# Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor

The Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor (Chinese: 金馬獎最佳男主角) is given at the Golden Horse Film Awards.
Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai has won the most Best Leading Actor awards with 3 times. He won the award in the 31st, 40th and 41st awards ceremony with Chungking Express, Infernal Affairs, and Lust, Caution. Leung also holds the record for having nominated in this category for 7 times.

## Records

| Record | Best Leading Actor | Best Leading Actor |
| Actor with most awards | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | 3 |
| Actor with most nominations | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | 7 |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Leslie Cheung | 5 |
| Oldest winner | Lin Yang | 63 years old (1995) |
| Youngest winner | Xia Yu | 20 years old (1996) |
| Oldest nominee | Michael Hui | 74 years old (2016) |
| Youngest nominee | Chang Chen | 15 years old (1991) |
The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:
| Wins | Actor |
| 3 | Tony Leung Chiu-wai |
| 2 | Jackie Chan |
| 2 | Andy Lau |
| 2 | Aaron Kwok |
| 2 | Chow Yun-fat |
| 2 | Charlie Chin |
| 2 | Ko Hsiang-ting |
| 2 | Peter Yang |
| 2 | Wang Yin |
| 2 | Ou Wei |
| 2 | Ko Chun-hsiung |
The following individuals received five or more Best Actor nominations:
| Nominations | Actress |
| 7 | Tony Leung Chiu-wai |
| 6 | Tony Leung Ka-fai |
| 5 | Alex Man |
| 5 | Leslie Cheung |
| 5 | Chang Chen |

## Winners and nominees
### 1960s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title |
| 1963 (1st) |
| 1963 (1st) | Wang Yin | The Pistol | 手槍 |
| 1964 (2nd) |
| 1964 (2nd) | Tang Ching | Dark night to dawn | 黑夜到黎明 |
| 1965 (3rd) |
| 1965 (3rd) | Ko Hsiang-ting | Beautiful Duckling | 養鴨人家 |
| 1966 (4th) |
| 1966 (4th) | Zhao Lei | His-Shih, Beauty of Beauties | 西施 |
| 1967 (5th) |
| 1967 (5th) | Ou Wei | Hometown Robbery | 故鄉劫 |
| 1968 (6th) |
| 1968 (6th) | Tsui Fu-sheng | The Road | 路 |
| 1969 (7th) |
| 1969 (7th) | Peter Yang | Storm Over the Yangtse River | 扬子江风云 揚子江風雲 |

### 1970s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title |
| 1970 (8th) |
| 1970 (8th) | Ko Hsiang-ting | The Evergreen Mountains | 高山青 |
| 1971 (9th) |
| 1971 (9th) | Wang Yin | The Story of Tin-Ying | 缇萦 緹縈 |
| 1972 (10th) |
| 1972 (10th) | Ou Wei | Execution in Autumn | 秋決 |
| 1973-1974 (11th) |
| 1973-1974 (11th) | Peter Yang | The Escape | 忍 |
| 1975 (12th) |
| 1975 (12th) | Charlie Chin | Long Way From Home | 长情万缕 長情萬縷 |
| 1976 (13th) |
| 1976 (13th) | Chang Feng | Fragrant Flower Versus Noxious Grass | 香花与毒草 |
| 1977 (14th) |
| 1977 (14th) | Charlie Chin | Far Away From Home | 人在天涯 |
| 1978 (15th) |
| 1978 (15th) | Chin Han | He Never Gives Up | 汪洋中的一條船 |
| 1978 (15th) | Bai Ying | The Operations of Spring Wind | |
| 1978 (15th) | Jimmy Wang | Brothers | |
| 1979 (16th) |
| 1979 (16th) | Ko Chun-hsiung | A Teacher of Great Soldiers | 黃埔軍魂 |
| 1979 (16th) | Shih Chun | Legend of the Mountain | |
