Golden Lotus Award for Best Actor is one of the main categories of competition of the Golden Lotus Awards. It is awarded to leading male actor(s) who have outstanding performance in motion pictures.
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Zhu Xu | Lan | ||
| Xia Yu | ||||
| Akira Chen | Cannot Live Without You | |||
| Chen Taishen | Ma Wen's Battle |
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alec Su | A Tibetan Love Song | [1] | |
| Eddie Peng Yuyan | More Than Close | |||
| Ying Da | You and Me | |||
| Qiu Yanxiang | Bed Man |
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Donnie Yen | The Lost Bladesman | ||
| Jiang Wen | The Lost Bladesman | |||
| Fan Wei | ||||
| Tony Leung Ka-fai | The Devil Inside Me | |||
| Louis Koo | All's Well, Ends Well 2011 |
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Stand-In | |||
| Guo Tao | Million Dollar Crocodile | |||
| Zhang Zhizhong | Iron Man | |||
| Jiang Wu | Happy Hotel | |||
| Feng Lei | Under The Temptation |
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Anthony Perry | |||
| Adam Cheng | Saving General Yang | |||
| Chow Yun Fat | The Assassins | |||
| Huang Xiaoming | Amazing |
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Simon Yam | Sara | [2] | |
| Daniel Wu | That Demon Within | |||
| Chen Daoming | Coming Home | |||
| Donnie Yen | Kung Fu Jungle | |||
| Bosco Wong | Golden Brother |
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ti Lung | The Kid from the Big Apple | [3] | |
| Eddie Peng | To the Fore | |||
| Feng Xiaogang | Mr. Six | |||
| Donnie Yen | Ip Man 3 | |||
| Francis Ng | Two Thumbs Up |
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hu Jun | Lord of Shanghai | [4] | |
| Li Xuejian | The Woman Behind the Man | |||
| Huang Xiaoming | Xuanzang | |||
| Liu Ye | My War | |||
| Ahn Jae-hyun | Perfect Imperfection | |||
| Lee Jung-jae | Tik Tok |
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ge You | 葛优 | The Wasted Times | |
| Anthony Wong | 黄秋生 | The Sleep Curse | ||
| Huang Xuan | 黄轩 | Youth | ||
| Tu Men | 涂们 | Old Beast | ||
| Eddie Peng | 彭于晏 | Wu Kong | ||
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Chen Jianbin | 陈建斌 | A Cool Fish | |
| Wang Leehom | 王力宏 | Forever Young | ||
| Eddie Peng | 彭于晏 | Hidden Man | ||
| Louis Koo | 古天樂 | L Storm | ||
| Vincent Zhao | 赵文卓 | Invisible Tattoo | ||
| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Yu Qian | 于谦 | ||
| Deng Chao | 邓超 | Looking Up | ||
| Zhang Hanyu | 张涵予 | The Captain | ||
| Wu Jing | 吴京 | The Wandering Earth | ||
| Louis Koo | 古天樂 | P Storm | ||
| Darren Wang | 王大陸 | The Last Wish | ||
| Shen Teng | 沈腾 | Crazy Alien | ||
| Fan Wei | 范伟 | Hunt Down | ||