Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy

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Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy
Christian Bale 2009.jpg
The 2019 recipient: Christian Bale
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy
Location Los Angeles, California
Presented by Broadcast Film Critics Association
Currently held by Christian Bale for Vice (2018)
Website www.criticschoice.com

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. [1]

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Winners and nominees

2010s

YearActorCharacterFilm
2012 Bradley Cooper [2] Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. Silver Linings Playbook
Jack Black Bernie Tiede Bernie
Paul Rudd Pete This Is 40
Channing Tatum Greg Jenko / Brad McQuaid 21 Jump Street
Mark Wahlberg John Bennett Ted
2013 Leonardo DiCaprio Jordan Belfort The Wolf of Wall Street
Christian Bale Irving Rosenfeld American Hustle
James Gandolfini Albert Enough Said
Simon Pegg Gary King The World's End
Sam Rockwell Owen The Way, Way Back
2014 Michael Keaton Riggan Thomson Birdman
Jon Favreau Carl Casper Chef
Ralph Fiennes Monsieur Gustave H. The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bill Murray Vincent MacKenna St. Vincent
Chris Rock Andre Allen Top Five
Channing Tatum Greg Jenko 22 Jump Street
2015 Christian Bale Michael Burry The Big Short
Steve Carell Mark Baum The Big Short
Robert De Niro Ben Whitaker The Intern
Bill Hader Dr. Aaron Conners Trainwreck
Jason Statham Rick Ford Spy
2016 Ryan Reynolds Wade Wilson / Deadpool Deadpool
Ryan Gosling Holland March The Nice Guys
Hugh Grant St. Clair Bayfield Florence Foster Jenkins
Dwayne Johnson Robbie Wheirdicht / Bob Stone Central Intelligence
Viggo Mortensen Ben Cash Captain Fantastic
2017 James Franco Tommy Wiseau The Disaster Artist
Steve Carell Bobby Riggs Battle of the Sexes
Chris Hemsworth Thor Odinson Thor: Ragnarok
Kumail Nanjiani Kumail Nanjiani The Big Sick
Adam Sandler Danny Meyerowitz The Meyerowitz Stories
2018 Christian Bale Dick Cheney Vice
Jason Bateman Max Davis Game Night
Viggo Mortensen Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga Green Book
John C. Reilly Oliver Hardy Stan & Ollie
Ryan Reynolds Wade Wilson / Deadpool Deadpool 2
Lakeith Stanfield Cassius "Cash" Green Sorry to Bother You

Multiple nominees

Multiple winners

2 wins

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References

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  2. Hetrick, Adam (11 December 2012). "Les Misérables Film Earns 11 Critics' Choice Movie Award Nominations". Playbill . Retrieved 19 October 2022.