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{{Short description|Asian Film Awards}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox award
| name         = [[Asian Film Awards]]<br /> for Best Actor
| image         = Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Berlin Film Festival 2013) (cropped).jpg
| image_size    = 180x200px
| image_upright = 
| caption       = The 2022 recipient: [[Tony Leung Chiu-wai]]
| awarded_for = Best performance in Asian Cinema in the leading role 
| presenter = [[Hong Kong International Film Festival|Hong Kong International Film Festival Society]]
| country = 
| year = [[1st Asian Film Awards|2007]]
| year2            = 2022
| holder_label     = Winner (2022)
| holder           = [[Tony Leung Chiu-wai]] 
| website = [http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/ www.asianfilmawards.asia]
| previous         = 15th
| main             = [[16th Asian Film Awards]]
| next             = 17th
}}

'''Asian Film Award for Best Actor''' has been awarded annually since 2007 by the [[Hong Kong International Film Festival|Hong Kong International Film Festival Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Standard_English/VOA_Standard_English_20448.html |title=South Korea Takes Top Prizes at Asian Film Awards|accessdate=2014-01-30}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/03/20/a-separation-triumphs-at-asian-film-awards/ |title=A Separation’ Triumphs at Asian Film Awards|accessdate=2014-01-30}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/85993/nora-aunor-eddie-garcia-win-top-acting-honors-at-asian-film-awards |title=Nora Aunor, Eddie Garcia win top acting honors at Asian Film Awards|accessdate=2014-01-30}}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="100"|'''Year'''
!width="300"|'''Winner and nominees'''
!width="300"|'''English title'''
!width="300"|'''Original title'''
|-
|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|[[1st Asian Film Awards|2007]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Song Kang-ho]]'''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]'''''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''괴물''', '''''Goemul'''''
|-
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Chang Chen]]|| ''[[The Go Master]]'' || 吴清源 '' Wú Qīngyuán''
|-
|{{flagicon|India}} [[Shah Rukh Khan]]||colspan="2"|''[[Don (2006 Hindi film)|Don]]''
|-
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Andy Lau]]||colspan="2"| ''[[A Battle of Wits (2006 film)|A Battle of Wits]]''
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Rain (entertainer)|Rain]]|| ''[[I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK]]'' || 싸이보그지만 괜찮아 ''Ssaibogeujiman Gwaenchanha''
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Ken Watanabe]]|| ''[[Memories of Tomorrow]]'' || 明日の記憶 ''Ashita no Kioku''
|-
|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|[[2nd Asian Film Awards|2008]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} '''[[Tony Leung Chiu-Wai]]'''||colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[Lust, Caution]]'''''
|-
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Jack Kao]]||colspan="2"| ''Good Man Dog''
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Ryō Kase]]|| ''[[I Just Didn't Do It]]''|| それでもボクはやってない
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Jet Li]]||colspan="2"| ''[[The Warlords]]''
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Joe Odagiri]]|| ''[[Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad|Tokyo Tower]]'' || 東京タワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜 
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Song Kang-ho]]|| ''[[Secret Sunshine]]'' || 밀양 ''Milyang''
|-
|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|[[3rd Asian Film Awards|2009]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Masahiro Motoki]]'''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[Departures (2008 film)|Departures]]'''''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''おくりびと''', '''''Okuribito'''''
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Ge You]]|| ''[[If You Are the One (film)|If You Are the One]]'' ||  非诚勿扰 ''Fēichéng Wùrǎo''
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Ha Jung-woo]]|| ''[[The Chaser (2008 film)|The Chaser]]''||  추격자 ''Chugyeogja''
|-
|{{flagicon|India}} [[Akshay Kumar]]|| ''[[Singh Is Kinng]]'' || सिंह इज़ किंग
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kenichi Matsuyama]]|| ''[[Detroit Metal City]]'' || デトロイト・メタル・シティ 
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Song Kang-ho]]|| ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Weird]]'' || 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈, ''Joheun nom nabbeun nom isanghan nom''
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="100"|'''Year'''
!width="300"|'''Winner and nominees'''
!width="300"|'''English title'''
!width="300"|'''Original title'''
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[4th Asian Film Awards|2010]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|China}}  '''[[Wang Xueqi]]'''||colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[Bodyguards and Assassins]]'''''
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tadanobu Asano]]|| ''[[Villon's Wife]]'' || ヴィヨンの妻 〜桜桃とタンポポ〜 
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Huang Bo]]|| ''[[Cow (2009 film)|Cow]]'' || 斗牛
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Song Kang-ho]]|| ''[[Thirst (2009 film)|Thirst]]'' ||  박쥐 ''Bakjwi''
