Asian Film Award for Best Actor
# Asian Film Award for Best Actor

Asian Film Award for Best Actor has been awarded annually since 2007 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.

## Winners and nominees

### 2000s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | Song Kang-ho | The Host | 괴물, Goemul |
| 2007 | Chang Chen | The Go Master | 吴清源 Wú Qīngyuán |
| 2007 | Shah Rukh Khan | Don | Don |
| 2007 | Andy Lau | A Battle of Wits | A Battle of Wits |
| 2007 | Rain | I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK | 싸이보그지만 괜찮아 Ssaibogeujiman Gwaenchanha |
| 2007 | Ken Watanabe | Memories of Tomorrow | 明日の記憶 Ashita no Kioku |
| 2008 | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | Lust, Caution | Lust, Caution |
| 2008 | Jack Kao | Good Man Dog | Good Man Dog |
| 2008 | Ryō Kase | I Just Didn't Do It | それでもボクはやってない |
| 2008 | Jet Li | The Warlords | The Warlords |
| 2008 | Joe Odagiri | Tokyo Tower | 東京タワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜 |
| 2008 | Song Kang-ho | Secret Sunshine | 밀양 Milyang |
| 2009 | Masahiro Motoki | Departures | おくりびと, Okuribito |
| 2009 | Ge You | If You Are the One | 非诚勿扰 Fēichéng Wùrǎo |
| 2009 | Ha Jung-woo | The Chaser | 추격자 Chugyeogja |
| 2009 | Akshay Kumar | Singh Is Kinng | सिंह इज़ किंग |
| 2009 | Kenichi Matsuyama | Detroit Metal City | デトロイト・メタル・シティ |
| 2009 | Song Kang-ho | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈, Joheun nom nabbeun nom isanghan nom |

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | Lee Byung-hun | The Man Standing Next | 남산의 부장들 |
| 2020 | Hamed Behdad | Castle of Dreams | قصر شیرین |
| 2020 | Chen Yi-wen | A Sun | 陽光普照 |
| 2020 | Masataka Kubota | First Love | 初恋 |
| 2020 | Tai Bo [zh] | Twilight's Kiss | 叔．叔 |
| 2020 | Wang Jingchun | So Long, My Son | 地久天长 |
| 2021 | Yoo Ah-in | Voice of Silence | 소리도 없이 |
| 2021 | Kōji Yakusho | Under the Open Sky | すばらしき世界 |
| 2021 | Mo Tzu-yi | Dear Tenant | 親愛的房客 |
| 2021 | Zhang Yi | One Second | 秒钟 |
| 2021 | Lam Ka Tung | Limbo | 智齒 |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Where the Wind Blows | 風再起時 |
| 2022 | Zhang Yi (actor) | Home Coming | 萬里歸途 |
| 2022 | Park Hae-il | Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 |
| 2022 | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー |
| 2022 | Mohsen Tanabandeh | World War III | |
| 2022 | Ryohei Suzuki | Egoists | エゴイスト |
