Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Notes

• "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning performance
• "‡" indicates an Academy Award nomination

List of winners and nominees

2012: Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrick "Pat" Solitano, Jr. ‡

• Jack Black – Bernie as Bernhardt "Bernie" Tiede II
• Paul Rudd – This Is 40 as Pete
• Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street as Greg Jenko / Brad McQuaid
• Mark Wahlberg – Ted as John Bennett

2013: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort ‡

• Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld ‡
• James Gandolfini – Enough Said as Albert
• Simon Pegg – The World's End as Gary King
• Sam Rockwell – The Way Way Back as Owen

2014: Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson ‡

• Jon Favreau – Chef as Carl Casper
• Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H.
• Bill Murray – St. Vincent as Vincent MacKenna
• Chris Rock – Top Five as Andre Allen
• Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street as Greg Jenko

2015: Christian Bale – The Big Short as Michael Burry ‡

• Steve Carell – The Big Short as Mark Baum
• Robert De Niro – The Intern as Ben Whitaker
• Bill Hader – Trainwreck as Dr. Aaron Conners
• Jason Statham – Spy as Rick Ford