MTV Movie Award for Best Hero

The MTV Movie Award for Best Hero was introduced in 2006 but retired the next year, only being reinstated in 2012. A similar category titled Biggest Badass Star was introduced in 2010, nominating only the actor and not the movie.

Best Hero

Year	Actor Movie	Nominated
2006	Christian Bale  – Batman Begins as Bruce Wayne/Batman	Jessica Alba – Fantastic Four as Sue Storm Kate Beckinsale – Underworld: Evolution as Selene Ewan McGregor – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith as Obi-Wan Kenobi Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Harry Potter
2012	Daniel Radcliffe  – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Harry Potter	Chris Evans – Captain America: The First Avenger as Steve Rogers/Captain America Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street as Greg Jenko Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games as Katniss Everdeen Chris Hemsworth – Thor as Thor
2013	Martin Freeman  – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Bilbo Baggins	Christian Bale – The Dark Knight Rises as Bruce Wayne/Batman Robert Downey Jr. – The Avengers as Tony Stark/Iron Man Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises as Selina Kyle/Catwoman Mark Ruffalo – The Avengers as Bruce Banner/The Hulk Kristen Stewart – Snow White and the Huntsman as Snow White
2014	Henry Cavill  – Man of Steel as Clark Kent/Superman	Channing Tatum – White House Down as John Cale Chris Hemsworth – Thor: The Dark World as Thor Martin Freeman – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Bilbo Baggins Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 3 as Tony Stark/Iron Man
2015	Dylan O'Brien  – The Maze Runner as Thomas	Shailene Woodley – The Divergent Series: Insurgent as Tris Prior Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 as Katniss Everdeen Martin Freeman – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Bilbo Baggins Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy as Star-Lord
2016	Jennifer Lawrence  – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 as Katniss Everdeen	Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator Furiosa Chris Evans – Avengers: Age of Ultron as Steve Rogers/Captain America Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Rey Dwayne Johnson – San Andreas as Ray Gaines Paul Rudd – Ant-Man as Scott Lang/Ant-Man

Biggest Badass Star

Year	Winner	Nominated
2010	Rain	Angelina Jolie Chris Pine Channing Tatum Sam Worthington
2011	Chloë Grace Moretz	Alex Pettyfer Jaden Smith Joseph Gordon-Levitt Robert Downey Jr.