

|The Cell

| Dr. Catherine Deane

|Save the Last Dance

| Sara Johnson

| rowspan="10" |2002
11th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Will Smith

|Ali

|Muhammad Ali

|A Beautiful Mind

|John Nash

|Pearl Harbor

| Lieutenant Danny Walker

|The Fast and the Furious

|Dominic Toretto

|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

|Frodo Baggins

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Nicole Kidman

|Moulin Rouge!

|Satine

|Pearl Harbor

| Nurse Evelyn Johnson

|Monster's Ball

| Leticia Musgrove

|Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

| Lara Croft

|Legally Blonde

| Elle Woods

| rowspan="10" |2003
12th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Eminem

|8 Mile

|Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith

|xXx

| Xander Cage

|Catch Me If You Can

|Frank Abagnale

|Spider-Man

| Peter Parker / Spider-Man

|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

|Aragorn

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Kirsten Dunst

|Spider-Man

|Mary Jane Watson

|Die Another Day

| Jinx

|How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

| Andie Anderson

|Chicago

| Matron Morton

|Sweet Home Alabama

| Melanie Carmichael

| rowspan="10" |2004
13th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Johnny Depp

|Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

|Jack Sparrow

|The Passion of the Christ

|Jesus Christ

|The Last Samurai

| Cpt. Nathan Algren

|Lost in Translation

| Bob Harris

|50 First Dates

| Henry Roth

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Uma Thurman

|Kill Bill: Volume 1

|The Bride

|50 First Dates

| Lucy Whitmore

|Gothika

| Miranda Grey

|Bringing Down the House

| Charlene Morton

|Monster

|Aileen Wuornos

| rowspan="10" |2005
14th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Leonardo DiCaprio

|The Aviator

|Howard Hughes

|The Bourne Supremacy

|Jason Bourne

|Ray

|Ray Charles

|Troy

|Achilles

|Hitch

| Hitch

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Lindsay Lohan

|Mean Girls

|Cady Heron

|The Notebook

| Allie Hamilton

|Garden State

| Sam

|Million Dollar Baby

| Maggie Fitzgerald

|Kill Bill: Volume 2

|The Bride

| rowspan="6" |2006
15th

| rowspan="6" |Best Performance
(Combined)

|Jake Gyllenhaal

|Brokeback Mountain

|Jack Twist

|The 40-Year-Old Virgin

| Andy Stitzer

|Hustle & Flow

| DJay

|Red Eye

| Lisa Reisert

|Walk the Line

|Johnny Cash

|Walk the Line

|June Carter Cash

| rowspan="6" |2007
16th

| rowspan="6" |Best Performance
(Combined)

|Johnny Depp

|Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

|Jack Sparrow

|300

|Leonidas

|Dreamgirls

| Effie White

|Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

|Elizabeth Swann

|Dreamgirls

| Deena Jones

|The Pursuit of Happyness

| Chris Gardner

| rowspan="10" |2008
17th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Will Smith

|I Am Legend

|Robert Neville

|Juno

| Paulie Bleeker

|The Bourne Ultimatum

|Jason Bourne

|Transformers

| Sam Witwicky

|American Gangster

|Frank Lucas

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Elliot Page

|Juno

|Juno MacGuff

|Enchanted

| Giselle

|I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

| Alex McDonough

|Knocked Up

| Alison Scott

|Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

|Elizabeth

| rowspan="10" |2009
18th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Zac Efron

|High School Musical 3: Senior Year

|Troy Bolton

|The Dark Knight

| Bruce Wayne / Batman

|Fast & Furious

| Dominic Toretto

|Iron Man

|Tony Stark / Iron Man

|Eagle Eye

| Jerry & Ethan Shaw

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Kristen Stewart

|Twilight

|Bella Swan

|Bride Wars

| Emma Allen

|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

| Queenie

|Wanted

| Fox

|The Reader

| Hanna Schmitz

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| rowspan="10" |2010
19th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Robert Pattinson

|The Twilight Saga: New Moon

|Edward Cullen

|17 Again

| Mike O'Donnell

|The Twilight Saga: New Moon

|Jacob Black

|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

|Harry Potter

|Dear John

| John Tyree

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Kristen Stewart

|The Twilight Saga: New Moon

|Bella Swan

|The Blind Side

| Leigh Anne Tuohy

|Avatar

| Neytiri

|Dear John

| Savannah Lynn Curtis

|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

|Hermione Granger

| rowspan="10" |2011
20th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Robert Pattinson

|The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

|Edward Cullen

|Charlie St. Cloud

| Charlie St. Cloud

|The Social Network

|Mark Zuckerberg

|The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

|Jacob Black

|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

|Harry Potter

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Kristen Stewart

|The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

|Bella Swan

|Just Go with It

| Katherine Murphy / "Devlin Maccabee"

|Black Swan

| Nina Sayers

|Easy A

| Olive Penderghast

|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

|Hermione Granger

| rowspan="10" |2012
21st

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Josh Hutcherson

|The Hunger Games

|Peeta Mellark

|50/50

| Adam Lerner

|Drive

| Driver

|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

|Harry Potter

|The Vow

| Leo Collins

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Jennifer Lawrence

|The Hunger Games

|Katniss Everdeen

|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

|Lisbeth Salander

|Bridesmaids

| Annie Walker

|Crazy, Stupid, Love

| Hannah Weaver

|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

|Hermione Granger

| rowspan="10" |2013
22nd

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Bradley Cooper

|Silver Linings Playbook

|Pat Solitano Jr.

