Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor

The Razzie Award for Worst Actor is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst actor of the previous year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, along with the film(s) for which they were nominated.^[1]

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
The 2024 Winner: Jerry Seinfeld
Awarded for	Worst in film
Country	United States
Presented by	Golden Raspberry Award Foundation
First award	Neil Diamond, The Jazz Singer (1980)
Currently held by	Jerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted (2024)
Website	www.razzies.com

The category of "actor" has expanded to include the subjects of documentary films; this process has been criticized.^[2] Five winners of this award have come from appearances as themselves: George W. Bush, Dinesh D'Souza, Donald Trump, Mike Lindell and LeBron James. Four of these came from appearances in documentaries; LeBron James' came from Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	Actor	Film	Character
1980 (1st)	Neil Diamond	The Jazz Singer	Yussel Rabinovitch
	Michael Beck	Xanadu	Sonny Malone
	Robert Blake	Coast to Coast	Charles Callahan
	Michael Caine	Dressed to Kill	Dr. Robert Elliott
		The Island	Blair Maynard
	Kirk Douglas	Saturn 3	Adam
	Richard Dreyfuss	The Competition	Paul Dietrich
	Anthony Hopkins	A Change of Seasons	Adam Evans
	Bruce Jenner	Can't Stop the Music	Ron White
	Sam J. Jones	Flash Gordon	Flash Gordon
1981 (2nd)	Klinton Spilsbury	The Legend of the Lone Ranger	John Reid / The Lone Ranger
	Gary Coleman	On the Right Track	Lester
	Bruce Dern	Tattoo	Karl Kinsky
	Richard Harris	Tarzan, the Ape Man	James Parker
	Kris Kristofferson	Heaven's Gate	James Averill
		Rollover	Hubbell Smith
1982 (3rd)	Laurence Olivier	Inchon	Douglas MacArthur
	Willie Aames	Paradise	David
		Zapped!	Peyton Nichols
	Christopher Atkins	The Pirate Movie	Frederic
	Luciano Pavarotti	Yes, Giorgio	Giorgio Fini
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Conan the Barbarian	Conan
1983 (4th)	Christopher Atkins	A Night in Heaven	Rick Monroe
	Lloyd Bochner	The Lonely Lady	Walter Thornton
	Lou Ferrigno	Hercules	Hercules
	Barbra Streisand (in drag)	Yentl	"Anshel" Mendel
	John Travolta	Staying Alive	Tony Manero
		Two of a Kind	Zack Melon
1984 (5th)	Sylvester Stallone	Rhinestone	Nick Martinelli
	Lorenzo Lamas	Body Rock	Chilly
	Jerry Lewis	Slapstick of Another Kind	Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
	Peter O'Toole	Supergirl	Zaltar
	Burt Reynolds	Cannonball Run II	J.J. McClure
		City Heat	Mike Murphy
1985 (6th)	Sylvester Stallone	Rambo: First Blood Part II	John Rambo
		Rocky IV	Rocky Balboa
	Divine	Lust in the Dust	Rosie Velez
	Richard Gere	King David	David
	Al Pacino	Revolution	Tom Dobb
	John Travolta	Perfect	Adam Lawrence
1986 (7th)	Prince	Under the Cherry Moon	Christopher Tracy
	Emilio Estevez	Maximum Overdrive	Bill Robinson
	Judd Nelson	Blue City	Billy Turner
	Sean Penn	Shanghai Surprise	Glendon Wasey
	Sylvester Stallone	Cobra	Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
1987 (8th)	Bill Cosby	Leonard Part 6	Leonard Parker
	"Bruce the Shark"	Jaws: The Revenge	A shark
	Judd Nelson	From the Hip	Robin 'Stormy' Weathers
	Ryan O'Neal	Tough Guys Don't Dance	Tim Madden
	Sylvester Stallone	Over the Top	Lincoln Hawk
1988 (9th)	Sylvester Stallone	Rambo III	John Rambo
	Tom Cruise	Cocktail	Brian Flanagan
	Bobcat Goldthwait	Hot to Trot	Fred Chaney
	Jackie Mason	Caddyshack II	Jack Hartounian
	Burt Reynolds	Rent-a-Cop	Tony Church
		Switching Channels	John L. Sullivan IV
1989 (10th)	William Shatner	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	James T. Kirk
	Tony Danza	She's Out of Control	Doug Simpson
	Ralph Macchio	The Karate Kid Part III	Daniel LaRusso
	Sylvester Stallone	Lock Up	Frank Leone
		Tango & Cash	Ray Tango
	Patrick Swayze	Next of Kin	Truman Gates
		Road House	James Dalton