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hitoshi Matsumoto]]|| ''[[Symbol (film)|Symbol]]'' || しんぼる
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[5th Asian Film Awards|2011]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Ha Jung-woo]]'''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[The Yellow Sea (film)|The Yellow Sea]]'''''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''황해''', '''''Hwang hae'''''
|-
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Chow Yun-fat]]|| ''[[Let the Bullets Fly]]'' || 让子弹飞, ''Ràng Zǐ Dàn Fēi'' 
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Ge You]]|| ''[[Sacrifice (2010 film)|Sacrifice]]'' || 赵氏孤儿 ''Zhào Shì Gū Ér''
|-
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Ethan Juan]]|| ''[[Monga (film)|Monga]]'' ||  艋舺 ''Báng-kah''
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kōji Yakusho]]|| ''[[13 Assassins (2010 film)|13 Assassins]]'' || 十三人の刺客 ''Jūsannin no Shikaku''
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[6th Asian Film Awards|2012]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} '''[[Donny Damara]]'''||colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[Lovely Man]]'''''
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Chen Kun]]|| ''[[Flying Swords of Dragon Gate]]'' || 龙门飞甲 
|-
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Andy Lau]]|| ''[[A Simple Life]]'' || 桃姐 ''Táo Jiě''
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Park Hae-il]]|| ''[[War of the Arrows]]'' ||  최종병기 활 ''Choechongp'yŏngki Hwal''
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kōji Yakusho]]|| ''[[Chronicle of My Mother]]'' || わが母の記 ''Waga Haha no Ki''
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[7th Asian Film Awards|2013]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|Philippines}} '''[[Eddie Garcia]]'''||colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[Bwakaw]]'''''
|-
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Joseph Chang]]|| ''[[Girlfriend, Boyfriend]]'' || 女朋友。男朋友
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Choi Min-sik]]|| ''[[Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time]]'' || 범죄와의 전쟁 ''Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng''
|-
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Tony Leung Ka-fai]]|| ''[[Cold War (2012 film)|Cold War]]'' || 寒戰
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Liu Ye (actor)|Liu Ye]]|| ''[[The Last Supper (2012 film)|The Last Supper]]'' || 王的盛宴
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[8th Asian Film Awards|2014]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|India}} '''[[Irrfan Khan]]'''||colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[The Lunchbox]]'''''
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Masaharu Fukuyama]] ||''[[Like Father, Like Son (2013 film)|Like Father, Like Son]]''|| そして父になる ''Soshite Chichi ni Naru''
|-
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Lee Kang-sheng]]|| colspan="2"|''[[Stray Dogs (2013 film)|Stray Dogs]]''
|-
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Tony Leung Chiu-Wai]]|| ''[[The Grandmaster (film)|The Grandmaster]]'' || 一代宗師
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Song Kang-ho]]|| ''[[The Attorney]]'' || 변호인 ''Byeonhoin''
|-
|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|[[9th Asian Film Awards|2015]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|China}} '''[[Liao Fan]]'''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[Black Coal, Thin Ice]]'''''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''白日焰火'''
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Choi Min-sik]]||''[[The Admiral: Roaring Currents]]''||명량
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Ryo Kase]]||''[[Hill of Freedom]]''|| 자유의 언덕
|-
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Sean Lau|Sean Lau Ching-wan]]||''[[Overheard 3]]''|| 竊聽風雲3
|-
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Ethan Juan|Ethan Ruan]]||''[[Paradise in Service]]''||軍中樂園
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Takeru Satoh]]||''[[Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends]]''||るろうに剣心 伝説の最期編
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[10th Asian Film Awards|2016]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Lee Byung-hun]]'''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[Inside Men (film)|Inside Men]]'''''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''내부자들'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[John Arcilla]]||''[[Heneral Luna]]''||
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Masatoshi Nagase]]||''[[Sweet Bean]]''|| あん
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Feng Xiaogang]]||''[[Mr. Six (film)|Mr. Six]]''|| 老炮兒
|-
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Donnie Yen]]||''[[Ip Man 3]]''||葉問3
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[11th Asian Film Awards|2017]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Tadanobu Asano]]'''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[Harmonium (film)|Harmonium]]'''''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''淵に立つ'''
|-
| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Michael Hui]] || ''[[Godspeed (film)|Godspeed]]'' || 一路顺风
|-
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Gong Yoo]] || ''[[Train to Busan]]'' || 부산행
