This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award Winners and Nominees for Best Performance from 1992 on Awards. In all but three years, the awards are separated into male and female categories.
- "†" indicates an Academy Award - Winning Performance.
- "‡" indicates an Academy Award - Nominated Performance.
Winners and Nominees[]
1990s[]
| Year | Category | Actor | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 1st |
Male Performance | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | The Terminator |
| Kevin Costner | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Robin Hood | ||
| Robert De Niro ‡ | Cape Fear | Max Cady | ||
| Val Kilmer | The Doors | Jim Morrison | ||
| Robin Williams ‡ | The Fisher King | Henry Sagan/Parry | ||
| Female Performance | Linda Hamilton | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Sarah Connor | |
| Geena Davis ‡ | Thelma and Louise | Thelma Dickinson | ||
| Rebecca De Mornay | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Peyton Flanders | ||
| Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Maid Marian | ||
| Julia Roberts | Dying Young | Hilary O'Neil | ||
| 1993 2nd |
Male Performance | Denzel Washington ‡ | Malcolm X | Malcolm X |
| Kevin Costner | The Bodyguard | Frank Farmer | ||
| Tom Cruise | A Few Good Men | Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee | ||
| Michael Douglas | Basic Instinct | Nick Curran | ||
| Jack Nicholson ‡ | A Few Good Men | Col. Nathan Jessep | ||
| Female Performance | Sharon Stone | Basic Instinct | Catherine Tramell | |
| Geena Davis | A League of Their Own | Dottie Hinson | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier | ||
| Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard | Rachel Marron | ||
| Demi Moore | A Few Good Men | Lt. Commander Joanne Galloway | ||
| 1994 3rd |
Male Performance | Tom Hanks † | Philadelphia | Andrew Beckett |
| Tom Cruise | The Firm | Mitch McDeere | ||
| Harrison Ford | The Fugitive | Dr. Richard Kimble | ||
| Val Kilmer | Tombstone | Doc Holliday | ||
| Robin Williams | Mrs. Doubtfire | Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire | ||
| Female Performance | Janet Jackson | Poetic Justice | Justice | |
| Angela Bassett ‡ | What's Love Got to Do with It | Tina Turner | ||
| Demi Moore | Indecent Proposal | Diana Murphy | ||
| Julia Roberts | The Pelican Brief | Darby Shaw | ||
| Meg Ryan | Sleepless in Seattle | Annie Reed | ||
| 1995 4th |
Male Performance | Brad Pitt | Interview with the Vampire | Louis |
| Tom Hanks † | Forrest Gump | Forrest Gump | ||
| Brandon Lee | The Crow | Eric Draven/The Crow | ||
| Keanu Reeves | Speed | Jack Traven | ||
| John Travolta ‡ | Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega | ||
| Female Performance | Sandra Bullock | Speed | Annie Porter | |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | True Lies | Helen Tasker | ||
| Jodie Foster ‡ | Nell | Nell Kellty | ||
| Meg Ryan | When a Man Loves a Woman | Alice Green | ||
| Uma Thurman ‡ | Pulp Fiction | Mia Wallace | ||
| 1996 5th |
Male Performance | Jim Carrey | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Ace Ventura |
| Mel Gibson | Braveheart | William Wallace | ||
| Tom Hanks | Apollo 13 | Jim Lovell | ||
| Brad Pitt ‡ | 12 Monkeys | Jeffrey Goines | ||
| Denzel Washington | Crimson Tide | Lieutenant Commander Ron Hunter | ||
| Female Performance | Alicia Silverstone | Clueless | Cher Horowitz | |
| Sandra Bullock | While You Were Sleeping | Lucy Eleanor Moderatz | ||
| Michelle Pfeiffer | Dangerous Minds | LouAnne Johnson | ||
| Susan Sarandon † | Dead Man Walking | Sister Helen Prejean | ||
| Sharon Stone ‡ | Casino | Ginger McKenna | ||
| 1997 6th |
Male Performance | Tom Cruise ‡ | Jerry Maguire | Jerry Maguire |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Romeo + Juliet | Romeo | ||
| Eddie Murphy | The Nutty Professor | Sherman Klump | ||
| Will Smith | Independence Day | Steven Hiller | ||
| John Travolta | Phenomenon | George Malley | ||
| Female Performance | Claire Danes | Romeo + Juliet | Juliet | |
| Sandra Bullock | A Time to Kill | Ellen Roark | ||
| Neve Campbell | Scream | Sidney Prescott | ||
| Helen Hunt | Twister | Jo Harding | ||
| Madonna | Evita | Eva Peron | ||
| 1998 7th |
Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio | Titanic | Jack Dawson |
| Nicolas Cage | Face/Off | Castor Troy | ||