1990s

Year	Actor	Film	Character
1990 (11th)	Andrew Dice Clay	The Adventures of Ford Fairlane	Ford Fairlane
	Prince	Graffiti Bridge	The Kid
	Mickey Rourke	Desperate Hours	Michael Bosworth
		Wild Orchid	James Wheeler
	George C. Scott	The Exorcist III	Lt. William Kinderman
	Sylvester Stallone	Rocky V	Rocky Balboa
1991 (12th)	Kevin Costner	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Robin Hood
	Andrew Dice Clay	Dice Rules	Himself
	Sylvester Stallone	Oscar	Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
	Vanilla Ice	Cool as Ice	Johnny Van Owen
	Bruce Willis	Hudson Hawk	Eddie "Hudson Hawk" Hawkins
1992 (13th)	Sylvester Stallone	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot	Sgt. Joe Bomowski
	Kevin Costner	The Bodyguard	Frank Farmer
	Michael Douglas	Basic Instinct	Det. Nick Curran
		Shining Through	Ed Leland
	Jack Nicholson	Hoffa	Jimmy Hoffa
		Man Trouble	Eugene Earl Axline
	Tom Selleck	Folks!	Jon Aldrich
1993 (14th)	Burt Reynolds	Cop and a Half	Det. Nick McKenna
	William Baldwin	Sliver	Zeke Hawkins
	Willem Dafoe	Body of Evidence	Frank Dulaney
	Robert Redford	Indecent Proposal	John Gage
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Last Action Hero	Jack Slater
1994 (15th)	Kevin Costner	Wyatt Earp	Wyatt Earp
	Macaulay Culkin	Getting Even with Dad	Timmy Gleason
		The Pagemaster	Richard Tyler
		Richie Rich	Richie Rich
	Steven Seagal	On Deadly Ground	Forrest Taft
	Sylvester Stallone	The Specialist	Ray Quick
	Bruce Willis	Color of Night	Dr. Bill Capa
		North	Narrator / Easter Bunny / Gabby / Tourist / Sleigh Driver / Joey Fingers / FedEx Driver
1995 (16th)	Pauly Shore	Jury Duty	Tommy Collins
	Kevin Costner	Waterworld	The Mariner
	Kyle MacLachlan	Showgirls	Zack Carey
	Keanu Reeves	Johnny Mnemonic	Johnny Mnemonic
		A Walk in the Clouds	Paul Sutton
	Sylvester Stallone	Assassins	Robert Rath
		Judge Dredd	Judge Joseph Dredd
1996 (17th)	Tom Arnold (tie)	Big Bully	Rosco "Fang" Bigger
		Carpool	Franklin Laszlo
		The Stupids	Stanley Stupid
	Pauly Shore (tie)	Bio-Dome	Bud Macintosh
	Keanu Reeves	Chain Reaction	Eddie Kasalivich
	Adam Sandler	Bulletproof	Archie Moses
		Happy Gilmore	Happy Gilmore
Sylvester Stallone	Daylight	Kit Latura
1997 (18th)	Kevin Costner	The Postman	The Postman (Gordon Krantz)
	Val Kilmer	The Saint	Simon Templar
	Shaquille O'Neal	Steel	John Henry Irons / Steel
	Steven Seagal	Fire Down Below	Jack Taggart
	Jon Voight	Anaconda	Paul Sarone
1998 (19th)	Bruce Willis	Armageddon	Harry Stamper
		Mercury Rising	Art Jeffries
		The Siege	Gen. William Devereaux
	Ralph Fiennes	The Avengers	John Steed
	Ryan O'Neal	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	James Edmunds
	Ryan Phillippe	54	Shane O'Shea
	Adam Sandler	The Waterboy	Bobby Boucher
1999 (20th)	Adam Sandler	Big Daddy	Sonny Koufax
	Kevin Costner	For Love of the Game	Billy Chapel
		Message in a Bottle	Garret Blake
	Kevin Kline	Wild Wild West	Artemus Gordon
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	End of Days	Jericho Cane
	Robin Williams	Bicentennial Man	Andrew Martin
		Jakob the Liar	Jakob