| 1979 (16th) | Liang Hsiu-shen | Love in Chilly Spring | |

### 1980s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
| 1980 (17th) |
| 1980 (17th) | Wang Kuan-hsiung | White Jasmine | 茉莉花 | |
| 1980 (17th) | Wang Dao | The Pioneers | |
| 1980 (17th) | Ti Lung | The Heroes | |
| 1981 (18th) |
| 1981 (18th) | Alan Tam | If I Were for Real | 假如我是真的 | Li Xiaozhang |
| 1981 (18th) | Tony Liu | A Man of Immortality | |
| 1981 (18th) | Heung Wan-pang | Fellow Students | |
| 1982 (19th) |
| 1982 (19th) | Eddie Chan | Man on the Brink | 邊緣人 | Di Ai |
| 1982 (19th) | Wang Dao | The Battle for the Republic of China | |
| 1982 (19th) | Jeem Yim | Cream Soda and Milk | |
| 1983 (20th) |
| 1983 (20th) | Sun Yueh | Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing | 搭错车 | Uncle Ya |
| 1983 (20th) | Chen Jen-lei | Traveler | |
| 1983 (20th) | Alex Man | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | |
| 1984 (21st) |
| 1984 (21st) | Danny Lee | Law with Two Phases | 公僕 | Police Chief B |
| 1984 (21st) | Jackie Chan | Project A | |
| 1984 (21st) | Sun Yueh | Old Mao's Second Spring | |
| 1985 (22nd) |
| 1985 (22nd) | Chow Yun-fat | Hong Kong 1941 | 等待黎明 | Yip Kim-fei |
| 1985 (22nd) | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taipei Story | |
| 1985 (22nd) | Alex Man | Hong Kong 1941 | |
| 1986 (23rd) |
| 1986 (23rd) | Ti Lung | A Better Tomorrow | 英雄本色 | Sung Tse-Ho |
| 1986 (23rd) | Chow Yun-fat | A Better Tomorrow | |
| 1986 (23rd) | Kent Cheng | Why Me? | |
| 1987 (24th) |
| 1987 (24th) | Chow Yun-fat | An Autumn's Tale | 秋天的童话 | Samuel Pang |
| 1987 (24th) | Max Mok | Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch | |
| 1987 (24th) | Alex Man | Brotherhood | |
| 1988 (25th) |
| 1988 (25th) | Alex Man | Gangland Odyssey | 大頭仔 | Ng Chun-sing |
| 1988 (25th) | Sammo Hung | Painted Faces | |
| 1988 (25th) | Ti Lung | People's Hero | |
| 1989 (26th) |
| 1989 (26th) | Chen Sung-young | A City of Sadness | 悲情城市 | Wen-heung |
| 1989 (26th) | Doze Niu | Banana Paradise | |
| 1989 (26th) | Jackie Chan | Miracles | |

### 1990s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
| 1990 (27th) |
| 1990 (27th) | Tony Leung Ka-fai | Farewell China | 愛在他鄉的季節 | Zhao Nansan |
| 1990 (27th) | Cho Sheng-li | The Story of a Gangster | |
| 1990 (27th) | Alex Man | Fraternity | |
| 1991 (28th) |
| 1991 (28th) | Sihung Lung | Pushing Hands | 推手 | Mr. Chu |
| 1991 (28th) | Leslie Cheung | Days of Being Wild | |
| 1991 (28th) | Chang Kuo-chu | A Brighter Summer Day | |
| 1991 (28th) | Chang Chen | A Brighter Summer Day | |
| 1992 (29th) |
| 1992 (29th) | Jackie Chan | Police Story 3: Super Cop | 警察故事3超級警察 | Chan Ka-Kui |
| 1992 (29th) | Jet Li | Once Upon a Time in China II | |
| 1992 (29th) | Stephen Chow | Justice, My Foot! | |
| 1992 (29th) | Shao Xing | The Noblest Way to Die | |
| 1993 (30th) |
| 1993 (30th) | Jackie Chan | Crime Story | 重案組 | Eddie Chan |
| 1993 (30th) | Wu Hsing-kuo | Temptation of a Monk | |
| 1993 (30th) | Kent Cheng | Crime Story | |
| 1993 (30th) | Tony Leung Ka-fai | A Roof with a View | |
| 1994 (31st) |
