Asian Film Award for Best Actor
| Asian Film Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Sean Lau | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in Asian Cinema |
| Presented by | Asian Film Awards Academy |
| First award | 2007 |
| Most recent winner | Sean Lau Papa (2025) |
| Website | afa-academy |
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 |
| Chang Chen | The Go Master | 吴清源 Wú Qīngyuán | |
| Shah Rukh Khan | Don | ||
| Andy Lau | A Battle of Wits | ||
| Rain | I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK | 싸이보그지만 괜찮아 Ssaibogeujiman Gwaenchanha | |
| Ken Watanabe | Memories of Tomorrow | 明日の記憶 Ashita no Kioku | |
| 2008 | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | Lust, Caution | |
| Jack Kao | Good Man Dog | ||
| Ryō Kase | I Just Didn't Do It | それでもボクはやってない | |
| Jet Li | The Warlords | ||
| Joe Odagiri | Tokyo Tower | 東京タワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜 | |
| Song Kang-ho | Secret Sunshine | 밀양 Milyang | |
| 2009 | Masahiro Motoki | Departures | おくりびと, Okuribito |
| Ge You | If You Are the One | 非诚勿扰 Fēichéng Wùrǎo | |
| Ha Jung-woo | The Chaser | 추격자 Chugyeogja | |
| Akshay Kumar | Singh Is Kinng | सिंह इज़ किंग | |
| Kenichi Matsuyama | Detroit Metal City | デトロイト・メタル・シティ | |
| Song Kang-ho | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈, Joheun nom nabbeun nom isanghan nom | |
2010s
2020s
| Year | Recipient(s) | English title | Original title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Lee Byung-hun | The Man Standing Next | 남산의 부장들 | [1] [2] |
| Hamed Behdad | Castle of Dreams | قصر شیرین | ||
| Chen Yi-wen | A Sun | 陽光普照 | ||
| Masataka Kubota | First Love | 初恋 | ||
| Tai Bo | Twilight's Kiss | 叔．叔 | ||
| Wang Jingchun | So Long, My Son | 地久天长 | ||
| 2021 | Yoo Ah-in | Voice of Silence | 소리도 없이 | [3] [4] |
| Kōji Yakusho | Under the Open Sky | すばらしき世界 | ||
| Mo Tzu-yi | Dear Tenant | 親愛的房客 | ||
| Zhang Yi | One Second | 一秒钟 | ||
| Lam Ka Tung | Limbo | 智齒 | ||
| 2023 | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Where the Wind Blows | 風再起時 | [5] [6] |
| Zhang Yi | Home Coming | 萬里歸途 | ||
| Park Hae-il | Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 | ||
| Hidetoshi Nishijima | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | ||
| Mohsen Tanabandeh | World War III | جنگ جهانی سوم | ||
| Ryohei Suzuki | Egoists | エゴイスト | ||
| 2024 | Koji Yakusho | Perfect Days | [7] | |
| Hwang Jung-min | 12.12: The Day | 서울의 봄 | ||
| Wu Kang-ren | Abang Adik | |||
| Tony Leung Chiu-wai | The Goldfinger | 金手指 | ||
| Shen Teng | Full River Red | 满江红 | ||
| 2025 | Sean Lau | Papa | 爸爸 | [8] |
| Eddie Peng | Black Dog | 狗阵 | ||
| Choi Min-sik | Exhuma | 파묘 | ||
| Kyōzō Nagatsuka | Teki Cometh | 敵 | ||
| Michael Hui | The Last Dance | 破·地獄 | ||
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actor
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
- European Film Award for Best Actor
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
- Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor
References
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- ^ Frater, Patrick; Ramachandran, Naman (March 10, 2024). "'Evil Does Not Exist' Wins Best Picture at Asian Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
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