The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Performance by an Actor is a former category in the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, between 2007 and 2021.[1] It was retired after that, along with the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress, both being collapsed into Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance from 2022.[2]
Winners and nominees of this award included:
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Erkan Can | Takva, | |
| Mehrdad Seddiqian | The Night Bus | اتوبوس شب / Otobus-e Shab | |
| Ryu Deok-hwan | Like a Virgin | 천하장사 마돈나; / Cheonhajangsa Madonna | |
| Hard Hearted | Kremen | ||
 Sasson Gabai | The Band's Visit | ביקור התזמורת / Bikur Ha-Tizmoret | |
| 2008 | Reza Naji | The Song of Sparrows | آواز گنجشکها, Âvâz-e gonjeshk-hâ |
| The Prisoner | |||
 Simon Yam | Sparrow | 文雀 / Man Jeuk | |
| Kim Yoon-seok | 추격자; / Chugyeokja | ||
| Alireza Aghakhani | Before the Burial | Tanha Do Dar Zendegui Mikonim | |
| 2009 |  Masahiro Motoki | Departures | おくりびと, Okuribito |
| If You Are the One | 非诚勿扰 / Fei Cheng Wu Rao | ||
 Naseeruddin Shah | A Wednesday | A Wednesday! | |
| Mohammad Bakri | Laila's Birthday | Eid milad Laila | |
| Breathless | 똥파리; / Ddongpari, | ||
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  Chen Daoming | Aftershock | 唐山大地震 / Tángshān Dà Dìzhèn, | |
| Atul Kulkarni | Natarang | नटरंग | ||
| How I Ended This Summer | Как я провёл этим летом,/ Kak ya provyol etim letom | |||
 Tony Barry | Home by Christmas | |||
| Mark Ivanir | The Human Resources Manager | שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש,/ Shliḥuto shel Ha'Memuneh al Mash'abey | ||
| 2011 | Jiang Zhangke | Mr. Tree | Hello | Shu Xian Sheng, |
| A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین / odaí-e Nadér az Simín | |||
| Daniel Connors | Toomelah | |||
  Fa'afiaula Sagote | O Le Tulafale | |||
| Sasson Gabai | Restoration | בוקר טוב אדון פידלמן / Boker Tov, Adon Fidelman | ||
| 2012 | Choi Min-sik | 범죄와의 전쟁 , Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng | ||
| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Gangs of वासेपुर | |||
 Tamer Levent | Beyond the Hill | Tepenin Ardi | ||
| Wu Tianming | Full Circle | |||
| Lior Ashkenazi | Footnote | הערת שוליים / He'arat Shulayim, | ||
| 2013 | Lee Byung-hun | Masquerade | 광해: 왕이 된 남자, Gwanghae: Wang-i Doen Namja | |
| The Japanese Tragedy | Nihon no higeki | |||
| Aaron Pedersen | Mystery Road | |||
| Adam Bakri | Omar | عمر | ||
 Yerbolat Toguzakov | The Old Man | Шал,/ Shal, | ||
| 2014 | Cliff Curtis | The Dark Horse | ||
| Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 / Bai Ri Yan Huoi | |||
 Mahendra Perera | 28 | |||
| David Gulpilil | Charlie's Country | عمر | ||
| Navid Mohammadzadeh | I'm Not Angry! | عصبانی نیستم, / Asabani Nistam!l, | ||
| 2015 | Jung Jaeyong | Right Now, Wrong Then | 지금은맞고그때는틀리다 / Jigeumeun-matgo-geuttaeneun-tteullida | |
| Downriver | ||||
| Aleksei Guskov | The Find | Nakhodka | ||
| The President | ||||
| Tharlo | ||||
| 2016 | Manoj Bajpayee[3] | Aligarh | ||
| Psycho Raman | Raman Raghav 2.0 | |||
| Daughter | Dokhtar | |||
| Lion | ||||
| Song Kang-ho | The Throne | 사도 / Sado | ||
| 2017 | Rajkummar Rao | Newton | ||
| Die Beautiful | ||||
| Navid Mohammadzadeh | No Date, No Signature | Bedoune Tarikh, Bedoune Emza | ||
| Koji Yakusho | The Third Murder | Sandome no Satsujin | ||
| Wajib | Duty | |||
| 2018 | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Manto | ||
| Zain Al Rafeea | Capharnaüm | |||
| Karim Mirkhadiyev | Fortitude | |||
| Akylbek Abdykalykov | Night Accident | |||
| Bahman Farmanara | Tale of the Sea | |||
| 2019 | Manoj Bajpayee | Bhonsle | ||
| Eran Naim | שלי טרילוגיה על אהבה: עיניים | |||
| Navid Mohammadzadeh | Just 6.5 | |||
| Mohsen Tanabandeh | Rona, Azim's Mother | |||
| Wang Jingchun | So Long, My Son | 地久天长 |