# Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor

The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Performance by an Actor is a former category in the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, between 2007 and 2021. It was retired after that, along with the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress, both being collapsed into Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance from 2022.

## Winners and Nominees

Winners and nominees of this award included:

### 2000s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| 2007 | Erkan Can | Takva: A Man's Fear of God | Takva, |
| 2007 | Mehrdad Seddiqian | The Night Bus | : اتوبوس شب / Otobus-e Shab |
| 2007 | Ryu Deok-hwan | Like a Virgin | 천하장사 마돈나; / Cheonhajangsa Madonna |
| 2007 | Evgeniy Antropov | Hard Hearted | Kremen |
| 2007 | Sasson Gabai | The Band's Visit | ביקור התזמורת / Bikur Ha-Tizmoret |
| 2008 | Reza Naji | The Song of Sparrows | آواز گنجشک‌ها, Âvâz-e gonjeshk-hâ |
| 2008 | Rajat Kapoor | The Prisoner | Siddharth: The Prisoner |
| 2008 | Simon Yam | Sparrow | 文雀 / Man Jeuk |
| 2008 | Kim Yoon-seok | The Chaser | 추격자; / Chugyeokja |
| 2008 | Alireza Aghakhani | Before the Burial | Tanha Do Dar Zendegui Mikonim |
| 2009 | Masahiro Motoki | Departures | おくりびと, Okuribito |
| 2009 | Ge You | If You Are the One | 非诚勿扰 / Fei Cheng Wu Rao |
| 2009 | Naseeruddin Shah | A Wednesday | A Wednesday! |
| 2009 | Mohammad Bakri | Laila's Birthday | Eid milad Laila |
| 2009 | Yang Ik-june | Breathless | 똥파리; / Ddongpari, |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| 2010 | Chen Daoming | Aftershock | 唐山大地震 / Tángshān Dà Dìzhèn, |
| 2010 | Atul Kulkarni | Natarang | नटरंग |
| 2010 | Sergei Puskepalis | How I Ended This Summer | Как я провёл этим летом,/ Kak ya provyol etim letom |
| 2010 | Tony Barry | Home by Christmas | |
| 2010 | Mark Ivanir | The Human Resources Manager | שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש,/ Shliḥuto shel Ha'Memuneh al Mash'abey |
| 2011 | Jiang Zhangke | Mr. Tree | Hello! Shu Xian Sheng, |
| 2011 | Peyman Moaadi | A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین / odaí-e Nadér az Simín |
| 2011 | Daniel Connors | Toomelah | |
| 2011 | Fa'afiaula Sagote | The Orator | O Le Tulafale |
| 2011 | Sasson Gabai | Restoration | בוקר טוב אדון פידלמן / Boker Tov, Adon Fidelman |
| 2012 | Choi Min-sik | Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time | 범죄와의 전쟁 , Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng |
| 2012 | Manoj Bajpai | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Gangs of वासेपुर |
| 2012 | Tamer Levent | Beyond the Hill | Tepenin Ardi |
| 2012 | Wu Tianming | Full Circle | |
| 2012 | Lior Ashkenazi | Footnote | הערת שוליים / He'arat Shulayim, |
| 2013 | Lee Byung-hun | Masquerade | 광해: 왕이 된 남자, Gwanghae: Wang-i Doen Namja |
| 2013 | Tatsuya Nakadai | The Japanese Tragedy | Nihon no higeki |
| 2013 | Aaron Pedersen | Mystery Road | |
| 2013 | Adam Bakri | Omar | عمر |
| 2013 | Yerbolat Toguzakov | The Old Man | Шал,/ Shal, |
| 2014 | Cliff Curtis | The Dark Horse | |
| 2014 | Liao Fan | Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 / Bai Ri Yan Huoi |
| 2014 | Mahendra Perera | 28 | |
| 2014 | David Gulpilil | Charlie's Country | عمر |
| 2014 | Navid Mohammadzadeh | I'm Not Angry! | عصبانی نیستم, / Asabani Nistam!l, |
| 2015 | Jung Jaeyong | Right Now, Wrong Then | 지금은맞고그때는틀리다 / Jigeumeun-matgo-geuttaeneun-tteullida |
| 2015 | Reef Ireland | Downriver | |
| 2015 | Aleksei Guskov | The Find | Nakhodka |
| 2015 | Misha Gomiashvili | The President | |
| 2015 | Shide Nyima | Tharlo | |
| 2016 | Manoj Bajpayee | Aligarh | |
| 2016 | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Psycho Raman | Raman Raghav 2.0 |
| 2016 | Farhad Aslani | Daughter | Dokhtar |
| 2016 | Dev Patel | Lion | |
| 2016 | Song Kang-ho | The Throne | 사도 / Sado |
| 2017 | Rajkummar Rao | Newton | |
| 2017 | Paolo Ballesteros | Die Beautiful | |
| 2017 | Navid Mohammadzadeh | No Date, No Signature | Bedoune Tarikh, Bedoune Emza |
| 2017 | Koji Yakusho | The Third Murder | Sandome no Satsujin |
| 2017 | Mohammad Bakri Saleh Bakri | Wajib | Duty |
| 2018 | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Manto | |
| 2018 | Zain Al Rafeea | Capharnaüm | |
| 2018 | Karim Mirkhadiyev | Fortitude | |
| 2018 | Akylbek Abdykalykov | Night Accident | |
| 2018 | Bahman Farmanara | Tale of the Sea | |
| 2019 | Manoj Bajpayee | Bhonsle | |
| 2019 | Eran Naim | Love Trilogy: Chained | שלי טרילוגיה על אהבה: עיניים |
| 2019 | Navid Mohammadzadeh | Just 6.5 | |
| 2019 | Mohsen Tanabandeh | Rona, Azim's Mother | |
| 2019 | Wang Jingchun | So Long, My Son | 地久天长 |