GayVN Award for Best Actor

GayVN Award for Best Actor
Awarded for	Best performance by a gay porn actor in a leading role
Country	United States
Presented by	AVN Media Network
First awarded	December 1998;24 years ago (1998-12)
Most awards	Tony Donovan (4)

The GayVN Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by AVN Media Network at the GayVN Awards, given to a gay porn actor for his performance in a leading role in a film released that year. ^[1]

Initially, achievements in gay pornography were recognized by AVN Media Network at the AVN Awards, until the creation of the GayVN Awards. ^[1] The 1st GayVN Awards ceremony was held in 1998, with Vince Rockland receiving the award for his performance in Three Brothers. The second ceremony was held in 2000, with the GayVN Awards taking place annually until 2010. Following this the GayVN Awards would enter a seven-year hiatus, coming back in 2018. ^[1]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 20 actors. With two wins, Tony Donovan is the only actor to have won this award more than once, as well as the only one to achieve two consecutive wins. DeAngelo Jackson is the only man of color to win in this category, for Blended Family in 2020. ^[2] As of the 2022 ceremony, the most recent recipients are Michael DelRay for The Last Course and Alex Riley for Return to Helix Academy Parts 1 & 2.

Winners and nominees

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

1990s

1990s winners and nominees

Award year	Actor	Film	Studio	Ref(s).
1998 (1st)	Vince Rockland ‡	Three Brothers	New Age Pictures

2000s

Blake Harper won for Animus in 2000.

Zak Spears won for The Joint in 2002.

Josh Weston won for Deep South: The Big and the Easy in 2003.

Dean Phoenix won for BuckleRoos 1–2 in 2005.

Johnny Hazzard won for Wrong Side of the Tracks in 2006.

Michael Lucas won for Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita in 2007, which he also directed.

Jake Deckard won for Grunts in 2008.

Ricky Sinz won for To the Last Man in 2009.