| Matt Damon ‡ | Good Will Hunting | Will Hunting | ||
| Samuel L. Jackson | Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | ||
| John Travolta | Face/Off | Sean Archer | ||
| Female Performance | Neve Campbell | Scream 2 | Sidney Prescott | |
| Vivica A. Fox | Soul Food | Maxine Chadway | ||
| Helen Hunt † | As Good as It Gets | Carol Connelly | ||
| Julia Roberts | My Best Friend's Wedding | Julianne Potters | ||
| Kate Winslet ‡ | Titanic | Rose DeWitt Bukater | ||
| 1999 8th |
Male Performance | Jim Carrey | The Truman Show | Truman Burbank |
| Ben Affleck | Armageddon | A.J. Frost | ||
| Tom Hanks ‡ | Saving Private Ryan | John Miller | ||
| Adam Sandler | The Waterboy | Bobby Boucher | ||
| Will Smith | Enemy of the State | Robert Dean | ||
| Female Performance | Cameron Diaz | There's Something About Mary | Mary Jensen | |
| Jennifer Love Hewitt | Can't Hardly Wait | Amanda Beckett | ||
| Jennifer Lopez | Out of Sight | Karen Sisco | ||
| Gwyneth Paltrow † | Shakespeare in Love | Viola de Lesseps | ||
| Liv Tyler | Armageddon | Grace Stamper |
2000s[]
| Year | Category | Actor | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 9th |
Male Performance | Keanu Reeves | The Matrix | Neo |
| Jim Carrey | Man on the Moon | Andy Kaufman | ||
| Ryan Phillippe | Cruel Intentions | Sebastian Valmont | ||
| Adam Sandler | Big Daddy | Sonny Koufax | ||
| Bruce Willis | The Sixth Sense | Dr. Malcolm Crowe | ||
| Female Performance | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Cruel Intentions | Kathryn | |
| Drew Barrymore | Never Been Kissed | Josie Geller | ||
| Neve Campbell | Scream 3 | Sidney Prescott | ||
| Ashley Judd | Double Jeopardy | Libby Parsons | ||
| Julia Roberts | Runaway Bride | Maggie Carpenter | ||
| 2001 10th |
Male Performance | Tom Cruise | Mission: Impossible 2 | Ethan Hunt |
| Russell Crowe † | Gladiator | Maximus | ||
| Omar Epps | Love & Basketball | Quincy McCall | ||
| Mel Gibson | The Patriot | Benjamin Martin | ||
| Tom Hanks ‡ | Cast Away | Chuck Noland | ||
| Female Performance | Julia Roberts † | Erin Brockovich | Erin Brockovich | |
| Aaliyah | Romeo Must Die | Trish O'Day | ||
| Kate Hudson ‡ | Almost Famous | Penny Lane | ||
| Jennifer Lopez | The Cell | Dr. Catherine Deane | ||
| Julia Stiles | Save the Last Dance | Sara Johnson | ||
| 2002 11th |
Male Performance | Will Smith ‡ | Ali | Muhammad Ali |
| Russell Crowe ‡ | A Beautiful Mind | John Nash | ||
| Josh Hartnett | Pearl Harbor | Lieutenant Danny Walker | ||
| Vin Diesel | The Fast and the Furious | Dominic Toretto | ||
| Elijah Wood | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Frodo Baggins | ||
| Female Performance | Nicole Kidman ‡ | Moulin Rouge! | Satine | |
| Kate Beckinsale | Pearl Harbor | Nurse Evelyn Johnson | ||
| Halle Berry † | Monster's Ball | Leticia Musgrove | ||
| Angelina Jolie | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Lara Croft | ||
| Reese Witherspoon | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods | ||
| 2003 12th |
Male Performance | Eminem | 8 Mile | Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith |
| Vin Diesel | xXx | Xander Cage | ||
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Catch Me If You Can | Frank Abagnale | ||
| Tobey Maguire | Spider-Man | Peter Parker / Spider-Man | ||
| Viggo Mortensen | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Aragorn | ||
| Female Performance | Kirsten Dunst | Spider-Man | Mary Jane Watson | |
| Halle Berry | Die Another Day | Jinx | ||
| Kate Hudson | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Andie Anderson | ||
| Queen Latifah ‡ | Chicago | Matron Morton | ||
| Reese Witherspoon | Sweet Home Alabama | Melanie Carmichael | ||
| 2004 13th |
Male Performance | Johnny Depp ‡ | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Jack Sparrow |
| Jim Caviezel | The Passion of the Christ | Jesus Christ | ||
| Tom Cruise | The Last Samurai | Cpt. Nathan Algren | ||
| Bill Murray ‡ | Lost in Translation | Bob Harris | ||
| Adam Sandler | 50 First Dates | Henry Roth | ||
| Female Performance | Uma Thurman | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | The Bride | |
| Drew Barrymore | 50 First Dates | Lucy Whitmore | ||
| Halle Berry | Gothika | Miranda Grey | ||
| Queen Latifah | Bringing Down the House | Charlene Morton | ||
| Charlize Theron † | Monster | Aileen Wuornos | ||
