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	84
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 – 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 nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	1
Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe for Best Actor in a 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
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 Award ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Awards for film
performanceType	lead role ⓘ
presentedAt	Golden Globe Award ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Awards
presentedBy	Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ
relatedAward	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – 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 – Drama ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture
separationYear	1951 ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	previous calendar year ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime	January ⓘ

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George Segal → awardNomination → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

George Segal → winnerOf → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for A Touch of Class

Jim Carrey → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

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

Tony Curtis → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (for Paul Giamatti)

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this entity surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (for Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat)

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this entity surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Sacha Baron Cohen)

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this entity surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Colin Farrell)

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