This is a list of the winners of the Asian Academy Creative Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role since its institution in 2018. The award is presented to the best leading actor performance in a television series or film. Apart from the main award, the category is also awarded regionally in seventeen participating nations.
Winners The following table display the winners of the award.
Year Actor Program Network Country 2018 Yu Hewei Drug Hunter Dragon Television 2019 Oka Antara Brata HOOQ 2020 Arjo Atayde Bagman ABS-CBN 2021 Lee Je-hoon Move to Heaven Netflix 2022 Jung Hae-in D.P. Netflix South Korea2023 Vijay Varma Dahaad Amazon Prime Video 2024 Ryohei Suzuki City Hunter Netflix 2025 Dennis Trillo Green Bones GMA Pictures
Regional winners The following table display the winners of the regional award, sorted by the participating nations.Reference by year: 2018: 2019: 2020: 2021: 2022: 2023: 2024: 2025: 2026:
Year Actor Program Network2022 Yoson An New Gold Mountain SBS2024 Felix Cameron Boy Swallows Universe Netflix2025 Jacob Elordi The Narrow Road to the Deep North Curio Pictures2026 Hunter Page-Lochard Reckless BBC Studios Productions
Year Actor Program Network2018 Yu Hewei Drug Hunter Dragon Television2019 Nie Yuan Story of Yanxi Palace IQIYI2020 Luo Jin Royal Nirvana Youku2021 Guo Qilin My Heroic Husband IQIYI2022 Vic Chou Danger Zone IQIYI2023 Ren Jialun Thousand Years for You IQIYI2024 Qin Hao The Lonely Warrior IQIYI2025 Li Xian A Love Never Lost Five Pictures2026 Bai Yu Swords Into Plowshares China Huace Film
Year Actor Program Network2018 Eason Chan My Very Short Marriage ViuTV2019 Francis Ng The Trading Floor Star Chinese Movies2020 Anthony Wong The Republic Viu2022 Kenneth Ma Kids' Lives Matter TVB2023 Ruco Chan I've Got the Power TVB2024 Owen Cheung No Room For Crime TVB2025 Owen Cheung Anonymous Signal TVB2026 Raymond Wong Ho-yin Game of Two Halves Viu
Year Actor Program Network2018 Nawazuddin Siddiqui Sacred Games Netflix2019 Sumedh Mudgalkar RadhaKrishn Star Bharat2020 Manoj Bajpayee The Family Man Amazon Prime Video2021 Manoj Bajpayee The Family Man Amazon Prime Video2022 Guru Somasundaram Minnal Murali Netflix2023 Vijay Varma Dahaad Amazon Prime Video2024 Kay Kay Menon The Railway Men Netflix2025 Zahan Kapoor The Black Warrant Netflix2026 Anil Kapoor Subedar Amazon Prime Video
Year Actor Program Network2018 Reza Rahadian Critical Eleven HOOQ2019 Oka Antara Brata HOOQ2020 Miller Khan Assalamualaikum Calon Imam Viu2021 Arya Saloka The Ties of Love RCTI2022 Refal Hady Wedding Agreement the Series Disney+ Hotstar2023 Abimana Aryasatya Serigala Terakhir Vidio2024 Jefri Nichol At Stake The Series Vidio2025 Arya Saloka Lembayung Prime Eagle Studio2026 Angga Yunanda Para Perasuk Rekata Studio
Year Actor Program Network2018 Tetsuji Tamayama You Are Tender When It Rains Hulu Japan2019 Kazuki Kitamura Folklore: Tatami HBO Asia2021 Takayuki Yamada The Naked Director Netflix2022 Masaki Suda Don't Call It Mystery Fuji Television2024 Ryohei Suzuki City Hunter Netflix2025 Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Bullet Train Explosion Netflix2026 Yuki Yamada Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem HBO Asia
Year Actor Program Network2018 Idan Aedan Luar Biasa Astro Citra2019 Lingkesvaran Manlam Brindhavanathil Kannan Astro2020 Bront Palarae The Bridge Viu2021 Kamal Adli Black Viu2022 Beto Kusyairy Scammer Astro Ria2023 Khir Rahman Hilang Viu2024 Naim Daniel I.D Astro Malaysia2025 Dato' Hilal Azman Memori Creative Stew2026 Beto Kusyairy Good Boys Go to Heaven Astro Shaw
Year Actor Program Network2020 Khar Ra Spirit of Fight Canal+2023 Aye Chan Maung Grieving Moe Mahar TV
Year Actor Program Network2021 Ido Drent The Gulf Three
Year Actor Program Network2018 Miguel Tanfelix Kambal, Karibal GMA Network2019 Carlo Aquino Ulan HOOQ2020 Arjo Atayde Bagman ABS-CBN2021 JM de Guzman When Love Burns ABS-CBN2022 John Arcilla On the Job HBO Asia2023 Arjo Atayde Cattleya Killer ABS-CBN2024 Kokoy de Santos Your Mother's Son Octobertrain2025 Dennis Trillo Green Bones GMA Pictures2026 Vice Ganda Call Me Mother ABS-CBN
Year Actor Program Network2018 A. Panneeirchelvam Ninaivugal Mediacorp2019 River Huang From Beijing to Moscow Toggle2020 Zhang Yaodong Day Break Channel 82021 Nathaniel Ng My Mini-Me and Me Mediacorp2022 Pierre Png This Land Is Mine meWatch2023 Andie Chen Third Rail meWatch2024 Desmond Tan All That Glitters Mediacorp2025 Richie Koh Coded Love Mediacorp2026 Ayden Sng Double Helix Viu
Year Actor Program Network2021 Lee Je-hoon Move to Heaven Netflix2022 Jung Hae-in D.P. Netflix2023 Ha Jung-woo Narco-Saints Netflix
Year Actor Program Network2018 Jag Huang Burning Crows Hakka TV2019 Wu Kang-ren The World Between Us PTS2020 Hsia Ching-ting The Story of Three Springs Formosa Television2021 Mark Lee Looking for You Da Ai Television2022 Kou Hsi-Shun Still Me CTS2023 Liu Kuan-ting On Marriage: Wishful Synching PTS2024 Wu Kang-ren Living TVBS Media2025 Vic Chou The World Between Us: After the Flames PTS2026 Chang Hsiao Chuan Dogman PTS
Year Actor Program Network2019 Jirayu Tangsrisuk Krong Kam Channel 32020 Prin Suparat My Husband in Law Channel 32021 Korapat Kirdpan The Gifted: Graduation GMM 252022 Chanon Santinatornkul Wannabe Viu2023 Nopachai Jayanama Hunger Netflix2024 Vachirawit Chivaaree Congrats My Ex! Amazon Prime Video 2025 Natara Nopparatayapon Mad Unicorn Netflix2026 Norawit Titicharoenrak Ticket to Heaven GMM 25
Year Actor Program Network2019 Song Luan Descendants of the Sun VTC2021 Trần Quốc Anh Secrets of the Wind FPT TV
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