List of film awards for lead actor explained

This list of film awards for lead actor is an index to articles about awards for the lead actor or "Best Actor" in a film. The lists is organized by the region and country of the sponsoring organization or festival, but some awards are not restricted to films or actors from that country. Thus the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor, awarded by the Italian Academy of Films, is given to non-Italian actors.

Americas

Country	Venue / sponsor	Notes
Canada		^[2]
Canada		^[3] ^[4]
Canada		^[5]
Canada		^[6]
Canada
Mexico		^[7] ^[8]
United States	AVN magazine	^[9]
United States		^[10] ^[11]
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States	Fangoria magazine
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States		African American
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States

Asia

Country	Award	Venue / sponsor	Notes
China
China
China		China Film Association
China
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
India			Tamil
India		Filmfare magazine	Hindi
India	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu	Filmfare magazine	Telugu
India
India			Tamil
India			Malayalam
India	Nandi Award for Best Actor	Nandi Awards (Andhra Pradesh State Film, Music, Television and Arts Awards)	Telugu
India
India	SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Telugu)	South Indian International Movie Awards	Telugu
Indonesia
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan
Macau
Philippines		Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Philippines		Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Philippines
Philippines		Filipino Film Critics
Philippines
Philippines
South Korea
Taiwan
Vietnam

Europe

Country	Venue / sponsor	Notes
Europe
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France		Italian films
France
France
France
France
Germany
Germany
Italy	Academy of Italian Cinema
Italy	Italian Academy of Films
Italy	Academy of Italian Cinema
Italy	Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Russia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom	Empire film magazine
United Kingdom	Empire film magazine
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Oceania

Country	Award	Venue / sponsor	Notes
Australia
Australia
Australia

Notes and References

Web site: Official website of the AMAAs . Africa Film Academy . 21 May 2014.
Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. .
Web site: Quebec Cinema will rename Jutra awards; cities renaming streets . 17 February 2016 . .
Web site: Quebec film awards renamed Prix Iris after Claude Jutra sex scandal . 14 October 2016 . .
http://torontofilmcritics.com/past-award-winners/ Toronto Film Critics Association - Past Award Winners
Adrian Mack, "Marriage Story dominates Vancouver Film Critics Circle noms". The Georgia Straight, December 13, 2019.
Web site: Historia del Ariel. Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Spanish. May 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160323130129/http://academiamexicanadecine.org.mx/historia-del-ariel. 2016-03-23. dead.
Web site: Reglamento Premio Ariel 2016. Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Spanish. May 24, 2016.
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140116182259/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1984. AVN - 1984 AVN Awards Show - History. AVN. AVN Media Network. January 16, 2014. March 15, 2015.
News: Rule One: Award Definitions . 1 . August 30, 2013 . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021054540/http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/87aa_rules.pdf . October 21, 2014.
News: Rule Six: Special Rules for the Acting Awards . 8-7 . August 30, 2013 . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021054540/http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/87aa_rules.pdf . October 21, 2014.