2000s

Year	Actor	Film	Character
2000 (21st)	John Travolta	Battlefield Earth	Terl
		Lucky Numbers	Russ Richards
	Leonardo DiCaprio	The Beach	Richard
	Adam Sandler	Little Nicky	Nicky
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	The 6th Day	Adam Gibson
	Sylvester Stallone	Get Carter	Jack Carter
2001 (22nd)	Tom Green	Freddy Got Fingered	Gordon "Gord" Brody
	Ben Affleck	Pearl Harbor	Capt. Rafe McCawley
	Kevin Costner	3000 Miles to Graceland	Thomas J. Murphy
	Keanu Reeves	Hardball	Conor O'Neill
		Sweet November	Nelson Moss
	John Travolta	Domestic Disturbance	Frank Morrison
		Swordfish	Gabriel Shear
2002 (23rd)	Roberto Benigni (dubbed Godzilla-style by Breckin Meyer)[3]	Pinocchio	Pinocchio
	Adriano Giannini	Swept Away	Giuseppe
	Eddie Murphy	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Pluto Nash / Rex Crater
		I Spy	Kelly Robinson
		Showtime	Off. Trey Sellars
	Adam Sandler	Eight Crazy Nights	Davey Stone / Whitey Duvall / Eleanore Duvall / Deer
		Mr. Deeds	Longfellow Deeds
	Steven Seagal	Half Past Dead	Sasha Petrosevitch
2003 (24th)	Ben Affleck	Daredevil	Matt Murdock / Daredevil
		Gigli	Larry Gigli
		Paycheck	Michael Jennings
	Cuba Gooding Jr.	Boat Trip	Jerry Robinson
		The Fighting Temptations	Darrin Hill
		Radio	James Robert "Radio" Kennedy
	Justin Guarini	From Justin to Kelly	Justin Bell
	Ashton Kutcher	Cheaper by the Dozen	Hank
		Just Married	Tom Leezak
		My Boss's Daughter	Tom Stansfield
	Mike Myers	The Cat in the Hat	The Cat in the Hat
2004 (25th)	George W. Bushnote	Fahrenheit 9/11	Himself
	Ben Affleck	Jersey Girl	Oliver "Ollie" Trinke
		Surviving Christmas	Drew Latham
	Vin Diesel	The Chronicles of Riddick	Riddick
	Colin Farrell	Alexander	Alexander the Great
	Ben Stiller	Along Came Polly	Reuben Feffer
		Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Arturo Mendez
		DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	White Goodman
		Envy	Tim Dingman
		Starsky & Hutch	David Starsky
2005 (26th)	Rob Schneider	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Deuce Bigalow
	Tom Cruise	War of the Worlds	Ray Ferrier
	Will Ferrell	Bewitched	Jack Wyatt / Darrin Stephens
		Kicking & Screaming	Phil Weston
	Dwayne Johnson	Doom	Asher "Sarge" Mahonin
	Jamie Kennedy	Son of the Mask	Tim Avery
2006 (27th)	Marlon Wayans & Shawn Wayans	Little Man	Calvin Simms and Darryl Edwards
	Tim Allen	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	Santa Claus / Scott Calvin
		The Shaggy Dog	Dave Douglas
		Zoom	Jack Shepard / Captain Zoom
	Nicolas Cage	The Wicker Man	Edward Malus
	Larry the Cable Guy	Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector	Larry
	Rob Schneider	The Benchwarmers	Gus Matthews
		Little Man	D-Rex
2007 (28th)	Eddie Murphy	Norbit	Norbit Albert Rice
	Nicolas Cage	Ghost Rider	Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
		National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Benjamin Franklin Gates
		Next	Cris Johnson
	Jim Carrey	The Number 23	Walter Sparrow / Det. Fingerling
	Cuba Gooding Jr.	Daddy Day Camp	Charlie Hinton
		Norbit	Deion Hughes
	Adam Sandler	I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry	Chuck Levine
2008 (29th)	Mike Myers	The Love Guru	Guru Maurice Pitka
	Larry the Cable Guy	Witless Protection	Larry Stalder
	Eddie Murphy	Meet Dave	Dave Ming Cheng / The Captain
	Al Pacino	88 Minutes	Dr. Jack Gramm
		Righteous Kill	Det. David "Rooster" Fisk
	Mark Wahlberg	The Happening	Elliot Moore
		Max Payne	Max Payne
2009 (30th)	Jonas Brothersnote	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Themselves
	Will Ferrell	Land of the Lost	Dr. Rick Marshall
	Steve Martin	The Pink Panther 2	Jacques Clouseau
	Eddie Murphy	Imagine That	Evan Danielson
	John Travolta	Old Dogs	Charlie Reed

