The Asian Television Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is awarded annually by the Asian Television Awards.
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16th (2011) |  Kevin Cheng | Ghetto Justice | 怒火街頭 |
 Christopher Lee | Breakout | 破天网 | |
 Qi Yuwu | The Family Court | 走进走出 | |
| Bobby Au-yeung | Ghost Catcher | 天師鍾馗之美麗傳說 | |
| Carl Ng | Point of Entry | 入境点 | |
 Jourdan Lee | |||
 Tay Ping Hui | C.L.I.F. | 警徽天职 | |
| 17th (2012) | Moses Chan | When Heaven Burns | 天與地 |
| Chen Jianbin | Empresses in the Palace | 後宮·甄嬛傳 | |
| Mickey He | Palace | 宮 | |
| Lee Wei | Man Boy | 小孩大人 | |
 Coco Martin | Maalaala Mo Kaya (Episode "Kamao") | ||
| Christopher Lee | Show Hand | 注定 | |
| Chew Chor Meng | |||
| 18th (2013) | Chris Wu | Emerging Light | 愛在旭日升起時 |
| Coby Chong | Summer Brothers | 羽过天晴 | |
| Lawrence Wong | In Laws | 男婚女嫁 | |
| Adrian Tan | Lucky Bowl Part 2 | 聚宝盆续集 | |
| Jeff Wang | Voice of the Heart | 聽見，愛 | |
| Chang Chen-kuang | Sunshine Heaven | 日光天堂 | |
| 19th (2014) | Pierre Png | Zero Calling | |
| Dennis Trillo | My Husband's Lover | ||
| Mickey He | Love of OB & GYNs | 爱的妇产科 | |
| Zhai Tianlin | The Master of the House | 大當家 | |
| Ban Tieh-hsiang | My Super Dad | 無敵老爸 | |
| Pierre Png (2 nominations) | 信約：唐山到南洋 | ||
| 20th (2015) | Zhang Jiayi | Forty-nine Days Memory | 四十九日·祭 |
| Pierre Png | Zero Calling 2 | ||
| Jag Huang | Wake Up | 麻醉風暴 | |
| Lan Cheng-lung | Apple in Your Eye | 妹妹 | |
| Tong Dawei | Tiger Mom | 虎妈猫爸 | |
| Christopher Lee | Against the Tide | 逆潮 | |
| Norman Ishak | Firasat | ||
| 21st (2016) | Lung Shao-hua | The Taste of Dang-Liang’s Family | 党良家之味 |
| Bront Palarae | Eropah, Here I Am | ||
| Christopher Lee | Crescendo | 起飞 | |
| Frederick Lee | Turning Point | 转捩点 | |
 Sukollawat Kanarot | The Sisters | เพื่อน แพง | |
| A. Panneeirchelvam | Thalaimurai | ||
| 22nd (2017) | Tsai Chen-Nan | She’s Family | 媽媽不見了 |
| Chris Wu | We Are One | 望月 | |
| Ko Shu Yuan | Far and Away | 外鄉女 | |
| A. Panneeirchelvam | Ninaivugal | ||
| Hasnul Rahmat | 7 Hari | ||
 Satyadeep Mishra | P.O.W. – Bandi Yuddh Ke | P.O.W. - बंदी युद्ध के | |
| Tony Eusoff | The Hush | ||
| Remesh Panicker | |||
| 23rd (2018) | Rexen Cheng | Schrodinger’s Cat | 薛丁格的貓 |
| Nadech Kugimiya | Lehlub Salubrang (Switch) | เล่ห์ลับสลับร่าง | |
| Francis Ng | The Trading Floor | 東方華爾街 | |
| Joseph Chang | |||
| Eason Chan | My Very Short Marriage | 短暫的婚姻 | |
| Laksh Lalwani | Porus | हिन्दी | |
| Ananda Everingham | SriAyodhaya | ศรีอโยธยา | |
| Peter Ho | Age Of Rebellion | 翻牆的記憶 | |
| Zhang Han | Here to Heart | 温暖的弦 | |