| 1994 (31st) | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Chungking Express | 重慶森林 | Cop 663 |
| 1994 (31st) | Tsai Chen-nan | A Borrowed Life | 多桑 | Sega |
| 1994 (31st) | Chang Shih | The Wooden Man's Bride | 五魁 | Kui |
| 1994 (31st) | Lee Kang-sheng | Vive l'amour | 愛情萬歲 | Hsiao-kang |
| 1995 (32nd) |
| 1995 (32nd) | Lin Yang | Super Citizen Ko | 超級大國民 | Ko L-Sheng |
| 1995 (32nd) | Roy Chiao | Summer Snow | 女人四十 | Lin Sun |
| 1995 (32nd) | Tony Leung Ka-fai | Evening Liaison | 人約黃昏 | Xu |
| 1995 (32nd) | Lee Li-chun | The Daughter-in-Law | 阿爸的情人 | Lin Ah-dee |
| 1996 (33rd) |
| 1996 (33rd) | Xia Yu | In the Heat of the Sun | 陽光燦爛的日子 | Ma Xiaojun |
| 1996 (33rd) | Liu Linian | Foreign Moon | 月滿英倫 | Su Tong |
| 1996 (33rd) | Leslie Cheung | Temptress Moon | 風月 | Yu Zhongliang |
| 1996 (33rd) | Michael Wong | First Option | 飛虎 | SDU Commander Chief Inspector Don Wong |
| 1997 (34th) |
| 1997 (34th) | Tse Kwan-ho | The Mad Phoenix | 南海十三郎 | Gong Jyu-lau |
| 1997 (34th) | Lee Chan-sam | Made in Hong Kong | 香港製造 | To Chung-Chau, 'Moon' |
| 1997 (34th) | Leslie Cheung | Happy Together | 春光乍洩 | Ho Po-wing |
| 1997 (34th) | Miao Tien | The River | 河流 | the father |
| 1998 (35th) |
| 1998 (35th) | Lopsang | Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl | 天浴 | Lao Jin |
| 1998 (35th) | Anthony Wong | Beast Cops | 野獸刑警 | Tung |
| 1998 (35th) | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Your Place or Mine! | 每天愛你8小時 | Cheung Suk-wai |
| 1998 (35th) | Leon Lai | City of Glass | 玻璃之城 | Raphael Hui Kong-sun |
| 1999 (36th) |
| 1999 (36th) | Ko Chun-hsiung | Cao Cao | 一代梟雄——曹操 | Cao Cao |
| 1999 (36th) | Anthony Wong | Ordinary Heroes | 千言萬語 | Father Kam |
| 1999 (36th) | Nicholas Tse | Metade Fumaca | 半支煙 | Smokey |
| 1999 (36th) | Sean Lau | Victim | 目露凶光 | Manson Ma |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
| 2000 (37th) |
| 2000 (37th) | Francis Ng | The Mission | 鎗火 | Roy |
| 2000 (37th) | Chu Chung-heng | Pure Accident | 純屬意外 | Chen De-yuan |
| 2000 (37th) | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | In the Mood for Love | 花樣年華 | Chow Mo-wan |
| 2000 (37th) | Leslie Cheung | Double Tap | 鎗王 | Rick Pang |
| 2001 (38th) |
| 2001 (38th) | Liu Ye | Lan Yu | 藍宇 | Lan Yu |
| 2001 (38th) | Andy Lau | Love on a Diet | 瘦身男女 | Fatso |
| 2001 (38th) | Ekin Cheng | Goodbye Mr. Cool | 九龍冰室 | Wen Nuoyan/Jiuzhilong |
| 2001 (38th) | Hu Jun | Lan Yu | 藍宇 | Chen Handong |
| 2002 (39th) |
| 2002 (39th) | Leon Lai | Three: Going Home | 三更之回家 | Yu |
| 2002 (39th) | Wing Fan | The Best of Times | 美麗時光 | Wei |
| 2002 (39th) | Glen Chin | Hollywood Hong Kong | 香港有個荷里活 | Mr. Chu |
| 2002 (39th) | Leslie Cheung | Inner Senses | 異度空間 | Jim Law |
| 2003 (40th) |
| 2003 (40th) | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Infernal Affairs | 無間道 | Chan Wing-yan |
| 2003 (40th) | Andy Lau | Infernal Affairs | 無間道 | Lau Kin-ming |
| 2003 (40th) | Daniel Wu | Night Corridor | 妖夜迴廊 | Sam Yuen/Hung |
| 2003 (40th) | Simon Yam | PTU | PTU | Sergeant Mike Ho |
| 2004 (41st) |
