MTV Movie Award for Best Hero

The MTV Movie Award for Best Hero was introduced in 2006, but retired the next year, and reinstated in 2012.^[1] A similar category titled Biggest Badass Star was introduced in 2010, nominating only the actor, and not the movie. Daniel Radcliffe is the first recipient to win both this and Best Villain. Dwayne Johnson, Ewan McGregor and Tom Cruise have each received nominations in both categories, but never won in either. In 2021, four years after the award became the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Hero, Anthony Mackie was the first TV recipient to win.

Winners and nominees

Best Hero

Table key
‡	Indicates the winner

Year	Actor	Film	Role(s)	Ref
2006	Christian Bale ‡	Batman Begins	Bruce Wayne / Batman	^[1]
	Jessica Alba	Fantastic Four	Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
	Kate Beckinsale	Underworld: Evolution	Selene
	Ewan McGregor	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Obi-Wan Kenobi
	Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Harry Potter
2012	Daniel Radcliffe ‡	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Harry Potter	^[2]
	Chris Evans	Captain America: The First Avenger	Steve Rogers / Captain America
	Chris Hemsworth	Thor	Thor
	Jennifer Lawrence	The Hunger Games	Katniss Everdeen
	Channing Tatum	21 Jump Street	Greg Jenko
2013	Martin Freeman ‡	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Bilbo Baggins	^[3]
	Christian Bale	The Dark Knight Rises	Bruce Wayne / Batman
	Robert Downey Jr.	The Avengers	Tony Stark / Iron Man
	Anne Hathaway	The Dark Knight Rises	Selina Kyle / Catwoman
	Kristen Stewart	Snow White and the Huntsman	Snow White
2014	Henry Cavill ‡	Man of Steel	Clark Kent / Superman	^[4]
	Robert Downey Jr.	Iron Man 3	Tony Stark / Iron Man
	Martin Freeman	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Bilbo Baggins
	Chris Hemsworth	Thor: The Dark World	Thor
	Channing Tatum	White House Down	John Cale
2015	Dylan O'Brien ‡	The Maze Runner	Thomas	^[5]
	Martin Freeman	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Bilbo Baggins
	Jennifer Lawrence	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Katniss Everdeen
	Chris Pratt	Guardians of the Galaxy	Peter Quill / Star-Lord
	Shailene Woodley	The Divergent Series: Insurgent	Beatrice "Tris" Prior
2016	Jennifer Lawrence ‡	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	Katniss Everdeen	^[6]
	Chris Evans	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Steve Rogers / Captain America
	Dwayne Johnson	San Andreas	Ray Gaines
	Daisy Ridley	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Rey
	Paul Rudd	Ant-Man	Scott Lang / Ant-Man
	Charlize Theron	Mad Max: Fury Road	Imperator Furiosa
2017	Taraji P. Henson ‡	Hidden Figures	Katherine Goble Johnson	^[7]
	Stephen Amell	Arrow	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
	Millie Bobby Brown	Stranger Things	Jane Ives-Hopper / Eleven
	Mike Colter	Luke Cage	Luke Cage
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	Barry Allen / Flash
	Felicity Jones	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	Jyn Erso
2018	Chadwick Boseman ‡	Black Panther	T'Challa / Black Panther	^[8]
	Emilia Clarke	Game of Thrones	Daenerys Targaryen
	Gal Gadot	Wonder Woman	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	Barry Allen / Flash
	Daisy Ridley	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Rey
2019	Robert Downey Jr. ‡	Avengers: Endgame	Tony Stark / Iron Man	^[9]
	Brie Larson	Captain Marvel	Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
	Zachary Levi	Shazam!	Billy Batson / Shazam
	John David Washington	BlacKkKlansman	Ron Stallworth
	Maisie Williams	Game of Thrones	Arya Stark
2021	Anthony Mackie ‡	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Sam Wilson / Falcon	^[10]
	Gal Gadot	Wonder Woman 1984	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
	Teyonah Parris	WandaVision	Monica Rambeau
	Pedro Pascal	The Mandalorian	Din Djarin / The Mandalorian
	Jack Quaid	The Boys	Hughie Campbell
2022	Scarlett Johansson ‡	Black Widow	Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow	^[11]
	Daniel Craig	No Time to Die	James Bond
	Oscar Isaac	Moon Knight	Marc Spector / Moon Knight, Steven Grant / Mr. Knight and Jake Lockley
	Simu Liu	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Xu Shang-Chi
	Tom Holland	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Peter Parker / Spider-Man
2023	Pedro Pascal ‡	The Last of Us	Joel Miller	^[12]
	Tom Cruise	Top Gun: Maverick	Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
	Diego Luna	Andor	Cassian Andor
	Jenna Ortega	Wednesday	Wednesday Addams
	Paul Rudd	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Biggest Badass Star

