Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

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Golden Globe Award category film award

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.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	93
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama canonical	17
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture	3
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Boy Erased	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Drama	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Drama (Ryan Gosling)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Denzel Washington)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (for Selma)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for A Beautiful Mind	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for The Last King of Scotland	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama – Manchester by the Sea	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama – The King’s Speech	1
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	1
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama	1
Golden Globe for Best Actor – Drama	1
Golden Globe nomination for The Godfather Part III	1
Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T57252 — 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 in a Motion Picture – Drama
Context triple: [Oppenheimer (2023 film), awardReceived, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]

A. 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.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
C. Academy Award for Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
D. Academy Award
The Academy Award is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements.
E. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in a film.
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 in a Motion Picture – Drama
Target entity description: 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.

A. 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.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
C. Academy Award for Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
D. Academy Award
The Academy Award is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements.
E. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in a film.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Golden Globe Award category ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe for Best Actor – Drama
awardCategoryOf	Golden Globe Award ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Awards
awardedBy	Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ
awardedForYearOfRelease	previous calendar year ⓘ
awardFor	best performance by an actor in a leading role in a motion picture – drama ⓘ
awardingBodyType	press association ⓘ
ceremonyHeldIn	January ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligiblePerformers	male actors ⓘ
field	acting ⓘ
firstAwarded	1951 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderRestriction	male ⓘ
genreFocus	drama film ⓘ
hasCategoryOn	Wikipedia ⓘ
hasRelatedAward	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
headquartersOfPresenter	Los Angeles ⓘ
inception	1951 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Beverly Hills Los Angeles ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ
notableRecipient	Al Pacino ⓘ Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ Denzel Washington ⓘ Gary Oldman ⓘ Jack Nicholson ⓘ Joaquin Phoenix ⓘ Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ Marlon Brando ⓘ Russell Crowe ⓘ Tom Hanks ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.goldenglobes.com ⓘ
organizer	Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ
partOf	Golden Globe Award ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Awards
performanceType	leading role ⓘ
presentedBy	Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ
presentedInLanguage	English ⓘ
scope	international cinema ⓘ
selectionMethod	voting by Hollywood Foreign Press Association members ⓘ
separatedFrom	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture
separationYear	1951 ⓘ
significance	major American film acting award ⓘ
typicalCeremonyVenue	The Beverly Hilton ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (127)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lucas Hedges → nominatedFor → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Boy Erased

Rodney Stephen Steiger → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ

subject surface form: Rod Steiger