This is the Golden Globe awarded to Paul Hogan for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for his iconic role in Crocodile Dundee (1986). This award recognised Hogan’s charismatic and humorous performance, which helped turn the Australian film into a global hit and made him an international star. Hogan was only the second Australian to win a Golden Globe in the lead acting categories, after Peter Finch in Network (1977), and the first to win for an Australian film, making this award a milestone for both Hogan and Australian cinema. While their reputation has been tarnished over the years, the long-running Golden Globe Awards remain a pivotal stop during the annual Hollywood awards season that culminates in the Oscars.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.