| 2005 14th |
Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio ‡ | The Aviator | Howard Hughes |
| Matt Damon | The Bourne Supremacy | Jason Bourne | ||
| Jamie Foxx † | Ray | Ray Charles | ||
| Brad Pitt | Troy | Achilles | ||
| Will Smith | Hitch | Hitch | ||
| Female Performance | Lindsay Lohan | Mean Girls | Cady Heron | |
| Rachel McAdams | The Notebook | Allie Hamilton | ||
| Natalie Portman | Garden State | Sam | ||
| Hilary Swank † | Million Dollar Baby | Maggie Fitzgerald | ||
| Uma Thurman | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | The Bride | ||
| 2006 15th |
Best Performance (Combined) |
Jake Gyllenhaal ‡ | Brokeback Mountain | Jack Twist |
| Steve Carell | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Andy Stitzer | ||
| Terrence Howard ‡ | Hustle & Flow | DJay | ||
| Rachel McAdams | Red Eye | Lisa Reisert | ||
| Joaquin Phoenix ‡ | Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | ||
| Reese Witherspoon † | Walk the Line | June Carter Cash | ||
| 2007 16th |
Best Performance (Combined) |
Johnny Depp | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Jack Sparrow |
| Gerard Butler | 300 | Leonidas | ||
| Jennifer Hudson ‡ | Dreamgirls | Effie White | ||
| Keira Knightley | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Elizabeth | ||
| Beyoncé | Dreamgirls | Deena Jones | ||
| Will Smith ‡ | The Pursuit of Happyness | Chris Gardner | ||
| 2008 17th |
Male Performance | Will Smith | I Am Legend | Robert Neville |
| Michael Cera | Juno | Paulie Bleeker | ||
| Matt Damon | The Bourne Ultimatum | Jason Bourne | ||
| Shia LaBeouf | Transformers | Sam Witwicky | ||
| Denzel Washington | American Gangster | Frank Lucas | ||
| Female Performance | Ellen Page ‡ | Juno | Juno MacGuff | |
| Amy Adams | Enchanted | Giselle | ||
| Jessica Biel | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Alex McDonough | ||
| Katherine Heigl | Knocked Up | Alison Scott | ||
| Keira Knightley | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Elizabeth | ||
| 2009 18th |
Male Performance | Zac Efron | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Troy Bolton |
| Christian Bale | The Dark Knight | Bruce Wayne / Batman | ||
| Vin Diesel | Fast & Furious | Dominic Toretto | ||
| Robert Downey, Jr. | Iron Man | Tony Stark / Iron Man | ||
| Shia LaBeouf | Eagle Eye | Jerry & Ethan Shaw | ||
| Female Performance | Kristen Stewart | Twilight | Bella Swan | |
| Anne Hathaway | Bride Wars | Emma Allen | ||
| Taraji P. Henson ‡ | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie | ||
| Angelina Jolie | Wanted | Fox | ||
| Kate Winslet † | The Reader | Hanna Schmitz |
2010s[]
| Year | Category | Actor | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 19th |
Male Performance | Robert Pattinson | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Edward Cullen |
| Zac Efron | 17 Again | Mike O'Donnell | ||
| Taylor Lautner | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Jacob Black | ||
| Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Harry Potter | ||
| Channing Tatum | Dear John | John Tyree | ||
| Female Performance | Kristen Stewart | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Bella Swan | |
| Sandra Bullock † | The Blind Side | Leigh Anne Tuohy | ||
| Zoe Saldana | Avatar | Neytiri | ||
| Amanda Seyfried | Dear John | Savannah Lynn Curtis | ||
| Emma Watson | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Hermione Granger | ||
| 2011 20th |
Male Performance | Robert Pattinson | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Edward Cullen |
| Zac Efron | Charlie St. Cloud | Charlie St. Cloud | ||
| Jesse Eisenberg ‡ | The Social Network | Mark Zuckerberg | ||
| Taylor Lautner | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Jacob Black | ||
| Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Harry Potter | ||
| Female Performance | Kristen Stewart | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Bella Swan | |
| Jennifer Aniston | Just Go with It | Katherine Murphy/"Devlin Maccabee" | ||
| Natalie Portman † | Black Swan | Nina Sayers | ||
| Emma Stone | Easy A | Olive Penderghast | ||
| Emma Watson | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Hermione Granger | ||
| 2012 21st |
Male Performance | Josh Hutcherson | The Hunger Games | Peeta Mellark |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | 50/50 | Adam Lerner | ||