|Argo

|Tony Mendez

|Magic Mike

| Michael "Magic Mike" Lane

|Lincoln

|Abraham Lincoln

|Django Unchained

| Django

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Jennifer Lawrence

|Silver Linings Playbook

|Tiffany Maxwell

|Les Misérables

|Fantine

|Ted

| Lori Collins

|The Perks of Being a Wallflower

| Sam

|Pitch Perfect

| Fat Amy

| rowspan="10" |2014
23rd

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Josh Hutcherson

|The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

|Peeta Mellark

|American Hustle

| Richie DiMaso

|12 Years a Slave

|Solomon Northup

|The Wolf of Wall Street

|Jordan Belfort

|Dallas Buyers Club

|Ron Woodroof

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Jennifer Lawrence

|The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

|Katniss Everdeen

|American Hustle

| Sydney Prosser

|We're the Millers

| Rose O'Reilly

|12 Years a Slave

| Patsey

|Gravity

| Dr. Ryan Stone

| rowspan="10" |2015
24th

| rowspan="5" |Male Performance

|Bradley Cooper

|American Sniper

|Chris Kyle

|The Fault in Our Stars

| Augustus Waters

|Foxcatcher

|Mark Schultz

|Guardians of the Galaxy

|Peter Quill / Star-Lord

|Whiplash

| Andrew Neiman

| rowspan="5" |Female Performance

|Shailene Woodley

|The Fault in Our Stars

|Hazel Grace Lancaster

|Lucy

| Lucy

|The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

|Katniss Everdeen

|Birdman

| Sam Thomson

|Wild

|Cheryl Strayed

| rowspan="12" |2016
25th

| rowspan="6" |Male Performance

|Leonardo DiCaprio

|The Revenant

|Hugh Glass

|The Martian

| Mark Watney

|Creed

|Donnie Creed

|Jurassic World

| Owen Grady

|Deadpool

|Wade Wilson / Deadpool

|Concussion

|Dr. Bennet Omalu

| rowspan="6" |Female Performance

|Charlize Theron

|Mad Max: Fury Road

|Imperator Furiosa

|Ex Machina

| Ava

|Pitch Perfect 2

| Beca Mitchell

|Star Wars: The Force Awakens

|Rey

|Joy

|Joy Mangano

|Deadpool

|Vanessa James

| rowspan="6" |2017
26th

| rowspan="6" |Best Performance
(Combined)

|Emma Watson

|Beauty and the Beast

|Belle

|Hidden Figures

|Katherine Goble Johnson

|Logan

|James Howlett / Logan

|Get Out

| Chris Washington

|Split

| Kevin Wendell Crumb

|The Edge of Seventeen

| Nadine Franklin

| rowspan="5" |2018
27th

| rowspan="5" |Best Performance
(Combined)

|Chadwick Boseman

|Black Panther

|T'Challa / Black Panther

|Call Me by Your Name

| Elio Perlman

|Baby Driver

| Miles "Baby"

|Star Wars: The Last Jedi

|Rey

|Lady Bird

| Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson

| rowspan="5" |2019
28th

| rowspan="5" |Best Performance
(Combined)

|Lady Gaga

|A Star Is Born

|Ally Maine

|The Hate U Give

| Starr Carter

|Us

| Red

|Bohemian Rhapsody

|Freddie Mercury

|Bird Box

| Malorie

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| rowspan="5" |2021
29th

| rowspan="5" |Best Performance
(Combined)

|Chadwick Boseman

|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

|Levee Green

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|The Trial of the Chicago 7

|Abbie Hoffman

|Judas and the Black Messiah

|Fred Hampton

|Promising Young Woman

|Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas

|Malcolm & Marie

|Marie

| rowspan="5" |2022
30th

| rowspan="5" |Best Performance
(Combined)

| Tom Holland

| Spider-Man: No Way Home

| Peter Parker / Spider-Man

| rowspan="5" align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2022-mtv-movie-tv-awards-nominations-nominees-list-1235144436/|title= MTV Movie & TV Awards: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Leads With Seven Nominations|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Hilary|last=Lewis|date=May 11, 2022}}

| House of Gucci

| Patrizia Reggiani

|The Batman

| Bruce Wayne / Batman

| The Lost City

| Loretta Sage

| Dune

| Paul Atreides

| rowspan="6" |2023
31st

| rowspan="6" |Best Performance
(Combined)

|Tom Cruise

|Top Gun: Maverick

|Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

| rowspan="6" align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mtv-movie-and-tv-award-2023-nominations-1235366429//|title= 'Top Gun: Maverick,' 'Stranger Things' and 'The Last of Us' Lead 2023 MTV Movie & TV Award Nominations|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Christy|last=Piña|date=April 5, 2023}}

|Elvis

|Elvis Presley

|Don't Worry Darling

|Alice

|Nope

|Emerald "Em" Haywood

|Creed III

|Adonis "Donnie" Creed

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! scope="col" align="center" | Actors

| Tom Cruise

| Chadwick Boseman

! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations

! scope="col" align="center" | Actor

| Sandra Bullock

| Tom Cruise

| Tom Hanks

| Matt Damon