Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor
Film awards for lead actor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor (Chinese: 金馬獎最佳男主角) is presented annually at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Awards.
_(cropped).jpg)
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
CountryTaiwan
Presented byTaipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
First award1962
| Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Chang Chen | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Presented by | Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee |
| First award | 1962 |
| Currently held by | Chang Chen for Lucky Lu (2025) |
| Website | goldenhorse |
Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai holds the record for the most wins in this category, with three, for his performances in Chungking Express (1994), Infernal Affairs (2003), and Lust, Caution (2007). He also holds the record for the most nominations, with seven.
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
_(cropped).jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
![](#/media/File:Xu_Zheng_from_"China_Film_Week_in_Tokyo_2024"_at_Red_Carpet_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2024_(54578065695).jpg)
![](#/media/File:Wu_Kang-ren_from_"Fly_Me_to_the_Moon"_at_Red_Carpet_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2023_(53347185677).jpg)
1960s
| Year | Recipient(s) | Film | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 (1st) |
Wang Yin | The Pistol | 手槍 |
| 1963 (2nd) |
Tang Ching | Dark night to dawn | 黑夜到黎明 |
| 1965 (3rd) |
Ko Hsiang-ting | Beautiful Duckling | 養鴨人家 |
| 1966 (4th) |
Zhao Lei | His-Shih, Beauty of Beauties | 西施 |
| 1967 (5th) |
Ou Wei | Hometown Robbery | 故鄉劫 |
| 1968 (6th) |
Tsui Fu-sheng | The Road | 路 |
| 1969 (7th) |
Peter Yang | Storm Over the Yangtse River | 扬子江风云 揚子江風雲 |
1970s
| Year | Recipient(s) | Film | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (8th) |
Ko Hsiang-ting | The Evergreen Mountains | 高山青 |
| 1971 (9th) |
Wang Yin | The Story of Tin-Ying | 缇萦 緹縈 |
| 1972 (10th) |
Ou Wei | Execution in Autumn | 秋決 |
| 1973 (11th) |
Peter Yang | The Escape | 忍 |
| 1975 (12th) |
Charlie Chin | Long Way From Home | 长情万缕 長情萬縷 |
| 1976 (13th) |
Chang Feng | Fragrant Flower Versus Noxious Grass | 香花与毒草 |
| 1977 (14th) |
Charlie Chin | Far Away From Home | 人在天涯 |
| 1978 (15th) |
Chin Han | He Never Gives Up | 汪洋中的一條船 |
| Bai Ying | The Operations of Spring Wind | 望春風 | |
| Jimmy Wang Yu | Brothers | 手足情深 | |
| 1979 (16th) |
Ko Chun-hsiung | A Teacher of Great Soldiers | 黃埔軍魂 |
| Shih Chun | Legend of the Mountain | 山中傳奇 | |
| Liang Hsiu-shen | Love in Chilly Spring | 春寒 |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Records
| Superlative | Actor | Record set |
|---|---|---|
| Most awards | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | 3 |
| Most Nominations | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | 7 |
| Most nominations without winning | Leslie Cheung | 5 |
| Oldest winner | Lin Yang | 63 years old (1995) |
| Youngest winner | Xia Yu | 20 years old (1996) |
| Oldest nominee | Michael Hui | 74 years old (2016) |
| Youngest nominee | Chang Chen | 15 years old (1991) |
The following individuals won two or more Golden Horse Awards for Best Leading Actor:
The following individuals received five or more Best Actor nominations:
| Nominations | Actor |
|---|---|
| 7 | Tony Leung Chiu-wai |
| 6 | Tony Leung Ka-fai |
| Chang Chen | |
| 5 | Alex Man |
| Leslie Cheung |