David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor

Former annual Italian film award

The David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior attore straniero) is a category in the David di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy’s answer to the Oscars".[1] It was awarded by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of non-Italian film actors during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was created during the second edition of the ceremony, in 1957, and cancelled after the 1996 event.[2]

Dustin Hoffman, with four awards, was the record-holder in this category.
Laurence Olivier was the first actor to win this award, in 1957.
Harvey Keitel was the final winner in the category, in 1996.

Winners

1950s

1957

  • Laurence Olivier - Richard III

1958

  • Marlon Brando - Sayonara (ex aequo)
  • Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution

1959

  • Jean Gabin - The Possessors

1960s

1960

  • Cary Grant - North by Northwest

1961

  • Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur

1962

  • Anthony Perkins - Goodbye Again (ex aequo)
  • Spencer Tracy - Judgment at Nuremberg

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

1970

1971

1972

  • Topol - Fiddler on the Roof

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980s

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

References

  1. ^ Ariston Anderson, "'Spotlight,' 'Inside Out' Among Nominees for Italian Oscars," The Hollywood Reporter, 22 March 2016, URL accessed 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Cronologia dei premi David di Donatello" [Chronology of David di Donatello awards]. daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.

External links

  • David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor at IMDb
  • David di Donatello official website
  • Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
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