MTV Movie Award for Best Performance

This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Performance from 1992 onward. In all but two years, the awards are separated into Male and Female categories.

1 Winners
- 1.1 1992
- 1.2 1993
- 1.3 1994
- 1.4 1995
- 1.5 1996
- 1.6 1997
- 1.7 1998
- 1.8 1999
- 1.9 2000
- 1.10 2001
- 1.11 2002
- 1.12 2003
- 1.13 2004
- 1.14 2005
- 1.15 2006: (joined)
- 1.16 2007: (joined)
- 1.17 2008
- 1.18 2009
- 1.19 2010
- 1.20 2011

Winners

1992

Male Performance: Arnold Schwarzenegger (as The Terminator) - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Kevin Costner (as Robin Hood) - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Robert De Niro (as Max Cady) - Cape Fear
- Val Kilmer (as Jim Morrison) - The Doors

Female Performance: Linda Hamilton (as Sarah Connor) - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Geena Davis (as Thelma Dickinson) - Thelma and Louise
- Rebecca De Mornay (as Peyton Flanders) - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (as Maid Marian) - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Julia Roberts - Dying Young

1993

Male Performance: Denzel Washington (as Malcolm X) - Malcolm X
- Kevin Costner (as Frank Farmer) - The Bodyguard
- Tom Cruise (Lt. Daniel Kaffee) - A Few Good Men
- Michael Douglas (as Nick Curran) - Basic Instinct
- Jack Nicholson (Col. Nathan Jessep) - A Few Good Men

Female Performance: Sharon Stone (as Catherine Tramell) - Basic Instinct
- Geena Davis (as Dottie Hinson) - A League of Their Own
- Whoopi Goldberg - Sister Act
- Whitney Houston (as Rachel Marron) - The Bodyguard
- Demi Moore (as Lt. Commander Joanne Galloway) - A Few Good Men

1994

Male Performance: Tom Hanks (as Andrew Beckett) - Philadelphia
- Tom Cruise (as Mitch McDeere) - The Firm
- Harrison Ford (as John Kimble) - The Fugitive
- Val Kilmer (as Doc Holliday) - Tombstone
- Robin Williams (as Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire) - Mrs. Doubtfire

Female Performance: Janet Jackson - Poetic Justice
- Angela Bassett (as Tina Turner) - What's Love Got to Do with It
- Demi Moore (as Diana Murphy) - Indecent Proposal
- Julia Roberts (as Darby Shaw) - The Pelican Brief
- Meg Ryan (as Annie Reed) - Sleepless in Seattle

1995

Male Performance: Brad Pitt (as Louis) - Interview with the Vampire
- Tom Hanks (as Forrest Gump) - Forrest Gump
- Brandon Lee - The Crow
- Keanu Reeves (as Jack Traven) - Speed
- John Travolta (as Vincent Vega) - Pulp Fiction

Female Performance: Sandra Bullock (as Annie Porter) - Speed
- Jamie Lee Curtis (as Helen Tasker) - True Lies
- Jodie Foster (as Nell Kellty) - Nell
- Meg Ryan - When a Man Loves a Woman
- Uma Thurman (as Mia Wallace) - Pulp Fiction

MTV Movie Awards

Current awards	Movie Performance Breakout Star Villain Comedic Performance Kiss Fight Jaw Dropping Moment Scared-As-S**t Performance Biggest Badass Star

Retired awards	Most Desirable Male Most Desirable Female On-Screen Duo Dance Sequence Action Sequence New Filmmaker Cameo Dressed Virtual Performance Video Game Based on a Movie Sexiest Performance Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet Summer Movie So Far Song From a Movie Global Superstar

Ceremonies	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

MTV Movie Award for Best Performance

Arnold Schwarzenegger / Linda Hamilton (1992)
Denzel Washington / Sharon Stone (1993)
Tom Hanks / Janet Jackson (1994)
Brad Pitt / Sandra Bullock (1995)
Jim Carrey / Alicia Silverstone (1996)
Tom Cruise / Claire Danes (1997)
Leonardo DiCaprio / Neve Campbell (1998)
Jim Carrey / Cameron Diaz (1999)
Keanu Reeves / Sarah Michelle Gellar (2000)
Tom Cruise / Julia Roberts (2001)
Will Smith / Nicole Kidman (2002)
Eminem / Kirsten Dunst (2003)
Johnny Depp / Uma Thurman (2004)
Leonardo DiCaprio / Lindsay Lohan (2005)
Jake Gyllenhaal (2006)
Johnny Depp (2007)
Will Smith / Ellen Page (2008)
Zac Efron / Kristen Stewart (2009)
Robert Pattinson / Kristen Stewart (2010)
Robert Pattinson / Kristen Stewart (2011)

MTV Movie Award for Best Performance

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Winners

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2007: (joined)