| Ryan Gosling | Drive | Driver | ||
| Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Harry Potter | ||
| Channing Tatum | The Vow | Leo Collins | ||
| Female Performance | Jennifer Lawrence | The Hunger Games | Katniss Everdeen | |
| Rooney Mara ‡ | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Lisbeth Salander | ||
| Kristen Wiig | Bridesmaids | Annie Walker | ||
| Emma Stone | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Hannah Weaver | ||
| Emma Watson | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Hermione Granger | ||
| 2013 22nd |
Male Performance | Bradley Cooper ‡ | Silver Linings Playbook | Pat Solitano Jr. |
| Ben Affleck | Argo | Tony Mendez | ||
| Channing Tatum | Magic Mike | Michael "Magic Mike" Lane | ||
| Daniel Day-Lewis † | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Jamie Foxx | Django Unchained | Django | ||
| Female Performance | Jennifer Lawrence † | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell | |
| Anne Hathaway † | Les Misérables | Fantine | ||
| Mila Kunis | Ted | Lori Collins | ||
| Emma Watson | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Sam | ||
| Rebel Wilson | Pitch Perfect | Fat Amy | ||
| 2014 23rd |
Male Performance | Josh Hutcherson | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Peeta Mellark |
| Bradley Cooper ‡ | American Hustle | Richie DiMaso | ||
| Chiwetel Ejiofor ‡ | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | ||
| Leonardo DiCaprio ‡ | The Wolf of Wall Street | Jordan Belfort | ||
| Matthew McConaughey † | Dallas Buyers Club | Ron Woodroof | ||
| Female Performance | Jennifer Lawrence | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Katniss Everdeen | |
| Amy Adams ‡ | American Hustle | Sydney Prosser | ||
| Jennifer Aniston | We're the Millers | Rose O'Reilly | ||
| Lupita Nyong'o † | 12 Years a Slave | Patsey | ||
| Sandra Bullock ‡ | Gravity | Dr. Ryan Stone | ||
| 2015 24th |
Male Performance | Bradley Cooper ‡ | American Sniper | Chris Kyle |
| Ansel Elgort | The Fault in Our Stars | Augustus Waters | ||
| Channing Tatum | Foxcatcher | Mark Schultz | ||
| Chris Pratt | Guardians of the Galaxy | Peter Quill / Star-Lord | ||
| Miles Teller | Whiplash | Andrew Neiman | ||
| Female Performance | Shailene Woodley | The Fault in Our Stars | Hazel Grace Lancaster | |
| Scarlett Johansson | Lucy | Lucy | ||
| Jennifer Lawrence | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Katniss Everdeen | ||
| Emma Stone ‡ | Birdman | Sam Thomson | ||
| Reese Witherspoon ‡ | Wild | Cheryl Strayed | ||
| 2016 25th |
Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio † | The Revenant | Hugh Glass |
| Matt Damon ‡ | The Martian | Mark Watney | ||
| Michael B. Jordan | Creed | Adonis Creed | ||
| Chris Pratt | Jurassic World | Owen Grady | ||
| Ryan Reynolds | Deadpool | Wade Wilson / Deadpool | ||
| Will Smith | Concussion | Dr. Bennet Omalu | ||
| Female Performance | Charlize Theron | Mad Max: Fury Road | Imperator Furiosa | |
| Alicia Vikander | Ex Machina | Ava | ||
| Anna Kendrick | Pitch Perfect 2 | Beca Mitchell | ||
| Daisy Ridley | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Rey | ||
| Jennifer Lawrence ‡ | Joy | Joy Mangano | ||
| Morena Baccarin | Deadpool | Vanessa James | ||
| 2017 26th |
Best Performance (Combined) |
Emma Watson | Beauty and the Beast | Belle |
| Taraji P. Henson | Hidden Figures | Katherine Goble Johnson | ||
| Hugh Jackman | Logan | James Howlett / Logan | ||
| Daniel Kaluuya ‡ | Get Out | Chris Washington | ||
| James McAvoy | Split | Kevin Wendell Crumb | ||
| Hailee Steinfeld | The Edge of Seventeen | Nadine Franklin | ||
| 2018 27th |
Best Performance (Combined) |
Chadwick Boseman | Black Panther | T'Challa / Black Panther |
| Timothée Chalamet ‡ | Call Me by Your Name | Elio Perlman | ||
| Ansel Elgort | Baby Driver | Miles "Baby" | ||
| Daisy Ridley | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Rey | ||
| Saoirse Ronan ‡ | Lady Bird | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson |
Multiple wins and nominations[]
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The following individuals received two or more awards:
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The following individuals received 4 or more nominations:
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External links[]
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