| 2004 (41st) | Andy Lau | Infernal Affairs III | 無間道III: 終極無間 | Lau Kin-ming |
| 2004 (41st) | Jacky Cheung | Golden Chicken 2 | 金雞2 | Quincy |
| 2004 (41st) | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | 2046 | 2046 | Chow Mo-wan |
| 2004 (41st) | Tobgyal | Kekexili: Mountain Patrol | 可可西里 | Ritai |
| 2005 (42nd) |
| 2005 (42nd) | Aaron Kwok | Divergence | 三岔口 | Suen Siu-yan |
| 2005 (42nd) | Tony Leung Ka-fai | Election | 黑社會 | Big D |
| 2005 (42nd) | Chang Chen | Three Times | 最好的時光 | Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen |
| 2005 (42nd) | Chen Kun | A West Lake Moment | 鸳鸯蝴蝶 | Qin |
| 2006 (43rd) |
| 2006 (43rd) | Aaron Kwok | After This Our Exile | 父子 | Chow Cheung-Sheng |
| 2006 (43rd) | Sam Lee | Dog Bite Dog | 狗咬狗 | inspector Ti Wai |
| 2006 (43rd) | Francis Ng | Wo Hu | 臥虎 | Walter |
| 2007 (44th) |
| 2007 (44th) | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Lust, Caution | 色，戒 | Mr. Yee |
| 2007 (44th) | Zhao Benshan | Getting Home | 落葉歸根 | Zhao |
| 2007 (44th) | Gurmit Singh | Just Follow Law | 我在政府部门的日子 | Lim Teng-zui |
| 2007 (44th) | Aaron Kwok | The Detective | C+偵探 | Tam |
| 2008 (45th) |
| 2008 (45th) | Zhang Hanyu | Assembly | 集結號 | Gu Zidi |
| 2008 (45th) | Jet Li | The Warlords | 投名狀 | Pang Qingyun |
| 2008 (45th) | Liao Fan | Ocean Flame | 一半海水 一半火焰 | Wang Yao |
| 2008 (45th) | Louis Koo | Run Papa Run | 一個好爸爸 | Lee Tin-yun |
| 2009 (46th) |
| 2009 (46th) | Nick Cheung | Beast Stalker | 證人 | Hung King |
| 2009 (46th) | Huang Bo | Cow | 鬥牛 | Niu-Er |
| 2009 (46th) | Akira Chen | Cannot Live Without You | 不能沒有你 | Li Wu Hsiung |
| 2009 (46th) | Daniel Wu | Like a Dream | 如夢 | Max |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title |
| 2010 (47th) | Ethan Juan | Monga | 艋舺 |
| 2010 (47th) | Wang Xueqi | Bodyguards and Assassins | 十月圍城 |
| 2010 (47th) | Ni Dahong | Judge | 透析 |
| 2010 (47th) | Qin Hao | Spring Fever | 春風沉醉的夜晚 |
| 2011 (48th) | Andy Lau | A Simple Life | 桃姐 |
| 2011 (48th) | Eddie Peng | Jump Ashin! | 翻滾吧！阿信 |
| 2011 (48th) | Ge You | Let the Bullets Fly | 讓子彈飛 |
| 2011 (48th) | Wang Qianyuan | The Piano in a Factory | 鋼的琴 |
| 2012 (49th) | Sean Lau | Life Without Principle | 奪命金 |
| 2012 (49th) | Nick Cheung | Nightfall | 大追捕 |
| 2012 (49th) | Joseph Chang | Girlfriend, Boyfriend | 女朋友。男朋友 |
| 2012 (49th) | Chapman To | Vulgaria | 低俗喜劇 |
| 2012 (49th) | Nicholas Tse | The Viral Factor | 逆戰 |
| 2013 (50th) | Lee Kang-sheng | Stray Dogs | 郊遊 |
| 2013 (50th) | Jimmy Wang Yu | Soul | 失魂 |
| 2013 (50th) | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | The Grandmaster | 一代宗師 |
| 2013 (50th) | Nick Cheung | Unbeatable | 激戰 |
| 2013 (50th) | Tony Leung Ka-fai | Cold War | 寒戰 |
| 2014 (51st) | Chen Jianbin | A Fool | 一個勺子 |
| 2014 (51st) | Sean Lau | The White Storm | 掃毒 |
| 2014 (51st) | Liao Fan | Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 |
| 2014 (51st) | Masatoshi Nagase | Kano | KANO |
