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| Asian Film Awards for Best Actor | |
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 The 2024 recipient: Koji Yakusho | |
| Awarded for | Best performance in Asian Cinema in the leading role |
| Presented by | Hong Kong International Film Festival Society |
| First awarded | 2007 |
| Last awarded | 2024 |
| Winner (2024) | Koji Yakusho |
| Website | www.afa-academy.com |
Asian Film Award for Best Actor has been awarded annually since 2007 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society. [1] [2] [3]
| Year | Winner and nominees | 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 | |
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Lee Byung-hun | The Man Standing Next | 남산의 부장들 |
 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 [4] | Yoo Ah-in | Voice of Silence | 소리도 없이 |
| 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 | 秒钟 | |
| Lam Ka Tung | Limbo | 智齒 | |
| 2023 [5] | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Where the Wind Blows | 風再起時 |
| Zhang Yi (actor) | 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 | ||
| Ryohei Suzuki | Egoists | エゴイスト | |
| 2024 [6] [7] | Koji Yakusho | Perfect Days | |
| 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 | |
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