# Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor

The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was first awarded at the 30th Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 1988 and is given to recognise the outstanding performance of an actor in an Australian program. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries. Richard Roxburgh holds the record for the most wins, with three.

## Winners and nominees

| Key | Meaning |
| ‡ | Indicates the winning actor |
| Year | Nominees | Program(s) | Network |
| 1988 | John Wood‡ | Rafferty's Rules | Seven Network |
| 1989 | John Wood‡ | Rafferty's Rules | Seven Network |
| 1990 | Shane Porteous‡ | A Country Practice | Seven Network |
| 1991 | Michael Craig‡ | G.P. | ABC TV |
| 1992 | John McTernan‡ | G.P. | ABC TV |
| 1993 | Gary Sweet‡ | Police Rescue | ABC TV |
| 1994 | Garry McDonald‡ | Mother and Son | ABC TV |
| 1995 | Chris Haywood‡ | Janus | ABC TV |
| 1996 | Richard Roxburgh‡ | Blue Murder | ABC TV |
| 1997 | Colin Friels‡ | Water Rats | Nine Network |
| 1998 | Tony Martin‡ | Wildside | ABC TV |
| 1998 | Colin Friels | Water Rats | Nine Network |
| 1998 | William McInnes | Blue Heelers | Seven Network |
| 1998 | Rob Sitch | Frontline | ABC TV |
| 1999 | Tony Martin‡ | Wildside | ABC TV |
| 1999 | David Wenham‡ | SeaChange | ABC TV |
| 1999 | Colin Friels | Water Rats | Nine Network |
| 1999 | Paul Mercurio | The Day of the Roses | Network Ten |
| 1999 | Jeremy Sims | Aftershocks | SBS TV |
| 2000 | William McInnes‡ | SeaChange | ABC TV |
| 2000 | Steve Bisley | Water Rats | Nine Network |
| 2000 | Colin Friels | Water Rats | Nine Network |
| 2000 | John Howard | SeaChange | ABC TV |
| 2001 | John Howard‡ | SeaChange | ABC TV |
| 2001 | Steve Bisley | Water Rats | Nine Network |
| 2001 | William McInnes | SeaChange | ABC TV |
| 2001 | Geoff Morrell | Grass Roots | ABC TV |
| 2002 | William McInnes‡ | My Brother Jack | Network Ten |
| 2002 | Joel Edgerton | The Secret Life of Us | Network Ten |
| 2002 | Geoff Morrell | Changi | ABC TV |
| 2002 | Matthew Newton | Changi | ABC TV |
| 2002 | Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | Changi | ABC TV |
| 2003 | Peter O'Brien‡ | White Collar Blue | Network Ten |
| 2003 | Shane Bourne | MDA | ABC TV |
| 2003 | John Howard | Always Greener | Seven Network |
| 2003 | Samuel Johnson | The Secret Life of Us | Network Ten |
| 2003 | Gary Sweet | Stingers | Nine Network |
| 2004 | Ray Barrett‡ | After the Deluge | Network Ten |
| 2004 | Tim Draxl | The Shark Net | ABC TV |
| 2004 | Abe Forsythe | Marking Time | ABC TV |
| 2004 | William McInnes | The Shark Net | ABC TV |
| 2004 | Gary Sweet | Stingers | Nine Network |
| 2004 | David Wenham | After the Deluge | Network Ten |
| 2005 | Sam Neill‡ | Jessica | Network Ten |
| 2005 | Brendan Cowell | Love My Way | Fox8 |
| 2005 | Abe Forsythe | Fireflies | ABC TV |
| 2005 | Tony Martin | Jessica | Network Ten |
| 2005 | Dan Wyllie | Love My Way | Fox8 |
| 2006 | Dan Wyllie‡ | Love My Way | Fox8 |
| 2006 | Brendan Cowell | Love My Way | Fox8 |
| 2006 | John Howard | All Saints | Seven Network |
| 2006 | Alex O'Loughlin | The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant | Network Ten |
| 2006 | John Wood | Blue Heelers | Seven Network |
| 2007 | Matthew Le Nevez‡ | The Society Murders | Network Ten |
| 2007 | Ben Mendelsohn | Love My Way | W. Channel |
| 2007 | Richard Roxburgh | The Silence | ABC TV |
| 2007 | David Wenham | Answered by Fire | ABC TV |
| 2007 | Dan Wyllie | Love My Way | W. Channel |
| 2008 | Stephen Curry‡ | The King | TV1 |
| 2008 | Don Hany | East West 101 | SBS TV |
| 2008 | Chris Lilley | Summer Heights High | ABC1 |
| 2008 | William McInnes | Curtin | ABC1 |
| 2008 | William McInnes | East West 101 | SBS TV |
