The Goya Award for Best Actor (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación masculina protagonista) is one of the Goya Awards presented annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE) since the awards debuted in 1986. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Spanish film.
At the 1st Goya Awards, Fernando Fernán Gómez was the first winner of this award for his role as Emiliano in Mambrú Went to War. Javier Bardem holds the record of most wins in the category with five victories. Other multiple winners are Luis Tosar, Eduard Fernández, Alfredo Landa, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Javier Gutiérrez, all with two victories each. Bardem is also the most nominated actor for the award with ten nominations, followed by Tosar with eight.
Actors that won or were nominated for this category have had a significant presence in several film festivals both Spanish and international: Imanol Arias ('), Fernando Rey (Winter Diary), Juan Echanove (Madregilda), Luis Tosar (Take My Eyes), Juan José Ballesta (7 Virgins), Juan Diego (Go Away from Me), José Sacristán (The Dead Man and Being Happy), Javier Gutiérrez (Marshland), Ricardo DarÃÂn (Truman) and Eduard Fernández (Smoke & Mirrors), all have received the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Juan Luis Galiardo (Goodbye from the Heart), Javier Cámara (Torremolinos 73, Chef's Special) and Alberto San Juan (Under the Stars) received the Best Actor award at the Málaga Film Festival. Javier Bardem received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Sea Inside. Finally, at Cannes, Benicio del Toro (') and Antonio Bandera (Pain and Glory) won Best Actor.
At the 92nd Academy Awards, Banderas was nominated for Best Actor for Pain and Glory (2019).
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
The following 17 winners of the Goya Award for Best Actor have received multiple nominations for the award.