| 2014 (51st) | Chang Chen | Brotherhood of Blades | 綉春刀 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Feng Xiaogang | Mr. Six | 老炮兒 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Lee Hong-chi | Thanatos, Drunk | 醉·生夢死 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Aaron Kwok | Port of Call | 踏血尋梅 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Deng Chao | The Dead End | 烈日灼心 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Dong Zijian | De Lan | 德蘭 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Fan Wei | Mr. No Problem | 不成問題的問題 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Tony Leung Ka-fai | Cold War 2 | 寒戰II |
| 2016 (53rd) | Ko Chen-tung | The Road to Mandalay | 再見瓦城 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Michael Hui | Godspeed | 一路順風 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Jacky Cheung | Heaven in the Dark | 暗色天堂 |
| 2017 (54th) |
| 2017 (54th) | Tu Men | Old Beast | 老獸 |
| 2017 (54th) | Kaiser Chuang | Who Killed Cock Robin | 目擊者 |
| 2017 (54th) | Huang Bo | The Conformist | 冰之下 |
| 2017 (54th) | Takeshi Kaneshiro | See You Tomorrow | 擺渡人 |
| 2017 (54th) | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Love Education | 相愛相親 |
| 2018 (55th) | Xu Zheng | Dying to Survive | 我不是药神 |
| 2018 (55th) | Roy Chiu | Dear Ex | 誰先愛上他的 |
| 2018 (55th) | Duan Yihong | The Looming Storm | 暴雪將至 |
| 2018 (55th) | Deng Chao | Shadow | 影 |
| 2018 (55th) | Peng Yuchang | An Elephant Sitting Still | 大象席地而坐 |
| 2019 (56th) | Chen Yi-wen | A Sun | 陽光普照 |
| 2019 (56th) | Wu Chien-ho | A Sun | 陽光普照 |
| 2019 (56th) | Tai Bo | Suk Suk | 叔．叔 |
| 2019 (56th) | Ben Yuen | Suk Suk | 叔．叔 |
| 2019 (56th) | Chu Pak Hong | My Prince Edward | 金都 |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title |
| 2020 (57th) | Mo Tzu-yi | Dear Tenant | 親愛的房客 |
| 2020 (57th) | Austin Lin | I WeirDo | 怪胎 |
| 2020 (57th) | Mark Lee | Number 1 | 男兒王 |
| 2020 (57th) | Gordon Lam | Hand Rolled Cigarette | 手捲煙 |
| 2020 (57th) | Liu Kuan-ting | My Missing Valentine | 消失的情人節 |
| 2021 (58th) | Chang Chen | The Soul | 緝魂 |
| 2021 (58th) | Kai Ko | Moneyboys | 金錢男孩Moneyboys |
| 2021 (58th) | Roy Chiu | Man in Love | 當男人戀愛時 |
| 2021 (58th) | Francis Ng | Drifting | 濁水漂流 |
| 2021 (58th) | Cheng Jen-shuo | Gatao - The Last Stray | 角头－浪流连 |
| 2022 (59th) | Anthony Wong | The Sunny Side of the Street | 白日青春 |
| 2022 (59th) | Louis Cheung | The Narrow Road | 窄路微塵 |
| 2022 (59th) | Gordon Lam | Limbo | 智齒 |
| 2022 (59th) | Joseph Chang | The Post-Truth World | 罪後真相 |
| 2022 (59th) | Yu An-shun | Coo-Coo 043 | 一家子兒咕咕叫 |
| 2023 (60th) | Wu Kang-ren | Abang Adik | 富都青年 |
| 2023 (60th) | Greg Hsu | Marry My Dead Body | 關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事 |
| 2023 (60th) | Austin Lin | Marry My Dead Body | 關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事 |
| 2023 (60th) | Wang Po-chieh | Eye of the Storm | 疫起 |
| 2023 (60th) | Ethan Juan | The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon | 周處除三害 |
| 2024 (61st) | Zhang Zhiyong | Bel Ami | 漂亮朋友 |
| 2024 (61st) | Jason King | A Journey in Spring | 春行 |
| 2024 (61st) | Chang Chen | The Embers | 餘燼 |
| 2024 (61st) | Neo Yau | The Way We Talk | 看我今天怎麼說 |
| 2024 (61st) | Wanlop Rungkumjad | Mongrel | 白衣蒼狗 |