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Fan Wei (actor)|Fan Wei]]|| ''[[Mr. No Problem]]''|| 不成问题的问题
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| {{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Richie Jen]] || ''[[Trivisa]]''|| 树大招风
|- 
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[12th Asian Film Awards|2018]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} '''[[Louis Koo]]'''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[Paradox (2017 film)|Paradox]]'''''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''杀破狼・贪狼'''
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Yoon-seok]] || ''[[1987: When the Day Comes]]'' || 1987
|-
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Sukollawat Kanarot]] || ''Malila: The Farewell Flower'' || 
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Rajkummar Rao]] || ''[[Newton (film)|Newton]]'' || 
|-
| {{flagicon|China}} [[Duan Yihong]] || ''The Looming Storm'' || 暴雪将至
|- 
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[13th Asian Film Awards|2019]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Kōji Yakusho]]'''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[The Blood of Wolves]]'''''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''孤狼の血'''
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Yoo Ah-in]] || ''[[Burning (2018 film)|Burning]]'' || 버닝
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Xu Zheng (actor)|Xu Zheng]] || ''[[Dying to Survive]]'' || 我不是藥神
|-
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon|China}} [[Aaron Kwok]] || ''[[Project Gutenberg (film)|Project Gutenberg]]'' || 無雙
|-
|{{flagicon|India}} [[Ranbir Kapoor]] || ''[[Sanju]]'' ||
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="100"|'''Year'''
!width="300"|'''Winner and nominees'''
!width="300"|'''English title'''
!width="300"|'''Original title'''
|-
|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|[[14th Asian Film Awards|2020]]||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Lee Byung-hun]]'''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|'''''[[The Man Standing Next]]'''''||style="background:#B0C4DE;"| '''남산의 부장들'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Hamed Behdad]]|| ''[[Castle of Dreams (2019 film)|Castle of Dreams]]'' || قصر شیرین 
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|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Chen Yi-wen]]|| ''[[A Sun (film)|A Sun]]'' || 陽光普照
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|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Masataka Kubota]]|| ''[[First Love (2019 film)|First Love]]'' || 初恋
|-
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon|Taiwan}} {{ill|Tai Bo (actor)|lt=Tai Bo|zh|張嘉年}}|| ''[[Suk Suk|Twilight's Kiss]]'' || 叔．叔
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Wang Jingchun]]|| ''[[So Long, My Son]]'' || 地久天长
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[15th Asian Film Awards|2021]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://asianfilmfestivals.com/2021/10/08/asian-film-awards-winners-2021/ |title= 15th Asian Film Awards – Winners 2021 |author= Sabastian Nadilo |work= Asian Film Festivals |date= October 8, 2021 |access-date= October 9, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>||style="background:#B0C4DE;"|{{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Yoo Ah-in]]''' ||style="background:#B0C4DE;"| '''''[[Voice of Silence (2020 film)|Voice of Silence]]''''' ||style="background:#B0C4DE;"| '''소리도 없이'''
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|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kōji Yakusho]]|| ''[[Under the Open Sky]]'' ||すばらしき世界
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| {{flagicon|Taiwan}} Mo Tzu-yi || ''[[Dear Tenant]]''||  親愛的房客
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|{{flagicon|China}} [[Zhang Yi (actor)|Zhang Yi]] || ''[[One Second (film)|One Second]]'' || 秒钟
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|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Gordon Lam|Lam Ka Tung]] ||''[[Limbo (2021 film)|Limbo]]''||  智齒
|-
|rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|[[16th Asian Film Awards|2022]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/asian-film-awards-decision-to-leave-leads-nominations-1235212781/ |last=Ntim |first=Zac  |title=Asian Film Awards: ''Decision to Leave'' And ''Drive My Car'' Lead Nominations |date=6 January 2023|access-date=6 January 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
|-style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} '''[[Tony Leung Chiu-wai]]'''
|'''''[[Where the Wind Blows]]''''' 
| '''風再起時'''
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Zhang Yi (actor)]] 
|''[[Home Coming (2022 film)|Home Coming]]'' 
| 萬里歸途
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Park Hae-il]] 
|''[[Decision to Leave]]'' 
| 헤어질 결심
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor)|Hidetoshi Nishijima]] 
|''[[Drive My Car (film)|Drive My Car]]'' 
| ドライブ・マイ・カー
|-
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohsen Tanabandeh]] 
|''[[World War III (2022 film)|World War III]]'' 
| 
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Ryohei Suzuki]]
|''Egoists'' 
| エゴイスト
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120330180259/http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/2012/ Official site]

{{Asian Film Award for Best Actor}}
{{Asian Film Awards}}

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