Esta é uma lista com os vencedores do prêmio Globo de Ouro na categoria de melhor ator em comédia ou musical.
Em 1951, a Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Associação de Imprensa Estrangeira de Hollywood) separou a categoria de melhor ator em um filme em duas. Antes disso, havia um único prêmio de melhor ator mas a divisão permitiu que atores que trabalhassem em filmes dramáticos e cômicos ou musicais fossem premiados separadamente.
O título formal da categoria variou desde sua criação. Desde 2005 é oficialmente chamado de melhor atuação de um ator em filme cômico ou musical. Em 2016, a regra mudou: os filmes de comédia em tom de drama serão indicados na categoria de Globo de Ouro de melhor ator em filme dramático e Globo de Ouro de Melhor Filme Dramático.
Vencedores e nomeados Nota: "†" indica o vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Ator no mesmo ano. "‡" indica uma indicação ao Oscar "§" indica um vencedor do Globo de Ouro mas que não foi nomeado ao Óscar.
Anos 1950 1950 - Fred Astaire, Three Little Words 1951 - Danny Kaye, On the Riviera 1952 - Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain 1953 - David Niven, The Moon Is Blue 1954 - James Mason, A Star Is Born 1955 - Tom Ewell, The Seven Year Itch 1956 - Cantinflas, Around the World in Eighty Days 1957 - Frank Sinatra, Pal Joey 1958 - Danny Kaye, Me and the Colonel 1959 - Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot
Anos 1960 Ano Ator Personagem Filme 1960 Jack Lemmon ‡ C. C. Baxter The Apartment Dirk Bogarde Franz Liszt Song Without End Cantinflas Pepe Pepe Cary Grant Victor, Earl de Rhyall The Grass Is Greener Sidney Poitier Porgy Porgy and Bess Bob Hope Larry Gilbert The Facts of Life 1961 Glenn Ford Dave, o Cara Pocketful of Miracles Fred Astaire Pogo Poole The Pleasure of His Company Richard Beymer Tony West Side Story Bob Hope Adam Niles Bachelor in Paradise Fred MacMurray Ned Brainard The Absent-Minded Professor 1962 Marcello Mastroianni ‡ Ferdinando Cefalù Divorzio all'italiana Stephen Boyd Sam Rawlins Billy Rose's Jumbo Jimmy Durante Anthony Wonder / Pop Cary Grant Philip Shayne That Touch of Mink Charlton Heston Capitão Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrador The Pigeon That Took Rome Karl Malden Herbie Sommers Gypsy Robert Preston Harold Hill The Music Man James Stewart Roger Hobbs Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation 1963 Alberto Sordi Amedeo Ferretti The Devil Albert Finney ‡ Tom Jones Tom Jones James Garner Henry Tyroon The Wheeler Dealers Cary Grant Brian Cruikshank Charade Jack Lemmon Nestor Paptu / Lorde X Irma la Douce Jack Lemmon Mr. Hogan Under the Yum Yum Tree Frank Sinatra Alan Barker Come Blow Your Horn Jonathan Winters Lennie Pike It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1964 Rex Harrison † Henry Higgins My Fair Lady Marcello Mastroianni Domenico Soriano Matrimonio all'italiana Peter Sellers Inspetor Jacques Clouseau The Pink Panther Peter Ustinov † venceu o Oscar de Melhor Ator Coadjuvante Arthur Simpson Topkapi Dick Van Dyke Bert / Sr. Dawes Mary Poppins 1965 Lee Marvin † Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn Cat Ballou Jack Lemmon Professor Fate/Prince Hapnick The Great Race Jerry Lewis Robert Reed Boeing Boeing Jason Robards Murray Burns A Thousand Clowns Alberto Sordi Count Emilio Ponticelli Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 1966 Alan Arkin ‡ Tenente Rozanov The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Alan Bates Jos Jones Georgy Girl Michael Caine Harry Dean Gambit Lionel Jeffries Stanley Farquhar The Spy with a Cold Nose Walter Matthau † venceu o Oscar de Melhor Ator Coadjuvante Willie Gingrich The Fortune Cookie 1967 Richard Harris Rei Arthur Camelot Richard Burton Petruchio The Taming of the Shrew Rex Harrison Doutor Dolittle Doctor Dolittle Dustin Hoffman Benjamin Braddock The Graduate Ugo Tognazzi Sergio Masini L'immorale 1968 Ron Moody ‡ Fagin Oliver! Fred Astaire Finian McLonergan Finian's Rainbow Jack Lemmon Felix Ungar The Odd Couple Walter Matthau Oscar Madison