2000s winners and nominees

Award year	Actor	Film	Studio(s)	Ref(s).
2000 (2nd)	Blake Harper‡	Animus	All Worlds Video	[3] [4]
	Rick Chase	Dream Team	Studio 2000
	Joe Landon	The Apprentice	Delta Productions
	Thomas Lloyd	Endless Pursuit	10% Productions/Greenwood-Cooper
	Tommy Lord	Cuffed!	Studio 2000
	Leo Lyons	Tales From The Foxhole	All Worlds Video
	Spike	Spiked	All Worlds Video
	Chris Steele	Steele Ranger	Rascal Video
	Grant Wood	Late Nite Porn	Stable Entertainment
	Kurt Young	Sodom	Vivid Man
2001 (3rd)	Tony Donovan‡	Echoes	Men of Odyssey	[5]
	Johnny Brosnan	Out of Athens	Falcon Studios
	Thomas Lloyd	Dirty Hairy	All Worlds Video
	Dean Phoenix	The Servant	Stable Entertainment
	Steve Rambo	Score	Catalina Video
	Zak Spears	The Journey Back	Men of Odyssey
	Corey Summers	Top Secret	Men of Odyssey
	Colby Taylor	The Crush	Falcon Studios
	Cole Tucker	Don't Ask, Don't Tell!	MSR Videos
	Travis Wade	Now and Forever	Studio 2000
2002 (4th)	Tony Donovan‡	Carnal Intentions	Men of Odyssey	[6] [7]
	Zak Spears ‡	The Joint	Men of Odyssey
	Jason Branch	Homo Erectus	MSR Videos
	D.C. Chandler	SuperCharge	Studio 2000
	Lance Gear	In Gear	Rascal Video
	Tanner Hayes	Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony	All Worlds Video
	Billy Herrington	Conquered	All Worlds Video
	Court Logan	A Dream Come True	Rad Video
	Jeff Palmer	Palmer's Lust	Pacific Sun Entertainment
	Logan Reed	Going Down and Cumming Out in Beverly Hills	Great Dane
2003 (5th)	Caesar ‡	Cowbow	Big Blue Productions	[8] [9]
	Josh Weston ‡	Deep South: The Big and the Easy	Falcon Studios
	Lucas Foz	L'Elisir D'Amore	Lucas Kazan Productions
	Lance Gear	2nd Gear	Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing
	Michael Soldier	The Dirty Director	Raging Stallion
2004 (6th)	Michael Soldier‡	A Porn Star Is Born	Raging Stallion	[10] [11]
	Tag Eriksson	The Hole	Jet Set Productions
	Joe Foster	A Man's Tail	Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing
	Paul Johnson	There Goes the Neighborhood	All Worlds Video
	Lance Landers	Dear Dick	All Worlds Video
	Jason McCain	Sex Psycho	Arena Entertainment/Thor Productions
	Jason Ridge	Nasty Nasty	Red Devil Entertainment
	Rob Romoni	Canvas	Red Devil Entertainment
	Carlo Cox	8 Inches	Marcostudio
	Josh Weston	Big Timber	Falcon Studios
2005 (7th)	Dean Phoenix ‡	BuckleRoos 1–2	Buckshot Productions	[12] [13]
	Rafael Alencar	Gored	Studio 2000
	Brad Benton	Wet Palms 1–3	Jet Set Team Productions
	Fyerfli	Husband by Day, Hustler by Night	All Worlds Video
	Marcus Iron	BuckleRoos	Buckshot Productions
	Michael Lucas	Lost	Lucas Entertainment
	Aiden Shaw	Perfect Fit	Hot House Entertainment
	Jim Slade	The Matrixxx: A Muscle Explosion	Big Blue Productions
	Michael Soldier	Wet Palms 1–3	Jet Set Team Productions
	Josh Weston	Taking Flight 1–2	Falcon Studios
2006 (8th)	Johnny Hazzard ‡	Wrong Side of the Tracks	Rascal Video	[14] [15]
	Rod Barry	Thirst	Adonis Pictures
	Brad Benton	Dirty Little Sins	Red Devil Entertainment
	Pierre Fitch	Through the Woods	Falcon Studios
	Junito	Wet Dreamz of Genie	Liquid Dreamz
	Michael Lucas	Dangerous Liaisons	Lucas Entertainment
	Gus Mattox	Dangerous Liaisons	Lucas Entertainment
	Brad Patton	Beyond Perfect	Buckshot Productions
	Bryce Pierce	110° in Tucson	Titan Media
	Colby Taylor	Getting It in the End	Jocks Studios
2007 (9th)	Michael Lucas ‡	Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita	Lucas Entertainment	[16] [17]
	Shane Collins	Doggie Style	Jet Set Productions
	Erik Rhodes	The Velvet Mafia	Falcon Studios
	Danny Roddick	Boot Black Blues	Buckshot Productions
	Shane Rollins	Justice	Hot House Video
	Cole Ryan	The Chest	Titan Media
	Eddie Stone	2nd Inning	Electro Video
	Colby Taylor	Big Rig	Buckshot Productions
	Derrick Vinyard	From Top to Bottom	Falcon Studios
	Justin Wells	Booty Thief	Arena Entertainment
2008 (10th)	Jake Deckard‡	Grunts	Raging Stallion	[18] [19]
	Dean Flynn	BarnStorm	Titan Media
	Roman Heart	Basic Plumbing 3	Falcon Studios
	Josh Vaughn	Bottom of the 9th: Little Big League 3	All Worlds Video
	Michael Lucas	Gigolo	Lucas Entertainment
	Vinnie D'Angelo	Gunnery Sgt. McCool	Titan Media
	Erik Rhodes	The Ivy League	Falcon Entertainment
	Dean Phoenix	On Fire!	Jet Set Men
	Jason Ridge	A Rising Star	Ridgeline Films
	Tiger Tyson	Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris is Mine!	Pitbull Productions
2009 (11th)	Ricky Sinz‡	To the Last Man	Raging Stallion	[20] [21]
	Tony Buff	Home Invasion	Titan Media
	Chad Clovis	Friendly Force	G&G Media
	Brent Corrigan	Just the Sex	Dirty Bird Pictures/Prodigy Pictures
	D.O.	Sex Hiker	Black Scorpion
	Austin Grant	Young Guns	Centaur Films
	Roman Heart	Roman's Holiday	Falcon Studios
	Chad Hunt	Endgame	Dirty Bird Pictures
	Ross Hurston	Paging Dr. Finger	Hot House Entertainment
	Aaron James	Ass Cruisin'	Jet Set Men
	Wilfried Knight	Brothers' Reunion	Lucas Entertainment
	Cameron Marshall	Black Meat White Heat	All Worlds Video
	Logan McCree	The Drifter	Raging Stallion
	Zack Randall	Paradise Found	Buckshot
	Erik Rhodes	Best Men 1 & 2	Falcon Studios
	Blake Riley	Unknown	Rascal Video / Channel 1 Releasing
	Kaden Saylor	The Porne Ultimatum	Dirty Bird Pictures
	Brad Star	South Beach Diaries	ASG Entertainment
	Aaron Tyler	The Twink Whisperer	PZP Productions

2010s

Logan McCree won for The Visitor in 2010.

Brent Corrigan won for Ultra Fan in 2018.

Diego Sans won for Pirates: A Gay XXX Parody in 2019.

