2016 MTV Movie Awards Winners Include Charlize Theron, Daisy Ridley, Chris Pratt And ‘Straight Outta Compton’
From the archive: published Apr 10, 2016, 10 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart hosted the 2016 MTV Movie Awards on Saturday night in Burbank, California. The taped-broadcast is going to air Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. ET on MTV. Luckily, you won’t have to wait until Sunday night to find out who walked away with awards and who didn’t, as some of the early winners have already been announced, reports the Boston Herald. Winners are being updated throughout the night.
“The story of Fury Road is in part a story of the power of women and the power to create our own destinies,” Charlize Theron said as she accepted the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance, for her role as Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley won for Breakthrough Performance. “It feels especially amazing to be part of a film that reps all genders… races and ages in such a positive and aspirational way,” Ridley said during her acceptance speech.
Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt took home the award for Best Action Performance in Jurassic World; Ryan Reynolds won Best Comedic Performance for Deadpool; Amy Poehler won Best Visual Performance for Pixar’s Inside Out. The MTV Generation Award was given to Will Smith and Melissa McCarthy was awarded with the award for Comedic Genius.
TRUE STORY Concussion Joy Steve Jobs Straight Outta Compton (WINNER) The Big Short The Revenant
DOCUMENTARY Amy (WINNER) Cartel Land He Named Me Malala The Hunting Ground The Wolfpack What Happened, Miss Simone?
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina Anna Kendrick – Pitch Perfect 2 Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road (WINNER) Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Morena Baccarin – Deadpool
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE Chris Pratt – Jurassic World Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant (WINNER) Matt Damon – The Martian Michael B. Jordan – Creed Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool Will Smith – Concussion
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE Amy Schumer – Trainwreck Brie Larson – Room Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (WINNER) Dakota Johnson – Fifty Shades of Grey John Boyega – Star Wars: The Force Awakens O’Shea Jackson Jr. – Straight Outta Compton
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE Amy Schumer – Trainwreck Kevin Hart – Ride Along 2 Melissa McCarthy – Spy Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect 2 Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool (WINNER) Will Ferrell – Get Hard
BEST ACTION PERFORMANCE Chris Pratt – Jurassic World (WINNER) Dwayne Johnson – San Andreas Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 John Boyega – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool Vin Diesel – Furious 7
BEST HERO Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road Chris Evans – Avengers: Age of Ultron Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Dwayne Johnson – San Andreas Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (WINNER) Paul Rudd – Ant-Man
BEST VILLAIN Adam Driver – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (WINNER) Ed Skrein – Deadpool Hugh Keays-Byrne – Mad Max: Fury Road James Spader – Avengers: Age of Ultron Samuel L. Jackson – Kingsman: The Secret Service Tom Hardy – The Revenant
BEST VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE Amy Poehler – Inside Out (WINNER) Andy Serkis – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Jack Black – Kung Fu Panda 3 James Spader – Avengers: Age of Ultron Lupita Nyong’o – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Seth MacFarlane – Ted 2
ENSEMBLE CAST Avengers: Age of Ultron Furious 7 Pitch Perfect 2 (WINNER) Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Trainwreck
BEST KISS Amy Schumer & Bill Hader – Trainwreck Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan – Fifty Shades of Grey Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth – Vacation Margot Robbie & Will Smith – Focus Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine – Pitch Perfect 2 (WINNER)
BEST FIGHT Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) vs. Ajax (Ed Skrein) – Deadpool (WINNER) Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) vs. The Bear – The Revenant Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) – Mad Max: Fury Road Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) – Avengers: Age of Ultron Rey (Daisy Ridley) vs. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) vs. Lia (Nargis Fakhri) – Spy
“This will be the first time I perform ‘Castle,'” Halsey said. “This song is so important to me as a woman; it’s about not letting anything get in your way. I’m so happy MTV & The Huntsman are giving me the opportunity to present that message on television. Plus it’ll look sick.”
The 2016 MTV Movie Awards will air on Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. ET on MTV.