Zero Mostel Max Bialystock The Producers 1969 Peter O'Toole ‡ Arthur Chipping Goodbye, Mr. Chips Dustin Hoffman John John and Mary Lee Marvin Ben Rumson Paint Your Wagon Steve McQueen Boon Hogganbeck The Reivers Anthony Quinn Italo Bombolini The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Anos 1970 Ano Ator Personagem Filme 1970 Albert Finney Ebenezer Scrooge Scrooge Richard Benjamin Jonathan Balser Diary of a Mad Housewife Elliott Gould John McIntyre M*A*S*H Donald Sutherland Hawkeye Pierce Jack Lemmon George Kellerman The Out-of-Towners 1971 Topol ‡ Tevye Fiddler on the Roof Bud Cort Harold Chasen Harold and Maude Dean Jones Professor Dooley The Million Dollar Duck Walter Matthau ‡ Joseph P. Kotcher Kotch Gene Wilder Willy Wonka Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1972 Jack Lemmon Wendell Armbruster Avanti! Edward Albert Don Baker Butterflies Are Free Charles Grodin Lenny Cantrow The Heartbreak Kid Walter Matthau Pete Pete 'n' Tillie Peter O'Toole Don Quixote de la Mancha / Cervantes Man of La Mancha 1973 George Segal Steve Blackburn A Touch of Class Carl Anderson Judas Iscariotes Jesus Christ Superstar Ted Neeley Jesus Richard Dreyfuss Curt Henderson American Graffiti Ryan O'Neal Moses Pray Paper Moon 1974 Art Carney † Harry Coombes Harry and Tonto James Earl Jones Rupert Marshall Claudine Jack Lemmon Hildy Johnson The Front Page Walter Matthau Walter Burns Burt Reynolds Paul "Wrecking" Crewe The Longest Yard 1975 Walter Matthau ‡ Willy Clark The Sunshine Boys Warren Beatty George Roundy Shampoo George Burns Al Lewis The Sunshine Boys James Caan Billy Rose Funny Lady Peter Sellers Inspetor Jacques Clouseau The Return of the Pink Panther 1976 Kris Kristofferson John Howard A Star Is Born Mel Brooks Mel Funn Silent Movie Peter Sellers Inspetor Jacques Clouseau The Pink Panther Strikes Again Jack Weston Gaetano Proclo The Ritz Gene Wilder George Caldwell Silver Streak 1977 Richard Dreyfuss † Elliott Garfield The Goodbye Girl Woody Allen ‡ Alvy Singer Annie Hall Mel Brooks Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke High Anxiety Robert De Niro Jimmy Doyle New York, New York John Travolta ‡ Tony Manero Saturday Night Fever 1978 Warren Beatty ‡ Joe Pendleton Heaven Can Wait Alan Alda George Same Time, Next Year Gary Busey ‡ Buddy Holly The Buddy Holly Story Chevy Chase Detetive Tony Carlson Foul Play George C. Scott Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter Movie Movie John Travolta Danny Zuko Grease 1979 Peter Sellers ‡ Chance Being There George Hamilton Conde Drácula Love at First Bite Dudley Moore George Webber 10 Burt Reynolds Phil Potter Starting Over Roy Scheider ‡ Joe Gideon All That Jazz
Anos 1980 Ano Ator Personagem Filme 1980 Ray Sharkey Vinnie Vacarri The Idolmaker Neil Diamond Yussel Rabinovitch The Jazz Singer Tommy Lee Jones Doolittle Mooney Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Paul Le Mat Melvin Dummar Melvin and Howard Walter Matthau Miles Kendig Hopscotch 1981 Dudley Moore ‡ Arthur Bach Arthur Alan Alda Jack Burroughs The Four Seasons George Hamilton Don Diego Vega / Zorro / Wigglesworth / Ramon Vega Zorro, The Gay Blade Steve Martin Arthur Parker Pennies from Heaven Walter Matthau Dan Snow First Monday in October 1982 Dustin Hoffman ‡ Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels Tootsie Peter O'Toole Alan Swann My Favorite Year Al Pacino Ivan Travalian Author! Author! Robert Preston Caroll 'Toddy' Todd Victor/Victoria Henry Winkler Chuck Night Shift 1983 Michael Caine ‡ Frank Bryant Educating Rita Woody Allen Leonard Zelig Zelig Tom Cruise Joel Goodson Risky Business Eddie Murphy Billy Ray "William" Valentine Trading Places Mandy Patinkin Avigdor Yentl 1984 Dudley Moore Rob Salinger Micki + Maude Steve Martin Roger Cobb All of Me Eddie Murphy Axel Foley Beverly Hills Cop Bill Murray Peter Venkman Ghostbusters Robin Williams Vladimir Ivanoff Moscow on the Hudson 1985 Jack Nicholson ‡ Charley Partanna Prizzi's Honor Jeff Daniels Tom Baxter / Gil Sheperd The Purple Rose of Cairo Griffin Dunne Paul Hackett After