2010s winners and nominees

Award year	Actor	Film	Studio(s)	Ref(s).
2010 (12th)	Logan McCree ‡	The Visitor	Raging Stallion	[22]
	Allen Silver	Dad Takes a Fishing Trip	Dragon/Gage Media
	Cole Streets	Focus/ReFocus	Raging Stallion Studios
	Luke Marcum	Whorrey Potter and the Sorcerer's Balls	Dominic Ford
	Steven Tyler	HouseBoy	DreamBoy Productions/Eurocreme
	Wilfried Knight	Obsession	Lucas Entertainment
2018 (13th)	Brent Corrigan ‡	Ultra Fan	NakedSword/Falcon Studios	[23] [24]
	David Benjamin	Silverlake	TitanMen/Pulse
	Matthew Bosch	Cauke for Free	TitanMen/Pulse
	James Castle	Barebackula	Lucas Entertainment
	Trenton Ducati	Secrets & Lies	NakedSword/Rock Candy
	Quentin Gainz	Straight Chexxx	Next Door/Pulse
	Tayte Hansen	Fuck Him Up	Men.com/Pulse
	Dustin Holloway	Route 69	Falcon Studios
	Colby Keller	The Stillest Hour	CockyBoys
	Markie More	Straight Chexxx	Next Door/Pulse
	Adam Ramzi	It's Coming	Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios
	Ryan Rose	Scared Stiff	NakedSword/Falcon Studios
	Adam Russo	The Stepfather 3	Icon Male/Mile High Media
	Will Wikle	The Stillest Hour	CockyBoys
	Brandon Wilde	His Sister's Lover 2	Icon Male/Mile High Media
2019 (14th)	Diego Sans‡	Pirates: A Gay XXX Parody	Men.com/Pulse	[25] [26]
	Wesley Woods‡	Zack & Jack Make a Porno	Falcon Studios
	Max Adonis	Max in the City	Falcon Studios
	Calvin Banks	All Saints: Chapter 1	CockyBoys
	Remy Cruze	Breaking Mr. Hart	Golden Age Films/NakedSword
	Carter Dane	All Saints: Chapter 1	CockyBoys
	Ace Era	The Slutty Professor	NakedSword/Falcon Studios
	Sean Ford	Love Lost & Found	CockyBoys
	Woody Fox	Zack & Jack Make a Porno	Falcon Studios
	Colton Grey	Paris Perfect	NakedSword/Falcon Studios
	Riley Mitchel	Bounty Hunters	Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios
	Michael Roman	Daddy Dilemma	Icon Male/Mile High Media
	Roman Todd	The Married Man	Icon Male/Mile High Media
	Daymin Voss	Vice	Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios
	Tegan Zayne	Three Wishes	Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios

2020s

2020s winners and nominees

Award year	Actor	Film	Studio(s)	Ref(s).
2020 (15th)	DeAngelo Jackson‡	Blended Family	Icon Male/Mile High	[27] [2] [28] [29] [30]
	Max Adonis	Dirty Deeds	Men.com
	Bruce Beckham	Get Your Dick Outta My Son!	Men.com/Pulse
	Matthew Camp	Camp Chaos	Men.com
	Nick Capra	Don't Tell My Wife	Icon Male/Mile High
	Sean Ford	Le Garçon Scandaleux	CockyBoys/PinkTV
	Max Konnor	Feed Me Your Love	PeterFever.com
	Ricky Larkin	At Large	Raging Stallion/Falcon
	Riley Mitchel	The Night Riders	Raging Stallion/Falcon
	Cameron Parks	Vegas Nights	HelixStudios.com
	Pierce Paris	The Legend of Big Cock	Men.com
	Michael Roman	My Stepdad's Stepdad	Icon Male/Mile High
	Nic Sahara	Five Brothers: Family Values/The Takedown	NakedSword.com
	Mickey Taylor	Psycho Joe	NakedSword/Falcon
	Roman Todd	Beach Rats of Lauderdale	Falcon Studios
2021 (16th)	Angel Rivera‡	A Murdered Heart	NakedSword	[31] [32] [33]
	Beaux Banks	Rise of the Sirens	Men.com
	Calvin Banks	The Gay Simple Life	NakedSword
	Dante Colle	Scared Stiff 2: The Amityville Whore	NakedSword
	Drew Dixon	What's Gotten into Him?	Masqulin.com
	Andre Donovan	Journeys – Season Two	Himeros.tv
	DeAngelo Jackson	Sin City	Noir Male
	Trevor Harris	Happy Campers	Helix
	Devin Holt	The Lake House	Helix
	Tristan Hunter	My Best Friend's Dad	Icon Male
	Nico Leon	Hollywood and Vine	CockyBoys
	Drake Masters	Timberwolves 2: Blood Moon	Raging Stallion
	Josh Moore	Califuckinfornia	Falcon
	Johnny Rapid	A Tale of Two Cock Destroyers	Men.com
	Taylor Reign	Love Thy Neighbor	Icon Male
2022 (17th)	Michael DelRay‡	The Last Course	Disruptive Films	[34] [35]
	Alex Riley‡	Return to Helix Academy Parts 1 & 2	Helix Studios
	Johnny B	Don't Tell My Wife 2	Icon Male
	Cole Conner	Making the Grade	Falcon
	Paul Delay	FBI: Frisky Boys Investigation	French-Twinks.com
	Andre Donovan	The Territory	Raging Stallion
	Casey Everett	Painful Love	Icon Male
	Tayte Hanson	(Un)Lucky in Love	CockyBoys
	Trevor Harris	Return to Helix Academy Parts 1 & 2	Helix Studios
	Devin Holt	A Halloween Story	Helix Studios
	Tristan Hunter	Work From Home	Falcon
	Garrett Kinsley	Let's Hit It	Helix Studios
	Dominic Pacifico	A Stepbrother's Obsession 2	Icon Male
	Adam Russo	Caught Raw-Handed	Masqulin.com
	Roman Todd	Best Sex Ever	NakedSword.com

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