Table key
‡	Indicates the winner

Year	Actor	Ref
2010	Rain ‡	^[13]
	Angelina Jolie
	Chris Pine
	Channing Tatum
	Sam Worthington
2011	Chloë Grace Moretz ‡	^[14]
	Robert Downey Jr.
	Joseph Gordon-Levitt
	Alex Pettyfer
	Jaden Smith

References

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^ "MTV movie awards 2012: Twilight and Hunger Games fight for supremacy". The Guardian. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Warner, Denise (14 April 2013). "2013 MTV Movie Awards winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Robins, Stephanie (13 April 2014). "MTV Movie Awards 2014: See the winners here!". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Murphy, Shaunna (12 April 2015). "MTV MOVIE AWARDS 2015: SEE THE FULL WINNERS LIST". MTV News. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Derschowitz, Jessica. "MTV Movie Awards 2016 winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021.
^ Earl, Willam (7 May 2017). "2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Full Winners List". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021.
^ Cohen, Jess (17 June 2018). "MTV Movie & TV Awards 2018 Winners: The Complete List". ENews. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Bell, Crystal (17 June 2019). "2019 MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS WINNERS: SEE THE FULL LIST". MTV News. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Lash, Jolie (17 May 2021). "MTV Movie & TV Awards 2021: See the full list of winners". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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^ "COMPLETE LIST: 2011 MTV MOVIE AWARD WINNERS". MTV News. 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[;2006-1] "2006 MTV Movie Awards". MTV. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2010.

[2] "MTV movie awards 2012: Twilight and Hunger Games fight for supremacy". The Guardian. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[3] Warner, Denise (14 April 2013). "2013 MTV Movie Awards winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[4] Robins, Stephanie (13 April 2014). "MTV Movie Awards 2014: See the winners here!". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[5] Murphy, Shaunna (12 April 2015). "MTV MOVIE AWARDS 2015: SEE THE FULL WINNERS LIST". MTV News. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[6] Derschowitz, Jessica. "MTV Movie Awards 2016 winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021.

[7] Earl, Willam (7 May 2017). "2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Full Winners List". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021.

[8] Cohen, Jess (17 June 2018). "MTV Movie & TV Awards 2018 Winners: The Complete List". ENews. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[9] Bell, Crystal (17 June 2019). "2019 MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS WINNERS: SEE THE FULL LIST". MTV News. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[10] Lash, Jolie (17 May 2021). "MTV Movie & TV Awards 2021: See the full list of winners". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[11] Schneider, Michael (11 May 2022). "'Spider-Man: No Way Home,' 'Euphoria' Lead MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022 Nominations (FULL LIST)". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[12] Petski, Denise (April 5, 2023). "MTV Movie & TV Awards: Top Gun: Maverick, Stranger Things, The Last Of Us Lead 2023 Nominations". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 9, 2023.

[13] Wigler, Josh (6 June 2010). "2010 MTV MOVIE AWARDS: COMPLETE WINNERS LIST". MTV News. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[14] "COMPLETE LIST: 2011 MTV MOVIE AWARD WINNERS". MTV News. 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

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v t e MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Hero
Best Hero (2006, 2012–present)	Christian Bale (2006) Daniel Radcliffe (2012) Martin Freeman (2013) Henry Cavill (2014) Dylan O'Brien (2015) Jennifer Lawrence (2016) Taraji P. Henson (2017) Chadwick Boseman (2018) Robert Downey Jr. (2019) No Award (2020) Anthony Mackie (2021) Scarlett Johansson (2022) Pedro Pascal (2023)
Biggest Badass Star (2010–2011)	Rain (2010) Chloë Grace Moretz (2011)

v t e MTV Movie & TV Awards
Awards	Best Movie Best Show Movie Performance Television Performance Breakthrough Performance Comedic Performance Frightened Performance Hero Villain Kiss On-Screen Team Fight Musical Moment
Retired awards	Action Performance Next Generation Most Desirable Male Most Desirable Female Dance Sequence Action Sequence New Filmmaker Dressed Shirtless Performance On-Screen Transformation Gut-Wrenching Performance Cameo
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