Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

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Golden Globe Award category film award

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in comedic or musical films.

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Label	Occurrences
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy canonical	105
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	4
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Colin Farrell)	2
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Sacha Baron Cohen)	2
Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	2
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Golden Globe) for John Travolta	1
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Christoph Waltz)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (won by Colin Farrell)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Anthony Quinn)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Bill Murray)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Donald O'Connor)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Johnny Depp)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Steve Martin)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (for Paul Giamatti)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (for Robert Downey Jr.)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (for Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for A Touch of Class	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Seven Year Itch	1
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	1
Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T309266 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Context triple: [Matt Damon, awardReceived, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]

A. Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in comedic or musical films.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
D. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in dramatic feature films.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Target entity description: The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in comedic or musical films.

A. Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in comedic or musical films.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
D. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in dramatic feature films.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Golden Globe Award category ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
awardCeremonyLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding performance in a leading role in a comedy film ⓘ outstanding performance in a leading role in a musical film ⓘ
awardFor	best performance by an actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy ⓘ
categoryOf	motion picture awards ⓘ
categoryType	acting award ⓘ
ceremonyBroadcastOn	television ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibility	male actors in leading roles in musical or comedy motion pictures ⓘ
field	cinema ⓘ
firstAwarded	early 1950s ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genreFocus	comedy films ⓘ musical films ⓘ
hasAwardedSince	1950s ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasParentOrganization	Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ
hasTrophy	Golden Globe statuette ⓘ
inception	1951 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
medium	motion picture ⓘ
notableRecipient	Colin Farrell ⓘ Jack Lemmon ⓘ Jim Carrey ⓘ Robin Williams ⓘ Ryan Gosling ⓘ
organizer	Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ
partOf	Golden Globe Awards for film ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award
performanceType	lead role ⓘ
presentedAt	Golden Globe Awards ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award
presentedBy	Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ
relatedAward	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
scope	international films released in the United States ⓘ
selectionCriterion	artistic merit of performance ⓘ critical acclaim ⓘ impact of performance on film ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by Hollywood Foreign Press Association members ⓘ
separatedFrom	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
separationYear	1951 ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	previous calendar year ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime	January ⓘ

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Matt Damon → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Leonardo DiCaprio → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Singin' in the Rain → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Donald O'Connor) ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama → hasRelatedAward → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture → relatedAward → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Bill Murray → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Johnny Depp → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Richard Dreyfuss → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen → awardNomination → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy → relatedAward → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Morgan Freeman → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Jack Black → nominatedFor → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Hugh Grant → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

The Informant! → awardNomination → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

La La Land → wonGoldenGlobe → Best Actor – Musical or Comedy ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Grand Budapest Hotel → nominatedFor → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Kris Kristofferson → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Gene Kelly → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Breakfast on Pluto → awardReceived → Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy → alsoKnownAs → Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Christian Bale → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Taron Egerton → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Leonardo DiCaprio → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

subject linked to: Leonardo

Paul Giamatti → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Colin Farrell → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Jamie Foxx → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Ryan Reynolds → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Joaquin Phoenix → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Michael Keaton → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Lost in Translation → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

St. Vincent → notableAwardNomination → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Bill Murray) ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Broken Flowers → nominatedFor → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Up in the Air → awardNominatedFor → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

William James Murray → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Andrew Garfield → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Daniel Craig → awardReceived → Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Richard Gere → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Good Morning, Vietnam → hasAwardWon → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Last Chance Harvey → awardNomination → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Jeffrey Wright → nominatedFor → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Richard Dreyfuss → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

subject linked to: Dreyfuss

The Tourist → awardNomination → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Johnny Depp) ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Gérard Depardieu → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Bulworth → hasAwardNomination → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Hugh Jackman → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Jerry Maguire → goldenGlobeWon → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

subject linked to: Jerry Maguire (film)

Jean Dujardin → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Aaron Eckhart → nominatedFor → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Ryan Gosling → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Big Eyes → nominatedFor → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Christoph Waltz) ⓘ

linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

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