| 2009 | Gyton Grantley‡ | Underbelly | Nine Network |
| 2009 | Dustin Clare | Satisfaction | Showcase |
| 2009 | Vince Colosimo | Underbelly | Nine Network |
| 2009 | Callan Mulvey | Rush | Network Ten |
| 2009 | Damian Walshe-Howling | Underbelly | Nine Network |
| 2010 | Don Hany‡ | East West 101 | SBS TV |
| 2010 | Roy Billing | Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities | Nine Network |
| 2010 | Garry McDonald | A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne | Network Ten |
| 2010 | Ben Mendelsohn | Tangle | Showcase |
| 2010 | Aaron Pedersen | The Circuit | SBS TV |
| 2011 | Richard Roxburgh‡ | Rake | ABC1 |
| 2011 | Jason Gann | Wilfred | SBS TV |
| 2011 | Richard Roxburgh | Hawke | Network Ten |
| 2011 | Hugh Sheridan | Packed to the Rafters | Seven Network |
| 2011 | Erik Thomson | Packed to the Rafters | Seven Network |
| 2012 | Rob Carlton‡ | Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo | ABC1 |
| 2012 | Alex Dimitriades | The Slap | ABC1 |
| 2012 | Don Hany | East West 101 | SBS TV |
| 2012 | Geoff Morrell | Cloudstreet | Showcase |
| 2012 | David Wenham | Killing Time | TV1 |
| 2013 | Anthony Hayes‡ | Devil's Dust | ABC1 |
| 2013 | Aaron Jeffery | Underbelly: Badness | Nine Network |
| 2013 | Guy Pearce | Jack Irish | ABC1 |
| 2013 | Jimi Bani | Mabo | ABC1 |
| 2013 | Lachy Hulme | Howzat! Kerry Packer's War | Nine Network |
| 2014 | Lachy Hulme‡ | Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story | Nine Network |
| 2014 | Chris Lilley | Ja'mie: Private School Girl | ABC1 |
| 2014 | Craig McLachlan | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | ABC1 |
| 2014 | Kirk Page | Redfern Now | ABC1 |
| 2014 | David Wenham | Better Man | SBS One |
| 2015 | Luke Arnold‡ | INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | Seven Network |
| 2015 | Martin Henderson | Secrets & Lies | Network Ten |
| 2015 | John Noble | Devil's Playground | Showcase |
| 2015 | Richard Roxburgh | Rake | ABC |
| 2015 | Ashley Zukerman | The Code | ABC |
| 2016 | Alex Dimitriades‡ | The Principal | ABC |
| 2016 | Hugh Dancy | Deadline Gallipoli | Showcase |
| 2016 | Malcolm Kennard | Catching Milat | Seven Network |
| 2016 | Patrick Brammall | Glitch | ABC |
| 2016 | Sam Neill | House of Hancock | Nine Network |
| 2017 | Henry Nixon‡ | The Kettering Incident | ABC |
| 2017 | Rodger Corser | Doctor Doctor | Nine Network |
| 2017 | Samuel Johnson | Molly | Seven Network |
| 2017 | Richard Roxburgh | Rake | ABC |
| 2017 | Noah Taylor | Deep Water | SBS |
| 2018 | Hugo Weaving‡ | Seven Types of Ambiguity | ABC |
| 2018 | Damon Herriman | Riot | ABC |
| 2018 | Ewen Leslie | Safe Harbour | SBS |
| 2018 | Lachy Hulme | Romper Stomper | Stan |
| 2018 | Rodger Corser | Doctor Doctor | Nine Network |
| 2019 | Scott Ryan‡ | Mr Inbetween | Foxtel |
| 2019 | Aaron Pedersen | Mystery Road | ABC |
| 2019 | Bryan Brown | Bloom | Stan |
| 2019 | Jay Ryan | Fighting Season | Foxtel |
| 2019 | Robbie Magasiva | Wentworth | Foxtel |
| 2022 | Richard Roxburgh‡ | Fires | ABC |
| 2022 | Hugo Weaving | Love Me | Binge/Foxtel |
| 2022 | Jamie Dornan | The Tourist | Stan |
| 2022 | Sam Reid | The Newsreader | ABC |
| 2022 | Scott Ryan | Mr Inbetween | Foxtel |
| 2023 | Patrick Brammall‡ | Colin From Accounts | Binge |
| 2023 | Mark Coles Smith | Mystery Road: Origin | ABC |
| 2023 | Richard Roxburgh | Bali 2002 | Stan |
| 2023 | Sam Neill | The Twelve | Binge/Foxtel |
| 2023 | Tim Draxl | In Our Blood | ABC |
| 2023 | Tim Minchin | Upright | Binge/Foxtel |

## Multiple wins

| Number | Actor |
| Wins ||
| 3 | Richard Roxburgh |
| 2 | John Wood |
| 2 | Tony Martin |
| 2 | William McInnes |

## Programs with most awards

| Wins | Program |
| 3 | SeaChange |
| 2 | Rafferty's Rules |
| 2 | G.P. |
| 2 | Wildside |