The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critics.

This is the list of Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Actor. Marcello Mastroianni is the record holder with seven Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Actor received from 1955 to 1991, followed by Vittorio Gassman and Nino Manfredi, both four times winners.

1940s 1946 – Andrea Checchi – Two Anonymous Letters 1947 – Amedeo Nazzari – The Bandit 1948 – Vittorio De Sica – Heart 1949 – Massimo Girotti – In the Name of the Law

1950s 1950 – not awarded 1951 – Aldo Fabrizi – Father's Dilemma 1952 – Totò – Cops and Robbers 1953 – Renato Rascel – The Overcoat 1954 – Nino Taranto – Easy Years 1955 – Marcello Mastroianni – Days of Love 1956 – Alberto Sordi – The Bachelor 1957 – not awarded 1958 – Marcello Mastroianni – White Nights 1959 – Vittorio Gassman – Big Deal on Madonna Street

1960s 1960 – Alberto Sordi – The Great War 1961 – Marcello Mastroianni – La Dolce Vita 1962 – Marcello Mastroianni – Divorce, Italian Style 1963 – Vittorio Gassman – The Easy Life 1964 – Ugo Tognazzi – The Conjugal Bed 1965 – Saro Urzì – Seduced and Abandoned 1966 – Nino Manfredi – Questa volta parliamo di uomini 1967 – Totò – The Hawks and the Sparrows 1968 – Gian Maria Volonté – We Still Kill the Old Way 1969 – Ugo Tognazzi – La bambolona

1970s 1970 – Nino Manfredi – The Conspirators 1971 – Gian Maria Volonté – Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 1972 – Riccardo Cucciolla – Sacco e Vanzetti 1973 – Giancarlo Giannini – The Seduction of Mimi 1974 – Giancarlo Giannini – Love and Anarchy 1975 – Vittorio Gassman – Scent of a Woman 1976 – Michele Placido – Victory March 1977 – Alberto Sordi – An Average Little Man 1978 – Nino Manfredi – In the Name of the Pope King 1979 – Flavio Bucci – Ligabue

1980s 1980 – Nino Manfredi – Café express 1981 – Vittorio Mezzogiorno – Three Brothers 1982 – Ugo Tognazzi – Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man 1983 – Francesco Nuti – The Pool Hustlers 1984 – Carlo Delle Piane – A School Outing 1985 – Michele Placido – Pizza connection 1986 – Marcello Mastroianni – Ginger and Fred 1987 – Roberto Benigni – Down by Law (in English language) 1988 – Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes 1989 – Gian Maria Volonté – The Abyss (in French language)

1990s 1990 – Vittorio Gassman – The Sleazy Uncle 1991 – Marcello Mastroianni – Towards Evening 1992 – Roberto Benigni – Johnny Stecchino 1993 – Diego Abatantuono – Puerto Escondido 1994 – Paolo Villaggio – The Secret of the Old Woods 1995 – Alessandro Haber – The True Life of Antonio H. 1996 – Sergio Castellitto – The Star Maker 1997 – Leonardo Pieraccioni – Il ciclone 1998 – Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful 1999 – Giancarlo Giannini – The Room of the Scirocco

2000s 2000 – Silvio Orlando – I Prefer the Sound of the Sea 2001 – Stefano Accorsi – The Ignorant Fairies 2002 – Sergio Castellitto – My Mother's Smile 2003 Neri Marcorè – Incantato Gigi Proietti – Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata 2004 Alessio Boni, Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Andrea Tidona – The Best of Youth Roberto Herlitzka – Good Morning, Night 2005 – Toni Servillo – The Consequences of Love 2006 – Pierfrancesco Favino, Kim Rossi Stuart, Claudio Santamaria – Romanzo criminale 2007 – Silvio Orlando – The Caiman 2008 – Toni Servillo – The Girl by the Lake 2009 – Toni Servillo – Il Divo

2010s 2010 Elio Germano – La nostra vita Christian De Sica – The Youngest Son 2011 – Kim Rossi Stuart – Angel of Evil 2012 – Pierfrancesco Favino – ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards and Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy 2013 – Aniello Arena – Reality 2014 – Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Fabrizio Gifuni – Human Capital 2015 – Alessandro Gassmann – An Italian Name and The Dinner 2016 – Stefano Accorsi – Italian Race 2017 – Renato Carpentieri – Tenderness 2018 – Marcello Fonte and Edoardo Pesce – Dogman 2019 – Pierfrancesco Favino – The Traitor

2020s 2020 – Pierfrancesco Favino – Hammamet 2021 – Kim Rossi Stuart – Everything's Gonna Be Alright 2022 – Pierfrancesco Favino – Nostalgia Silvio Orlando – The Inner Cage and The Hidden Child (shared) 2023 – Alessandro Borghi and Luca Marinelli - The Eight Mountains (shared) 2024 – Michele Riondino - Palazzina Laf 2025 – Fabrizio Gifuni - Il tempo che ci vuole

See also David di Donatello for Best Actor Cinema of Italy

References

External links Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists official site