# Asian Film Award for Best Actor

The Asian Film Award for Best Actor is presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA), a non-profit organization founded by Busan International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival with the shared goal of celebrating excellence in Asian cinema. It was first presented in 2007.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | Recipient(s) | 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 | Recipient(s) | 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 | Recipient(s) | English title | Original title | Ref. |
| 2020 | Lee Byung-hun | The Man Standing Next | 남산의 부장들 | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | Hamed Behdad | Castle of Dreams | قصر شیرین | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | Chen Yi-wen | A Sun | 陽光普照 | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | Masataka Kubota | First Love | 初恋 | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | Tai Bo [zh] | Twilight's Kiss | 叔．叔 | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | Wang Jingchun | So Long, My Son | 地久天长 | [1] [2] |
| 2021 | Yoo Ah-in | Voice of Silence | 소리도 없이 | [3] [4] |
| 2021 | Kōji Yakusho | Under the Open Sky | すばらしき世界 | [3] [4] |
| 2021 | Mo Tzu-yi | Dear Tenant | 親愛的房客 | [3] [4] |
| 2021 | Zhang Yi | One Second | 一秒钟 | [3] [4] |
| 2021 | Lam Ka Tung | Limbo | 智齒 | [3] [4] |
| 2023 | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Where the Wind Blows | 風再起時 | [5] [6] |
| 2023 | Zhang Yi | Home Coming | 萬里歸途 | [5] [6] |
| 2023 | Park Hae-il | Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 | [5] [6] |
| 2023 | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | [5] [6] |
| 2023 | Mohsen Tanabandeh | World War III | جنگ جهانی سوم | [5] [6] |
| 2023 | Ryohei Suzuki | Egoists | エゴイスト | [5] [6] |
| 2024 | Koji Yakusho | Perfect Days | Perfect Days | |
| 2024 | Hwang Jung-min | 12.12: The Day | 서울의 봄 | |
| 2024 | Wu Kang-ren | Abang Adik | Abang Adik | |
| 2024 | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | The Goldfinger | 金手指 | |
| 2024 | Shen Teng | Full River Red | 满江红 | |
| 2025 | Sean Lau | Papa | 爸爸 | |
| 2025 | Eddie Peng | Black Dog | 狗阵 | |
| 2025 | Choi Min-sik | Exhuma | 파묘 | |
| 2025 | Kyōzō Nagatsuka | Teki Cometh | 敵 | |
| 2025 | Michael Hui | The Last Dance | 破·地獄 | |