Hours Michael J. Fox Marty McFly Back to the Future James Garner ‡ Murphy Jones Murphy's Romance 1986 Paul Hogan Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee Crocodile Dundee Matthew Broderick Ferris Bueller Ferris Bueller's Day Off Jeff Daniels Charles Driggs Something Wild Danny DeVito Sam Stone Ruthless People Jack Lemmon Harvey Fairchild That's Life! 1987 Robin Williams ‡ Adrian Cronauer Good Morning, Vietnam Nicolas Cage Ronny Cammareri Moonstruck Danny DeVito Owen Lift Throw Momma from the Train |- | William Hurt ‡ || Tom Grunick || Broadcast News|- | Steve Martin || C. D. Bales || Roxanne|- | Patrick Swayze || Johnny Castle || Dirty Dancing|- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1988|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Tom Hanks ‡ || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Josh Baskin || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Big|- | Michael Caine || Lawrence Jamieson || Dirty Rotten Scoundrels|- | John Cleese || Archie Leach || A Fish Called Wanda|- | Robert De Niro || Jack Walsh || Midnight Run|- | Bob Hoskins || Eddie Valliant || Who Framed Roger Rabbit|- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1989|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Morgan Freeman ‡ || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Hoke Colburn || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Driving Miss Daisy|- | Billy Crystal || Harry Burns || When Harry Met Sally...|- | Michael Douglas || Oliver Rose || The War of the Roses|- | Steve Martin || Gil Buckman || Parenthood|- | Jack Nicholson || O Coringa || Batman''
Anos 1990 Ano Ator Personagem Filme 1990 Gérard Depardieu Georges Green Card Macaulay Culkin Kevin McCallister Home Alone Johnny Depp Edward Mãos-de-Tesoura Edward Scissorhands Richard Gere Edward Lewis Pretty Woman Patrick Swayze Sam Wheat Ghost 1991 Robin Williams ‡ Parry The Fisher King Jeff Bridges Jack Lucas The Fisher King Billy Crystal Mitch Robbins City Slickers Dustin Hoffman Capitão Gancho Hook Kevin Kline Jeffrey Anderson / Rod Randall Soapdish 1992Tim Robbins Griffin Mill The Player Nicolas Cage Jack Singer Honeymoon in Vegas Billy Crystal Buddy Young Jr. Mr. Saturday Night Marcello Mastroianni Joe Meledandri Used People Tim Robbins Bob Roberts Bob Roberts 1993 Robin Williams Daniel Hillard / Euphegenia Doubtfire Mrs. Doubtfire Johnny Depp Sam Benny & Joon Tom Hanks Sam Baldwin Sleepless in Seattle Kevin Kline Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell Dave Colm Meaney Dessie Curley The Snapper 1994 Hugh Grant Charles Four Weddings and a Funeral Jim Carrey Stanley Ipkiss / O Máscara The Mask Johnny Depp Ed Wood Ed Wood Arnold Schwarzenegger Alex Hesse Junior Terence Stamp Ralph / Bernadette Bassenger The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1995 John Travolta Chili Palmer Get Shorty Michael Douglas Andrew Shepherd The American President Harrison Ford Linus Larrabee Sabrina Steve Martin George Banks Father of the Bride Part II Patrick Swayze Vida Boheme To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar 1996 Tom Cruise ‡ Jerry Maguire Jerry Maguire Antonio Banderas Ché Evita Kevin Costner Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy Tin Cup Nathan Lane Albert Goldman The Birdcage Eddie Murphy Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Família Klump The Nutty Professor 1997 Jack Nicholson † Melvin Udall As Good as It Gets Jim Carrey Fletcher Reed Liar Liar Dustin Hoffman ‡ Stanley Motss Wag the Dog Samuel L. Jackson Ordell Robbie Jackie Brown Kevin Kline Howard Brackett In & Out 1998 Michael Caine Ray Say Little Voice Antonio Banderas Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro The Mask of Zorro Warren Beatty Jay Billington Bulworth Bulworth John Travolta Jack Stanton Primary Colors Robin Williams Patch Adams Patch Adams 1999 Jim Carrey Andy Kaufman Man on the Moon Robert De Niro Paul Vitti Analyze This Rupert Everett George Downes An Ideal Husband Hugh Grant William Thacker Notting Hill Sean Penn ‡ Emmet Ray Sweet and Lowdown
Anos 2000