David di Donatello for Best Actor

David di Donatello Award for Best Actor
Fabrizio Gifuni is the current recipient of the award (2023)
CountryItaly
Presented byAccademia del Cinema Italiano
First awarded1956 (for lead acting in films released during the 1955/1956 film season)
Currently held byFabrizio Gifuni — Exterior Night (2023)
Websitedaviddidonatello.it

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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  2. ^ a b Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema [The awards of cinema] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 251–252. ISBN 8877422211.
  3. ^ "David di Donatello: chi sono i più premiati di sempre?" [David di Donatello awards: who are the all-time most awarded?]. Sky TG24 (in Italian). 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ^ Niola, Gabriele (12 December 2018). "Ecco i nuovi David di Donatello: nuova giuria, nuovo sistema di votazione, nuovi possibili candidati. Fuori lo streaming". Badtaste.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Regolamento". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.