2010s

Year	Actor	Film	Character
2010 (31st)	Ashton Kutcher	Killers	Spencer Aimes
		Valentine's Day	Reed Bennett
	Jack Black	Gulliver's Travels	Lemuel Gulliver
	Gerard Butler	The Bounty Hunter	Milo Boyd
	Taylor Lautner	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Jacob Black
		Valentine's Day	Willy Harrington
	Robert Pattinson	Remember Me	Tyler Hawkins
		The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Edward Cullen
2011 (32nd)	Adam Sandler	Jack and Jill	Jack Sadelstein
		Just Go with It	Dr. Danny Maccabee
	Russell Brand	Arthur	Arthur Bach
	Nicolas Cage	Drive Angry	Milton
		Season of the Witch	Behmen von Bleibruck
		Trespass	Kyle Miller
	Taylor Lautner	Abduction	Nathan Harper
		The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	Jacob Black
	Nick Swardson	Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star	Bucky Larson
2012 (33rd)	Adam Sandler	That's My Boy	Donny Berger
	Nicolas Cage	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
		Seeking Justice	Will Gerard
	Eddie Murphy	A Thousand Words	Jack McCall
	Robert Pattinson	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Edward Cullen
	Tyler Perry	Alex Cross	Alex Cross
		Good Deeds	Wesley Deeds
2013 (34th)	Jaden Smith	After Earth	Kitai Raige
	Johnny Depp	The Lone Ranger	Tonto
	Ashton Kutcher	Jobs	Steve Jobs
	Adam Sandler	Grown Ups 2	Lenny Feder
	Sylvester Stallone	Bullet to the Head	James Bonomo
		Escape Plan	Ray Breslin
		Grudge Match	Henry 'Razor' Sharp
2014 (35th)	Kirk Cameron	Saving Christmas	Kirk
	Nicolas Cage	Left Behind	Rayford Steele
	Kellan Lutz	The Legend of Hercules	Hercules
	Seth MacFarlane	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Albert Stark
	Adam Sandler	Blended	Jim Friedman
2015 (36th)	Jamie Dornan	Fifty Shades of Grey	Christian Grey
	Johnny Depp	Mortdecai	Charlie Mortdecai
	Kevin James	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Paul Blart
	Adam Sandler	The Cobbler	Max Simkin
		Pixels	Sam Brenner
	Channing Tatum	Jupiter Ascending	Caine Wise
2016 (37th)	Dinesh D'Souzanote	Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party	Himself
	Ben Affleck	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Bruce Wayne / Batman
	Gerard Butler	Gods of Egypt	Set
		London Has Fallen	Mike Banning
	Henry Cavill	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Clark Kent / Superman
	Robert De Niro	Dirty Grandpa	Richard "Dick" Kelly
	Ben Stiller	Zoolander 2	Derek Zoolander
2017 (38th) [4]	Tom Cruise	The Mummy	Nick Morton
	Johnny Depp	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Jack Sparrow
	Jamie Dornan	Fifty Shades Darker	Christian Grey
	Zac Efron	Baywatch	Matt Brody
	Mark Wahlberg	Daddy's Home 2	Dusty Mayron
		Transformers: The Last Knight	Cade Yeager
2018 (39th)	Donald Trumpnote	Death of a Nation	Himself
		Fahrenheit 11/9
	Johnny Depp	Sherlock Gnomes	Sherlock Gnomes
	Will Ferrell	Holmes & Watson	Sherlock Holmes
	John Travolta	Gotti	John Gotti
	Bruce Willis	Death Wish	Paul Kersey
2019 (40th)	John Travolta	The Fanatic	Moose
		Trading Paint	Sam Munroe
	James Franco	Zeroville	Vikar
	David Harbour	Hellboy	Hellboy / Anung Un Rama
	Matthew McConaughey	Serenity	Baker Dill
	Sylvester Stallone	Rambo: Last Blood	John Rambo

