The Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.

Winners and nominees

1990s

• 1996: Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
  • Nathan Lane - The Birdcage
  • Eddie Murphy - The Nutty Professor
  • Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks!
  • Stanley Tucci - Big Night
• 1997: Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets
  • Robert Carlyle - The Full Monty
  • Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog
  • Tommy Lee Jones - Men in Black
  • Kevin Kline - In & Out
  • Howard Stern - Private Parts
• 1998: Ian Bannen - Waking Ned
  • Warren Beatty - Bulworth
  • Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
  • Michael Caine - Little Voice
  • David Kelly - Waking Ned
  • Robin Williams - Patch Adams
• 1999: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Flawless
  • Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon
  • Johnny Depp - Sleepy Hollow
  • Rupert Everett - An Ideal Husband
  • Sean Penn - Sweet and Lowdown
  • Steve Zahn - Happy, Texas

2000s

• 2000: Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys
  • George Clooney - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Richard Gere - Dr T and the Women
  • Christopher Guest - Best in Show
  • Eddie Murphy - Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
  • Edward Norton - Keeping the Faith
• 2001: Ewan McGregor - Moulin Rouge!
  • Colin Firth - Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums
  • John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • Ben Stiller - Zoolander
  • Chris Tucker - Rush Hour 2
• 2002: Kieran Culkin - Igby Goes Down
  • Nicolas Cage - Adaptation.
  • Hugh Grant - About a Boy
  • Sam Rockwell - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
  • Adam Sandler - Punch-Drunk Love
  • Aaron Stanford - Tadpole
• 2003: Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
  • Jack Black - School of Rock
  • Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Robert Downey Jr. - The Singing Detective
  • Paul Giamatti - American Splendor
  • Billy Bob Thornton - Bad Santa
• 2004: Jamie Foxx - Ray
  • Gerard Butler - The Phantom of the Opera
  • Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Paul Giamatti - Sideways
  • Kevin Kline - De-Lovely
  • Bill Murray - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• 2005: Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
  • Kevin Costner - The Upside of Anger
  • Robert Downey Jr. - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  • Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto
  • Bill Murray - Broken Flowers
  • Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
• 2006: Joseph Cross - Running with Scissors
  • Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking
  • Will Ferrell - Stranger than Fiction
  • Peter O'Toole - Venus
• 2007: Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
  • Don Cheadle - Talk to Me
  • Richard Gere - The Hoax
  • Ben Kingsley - You Kill Me
  • Clive Owen - Shoot 'Em Up
  • Seth Rogen - Knocked Up