MTV Movie Award for Best Fight


The MTV Movie Award for Best Fight is an award presented to actors and characters for quality fight scenes in films at the MTV Movie Awards, a ceremony established in 1992. Honors in several categories are awarded by MTV at the annual ceremonies, and are chosen by public vote. The MTV Movie Award for Best Fight was first presented in 1996 to Adam Sandler and Bob Barker for their fight in Happy Gilmore. Uma Thurman won the award in 2004 and 2005 for her fights against Chiaki Kuriyama and Daryl Hannah in ' and ', respectively. In 2008 and 2009, Cam Gigandet was presented with the honor for his fights in Never Back Down and Twilight. Robert Pattinson has also won the award twice, for his appearances in The Twilight Saga films: Twilight in 2009, and in 2011. Jackie Chan has won the Best Fight honor once from four nominations. Jet Li and Chris Tucker have each received three nominations, and Brad Pitt and Hugh Jackman have each been nominated twice.

Winners and nominees

YearWinnerFilmOther nomineesRef.
1996 vs. Bob BarkerHappy Gilmore
1997 vs. Robin Tunney'
  • Matthew Broderick vs. Jim Carrey – The Cable Guy
  • Jim Brown vs. a Martian– Mars Attacks!
  • Jackie Chan vs. Henchmen – '
  • Pamela Anderson Lee vs. Bad Guy – Barb Wire
    • 1998 vs. the Edgar BugMen in Black
  • Harrison Ford vs. Gary Oldman – Air Force One
  • Milla Jovovich vs. Aliens – The Fifth Element
  • Demi Moore vs. Viggo Mortensen – G.I. Jane
  • Michelle Yeoh vs. Bad Guys – Tomorrow Never Dies
    • 1999 vs. Puffy the DogThere's Something About Mary
  • Wesley Snipes vs. Vampires – Blade
  • Antonio Banderas vs. Catherine Zeta-Jones – The Mask of Zorro
  • Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker vs. Chinese Gang – Rush Hour
    • 2000 vs. Laurence Fishburne'
  • Mike Myers vs. Verne Troyer – '
  • Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor vs. Ray Park – '
  • Edward Norton vs. Himself – Fight Club
    • 2001 vs. Entire barCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Drew Barrymore vs. Attackers – Charlie's Angels
  • Russell Crowe vs. Sven-Ole Thorsen and Tiger – Gladiator
  • Jet Li vs. Attackers – Romeo Must Die
    • 2002 and Chris Tucker vs. Hong Kong gangRush Hour 2
  • Angelina Jolie vs. Robot – '
  • Christopher Lee vs. Ian McKellen – '
  • Jet Li vs. Himself – The One
    • 2003Yoda vs. Christopher Lee'
  • Jet Li vs. Ultimate Fighters – Cradle 2 the Grave
  • Tobey Maguire vs. Willem Dafoe- Spider-Man
  • Johnny Knoxville vs. Butterbean – '
  • Fann Wong vs. Palace Guards – Shanghai Knights
    • 2004 vs. '
  • Hugh Jackman vs. Kelly Hu – X2: X-Men United
  • Keanu Reeves vs. Hugo Weaving – The Matrix Reloaded
  • The Rock vs. Ernie Reyes Jr. and Kontiki Rebels – The Rundown
  • Queen Latifah vs. Missi Pyle – Bringing Down the House
    • 2005 vs. '
  • Battle of the News Teams – '
  • Brad Pitt vs. Eric Bana – Troy
  • Zhang Ziyi vs. Emperor's Guards – House of Flying Daggers
    • 2006 vs. Brad PittMr. & Mrs. Smith
  • Kong vs. Planes – King Kong
  • Stephen Chow vs. The Axe Gang – Kung Fu Hustle
  • Ewan McGregor vs. Hayden Christensen – '
    • 2007 vs. Robert Maillet300
  • Sacha Baron Cohen vs. Ken Davitian – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Jack Black and Héctor Jiménez vs. Los Duendos – Nacho Libre
  • Will Ferrell vs. Jon Heder – Blades of Glory
  • Uma Thurman vs. Anna Faris – My Super Ex-Girlfriend
    • 2008 vs. Cam GigandetNever Back Down
  • "Alien" vs. "Predator" – '
  • Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell – Jumper
  • Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah – The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco – Spider-Man 3
  • Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan vs. Sun Mingming – Rush Hour 3
    • 2009 vs. Twilight
  • Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson – Bride Wars
  • Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
  • Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss – '
  • Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride – Pineapple Express
    • 2010 vs. Ali LarterObsessed
  • Sam Worthington vs. Stephen Lang – Avatar
  • Logan Lerman vs. Jake Abel – '
  • Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Strong – Sherlock Holmes
  • Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber vs. Ryan Reynolds – '
    • 2011 vs. and Xavier Samuel'
  • Amy Adams vs. The Sisters – The Fighter
  • Chloë Grace Moretz vs. Mark Strong – Kick-Ass
  • Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint vs. Arben Bajraktaraj and Rod Hunt – '
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Hallway Attacker – Inception
    • 2012 and Josh Hutcherson vs. '
  • Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • Tom Cruise vs. Michael Nyqvist — '
  • Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill vs. Kid gang — 21 Jump Street
  • Joel Edgerton vs. Tom Hardy — Warrior
    • 2013, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner vs. '
  • Christian Bale vs. Tom Hardy — The Dark Knight Rises
  • Jamie Foxx vs. Candieland Henchmen — Django Unchained
  • Daniel Craig vs. Ola Rapace — Skyfall
  • Mark Wahlberg vs. Seth MacFarlane — Ted
    • 2014Orlando Bloom & Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs'
  • Jason Bateman vs. Melissa McCarthy – Identity Thief
  • Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, & Sam Claflin vs. Mutant Monkeys – '
  • Jonah Hill vs. James Franco & Seth Rogen – This Is the End
  • The Cast of ' vs. Other Newscasters
    • 2015Dylan O'Brien vs. Will PoulterThe Maze Runner
  • Chris Evans vs. Sebastian Stan – '
  • Edward Norton vs. Michael Keaton – Birdman
  • Jonah Hill vs. Jillian Bell – 22 Jump Street
  • Seth Rogen vs. Zac Efron – Neighbors
    • 2016Ryan Reynolds vs. Ed SkreinDeadpool
  • Leonardo DiCaprio vs. The Bear – The Revenant
  • Charlize Theron vs. Tom Hardy – '
  • Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Ruffalo – '
  • Daisy Ridley vs. Adam Driver – '
  • Melissa McCarthy vs. Nargis Fakhri – Spy
    • 2018Gal Gadot vs. German SoldiersWonder Woman
  • Charlize Theron vs. Daniel Hargrave and Greg Rementer – Atomic Blonde
  • Danai Gurira, Scarlett Johansson and Elizabeth Olsen vs. Carrie Coon – '
  • Chadwick Boseman vs. Winston Duke – Black Panther
  • Chris Hemsworth vs. Mark Ruffalo – '
    • 2019Brie Larson vs. Gemma ChanCaptain Marvel
  • Josh Brolin vs. Chris Evans –
  • Maisie Williams vs. White Walkers – Game of Thrones
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg vs. Inequality – RBG
  • Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair – WrestleMania 35