2020s

Year	Actor	Film	Character
2020 (41st)	Mike Lindell (The "My Pillow Guy")note	Absolute Proof	Himself
	Robert Downey Jr.	Dolittle	Dr. John Dolittle
	Michele Morrone	365 Days	Don Massimo Torricelli
	Adam Sandler	Hubie Halloween	Hubie Dubois
	David Spade	The Wrong Missy	Tim Morris
2021 (42nd)
	LeBron James	Space Jam: A New Legacy	Himself
	Scott Eastwood	Dangerous	Dylan "D" Forrester
	Roe Hartrampf	Diana the Musical	Charles, Prince of Wales
	Ben Platt	Dear Evan Hansen	Evan Hansen
	Mark Wahlberg	Infinite	Evan McCauley & Heinrich Treadway (2020)
2022 (43rd)
	Jared Leto	Morbius	Dr. Michael Morbius / Morbius, the Living Vampire
	Pete Davidson	Marmaduke	Marmaduke (voice only)
	Tom Hanks	Disney's Pinocchio	Geppetto
	Machine Gun Kelly	Good Mourning	London Clash
	Sylvester Stallone	Samaritan	Joe Smith / Samaritan / Nemesis
2023 (44th)
	Jon Voight	Mercy	Patrick Quinn
	Russell Crowe	The Pope's Exorcist	Gabriele Amorth
	Vin Diesel	Fast X	Dominic Toretto
	Chris Evans	Ghosted	Cole Turner
	Jason Statham	Meg 2: The Trench	Jonas Taylor
2024 (45th)
	Jerry Seinfeld	Unfrosted	Bob Cabana
	Jack Black	Dear Santa	Satan / "Santa Claus"
	Zachary Levi	Harold and the Purple Crayon	Harold
	Joaquin Phoenix	Joker: Folie à Deux	Arthur Fleck / Joker
	Dennis Quaid	Reagan	Ronald Reagan

Age superlatives

Record	Actor	Film	Age
Oldest winner	Jon Voight	Mercy	85 years, 71 days
Oldest nominee			85 years, 24 days
Youngest winner	Jaden Smith	After Earth	15 years, 236 days
Youngest nominee	Gary Coleman	On the Right Track	14 years, 49 days

Multiple wins

Sylvester Stallone holds the records for most total nominations (16), consecutive nominations (9, 1984–92), and wins (4).

4 wins^[5]

• Sylvester Stallone

3 wins^[5]

• Kevin Costner
• Adam Sandler

2 wins^[5]

• Pauly Shore
• John Travolta

Multiple nominations

George W. Bush (2001–09) holds the distinction of being the first President of the United States to win a competitive Razzie during his administration.

Donald Trump (2017–21) is the most recent president to be nominated for the award for Worst Actor. He is also the first person to become president after having already won a Razzie Award.

16 nominations^[5]

• Sylvester Stallone

12 nominations^[5]

• Adam Sandler

7 nominations^[5]

• Kevin Costner
• John Travolta

5 nominations^[5]

• Nicolas Cage
• Eddie Murphy

4 nominations^[5]

• Ben Affleck
• Johnny Depp
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Bruce Willis

3 nominations^[5]

• Tom Cruise
• Will Ferrell
• Ashton Kutcher
• Keanu Reeves
• Burt Reynolds
• Steven Seagal
• Mark Wahlberg

2 nominations^[5]

• Christopher Atkins
• Jack Black
• Gerard Butler
• Andrew Dice Clay
• Vin Diesel
• Jamie Dornan
• Cuba Gooding Jr.
• Larry the Cable Guy
• Taylor Lautner
• Mike Myers
• Judd Nelson
• Ryan O'Neal
• Al Pacino
• Robert Pattinson
• Prince
• Rob Schneider
• Pauly Shore
• Ben Stiller
• Jon Voight